Xiao Rui paced in the study, and muttered: "Mr. guessed well, according to the situation on the letterhead, it is indeed two groups of people, I think the Tartar should not be arranged like this, I have fought with the Tartar, the Tartar is very cunning, and will not make such a mistake." ”

Min Hanqing thought for a moment and asked, "Since the Gongwen has already guessed that this is not the Tartar's doing, what should we do next?"

Xiao Rui stared at the map on the wall for a while, and said softly: "The emperor is very angry about this matter, and he has ordered the officials of Yanzhou Youzhou to investigate and deal with it, so we can't do too much...... It's just that Pei'er is alive or dead yet yet, and Wei'er has just arrived in Youzhou with an army of 60,000 troops, outside the Tatar Tun Pass, and the war is about to break out, at this time, if others disturb Wei'er's mood, I'm afraid that the situation will take a turn for the worse, I will ask my cronies to send a letter to Wei'er, so that he can take precautions......"

When Xiao Qing heard them say this, he immediately interjected: "Father, I'll go and deliver a letter to the eldest brother, and by the way, I can tell the eldest brother about Yunfu's situation." ”

Xiao Rui looked at his daughter with a determined face, nodded, and said with a straight face: "It's okay, but remember one thing, no matter what clues you find on the road, don't act rashly, you must see your eldest brother first, discuss with him before deciding, you know?"

Xiao Qing knew that her father was worried that she was acting recklessly and ruining the current situation, so she agreed, "Father, don't worry, although my daughter is not as talented as my eldest brother, she also understands priorities." ”

"Well, then you go and prepare, go today, be careful on the road. ”

Xiao Rui instructed her a few words, called the little maid to prepare some things for use on the road, and sent Xiao Qing away, Xiao Rui reversed and returned to the study, picked up another famous post, and saw that it was an invitation card given to him by his uncle.

Min Hanqing saw Xiao Rui's hesitant appearance, and asked, "The princess is worried about Miss's marriage?"

Xiao Rui was stunned for a moment, and said: "Qing'er is already sixteen this year, and last year and the ceremony were not held, this year's situation in the court and China is becoming more and more turbulent, Qing'er's marriage was originally difficult, and now there are even fewer people who can choose." ”

"Does the Gong Weng think the Xia family can't do it?" asked Min Hanqing.

Xiao Rui shook his head and said: "Xia Shijing is really a little too pedantic, and I don't know if it's because I read too many books and my brain is inflexible or what, I'm afraid that his son will have the same temperament as him, and it is not a good thing for Qing'er to marry him." ”

Especially Xiao Qing was raised by him with such a boyish character, I'm afraid he can't stand other people's rows, if he marries someone who doesn't know how to cherish her, he is afraid that the back house will be restless, which will hurt her.

Min Hanqing said: "The princess is also worried about it, but seeing that the young lady is now sixteen years old, if she has not booked a family affair, I am afraid that the rights and wrongs in Yunfu City will be discussed on her sooner or later, although Lord Xia is pedantic, but his reputation in the court is not bad, and he was entrusted by the emperor to do such a thing, aside from his temperament, it is the last person who can be married, and what kind of temperament is Xia Gongzi, why don't I give it a try, if his temperament is really not good, it is not too late for us to make plans." ”

Xiao Rui knew that his staff had some skills, so he didn't object to let him prepare.

Xiao Qing came out of the study, called the little maid Liu Ye beside her, and told her to prepare her bags, and she took the carriage and went to the Xia Mansion by herself.

Chanyi was packing up her things in the Lanxin Courtyard, and when she heard the little maid come over and say that Xiao Qing was coming, she hurriedly got up and greeted her.

Xiao Qing walked in a hurry, saw Chanyi, and grabbed her hand, because she hurried all the way over, Xiao Qing's hands were very cold, pinched in her hands as if holding a piece of ice, Chanyi hurriedly asked the maid to prepare the hand warmer.

Xiao Qing obviously had something to say to her, and after she let people serve tea, she dismissed a room of maids, put the hand warmer into Xiao Qing's hand, wrapped her hand, and asked, "Sister Qing is in such a hurry, but what happened?"

Xiao Qing didn't hide it from her, and told her some things he heard in Xiao Rui's study, when it came to the two robbers, he obviously felt Chanyi's hand tremble, Xiao Qing knew that she and Chu Shaoyuan had grown up together since childhood, and their relationship was very good, so he hurriedly comforted: "Now no news is good news, at least he and my second brother are still alive, if they die, those people will definitely not go through so much trouble to rob a few corpses, you have to think about the good place." ”

Chan Yi pursed her lips, she knew for the first time that the taste of anxiety would be so uncomfortable, she nodded lightly and said: "Since they have a plan, they won't let him die lightly, but I don't know if his current situation will be very difficult......

She couldn't help but be a little worried about Chu Shaoyuan's current situation, robbers are usually extremely vicious, his martial arts were originally learned later, and they are not necessarily very good, I am afraid that it is really critical at this time......

