Changle Fang is the largest cockfighting workshop in Gusu City, and a cockfighting competition is held on the fifteenth day of every lunar month, which makes the dignitaries and nobles in the city rush to it, and it is often full.

It was exactly the fifteenth day of the day, and Gongsun Li came to Changle Fang early, picked a position closest to the cockfighting Cailou to sit, and occupied a vacant seat next to it.

Yan Ji loves cockfighting, and every fifteenth day of the new year, he must come to Changle Fang to watch the battle, and sure enough, it didn't take long for Yan Ji to walk in.

"Brother Ji!" Gongsun Lichao, who was looking for a position, beckoned, the latter's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly walked to Gongsun Li and sat down, "Brother Gongsun came really early today." ”

Gongsun Li said with a smile: "Today's competition between the two chicken kings must be very exciting, and I have to come over earlier to occupy a good position, isn't it the same for Brother Ji." ”

is different from Wu Zixu and Bo Yao, the two of them have a very good relationship because they both like cockfighting and dogs, and they often have private contacts; But one is sincere, and the other is false.

Gongsun Li pointed to the two roosters in their cages, one black and one green, and said, "Brother Yan Ji, which one do you think will win?" ”

Hearing him ask about this, Yan Ji suddenly became interested, and said endlessly: "Cockfighting pays attention to big and sharp eyes, thick and short beaks, thick and sharp claws, sparse and thick feathers, and powerful wing feathers; In these points, the two chickens are similarly different, but the green chicken on the left, with its head and neck high, looks forward to Shenfei, like a general on the battlefield, so I conclude that the green chicken wins. ”

"It makes sense." Gongsun Li nodded again and again, just as the people of Changle Fang came over with a plate for betting, Gongsun Li immediately took out the usual money and threw it on the plate of the green chicken, and said unsatisfied: "It's a pity that I only brought this point, otherwise I can bet more and win some wine money." ”

Yan Ji was cautious, so he bet for half a run, and said with a smile: "Brother Gongsun is not afraid of losing?" ”

Gongsun Li said disapprerovingly: "I believe that Brother Yan Ji's vision will definitely win!" This seemingly ordinary sentence made Yan Ji's eyes darken, and he said abruptly: "If only my father thought like Brother Gongsun." ”

"What's the matter, Dazai-sama is still heading towards Fanlou?"

When it comes to Fanlou, Yan Jiqi doesn't fight anywhere, "I don't know what kind of soup he poured into his father, he has always been fond of him, and even if he messed up, he just reprimanded a few words lightly, and people who don't know still think that he is his father's son." ”

Gongsun Li patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "It's just an appearance, blood is thicker than water, and the person Dazai longs for the most is always Brother Yanji." ”

For his comfort, Yan Ji shook his head again and again, "Brother Gongsun didn't see his father's importance to him, it's just ......" He glanced around, lowered his voice and said, "If it weren't for my father's frequent stay in those concubines' rooms, I would have suspected him of having ...... Longyang is good. ”

"Brother Ji laughed." Gongsun Li smiled lightly, and said casually: "I haven't seen him much in the past few days, but he went out of the city on an errand?" ”

Yan Ji didn't doubt it, shook his head and said: "That's not true, I heard that my father found a stunning Yue girl and was going to sacrifice it to the king at the fish watching conference, but I was afraid that something would go wrong on the way, so I asked him to guard it." ”

"So, it's him who will send that Yue Nu to Taihu Lake tomorrow?"

Yan Ji looked at the cockfighting match that Cailou had just started, and responded casually, "Of course." ”

Gongsun Li smiled slightly, "Brother Yan Ji has always wanted to rub his limelight, the opportunity has come." ”

As soon as he heard this, Yan Ji suddenly became interested, and he didn't watch the cockfight, and asked, "What opportunity, say it quickly!" ”

"Dazai-sama values this Yue girl so much, she must be a beauty who captivates the country and the city, nine times out of ten she will be elected by the king to the palace as a concubine, and when the time comes, Dazai is the first person, so what about the second person?"

Yan Ji vaguely understood a little, and said tentatively: "The person who escorted all the way? ”

"Exactly." Gongsun Li's voice was full of confusion, "If Brother Yan Ji can take over this errand, not only can he spit out the sulking in the past few years, but he can also stabilize the head of the prosperous building from now on." ”

"Great idea!" Ji Ji was overjoyed, and couldn't help stroking his palms and shouting, but fortunately, the shouts around him were not stopped because of the cockfight, but no one paid attention to this.

"Without further ado, I'll go talk to my father now!" The more Yan Ji thought about it, the more he felt that what Gongsun Li said was reasonable, and he didn't want to delay for a moment.

