Chapter 203: Li Dai Taozhu (20)
Yongxingfang spent nearly ten days quietly in the depths, and in these ten days, there was a sudden bloody storm in Chang'an City, and several mansions became empty overnight, clean and thorough, no charges, no decrees, no interrogations, no killings, everything was as calm as water, and the people in the house disappeared from this world without a trace with the ugliest secrets of the royal family.
After the workshop closed on the night of the 10th day, a small group of soldiers suddenly marched in from outside the workshop. Seeing the posture, all the families in the workshop couldn't help but restrain their own servants and slaves, closed the door, and did not teach their families to move around the workshop at will.
Occasionally, there are a few bold and really curious ones, and they can't help but look at them once or twice, the soldiers who entered the workshop are not like the ones who go out to fight in the ordinary way, one by one the golden chains and fine armor are covered with red horses, and the whole is actually the left and right Yulin army guarding the Daxing Palace. Someone recognized the leader as General Ning Yuan, who was quite relied on by the saint's side, He Suizhao.
This Yulin army rushed straight towards the one without a plaque or plaque in Yongxingfang, and the good things hurriedly retracted their necks. That family was already very strange, but now it has attracted the Holy Guard, and something big has happened, maybe tomorrow morning you can see the razed mansion, and the corpses are scattered all over the ground. This is a natural association, and the heads of the few visitors just now invariably sweated out of their noses at this moment.
Because it was already night and it was not too late, the lights in Du's house were naturally transparent, and Du Qi, who was in charge of the mansion, was the first to get the report, and he was busy understanding Du Ruhui and Mu Qing in the main courtyard. Mu Qing's heart was stunned, this was the time. didn't have time to sigh more, she hurriedly put together the hairpin. At the same time, he summoned a few domestic servants and sent them to the various courtyards to deliver a message, and they were all calm and calm.
He Suizhao took the reins of the horse a hundred steps away from Du's house, and raised his hand to signal the forbidden soldiers to stop and wait. He repeatedly appeared in his mind that indifferent and delicate face, whenever she walked with the elegant charm of a lotus, shallowly, he could not imagine her frightened appearance when she was met with great changes, let alone her embarrassment fell into the eyes of others. Fortunately, God did not live up to the people, and the Holy Lord actually pointed out this errand to him.
He sat silently on his horse for a while, and the lights of the Du house in front of him gradually brightened. It's twice as bright as the whole mansion just now. He Suizhao nodded secretly. She was probably ready, at least, Du Ruhui was ready to keep her safe. So he slowly raised his hand and waved it weakly. The sound of tapping and clicking once again broke the silence of Yongxingfang.
When He Suizhao reined in his horse in front of the plain black lacquer gate. The door is slowly opening. He jumped off his horse. The Yulin army behind him went out of the palace to do this kind of errand, and they have always been arrogant, and there is no practice of dismounting in front of the door. At this moment, General Ning Yuan, who was in command, dismounted, but they could not continue to sit on the horse's back, so they had to take off the horse and stand with the reins.
When the gate opened, there was a firelight, and all the people in the Du Mansion seemed to gather in front of the door. The guards and servants held the lamps in unison on both sides of the gate in two columns, and there were two rows of maidservants and maids standing silently behind their heads, and there was a vacant road in the middle, only to see Du Ruhui and Mu Qing looking at each other, and walking out steadily side by side, followed by Du Gou, Du He, Yinghua, and Shiro, who was sleepy-eyed in his arms. Duzi and Ada Aliu followed closely at the end.
All of them were neatly dressed and looked calm, and there was no one scurrying around in a panic, and although those servants could not hide their nervousness, they were still able to stand firm in their place. The momentum of this mansion made Yu Linlang can't help but stop his steps. In the past few days, they have searched everywhere to exterminate the clan, and all they saw and heard was screaming and screaming, and they fled with their heads in their hands. There are many old troops in the Yulin army when Jinyang raised the army, since some people know the head of this house, and then cross the people in front of them, and see Yinghua's ice-like bright and cold eyes, and no one dares to act rashly for a while.
"General He Sui is visiting late at night, but there is an important will to be delivered?" Du Ruhui stepped forward and saluted.
This sentence woke He Suizhao suddenly, he hurriedly glanced at Mu Qing behind Du Ruhui, under the bright light, her expression was as usual, and her lips were half a smile as always, it was the Baoxianghua gold bead hairpin that almost never left her body on the side of the bun, and she was also hairpinned in her hair.
