In the middle of the night, a person of unknown origin stood in front of Chen Qiuniang's bed, and did not act for a long time. Chen Qiuniang held a kitchen knife in her hand, adhering to the principle of "the enemy does not move, I will not move", quietly waiting for the other party to make a move.

The man stood by the bed for a long time, motionless. Chen Qiuniang suspected that she was hallucinating, but she didn't want to move, so that the other party noticed that she had lost the opportunity. So it was a stalemate. After some time, the man moved slightly, but instead of rummaging through the cabinets or going out, he sat down on a low stool in the room.

What is the rhythm of this? Chen Qiuniang couldn't help but wonder.

In the dead of night, except for the occasional sound of silk and bamboo from the nearby Tianxiang Building, as well as the sound of the watch, there was no other sound on this March night. The night was so quiet that even distant dogs could be heard barking. At this moment, Chen Qiuniang heard the sound of uniform footsteps passing quickly.

Then someone seemed to be banging on the door. Chen Qiuniang listened carefully, as if she was patting the door of the Yunlai Inn.

It's so late, who the hell is it?

The Yunlai Inn hasn't been open for a long time, and the bedding and beds haven't been cleaned, let alone the Yunlai Inn without a chef can provide decent meals. It stands to reason that no one will come to the hotel. And listening to the footsteps is like a group of people coming, and the uniform footsteps are a symbol of good training.

"It's coming, it's coming." Panqing's voice was so high that his neighbors could hear it. On weekdays, it was Pan Qing and Wang Agui, the husband of the porter's mother-in-law, who kept vigil in the inn.

With Panqing's voice, I heard the crackling sound of the door panel. Chen Qiuniang knew that this Panqing was really smart, and such a big move was to let the neighbors know.

After that, though, there was no sound. Chen Qiuniang was very worried, but there were people in the house, and she couldn't get up rashly, so she just lay down. But Mrs. Chen and Xiaoqing next door got up and were asking Chen Wenzheng, who got up, what happened.

"I'll go to the front and take a look, don't come out of your daughters, it's late at night." Chen Wenzheng replied, and called Mrs. Wang to open the door.

"Wen Zheng is careful in everything, if it is a strong man, don't screw it." Mrs. Chen advised.

Chen Wenzheng went out in response. Chen Qiuniang heard Mrs. Chen pacing back and forth under the eaves of the porch, and Xiaoqing comforted her in a low voice: "Madame, don't worry. There have never been mountain bandits or strongmen in this Liuhe town. Besides, we are Silk Street, and the people from the General's Mansion have been patrolled. I guess someone is going to invest in the store, and I'm going to go now. ”

"That being said, I'm not sure." Mrs. Chen sighed lightly, and then said, "Qiu Niang is a child with ideas, so I will rely on the old man and sell the old one again, and disturb her to get up and get an idea." Xiaoqing, you go knock on the door. ”

When Chen Qiuniang heard that Mrs. Chen was going to come to her for an idea, she hurriedly thought that she couldn't let them in, after all, there was a strong man in this house. Therefore, after Xiaoqing knocked on the door, Chen Qiuniang pretended to wake up and asked, "Who?" ”

"Qiu Niang, something happened to the inn in front of you. Madame would like to discuss with you what to do. Xiaoqing replied.

"It turned out to be Sister Xiaoqing, you wait for me to get up." Chen Qiuniang replied, put the machete aside, turned over and got up.

"Huh? You won't bolt the door, so you can't be careless in the future. I've got a lamp here, so I'll bring it in for you." Xiaoqing pushed the door hard, and the door creaked open.

"Oh, no need, Sister Xiaoqing. You just wait for me outside, and I'll be out at once. Chen Qiuniang hurriedly said, and then turned over and got out of bed. What she thought in her heart was that she couldn't put Mrs. Chen and Xiaoqing in danger, and at the same time, she ran out in stride like this, which could be regarded as out of the control of the thieves in this house.

Who knew that she ran a little hasteer, staggered forward, and was about to fall to the ground. The thief sitting on the stool suddenly came and held her up. She smelled a faint scent of lavender, and heard the man whisper in her ear: "Qiu Niang, if someone outside asks you about my whereabouts, you must hide it." ”

Although the voice was so light that it was almost inaudible, Chen Qiuniang could still hear that this person was Jiang Fan.

His uncle, this Jiang Fan is still in Liuhe Town, it is really a living neurosis, which scared her so long. She didn't speak, just slapped away the paw he held around his waist.

"I'll wait for you to come back." He said in Chen Qiuniang's ear.

Chen Qiuniang ignored it and walked straight to the outside. Xiaoqing had already held the lamp and accompanied Mrs. Chen to stand outside.

"Qiu Niang, I can hear the door banging outside. To be honest, this inn has long been without guests, this is the middle of the night, I sleep lightly, and it sounds like people are not simple. Wenzheng is ahead of them, and I am always panicked and uneasy. Mrs. Chen panicked and walked over to take Chen Qiuniang's hand.

"Auntie, don't worry, wait for me to take a look at the situation before making a decision, you go back to the room to rest first." Chen Qiuniang patted her hand.

"Don't go, you girl." Mrs. Chen grabbed her with her backhand.

