Chapter 50: Old Accounts (2)
Two days later.
With the help of many spies sent by Gao Qi to inquire, Ran Huaxiu quickly discovered the suspected underground stronghold of the royalists in Jinling City after investigation and analysis.
After some planning, Ran Huaxiu and Gao Qi decided to divide the labor and cooperate: Gao Qi took the people from the government to find an excuse to seize the heavens and the earth, and Ran Huaxiu took her fifty-four retinue and the thirty-five good men of Gao Mansion called by Gao Qi to surround the underground stronghold of the royalists.
Ran Huaxiu didn't bring the night civet this time, and asked Pharmacist Liu to watch him and not let him run around.
On the one hand, because of the uncertainty of the night civet, Hua Xiu is afraid that he will be bad, on the other hand, this matter has nothing to do with the night civet, the night civet has a special identity, if he is involved, things may become more troublesome......
Ran Huaxiu and his gang were divided into several groups disguised as passing vendors, and quietly marched to the underground stronghold of the royalists - this suspected underground stronghold of the royalists in Jinling City is located on the outskirts of Jinling City, it is said that it covers a large area, the garden design is exquisite, the corridor ring is tortuous, the mountains and rivers are covered, and it is very delicate and elegant.
"Listening to the Moon Garden".
Ran Huaxiu wore an ordinary linen coat, passed by the door of the suspected "underground stronghold", glanced at the large plaque hanging at the door, she pressed the hat on her head, and slightly hooked her lips-
Listening to the Moon Garden?
Listen to the moon, listen to the moon, listen to the moon with your ears, the ear moon, the ear moon, together, isn't it just a "yin" word.
It seems that eight or nine are not far from ten!
When the Emperor of Dali established the royalist party, he divided the two parties of yin and yang, and also established two young masters of yin and yang.
Unfortunately, Ran Huaxiu was the original young master of the Yin Party, her original name was Yin Yan, her nickname was Yan Yan, except for the Yang Lord, the rest of the royalist members had to respectfully call her "Lord Yin Ji".
In fact, those royalist members of the Allure City Sect were all members of the Yin Party, and they were all very supportive of Ran Huaxiu at the beginning, but Ran Huaxiu was too young and frivolous at the beginning, and betrayed the Allure Sect several times, and automatically gave up the identity of the Yin Master, and also burned the Allure Sect, which caused public anger, otherwise those Yin Party members would not have dared to make a mistake to her two years ago.
It's getting late, so it's easy to do things. Ran Huaxiu arranged for the people he brought to meet around Tingyue Yayuan, but he brought a few well-behaved people to touch it in - Ran Huaxiu is actually a good martial artist, she was originally born in Jiangmen and has been training and teaching in the royalist party for many years, although her internal strength is sealed, her actions are still very agile.
As soon as he touched the Tingyue Garden, Ran Huaxiu had a sense of familiarity, especially the smell in the air, Ran Huaxiu couldn't help but look around, it was still evening, although the sunlight was faint but enough to see clearly - although it was still winter, but the Tingyue Garden was already full of grass and trees, and the garden was full of fragrant moon flowers, red, green, yellow and pink...... Faintly, you can still hear the insects singing.
This vibrant scene actually made Ran Huaxiu give birth to a feeling of "the world is full of flowers in April, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are in full bloom"!
Ran Huaxiu looked down at the blooming moon seasons, grabbed one and sniffed it, her gaze had a hint of complexity-
"Known as the queen of the flowers, the moon season, beautiful posture, strong vitality, unlike other flowers that only bloom at any time and rules, it is a stubborn flower, no matter what the climate, what weather, it will bloom every month, if it is a person, it should be a competitive, willful and uninhibited ......"
Ran Huaxiu knew that there was a person who liked Yueji very much, and in fact, these words were taught to her by this person. This person can actually be said to be her teacher, and he can be regarded as half of her mother.
Yes, this person is Xie Tingfang.
