At the imperial banquet in the imperial garden of the palace, Qin Xingyi was restless, he didn't hear from Xuanyuan Mingyu for a long time, he didn't know what was going on, he wouldn't drink anyway, it was useless to stay longer, so he got up and said goodbye.

The emperor didn't let Qin Xingyi leave, and said: "Sister Huang, it's rare to have free today, the royal family gathers and feasts, always have fun!" The group of people in the Imperial Forest Army did not do well, and they delayed inviting the three princes to the banquet for so long, and no one came back with a letter, so it seems that they need to be replaced by some capable ones. ”

Qin Xingyi was reluctant to refute the emperor's words, so she had to wait patiently.

At this time, in the guest room of the eldest princess's mansion, Xu Xiaodi was worried that her father would go out alone to deal with the bad guys, so she said to Xuanyuan Mingyu: "Little brother, my father is going to deal with things alone, I want to go over and take a look, you wait for me to come back." ”

In fact, Xuanyuan Mingyu also wanted to go to the gate to inspect, but he was weak and afraid of burdening Xiaodi and them, so he said, "Go quickly, come back and tell me immediately if there is any movement." ”

Xu Xiaodi promised to open the door, ran to the gate, and saw his father standing majestically on the steps with a saber in his hand, and more than a dozen soldiers of the Royal Forest Army gathered under the steps, holding the door with their hands, and shouting anxiously: "Daddy be careful!" ”

Deputy Commander Yu saw Xu Xiaodi shouting Daddy, but he didn't expect Xu Blacksmith's sons to grow so big, and said: "The swords used by the Royal Forest Army have all been refined in stainless steel!" It's just that you want to deal with so many of us with a saber, don't you want to bring humiliation on yourself? Why don't you get out of the way for your son's sake? ”

When Blacksmith Xu saw his son coming, he liked it in his heart and said with a smile: "You are wrong. My son will be a hero in the future, even if his father is defeated, he will still be honored despite defeat, and he will not want to have a father who escapes! ”

Xu Xiaodi's blood boiled when he heard it, and the father and son had a heart-to-heart connection, and shouted: "Come on, Daddy!" You can beat them! ”

Seeing that the deputy commander was persuaded not to move, Deputy Commander Yu waved his hand and shouted: "Up!" "The lead pounced.

"Good time!" Blacksmith Xu roared, jumped down from the steps, and unfurled a sword light to entangle the deputy commander.

Xu Xiaodi's eyes widened and she watched nervously, worried about her father! There were too many people in the back, and they pounced like a flock of sheep, and they couldn't help themselves, so they were very anxious.

Suddenly, Xu Xiaodi heard footsteps from behind, and hurriedly looked back, it turned out to be Xuanyuan Mingyu coming behind him.

In the corner of the wall inside the gate is a flat pole and two wicker baskets filled with bright red hawthorns.

Xuanyuan Mingyu saw that the situation was critical, and hurriedly grabbed two handfuls of hawthorn from the basket, stepped on the steps, and threw them in the air.

The hawthorns flew like a rain of flowers, striking the wrists of the Royal Guards soldiers, causing their swords to "crackle" and fall to the ground.

Xu Xiaodi was overjoyed and cheered: "Little brother is so good!" ”

Xu Blacksmith and Deputy Commander Yu were entangled, although their martial arts were slightly superior, but it was difficult to win immediately in their eagerness, and when they saw Xuanyuan Mingyu help, their confidence suddenly increased, and they wielded their swords like a swift wind and water, and the offensive was like a surging wave.

Deputy Commander Yu was caught off guard, but Xu Blacksmith's knife skills were so superb that he couldn't parry, and he took a few steps backwards, added a knife edge to his arm, and was defeated.

