It was almost dusk when the people who escaped from Yuwen's guards and returned to report the news brought reinforcements. More than 1,000 horsemen and horses came in a majestic manner.

At the head of the team were two men in dark red sleeves, in their thirties. One is burly, tall and handsome, and the other is slightly more slender and lean.

As soon as the tall man saw Yuwen Hu, he hurriedly jumped off the horse and said excitedly: "Brother Hu, are you okay?" Seeing that there was a faint bloody mouth on Yuwen Hu's arm, he said angrily, "Who is so vicious and assassinating Brother Hu!" ”

The slender one also came over, and said calmly: "It's good to protect my brother safely." Let's go back and discuss the rest. ”

After the condolences, Yuwengo ordered the guards to search the mountain to see if there were any remaining masked people. But the masked man didn't find it, but found the third son who was tied up and hidden on the mountain by Wuhua Da, Yuwen Hu's son - Yuwen Shen.

Didn't find the masked boy who was the leader with superb swordsmanship, Yuwen Hu snorted coldly, and ordered to return to Chang'an with a wave of his sleeves, and the group hurried back to Chang'an.

Because I saved Yuwengo, I was fortunate to be treated in a carriage. Lift the curtain, look out the window at the thin west mountain, twilight bleak, a thin layer of cold smoke around the forest, the evening breeze is a little cool, the west sky clouds and clouds are chaotic. My heart was like a cloud, confused and uneasy.

When I came to Tsukazaifu, I saw that I was in a mess, and the attentive maid prepared hot water for me to bathe. After washing away the dust, I put on the women's dress they had brought me that I had never seen before. By this time I was exhausted and drowsy, and I didn't care to appreciate it after I put on my dress, so I fell straight to the soft bed and fell asleep.

No dreams all night, no one disturbs you for a long sleep.

At the beginning of the clouds, I faintly heard the song of kingfishers. Opening my eyes slightly, the light goose yellow fine white flower gauze tent came into view, and under my body was the moon white sprinkled with soft satin, I was a little sober, grabbed the bed curtain, and slowly got up.

Outside the bed curtain, there is a four-legged red lacquered wood table, a round stool at the bottom, a teapot with a blue and white entwined lotus pattern on the top, and a glazed blue and gray tea cup upside down. The window lattice is opened, and the clear light leaks in through the green bamboo curtain, a trace of a line, outlining a little luminous light.

I got up and put on my shoes, and looked carefully at me in the mirror, and found that my body was completely new, wearing a light blue cardigan, a snow-green belt, a purple striped skirt, and a green rose pattern gathering clouds.

In this unfamiliar outfit, even I almost didn't recognize myself.

With a squeak, I pushed open the brown wooden door, and saw a little maid standing in the corridor with a stone blue skirt and a hair comb in a bun. Lord Tsukasa instructed the slave maid to take you to the front hall as soon as the girl woke up. ”

I took a dark blue ribbon, tied my hair briefly, and followed the little maid out the door.

Stepping around, pavilions and pavilions are connected, and the verandah of the water pavilion lingers. The rockery is green and bamboo, and the cross bridge is blue and the pond is waved. Qinglin Yushu, famous flowers, glazed stone road, a line of leaves and flowers, finally arrived at the front hall.

Yuwen sat on the Taishi chair, dressed in dark purple brocade, with a jade belt to tie his hair, and the sleeves were lined with gold threads to outline the gorgeous Fuqu moire, which was awe-inspiring and majestic.

"Did the girl sleep well last night?" Yuwen Hu asked me very kindly.

Now that I know his identity, I naturally can't call him Uncle anymore without distinction between dignity and inferiority, so I politely returned, "Everything is fine, Master Lao is concerned." ”

Yuwen Hu smiled: "You don't have to be so polite, the girl saved the widow, and the widow should reward the girl." You don't have any relatives in Chang'an, if you don't dislike it, you can live in the house for a while, so that the widow can do his best to be a landlord. ”

I couldn't ask for it, so I thanked him, "Thank you, sir." I won't bother for too long, and once I find Master, I will leave immediately, and I will not cause trouble to adults. ”

"What the girl said, even if the girl lives here for the rest of her life, it will be fine." Yuwen Hu changed the topic as he spoke, "Anyway, the widow doesn't know the girl's name yet, how old is it?" ”

"I am twenty-eight this year, my surname is Xiao, and my name is Qingqiang. The wind is bleak, the distant mountains are green, and the roses are open. ”

"Good name." Yuwen Hu first praised it, and then asked, "Who is Miss Xiao's master, where do you master and apprentice live, and what is the name of the master?" Say it, and the widow can help the girl find someone. ”

"When my parents died of illness when I was young, Master kindly adopted me, but Master is a very strange person." I said depressedly, "He said he didn't have a name, and he just asked me to call him Master." The mountain where I live doesn't have a name, but I know that it's in the mountains. I walked hundreds of miles down the mountain before I saw people, and I walked so far that I couldn't even find my way back. ”

Yuwen Hu's eyes froze a little, and his smile froze, "It's very strange." ”

Saying that, the next person informed that Lord Helan and Lord Wei Chi were coming, and when I saw that there was a guest, I wanted to get up and leave, but Yuwen Hu signaled that I didn't have to leave, "They are here to talk to the widow about yesterday's assassination, and this matter also involves Miss Xiao, you might as well listen to it." ”

The person who came was the two men who led the rescue yesterday, and it is said that these two people and Yuwen Hu are cousins. The tall and sturdy one is called Yu Chi Gang, the word Borneo. The slender and thin one is called He Lanxiang, and the word is Shengle. Both were powerful men.

