Taishou Mansion, the tea was cold, Huang Zu was still squinting, and did not move the tea bowl. Huang Yan had already drunk three bowls of tea, his lips were still dry, and he couldn't help but lick his dry lips with his tongue.

After a long time, Huang Zu opened his eyes, and he asked Huang Yan, "Do you think those rogues are related to Gan Ning?" ”

Huang Yan nodded and said, "It's very likely, I received news that Gan Ning forced Ma Hong to do something." ”

"What's the matter?"

"Let Ma Hong intercede with me and release the shopkeeper Wang's family, and the shopkeeper Wang used to be Gan Ning's subordinates."

"Oh, if you're Gan Ning and you're related to the Rogue, would you do that?"

Huang Yan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Huang Zu picked up the teacup, took a sip of herbal tea, put it down, rubbed his temples, and said slowly: "Then do you think Gan Ning still has anything to do with this matter?" ”

Huang Yan nodded and said, "Very likely?" ”

Huang Zu said: "Why? ”

Huang Yan licked his dry lips and said, "I'm not Gan Ning, I don't have Gan Ning's character, so I think it's very possible to do this with Gan Ning's character." ”

Huang Zu took another sip of herbal tea, rubbed his eyebrows, and said, "Then, you will let go of the Wang shopkeeper's family, and by the way, send some more people to monitor Gan Ning." ”

Huang Yan asked puzzledly: "It's easier to kill him than to spy on him, why don't you kill him?" ”

Huang Zu picked up the tea bowl and said: "Even if the tea is cold and does not go to your mouth, it can still quench your thirst, Gan Ning has some ability, I keep him useful." ”

Huang Yan nodded, got up and saluted Huang Zu before preparing to withdraw. Huang Zu opened his mouth and said: "Send some people to escort Ma Hong out of Jiangxia, Ma Hong and Liu Qi are like brothers, and they can't let him have a mistake in Jiangxia." ”

Huang Yan nodded.

When Ma Hong and Liu Ye left Xiling, it was raining again, and it was not very comfortable to be soaked in the rain, but the horse's hooves could not be stopped, because the rain would not stop for a short time. The road still has to be rushed, and it is still far from Chengde.

There is no rain in Yangzhou, the sky in Chengdu can be described as high and cool in autumn, the sky above the head is 30,000 miles high is a piece of blue, the wind blows the clouds and travels, and the scenery on the top is very calm. But the scenery on the ground is very dazzling, a barren, and from time to time dead bodies and white bones can be seen in the barrenness. From time to time, pedestrians on the road will carry corpses in the middle of the road to the side of the road, which seems to be a habit of theirs. The corpses that were moved to the side of the road will be moved by officers and soldiers and burned, Liu Ye said so, but I don't know if the officers and soldiers are lazy or there are too many corpses, along the way, Ma Hong and others can always see dead bodies on the side of the road, some dead bodies are lying in the middle of the road, Ma Wu and Ma Liu have removed two dead bodies lying in the middle of the road.

Looking at the corpse walking, no matter how flat the road is, the heart is always uneven. When everyone arrived in front of Liu Ye's house, Ma Hong only felt that his body was covered with fine beads of sweat. Liu Ye's brother Liu Jian went out to greet Liu Ye, his face had the joy of seeing his relatives, and the joy that could not be concealed.

As soon as Liu Jian saw Liu Ye, he held Liu Ye's hand tightly and said, "Ziyang, you're back, you're tired!" Let's go and get into the house. ”

After Liu Ye introduced Ma Hong to Liu Lian, he and Ma Hong followed Liu Ye into the gate, and when they entered the gate, the courtyard was connected by the road, dotted with mountains and stones, and the emerald green bamboo wall. Ten steps further, the breeze blows the taste of chrysanthemums into the mouth and nose, take a deep breath, the body is crispy, so uncomfortable. Stepping on the paved road is like massaging the soles of the feet again and again, and the refreshment is born from the soles of the feet, so that both legs are cheering. Twenty steps further, a three-legged tripod stands on a platform, the big tripod is filled with half tripod water, the flower pond around the platform is planted with plum blossoms, but it is not the season when the plum blossoms are in full bloom, if you stay in the season of plum blossoms, and then walk into this yard is a flavor. Crossing the platform, I passed through two small pavilions, made of fine pine. On both sides of the pavilion is a small pond three meters wide and five meters long, in which lotus flowers are planted, and the flowering period of the lotus flowers is about to pass and has borne fruit. A gentle breeze blows through the pool, and the view from the pavilion is calming. Walk through the small pavilion, and then go forward 20 steps, is the main entrance of the infernal tile house, the upper tube tile loach ridge, the door railing and window workmanship is fine, all without whitewash. There is a flower pond on the left and right in front of the door, and there are orchids planted in the flower pond, and the orchid flowering period has passed, and Ma Hong can not see the beautiful scenery of these two pools of orchids at this time.

