Chapter 112: Collapse
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went out on a trip, piled up a lot of things, and finally dealt with a lot of things. Today's update is a little late, and tomorrow will be updated at 8 o'clock in the morning.
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In the rear, where Qin Yu and Chu Chi passed, the rumbling and collapsing sounds were even more severe, and the position they were in was the center of the bridge. There are also Xie Yunlan's guards who protected the carriage at the same time, but after all, the time is short, it is far from the road, the guards lifted the carriage and just walked a few steps, the entire bridge deck here was shattered into dust, no matter how high the guard's martial arts were, but there was no fulcrum to step on at this time, and there was still non-stop bombing under the bridge, so in a blink of an eye, the carriage was filled with smoke and dust, flying sand and stones, and the whole carriage fell under the bridge.
Xie Fanghua was stunned, and secretly praised the skills of these people brought by Xie Yunlan, I am afraid that they are not inferior to first-class and second-class martial arts masters.
Ahead, Xie Yunlan grabbed Xie Fanghua's hand, and did not rush to get rid of the carriage, but sat firmly in the carriage. The carriage shook violently, but it was only a moment, and the guards on both sides suddenly rushed forward, and in an instant someone grabbed the reins of the horse, and someone lifted the wheels of the carriage in front and behind, and rushed to the ground opposite at an extremely fast speed.
Wang Wu and Zheng Yi's hearts also rose.
Qin Tian opened his mouth, and closed it again when he heard the words, the bridge collapsed before they came, but it was also terrifying to see the people in front of him turning over on their backs, and the rubble was flying. couldn't help but worry about Xie Fanghua. Even if they retreated at this time, after all, there were vehicles loaded with goods behind them, and although they were not panicked at this time, they could not get out of the bridge in the blink of an eye.
"Don't panic! Brother Yunlan has a way to deal with it! Li Muqing stabilized the minds of the three of them.
Qin Tian's face turned even paler, "How can this be?" ”
"It's not a collapse, someone is doing something under the bridge, this rumbling sound is obviously earth gunpowder." Li Muqing said.
Wang Wu and Zheng Yi were also shocked for a while, their faces turned white, and they couldn't speak, just thinking about whether they would lose their people and horses if they fell like this. After all, they are good at learning literature, and they can only ride horses and shoot arrows for martial arts.
Qin leaned behind, he kept holding the curtain, and his face turned white with surprise at this time. Turning back to Wang Wu and Zheng Yi, he said, "Didn't you say that this bridge is strong?" How many people have been crushed at this point? ”
The carriage suddenly lost its weight and fell downward with the place where it collapsed.
Then, with another bang, the bridge deck collapsed through the cracked gap.
At this moment, there was a "boom" under the bridge, and the bridge deck shook violently. In a moment, the rumbling was even louder. The entire bridge deck suddenly cracked a huge gap in the middle. happened to be stuck between the carriage that Xie Yunlan and Xie Fanghua were riding and the carriage that Qin Yu and Chu Chi were riding.
After the twenty guards in front crossed the bridge, the carriage that Xie Yunlan and Xie Fanghua were riding was also about to cross the bridge. Qin Yu's carriage followed behind, and the carriages of Qin Tian, Li Muqing and others followed behind Qin Yu's carriage.
After twenty guards in the front and rear, the rest were distributed in the middle of the group.
The team moved slowly, and in a short time, they stepped onto the bridge.
Qin Tian's heart suddenly fell into his stomach, "That's good!" ”
"Where is it so easy to collapse!" Wang Wu and Zheng Yi immediately laughed, "This bridge was built by the world's No. 1 bridge master at that time. Not to mention one hundred and thirty or forty years, even if you come for another hundred years, it will be fine. ”
Qin Tian sighed and glanced under the bridge, "This bridge is more than ten meters long, if it collapses, won't we fall and die?" ”
Wang Wu and Zheng Yi glanced at each other, and because of their family backgrounds, they naturally read poetry and books. And I also want to make some achievements and use them for the imperial court. Therefore, many things are known about Nanqin. He said in unison, "It was built by Ancestor Gao in the thirteenth year. It's been about one hundred and thirty or forty years. ”
Qin Qian thought for a moment, "I really don't know how many years this bridge has been built. After the words fell, he turned back to the other two and asked, "Who of you knows how many years?" ”
Li Muqing slowly lowered the curtain and said with a smile, "It's a bridge, I'm wondering, how many years has this bridge been built, I'm afraid it's not strong." ”
Qin Tian poked his head out from the side, glanced at it curiously, and then turned his head back and asked Li Muqing, "What are you looking at?" What's there to see? Isn't it just a bridge? ”
In the carriage behind, Li Muqing also opened the curtain and looked out. With his cleverness, he naturally saw that the bridge was an opportunity. He wasn't surprised when he saw the guards moving along the line. Others don't know Xie Yunlan's catties, and he has dealt with him for so long, so naturally it is very clear.