Gongsun Li grabbed him, "You remember, don't let Fanlou follow, otherwise if you make a meritorious service, you will get a share of him." ”

"Thank you Brother Gongsun for reminding me, I wrote it down." Yan Ji thanked him gratefully, but he didn't know that he had fallen into a trap and become a chess piece in the hands of others.

As soon as Yan Ji returned to Dazaifu, he immediately told Bo Yao about it, the latter did not agree, but he couldn't stand Yan Ji's stubborn fighting, thinking that there were many soldiers following him along the way, and it was in the capital, Wu Zixu was no matter how bold he was, and he didn't dare to go against his husband clearly, so he agreed.

On the third day of the seventh month, Yan Ji came to the outside of the Wen Chong Mansion in high spirits, covered with a light veil, and boarded the carriage with the support of Zheng Dan.

Fanlou was about to get on the horse, but was stopped by Yan Ji, "You don't have to go." ”

Fanlou frowned and said, "Wu Xiangguo has always been suspicious of Miss Shi, and I'm afraid that there will be changes on the way." ”

"Even so, there are these soldiers guarding you, what do you want to do?" Without waiting for Fanlou to speak, Yan Ji squinted his eyes and said, "Could it be that you think that so many people are not as good as you?" ”

Fanlou bowed his head and said, "How dare you, but it's always good to have one more person to take care of you." ”

Yan Ji decided that he wanted to grab the credit, and said impatiently: "You don't have to worry about this matter, go back." ”

Fanlou wanted to say more, but Yan Ji had already lowered his face and said: "Father explained very clearly, I am fully responsible for the escort, do you want to go against my father's will?" ”

"Don't dare, Childe walks slowly." Seeing that he moved Bo Yao out, Fanlou had to give up.

Yan Ji snorted coldly, turned over on the horse, and led a long team to Taihu Lake, when passing through an intersection, there happened to be a team on both sides to escort Yue Nu to Taihu Lake, which originally passed in turn, but neither side refused to let go, so they had to cross the intersection first, Bo this jackpot.

As the son of Dazai, Yan Ji has always been above the top, so he naturally refuses to be left behind, and as a result, all three parties are blocked at the intersection.

Seeing the hour passing bit by bit, Yiguang frowned slightly, lifted the curtain and said to Wen Chong who was following the carriage: "If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that it will miss the hour, so please ask Mr. to persuade them to go first, if it doesn't work, let's take a detour." ”

"Okay." Wen Chong was also a little anxious, and immediately passed, he was a businessman, and he was the best at verbal skills, and under his clever tongue, the two convoys finally agreed to let them go first.

All the way to hurry up and hurry, finally arrived at Taihu Lake before the start of the fish watching conference, Bo Yao in order to please the husband, extremely attentive to this matter, in just ten days, set up a huge color building on the side of Taihu Lake, the beautiful name is called: Fish Viewing Building.

The bright lights of the Guanyulou are scorching, lined with the soft sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra, which can be described as extremely luxurious.

The koi fish in the lake swim freely, and the lake is surrounded by the people of Wu who came early, to participate in this grand event, and every time the Yue female carriage arrives, it will cause a small commotion.

Although there were only about a dozen Yue women who were transported to Gusu at the beginning, but then Bo Yao quietly sent people to Yue to search for beauties, and there were Yue women who fled or surrendered to relatives one after another, so there were nearly 100 Yue women who participated in the election this time.

"Girl, we're here." After the carriage stopped, the curtain called softly, but there was no movement in the car.

Wen Chong's two thick eyebrows frowned slightly, and he said again: "Girl, it's time to get off the carriage." ”

The carriage was still dead silent, could it be ...... Something went wrong?

Thinking of this, Wen Chong hurriedly opened the curtain, and when he saw the scene in the car, he was so shocked that he almost fainted.

A hole was opened at the bottom of the carriage at some point, Zheng Dan fainted in the car, and next to her was a dead fox with a sharp arrow in his chest, and Yiguang was nowhere to be seen.

"Why don't you get out of the car?" Yan Ji's voice made Wen Chong come back to his senses, quickly lowered the curtain, blocked the carriage with a pale face, and said in a trembling voice: "I...... I'm going to see Dazai-sama right away. ”

Yan Ji was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "What's wrong?" ”

Wen Chong swallowed his saliva and whispered in his ear, Yan Ji instantly changed color, staring at the seemingly intact carriage in disbelief, "Is this true?" ”

"Even if Wen has the courage to lie to his son, we have to discuss it with Dazai-sama immediately."

