The candlelight was ethereal, casting a layer of dim veil on the spirit cards, the spirit platform and the walls of the mourning hall, like a dream. Suo Etu slowly put a pillar of incense on the candle flame and lit it, and a fragrance mixed with pine and cypress gradually spread in the mourning hall, which can make people feel intoxicated, and add to the mystery and solemnity of the mourning hall.

"Amma, eldest brother, Qin Tianjian is on the imperial court, and Zhaohui and the emperor are incompatible, causing a sensation in the Manchu Dynasty, or it won't be long before the Empress Dowager will be re-established as the queen." Suo Etu put the incense pillar on the incense burner, put his hands together, and prayed in a low voice to the spiritual position of his father Sonny and the eldest brother Kabula: "Originally, for our Hesheri family, Zhaohui and Zhaoquan are the same who marries the emperor, and it is the same whether the prince is the eldest brother or me. But...... But Hui'er, she ...... She actually fell in love with Wu Yingxiong, although Wu Yingxiong's family background is completely worthy of Hui'er, but this will implicate our Hesheri family. ”

"Today, the emperor favored that Wu Ciyou called me to talk once, and in his words, Wu Ciyou repeatedly warned me and threatened me." Suo Etu's voice became lower and lower, so low that it was difficult for him to hear clearly, "He said, Wu Sangui is in Yungui and Guizhou, self-elected officials, self-taxation, private tea and horse bans, private copper mining and private salt, has revealed the appearance of rebellion, if Hui'er follows Wu Yingxiong, I am afraid that in the future, it will cause the disaster of destruction to our Hesheri family!" Even if the emperor sees that for the sake of our Hesheri family from the dragon entering the customs, Kaien does not need to be connected to our Hesheri nine clans, but it is certain that the official will be removed and the title or even the genealogy will be cut, and Hui'er will not escape the doom ....... ”

"That Wu Ciyou tactfully advised me that for the sake of the future of our Hesheri family, we can only imprison Hui'er for life, or send Hui'er directly to Ama and eldest brother, only in this way can our Hesheri family ensure that everything goes wrong and we can be a relative of the emperor and the country. Judging from the last time the Empress Dowager sent someone to poison Hui'er, her old man also meant this in order to envelop our Hesheri family. But....... Muttering to himself, Suo Etu was already in tears, and choked up: "But Hui'er is my daughter!" Tiger poison does not eat children, how can I imprison Hui'er, who is less than fourteen years old, until she is old? Watching her die alone? How can I bear to poison my own daughter? Amma, big brother, I can't do it......! ”

After crying alone for a long time, Suo Etu wiped away his tears and said in a low voice: "Amma, eldest brother, I have already decided, since Hui'er likes that Wu Yingxiong, I will let Wu Yingxiong take Hui'er away, as for whether they will implicate our Hesheri family in the future, I will not think about it for the time being, let it be as it is." Amma, eldest brother, your spirits in heaven must bless our Hesheri family and Hui'er. ”

"Knock knock." The door of the mourning hall was knocked by a servant, and the servant whispered outside: "Master, someone from the family of the prince of Pingxi has come, saying that he has something important to ask to see you." ”

"So fast?" Suo Etu was stunned for a moment, and then relieved, and said in his heart that Wu Yingxiong must have known that Qin Tianjian had already done the foreshadowing, and wanted to strike while the iron was hot. Thinking of this, Suo Etu ordered: "Let them wait in my study for a while, and I will come immediately." After respectfully and reverently kowtowing to the spiritual seats of his father Soni and his eldest brother Kabula three times to pray for blessings, Suo Etu got up and rushed to the study, and at the same time asked the family to inform his daughter and ask her to get ready to go out.

Contrary to Suo Etu's expectations, the people sent by Wu Yingxiong to pick up Hui'er were not Wu Fu and his son, who Suo Etu was more familiar with, but three strange men in plain clothes, one of whom presented a letter to Suo Etu with both hands, and saluted in a Yunnan accent and said: "Little Zhou Jianliang, I came to greet Miss Zhaohui on the order of my family's son, and I have seen Master Suo. ”

"Who are you the son of the world? Why didn't the prince come to pick up people in person? Suo Etu asked casually and opened the letter, and saw that the handwriting in the letter was indeed written by Wu Yingxiong himself, and the seal of the prince of Pingxi was stamped underneath. Zhou Jianliang bowed down and replied: "The villain is a native of Yunnan, originally a guard of the Pingxi Palace, and later went to Beijing with the military advisor Liu Xuanchu to pay tribute, and was left in Beijing by the military advisor to protect the prince. At the moment, the son of my family is feasting on hundreds of officials in Dongxing Building, and he can't be separated, so he sent a small one with two guards to disguise himself to welcome Miss Zhaohui. ”