Chu Chi saw that as long as he mentioned Xie Fanghua, he looked in a good mood, and couldn't help pouting angrily.
Qin Yu put down the curtain, suddenly laughed, and stopped talking.
"Even a woman is so powerful! If the Xie family is not removed, sooner or later it will be a scourge! "Chu Chi means Xie Fanghua.
"Naturally, he is not to be underestimated!" Hearing this, Qin Yu said slowly, "The Xie family has produced talents from generation to generation, and this is what makes the royal family panic." Otherwise, even if the Xie family is rich and rivals the country, and the descendants are not of great use, the royal family is not afraid. ”
Chu Chi also looked at it curiously for a moment, and suddenly admired it, "No wonder Xie Yunlan was able to break away from the Xie family's rice grain controlled by the royal family." Sure enough, there is a real ability. Just looking at these two hundred guards, an inner formation was silently arranged, which could be worth more than two thousand people. ”
Qin Yu sat in the carriage behind him, opening a gap in the curtain and looking out.
Feng Li was arranged in a short time, and two hundred guards each protected the gaps and points of the convoy. From the outside, I can't see any changes in the team, it's still a long line, but there is something good inside.
Xie Fanghua was speechless, for so many years, he had indeed let his grandfather and brother him.
"It's not a child, it's a god!" Xie Yunlan couldn't help laughing.
Xie Fanghua looked at him looking at her like an elder, as if she was afraid that she would make trouble and get lost, she couldn't help but laugh, "Brother Yunlan, I'm not a child. ”
Xie Yunlan lowered the curtain, reached out and grabbed Xie Fanghua's hand, and whispered to him, "No matter what happens later, don't leave me." ”
Feng Li's face suddenly became a little more alert, nodded, and went down to make arrangements.
Xie Yunlan nodded, and whispered a few words of arrangement to Feng Li's instructions.
After a while, Feng Li turned back from the carriage behind and said to Xie Yunlan, "Childe, the fourth prince is the same as you said, don't delay the trip." Just cross the bridge! ”
She always has to shoot for the sake of her son!
After all, there is still a Concubine Liu that Qin Yu wants to get rid of!
Then, if there is someone here who is not good for them, it is Qin Yu who is sitting in the carriage behind him.
If someone is unfavorable to her, then she will now be afraid that she was escorted back to Beijing by Xie Yunlan, and she will naturally not do anything until Xie Yunlan finds out the details of her. She didn't think she'd been found out about anything so far.
Because it has natural topography and topography as well as danger.
There was nothing wrong with the bridge on the surface, but with her sensitivity, she still felt that there must be a problem. Her eyes narrowed slightly. If there is any suitable one on the way back to Beijing, it must be this waterfront bridge.
Xie Fanghua also looked out through the curtain opened by Xie Yunlan in the car, and glanced up and down the waterfront bridge in front of him. She walked back and forth from this waterfront bridge a few times, but because she traveled lightly and went out of the city secretly, nothing happened. But this is no longer the case.
Feng Li hurriedly responded and ran towards the carriage behind.
"Go!" Xie Yunlan waved his hand.
Feng Li was stunned, thinking that since the four princes followed Gongzi's team back to Beijing, that is to say, they listened to Gongzi's arrangements along the way. But now Childe asks him everywhere, what does this mean?
"We have to leave for Beijing, and it is also troublesome to turn the road to our own grange." Xie Yunlan looked at the waterfront bridge in front of him, and his eyes couldn't distinguish his feelings, "You go and ask the fourth prince behind you to see what his opinion is?" ”
Feng Li hesitated, "If we turn the road and go three miles to the southwest, it will be our own grange." It's noon now. You can go to your own grange for lunch. If you cross the bridge directly, walk five miles, and you will be Linfen Town. It's okay to get there for lunch, too. Which place do you say we choose? ”
Xie Yunlan lifted the curtain and glanced out, and answered.
Feng Li prayed in front, "Childe, it's time to arrive at the Linshui Bridge." ”
But now the entire convoy crosses the bridge, especially a few large cars, with people sitting in the car, or loaded with goods, two hundred guards, and it takes two or three teas to cross the bridge, to say the least.
