"Who is this woman?, why do you feel so powerful?" followed Ah Cheng through the streets and alleys of Ning Xiao City.

Long Xiu finally couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, came to Sun Daren's side, and asked softly.

"Ah Cheng. Sun Daren responded.

As soon as these words fell, Miss Long stepped on Sun Daren fiercely, and said unhappily: "Do I look like I am deaf? I am asking who Ah Cheng is!"

Sun Daren was in pain, and his face was aggrieved, but he still endured the severe pain coming from his feet and said, "This is a long story......

"It is said that a long, long time ago, on the border of Ningzhou, there was a Wupan City......"

"There is a group of people living in the city, and there is a guy named Sun Daren in this group of people, that guy is eight feet tall and has a majestic face, and he knows the sky and knows the ......."

"Ah!!h

Halfway through Sun Daren's story, there was another sharp pain in his toes, and what he said came to an abrupt end, turning into a pig-killing wail that ran through the entire alley.

......

Ah Cheng glanced back at Sun Daren and his party, who were laughing and playing, and suddenly said, "I haven't seen you for a few months, and you have two wives?"

Wei Lai, who was walking side by side with Ah Cheng, was stunned for a moment, and glanced at the orange-clothed girl beside him with a strange expression.

The woman's face was as usual, staring ahead, as she always was—calm and serious, so that when she asked the question in a slightly joking tone, Wei Lai's heart could not help but be stunned and a little unspeakably flattered.

"It's just an expedient measure, Qingyan is targeted by the old snake, and she has to find a way to find a good home for her. As for the dragon embroidery...... In order to go to Tiangang Mountain, this guy probably doesn't care about this reputation. Wei Lai shrugged his shoulders and smiled bitterly.

Ah Cheng nodded, noncommittal to Wei Lai's words.

Then she added, "You answered very seriously. ”

Wei Lai was stunned again, a little puzzled by what Ah Cheng meant.

"Sleeve Spring has always said that I am too old-fashioned...... I want to try to change the ......."

Saying this, the girl's pair of sword eyebrows frowned, and whispered: "But it seems that the effect is not good." ”

Wei Lai's heart froze, and it was only then that he remembered what Ji Huanxi had said to him when he was in Gutong City - Ah Cheng and the prince had a marriage contract more than ten years ago.

Such a fact and Ah Cheng's performance at this moment made Wei Lai's heart feel a little depressed for no reason.

But before he could savor it, Ah Cheng's voice sounded again: "All over Ningzhou have also begun to build temples of the Wupan Dragon King these days, and it is estimated that after the Hanxing Conference, this Ningxiao City can also afford a temple, and the promotion of the Dragon King to the Zhaoyue Zhengshen is imperative in the court." ”

Wei Lai frowned, he was used to the woman's quick and abrupt change of topic. He asked rhetorically, "Is the girl trying to remind me how difficult my situation is now?"

Ah Cheng didn't answer this question, and continued to say to himself: "Once the Wupan Dragon King really sits on the Zhaoyue Zhengshen of Ningzhou, then the entire Ningzhou will be used as his food and devoured by him. “

"The Marquis of Chu, that is, my father, after the recovery of Mangzhou, the Sanxiao Army entrenched in Ningzhou has always been a big problem for the imperial court. ”

"Once the Dragon King ascends to the throne, the luck of the entire Ningzhou is under its jurisdiction, first, the battle for Weishui Dayan will have a great victory, and second, the Xu, Ning, and Xiao families behind the Sanxiao Army are also destined to be difficult to become bigger, and it is a matter of killing two birds with one stone in the court. ”

Wei Lai didn't know much about the situation in Ningzhou, although he had contact with the three families behind the Sanxiao Army when he was young, but after all, he was young, and he didn't care about everything, and he forgot little about it. Hearing this, Wei Lai was a little more enlightened, and he asked again: "Will the Xu, Ning, and Xiao families, who hold the army of Sanxiao, understand the pros and cons of this, and let the court slaughter them?"

"The dog is still in a hurry and jumps over the wall, how can the Xu, Ning, and Xiao families wait for death? As soon as they receive the news that you have come to Ning Xiao City, the Ning Xiao family is impatient to invite you to the mansion?" The corners of Ah Cheng's mouth rose slightly at that time, and he said with a chuckle.

"Then I'm afraid they're looking for the wrong person, I don't have that much ability. Wei Lai shrugged his shoulders.