Suo Etu looked at Wu Yingxiong's letter carefully, and saw that the letter was to the effect that Wu Yingxiong had already arranged everything, and the officials in the Dongxing Building and the prince Baylor could become witnesses for Hui'er not returning at night, but Wu Yingxiong couldn't get away for the time being, so Suo Etu asked Suo Etu to hand over Hui'er to Wu Yingxiong's guards, Zhou Jianliang and others, and take them to the pre-arranged location, just wait for tomorrow morning to be completed. Suo Etu checked the letter repeatedly and found no flaws, and when he saw that Zhou Jianliang spoke fluent Yunnan, he asked: "You weren't followed on the way here, right?" ”

"Don't worry, adults, the little ones have been paying attention to the way here, and they have definitely not been discovered by others." Zhou Jianliang replied very arrogantly. At this time, Hui'er's little girl had already changed into civilian clothes and rushed to the study, and as soon as she entered the door, she asked impatiently, "Brother Wu sent someone to pick me up?" Where are the people? ”

"Zhou Jianliang, the prince of Pingxi, has seen Miss Zhaohui." That week, Jianliang introduced himself to Hui'er's little girl: "Last time, the villain saw Miss in Shizi's house, I wonder if Miss still remembers the villain?" The little girl looked Zhou Jianliang up and down, and wondered, "We have met?" How come I don't remember? That Zhou Jianliang was self-defeating, and smiled embarrassedly: "The villain was negligent, the last time Miss came to my family's Shizi Mansion, there were thousands of guards guarding the Shizi Mansion at that time, how could Miss remember such an ordinary guard as the villain." ”

"Oh, is it? Probably. Hui'er was in a hurry to meet Wu Yuanming, and she had indeed seen a lot of Wu Sangui guards in Wu Yingxiong's Mansion that day, so it was impossible for everyone to remember their appearance, so she didn't investigate deeply. Suo Etu handed Wu Yingxiong's letter to Hui'er again, and the anxious little girl only glanced at it by candlelight and cheered: "Yes, it is Brother Wu's handwritten letter, and no one in the world can write such ugly words except him." ”

"Okay, you go with them, be careful on the road." Seeing that his daughter must indeed be Wu Yingxiong's handwriting, Suo Etu's last worry disappeared, and he nodded and let his daughter leave. The little girl happily agreed, saluted and was about to leave, Suo Etu suddenly said with a solemn expression: "Hui'er, Ama asked you one last time, do you really not regret it in the future?" Do you know? You went to see your big brother Wu this time, and there is no way to turn back! ”

"Amma, are you worried that something will happen to Brother Wu's family in the future, will you implicate me?" The little girl closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the little girl's clear and clear eyes were already full of determination, and she said slowly and resolutely: "Amma, I like Brother Wu, I don't want to enter the palace to be the queen, it is not suitable for me, I don't regret it!" ”

"There you go." Knowing his daughter Mo Ruo's father, Suo Etu had long known that his daughter would answer like this, so he turned his head with a long sigh, and couldn't bear to look at his daughter again. The little girl bowed deeply to her father and whispered, "Amma, Hui'er is gone." With that, the little girl turned around and walked out the door without looking back. It wasn't until the little girl's footsteps disappeared outside the door that Suo Etu, who was already in tears, turned around, looked at the back of his daughter leaving, and said softly: "Hui'er, Ama can help you, that's the only thing, I wish you ...... Yes...... Happiness and happiness ....... ”

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The two of them carried the little girl out of Suofu quietly and rushed along the official road in the direction of Xizhimen. At this time, the sky is already dark, and there are few pedestrians on the street, and there is no sound, but the more this environment, the easier it is to make people think crankily, not to mention that the little girl is now the time to be preoccupied. What Hui'er thinks about is the nurturing grace of her parents, the shocking roar of Wu Yuanming outside the Taihe Hall that day, and the uneasiness of the outside, as well as the things that may happen at night that make the little girl very shy, and even the numb face of Kangxi, who disgusted the little girl, and Xiaozhuang's seemingly friendly but indifferent expression, also occasionally flash in the little girl's mind, but the little girl has no regrets and regrets, more just longing and worrying about the future.