He was instantly relieved, and pulled out a scroll of silk cloth from his sleeve and shook it out. Everyone in the black lacquer gate knelt on the ground, and the servants did not understand the meaning of this edict very well, but Mu Qing lowered his head and heard every word clearly.
The Holy Lord first reprimanded him in the edict, and finally the crime was concentrated on "instigating slander, causing the prince to lose harmony, arguing about the palace in vain, and causing gossip to stir up." Mu Qing secretly thought to himself, this crime is not painful or itchy, it doesn't matter, at most he will receive a reprimand and a one-year salary.
Listen further, "...... Shi Dukeming, the governor of Shaanzhou, was stripped of his official position...... Expelled from Chang'an, he was not allowed to return without an edict, and he was not allowed to meet with the princes in private, and he was not allowed to communicate with each other...... The punishment does not affect the family and relatives...... "Mu Qing immediately saved his taste and secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this is to push him out of the center of the prince's battle, on the one hand, to cut off the wings of King Qin, on the other hand, it can be regarded as a way to let Du Ruhui live, as long as he disappears from then on, and is no longer involved in the open and secret battles of the court, the second half of his life is plain and stable, and it is also very good.
Mu Qing's heart was secretly moved, thinking that Mr. Li Gong was still the same Li Gong in the past, and he still remembered the ten years of hard work and high achievements in this year, and gave them a way to go, such as today, it is a big decision, and it does not live up to his early ambitions......
She had a few different expectations in her heart, turned her face to look at Du Ruhui, the firelight hooked the Sichuan character between his eyebrows more and more thickly, this edict he seemed to have known earlier, not the slightest surprise, nor relaxation, only fixed out of the mind, like a stone carved out of the human form.
After He Suizhao finished reading the edict, almost everyone present who could understand it slowly loosened their hanging hearts. When the Yulin Lang who came with them heard that there was no need to make this killing tonight that they did not want to do, they were all secretly happy, and according to He Suizhao's instructions, they only surrounded Du Fu and sent Du Ruhui out of the city three days later, and then finished the errand.
The whole house dispersed one by one, and everyone still went back to the old place to rest, only to wait for the next morning to listen to the orders of Alang Niang. Du Gou and Du He saluted Du Ruhui and retired together, needless to say. The words of the resignation of the official position made the two of them feel like thunder, how could they complain about how they could enter this mansion, and they regretted it in their hearts, like frying oil.
Du Ruhui couldn't see the attitude of these two people, and wanted to admonish two sentences, but he couldn't say anything in front of many outsiders for a while, so he only frowned slightly and waved his hand, "Go back and rest." Everything will be theorized tomorrow. ”
Mu Qing took Shiro from the nurse's hand. Coaxed as he walked towards the inner courtyard. She thought that Shiro was young, and this toss would have to bluff him, afraid that he would cry at night, but she didn't want him to be frightened. Just rubbed his eyes. I didn't know what to look around. In this way, Mu Qing also returned to the main courtyard with peace of mind.
The lights in the study room of the main courtyard were still on, and two figures were projected on the plain gauze window. With just one glance, she could recognize which one was Du Ruhui's figure, this skill was practiced when she lived in the Eastern Capital ten years ago, and she still remembered that he was sitting in the courtyard outside, pondering, and reading, so she sat in the courtyard outside, put down the book in her hand from time to time, quietly stared at his figure through the window screen, and carefully traced his outline in her heart. Now, ten years have passed, although there are a few traces of early gray hair on his sideburns, his body is as resolute and solemn as ten years ago, and it has not changed at all.
She pulled the silk on her body, carefully picked up the steps and walked up the steps, and couldn't help but raise her hand to sketch the shadow of Du Ruhui on the window screen, the full forehead under the head, the highest straight nose bridge, the slightly upturned chin, the thick shoulders and arms, and the motionless shadow, more like a large stone chisel carved out.
Suddenly, the door of the study moved slightly, and He Suizhao walked out of it, Mu Qing was startled, hurriedly retracted his hand, and saluted curtly, "General He Sui." ”
He Suizhao raised his eyebrows in confusion, "Fang Cai is talking to Brother Du, why don't you go in and sit when you come?" What do you do standing outside? Immediately, he saw the shadow on the window screen beside her, and thought of the hand she hurriedly retracted under the sudden sight just now, and suddenly realized, the smile gradually turned into a bitter smile, and he paused for a breath or two, as if he was squeezing a sentence out of his throat with great difficulty, "I can't stay for a long time, so I will take my leave, and the autumn night is cool, and go into the house quickly." ”
Mu Qing bent his knees, lowered his head and whispered, "General He Sui is good to go." ”
He Suizhao bent his eyes and smiled, but he couldn't laugh at the usual pompous meaning, and buried his head in his own hands and walked away quickly.
