As soon as the sky was light, Yuan Mao was about to go out, he was used to going out early and returning late, and sometimes he couldn't go home to rest for several days, he whispered to his wife on the bed: "I'll come back in the evening the day after tomorrow." ”

"Hmm." Ren Liu'er was also used to it, so she held her husband's hand and put it on her face for a while before letting go.

Today's entourage is Zheng Sanhun, yawning, standing there staggering, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

The two went out to get on the horse, and Yuan Mao said: "I hope there will be news of Captain Hu today." ”

Guan Sanhun replied half-deadly, "The body should also be found." ”

Yuan Mao shook his head with a smile and urged the horse forward, completely unaware that there was another person in the family.

There are not many servants in the Yuan house, each has its own position, and the master and mother are very strict, and no one dares to walk around at will, so the first person to find the ladder by the backyard wall is a famous girl, she came to clean the fallen leaves, and saw a wooden ladder on the ground, thinking that it was her own thing, so she went to the front yard to find someone to move it away.

Jiang Erpi slept a lot, feeling that he had enough strength, and he carried the ladder alone, and he felt wrong just by looking at it, "Is this our ladder?" ”

"Isn't it?" Yahuan is unknown.

"Who put it here?"

Yahuan shook her head.

Jiang Erpi wanted to show his cleverness, "You see, this ladder is made of thin wooden strips, which is light and easy to carry, and it is not a pity to throw it away, which is different from the sturdy ladders commonly used by ordinary people." ”

"And whose ladder is this?"

"A good man." Jiang Erpi said proudly and thought for a while, "Could it be that the third child left it?" Forget it, I'd better put it away, although it is not used, and it is better to dismantle it as firewood. ”

Jiang Erpi picked up the ladder and walked out, and just turned the corner of the house, he was stopped by Ren Liu'er, "Jiang Er!" ”

Jiang Erpi had long recognized Ren Liu'er, and he had always respected and feared her, so he hurriedly stepped forward, "Madame called me?" ”

"Who told you to come to the backyard?"

"Sister Dongju asked me to move the ladder."

"I asked him to come, and the ladder was in the way." Yahuan explained that she knew that the master mother was strict and had to make things clear.

"Well, where did you get the ladder?" Ren Liu'er felt strange.

"Right in the corner over there." Jiang Erpi pointed to a clearing between the east ear room and the east wing room, where a tall locust tree was planted, and behind the tree was a gable.

Ren Liu'er felt more and more strange, and thought about it carefully for a while, all the big and small affairs in the house had to be agreed by her, and she remembered that she never used the ladder yesterday.

"You put the ladder down, you go and continue sweeping the yard."

"Yes, ma'am." Jiang Erpi and Yahuan led the order in unison.

Ren Liu'er let her personal maid ring also enter the house, stood under the porch and said to Jiang Erpi: "You go to each room to take a look, if there is anything abnormal." ”

"Madame is worried...... yes, how could there be an extra ladder for some reason? But who dares to come and steal hundreds of brocade clothes? And don't you take the ladder with you after stealing it? I'll go right away. ”

Jiang Erpi didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, so he went to the first row of rooms in the east wing to check, the first two rooms were fine, but he stayed in the third room for a while.

Ren Liu'er was about to call out to the others, Jiang Erpi came out of the house, walked slowly, looked strange, and when he arrived in front of the housewife, he whispered: "Madame, go and see for yourself." ”

"What's going on?"

"Well, I can't say it, I won't let me say it, I'm not a bad guy anyway."

"People? Who? Ren Liu'er was shocked.

Jiang Erpi's expression was even more eccentric, and he picked up the ladder, "Even if the master is at home, he will never take him away." ”

Jiang Erpi turned around and went to the front yard, shaking his head and sighing along the way.

Ren Liu'er was stunned for a while, but still walked towards the east wing.

Hu Guiyang had just put on his clothes and boots, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I came at night, I'm afraid of disturbing your husband and wife's rest, so I'll find a room to live in." Did Yuan Mao go to Yamen? Where did he serve? It's too hard. ”

Ren Liu'er had already guessed that it was him, but she was still very surprised when she saw someone, and hurriedly closed the door, feeling that it was wrong, she opened the door a little more, and asked coldly: "Aren't you kidnapped?" ”

"yes, I escaped on my own, right?"