"Well, I hope I didn't make the wrong choice." The little girl sighed in her heart, stretched out her hand to lift the curtain of the sedan car, and wanted to breathe some fresh air, but this unintentional act made the little girl who had been sitting in the sedan chair and pondering find a problem - with a few lights, the little girl suddenly saw that the Drum Tower, a famous building in Beijing, was located not far away. The little girl's surprise was not trivial, and she hurriedly put down the curtain and pondered, and said in her heart, Isn't this drum tower near Xizhimen? Brother Wu's Dongxing Building, which is just the opposite of this location?

"Oops, I was so careless." The little girl complained bitterly in her heart, vaguely guessing that she might have fallen for someone else's deception, and at the same time the little girl remembered something that made her frightened - she mentioned Wu Yingxiong's ugly font in front of her subordinates more than once, just like a schoolchild who had just learned to write. But after all, the little girl is very smart, no matter how worried she is, she didn't shout out, but opened the sedan curtain and said tentatively to Zhou Jianliang: "Brother Zhou, I want Brother Wu to prepare the dim sum for me, which is my favorite Saqi horse and horse **, is Brother Wu ready?" If not, you buy me some on the road, I can't sleep at night without drinking some horse **, and I will wake up hungry without eating some snacks. ”

"Hehe, miss, don't worry, the snacks you want have always been on the minds of our family, and I specially ordered this matter, Saqima and Ma ** are still prepared for you by the villain himself." The little girl's greed for snacks has already been clearly investigated by Kong Sizhen's people, and Zhou Jianliang agreed with a smile after a little recollection: "Miss will arrive at the place in a while, and keep the fragrant horse ** and the sweet Saqi horse." But what Zhou Jianliang didn't know was that although the little girl likes to eat snacks, she is extremely disgusted with the fishy smell of mare's milk.

"That's good, thank you, Brother Zhou." The little girl happily agreed, and put down the sedan curtain. But the sedan chair didn't take a few steps, the sedan suddenly crackled out of something, just relieved Zhou Jianliang hurriedly raised the lantern to take a closer look, and saw that the sedan chair fell out of the thumb-sized pearls, not many, sprinkled all over the ground, and then the little girl shouted in the sedan chair: "Stop the sedan chair, my pearl necklace is broken, help me pick it up, that is the pearl that my mother gave me." ”

"Damn, that's a nuisance." Zhou Jianliang scolded in his heart, but it was obviously impossible for the little girl to give up the expensive pearls that were given by her mother. In desperation, Zhou Jianliang had no choice but to make a gesture to the two sedan chair drivers and shouted: "Stop the sedan chair and help the young lady pick pearls." ”

"Yes, yes, help me pick it, there are seven seven and forty-nine in total, and not one of them is missing." The little girl commanded in the sedan chair. If the little girl gets off the sedan chair, then Zhou Jianliang may have any doubts, but the little girl sits in the sedan chair and refuses to come out, Zhou Jianliang has no doubts, just holds the lantern high and stares at the sedan chair, and asks the two sedan chair drivers to help the little girl find pearls, but at this time the sky is already dark, and there is no moon in the sky, it is not easy to find small pearls in the dark night, and the two sedan chair men spent a lot of effort to find a small handful and return it to the little girl, in exchange for the little girl's angry shout, "There are only thirty-two, and there is still a long way to go, find it again!" ”

"Miss Zhaohui, it's too dark, and we only have one lamp, so it's really hard to find." Zhou Jianliang said helplessly to the little girl: "According to the villain, forget about the dozen pearls that you can't find, the prince is still waiting for you, and when you see our family, you ask him for a hundred to compensate you." ”

"No! That's the pearl my mother gave me! I don't want other pearls! The little girl yelled unreasonably, but the little girl is not the kind of person who likes to mess around, leaned out of the sedan chair to look at the sky and the ground, and muttered: "Oh no, it's really so dark, and there is only one lantern, it seems that my pearls are hard to find." ”

"yes, it's hard to find." Zhou Jianliang said with a bitter face: "Miss, you can be considerate of the slave...... Villains, don't look for it. ”

"No, my mother's things, no matter how hard they are to find, they have to be found." The little girl blinked wide-eyed, looked at both sides of the street and asked, "What is this place?" If I'm not mistaken, it seems to be Gulou West Street, right? ”

