Chapter 12: Smoke
Built on the top floor of the Apricot Blossom Workshop, in the boudoir of the Fleur girl, the wealthy businessman who enjoyed the jackpot was coveting the beauty of the Fleur girl and began to move his hands and feet on the Fleur. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Sir, we have a long night, why should you be in a hurry. While reassuring the rich merchant, Fu Rui poured a full cup of wine for the rich merchant and said, "The slave family will give you a glass first, okay?"
"Although you are young, you are very sensible. Okay, okay, the old man drank this cup. The rich merchant laughed, his eyes almost narrowed, and he took the glass from Fleur and drank the wine.
"Master, the slave family will toast you again. I wish you a prosperous business and prosperous financial resources. As she spoke, she poured another glass of wine.
The rich merchant nodded and drank the glass of wine again. But then, he no longer gave Fleur a chance to refuse, his left hand held Fleur's hand, and his right hand reached Fleur's chest, and just when the rich merchant's right hand was only two inches away from Fleur, his hand suddenly fell down, and the person fainted on Fleur. Fleur hurriedly pushed the rich merchant away a little distance, and then tentatively called softly:
"Sir, you're drunk. Sir, sir?"
Seeing that the rich merchant was already asleep and did not react, Fleur breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and took two steps back. She looked at the wine glass on the table, and then at the rich merchant, but for a moment she didn't know what to do next. Just as Fleur was hesitating, the door was suddenly gently pushed open, Fleur's heartbeat suddenly intensified, and she took two steps forward to block in front of the rich merchant, but what appeared in front of the door of the room were two teenagers she had never seen before.
"Who are you?" asked Fleur, a little flustered.
"Don't panic, girl, we have no ill will. "Someone from downstairs will soon come up, and I wonder if we can ask the girl to let us take refuge here, and I don't thank you for it." ”
"How should I believe you're not bad people?"
"The girl must have been drugged with a separator in the wine before the old man fell asleep. I beg your pardon for saying bluntly, the girl must not want to make a noise about this, does she?" Qu Hanyan was extremely keen, and in a moment he had taken the initiative.
Fleur frowned slightly, looked back at the sleeping rich businessman, turned around and made a decision:
"Okay, come in. ”
"Thank you, girl. Meng Ben said, and Qu Hanyan walked into the boudoir, and then turned around and closed the door.
"The overhangs are very high, and if you can go up, you can hide somebody. Fleur looked up, reached over the beams, looked around, and said, "As for the rest of the room, I can't think of a safer place for a while." ”
While Fleur was talking, Qu Hanyan and Meng Ben also looked around the entire room, there were many places to hide, and there was indeed no second place that was not easy to find. The cantilever beam at the top is narrow because of the design of the pavilion. The three of them didn't have time to think too much, and at this moment, a voice had already come up from the second floor.
"What's up there?"
"Back to my lord, the top floor is Miss Furui's boudoir, and the girl is entertaining guests at this moment. ”
"Go upstairs and continue searching. ”
"My lord, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to go in at this time......
"What kind of place are you here, and what's the inconvenience?
In the boudoir, Meng Ben looked at Qu Hanyan nervously and said:
"Childe, you go up and avoid it first. ”
"I'll go up and see if I can let the two of them hide. The situation was urgent, Qu Hanyan did not excuse himself, jumped up, and then borrowed a little force from his arm on the suspension beam, and the person landed firmly above the suspension beam. Qu Hanyan measured his gaze, and suddenly felt disappointed in his heart, and shook his head lightly at Meng Ben.
"I have another way. Fleur said suddenly.
"Girl, please. Montburn said.
"But you two, please grant me one request first. As for this request, let me elaborate on it later. ”
"If the girl can help us survive this catastrophe, I will definitely live up to the girl's request. Qu Hanyan replied.
Fleur nodded, withdrew her gaze, and said to Montburn again:
"Please follow me. ”
When a team of guards pushed the door in, Fu Hui in the boudoir couldn't help but exclaim and asked:
"Who's out there?"
"I'm waiting to search for the prisoner so far, disturbing the girl. The guard at the head replied a little politely.
"The man was drunk and fell asleep. ”
"Nothing else found. ”
"There are still ...... rooms that have not been searched," the voices of several guards came and went.
"Ladies and gentlemen, wait, the slave family is bathing......" Fleur's voice was soft, revealing a little shyness, "Your Excellency, can you investigate from a distance and leave?" ”
"I heard that this boudoir lives in this apricot blossom shop. ”
"The appearance and posture of the Oiran must be excellent, if you are lucky enough to see ......"
"Bastard, it's important to hunt down the criminals, how can you be lazy and slippery. When the errand is done, you will have a lot of fun. The head guard reprimanded a few words, and then responded to Furao and said, "Where the duty is, you must investigate before you can leave, girl, offended." ”
"Yes. Fleur replied softly.
The first guard then walked around the screen and walked into the inner room, looking around for a moment, then turning his gaze to the tub, lingering on Fleur for a moment before moving away.
