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"It's like a woman's boudoir." Wang Yuan quipped.

"Good eyesight." The servant picked his finger and praised: "This room was originally lived in by the eldest lady of our Cui family, and the eldest lady also likes to come here to live here for a few days in the spring to see the poplars." However, in the past two or three years, Yang Hualou has been lived by Young Master Sun, and the eldest lady will no longer come. It's just that this house is still kept, in case the eldest lady still comes to live. ”

Wang Yuan sighed and nodded slightly. As soon as he heard the servant mention Cui Ruoyu, Wang Yuan's mind flashed Cui Ruoyu's beautiful face with bright eyes, and when he thought that this room was the boudoir where Cui Ruoyu lived, Wang Yuan's heart rose with a strange feeling.

"So, does Captain Wang have any other orders? The tea is on the table outside, if you are thirsty, you will bother to do it yourself, if there is no command, the villain will retire first, and Captain Wang will rest early. The servant laughed.

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "Brother hard, I don't have anything to do here, you should rest earlier." ”

The servant bowed, hurried out of the house, and closed the door with his hand.

Wang Yuan came to the outside room, sat on a chair for a while, and felt a little thirsty. So he picked up the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea, but he found that the tea turned out to be the popular boiled tea in the Tang Dynasty, and a smell of onion and garlic rushed to his nose. Wang Yuan didn't like this kind of tea, so he poured it all into the slag hopper. I wanted to bring a pot of tea to the servant, but I thought that I would have to toss the servant to run upstairs, so I gave up.

So he went into the back room, blew out the candle and lay down on the bedside, thinking for a while about how to meet the enemy tomorrow, and after a while the wine was hazy, and the drowsiness gradually rose, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.

I don't know how long time passed, but Wang Yuan was suddenly awakened by the neighing of a war horse. It was the neighing sound of his big dark horse, and the neighing of the black horse seemed all too familiar to Wang Yuan. Wang Yuan sat up from the bed and listened carefully, and the neighing of the black horse came to his ears clearly again. Wang Yuan didn't know what the black horse was making trouble, so he put on his boots and got up and walked to the door to go downstairs to take care of it. But when he stretched out his hand and pulled the door, the door did not move.

Wang Yuan was shocked, he remembered that he didn't tie the door before going to bed, but why couldn't the door open at this moment. I pulled hard twice before I realized that the door had been locked from the outside. This surprise was not trivial, and Wang Yuan's spirit immediately became nervous. Stretched out his hand and pulled out the sword, inserted it into the crack of the door, only to pry it slightly, and there was a 'click' sound, and there was a sound of things breaking outside. Wang Yuan pulled the door again, and the door opened.

Wang Yuan flashed out of the door, but saw that the corridor of the stairs was dark, and the surroundings were quiet. Wang Yuan slowly descended the stairs step by step, and when he reached the hall on the first floor, he could hear the sound of footsteps around him clearly, and it seemed that there were many people walking around Yang Hualou, and there was a strange sound from time to time.

Wang Yuan came to the door of the building and looked out through the crack in the door. This sight made Wang Yuan sweat in shock, but he saw dozens of black-clothed people running back and forth outside the building, each holding a large bundle of firewood and piling it up in front of the building. Wang Yuan quickly went to the back door of Yang Hualou, the situation was generally the same, a large pile of black hill-like tall firewood and grass had blocked the back door tightly. At this time, Wang Yuan immediately understood what was happening, this was someone who wanted to set fire to Yang Hualou, and the object who wanted to set fire to death was undoubtedly himself. The large piles of firewood and grass in front of and behind the building are to prevent someone from escaping when the fire starts, and when the fire starts, the way out of the whole building is blocked, and the building can only be a dead end.

Wang Yuan's mind was thinking quickly, and he suddenly realized that this was an action by the Cui family against him. In the morning, I had to move to this Yanghua building by myself, afraid that it was because I could set fire to kill myself at night. All this was a planned and premeditated operation. Then the reason why the Cui family wants to burn themselves is naturally revealed, their identity must have been known by the Cui family, and the Cui family must have reached a tacit understanding with Li Mao, and it is logical to get rid of Li Mao after learning his identity.