"Mu Qing?" The thick voice in the room called her, she hurriedly pushed the door in, the candle flame in the room was slightly darker than before, she took a silver pick, and raised the core of the lamp one by one. When she turned around, she saw Du Ruhui's gaze following her swaying back and forth, as if she was looking at something very interesting.
"Come here." He stretched out his hand to her, beckoned her to sit down in front of the desk, and when she sat down, Du Ruhui held her hand, and with a little strength in his hand, he pinched her hand bones a little painfully. "This time, I want to drag you and the children along a dangerous road, I know that you have always been bold, and you will not be afraid, but the children ......" said that he added another strength to his hand, and his voice hesitated, but he was slightly nervous.
Mu Qing looked up in surprise, and by the candlelight, she could see fear and worry clearly written on his face, she was shocked, and held his hand back, "What?" The meaning of the Holy One is to deliberately let us live, is it possible, is it possible that there is another will? ”
Du Ruhui shook his head and sighed coldly, "The Holy Lord's will is indeed to give us a way out, if things are so simple, it is not in vain to be an excellent way out." After a pause, he suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly: "Do you remember that when I sent you back to Yuhang, we came out of the nunnery where Yinghua's biological mother practiced, and who did we meet in the mountains?" ”
How could Mu Qing forget that over the years, she had memorized every word in her heart, and even took it out from time to time to taste it carefully. "Yes. Yuan Tianshi reminded you to retreat bravely to protect yourself. ”
"That's exactly what I said. When I took it, I only thought that I had responded to the heavenly opportunity pointed out by Yuan Tianshi, and there was such an edict from the Holy Lord, so I told myself that the time had come, and I should retreat in a hurry. He let out a trembling sigh from his chest, "How do you know that you must survive a great catastrophe in front of you in order to comply with the will of heaven."
Before you came, He Suizhao secretly told that the prince had gathered all the dead soldiers of Bishamen under his command and ambushed all the roads out of the city, just waiting for me to go out of the city and throw myself into the net, and his heart was very strong to punish me, and his intention to destroy me was unswerving. If I do not go out of the city, and I resist the will, I will die. If I go out of the city, the red-eyed prince raises his sword and waits, and he will die.
This time, he hit the prince's vital point, so that he almost fell from the position of the prince, he must have been vicious to me, and tried his best to put me to death, I don't know how to ......" Du Ruhui's voice gradually lowered, buried his head between his elbows and was silent for a long time, suddenly raised his head again, and said resolutely: "I probably can't escape this catastrophe, and now I can only do my best to protect you and the children." ”
Mu Qinghuo sat up straight in front of the case and whispered anxiously, "I don't ......"
Du Ruhui didn't allow her to speak, pressed his shoulder with one hand, and covered her lips with the other, "Mu Qing, don't be wanton and willful, this time is different, now we still have children, you should think about them." ”
Mu Qing slowly softened his body, sat down again, and the pain in his heart had nowhere to flow, so he could only tightly tug the hanging silk on his chest.
"The servants and maids in the house who can be dismissed are all released, and the rest are with us for a longer time, and those who don't want to go will be taken away together, you take them and the children to avoid in the house where Hu Dalang lived in Chonghuafang for a few days, and wait for me to ......" Du Ruhui suddenly stammered, and pressed the hand on her shoulder a little lower, "After I leave the city, you listen to the news, and you will wait for the dead soldiers of Bishamen to take me...... You can blend into Yasuzaburo's caravan and leave the city. Do you understand? ”
Mu Qing stared at him blankly, his eyes were full of disbelief, and the teeth in the upper row bit his lower lip tightly, biting his lower lip so white that there was no trace of blood. Suddenly, she raised her hand and shook off the heavy palm on her shoulder, forced her eyes to look at him, and said word by word: "The children can be entrusted to Ada Aliu, and I will go out of the city with you." If you dare to leave me alone......"
She smiled sadly, her dry and tearless eyes red as if they were dripping blood, "I will follow you and never break my word." (To be continued.) )
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