The girl took her own leave of absence. Let's go. ”
When the footsteps of the group were far away, after a while, Qu Hanyan jumped to the ground outside. Fleur patted Meng Ben, who was curled up in the tub, and Momben immediately straightened up and burst out of the water, gasping for breath a few times, and then jumped out of the tub.
"Girl, wait a minute. Meng Ben wiped the water from his face, turned around and picked up the bath towel on the screen, and handed it back to Fleur, "The water is cold, the girl should dry it quickly." ”
"Thank you. "Fleur is careful for Mengben, and her heart is warm.
It turned out that the tub was only filled with cold water in advance, and no hot water was added, and it was only because the two people were in the tub that the water surface would rise to the level of the usual cool water mixed with hot water.
Subsequently, Meng Ben moved outside, used internal force to dry most of the water, and walked out to meet Qu Hanyan and other hibiscus after changing clothes.
"Those people shouldn't notice it for the time being, and the two sons can rest assured a little. ”
"The girl is very intelligent, and she is grateful for helping her son and son. Meng Ben clasped his fist at Fleur and saluted.
"Childe is serious. Fleur bowed back, "The little woman still has something to ask for." ”
"There's anything wrong with the girl, but it doesn't hurt to say it. Qu Hanyan showed a rare smile and said.
"The two sons have seen that I have drugged the separator in that master's wine. I begged the owner several times before to let me sell my art and not my body, but the owner still thought about money and ignored my pleas. I grew up in the workshop since I was a child, and I didn't want to clear the way out of today's affairs, I only thought that I would rather die than lose my body, but the appearance of the two sons gave me hope again. When Fu Hui said this, a flash of light flashed in her eyes, and she looked directly at Qu Hanyan and said, "Please take the little girl out of here, the little girl will miss the kindness of the son all her life." ”
"The girl is kind to the two of us, you have the heart to leave, we should help each other. It's just that we were chased and killed, and the risks along the way were unknown, so we were worried about affecting the girl, so we went our separate ways after leaving the city. ”
"In the past, there was a sister in the workshop who escaped, and even when she was out of the city, the people in the neighborhood still chased her back. Fleur recalled with some trepidation.
"Most of the people who can open a song and dance studio in the city have the support of forces, and it is indeed unimaginable difficulty to get out of their tracking. Meng Ben was a little clear in his heart and said.
"This son's innate nobility is full of anticipation, and I just saw Childe's skills again, and I am even more convinced that Childe is not an ordinary person. Although I don't know martial arts, I have several kinds of mystical (separator) medicine for self-defense, and I also know a little about medical science. I don't dare to say that I can help Childe, but I will try my best not to drag Childe down, and I hope that Childe will not leave the little girl. Fu Rui said, bending down and kneeling down in front of Qu Hanyan.
"Miss Fleur, please get up. Qu Hanyan hurriedly picked up Fu Hui and said, "Thanks to the girl's trust, I promise you." ”
"Thank you, two sons. Fleur stood up and said, "The name Fleur was given by the owner, and now that you are leaving the shop, can you ask the son to choose another name for the little girl?"
"Slow singing and dancing condensed silk bamboo, red ferns curling in the autumn smoke. Shall I call you 'smoke'?"
"Ning Yan, thank you for the name. ”
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On the first day of the second month of the year of Renyin, although the night country has sent troops to Hengguo for many days, there is still a scene of singing and dancing in the Jinyufang of the official family music workshop in the night capital. The guests in the workshop were full, staggered, smiling. When the most vocal Fleur girl took the stage, the atmosphere suddenly quieted down, and all the guests in the row held their breath and watched the dance intently.
I saw that this hibiscus girl looked like a flying phoenix, her feet were rippling, her shadow was graceful, and her dancing steps were staggering. Accompanied by the music of the court musicians, his people became more and more beautiful and dusty, like a fairy from the Nine Heavens.
On the corridor on the second floor, a man watched silently from afar. The man was dressed in white, with a clear breeze and a bright moon, holding a sword in his arms, and stood upright. It's just that the man's eyes are not looking at the Fleur girl on the stage, but at the guests in the audience.
Needless to say, today's Fleur Girl is naturally the Fleur Girl many years ago, that is, the three valley masters of Shibuya. Through the dark line of the composer in the imperial court, Ning Yan has infiltrated Jinyufang as a dancing girl for more than three months.
Jinyufang is an official family music workshop, under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, it is different from the folk song and dance workshop, in addition to dancing in public, the Fuyuan girl only selects three guests to set up a banquet and drink every day, and there is no other thing about men and women.
The guests who can enter and exit the official family are all relatives and nobles in the court, so if you want to control every move of the night king's pro-power, it is just easy for Ning Yan. From another point of view, it is precisely because the guests of Jinyufang do not involve people from the rivers and lakes that Ning Yan's identity is not at risk of being revealed.
