Chapter 52: Suppression
When Li Zhi, who was far away in Chang'an, received Li Mo's flying pigeon message, in the study in the inner courtyard of the Wei Mansion, Wang Renyou, who was frowning, was also pacing uneasily. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The candle flame in front of the bookcase swayed from time to time with the night breeze through the window, and a wall of books on the south side was hidden in the shadow of the candle flame, like a heavy fog shrouded in front, and Wang Renyou could not see the road ahead clearly even after exhausting his eyesight.
It had been more than ten days since he sent those two masters who had been raised for many years to set off for Jiuzhi Mountain, but so far no news had come back.
This situation is undoubtedly extremely abnormal! If it is successful, then according to the day, there should be news from there; If it doesn't work...... With the skills of those two people, there are only two women and children over there besides Li Mo. It stands to reason that no matter how you can retreat, you will never fold it all in it.
But now this is the case......
Wang Renyou's brows became tighter and tighter, and his own children, who were originally quite proud, were left far behind by those poor ladies in this competition, which made Wang Renyou, who has always prided himself on being a poetic heirloom, only feel that he was slapped a loud slap in front of him.
The unfavorable situation on the field has already made him very nervous, and now the plan he has set for the bottom of the kettle has inexplicably disappeared.
He couldn't help but shudder! On that unclear road ahead, there seems to be some terrible crisis waiting for him, waiting for him to throw himself into the net!
"Someone! Call Madame for me! Wang Renyou frowned and called out loudly.
The little servant waiting outside the door answered, and then only a sound of footsteps was heard quickly away, and there was a dead silence inside and outside the study.
No matter how this matter turns out, you have to deliver a message to the daughter in the palace, whether it is good or bad, and let Yan'er prepare!
Wang Renyou tiredly sat in the sour branch wood high-backed chair in front of the bookcase, and slowly closed his eyes.
At this time, Li Zhi did not rest, and the manna hall that had withdrawn from everyone seemed empty and silent, only a dozen or so arm-thick palace candles burned silently in the hall.
Li Mo's letterhead only had a few sentences on it, but it had clearly explained what happened to the three of them at the foot of Jiuzhi Mountain. This is undoubtedly a very shocking news!
Li Zhi didn't expect that the Wang family would really send assassins to assassinate Wu Meiniang, even if he would send someone to send Wu Meiniang to Jiuzhi Mountain overnight, it was just to prevent Wu Meiniang from falling into the hands of the Wang family and let him throw a rat trap.
Thinking of the performance of the children of the big family in the past few days, Li Zhi seems to be able to understand Wang Renyou's decision.
When he couldn't recapture a city in the field, it was obvious that the head of the Wang family had realized that what Li Zhi had painted for him was just a castle in the air.
Rubbing the note in his hand repeatedly, the expression on Li Zhi's face slowly relaxed, and the corners of his mouth even brought a faint smile.
Wang Renyou is already a little anxious to jump off the wall at this time, so you might as well add a fire, maybe these big families will fall faster?
"Wang Qi!" Li Zhi shouted lazily.
"The subordinates are here."
With Li Zhi's soft shout, a gray figure suddenly appeared in the empty hall.
"Bring a letter to Li Yan, and ask him to take all the people to Jiuzhi Mountain, protect the son and the two girls, and come back after the three-year filial piety period expires."
Li Zhi raised his eyes and ordered, put the note in his hand on the candle flame in front of him, and watched it slowly burn into ashes.
Wang Qi agreed, and disappeared in an instant.
In Lijiazhuang under Jiuzhi Mountain, Li Mo and merchants were coming and going in an open area in the inner courtyard, one long and one short, and the two swords were shining brightly, and there was a sound of "Qiang Qiang" when they were fighting.
Although Wu Meiniang, who was standing on the side, didn't understand much, she also felt that the two were fighting very lively.
The house where the three of them originally lived is now empty, and the bloodstains in the yard have long been cleaned up by Li Da and others, and the clean loess has been paved again, and all the broken things in the house have been cleaned up and replaced with new ones.
However, looking at the three houses that were alone at the foot of the mountain, thinking of the bloody and sinister fight that night, Shang Shang and Wu Meiniang still couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts.
For the safety of the three of them, Li Mo and the three finally accepted the suggestion of Li's father and lived in Zhuangzi. Fortunately, Zhuangli had originally prepared a house for Li Mo, but he had always refused to come to live, and this time it finally came in handy.
The three of them just went back to the house to clean up the fine and soft, and the next day they moved into the separate west cross courtyard in Lijiazhuang, and in the lively popularity of the entire Zhuangzi, the merchant and Wu Meiniang looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Mei Niang! Would you like to try it too? ”
Shang Shang made a pause gesture at Li Mo, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and retreated to the porch where Wu Meiniang was standing to rest for a while. From breakfast to now, she and Li Mo have been practicing for most of the hour, and the clothes on their bodies have long been soaked.
Wu Meiniang looked at the short sword shining with cold light in Shang Shangshang's hand, shook her head hesitantly, and said with a smile: "Although I don't understand this, I have also heard that martial arts training needs to be practiced from a young age, with my current age, I am afraid that it will not be." ”
Looking at Wu Meiniang's somewhat envious but helpless face, the merchant also smiled a little.
