Chapter 244: A Pool of Troubled Water

Jiu Anlan is Murong Anlan, that is, Rong Xi's fifth brother, and she finally remembered Yuran.

Yu Ran was silent for a moment, and finally raised his eyebrows in Murong Anlan's strange gaze, and then showed a mocking smile. She hooked the corners of her mouth, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and she said funny: "You said that your fourth brother has a single name." Are you sure it's his name? He is your fourth brother, so he also has the surname wine. The name Liquor Raid is too strange, it sounds like it wants to laugh. ”

As soon as these words came out, Murong An Lan was stunned.

Oh, the name Wine Raid, no matter how you hear it, you really want to laugh, right?

Murong Anlan felt that his heart was "thumping", and his mind was also in a mess.

He just can't tell his real surname, and his fourth brother really doesn't call him a drunken attack!

Alcohol Attack ...... Feast?

If the name he came up with was really known by the fourth brother, then he would die, right? You're going to die, right?

Murong Anlan fell into a tangle, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching. What is he going to do with this? It's so sad!

"Anlan, are you okay?" Yu Ran looked at Murong Anlan's crazy expression, and also laughed a little immorally, and then she saw Murong Anlan sweeping towards her with an eye knife, she covered her mouth with one hand, coughed lightly, and said, "It's nothing to be attacked by alcohol...... The name sounds, well...... It's good, it's good, right? ”

"Ah yes, that's good, Ayu, don't you think this name is very pleasant to call? And how easy it is to remember! Murong Anlan touched his hair with one hand, laughed a little wryly, and then said very seriously: "I heard that when my fourth brother was born, my father happened to be setting up a banquet, and then ...... Then my fourth brother happened to take this name! ”

Hearing this, Yuran was rarely stiffened for a long time, she stared at Murong Anlan, and asked very calmly, "Are you sure?" ”

"I'm sure, of course I'm sure! Ayu, you can't believe what I said. Murong Anlan said eagerly.

Yu Ran didn't plan to delve into it, but he really felt interesting after listening to Murong Anlan's explanation just now, so he wanted to tease him.

"Of course I do. Isn't it called a wine attack? If I have the opportunity to meet your fourth brother in the future, I must ask him if your explanation is correct. Yuran smiled.

Murong Anlan's gaze subconsciously moved away, and he didn't dare to look directly at Yu Ran.

Ayu shouldn't have a chance to meet the fourth brother, right?

Well, yes, I don't see the fourth brother very much, Ayu is the daughter of the Xiahou clan, how can I meet the fourth brother?

Sure enough, I'm thinking too much, and it's going to be fine!

Murong Anlan comforted himself in his heart, and at the same time said to Yu Ran: "I think Ayu and the fourth brother must be quite chatty if they really meet, after all, I think you are actually really similar." ”

"Really? I'm looking forward to it. Tamago's eyes were deep, but there was still a faint smile on her lips. Her hand rested on the wooden railing, and her gaze swept inadvertently from the second floor to the downstairs, but her gaze was fixed on the person who had just stepped into the inn.

That person in Xuanyi, if she didn't admit her mistake, should be Xue Rui, one of the direct guards of Xiahou Yi, the prime minister of the Shang State.

How did this person end up here?

"Ayu, Ayu, what's wrong with you? What are you looking at? Murong Anlan stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Yu Ran's eyes, he called Yu Ran for a long time and didn't get a response.

Yu Ran came back to her senses, turned to face Murong Anlan, she smiled, and said, "It's nothing, it's just that I just thought of something." By the way, it's not early, so you can rest early today, and I'll go back to my room. ”

"Oh good, then Ayu, I'll live here, right next door to you, if you have something to call me." Murong Anlan nodded and said.

"Okay." Yuran's tone was gentle, and she watched Murong Anlan close the door, and only then did her eyes make waves.

It seems that this sacrifice in Rongping Town is indeed not simple!

I don't know if her "trip" can go smoothly.

Early the next morning, Murong Anlan got up early. He stretched his waist, opened the door, and subconsciously glanced at the door that was still tightly hidden on the left.

Ayu shouldn't have gotten up yet, right?

Murong Anlan remembered the time when Yu Ran went out of the guest house with Yu Ran a few times before, and he estimated that Yu Ran would only get up around the end of the day today.

So he simply went downstairs first, and then went out and walked down the street.

He walked up to a shop, bought two steamed buns, and then asked the boss, "Are you going to have a sacrifice here?" ”

"Childe is right, there are two days before the sacrificial ceremony of our Rongping Town. Seeing that Childe came from other places like this, did he also come to watch the ceremony? ”

Murong Anlan nodded, "Because I've heard of it before, I'm a little curious." But boss, why is this sacrificial ceremony so grand? I look at the locals here who seem to take it seriously. ”

"Childe, you don't know, although our Rongping Town is small, it is rich in more than 100 kinds of flowers, and it can be said that flowers are the way for our Rongping Town to get rich. And the flowers of our Rongping Town will be selected to be sent to the palace after the annual sacrifice ceremony, and the monarch can be said to be very satisfied in the past few years, so that the people of Rongping Town also feel that there is a return, so our sacrifice ceremony this year will be particularly grand. The boss explained.