Spring sprouted Xiulan; The summer rain cleansed the lotus; The autumn wind blows the chrysanthemums; The frost came the winter plum; There is also the green bamboo that walked on the wall that year. Ma Hong walked into this courtyard, as if he had walked into the four seasons, this courtyard seemed to be a poem written by the owner, and every inch of land was embellished with the meaning of a gentleman.

Stepping inside, the faint scent of sandalwood fills the room, and the sunlight shines through the hollowed-out wooden windows. When the furniture in the house was extremely when, Ma Hong looked around, and the aroused interest only increased.

"Brother, why don't you see your father?"

Liu Ye looked around but didn't see his father Liu Pu, so he turned to his brother Liu Jian and asked.

"Ziyang, father, was invited to Shouchun by Yuan Shu."

When Liu Jian spoke, his eyes seemed to go from spring to summer, and from summer to autumn, and finally the frost fell, and the winter snow came.

Liu Ye was sitting, the fist in his right hand was loose, tight, loose and tight, and finally slapped weakly on the dining table, and the tea in the tea bowl swayed a trace of ripples.

"Ziyang, Yuan Shu's henchman Le will be stationed with Chengde, this person has come to the house as a guest many times, and also sent people to monitor the house, I am afraid that once my father encounters trouble in Shouchun, Le will bring troops to come."

Liu Jian spoke, his eyelids trembled slightly, and fear could be heard in his flat voice, he had been waiting for it all these days, and he didn't know if he was safe and sound after the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, or the sword soldiers who suddenly came to the door.

After listening to Liu Lian's words, Liu Ye took a sip of tea from the tea bowl, slowly put it down, and then stretched out his fingers into the tea bowl, moistened his fingers and wrote a word on the food table: empty. Liu Lian saw Liu Ye's words, and immediately retreated, before the door was closed, he glanced at Ma Hong again, Liu Ye nodded and signaled that Liu Lian could close the door, Liu Lian closed the door and sat down.

"Ziyang, I was so anxious just now that I forgot to retire the slave for a while."

Liu Jian sighed and said.

"Brother, do you remember the slave I killed when I was thirteen?"

Liu Ye asked.

"Yes."

Liu Jian nodded and said, he was three years older than Liu Ye, but when he was sixteen years old, he did not dare to kill his father's favored slave on his mother's orders, but his brother who was three years younger dared to do so, and since then Liu Jian knew that his talent was not as good as Liu Ye.

"The talkative slave will spread the news after it has deteriorated, since Yuan Shu has already taken over his father, he will naturally monitor our family, and he must have bought some slaves, and from the moment I started, I have already found out which slave has been bought."

Liu Ye spoke and glanced at Ma Hong.

Although Ma Hong said that after entering the house, he was still admiring, but he also noticed that Liu Ye had half-drawn the sword after entering the house, and then closed it again.

"Which slave is it?"

Liu Jian asked.

"It's the slave who poured water for my junior brother just now, he was going to serve me tea, but when he saw me draw my sword, he walked next to my junior brother and served tea for my junior brother, and his hand holding tea was trembling, and some tea overflowed."

Liu Ye spoke, picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Even if we find out, I'm afraid we won't be able to touch that slave now."

Liu Jian said.

"Of course we can't move, but we can use him to help us deliver some good news to Yuan Shu."

Liu Ye gently rubbed the index finger of his right hand against the surface of the food table and said.

"Oh! So how do we do that? ”

Liu Pu asked.

At this time, Ma Hong interjected with a slight smile: "When I was in the villa, I heard that Senior Brother Ziyang once said that you once let the slaves compete in cockfighting (each side of the game lifted one leg to collide). Why don't you hold a contest tomorrow? ”

Liu Jian looked at Ma Hong's smiling face, his face was slightly displeased, he didn't know why Ma Hong would say such an inappropriate thing at this time, but after he saw the smile on Liu Ye's face, he thought that Liu Ye also agreed.

Liu Ye smiled and said, "Brother, just do what the junior brother says, and when you go out in a while, you will tell the slaves that we have just discussed the matter of cockfighting, and tell them that the top three winners of cockfighting can each get thirty copper coins, and let that spy be in charge of the game." ”

Liu Jian asked, "Ziyang, is this really good?" ”

Liu Ye said: "If the wind is calm, the boat will not capsize, if we fan the wind ourselves, the boat will capsize soon." We want Yuan Shu to know that our family is living as usual, and we don't even worry about my father going to Shouchun, so I don't think Yuan Shu will attack us so easily. ”