On the second day, Cao Jiasheng hurriedly went to Papaya Lane to report the letter and left in a hurry. After he left, Kangzi also came.

"Miss Chu, I really didn't let you guess wrong, that Cao Xiulian is really a cunning person. Last night, I borrowed 50 soldiers from the Uncle Mansion, plus some masters, and set up a net in the Zhuangzi on the edge of the City God Temple, and the soldiers were all archers, and they also prepared a lot of fire oil. It seems that she wants to shoot her master together, and then burn all the evidence with a fire, and there is no proof to die. ”

"Okay, since she wants to die, then we'll give her a ride! Ling'er, you go to Sister Cheng's house and ask her to lend me fifty soldiers. Wen Yuan, can you go to your sister-in-law's mansion and borrow another hundred soldiers? Chu Qingruo asked.

Ling'er answered and went to General Wuwei's mansion.

Fu Lingyun looked at her funny: "Sister-in-law has long been in this heart, she is also your sister-in-law, why don't you say it yourself." ”

"You, you go!" Chu Qingruo said with a red face.

Fu Lingyun saw her beautiful face like a peony, and her heart was soft: "It's okay, she will come in person tomorrow!" ”

"What, the princess herself brought the troops? How can that work, so dangerous! Chu Qingruo was extremely nervous.

Lian Feng interjected and said: "Hey~ The princess said, your stepmother now has the support of the uncle's mansion, and an abandoned woman who is in the hall dares to bully the people of our Fu family with her teeth and claws, she came to let Liu Yuqin know what her uncle's mansion is, if you Chu Qingruo still has a princess and sister-in-law with golden branches and jade leaves!"

Moreover, you haven't passed the door yet, no matter how Cao Xiulian harms you, it's all an ordinary person's grievance. But if it is intended to murder the princess, do you guess, will the uncle dare to protect her again? After speaking, Lian Feng shook his head proudly.

Fu Lingyun glared at him: Just you talk a lot!

Lian Feng grinned, and then said: "Back then, she murdered your mother, and we can't be held accountable for the long time, if she plotted to kill the old lady, if she quibbled that she just wanted the old lady to get sick, she didn't know that this medicine would be fatal." If she is convicted of disobedience and manslaughter, at best, she will be exiled or beheaded for 3,000 miles, and her uncle's mansion is making money, she will still have a chance to get away with it. But now, if the charge of murdering the princess is confirmed, your black-hearted stepmother is afraid that the punishment will be the lightest! ”

Mother Zhou asked curiously, "Uncle, what is the heaviest punishment?" ”

Xu Yong flattered him: "Murdering the emperor's relatives is equivalent to rebellion, and you will be sentenced to a thousand knives or five horses!" ”

A group of people smacked their tongues: "Obediently, a thousand knives, five horses are divided?" ”

Chu Qingruo felt cruel in his heart: "Forget it!" Just give her a painful decision and pay for my grandmother and mother's life. ”

Fu Lingyun smiled, knowing that she was not ruthless: "It's up to you." "When the time comes, let her sister-in-law ask the emperor for a favor on her behalf, just give her a good time, and also show her kindness.

Han Ling'er went to the mighty general's mansion and came back: "Girl, Miss Cheng said that there is no problem, tomorrow she will bring these fifty soldiers to personally come over to supervise the battle!" ”

Chu Qingruo smiled: "What kind of war, it's not a war." Sister Cheng is really, she always treats me as a child. ”

If today's time and place are favorable, there is only one Cao Xiulian who owes everything now!

The City God Temple on the outskirts of the imperial capital was also a place where incense was very prosperous in the previous dynasty.

It is said that thousands of years ago, when the gods and demons in the sky were fighting, there was a fragment of the soul of an immortal who fell here and became a city god who guarded the water and soil here. Temples were built in his honor and incense was offered.

At the beginning, this city god was also boundless in mana and responded to requests. Later, maybe after a long time, the mana gradually weakened, and slowly it didn't work, and gradually the incense didn't flourish, and the temple gradually declined. Today, there are only some broken walls and a few rotten pillars left in this city god temple. Even the nearby Zhuangzi has become a unsalable commodity that no one cares about, and no one wants to buy it.

The unmanned Zhuangzi near the Chenghuang Temple is called Xiaowangzhuang, and the night before yesterday it had been ambushed by Cao Xiulian's soldiers from the National Uncle's Mansion on all sides.

Chu Qingruo and his party walked into the City God Temple, and while fanning the dust, they piled up a few broken pillars in the open space in the middle of the temple as stools to sit on. After the group sat down, Xu Yong sent two relatives to Xiaowangzhuang to inquire about the situation and come back at any time to report.

Lian Feng led Cheng Yujiao and Lu Jia's government soldiers, plus a total of 200 government soldiers brought by his family, and hurriedly marched to Xiaowangzhuang, and after surrounding Zhuangzi from the outside, he took two relatives to wait for Chu Qingruo and Fu Lingyun on the main road in Zhuangkou to come over.

After sitting for a while, two slender figures walked outside the temple gate, Cheng Yujiao and Fu Lingyun's princess sister-in-law Lu Jia. The two of them were outside the City God Temple just now, and after each handed over the government soldiers they brought to Lian Feng, they learned each other's identities. The two have similar temperaments and preferences, and they actually sympathize with each other, and they hit it off at first sight.