"Since you have escaped, you should go to see the officials, or go back to your own home, what are you doing here?"

"I thought I was going to be welcomed, but you personally invited me over the other day."

"At that time, it was for Yuan Lang to treat his illness...... It has nothing to do with that, I just don't understand......"

"My boss betrayed me to robbers, so I can't see the official, I can't go home, I have to hide here for a while."

Ren Liu'er hurriedly said: "It's not safe here. ”

"Then you can arrange a place for me."

Ren Liu'er was even more anxious and lowered her voice, "I gave you three thousand taels of silver, and I don't owe you anything." ”

"You go to me when you are desperate with Yuan Mao, and of course you have to come to you when I am desperate, this is fair."

Ren Liu'er was full of intelligence and talent, and she couldn't use her sharp teeth at this time, and she said after a while: "You stay in this room, you are not allowed to go out, and you are not allowed to talk." ”

Hu Guiyang nodded and whispered, "It's best to have something to eat, and let Yuan Mao come back quickly." ”

"You don't need to say it." Ren Liu'er snorted, turned around and went out of the house, closed the door tightly, stood under the porch and thought for a while, first went back to her room, went to bed and lay down, claimed that she felt unwell, called the maid ring in the backyard, and ordered them to rest today, no need to clean the house, she didn't want to be disturbed.

After lying down for a while, she claimed that her chest was tight and short of breath, and ordered someone to go to the front yard to find Jiang Erpi and ask him to invite the master home.

After the arrangement was completed, Ren Liu'er asked her henchman to send some food and drink to the East Wing.

Hu Guiyang was so hungry that he devoured his food, went to bed and fell asleep again.

When he woke up, Hu Guiyang saw Jiang Erpi standing in front of the bed, bending down to speak to him: "Captain Hu, wake up." ”

"Well, wake up, it's time to eat again?"

"No, please change places."

"It's a good place."

"But Madame said......"

"Okay, I'll go. Why did you become a servant for the Yuan family? ”

"Hehe, the salary is very high, food and accommodation are all-inclusive, and the work is not tired, such a good thing ......"

"I've given you such a good thing."

Jiang Erpi smiled bitterly: "I'm not tired of working for you, but I'm scared and can't even sleep." ”

"Coward, where are you going?"

"Follow me."

There was no one in the backyard, and there were only a few men in the front yard who looked like helpers.

"Everything is carried to the car?" Jiang Erpi asked arrogantly.

The helpers nodded yes one after another, Jiang Erpi gave the money, and took Hu Guiyang out of the door, and there were two mule carts parked on the street, all loaded with heavy wooden boxes.

"Captain Hu was wronged to catch the car." Jiang Erpi said with a smile.

Hu Guiyang grabbed his wrist, "Tell me where to go first, and where have all the people from the Yuan family gone?" ”

"Madame took someone to incense, saying that she had offended the Bodhisattva by not making a wish, so she suddenly got sick." Jiang Erpi suddenly lowered his voice, "Let's go to Fan Zhenren's house." ”

Hu Guiyang let go, got into the car and picked up the whip, "It shouldn't be difficult to watch others catch the car." ”

"It's not difficult, you don't have to use a whip, and the animals will follow the cart." Jiang Erpi hurriedly got into the first car and drove the mule out of the street.

In order to send Hu Guiyang away, Ren Liu'er also took great pains.

Fan Dajian has a manor outside the city, and there is also a residence in the city, not too far from the Yuan family, the place is relatively small, a servant came out and carried the box in with Jiang Erpi, and then got into Hu Guiyang's car, and left in a hurry, without saying a word.

Jiang Erpi said: "I can't stay here longer, please wait a little longer, Fan Zhenren will come back soon." ”

The door was locked from the outside, leaving Hu Guiyang alone, looking around, and quickly found out the place where the wine was stored, he couldn't help cheering, and found two plates of cold dishes, and he didn't make a fire, just ate and drank like this.