"Miss has good eyesight, this is Gulou West Street." Zhou Jianliang replied with a smile. The little girl's eyes lit up, and she applauded: "Okay, there is a way." Zhou Quanbin, a member of the Ministry of Labor, lives on this street, he is an official appointed by my grandfather before, and he often goes to my house to say goodbye during the New Year's holidays, we go to him and borrow a dozen or twenty lanterns from him, and I am afraid that we will not find pearls? ”

"This ......." Zhou Jianliang didn't dare to refuse or make any extraneous branches, and when he was hesitating, the little girl had already got out of the sedan chair, pointed to the two sedan chair men and shouted: "You stay here and watch, don't let others pick up my pearls." The little girl beckoned to Zhou Jianliang again: "What are you still doing?" Quickly use the lamp to show me the way, and let's go find Master Zhou together. With that, the little girl jumped out and ran out.

"Damn, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, it should be fine to keep an eye on it." Zhou Jian's conscience scolded in his heart, and he hurriedly followed the little girl to find Zhou Quanbin's home. But what Zhou Jianliang didn't know was that Zhou Quanbin, a member of the Ministry of Works, was actually not an official promoted by Sony back then, and the little girl could know this Zhou Quanbin because this seemingly inconsequential Zhou Quanbin didn't know what he had done, and he had been targeted by Hu Gongshan's intelligence network. At that time, the relationship between Suo Etu and Hu Gongshan and others was still in the honeymoon period, and Hu Gongshan once asked Suo Etu to beware of this Zhou Quanbin by the way, but he happened to be overheard by the little girl. In the crisis, the little girl with a superhuman memory remembered this Zhou Quanbin and casually pulled him out as a shield......

Zhou Quanbin's family is a big family in Gulou West Street, the little girl and Zhou Jianliang casually found a resident and asked where his house was located, and found the gate of Zhou Quanbin's house very smoothly, the little girl personally stepped forward to knock on the door, shouting: "Open the door, open the door, I am the daughter of Suo Etu, a university scholar, and I have something to do with Lord Zhou." But contrary to the little girl's expectations, after calling the door for a long time, there was still no movement at Zhou Quanbin's house, as if no one was at home.

"Miss, Lord Zhou may not be at home, let's find another way." Somehow, Zhou Jianliang suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly urged the little girl to leave. The little girl was also very anxious, and just when she wanted to raise her legs to push the door, the door of Zhou Quanbin's house suddenly opened silently, and seven or eight strong men with weapons jumped out of the door and raised knives to surround the little girl and Zhou Jianliang. Although the little girl was surprised by the fierce reaction of Zhou Quanbin's servants, she still pointed at Zhou Jianliang nervously and shouted: "Quick, you protect me quickly, this man wants to arrest me, my Suo Etu's daughter, the most beloved sister of Wu Yingxiong, the prince of Pingxi, you saved me, and I, Ama and the prince of Pingxi, will repay you heavily!" ”

"Fooled!" Zhou Jianliang was played like this by a little girl who was less than fourteen years old, and he was so angry that he almost fainted on the spot, but those strong men didn't give him a chance to be annoyed, and they all raised their knives and pointed at him. Zhou Jianliang was helpless, so he had to take out a waist card and shouted: "I am from the thirteenth yamen of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and I am executing the imperial mission, so if you don't want to cause trouble, give me a retreat!" ”

"Thirteen Yamen?!" Zhou Jianliang didn't reveal his identity, but as soon as he said his identity, the strong men exclaimed in unison. Zhou Jianliang thought they were scared at first, but when he wanted to threaten a few more words, he was hit the back of the head, which made Zhou Jianliang's eyes black and fainted on the spot.

"Thank you." Seeing that Zhou Jianliang was knocked unconscious, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said to those strong men: "Brothers, please go to Dongxing Tower immediately to find Wu Yingxiong, the prince of the King of Pingxi, and ask him to come here to pick me up quickly, and I will ask him to take five thousand taels of silver to thank you." ”

"Miss Zhaohui, don't worry, I will definitely inform Wu Yingxiong about your matter." A polite voice sounded in the little girl's ears, the little girl turned her head to look, and saw a handsome man about the same age as Wu Yingxiong walking out of Zhou Quanbin's house, the man smiled and said: "Miss Zhaohui, in Xia Yang Qilong, is your big brother Wu's good friend." ”

Just got out of the wolf's mouth, and entered the tiger's den, if you want to know what Hui'er's fate is, please see the next chapter.