When they entered the temple, they heard the two of them praising each other non-stop, and Chu Qingruo and Fu Lingyun were both amused by them. Hearing their laughter, Lu Jia followed the sound and looked at it, and his mouth made a smack.

"Wen Yuan, this is Miss Chu, right?"

Fu Lingyun immediately put away his smile and stood in front of Chu Qingruo vigilantly: "What is the sister-in-law going to do?" ”

Lu Jia stepped forward angrily and twisted his ears: "Okay, you skin monkey, why didn't you ask us what we were doing when we went to her house to help with the funeral, huh?" Now that your sister-in-law looks at you twice, you can't bear it? ”

Fu Lingyun was whirled in place by her: "Hiss......"

Lu Jia looked at Chu Qingruo mischievously, Chu Qingruo was embarrassed on the one hand, and distressed Fu Lingyun's ears were red by her twisting, and he whispered in a buzzing voice: "Big, sister-in-law, just spare him, he, he won't dare to do it again." ”

Lu Jia let go of his hand with satisfaction: "It's pretty much the same!" As he spoke, he took out a white goose feather from his arms, stretched out his hand and handed it to her: "Good, take it, my sister-in-law has wanted to give it to you for a long time, but this kid has covered you tightly, except for your grandmother who saw you a few times in the days of mourning, and then I didn't have a chance to give it to you." Saying that he was unwilling, he threw a roll of his eyes at Fu Lingyun.

Everyone took a closer look, and it turned out to be a goose feather forbidden step carved from a piece of fine mutton fat white jade. One end of the white jade goose feather is dressed in colored thread, and the other end hangs three one-foot-long strands, covered with jadeite, agate, and amber beaded ribbons. It not only has the meaning of "sending goose feathers for thousands of miles, but also is precious and very beautiful, which is really a good thing!

Fu Lingyun rubbed her sore ears and wanted to reach out to take the forbidden step for her, but Lu Jia slapped his hand away. Chu Qingruo took the forbidden step with both hands, blushed, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "Thank you, sister-in-law, let sister-in-law bother." ”

Cheng Yujiao came to tease her, but she just lowered her head and said nothing.

Everyone laughed, only Fu Lingyun smirked and rubbed her head, but Lu Jia was disgusted for a while, and Chu Qingruo was even more embarrassed.

After the joke, Chu Qingruo put away the forbidden step, and gave a salute to Cheng Yujiao and Lu Jiashi: "Thank you sister-in-law and Sister Cheng for helping each other today, and his little sister will definitely come to the door to thank you!" ”

Cheng Yujiao smiled and helped her up: "You and I are in Jinlan friendship, why do you have to say this!" ”

Lu Jia also said: "When you enter the door, we will be a family, and it is our own door to board and board, so why bother?" ”

After speaking, everyone laughed again, and Chu Qingruo suddenly felt that she would not be able to talk about it today, so they all joined forces to bully her.

Just when everyone was talking and laughing, Xu Yong's men reported: An ambush has been set up in Xiaowangzhuang, and asked when the master and Miss Chu will pass? Fu Lingyun waved his hand after listening: This is over! The atmosphere in the temple began to be solemn.

Lu Jia changed into Han Ling'er's clothes and followed behind Chu Qingruo. Cheng Yujiao and Han Ling'er each took a dozen relatives to block the road from Xiaowangzhuang to the capital, preventing Cao Xiulian from escaping from these two sides if she found out that the situation was wrong.

Fu Lingyun and Xu Yong, walking in front of and behind Chu Qingruo and Lu Jia one after the other, the four of them came all the way to the main road at the entrance of Xiaowangzhuang Zhuang, and after exchanging glances with Lian Feng who was ambushed there, they walked into Zhuangzi.

Fu Lingyun pushed open the door of Zhuangzi and walked in.

Quietly looking around, he sneered, turned around and deliberately said to Chu Qingruo: "Qingruo, we are waiting here!" ”

Chu Qingruo also said deliberately: "Okay, but Uncle Xu was transferred over to protect my safety, can Lian Feng be alone in the City God Temple?" ”

Before Fu Lingyun could speak, he couldn't hear a burst of almost crazy laughter from the empty Zhuangzi and echoed: "Hahaha, little slut, even if you transfer all the people over, I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you!" ”

Chu Qingruo pretended to panic when he heard this: "Wen Yuan, she is here?" This, how can this be good? ”

Fu Lingyun had something to say: "It's okay, she can't get out!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Xiulian laughed wildly: "Hahaha, open your dog's eyes and see, do you think you are going to deal with me, a woman who doesn't know martial arts?" ”

After speaking, I saw Zhuangzi's left and right, and many people rushed out upstairs and downstairs at once. Especially upstairs, there are all black-clothed people with bows and strings, one by one, ready to shoot!

Two figures slowly walked out of the room on the second floor, one was Cao Xiulian, and although the other was wearing a hat, Chu Qingruo and the four of them could guess that she was Liu Yuqin.

Chu Qingruo saw the enemy who killed his mother and ancestors, his eyes turned red in an instant, and he pointed at Cao Xiulian and said slowly: "Cao family, I can't imagine that you are so cunning, burying a net here, it seems that I can't get out today?" ”

Cao Xiulian was silent, with a smug look on her face, looking at the four of them condescendingly.

She pretended to sigh and said, "Well, since I am destined to die here today, then I have five questions, Cao, do you dare to answer?" ”

Cao Xiulian snorted coldly: "You are already the meat on my chopping board, why don't you dare!" ”