Chapter 252: Wai Jia
Li Zhanji promised to complete these things within a month, but in the past half a month or so, the things have almost been completed, and the date has already been set.
It just so happens that the twenty-eighth day of this month is a good day, and Li Xie and Cao Ying's former days are set on that day. Li Xie even prepared everything.
The palace has already begun to put up lights, and Li Xie doesn't have too many friends in Luotianfu, but everyone he knows has already sent out invitations.
The food and drink on the wedding day have already started to be purchased, and more than half of them have been purchased. But suddenly there was such a rumor in the market:
"Cao Ying's family rebelled in the south last year, and after the matter was revealed, they moved to Luotianfu."
Is this still worth it?
Although this is true, how can it be put on the bright side? Not to mention that Li Xie is the king of Qing, even if he is a flat-headed commoner, he will never be able to marry this kind of woman.
Of course, rumors like this, which have no evidence, are just treated as gossip. No one would believe it, after all, this was the emperor's marriage, and it was given to his son. How can you not investigate the woman's family background in detail?
On the other hand, I don't know which family came out of it, and it was the power of the Imperial City Army of Qianniuwei. In Qianniu Weizuo, General Zhu Mu, when the people were handed over, put a letter on his case.
This letter is the letter that Cao Ying once served in the Judgment Army. There are things going on in the letter, and they can clearly explain a series of activities that were originally judged by the army. In short, no matter how you look at it, this letter doesn't seem like nonsense.
Zhu Mu is also quite smart, and the people who can sit firmly in the position of General Zuo have more or less some of their own sources. Cao Ying is now a well-known person in Luotianfu.
Li Zhanji personally gave the marriage, and the object was still Li Xie, the only son-in-law, and he still had no hope of inheriting the unification. Ordinary people may not know Cao Ying, but as long as he is an official in the court and has a little power, there is no one who does not know Cao Ying.
In the face of such a person, Zhu Mu had to be cautious when dealing with her affairs. Besides, there is also a problem with the origin of this letter, if you have such the strength to know such a detailed matter about Cao Ying, will you have the strength to handle Cao Ying's family?
Although Cao Ying is famous and has Li Zhanji to marry, in the final analysis, she is only a white family now. has the ability to know so many things, but does not have the ability to do Cao Ying, which is as ridiculous as saying that a tiger can't beat a rabbit.
As for why this thing appeared in his hands, not to mention that the person seemed to use his own hands to kill people, this is still very clear to the tree.
"This is taking me for a fool!" Thinking so in his heart, he was about to burn the letter, but as soon as he lit the paper, he seemed to think of something and quickly extinguished it. Then fold it carefully and solemnly put it in your arms.
"Someone!"
"General!"
"Someone can come into this room while I'm out on shift."
"Back to the general, no one came in during this period."
"Nothing?"
"No one entered."
After the three confirmations, the tree asked the people to step back, sat alone, and thought quietly for a while. Only then did he stand up and walk out.
It was also at this time that a person outside hurriedly walked in, and Zhu Mu saw that it was still his cronies. Looking at his hurried appearance, Tsuki knew that something must be wrong.
Sure enough, I saw that the cronie came to the side of the tree, and before he even had time to salute, he whispered a few words in his ear.
Zhu Mu's face changed greatly at that time, and the figure who was originally going to leave retreated again and again at this time, retreated to the edge of the chair, and was mixed by the chair, and a fart squatted on the chair.
"This was found there!" As he spoke, he took out another letter from his bosom, and the style was the same as the one on the wooden table.
"The strange thing is that nothing is written in it, only a drop of blood." The cronies continued after taking the letter.
Wood opened it and looked at it, and sure enough, there was nothing written in it, only a small drop of bright red blood. The same envelope, a sensitive place, and Zhu Mu guessed the ins and outs of the matter at once.
It seems that the person who wrote the letter knew that he would not do anything for him with just a report letter on the case, so this is the back hand of the person in the dark.
Zhan Mu closed his eyes in resignation, he couldn't get a good left and right now. These people behind the scenes may be able to leave a life, but the right to be an official is not to think about it, for this, Zhu Mu is reluctant, it took most of his life to get to the point where he is now, how can Zhu Mu be willing to give up easily?
This group of Li Zhanji is not in danger of losing his official position, and it may even be possible to go further. But although Li Zhanji is the emperor, the people behind the scenes can grasp the weakness of the wood, and then they can kill him unknowingly. Whether Li Zhanji can keep the wood is really unknown.
Putting these aside, Zhu Mu is really reluctant to let that person have an accident. Don't dare to put that person in the hands of someone who has ulterior motives for him, otherwise his life will be lost in a minute.
After weighing it repeatedly, Zhu Mu felt that the safest way was to go out of the city overnight and take Cao Ying's side into his own hands first, but he didn't arrest it.
And then let the person behind the curtain contact him again, as long as the person in the secret has activities, it will definitely leak out, and the tree can find the person along the vine.