Ran Huaxiu gently let go of the Yueji Flower Branch, and did not hurt the Flower Branch, she was a little flustered for a while, and then shook her head with a smile - she hated Xie Tingfang so much back then, but in the days when she lived together, some things in her bones were imperceptibly transformed by Xie Tingfang.
Xie Tingfang loves flowers, and taught her from the time she was a child: "Flowers are used to appreciate, not folded, we must cherish flowers and trees......"
Later, when Ran Huaxiu grew up, he read a few lines of poetry and began to refute Xie Tingfang with poems: "Persuade the monarch not to cherish the golden clothes, and persuade the monarch to cherish the youth." The flowers can be folded straight, and the branches must be broken without flowers. ”
Xie Tingfang shook his head and said: It is just used as a metaphor to cherish time, not to teach people to fold flowers. Flowers are also alive, just like people have birth, old age, sickness and death, flowers bloom and fall but also the normal state of life and death, so don't think that flowers are beautiful when they bloom, and ugly when they fall, folding flowers is equivalent to strangling the life of a flower, and normal birth, old age, sickness and death should be a perfect life of a flower......
"Be careful." Ran Huaxiu turned around and said softly.
This courtyard is full of moon seasons, which means that Xie Tingfang is also there, Xie Tingfang, as one of the four elders of the royalist party, has unique skills and exquisite thoughts, so he is naturally not so easy to deal with.
Listening to the silence in the Yueya Garden, the group cautiously climbed forward, the more they walked in, the darker the sky became, just when they passed through a porch and were about to enter the next courtyard, the lights suddenly turned on, and Ran Huaxiu's pupils shrank-
"Now that Lord Yin Ji is here, don't hide your head and show your tail."
This is a voice with a little vicissitudes, and there is helplessness in the vicissitudes.
Hearing this, Ran Huaxiu frowned, waved his hand, and asked the others to retreat, while he walked out from behind the pillar and looked straight ahead.
In the middle of the courtyard, there were two Taishi chairs and a table, and there was tea on the table, and there was a person sitting in it, this person was full of white hair, lazily leaning on the Taishi chair, looking closely at her appearance was still beautiful and young, but--that white hair looked really eye-catching.
This is Xie Tingfang, her face has not changed, but she doesn't know when she turned white and full of black hair, obviously she hasn't seen her for two years......
Ran Huaxiu took off his hat, hooked his lips and smiled: "Elder Xie is afraid that he is old and doesn't remember anything, I am not a Yin Ji, I am just a businessman, my name is Mei Zhuo." ”
Xie Tingfang rubbed his head impatiently when he heard this: "You change your name this time and change your name that time, I'm confused, I'll call you Langran." ”
"It seems that Elder Xie still remembers our relationship back then, so Mei Zhuo will also call you 'Aunt Xie' again." Ran Huaxiu smiled without yin or yang.
“…… You're still like that, kid! Xie Tingfang shook his head, "You don't remember anything when I'm good, you can remember it for a lifetime if I treat you badly at all, Ranran, you're really a wolf-hearted thing." ”
"Heh, it seems that Aunt Xie has been holding grudges for a long time." Ran Huaxiu raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xie Tingfang, the corners of his lips rose, "It's really unfortunate, I've put up with you for a long time." ”
Xie Tingfang shook her head angrily - this dead child, she didn't want to quarrel with her, she just ...... She just hasn't seen her for two years, so I miss her!
Ran Huaxiu lost her mother at the age of four, and then Xie Tingfang pulled her with a handful of and urine like an old mother, until Ran Huaxiu was seventeen years old two years ago. For thirteen years, the white-eyed wolf can be fed, and Ran Huaxiu still looks lukewarm to her.
Xie Tingfang felt uncomfortable over there, and Ran Huaxiu was not easy here. She and Xie Tingfang have always gotten along like this. may be because Ran Huaxiu was raised by Xie Tingfang, and the two are very similar in terms of personality, both of them are people with hard dead duck mouths and knife mouths and tofu hearts.