"Don't be afraid, I'll be careful." Chen Qiuniang smiled at her, then took the lantern in Xiaoqing's hand, and said to the porter Mrs. Wang, "Granny Wang, you can go with me to take a look." ”

Chen Qiuniang and the princess went to the Yunlai Inn together, and heard Chen Wenzheng say: "It's so late, a few brothers want to see their daughters, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." ”

"Chen Gongzi, we really have 100,000 urgent things to see Qiu Niang, and we are bothered to let Qiu Niang come out to meet us." The voice of the person who spoke was quiet, unhurried, it was Jiang Hang.

"Wait until tomorrow morning." Chen Wenzheng still said so.

"Childe, they belong to Zhang's Mansion." Panqing is on the side, and he always worships idols.

"It doesn't make sense for a woman to meet a man late at night." Chen Wenzheng insisted.

There was a black-faced man next to him who shouted impatiently: "Don't be embarrassed, my son-in-law respects you, and you treat yourself as a character." Again chirp crookedly, be careful that I demolish this inn for you. ”

"This master is from a bandit?" Chen Wenzheng asked rhetorically, flicking his robe.

"your grandmother, who are the bandits?" The black-faced man was about to pounce. Jiang Hang stretched out his hand to stop him, and then said, "Because it is a matter of family honor and survival, I bothered late at night, and asked Chen Gongzi to fulfill it." ”

As soon as Jiang Hang finished speaking, he bowed deeply. Chen Wenzheng just glanced at him and didn't speak. Chen Qiuniang looked at this shape too tensely. Jiang Hang is very cultivated, yes, but it doesn't mean that Jiang Hang won't use strength. Although this Chen Wenzheng is upright, he is a weak scholar in the end.

"It turned out to be Commander Jiang, I don't know when I was looking for Qiu Niang?" Chen Qiuniang walked out of the back hall and looked at the people around her.

When Jiang Hang saw Chen Qiuniang, he bowed slightly and said, "It's really helpless to visit late at night. Thank you for your understanding. ”

"Commander Jiang is polite." Chen Qiuniang returned the gift.

Jiang Hang said: "I don't know if I can take a step to speak." ”

"The upstairs orchid room." Chen Qiuniang reported her name, and asked Mrs. Wang to wait, and she carried the lantern to the second floor. Jiang Hang ordered someone to guard downstairs, and then went up to the second floor.

The second floor was originally a private room of Yunlai Inn, and a separate private room was opened, each with its own name. The Orchid Room is the second room upstairs. Jiang Hang entered the room, covered the door, and said that he was visiting late at night, which was really helpless.

Chen Qiuniang put the lantern, waved her hand and said, "There is no need to be polite." I just heard you say in the back hall that it is about the honor and survival of the family. What the hell is going on? ”

Jiang Hang calmly recounted that when his mother gave birth to his third brother Jiang Fan, she was weak due to dystocia and could not carry it by herself, and there was a war in those years. I invited a few nurses and ran away. At that time, it happened that his father's friends Yun Qinghua and his wife came to visit, so they brought Jiang Fan to Wudang Mountain to raise him. Until last autumn, he suddenly ran to Bianjing and said that his master had allowed him to go down the mountain. At that time, Jiang's father, Jiang Muyan, was preparing for war, so he didn't investigate it too carefully, and let Jiang Fan live in Bianjing. At the beginning of this year, Jiang Muyan received a transfer task and led the army south with his second son Jiang Zhou, while Jiang Fan stayed in Bianjing with his mother.

"I've also heard this happen from Miss Six. It's just that Jiang Fan has caused some big trouble, so that he has reached the honor of the family? Chen Qiuniang interrupted Jiang Hang's narration and asked this sentence directly, meaning to prompt him to the point.

"Yes. Jiang Fan was raised in the mountains, he didn't know the etiquette, he acted recklessly, fooled around with a group of Bianjing children, and also had several enemies with Zhao Defang, the fourth son of the emperor, and fought hard. Even with the permission of the MSG official, he went out of Bianjing without permission. Jiang Hang said.

Chen Qiuniang couldn't help asking: "Leaving Bianjing without permission?" He is such a big person, where is he willing to go, as long as he reports to his family, how can he go out of Bianjing and report to the official family? ”

"Yes. All army generals, ministers of the DPRK and China, and all parties who have made their children and relatives leave Bianjing must report to the official's house and explain their whereabouts. Jiang Hang replied.

Chen Qiuniang was very surprised, although she was not familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty, she had heard Dai Yuanqing talk many times before, and she had never heard of Zhao Kuangyin in addition to "releasing military power with a glass of wine", Zhao Kuangyin had also used this method to control the military generals. Perhaps this kind of black history will never be recorded in the history books. It's just that why don't other history books even mention it vaguely?

"What does this do?" Chen Qiuniang deliberately didn't understand, so she asked naïvely. Because these days, in order to be able to live as well as possible, her edge is already too exposed. As long as this Yunlai restaurant opens, she will hide behind the scenes, and leave everything else to Chen Wenzheng to do. She just does what she needs to do when she's nine years old, or wanders around to see the customs of this plane and eat the delicious food of this plane.

Jiang Hang paused and said, "This is the meaning of the official family, and it is inconvenient for the courtiers to speculate on the holy will. Besides, it can also be suitable for management. ”

"This is just going out privately, and now that I'm in this Meizhou, people are already there, so it's not about the honor and survival of the family, right?" Chen Qiuniang asked. I always felt that something was wrong with this.

"Miss Chen doesn't know that her brother went out of Bianjing without permission and went to Youzhou, and a singer died in Youzhou, which is related to her brother." Jiang Hang said this. RS