It was getting late, the sound of unlocking outside, Fan Dajian finally came back, closed the door and latched as soon as he entered the hospital, ran into the hall, and saw the drunk Hu Guiyang, and immediately laughed, "Haha, I was frightened all the way, and I knew that the good wine at home was not guaranteed." ”

"It can only be said that it's okay, it's not a first-class good wine."

Fan Dajian sat down, poured himself wine, frowned, and said, "It's not even hot, you can drink it." ”

Hu Guiyang touched his stomach, "Drink it first and then heat it." ”

Fan Dajian laughed twice, and then said, "Let's talk about it, what's going on?" ”

"There's nothing to say, you should know everything."

"It's Jiang Erpi who told me a few words, where do I know where to go?"

"Do you still take care of the temple now?"

"Anyway, how do you ask about this?"

"You work in the same yamen as Yuan Mao, right?"

"Uh......"

"There isn't a single rumor about me in the yamen?"

Fan Dajian smiled bitterly: "Now is not the time to talk about this, I have to wait for you to get married......

Hu Guiyang pointed to a burn on his face and said with a smile: "Did you see it?" I was almost burned alive the night before yesterday, and someone really wanted to kill me, but you expect me to wait until next year to get married? ”

Fan Dajian was still hesitating, Hu Guiyang said: "Okay, I'll guess, if you guess wrong, you laugh, if you guess right, don't make a sound." ”

"Okay." Fan Dajian said reluctantly.

"You two are now the Emperor's right-hand men......"

Before Hu Guiyang finished speaking, Fan Dajian burst into laughter.

"The devil believes." Hu Guiyang continued, and the next thing was his guess, "You two are in the Zhan Mansion and work for the East Palace. ”

Fan Dajian stopped laughing and didn't squeak.

"I saved the emperor in Yunyang and the prince in the Temple of Heaven, how can such a great credit be ignored? The emperor is not good at rewarding him directly, but His Majesty is still very relieved to let you take care of the prince. ”

"Hehe, you guessed it a long time ago?"

"No, I just guessed it, I didn't bother to guess before." Hu Guiyang drank another glass of cold wine.

"It's not that we mean to keep it secret, it's that the higher authorities ask us to ......"

"You don't have to explain, you don't have to tell me about the palace, let's drink."

"Wait a minute, I'll heat up the food."

Fan Dajian personally cooked, found a few pieces of bacon and other things, and brought them after frying, the wine was also warm, and the two drank it again.

"Mulled wine is indeed better." Hu Guiyang praised.

Fan Dajian took off his robe, "The plan is always not satisfactory, since you have already guessed the truth, I will tell the truth, Yuan Mao and I are registered in the Zhan Mansion, but in fact, we are in the palace to accompany the prince to study and practice." ”

"Good errand."

"It's very hard, prince...... Forget it, it's not my turn to talk about the prince's affairs. But we are not ungrateful. ”

"I know, so I'm here to ask you for help."

"You don't know how many people want to kill you, Xichang can only block some of it for you, and the rest of it ......"

"You and Yuan Mao blocked it?"

"It was the two of us who said good things to the prince, and the prince asked the eunuchs around him to come forward and block it for you."

"The prince 'please' the eunuchs around him? Who has such a big shelf? ”

"The prince is still young, and he is more polite to the people around him, this person's surname is Qin ......"

"Qin Ji?"

"Yes, so you've heard of him."

Hu Guiyang finally understood who his "backer" in the palace was, "Jiang Yun betrayed me to a beggar, why didn't you see Qin Ji come forward to call the shots for me?" ”

"The palace still thought that you were kidnapped by Shen Qianyuan, and Qin Ji was urging the yamen to find you. But you escaped by yourself, come with me to see Eunuch Qin tomorrow, explain the matter clearly, and he can call the shots. ”

Hu Guiyang shook his head, "I can't tell, I have no evidence." The most important thing now is to find the Divine Jade. ”

"It's really you!"

"If you wait any longer, you won't necessarily be there." Hu Guiyang will not fully trust Shen Hanyuan.