"Of course Childe didn't. Ah Cheng said truthfully, with the same look on his face as usual, without the slightest consciousness of poking at people's shortcomings. "But the shepherd has. ”

Wei Lai's brows furrowed even deeper: "Then they should go to Jiang Huanshui." ”

Ah Cheng could hear Wei Lai's resistance to Jiang Huanshui in his words, but she was not in a hurry to break this point: "Lord Zhou Mu has always avoided this problem, in the past, all the Wupan Dragon King could threaten was the cities around the Wupan River Basin, for the Xu, Ning, and Xiao families, this situation is insignificant, but once it affects the entire Ningzhou, it will shake their foundation, and they will naturally no longer be able to watch from the sidelines." And since they can't find the help they want from the state pastor, then they can only hope for Childe, who thinks that maybe through Childe, they can get some help from the state pastor enough to deal with this trouble. “

Wei Lai sneered when he heard this, and then turned his head to look at Ah Cheng: "What about the girl, what does the girl want to get from me?"

Ah Cheng suddenly stopped at that time, she looked up at the front of her, and said softly, "It's here." ”

Wei Lai and others also looked up, but unconsciously they had come to a mansion located on a relatively prosperous street, the door of the house is not luxurious, but quite chic, the wooden pillar in front of the door is engraved with rabbits, turtles and beasts, the threshold is carved with flowers, grass and insects, and the plaque of the house door is written with two big characters: Wei Mansion.

Wei Lai's face changed slightly, and some vague memories swirled in the depths of his mind, as if they were about to overflow.

"Lord Zhou Mu guessed that Gongzi would not accept his kindness, so this old mansion of Mr. Wei was redeemed by the prince for Gongzi. Because Mr. Wei was angry with His Majesty, so although this mansion was taken back by the government, no one was willing to buy it, so many years have passed, the furnishings in the courtyard have grown a lot, but almost all of them still maintain the same appearance as they were back then. I looked for someone to take care of it, and I think it should be enough to satisfy Childe. Ah Cheng said this, and reached out to hand Wei Lai a bunch of keys.

Wei Lai stared at the set of keys, did not reach out to take it, but said: "I was only two or three years old when I left Ningxiao City, and I don't have much memory of this place. The girl took such great pains to find this thing, and Wei came to the useless person, and he deserved it. ”

"Childe is afraid that I will repay the favor, right?" Wei said with a high-sounding sound, but Ah Cheng's words pierced Wei Lai's thoughts.

"Although there is a prince's relationship here, but at most it is only a little convenient when consulting the file, after all, Mr. Wei has been dead for so many years, no matter how big the taboo is, a lot has been dispersed, counting the silver spent everywhere, all the expenses I have recorded in the account book of the study in the mansion, if the prince feels ashamed, he can convert the silver spent into two and add fifty percent, and return it to me in installments, and it will be regarded as a whole business. “

After saying this, Ah Cheng handed out the key to the door again, Wei Lai saw her resolute attitude, thought for a while, and simply nodded and took the key. After all, Ah Cheng has already spoken to this point, and Wei Lai really doesn't care about the Wei family's ancestral house as much as he said. He put the key away and said, "Thank you, girl, I will return this money as soon as possible." ”

Ah Cheng bowed his head, walked up the steps in front of the Wei Mansion, and said: "Gongzi will take a look at the courtyard first, and he is quite satisfied with the cleaning of this yard, if there is anything missing, you can tell me." ”

Since Wei Lai received this gift, he was not hypocritical, so he stepped forward as he said, took out the key, and wanted to open the iron lock in front of the courtyard gate.

The boy was obviously not as calm as he had appeared on his face, and his hand holding the key trembled visibly slightly, and it took him three or four times to do something as simple as inserting the key into the keyhole.

......

Squeak.

With a slightly hoarse sound, the courtyard door of the Wei Mansion was slowly pushed open.

"Wow, Xiao Alai, is your family so rich?" Sun Daren and the others behind him also immediately saw the situation in the Wei Mansion clearly.

The first sight of the door of the Wei Mansion is a courtyard of nearly ten zhang in size, far behind is the courtyard gate of the hall and the inner courtyard, look at the three-storey high posture of the hall, and the exaggerated size of the courtyard door of the inner courtyard, it is easy to think of what the backyard should be. Obviously, the Wei family, who could have a mansion of this size in Ningxiao City, should be extremely wealthy.

