In the courtyard of Wanming Temple, there are two groups of people standing together: on the one hand, there are monks led by the abbot of Wanming Temple, and on the other hand, there is a group of imposing guards. The head of the guard was wearing a bandage over his left eye, and he was holding a machete more than a foot long in his hand, with a gloomy expression.

He swept the knife in his hand and bluffed the monks in the temple back and forth, "A group of bald donkeys, ignorant of current affairs!" That song is the person the prince wants to kill, and you are protecting him against Prince Jinli! I lost my life for a ninth-rate actor, tsk, I'm really not worth it for you! ”

The monks of Wanming Temple behaved very well, bowing their heads and chanting scriptures one by one, ignoring his threats.

The leader of the guards had nothing to do with this group of monks, and after a blink of an eye, he came up with a vicious idea, and he shouted loudly into the monastery: "Qu Beiyi, Boss Qu, you listen to me!" I know you're hiding here! From now on, I'll count three times, if you don't come out! I'm going to kill the monks in this temple one by one! 1.2——! ”

"Stop!"

Hearing this, the head of the guard hooked the corners of his mouth, and turned to look at Qu Beiyi who came out of the monk's room with a treacherous expression. Although Qu Beiyi is very wolf-like: the makeup on his face is spent, and the beautiful blue and purple green feathers on his head are also scattered, and there is only a bamboo shirt on his body and a big red pleated skirt on the lower body.

But

Obviously, others are wearing a nondescript set of clothes, and they are very beautiful when they are worn on Qu Beiyi. Seeing him walk out of the monk's room step by step, it was as if others were still on the stage, and the music class was about to sing a love oath on July 7 as "Concubine Yang".

The leader of the guards was a little sorry that such a stunning "beauty" wanted to be his soul under the knife, raised the knife, and silently told the gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth in his heart, and rushed forward to cut off Qu Beiyi's head.

With a "bang" sound, his machete was flicked away, and the leader of the guards looked at it, and it was actually the "Cheng Biting Jin" who came out of thin air to save Qu Beiyi - Cao Xueqin brought a Zen staff from nowhere, and just came up to block his attack.

Originally

Just now, when the evil guards were shouting outside, Cao Xueqin was ready to come out. But Du Zhe saw that Cao Xueqin was not walking very steadily, and he was seriously injured because he saved him, Du Zhe stopped Cao Xueqin at the moment, and walked out with a sentence of "You can't just because I'm dead" -

At the moment, the leader of the guards couldn't strike a blow, and he was even more irritable, so he simply turned around and crossed Cao Xueqin and hit Qu Beiyi directly. Where is Du Zhe who is waiting to be killed, he hurriedly jumped back two steps to dodge, and Cao Xueqin also followed behind to entangle the guard's attack again.

Seeing that their boss was defeated, the other guards of the palace joined the battle one after another. The abbot of Wanming Temple had no intention of getting involved in the dispute, but the appearance of the head of the guard just now had angered the young monks in the temple. Most of these monks knew a little bit of kung fu, and immediately stepped forward to fight with the guards, and in a blink of an eye, the courtyard became a Shura field.

In the confusion, I don't know who shouted "with arrows", and some of the guards who escaped immediately turned around and went out of the courtyard to get bows and arrows hanging on horseback. Cao Xueqin's movements were a little sluggish because of the injury, but his eyesight was still very good, and when he saw those archers coming in, he had red eyes and hurriedly shouted:

"Be careful!"

Du Zhe didn't react at first that Cao Xueqin was calling him, but later remembered that his current identity was a small word and a little bit of love. But it was in this hesitation that the misfortune came before him: first a guard struck him with a sword and stabbed him in the chest, and then an arrow shot at his face, threatening to kill him.

Cao Xueqin was entangled by the leader of the guards, and in a hurry, she simply took a Zen stick alive, and ran over desperately with half of the Zen staff to protect Qu Beiyi, but she only had time to miss the cluster of arrows that flew over.

"You ......" Du Zhe watched in amazement as Cao Xueqin pounced over and hugged him tightly, but he saw more clearly that the guards behind Cao Xueqin couldn't hold back and stabbed a sword into Cao Xueqin's back.