Also! Although her kung fu has not been practiced since childhood, she was only in her teens at the beginning, not to mention that her figure has not grown, she still has a foundation in yoga, so she naturally gets twice the result with half the effort, but now that Wu Meiniang is in her twenties, it is indeed a little difficult to practice again.
"You don't have to be very good at training, you just need to have a few tricks to defend yourself." Li Mo on the side returned his sword to the sheath and stepped forward to look at Wu Meiniang.
"Is there any such kung fu?" Wu Meiniang was a little suspicious, but she couldn't help but look forward to it.
After discussing with Li Mo, the businessman had already told Wu Meiniang about the speculation of the two, after all, this was something related to her, and Wu Meiniang could only be speechless for the jealousy of the queen.
Li Zhi's feelings are not what she wants, but in this world, she will not necessarily have what she wants, and it is not that what she doesn't want will not be related to her.
"Naturally, there are some skills, and if you meet someone with kung fu, you can last for a while, so that someone can save you." Shang Shang looked at Li Mo and smiled, turned his head to Wu Meiniang and said.
"Hmmm! Do I follow the business studies? Wu Meiniang thought about it and looked at Shang Shangdao.
"I teach these simple tricks to Shang Shang, you can follow Shang Shang to learn when you have leisure on weekdays, and you can protect yourself when you are proficient." Li Mo looked at Wu Meiniang and said affirmatively.
Although Wu Meiniang herself has little to do with him, for Li Zhi's sake, how can he keep her safe, and teaching her some self-defense skills is undoubtedly a good way.
As the three of them were talking, a little girl with a double bun walked in quickly at the corner door, and saw the three of them standing under the porch laughing, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"Childe! Two girls! There was a visitor in the front yard, and the wife asked the slave maid to invite the three. ”
Li Mo thought for a moment and said with a smile: "It must be Li Yan who is here!" ”
Shang Shang smiled: "You didn't let him fly with wings, did you?" How fast it came? ”
Wu Meiniang also smiled: "Is it the Li Yan who sent me?" ”
"Hmmm! That's him. The merchant nodded yes, but when he looked down, he saw that he was drenched in clothes, so he smiled and said to Li Mo: "You go to the front yard!" I went back and changed my clothes. ”
"I'll be with you." Wu Meiniang thought about it, she and that Li Yan were not familiar with each other after all, so she didn't have to go to the front yard to meet each other, so she decided to accompany the merchant to change clothes.
"It's fine." Shang Shang nodded in response: "You simply take him to the West Cross Courtyard where we live, and it will save you the trouble of being accompanied by others." ”
Li Mo nodded in response, followed the little girl and went straight to the front yard.
When Li Yan followed Li Mo into the main room of the West Cross Courtyard, the businessman had already changed his clothes and came out, and Wu Meiniang took the little girl and brought a tea tray into the main room.
Li Yan greeted Shang Shang and Wu Meiniang, and a few people sat down in the room, and the little girl put the tea cup in the hands of a few people and retreated, covering the door.
"The emperor has received a message from Gongzi back, and his subordinates have brought people to protect Gongzi and the two girls." Li Yan said solemnly.
"The emperor is worried, the three of us are now living in Lijiazhuang, and there is no need to worry about safety." Li Mo smiled: "However, since you are here, you don't need to go back, so let's stay here." ”
The merchant looked at Li Yan, and was also extremely happy, when she was in the palace, Li Yan often hid behind her to protect her, and she was always grateful to Li Yan: "How many people have you brought here, but can you settle them properly?" ”
"A total of twelve people have been brought with us, and the owner of the village has placed them all in the companion courtyard next to the west courtyard." Li Yan also had a faint smile on his face.
When he left Chang'an, the emperor explained, people are not expensive, all the people he brought over this time are one in a hundred, and a dozen or so people can't get close, and the safety of Li Mo and the three of them will be foolproof.
"What news did you hear when you left Chang'an?" Li Mo looked at Li Yan and said.
"On the day that his subordinates left Chang'an, I heard that the emperor had set a date for the Ministry of Rites to pass the re-examination of the scholars' palace examination, and Mrs. Wei also entered the palace to meet the queen on the same day, and it took most of the day to leave the palace." Li Yan thought about it and told the news he got before leaving the city.
Wu Meiniang, who was accompanying her on the side, did not make a sound, and when she heard Li Yan's words, her hand holding the tea cup shook slightly, and her eyebrows were raised.
"Mrs. Wei enters the palace? The Emperor's Palace? The merchant muttered thoughtfully.
Is there any connection between these two things?
Li Mo heard Li Yan's words, but he didn't answer, he only picked up the teacup, sipped the tea in the cup lightly, and his drooping eyelids covered his vision.
Wu Meiniang could hear the murmur of the businessman, but she couldn't help but move in her heart.
She has also been in the palace for a while, and she also knows the means of the concubines in the palace, although this Mrs. Wei is the queen's mother, but she will not enter the palace for no reason, and she has stayed in the palace for so long, the reason is self-evident.
And the emperor set the day of the palace test on the day of Li Yan's departure, according to the news she got from Shangshang and Li Mo in Jiuzhi Mountain, the emperor wanted to put further pressure on the family!
I wonder if this Wang Renyou can withstand another suppression by the emperor?
The corners of Wu Meiniang's mouth showed a faint smile. For those who want their own lives, I believe that no one can be soft-hearted! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )