"Girl, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, if something happens, grandpa can't spare me. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Cui Yaozu shouted.

Cui Ruoyu didn't even look at him at all, and suddenly a bright smile appeared on his face, and he said softly: "You...... Not dead? ”

"Sister, don't scare me, are you crazy? Talk to whom? Cui Yaozu said in shock.

"Of course I'm not dead, how could I die so easily." A voice sounded in the back of Cui Yaozu's head.

When Cui Yaozu heard this voice, he was so frightened that his soul fluttered, and his legs trembled like chaff.

"You...... You...... Who is it? How did you...... Still alive? Are you a human or a ghost? Cui Yaozu's voice changed.

"You don't know if you turn your head." The voice behind him said.

Cui Yaozu slowly turned his head, and then he saw a little cold glow on the tip of his nose. Wang Xiangguo, who should have died, was standing in front of him with a smile.

"How is that possible? Why are you here? You shouldn't be ......"

"I am not a bad body of steel, how can a mere fire withstand me?" Wang Yuan sneered.

Cui Yaozu suddenly came to his senses, this Wang Yuan must have escaped the fire, seeing that the matter was revealed, Cui Yaozu thought to himself that he was not an opponent, and suddenly his body bounced, broke away from Wang Yuan's sword tip at a very fast speed, and rushed on the back of the horse with incredible agility to urge the horse to go.

Wang Yuan pursed his lips and let out a whistle, and Cui Yaozu's horse jumped up and knocked Cui Yaozu to the ground. Cui Yaozu was smashed to the ground, and his eyes were full of stars. Wang Yuan came to him and smiled, "Young Master Cui, you are on the wrong horse." ”

Cui Yaozu was just about to struggle to get up, but he felt a heavy blow to his neck, and then he didn't know anything.

……

Wang Yuan slashed Cui Yaozu's carotid artery with a palm and knocked him unconscious, then he quickly walked back to Cui Ruoyu's side and swung his sword to cut the ropes on Cui Ruozu's bound hands and feet. Cui Ruoyu was so surprised and delighted that she was already trembling and speechless, and she couldn't help herself after her hands and feet were freed, so she hugged Wang Yuan and hugged him tightly and didn't let go.

Wang Yuan patted Cui Ruoyu's back and said in a deep voice: "Miss Ruoyu, I can't stay here for a long time, I'm leaving." ”

Cui Ruoyu shouted, "Where are you going?" ”

Wang Yuan said coldly: "Your Cui family wants to put me to death, I can only avoid its edge first." I didn't expect your Cui family to do this to me. ”

Cui Ruoyu's face turned pale, and she said in a low voice: "I didn't want to treat you as a junior brother, how could I do this." ”

Wang Yuan sighed lightly: "You didn't, but your grandfather, your father, uncle and brother all wanted me to die, if it weren't for God's blessing, I would have been burned to powder in Yang Hualou at this moment." That's it, it's useless to talk too much, and I took my leave. ”

Wang Yuan pushed Cui Ruoyu away, turned around and walked to Cui Yaozu's side, picked up the unconscious Cui Yaozu, put him across the saddle of the black horse, and flew on the horse.

Cui Ruoying shouted: "Was my brother killed by you? ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "How could I kill him, he is now my talisman, I must take him with me." If your Cui family is too pressing, then I can only let him die with me. ”

Cui Ruoyu said softly: "Thank you for not killing my brother." But where can you go now? You can't get out of the city, and if they really want to hunt you down, you won't be able to hide anywhere. ”

Wang Yuan sneered: "It's a big deal, and the jade will be burned." ”

Cui Ruoyu bit her lower lip and said, "Wang...... Childe, if you trust me, come with me. I have a place for you to hide. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and looked at Cui Ruoyu, and Cui Ruoyu also looked up at Wang Yuan's eyes, his eyes were full of sincere pleading.

"Don't worry, I, Cui Ruoyu, swear again, if it harms the heart of the prince, I will be destroyed by heaven and earth, and there will be no place to bury me." Cui Ruoyu knew that Wang Yuan was doubting her motives, she didn't feel strange at all, after all, it was her Cui family who wanted to kill Wang Yuan, and Wang Yuan had reason to doubt herself.

"Why are you helping me? Aren't you also a member of the Cui family? Wang Yuan said.

Cui Ruoyu said softly: "To help you is to help my Cui family." This matter is the unkindness of my Cui family, not your fault. You came to Yangzhou alone, and you did your best to defend Yangzhou, they shouldn't treat you like this. I saved you to prevent the Cui family from making big mistakes, hoping to redeem some mistakes for the Cui family. Again...... It's also helping myself. I don't know if you heard what my brother said just now. The new emperor...... Want...... Marry my Cui family...... I...... It must not be promised. ”

Of course, Wang Yuan heard the dispute between the brother and sister before, and because of this, he understood the motive of the Cui family to kill him tonight. His identity was exposed, and the Cui family, in order to be loyal to Li Mao, killing himself was obviously the greatest credit. Wang Yuan naturally heard about Li Mao's wanting to take Cui Ruoying as a concubine, but that was no longer something that Wang Yuan said he would consider.

Wang Yuan pondered for a moment, and saw that the noisy voices of people on the streets around him were getting louder and louder, and the fire that was rushing to the sky not far away had already alarmed half of the city's people, including the soldiers and horses patrolling the city. If you delay any longer, I'm afraid you really won't be able to get out.

"Well, I believe you once. Where are we going to hide? ”

Cui Ruoyu was overjoyed, and said continuously: "I have a painting boat moored in the lake, which is the boat I usually play in the lake, and only I can use it." Let's go and hide in the boat, what do you think? ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Protect the lake?" Isn't it close to your Cui family? ”

Cui Ruoyu said: "Don't worry, there is another road leading to the 24th Bridge in the southwest of Baohu Lake, and the painting boat will be moored next to the pier under the 24th Bridge." Believe me, I will never harm you. ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to that boat." ”

Cui Ruoyu smiled, limped to his mount, got on the back of the horse with difficulty, and said coquettishly: "Follow me." ”

Cui Ruoyu urged the horse to go east, Wang Yuan grabbed the unconscious Cui Yaozu's belt and rode the horse to follow, and the two horses turned into the alley before reaching the main street. The alley zigzits southwest, and soon after it reaches another side street. Cui Ruoyu sped up and galloped all the way to the west, and finally when he came out of Hengjie again, there was already a densely wooded land in front of him, and through the trees, it was the sparkling protection lake under the moonlight.

Cui Ruoyu stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction and whispered: "That's the Twenty-fourth Bridge, look, the painting boat is still parked there." ”

Wang Yuan looked around and saw an arched bridge across the waves under the hazy moonlight, connecting the narrow shore of the lake. It looks like an ordinary arch bridge, but it turns out to be the famous 24th Bridge. On the water next to the bridge, a small building boat is moored there. There was also a faint light on the bow of the ship.

"Someone on board?" Wang Yuan frowned.

"It's not a problem, there is only one old boatman who is deaf and dumb, who guards this ship and helps me hold it." Cui Ruoyu said.

Wang Yuan nodded, at this time there was no choice but to go to the boat to hide. So he rode his horse to the stone bridge. got off the horse next to the stone bridge, the two led the horse down to the dock, Cui Ruoyu got on the boat first and woke up the old boatman, and then Wang Yuan also got on the boat with Cui Yaozu in his arms. The old boatman didn't know what was going on, Cui Ruoyu gestured and ordered him to start the boat, so he took the penny and propped the boat out of the dock. When Wang Yuan and Cui Ruoyu entered the boat hall and just settled, the painting boat was already more than ten feet from the shore and sailed towards the center of the lake.

Wang Yuan quickly checked up and down the boat to confirm that there was no one else on the ship, and then returned to the ship hall with confidence. In the boat hall, Cui Ruoyu was lighting a candle, and Wang Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to extinguish the candle flame when he saw this. Cui Ruoyu was stunned, and immediately understood that Wang Yuan was afraid that lighting the lamp would attract the attention of others.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think about it that much." Cui Ruoyu said in a low voice.

Wang Yuan said lightly: "Close the curtain and light the lamp, be careful." Although this is a hidden place, it is also a Jedi from which there is no escape. ”

"Got it." Cui Ruoyu said softly. Then she walked over lightly, closed the thick floor-to-ceiling curtains, and closed the door of the ship's hall tightly, and then groped for a candle.

The candle flame lit, Wang Yuan let out a long breath and sat on a chair. Cui Ruoyu walked to Cui Yaozu who was lying on the ground with the candle flame in her hand, carefully checked Cui Yaozu's appearance, and reached out to probe his snort, obviously worried about Cui Yaozu's life and death. But seeing Cui Yaozu's ruddy face and normal breathing, he was relieved.

When he raised his head, he saw Wang Yuanzheng looking at him with blazing eyes, and hurriedly lowered his head and said softly: "He...... It's my brother, after all. ”

Wang Yuan said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, he can't die." In a few moments he will wake up, and I will still give him a slap to continue his sleep. ”

Cui Ruoyu bit her lower lip and said, "If you don't worry, tie him up, don't ...... Don't hurt him. ”

Wang Yuan snorted coldly and was noncommittal. Cui Ruoyu sighed softly, put the candlestick on the table, took a teapot out of the boat hall, and came back shortly, the teapot was already steaming. Apparently some tea from the old boatman.

Cui Ruoyu put a cup of hot tea in front of Wang Yuan, and slowly sat in front of Wang Yuan, and said in a low voice: "Take a sip of hot tea." ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Thank you." ”

Cui Ruoyu was silent for a moment and asked in a low voice, "You...... Is it really Wang Yuan? ”

Wang Yuan said lightly: "Didn't you say that you had already recognized my identity?" ”

Cui Ruoyu's face was slightly red and said: "I do suspect that you are Wang Yuan, and I doubt your identity in Chuzhou." My entourage saw the appearance of the Taishou and a cadre of officials in Chuzhou being respectful to you, although I didn't hear your conversation, but who in the Shence Army can make an official like Taishou respectful? Then I can only guess that you are Wang Yuan. And I heard that Wang Yuan is about the same age as you, and besides, your speech and demeanor don't look like a lieutenant at all, so I guess you deliberately concealed your identity, and you are Wang Yuan himself. Of course, I'm not entirely sure. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "Then you informed your Cui family of your guess, right?" ”

"You're wrong, I don't say a word about your speculation. First, I'm not sure who you are, and second, I'm not the kind of person who talks a lot. I don't know how my grandfather found out who you are. They have a lot of things to hide from me, such as...... I did not know until tonight that the divine decree required me to enter the palace. Cui Ruoyu hung her head and said.

Wang Yuan nodded lightly and said, "I believe you, it may be that I was careless, and I didn't know it when I exposed my identity." It's destiny that I can escape tonight, your brother ordered someone to put an anesthetic in my tea, but fortunately I didn't drink the tea, otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here now. ”

Cui Ruoying was terrified in her heart, and secretly rejoiced for Wang Yuan. Suddenly, seeing Wang Yuan staring at the cup of tea in front of him, Cui Ruoyu hurriedly said: "There is no anesthetic in this tea." If you don't believe me, you can drink it again. ”

In order to prove her words, Cui Ruoyu picked up the teacup and took a sip, choking on herself because she drank too fast, covering her mouth and coughing.

"Why bother, I said, I believe in you. I'll drink it. Wang Yuan spoke softly and reached out to pick up the teacup, but he was stunned there for a long time without moving.

Cui Ruoyu felt strange and hurriedly peeked at it. I saw Wang Yuanzheng looking at the tea cup in a daze, and following his gaze, Cui Ruoyu's face turned red again. It turned out that a faint lip print on the edge of the teacup seemed to be in my eyes, which was the lip print left when I had just drunk water. The act of urgency just now was indeed to prove his innocence, but how could Wang Yuan drink the tea he had drunk? This is not to prove innocence, but to be ambiguous.

"I ...... I'll give you a new drink. Cui Ruoyu hurriedly reached out to grab the cup. However, Wang Yuan had already handed the teacup to his mouth and drank it dry.

"It smells so good." Wang Yuan smacked his lips, not knowing whether he was talking about the fragrance of tea or the fragrance of beauty's saliva. Hearing this, Cui Ruoyu was even more embarrassed.

"Miss Ruoyu, I have a few questions I want your answers." Wang Yuan's voice instantly pulled Cui Ruoyu back to reality from her shy emotions, and at this moment, I am afraid that it is not the time for me to express my emotions. The Wang Yuan in front of him was afraid that he didn't have the heart to think about anything else.

"You just ask." Cui Ruoyu said.

Wang Yuan stared at Cui Ruoyu with burning eyes and said, "You said that you don't know anything about what your Cui family wants to do to me, so why did you ride a horse to Yang Hualou in the middle of the night tonight?" ”

Cui Ruoyu frowned and said, "I know you will definitely ask about this, and I was about to tell you about it." This morning, my father came to talk to me, and he seemed to blame me in his words...... Blame me for being too close to you. He said that he would arrange for you to live in Yang Hualou and let you move out of my Cui family's mansion. He also sternly warned me not to go to you and not to contact you. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "You mean, I moved to Yang Hualou because I had a close relationship with you?" Does your father mean that he is afraid that I will ruin your reputation? ”

Cui Ruoyu blushed and said, "My father didn't say that. I didn't understand what he meant at the time, but now I do. My father and they must be afraid because the new emperor is going to marry my Cui family...... I'm afraid I'll do something wrong. They are afraid that they will not be able to account. ”

Wang Yuan frowned and was silent, he was a little puzzled by what Cui Ruoyu said. In Wang Yuan's opinion, the reason why the Cui family let themselves move to Yanghualou was to get rid of themselves, but from Cui Ruoyu's narrative, it is obvious that this is another version.

"At the time, I was a little puzzled, but after all, my father opened his mouth, and I couldn't disobey him. So I didn't go to see you again during the day, and I didn't look for you at night. I...... I think it myself...... It seems that I have a close relationship with you. To outsiders, this may seem like another idea. Cui Ruoyu said in a low voice.

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Yes, the eldest lady of the Cui family is tired of being with a strange man, and there are a lot of rumors outside, and I blame me for not paying attention." It doesn't matter if I'm a man, but you're a big lady in the boudoir, so you can't do that. But nothing really happened between us. ”

Cui Ruoyu felt slightly disappointed in her heart, and she seemed to hear a kind of indifference from Wang Yuan's words. Especially the last sentence, Cui Ruoyu felt very heartbroken. Is it true that nothing has happened? So what do you say about riding together, grinding your ears and temples? How do you say a bowl of soup and a cup of tea? However, when I think about it, it seems that nothing really happened.

Wang Yuan didn't notice the turmoil in Cui Ruoyu's heart, and only said to himself: "Then how did you know that I was in trouble in Yanghualou, and why did you run out in the middle of the night?" ”

Cui Ruoyu said softly: "Actually, I went to bed early tonight, but because my father's words during the day made me very unhappy, I never fell asleep." So I got up and went to my grandfather's study to read for a while. When I passed by the courtyard of the second uncle, I saw the lights in the second uncle's hall, originally I was just passing by, but for some reason, I sent into the second uncle's house, and then I saw the second uncle and the third uncle drinking and talking in the house from under the porch. The two of them spoke in a low voice and looked a little sneaky, which made me curious. So I hid in the door and listened to them. What I didn't expect was that I heard what the second and third uncles were saying, 'I hope Yaozu can succeed tonight and kill the surnamed king, and everything will be over.' 'That's the case. Of course I was surprised, thinking of the fact that you moved out of my mansion today, I suspected that my brother was going to be unfavorable to you, so I rode out on horseback, planning to go to Yang Hualou to warn you to be careful. I didn't expect it to be too late. Fortunately, God forbid, your auspicious Tianxiang was not burned to death in Yanghua Tower, otherwise our Cui family would have done a big mistake. ”

Wang Yuan took a breath and said in a deep voice: "I see, it turns out that you are planning to come to report to me." Why are you doing this? You know that by doing so, you are destroying your Cui family's plans. Your Cui family has already reached an agreement with the new emperor, and there is indeed an irreconcilable contradiction between me and the new emperor, and your behavior can be regarded as betrayal of the Cui family. Haven't you thought about the consequences? ”

Cui Ruoyu pondered for a long time and said in a low voice: "I don't know what to fight for power and profit, and I don't want to know those things in the court. I just think you're not a bad person. You have done so many things for Datang and saved so many people, how can you be a bad person? I don't know anything about what happened between Your Majesty and you, I just acted according to my heart's thoughts. I can't just watch you die here and be indifferent. I...... I can't. Even if this incident betrays my Cui family, then let my grandfather and father punish me, and I am willing to bear it. ”

Wang Yuan looked at Cui Ruoyu quietly, under the candlelight, Cui Ruoyu's body was thin, haggard, and her hair was scattered. She had already endured a lot of fright and pain that night, and she had endured the torment in her heart. Although she has only known herself for a few days, she trusts herself so much and defends herself. is even willing to betray the Cui family, if it weren't for his affection, how could he do it.

Of course, Wang Yuan knew that Cui Ruoyu had a good impression of him, and Wang Yuan was obviously much more clever than Cui Ruoyu in the matter of men and women. From Cui Ruoyu's words, deeds and eyes on herself, Wang Yuan has long seen that she has feelings for herself. It's just that Wang Yuan doesn't want to provoke too many love debts, so it's just appropriate to stay away. But even so, Wang Yuan can't deny that he also has a good impression of Cui Ruoyu, this simple and beautiful woman has a great attraction to Wang Yuan, so Wang Yuan occasionally has Meng Lang's flirtation. At this moment, looking at Cui Ruoyu's pitiful appearance, how could Wang Yuan not have a heart of pity.

"Thank you for everything you've done for me, it's not fair to you to do things that you shouldn't have to do. The moment you can set foot on the road to Yang Hualou tonight, you have already done a great thing for your Cui family. The moment Yang Hualou caught fire, I had already made a decision, as long as I got out, I would make everyone in your Cui family pay the price. But your actions saved them, and it was for you, and I will not kill any of you Cui family again. Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Cui Ruoyu was stunned, looked up at Wang Yuan and said, "Prince Wang, I always feel that grandpa doesn't know. I've always felt that there was something else going on in this matter. The second uncle and the third uncle secretly talked very strangely. If it is the unanimous decision of my Cui family, how can my grandfather not wait for news together for such a big event tonight. And why didn't Master Liu come forward to solve such a thing, but my brother went to solve it? How could my brother ever do such a thing? Grandpa went to bed very early, and at dinner he told us to go to bed early, because tomorrow we were going to prepare for the rebel siege. At this juncture, how could my grandfather order to kill you at this time, making the soldiers and civilians of Yangzhou panic? And grandpa also said that without you in command, no one can hold Yangzhou. Could it be that grandpa will be so confused that he doesn't even want Yangzhou? Even the hundreds of thousands of people in Yangzhou did not care. Didn't even care about the plan to stop the rebels from moving south? ”

Wang Yuan took a breath and his brows twisted into a pimple, what Cui Ruoying said was indeed suspicious. If it was really the unanimous decision of the Cui family to kill themselves, then there was no need for them to attack themselves so secretly. If you want to kill yourself, why do you want to let yourself move out of Cui's house to arouse your suspicion? It should be easier to start in the Cui Mansion, because he was defenseless in terms of diet before, and he only needs to drug himself to cut himself off.

Letting yourself move out of Cui's house and setting a fire to the crowd to make the city shake and everyone knows it, this is obviously not the best strategy. Even if they wanted to pretend that they had nothing to do with their own death, and that they would not let the fire of the Divine Army's wrath burn on their heads in the future, there were completely other suitable methods available without using such inappropriate methods. Moreover, from the overall situation, Yangzhou City is related to a large area of the state capital in the south of the Yangtze River, which is where the foundation of the Cui family is located, and such a fire burned himself, whether from the perspective of the way of acting or from the perspective of panic in the hearts of the people.

"It's actually very simple to know the truth about this matter." Wang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Cui Ruoyu said: "How do you know the truth?" ”

Wang Yuanzhao took a look at Cui Yaozu, who was unconscious in the corner of the ship hall, and said, "Just ask him." ”