Blacksmith Xu looked at the blood stained on the saber, did not chase after it, tapped the knife with a flick of his fingers, and said tolerantly: "Deputy Commander Yu, don't be stubborn, you are not Xu's opponent!" It's best to get out of here as soon as possible! Xu doesn't want to kill all of you. ”

Deputy Commander Yu knew that he was invincible, and Xu Blacksmith had helpers, so he thought: If he stalks and fights, he will definitely make the eldest princess dissatisfied! It's better to go back and report and wait for the emperor's arrangement.

Deputy Commander Yu ordered the soldiers to guard the gate, covered his arm with his hand, and said to Blacksmith Xu: "This matter can't be done today!" You have openly resisted arrest and injured your own deputy commander, and your sin is as great as heaven! ”

"How can it be so serious? The three princes just refused to go to the banquet once, you are guilty of what you want to do! ”

"It doesn't matter if you say it, I'll go back to the palace to report first, and see how the emperor decides. If the eldest princess sends a message to let you enter the palace, I'm afraid you won't be able to refuse! ”

Blacksmith Xu watched Deputy Commander Yu leave, saw more than ten soldiers of the Royal Forest Army guarding the gate, turned around and walked into the door without saying a word, ordered the guards at the door to close the gate tightly, took the hand of the little flute, walked to Xuanyuan Mingyu, and said, "The front door can't get out." ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu launched the hawthorn hidden weapon at the right time, which consumed too much physical strength, and he was unstable on his feet, so he hurriedly supported the hospital wall.

Blacksmith Xu saw it in his eyes and suggested: "Xuanyuan Gongzi is struggling to walk, and Xiaodi is still young. Why don't you sit in the basket, and I will pretend to be a farmer, carry the basket with a flat pole, and take the two of you out of the eldest princess's mansion through the back door. ”

Although the two fruit baskets under the corner of the wall are not big, it should be no problem to hold Xuanyuan Mingyu, a teenager and Xiaodi, a ten-year-old child.

Xiaodi thought it was funny, and clapped her hands happily and said, "Come on, Daddy, I'm going to sit in the basket quickly." ”

Blacksmith Xu smiled and touched Xiaodi's head and discussed with the two guards. The guards had no choice, thinking that it would be better for them to go out first to avoid the limelight, lest the eldest princess come back and blame the guards for being incompetent, so they helped to pour the hawthorn in the basket into the corner of the wall, helped Xuanyuan Mingyu to sit in the basket, and covered it.

Xu Xiaodi was smart and clever, and without waiting for the guards to come and hug her, she grabbed the edge of the basket and climbed in, shouting excitedly: "Quickly cover the lid for me!" ”

Blacksmith Xu watched his son sit in the frame with pity, covered the basket with his hand, picked up the two baskets one after the other with a flat pole, and walked to the back door.

A guard opened the back door and looked around, saw that there was no one outside, motioned to Blacksmith Xu to move quickly, and asked, "Where are you going?" Her Royal Highness the eldest princess asked, and we have an explanation. ”

Blacksmith Xu didn't want to talk about this kind of confidential matter on the street, so he replied simply: "This is not certain for the time being, and when we have a residence, we will definitely notify Her Royal Highness the eldest princess." ”

After he finished speaking, he picked up his shoulder, stepped out of the door, and walked away in a puff of smoke.

After turning a few streets and coming to the outside of Prime Minister Hu Cheng's mansion, Blacksmith Xu put down his flat shoulder, lifted his robe and tucked it on his belt, and whispered: "You wait, I'll go in and open the door." ”

Blacksmith Xu jumped into the courtyard wall, and as soon as his feet hit the ground, and before he could stand firmly, he heard someone next to him ask, "Who is it!" What do you want to do when you jump over a wall? ”

Blacksmith Xu was taken aback, and saw that the other party was an old man over forty years old, with a long white beard and slender fingers, and he didn't know him, and explained: "I'm delivering food." Usually there are people at the door to take care of it, but today the door is closed, I don't know what happened, I came in over the wall to take a look. ”

The man's eyes were like torches, and he didn't believe what blacksmith Xu said, and he was sure that the person who stole into the Prime Minister's Mansion must have other intentions, so he remained silent and said gently: "Oh, a food deliverer, just leave the food behind." ”