As long as someone is found, even if it is the three major families, Zhu Mu is sure to snatch the person back from their hands. Of course, the safest way is to kill people after snatching them back.
As for what excuse to use to fence Cao Ying's house, this is also a very simple matter for him. Qianniuwei is the army responsible for the security of Luotianfu, but it is also the emperor's own army, responsible for the safety of the royal nobles, which is within the scope of his duties.
Although Cao Ying said that it is not yet, but it is also a matter of the past few days, and it makes sense for Zhu Mu to send someone to protect him in advance. As for not allowing people in the house to come and go, it would be simpler, after all, it was a connection with the royal family, and it was very normal to have more rules.
Thinking so, Zhu Mu set off overnight, although Luo Tianfu has a curfew, but in addition to the palace, other places for Qianniuwei can also be everywhere.
Zhu Mu led nearly 50 people, all of whom were good players, and galloped all the way towards Cao Ying's house.
Although there are not a few people in the family anymore, and there are even fewer who have cultivation, and there are very few of them, but after all, there are still people, and the family is surrounded by people for no reason, and it is impossible for them not to notice it.
The people brought by the tree were all wearing armor, which was a very standard court uniform. So after they found out, they came out to take a look, and when they saw this posture, they didn't dare to make their own decisions, so they didn't move, and directly reported to Cao Ying.
Cao Ying generously opened the door, and the person walked out. Zhu Mu did not shy away at this time, and stood at the door very generously.
"What is the matter, general? Why did you fence my house? ”
"Miss Cao's words are serious, we are the people of Qianniuwei, and we are responsible for protecting the royal security. Your identity is different from what it used to be, and you still have to have someone to protect it. "What he said was very respectful, but his attitude was very tough.
Cao Ying nodded, didn't say anything more, and went home to close the door. Things are definitely not like what he said, just to protect people. At least it's not just about protecting people, there is a general who sent troops to protect people who came in the middle of the night?
However, people's reasons are indeed very sufficient, Cao Ying can't just drive people away because they came at the wrong time.
"Try not to clash with them, keep the door closed, don't let them in." After saying this to his subordinates, Cao Ying returned to the backyard.
Cao's parents are old, their sleep is shallow, and they are easily woken up, and it is impossible for them not to notice such a big movement. So at this time, I also put on a coat and walked outside.
Cao Ying stopped the two old men and said to them briefly.
"Then in the past few days, I will tell my subordinates not to go out, especially you, don't keep running into the city." Originally, the folk custom said: Newlyweds cannot meet before marriage, and it is very unlucky to meet.
So Zhu Mu sent people to protect the entire courtyard, but the two old men didn't think much about anything else, they just felt that the royal posture was very big.
But after all, he is a supreme person, and it is understandable that the shelf is a little bigger, and it is natural to have more rules.
"Okay, you guys go back to your room and sleep first."
Cao Ying replied with such a sentence, but looking at her perfunctory appearance, she obviously didn't listen.
The house was surrounded by people, and something like this happened. Cao Ying must have discussed it with Li Xie, how could she not run out?
If Cao Ying had been alone with the family in the past, she would definitely stand up directly at such a moment, and it is estimated that she would have solved it in her own way.
But now, with Li Xie, Cao Ying likes to rely on him more and more. Whenever something happens, Cao Ying's first thought must be him.
After calming down the two elders and letting them go back to the room. Cao Ying changed into a night suit, climbed over the courtyard wall and easily left the house surrounded by these soldiers.
Except for the uproar on the day of the grain sale, Cao Ying was not at ease, after sneaking into the palace once in the middle of the night, Cao Ying never came to the palace late at night.
It also comes once every three days, but it is during the daytime. And it came in through the gate of the palace in a righteous and bright light. So Cao Ying really didn't know that Li Zhanji was the reason why Li Xie was going to get married recently, and she felt that the palace would not be peaceful.
Li Xie is also different now, and his cultivation has been abolished, so Li Zhanji, who is not at ease, sent Chen Lin to take Ah Da and Ah San to live in Yiwang's Mansion.
said that they were here to help with the marriage, but in fact, the three of them took turns protecting Li Xie day and night.
And tonight, because some rumors in the market reached the ears of the three of them, Chen Lin and the three of them felt that someone might be going to make a move on Li Xie. So from the original one-person vigil, to the current two-person vigil.
Cao Ying's current cultivation has made great progress after communicating with Li Xie. But it's still in the scope of the master level, and it's not something good at stealth, assassin type.
Cao Ying entered the palace and entered the pavilion belonging to Li Xie, and in the eyes of Ah Da and Ah San, who were keeping vigil, it was like walking through the gate openly.
Although Ah Da and Ah San are not masters yet, they are only a kick in the door. In addition, the two of them responded to all changes with the same, and Cao Ying really didn't find that the two people were hiding in the dark.
Besides, this is Yiwang's Mansion, Li Xie's home, as far as Cao Ying is concerned, it is no different from his own home. How can a person be cautious when he returns home?