After a while, Yuwen Hu's son Yuwen Shen also came, and Yuwen Hu asked him, "Shen'er, do you know who kidnapped you yesterday?" ”

Yuwen showed a look of hatred, gritted his teeth and said: "It's the old department of Emperor Wei Gong of the previous dynasty, and they said that they wanted to kill their father to avenge Emperor Wei Gong." ”

Wei Chigang said impatiently: "How long has the emperor of the previous dynasty been dead, why hasn't it stopped?" ”

He Lanxiang said with a calm face: "Brother Hu once persecuted Yuanhong to the Zen position, and another cup of poisonous wine ended him, it would not be strange if there were remnants of the previous dynasty to avenge him." ”

Yuwen Hu's eyebrows were knotted, and his dark eyes were bottomless, "It's not that simple. In the early years, Yuan Hong's power had been cleared by us, how could some old ministry suddenly emerge to fight for him? Even if it was his old department, why could Shen'er come back alive from them? It stands to reason that they should kill Shen'er to vent their anger. ”

Wei Chi Gang said quickly: "What's so strange about this, their goal is to protect your brother, not Shen'er, what are you doing to kill a child?" ”

"But don't forget, Shen'er is my favorite child, can't killing him give me a heavy blow?"

He Lanxiang pursed his beard and pondered, "This matter is indeed fraudulent."

Yuwen sulked in a deep voice: "If it's not Emperor Wei Gong's old department, then why do they call themselves Emperor Wei Gong's old department?" ”

Yuwen glared at him with hatred, and I couldn't help but remind when I saw this: "Third Prince, this is the other party's plan to confuse the enemy. They made two preparations, on the one hand, if the assassination was successful, they would kill the third son; On the other hand, they pretended to be the old ministry of the former dynasty in order to prevent their identities from being revealed after the assassination failed. They need to tell the identity of their old department of Emperor Wei Gong through the mouth of the third prince, and use this to mislead Otsuka Zai to track down in the wrong direction and successfully hide their true identity. ”

Yu Wenshen suddenly realized, "Yes, why didn't I think of this?" These thieves are really cunning! ”

"You still have the face to say that even a little girl is more insightful than you. How can you be so stupid? Yuwen Hu couldn't help but accuse his son angrily, "You go back, give me a good reflection, read more military books, and grow your brain!" ”

Yuwen touched his nose in frustration, "It's the child who is stupid, the child will definitely devote himself to studying the art of war in the future, and he will have more knowledge, so as not to disappoint his father." ”

Yuwen Hu was still angry, and said: "Look at your stupidity, tell you to go back and reflect on it, what are you touching your nose?" ”

Yuwen Shen subconsciously said: "It's all to blame for the thief in Yuanxi, he always likes to touch his nose, I have been with him for a long time, and I have learned his habit of touching his nose!" ”

He didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said it, Yuwen Hu's anger became even stronger, "You still have the face to mention this, if you don't know people clearly, use people unwisely, and get close to a spy, how can you cause such a disaster!" ”

"It's all the child's fault, and the child will definitely correct it in the future." Yuwen left in embarrassment.

After calming down, Yuwen Hu said to Helan Xiang: "Sheng Le, I will ask someone to hand over the portrait of Yuan Xi to you later, and you must immediately post the portrait and notice, and the whole city wants this person." If you want to know the identity of those assassins, you can only start with Yuanxi. ”

Although I have lived in the mountains for a long time, I have no knowledge of the outside world, but I have a well-informed master. Master has traveled far and wide and is well versed in current affairs in various countries. Every time Master came back from his travels, I would ask him to tell me about the outside world. Therefore, I also know a little about the affairs of various countries.

I have also heard about Zhou Guo. In 556 AD, Yu Wentai, a powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty, died of illness, and he ordered his nephew Yu Wenhu to take charge of state affairs. After Yuwen Hu took power, he forced Emperor Wei Gong Yuan Hongchan to be located in Yuwen Tai's sister-in-law, Yuwen Jue. In 557 AD, Yuwenjue became the king and founded the Zhou State with the Zhou Dynasty. And Yuan Hong, the unlucky emperor, was stopped by Yuwen Hu with a glass of wine, so as to prevent future troubles.

This is the history of Yuwen Hu's grievances with the emperor of the previous dynasty, and now someone wants to get rid of Yuwen Hu in the name of the emperor of the previous dynasty, and it is really the greater the power, the more enemies.

After I came out of Yuwengo, I felt hungry, so I wanted to go to the kitchen to find something to eat, but the Tsukazai Mansion was too big, and I searched for a long time to find the kitchen, but the kitchen didn't have any ready-made food. I wanted to make something to eat, but the people in the kitchen, this is not allowed to touch, I was worried for a while, looking at a little maid holding a large blue glazed plate, which contained chicken heads, chicken necks, chicken feet and other things, and was about to take them away, I hurriedly stopped: "This sister, don't lose it, you don't want this thing to give it to me." ”

The little maid had a beautiful and lovely face, but her face was cold: "What sister, don't mess with relatives, I don't have a sister." I don't know you, so why should I give this thing to you? ”

I was so frightened by her cold face that I stepped back, and then pleaded softly, "Okay, good." This girl, you are doing well, I am really hungry, so you can keep this thing and let me cook it and eat it." ”

The little maid was unmoved and said: "The things of the Tomb Zaifu are easy not to be given to outsiders, and I will not give them to you even if I lose them and feed them to the dogs." What does it matter to me whether you are hungry or not! ”

My eyes tightened, this little maid is too unkind.

Exegesis:

(1) Using Liu Yuxi's "Nine Songs of Willow Branches" in the Tang Dynasty, "Chang'an Mo has infinite trees, and only weeping poplars are separated." ”