As for the man in white, it was Yuan Qian, the lord of the five grains who followed and protected him in the name of the maid of the Fu Girl.
At nightfall, after the day's task was completed, Yuan Qian flashed into Miss Fleur's room.
"After such a long delay today, the third sister must have spent a lot of energy, which is really hard. Yuan Qian put the sword in his hand on the table, and the person sat down at the table.
"Today, these three are Jiang Yanpei's henchmen, and they are also the important ministers that Emperor Luo relies on. Ning Yan's face was tired, but he was in a very happy mood, "Since their conversation, we have gained a lot, and we can explain to the eldest brother." ”
"It stands to reason that the second brother has received a message from me, and there will be an echo in the valley in the next two days. The four killers have taken their respective positions, and they are also familiar with the topography of each person's mansion, and they can cut off Emperor Liu's right-hand man as soon as the eldest brother gives an order, and make waves in the court......"
Before Yuan Qian's words fell, he heard a faint sound by the window, and immediately reached out to hold the sword in his left hand, and the figure swept towards the window, and the tip of the sword stabbed out. At the same time, a man opened the window with his arm, turned over in an instant, and took the tip of the sword with two fingers of his right hand, and calmly defused Yuan Qian's attack within ten moves, and the person stood firmly in the room.
After seeing the man's face clearly, Yuan Qian immediately withdrew the sword behind him and said with a smile:
"Big brother is very skilled. ”
"Ning Yan see big brother. Seeing this, Ning Yan took two steps forward and gave the man a slight salute.
The person who came was naturally the main Qu Hanyu of the Shibuya Valley. He nodded at Ning Yan, turned his gaze back to Yuan Qian, and said:
"I thought I had a heart to calculate whether you were unintentional or not, and it took a lot of work, which shows that the fifth brother's martial arts have improved again. ”
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door. Ning Yan turned around, and was about to respond, only to hear Qu Hanyan say again:
"It's the second brother. ”
Ning Yan heard this, with some surprise on her face, she walked quickly to the door of the room, opened the door and welcomed Meng Ben in.
"Second brother. Ning Yan and Yuan Qian said almost at the same time.
"I set out from the city gate with my eldest brother, and marched from the east and west roads respectively, but the eldest brother is a few steps ahead of me to meet you. Meng Ben said with a smile.
"Why should the eldest brother take risks himself?" said Yuan Qian.
"According to Ningyan's news, among the ministers under Emperor Luo and Jiang Yanpei, there are six people who can wait for an opportunity to attack, so the four killers, plus me and the second brother, can just act separately and finish them off in one fell swoop tonight. Qu Hanyan looked around at the three of them and said, "Fifth brother, you and Ning Yan will stay in Jinyufang to answer, and after the matter is completed, everyone will meet here and leave the city before dawn." ”
"Yes. ”
In the court of the Night Kingdom, half of the imperial relatives and ministers of the court who supported Emperor Liu's accession to the throne were the neutral side and the forces that supported the second prince Nanying. Regarding the Night Kingdom's involvement in the war of the four countries of Wei, Yi, Heng, and Gu, the main battle faction accounted for more than half, while less than half opposed it. Among them, there was a lot of overlap between the supporters of Emperor Lyoke and the courtiers who fought the main battle, and even Shibuya sent people to infiltrate the night to clarify the positions of the ministers, and then targeted the assassination at these overlapping positions. Of course, it was secretly aimed at Emperor Luo and Jiang Yanpei, weakening Emperor Luo's power, but on the surface, it gave people the illusion of targeting people from the main battle faction, so as to confuse Emperor Liu's judgment and protect Lian Shibuya's true intentions and the safety of everyone in Yedu.
Late at night, in the mansions of different directions in the night capital, there were assassinations of important officials of the imperial court at the same time, the guards of the mansions were useless, the assassins were like no one's land, the assassination action was neat and neat, and no one was alarmed, until the early hours of the morning, people found out one after another.
The news reached the Emperor Liu, and it was already after dawn.
"Overnight, Zuo Tu, Zhongshu Ling, Taishi Ling, and Zong Zhengqing were all assassinated silently, where are the guards of the night capital, and where is my dignity!" After hearing the news, Emperor Luo couldn't help but be furious.
The emperor was angry. For now, only by catching this group of assassins as soon as possible, finding out who is behind the scenes, and punishing them greatly, can we deter the ministers. Jiang Yanpei bowed and said.
"Jiang Sima is excellent in martial arts and has outstanding strategy, so I will leave this matter to you. Spread my will, immediately seal the city gates, and strictly investigate the ministers of all walks of life, even the royal family and nobles must not relax. In addition, increase the arming of the surrounding cities, intercept all suspicious people and interrogate them in detail, and not let go of any person who poses a threat to the imperial court. ”
"The minister commanded. ”
"If necessary, you can use Ruoxue's people. As long as you find out who is behind the scenes, and relieve me of my worries, Yin's position will be yours. ”
"The minister should live up to the emperor's expectations and retire first. ”