The six gods of Yan Ji nodded without a master, and hurriedly found Bo Yao with Wen Chong, who saw the scene in the car and his face changed greatly, "How can this be?" ”

"My son doesn't know, it's obviously two women, but as soon as I get here, I become a person and a fox, is it ......?" Yan Ji said in a panic: "That Yue Nu was changed by a fox?" ”

"Nonsense." Bo Yao glared at him fiercely, asking Wen Chong to wake up the unconscious Zheng Dan, who raised his hand to rub the back of his neck that was faintly painful, but as soon as the sleeve was raised, a delicate porcelain vase rolled out, "Hey, isn't this what Mr. Wen gave Yiguang this morning, why is it here for me?" ”

Wen Chong took the porcelain vase with a solemn face, which was hidden the secret of the sinking fish, which was extremely important to Yiguang, and it was impossible to pull it on the carriage, unless it ...... She did it on purpose.

At that time, Zheng Dan said slowly: "I only remember that Yiguang asked Mr. Wen to persuade Gongzi not to be angry with others, and then the board under the carriage was suddenly broken, and a masked man got in, and then I was beaten unconscious, and I didn't know anything." At this point, she saw a dead fox covered in blood next to her, and she almost fainted with fright.

Wen Chong said with a solemn face: "I know, those two convoys were deliberately arranged by someone to block us there, and then while they were not paying attention, they got into the carriage from the bottom, knocked Zheng Dan and robbed Miss Shi, this dead fox doesn't need to ask, they also let it go." ”

Bo Yao's face was pale, and the next moment, his right hand was raised and slapped hard in the face of Yan Ji, the strength was so great that the latter fell to the ground, and reprimanded: "Bastard thing, didn't you keep saying that you would be careful and careful, it's good now, I don't know if such a big person loses it?!" ”

Yan Ji covered his cheeks with severe pain, and said with a face full of grievances: "My son is already very careful, how do you know that they will use such despicable means, and then ...... I didn't find any of the languages. ”

"Dare to quibble!" Bo Yao kicked him hard, and said with incomprehension: "I shouldn't have promised you yesterday, if it was an escort in a prosperous building, such a thing would never happen!" ”

It's a busy building again!

Yan Ji was jealous, but he knew that he had caused a big disaster, so he didn't dare to speak out.

"Dazai is angry, the most important thing at the moment is to find Miss Shi." Wen Chong's words reminded Bo Yao, and hurriedly ordered someone to call Fanlou quickly, and then said angrily: "It must be Wu Zixu's old horseman, who failed to get what he wanted the night before, so he came up with such a poisonous plan, which is really hateful!" ”

"But you want to tell the king about this?" Faced with Wenzhong's proposal, Bo Yao shook his head and said: "The king has always relied on this old horse, if there is no real evidence, he will not be convicted at all, but he will be bitten back, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Fanlou soon arrived, and was shocked to learn that Yiguang was missing, and hurriedly led people to look for him, and soon after he left, a rumor spread quickly among the crowd, and when it reached Bo Yao's ears, it was already in an uproar.

"Kitsune?" Bo Yao stared at the soldiers who had come to report in amazement.

"Yes." The soldier said truthfully: "They said that the Yue Nu sent by the Wenfu was a fox demon who wanted to confuse the king and cause trouble in the country, but on the way to come, she was shot to death by a master and changed her original form!" ”

"Ridiculous! Absurd! Bo Yao was so angry that his hands trembled, and he gritted his teeth and said: "I said why did I deliberately put a dead fox, so that's the case, this old horseman, really vicious!" ”

"Lord Dazai, Father-in-law Wang Shen is here, saying that he wants to see you." The voice from outside the tent made Bo Yao tremble, Wang Shen is the personal servant of the husband, and coming here at this moment must be related to the rumors of the "fox demon".

"Father, this ...... What to do? Yan Ji asked in a panic, the carriage was in the tent, once Wang Shen saw the fox corpse in the car, the fox demon matter, it could be regarded as a real thing; At that time, even if Yiguang is rescued, no one will dare to send her to her husband, and their father and son will also be implicated.

"Now I know I'm scared?!" Bo Yao glared at him fiercely, he had caused such a big disaster, if it weren't for his own son, he would have been dragged out and beaten to death.

Bo Ya's mind was racing, and it was too late to deal with the fox corpse and the blood stains in the car at this time; Moreover, if Wang Shen discovers that Yiguang is missing, and then reaches the ears of his husband, his scheming during this period of time will be in vain, and he will end up with a crime of unfavorable affairs; So in any case, be sure to keep it a secret.

Thinking of this, he already had a plan, and said to the frightened Zheng Dan: "You hurry up and sit in the carriage." ”

Zheng Dan was afraid of the fox corpse in the car, so he hurriedly shook his head, "I don't want it." ”

"I can't help you!" Bo Ya lowered his face and urged: "Hurry up, if someone asks later, you just follow the words, don't come out." ”

"Let's go." Under the persuasion of Wen Chong, Zheng Dan had to sit in the carriage tremblingly, and as soon as the curtain was lowered, Wang Shen walked in.