Xiao Qing was thinking about something else in her mind, just now she saw Chanyi packing her bags, she couldn't help but say: "I'm going to Youzhou in the near future, although others are not good at this time, but I can, after all, it was my second brother who had an accident, and I won't say anything else when I go to him, and now they should be anxious, and they shouldn't make any waves in Yunfu, don't be in a hurry to leave, wait for my news at home, if I can find them, I will definitely come back to inform you." ”

Chanyi is also thinking so, instead of following her grandmother back to Xinyang, it is better to stay in Yunfu to see the situation and then make plans, besides, if she returns to Xinyang with her grandmother, there will be only her mother, second brother and Xian Yi left in the family, if Aunt Yan has any bad intentions, she can't take care of it, in case something happens, her previous efforts will be in vain.

She muttered, "I'll convince my grandmother that you should be careful when you go out, I'm just afraid that those people will make a move, and whoever will be in danger." ”

Xiao Qing showed a smile on his face and comforted her: "No, their target is Chu Shaoyuan, they won't do anything to me, what's more, with such a series of actions, I'm afraid that the emperor will be even more angry, and then they will be unable to escape even if they stick their wings." ”

Chanyi wants to come, dare to rob the prince of the dynasty, such a move is undoubtedly a provocation to the imperial power, the emperor will tolerate them, at this time the emperor has already ordered, even if it is three feet into the ground, this group of people must be found out to set an example, if you rush to commit a crime against the wind at this juncture, I am afraid that it will be a self-defeating net.

But although this is the truth, she still told Xiao Qing carefully, and then let Xiao Qing go back.

Chanyi put away all the things she had packed up, got up and went to Fushoutang.

……

The Eight Immortal Building on the fifth day of the first month has been opened, although the guests are scarce, but many private rooms are still booked out, especially the three-story building, the whole floor has been wrapped, after the meals have been served one after another, there are only a few guards of the master's house guarding the door of the building in the three-story building, and there is no one else, but let the other guests who eat secretly guess who is so wealthy.

At this time, in a private room near the window on the third floor, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes sat on the main seat, and he gently picked up a piece of winter bamboo shoots with chopsticks in his hand and put it in his mouth to chew carefully.

He looked coldly at the man standing in front of him in a short beat, and frowned slightly.

“…… So, you only hurt him, but you didn't kill him?"

The man nodded, "There are many of them, and they are all highly skilled and strong, one can withstand the two of us, and I also used all my strength to escape." ”

The man raised his eyebrows again, when did that group of people come out? He didn't even know at all, didn't he say that the Tartar prince brought four people with him when he entered the customs, and among them was a scholar who was not useful, how could things be so far off?

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and he asked in a deep voice: "In that case, why don't you follow them and wait for the opportunity, what are you going to do when you come back?"

The man's face did not have any expression, and he looked at the man with complete indifference in his eyes, "We Mingyanlou never do things that we are not sure about, those people are strong in martial arts, even if I follow them, it will not help, not to mention, this is not in line with our agreement, at the beginning, it was said that the person was only twenty or thirty people, why after we started, there would suddenly be so many more people?

Yes, the man who chartered the third floor of the Eight Immortals Building was Anbei Hou Weijie.

When he heard this, his eyebrows furrowed deeply, he glanced at the man, and a malicious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "It was you who killed the people, and if you didn't investigate it in advance, who is to blame?"

The man's indifferent eyebrows were immediately stained with thick anger, and he endured it for a long time before he laughed in a low voice, "No wonder the brothers on the road don't dare to take over your business, it turns out to be the case, let's go, just take it as a lesson for my Mingyanlou, and ask An Beihou to settle the balance according to the promise, and if you have business in the future, don't come to me Mingyanlou!"

Wei Jie didn't even give him a look, and sneered, "The matter hasn't been done, and you still have to pay the remaining money?"

The man's eyes widened and he looked at him: "Could it be that you want to repay the debt? My brother in the building was killed and injured because of you, do you think I will just forget it?"

Wei Jie shook his head: "More than half of the people in your building were killed and injured because you didn't investigate the situation and rashly took action, what does it have to do with me?" I didn't expect the famous owner of Mingyan Mansion to be such a person who likes to shirk responsibility, tsk!"

The man gritted his teeth secretly, and suddenly pulled out the dagger he was carrying and attacked Wei Jie, Wei Jie was obviously prepared, and after dodging and dodging, his hands slapped a few times, and immediately a guard rushed in to protect Wei Jie.

"Since you feel sorry for your brothers in the building like this, let's go to the Hades Hall with them, so that there is still a companion on the Huangquan Road, so that you will not be lonely. ”

Before Wei Jie's words fell, the two guards came out of the sheath, bullied the man and exchanged hands, the move was vicious, the man was injured, and he had been on the road for several days, he was already exhausted, and he showed fatigue after a few strokes, and a big cut was made on his body, and the blood flowed.

The man was a little invincible, so he immediately lifted the entire dining table and threw it over, the palm wind split the window, jumped out of the window and fled, and the blood was dripping all the way down, staining the signboard of the Eight Immortal Towers with blood.