"What for?" Ah Da lowered his voice, and at the same time, a hand pressed on Ah San's shoulder who wanted to get up.
"Someone is coming, don't you see?"
"Don't you see that?"
"Female?" Ah San is a very thorough technical otaku, and I'm afraid there is a little bit of face blindness. If it weren't for someone who had really gotten along for a long time and was familiar with, he wouldn't know who was who.
When he said that he was in the barracks, he patronized and lurked. It's just a few meows to Cao Ying, and when chatting with Ah Da and them, through some news channels, I know that the female general who was the head at the beginning has now become Li Xie's fiancée.
But the female general at the beginning, what kind of ball he looked like, he had long forgotten everything.
"......" Ah Da was completely speechless.
"I can't either, because she's a female assassin. Not to mention that she looks quite beautiful, she is so bold that she doesn't even wear a veil. Ah San sighed and was about to get up again, but Ah Da's palm on his shoulder became more and more forceful.
"She's Cao Ying!" Ah Da saw that Ah San was still together, and he really looked like he was speechless, and said this speechlessly.
"I ...... It's the middle of the night, it's okay. ”
Ah San's sigh did not lower his voice. Cao Ying happened to be not far from them at this time, and immediately discovered them, and subconsciously scolded vigilantly:
"Who!?" As soon as Cao Ying's scolding voice came out, she immediately noticed that something was wrong. Although I think of this as my home, it's not my own home after all!
"Miss Cao! Don't ......" Ah Da stood up speechlessly, and just as he wanted to explain, Cao Ying blushed and quickly turned around and left.
"Look at the good things you've done." Ah Da turned to Ah San and said.
"Can I be blamed for this?" Ah San didn't realize his mistake in the slightest.
"Blame me?" Ah Da asked angrily.
"It's not the middle of the night, you say a ......"
"I guess it's a serious matter, don't forget why we're two people keeping vigil here." Ah Da is still sane.
"Well, it seems like it's really good." Ah San touched his head, very embarrassed......
"Why are you here?" When Cao Ying entered the door, her steps were messy, and the movement was not small. After Li Xie was woken up, he looked in the direction of the door, because it was dark in the middle of the night, he didn't look carefully, but he could vaguely see Cao Ying covering his face with his hands and leaning against the door.
Cao Ying put her hands down a little embarrassed, and did not answer Li Xie's words, but said very embarrassedly: "Shame on the dead!" ”
"What's the shame on the dead? Met someone on the road? Li Xie got up and came to Cao Ying's side, pulled her to the table in the room and sat down.
When he got closer, he had already noticed that the Kerr man in front of him had a blushing pink on his face. When I thought that Cao Ying came late at night, I guessed the matter.
Li Xie felt that it was nothing at the time, after all, the two had reached the time to get married, and the wedding date was not a few days away. Cao Ying was seen here, and she saw it. So when I say this, I still use a teasing tone.
"Hmm!" Cao Ying nodded, quite a little bird-like.
"What's so shameful about that! We're all getting married. Are you afraid that others will know about it? Li Xie smiled, and then said love words for a while, and coaxed Cao Ying for a while.
Cao Ying's emotions, this became normal:
"A group of people suddenly came from outside the house, saying that Qianniuwei surrounded my house."
"When?" Li Xie frowned, Li Xie has been in the palace for the past few days, and he didn't hear Li Zhanji mention this matter, but he mentioned some rumors about Cao Ying in the market.
"As soon as I entered the city, I set out to find you as soon as they surrounded my house."
"Okay, you don't have to worry about it, I'll ask!" After Li Xie finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out.
It's easy to find Ah Da and Ah San:
"Have you gotten news that someone wants to protect Cao Ying's family?" Li Xie originally called everyone who liked to add a brother after one of their surnames or a first name. But when they called Ah Da Ah San and the three of them, they didn't say that.
They don't have names at all, they were all adopted by the imperial court, and their current names are just a code name. And this code name is still very strange, Ah Da Ah two Ah San, how to call it?
Elder brother? I'm afraid it's not going to be too numb, and I can't tell the three of them apart in this way.
Eldest brother? Second brother? Third brother?
This kind of name is only called when there are a lot of brothers and sisters at home. is saying that the three of them are not a few years older than Li Xie, and they are considered to be the same generation as Li Xie. With Li Xie's current identity, the three of them can't stand it, so Li Xie doesn't even call them by name when he instructs them now.
"I haven't heard of that." Ah Da replied in the affirmative.
"I don't have to stay here tonight, you can help me find out what's going on!" After all, Qianniuwei is a direct team belonging to the imperial power, and Li Xie doesn't think that anyone can directly use them to deal with Cao Ying's family.
Not to mention that it must be the royal people who can mobilize Qianniuwei, but all the royal children will definitely not dare to move Cao Ying now. Let's just say that mobilizing the emperor's immediate team to do private affairs is a big taboo.