The length of the bridge is about 100 meters. In the past, if you ride a horse across the bridge and whip the horse quickly, it is the time for a sip or two of tea.
At ten o'clock in the afternoon, I came to an arched bridge. The low-lying terrain here has a water source flowing down from the upper reaches to avoid flooding the surrounding fertile fields, so an arch bridge is set up here, which has two functions, a sluice hole to block water and a sluice hole to release water. In fact, it is equivalent to a dam, but it has a dual-purpose function, blocking water at the same time, and it can also drain water in waterlogged weather.
The two of them chatted about something else. The carriage walked quietly forward.
"It's better!" Xie Fanghua felt strange in his heart, but he couldn't find a reason. She waited quietly for a moment, but it was not too uncomfortable, so she didn't bother to do it.
"Are you feeling better now?" Xie Yunlan saw that her eyebrows widened, and asked again.
Xie Fanghua felt justified and nodded.
"I secretly found the old marquis, this matter is secret, not long after you returned to Beijing, I am not in Beijing, the old marquis and the prince must not have remembered to tell you." Xie Yunlan said.
"I haven't heard grandpa talk about this!" Xie Fanghua didn't expect his grandfather to help Xie Yunlan.
"The Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyong is naturally impregnable." Xie Yunlan shook his head with a smile and explained to her, "The reason why I know is that when I wanted to stand on my own without Xie's rice grain, the old marquis secretly helped me. It just so happened that I knew. ”
Xie Fanghua sighed, "It seems that it is not a secret that I have been out of the mansion for many years. Grandpa and elder brother boasted that they had made the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion impregnable. It turned out to be nothing more than a piece of window paper. ”
Xie Yunlan nodded.
Xie Fanghua blinked and suddenly smiled, "It turns out that Brother Yunlan knows!" ”
Xie Yunlan smiled and nodded her forehead, "Have you been staying in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion?" Don't think I don't know what you've done all these years. ”
"I've been raised in the boudoir for many years, and every once in a while for so many years, how many people say that I'm afraid I'm going to die. But am I still alive and well? Xie Fanghua raised her eyebrows.
"It also makes sense, your physique is too weak. When you return to Beijing, you must take care of it. Xie Yunlan nodded.
Xie Fanghua withdrew his hand, nodded at him, and pretended to smile easily, "Naturally, that's the case." Or what do you think it is? I'm just weak, and when I eat something, I accumulate food. Cai Dao zhì uncomfortable. ”
"Is that so?" Xie Yunlan looked at her.
Xie Fanghua suddenly smiled and pushed his hand away, "I am familiar with medical skills myself, so you don't need to diagnose my pulse." I'm fine. I didn't sleep well last night, and I didn't eat the right breakfast today, which pressed my heart. ”
"I've been sick for so many years, and I've learned a little bit from my husband, which is useless." Xie Yunlan shook his head, "But if you diagnose a small pulse, you will still be able to do some." ”
Xie Fanghua was stunned, "Brother Yunlan, you are also proficient in medical skills?" ”
Xie Yunlan looked at her, reached out and took her hand, and pressed one hand on her wrist.
Xie Fanghua shook his head, "There is nothing uncomfortable, my heart hurts a little, I don't know what's going on." ”
Xie Yunlan replied and said gently, "Where are you uncomfortable?" ”
Xie Fanghua raised his head, looked at him, and shouted, "Brother Yunlan." ”
After Xie Yunlan got into the car, he quickly found that she had been frowning, looked at her for a while, and saw that her eyebrows were tightened and did not dissipate, and her hands were covering her heart, she looked very uncomfortable, something was wrong, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Fanghua, what's wrong with you?" ”
After getting into the carriage, since she knew the purpose of Xie Shi's rice grain housekeeper Cheng En to pick up Xie Yunlan, Xie Fanghua has been frowning, and she can't tell why she has a stuffy feeling of being breathless, she stretched out her hand to cover her heart, and sat quietly in the car for a while, that feeling still didn't disappear, and she couldn't help frowning more and more.
Still according to yesterday's drive, a team of people left the town and headed for the capital.
Xie Fanghua didn't say much and got into the carriage.
He thought to himself, so he could only observe secretly as he walked.
This time, I heard that Gongzi was going to send Miss Fanghua back to Beijing in person, and the head of the family couldn't help it and sent him to pick him up. I also want him to inquire about Miss Fanghua in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion. But now that he has seen people, he does not dare to speak of her temperament.