"Oh, then I understand, thank you!" Murong Anlan nodded, and quickly solved one of the buns in his hand, and he was going to take the rest back to Yu Ran.

It's just that he only took two steps before he noticed a familiar figure in his sight.

The woman was dressed in a smoky satin robe, her eyebrows were picturesque, and her expression was clear, wasn't it the jade dye he thought was still sleeping in the inn?

"Ayu!" Murong Anlan rushed all the way to Yuran.

Yu Ran was holding a hairpin in her hand, and she was actually picking up something while inquiring about the news about Rongping Town in the same store.

Seeing Murong Anlan who suddenly appeared in front of her, Yu Ran was not surprised, she smiled and paid the store a silver tael, "I want this one, thank you." Then, she pulled Murong Anlan away from the side of the shop, and then said, "You went out early today." ”

Murong Anlan said angrily: "This sentence should be me saying to you, right?" ”

Yu Ran smiled nonchalantly, "You just think I'm a transsexual today." By the way, did you hear anything interesting? ”

"Interesting thing? Not really. But Ayu, I'll tell you, you guessed it yesterday and it's really not bad at all, this Rongping Town, it's really very important to take the sacrificial ceremony, I heard that this sacrificial ceremony is also related to the Shang King's Palace, the monarch of the Shang country likes the flowers of Rongping Town very much, and they will send it every year after the sacrificial ceremony. ”

When Yu Ran heard this, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, but her expression still looked natural and unharmed.

She will go out early in the morning today, naturally to learn a thing or two about the affairs of Rongping Town. Because she saw Xue Rui yesterday at the inn where they were staying, that is to say, this sacrificial ceremony is probably related to the dispute over the rights of the Xiahou clan in the palace.

Sure enough, the news that Yuran learned from the people in the shop just now was: This sacrificial ceremony seems to have been proposed by the people of Rongping Town, but in fact, the person who really handled it at the top was Xiahou Li, that is, the father of Xiahou Yang who Yuran helped before, the person who was at the head of the Three Princes and Nine Qings.

The monarch of Shang has always appreciated the sacrificial ceremony of Baicheng on this day in previous years, and if something happens to this year's sacrificial ceremony, it will definitely make Shang Jun have a pimple in his heart.

And the person who handled the sacrificial ceremony was Xiahou Li, and the person who was questioned would eventually be Xiahou Li. Therefore, Yu Ran guessed that the appearance of Prime Minister Xiahouyi's people here must mean that Xiahouyi wanted to do something about this sacrificial ceremony.

If you want to do it, start with the "small things" that have nothing to do with the national fortunes, and then intervene step by step, so that Shang Jun will not directly suspect Prime Minister Xiahou Yi, and at the same time, he will gradually have a problem with Shangqing Xiahouli, and this Prime Minister's abacus is really good.

"This ceremony is just two days away, Anlan, do you want to see it?" Yuran was silent and asked out loud.

To be honest, she is only doing this now to understand the current situation in the Qing Shang Kingdom, and she does not want to directly intervene in it. Because she knew that she didn't have the ability to wade through this troubled water now, if she waded in and failed to get out smoothly, maybe there was any part that was missed, then she would not only be forced to return to Ningguo directly, but maybe she wouldn't even be able to get out of the border of Shangguo smoothly.

"Aren't we here to see this ceremony? I've been curious for so long, of course I have to check it out! Murong Anlan walked beside Yu Ran and said very leisurely.

"That's right." Yu Ran thought about it for a moment, the corners of her lips raised a light smile, she turned her head to look at Murong Anlan, and then said, "Let's see, but if there is any excitement for you, I won't go to make it." "Tamago's words mean something.

"Why?" Murong Anlan was puzzled, "Aren't we just preparing to walk the world now, and then go to join in all kinds of fun?" ”

Yuran wasn't ready to explain, she smiled to herself, and then said, "You do have a point. You'll have to listen to me this time, though. After we finish reading the ceremony, let's leave this Rongping Town immediately. ”

"Leave immediately?"

"Yes, I haven't told you yet, the flowers are pretty good, but I can't get too close to the flowers, otherwise I'll get a rash on my body. So let's stay in Rongping Town for a while, you must have a lot of other places you want to visit, right? Yu Ran babbled a bunch of nonsense with an extremely sincere expression.

"Ayu, why didn't you tell me earlier? Shall we leave right now? Murong Anlan was heartbroken, and he still said so decisively.

"Since you are looking forward to it so much, not to mention that I have already promised you, then you should not go back. We finished reading the ceremony and then left. Yu Ran thought about it, still hoping that they would be lucky enough to avoid this impending turmoil.