Blacksmith Xu was confused, he couldn't figure out the identity of this person, and he seemed to be the servant left by Prime Minister Hu Cheng to watch the courtyard, thinking that Prime Minister Hu was not there anyway, so he could discuss with this person for a few days, and asked, "Excuse me, who is Your Excellency in the mansion?" ”

The white-faced old man replied unhappily: "You sell vegetables, and the old man pays, why do you ask so much?" ”

Blacksmith Xu was choked, and felt that this person was not easy to deal with, so he had to bring the two Xiaodi into the courtyard first, and pretended to be happy and said, "It's okay to have silver!" Wait a minute, I'm going to pick up the basket in. ”

Blacksmith Xu opened the door of the house, went out and picked the basket in, and closed the door very cautiously.

The white-faced old man had excellent ear power, and when he heard someone gasping in the basket, he pretended not to know, and walked to the basket with his hands behind his back, and asked, "What kind of dish is this?" How much silver do I need? ”

Blacksmith Xu replied calmly: "It's all ordinary vegetables, ten taels of silver." ”

The white-faced old man did not hesitate, immediately took out ten taels of silver from his arms, and deliberately tentatively said: "Here are ten taels of silver, leave the vegetable basket, you can go." ”

Blacksmith Xu frowned in embarrassment, didn't accept the silver, and asked, "Brother, can we discuss it?" Xu is willing to rent a room with these ten taels of silver and stay here for a few days. ”

The white-faced old man smiled, guessing that the other party was not good at coming, and the good person would not come, so he must not have held back his kindness, and excused himself: "I'm sorry! The old man can't be the master of this matter. ”

"You can be the master of groceries, but you can't be the master of renting a house?" Blacksmith Xu's tone became strong, and he felt that the person in front of him was very suspicious.

In fact, the white-faced old man has always changed his name and surname, and his real identity is the owner of the West Wind Mansion and Qin Xingyi's father-in-law.

The owner of the West Wind Mansion was entrusted by his friend Prime Minister Hu Cheng at this moment to secretly protect Hu Feng, and it was not suitable to expose his identity, so he said lightly: "The old man is an old man of Prime Minister Hu Cheng, and he came to help temporarily, guarding the empty house, you are a food delivery person, why do you have to rent here?" ”

Blacksmith Xu couldn't hide it at this time, so he simply revealed his identity and said, "Don't hide it, my surname is Xu, and I used to make iron." Because he offended the dignitaries in the capital, he had to choose this place to hide for a few days. Xu knew that Prime Minister Hu Cheng had returned to his hometown, and this place had become an empty house, which was a safe place. ”

When the owner of the West Wind Mansion heard that Blacksmith Xu dared to offend the dignitaries, he was impressed and asked, "Who is hiding in the vegetable basket?" As long as you make things clear, the matter of renting can be discussed. ”

Blacksmith Xu looked at the white-faced old man for a while, and saw that he didn't look like a person sent by the government to be an undercover agent, his eyes were extremely wise, and he seemed to be able to predict everything, and he actually knew that there were people hidden in the basket, so he couldn't help but have a little admiration, stretched out his hand to lift the lids of the two wicker baskets, and introduced: "One is my son Xiaodi, and the other is Xuanyuan Gongzi." ”

The eyes of the owner of the West Wind Mansion lit up, he had seen the portrait of the three princes hand-painted by Qin Xingyi before, and asked with a smile: "No wonder, it turns out that the three princes are here." ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu sat in the basket, saw a white-faced old man standing in front of the basket talking to him with a smile, he had obviously never seen it, and asked, "Do you know me?" ”

The Lord of the West Wind Mansion smiled and nodded, and said, "Even if it is." The old man is fortunate to have seen your portrait, which is painted by the old man and his daughter, it is simply like it! ”

Xuanyuan Mingyu suddenly realized who the white-faced old man was, and asked in surprise: "You are the owner of the West Wind Building?" ”