The guard seemed to be frightened, but Cao Xueqin was still very calm, he looked down at Qu Beiyi in his arms, and smiled bitterly with a white face, "Dongliu...... Why are you still so stupid, calling you...... Watch out...... How, just ...... I don't know how to hide......"

As she spoke, Cao Xueqin had a helpless pampering on her face, and she paused as soon as she closed her eyes. Du Zhe gasped, and hurriedly caught Cao Xueqin's soft body, and his hand was cold, and Cao Xueqin didn't know the depth of the two new injuries behind him, all of which were suffered for him.

"Hey, big ......" Du Zhe looked at Cao Xueqin who had fainted, and then looked at the leader of the guards who was gradually approaching him, and his heart was terrified: not only did he not complete the task, but he also killed the author Da, God knows how the system will punish him.

Du Zhe gritted his teeth and tightly protected Cao Xueqin's "corpse": Whether it's you, a villain or the system, what's coming at me!

However, neither the pain nor punishment that Du Zhe had anticipated appeared.

The guard raised his sword, and before his hand could be waved, an arrow pierced his throat, and the only remaining one eye of the guard widened, and he turned slowly in disbelief, and saw a noble man on a horse, dressed in white and silver thread embroidered with dark arrow sleeves, and wearing a flowered eight-group forged tassel coat.

The man's face was very grim, and behind him was a group of soldiers of the Eight Banners who were fully armed.

The situation suddenly reversed, Du Zhe was a little surprised, but the system was dutifully reminding: [Ding ~ Host, please note that it is Prince Bao Hongli who is riding on a horse in the distance]

Fog grass! Hongli!

Without saying a word, Du Zhe lifted his skirt and bowed with his head, "The slave said goodbye to the treasure ......"

"No need, this king can't stand your boss Qu's worship."

Du Zhe was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand the meaning of Prince Bao's words, he knelt on the ground and didn't get up. Prince Bao didn't care about him, but only coldly ordered, "Today's matter, if someone asks about it, it will be said that it is a rioter, and it has nothing to do with any prince." These 'thugs' can do whatever they want...... No, leave one for him to go back and talk back. ”

"Yes, follow the instructions of the fourth master."

Prince Bao sat on the horse and waved his hand coldly, and then looked at Qu Beiyi who was kneeling on the ground, and Cao Xueqin who was lying on the ground, he frowned, countless expressions flashed in his eyes, and finally shook his head and sighed, "You guys, use my carriage to send Cao Gongzi back and give a good life to heal." ”

"Yes—"

Du Zhe still didn't dare to move, and suddenly there was a sound of rustling in front of him, and he was pulled up. It was Prince Bao Hongli who helped him, Hongli looked at Qu Beiyi's appearance, and sighed again, "No wonder Hongli likes you so much, wolf bèi is like this, it still makes people feel a little funny." ”

"...... huh?" Du Zhe blinked his eyes and was a little confused, and Prince Bao said...... Who likes him?

"Okay," Hongli ignored Du Zhe's doubts, he turned around and got back on the horse, and said to Qu Beiyi, "Hongli can't come today because of something, so he asked me to come, Boss Qu, you can do it yourself." ”

Seeing Hongli lead people away, Du Zhe hurriedly ran to Cao Xueqin's side, and watched Hongli's people help Cao Xueqin bandage his wounds neatly, and his heart that had been hanging was let go.

"Boss Qu, we're going to send Cao Gongzi back, please let me go."

"Oh, oh, what a ......"

"Dongliu, Dongliu, don't go......" Cao Xueqin, who was in a coma, somehow evoked Qu Beiyi's name, and the guards standing next to the carriage had embarrassed expressions on their faces, Du Zhe stepped forward with a light cough, grabbed Cao Xueqin's hand with a red face, and said warmly, "I'm here." ”

After that, because Cao Xueqin was holding Qu Bieyi's hand to death, she couldn't be separated. The guards simply asked Qu Beiyi to accompany Cao Xueqin back, leaving only a coachman and an officer-looking guard to follow.

As soon as the people left, Cao Xueqin immediately opened her eyes.