But everyone's exclamations and exclamations made Wei Lai smile bitterly, Sun Daren caught a glimpse of this situation and secretly thought that Wei Lai was seeing things and thinking about people, and wanted to say comfort, but Long Xiu on the side shouted: "Let's go around, I have never seen such a big yard when I live so big." ”

When Sun Daren heard this, a little arrogance welled up in his heart, and he instantly put the matter of comforting his brother behind him: "That's it, if you see my Sun family's martial arts hall in Wupan City, you won't be shocked to lose your front teeth!?"

Sun Daren said this, but his body was still extremely honest and was pulled into the inner courtyard of the Wei Mansion by Long Xiu and Liu Qingyan.

"Thank you. Wei Lai was not as interested as everyone else, his gaze swept over the courtyard, and then looked at Ah Cheng, and said sincerely.

Of course, he knew what Ah Cheng had done, and there must still be some similar purposes behind it to the Xu, Ning, and Xiao families, but at least Wei Lai's intention to find his ancestral home was still extremely useful.

"Childe gave the money, I made the money, this is the deal you are willing to make, there is nothing to thank. If the son really feels that he owes a favor, why not allow the concubine to be a trivial matter. Ah Cheng replied softly.

Wei Lai had expected this, and he smiled bitterly: "Girl, please speak." ”

"Childe doesn't have to be nervous, it's just a small thing that can't be smaller. ”

"In a few days, the prince will come back to Ningxiao City, and the prince will hope that the prince can take some time to meet him. Ah Cheng said.

Wei Lai glanced at Ah Cheng deeply when he heard this, and then nodded under the woman's gaze: "I also want to see what kind of person His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is, so that Miss Ah Cheng can be so desperate to think about him everywhere." ”

This time, it was Ah Cheng's turn to be stunned. She seemed to be able to sense some of the emotions in Wei Lai's words that were different from before, but with her temperament, she obviously wouldn't delve too deeply.

"Ahh

"My father loved books like his life, and he was kind and generous. After moving his family to Wupan City, he would sell his belongings from time to time to exchange them for books or help others...... If it weren't for my mother to stop me, this ancestral house would have to be bought for him in the end. But then they committed an accident, and this place was still taken away by the imperial court......" Wei Lai told the reason for the incident in a calm tone.

Sun Daren, who was on the side, also knew that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked, so he immediately fell silent.

Wei Lai didn't want him to blame himself, so he said: "You go and see what things can be used in the house first, what is missing, make a list, and then we will go together to buy everything that should be bought, after all, there is still some time in the Hanxing Conference, and we may have to live for a while." ”

The three of them knew that they were at the loss, so they naturally didn't argue with Wei Lai, nodded one after another, and left again.

"It seems that the son still has something to do today, and the concubine will bother again. At this time, Ah Cheng on the side also whispered.

Wei Lai nodded: "I'll send the girl." ”

......

Wei Lai and Ah Cheng walked side by side on the streets of Ningxiao City, the streets were full of people and lively, even when Wupan City was at its most lively, it could not be compared.

"Childe, it used to be a business matter, and now the concubine has a private matter to talk about with Childe. Ah Cheng suddenly stopped at the intersection and looked at Wei Laiyan and said.

"Girl, please. Wei Lai nodded in response.

"Childe still takes some time to go to the governor's mansion and see ......," Ah Cheng said, but was interrupted by Wei Lai before he finished speaking.

"If this is the case, don't bother the girl, I have my own measure. "When it comes to Jiang Huanshui, Wei Lai's attitude is surprisingly bad.

Ah Cheng also expected this: "I know that Gongzi is prejudiced against the state pastor because of the death of Mr. Wei and Aunt Jiang, but ......"

"But is he my grandfather after all?" Wei Lai raised his eyebrows, and interrupted Ah Cheng again in a cold tone, "Since the girl said that it is a private matter, let me solve it by myself over there, whether I see it or not, it is a private matter between my Wei family and the Jiang family, and the girl is inconvenient to participate, and she can't participate." ”

In Ah Cheng's memory, although the young man in front of him was silent, he rarely really showed such a look of rejection thousands of miles away. She was slightly stunned, and after a short groan, she finally nodded: "The concubine understands." ”

"But if the prince has the heart, when the time comes, he will meet the prince, or go to a certain place in his Xu, Ning, and Xiao three homes, and ask their family masters what kind of price the state pastor paid in order to let the prince survive. ”