"Hmph, what did you do when you came to me today? Should you want to stir up trouble and seek revenge and hatred? Xie Tingfang was uncomfortable, and her tone became sharp.
"Could it be that I'm looking for Aunt Xie for the holidays?" Ran Huaxiu also said politely, "But I didn't come to you on purpose, Aunt Xie, don't be sentimental." ”
Xie Tingfang glanced at Ran Huaxiu angrily: "You dead girl still has that stinky temper." ”
"It's the same with you dead old woman." Ranhua did not let it go.
"Hey you!" Xie Tingfang was speechless angrily.
"What, Aunt Xie wants to teach me a lesson?" Ran Huaxiu smiled, "I haven't seen you for two years, Aunt Xie, your white hair looks extraordinary?" ”
"You're no better, you're just a wasted person now." Xie Tingfang replied.
Ran Huaxiu shook her head and smiled, she and Xie Tingfang actually didn't have any deep hatred, but as soon as the two met, it was this way of facing Mai Mang.
Xie Tingfang's kindness to Ran Huaxiu, Ran Huaxiu understands, but she also understands that two people with different positions will not become friends - Xie Tingfang's position is loyalty, she will always stand on the emperor's side, no matter how good her relationship with Ran Huaxiu is, as long as the emperor says a word, she will kill Ran Huaxiu without blinking an eye.
In the past, Ran Huaxiu was also attached to Xie Tingfang when she was a child, but as she grew older, Ran Huaxiu slowly saw through it, so she couldn't be affectionate to Xie Tingfang later. But in the eyes of many people, Ran Huaxiu is a white-eyed wolf, wolf-hearted and ungrateful.
It's nothing, Ran Huaxiu doesn't think there's anything wrong with being a white-eyed wolf, as a qualified white-eyed wolf, why should she have feelings for hunters who keep themselves in captivity and can hunt them at any time?
"Waste, huh." Ran Huaxiu sneered, "I am indeed a wasted person, but the waste is wasted, the revenge still has to be repaid, the account still has to be calculated, I don't go around the bend with you, this time, I am here to calculate the account of two years ago, this matter has nothing to do with you, please don't worry about it." ”
"Settle accounts, what capital do you have?" Xie Tingfang's face changed when he heard this, and he said very indifferently, "Or what kind of face do you have?" If you hadn't burned down the Allure Workshop first, you wouldn't have caused trouble! ”
"Aunt Xie means I deserve it?" Ran Huaxiu lowered his eyes and played with the hat, turning sideways to not look at Xie Tingfang with a casual look.
"Shouldn't it? If you do things yourself without thinking about the consequences, you can't complain about paying for what you do. Xie Tingfang also stood up as she spoke, walked to Ran Huaxiu's side with her back hand and said, "From childhood to adulthood, how do I teach you ......?"
"Stop." Ran Huaxiu smiled, turned his head and looked at Xie Tingfang fixedly, and interrupted, "Elder Xie is troublesome to stop your preaching, I don't listen to a word of what you say, and I can't listen to a word." ”
After speaking, Ran Huaxiu took two steps to the side and widened the distance between him and Xie Tingfang.
"You!" Xie Tingfang was really annoyed this time.
"I pay the price, I should pay the price, but they shouldn't move Ning Yi...... "Ran Huaxiu said indifferently and stiffly, "As you said, you have to pay for what you do, so I have to settle this account." ”
"Good, good! Oil and salt do not enter, and repeated teachings do not change! I'd like to see what you do with it today! ”
Xie Tingfang was furious, smashed the cup, and immediately dozens of people poured out of the courtyard, surrounding Ran Huaxiu.
Ran Huaxiu's eyes were cold, she looked at the people surrounding her, smiled, and said to Xie Tingfang: "It seems that Elder Xie has been prepared for a long time, I'm afraid he has been planning for a long time how to deal with me, right?" ”