Since Cheng En has been able to follow the Xie family for many years, he is naturally also a character. Therefore, he is good at observing words and feelings, the first time he saw this young lady of the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion, it was very different from the rumors, he had a thought in his heart, in the past two days, the son stayed in the hospital, personally accompanied by her, and the news was transmitted back to the capital, which made the entire Xie family rice grain all people who are familiar with the temperament of the son are extremely shocked, this is a phenomenon that has never been seen before. There are many sons and ladies of Xie's rice grain, and no one has ever been treated by Xie Fanghua with blue eyes. Even the head of the family couldn't believe it.
Xie Fanghua looked at him carefully, nodded with a faint smile.
When he went out, Cheng En, the housekeeper of Xie's rice grain, came to greet Xie Fanghua.
After the two had eaten, Xie Yunlan ordered Fengli to ask Qin Yu and Li Muqing if they could set off. After a while, Feng Li came back and replied, saying that it was ready and ready to go, Xie Yunlan ordered to go down, and the team left the inn.
After a while, after the two of them finished washing, Feng Li instructed the little two of the shop to bring the food.
Xie Fanghua followed him into the house.
"Let's get inside! After breakfast, we'll set off. Xie Yunlan lifted the curtain.
Xie Fanghua pursed her lips, seeing that he didn't want to say more, she didn't ask any more, and nodded.
Xie Yunlan tugged at the corners of his mouth, "Let's talk about it after I go back and see the old lady!" ”
Something flashed in Xie Fanghua's mind, feeling Xie Yunlan's warm hand touching her head, the only thought passed in an instant, she came back to her senses and looked at him, "What should I do then?" Do you say yes or no? ”
Xie Yunlan looked at her, reached out and touched her head, "It's not a big deal, don't worry about it." ”
Xie Fanghua was stunned.
Xie Yunlan smiled, his smile was a little cold, and when he saw her asking, he replied truthfully, "The old lady's health is getting worse day by day, I'm afraid time is running out." She wanted to see me engaged before she closed her eyes. ”
Xie Fanghua turned his head to look at him, "Brother Yunlan, it's not just to take you back to Beijing, right?" ”
Xie Yunlan knew that she naturally saw that person, and replied, "It's the housekeeper of the family, called Cheng En." The man who waited by my father's side. After a pause, seeing Xie Fanghua looking at her, he pursed his lips and said, "I know the news that I am going back to Beijing, come and pick me up to return to Beijing." ”
Xie Fanghua left the window, removed the latch, stood at the door and looked at him, glanced at him, even though his eyes were warm, his eyebrows were faintly green, and asked in a low voice, "Who is that person?" Is there something wrong? ”
Xie Yunlan's cool and lonely eyes gradually warmed, nodded, and walked towards her room.
Xie Fanghua lifted the entire curtain, opened the window, and smiled warmly at Xie Yunlan, "Brother Yunlan." ”
After another moment, Xie Yunlan waved the man away, and he stood in the courtyard for a moment before looking at Xie Fanghua's room.
She stood in front of the window and watched, and did not go out.
Therefore, this person is obviously the housekeeper next to the current head of the Xie family. Smelling the news of Xie Yunlan's return to the city, I am afraid that he came to pick up people on purpose. Or there are other things, looking so humble, it is a request for Xie Yunlan.
Anyway, so far, he is still the future heir of Xie's rice grain!
There is a certain difference between being reluctant to let go and not being able to give up.
There are two reasons, one is that Xie Yunlan's own talent and ability make the head of the Xie rice grain family reluctant to let go; Another reason is that it is no longer possible to give up, and Xie Yunlan has become the pillar of Xie's rice grain.
After all, Xie Yunlan is the son of Xie's rice grains and the heir chosen by Xie's rice grains. Even if he has long separated the rice economy of Pingyang City from Xie's rice grain. However, Xie's rice grain did not announce the identity of the heir to remove him.
She hadn't seen this butler-looking person, but she could vaguely guess his identity.
Early the next morning, Xie Fanghua heard the movement in the courtyard, got up from the bed, got off the ground, and opened the curtain in front of the window to look out. I saw a person dressed as a housekeeper humilly and carefully saying something in front of Xie Yunlan, Xie Yunlan listened expressionlessly, and occasionally said something, and the person replied with a smile.
At ten o'clock in the night, Xie Fanghua got up, turned off the lights and fell asleep.