"You...... Is it pretended?! ”

"Ahem......" Cao Xueqin coughed lightly, changed a comfortable position and rested on Qu Beiyi's legs, a little helpless, "Prince Nabao has been helping the emperor with government affairs recently, he is suspicious by nature, and our family is the most useless slave in the eyes of the emperor." If I am awake and involve Prince Shangli, he will definitely interrogate one or two, and even if I answer truthfully, he will have to guess a lot of thoughts, and more things are better than less. ”

Hearing him say this, Du Zhe probably understood, but Cao Xueqin's strong appearance made him worry at the moment, so he patted Cao Xueqin's shoulder, "You are so badly injured, sleep for a while, I'm here." ”

Cao Xueqin's eyes lit up, and she deliberately arched her head to Qu Beiyi's legs, and touched him with both hands irregularly, "Ah, people say that drunk and lying on the knees of beautiful women, it's probably what I look like now." ”

"Huh, nonsense!" Qu Beiyi blushed and argued in a low voice, "I, I'm a big man, I'm not a beauty!" ”

"Hahahaha...... Uh, cough, you're really interesting......" Cao Xueqin laughed so hard that he pulled at the wound, he bared his teeth in pain and wanted to laugh, "You, if you weren't, I'm afraid there would be no beauty in this world." Isn't it said in "Song of Long Hatred"? Smile back, Bai Meisheng, six palaces pink del no color. ”

Du Zhe was too lazy to argue with Cao Xueqin, they were literati talking in a way, and Du Zhe could only ignore Cao Xueqin with a red face and a huff. When Cao Xueqin finally couldn't support her and fell asleep, Du Zhe had time to think carefully about how he wanted Cao Xueqin to counterattack:

The Cao family has been weaving in Jinling for many years, Cao Xueqin's grandmother Sun is Xuanye's nanny, and his grandfather Cao Yin is Xuanye's companion, and he is prosperous with Xuanye's accession to the throne in the Kangxi Dynasty.

It's a pity that in the end, the Cao family stood on the wrong side during the "Nine Dragons Seize the Throne", protected the abolished prince Yinren, and got very close to Prince Lian's "old eight" Yinren. These are all people that Emperor Yongzheng hated to the bones. And that Prince Li is Aixin Jueluo. Yinren's eldest son, Emperor Kangxi's eldest grandson Honghui, was the first to be named a prince among the princes, with a noble status.

The patrol soldiers on the street outside Zhengyangmen also did not care about the pursuit of Qu Beiyi by this group of black-clothed people. And the Cao family served the abolished prince Yinren, so they naturally had a closer relationship with his son Prince Li Honghui, and Cao Xueqin pretended to be in a coma, which also had this meaning.

It is difficult to let Cao Xueqin live a good life in this dynasty, but it is now the eleventh year of Yongzheng, and Yongzheng will die in two years.

It's just that Emperor Qianlong was suspicious, and it is often said in history that "Qianlong was an unknown minister", which is because the emperor loves suspicion. Any means are too obvious, I am afraid that it will bring immeasurable disasters to Cao Xueqin and the Cao family in the future.

So Du Zhe thought: the curve saves the country. Emperor Qianlong was also a human being, and if he was a human being, he had weaknesses. He Shen, the number one favorite of the Qianlong Dynasty, was born in 1750, and now I am afraid that he can't count on it. I vaguely remember that there was also a ridiculous prince in the Qianlong Dynasty, who liked to do funerals, eat sacrifices, and play around all day long, and no matter how disobedient he was, Emperor Qianlong could forgive him.

Through the guò system, Du Zhe further learned that this and the prince is called Aixin Jueluo. Hongday, the biological mother of Concubine Yu Geng, is the fifth son of Emperor Yongzheng, and has just been crowned Prince Heshuo this year.

nodded, Qu Beiyi made a wishful thinking: as long as he hugged the thick thigh of Prince Hongday, why worry about not being able to get close to Emperor Qianlong in the future.

However, Du Zhe always felt that he seemed to have heard the name "Hongday" somewhere, and before he could remember, Cao Xueqin, who was lying on his lap, moved, slowly opened his eyes, and asked in a very low voice: "Can you go to Hua'er City?" ”