In an instant, cold sweat broke out on Wang Yuan's body, and his heart beat violently. It is naturally okay to rush out of the building at this moment, but when he rushes out, the Cui family sees that the plan to set fire to themselves will not work, and they are afraid that they will turn their faces and come hard. This is Yangzhou, the Cui family's territory, and the city is full of people from his Cui family, and if you escape from here, you may not be able to escape the Cui family's pursuit, so it is unwise to break out. For now, it is better to plan and find a way to secretly escape from here and let the Cui family set fire to the building, so that they will think that they are buried in the fire and hidden in the shadows, and they will have a better chance of escaping.

Wang Yuan made up his mind, quickly turned around and went upstairs, scolding in his heart. The Cui family is so cunning, one thing on the surface and one thing behind the other, and they actually ignore the situation of the imminent enemy of the rebels, and brazenly assassinate themselves, is this what everyone is doing? There is also that Cui Ruoyu, this woman hides well enough, she has been fascinated by her in the past few days, but she didn't expect that she was confusing herself and covering up for his Cui family's despicable methods. If she didn't know her identity, she leaked it, and she was afraid that she already knew her identity when she was in Chuzhou, but she just pretended not to know. Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan, you are really stupid, you think you have everything under control, but in fact, you have already entered the hands of others. When will you not be deceived by beauty, and will you not be so pitiful and cherished?

Wang Yuan rushed upstairs while blaming himself, and walked around the corridor of the small building with his waist bent. The building is more than three zhang high, and although there are many trees around, the highest is only a few zhang high. There is no way out. In a hurry, Wang Yuan caught a glimpse of the curtains and bedding in the house, stretched out his hand and tore them, tearing them into strips, connecting them together, carrying them on his back to the second floor. The cat bent around the corridor on the second floor again, saw a backlit shadow on the west side of the building, and reached out to grab the cloth strip on the end of the corridor pillar of the cloth rope and slid it down. The length of the strip of cloth was not enough, but Wang Yuan saw that the note of a willow tree had fallen.

As soon as they landed on the willow tree, they saw a few black shadows rushing by, but fortunately they didn't notice Wang Yuan on the willow tree, but just rushed over with a large bundle of firewood, surrounding the wooden window next to the small building. It seems that they not only want to block the door of the building, but also surround the small building with firewood to ensure that the fire is fully burned, so that they will never be able to escape.

After they had set up the firewood and left again, Wang Yuan hurriedly jumped off the willow tree and slowly moved through the shelter of the rockery trees. Soon he was back in the corner of the courtyard wall in front of him. Wang Yuan looked at it from a hill-like rockery, and saw more than a dozen figures standing in front of the courtyard door. Wang Yuan recognized one of them at a glance, that person was tall and jade-looking, it was Cui Yaozu, the young master of the Cui family. The moment he saw Cui Yaozu, all the speculations in Wang Yuan's heart became a reality, and his teeth rattled with hatred.

Cui Yaozu was standing in the open space in the courtyard with his chest folded, and a servant next to him was leading a four-hoofed snow-white and black-covered horse, which was Wang Yuan's big black horse. The servant who led the horse was the janitor who had served Wang Yuan just now.

"Young Master Sun, this horse is jumping and barking, don't you alarm the person in the building? Just stab it. This horse is good, but don't spoil our business. A nurse said in a deep voice.

"Hey, Zhao Xiaowu, what you said is not right. I told Young Master Sun that the guy had already drunk the pot of tea, and there was a strong anesthetic in it, he was afraid that he was already asleep unconscious, how could he hear it? The hemp is boiling so badly that you don't know the power of the medicine, or you Zhao Xiaowu try it with a bite. The doorkeeper shouted.

Cui Yaozu frowned and said, "Cui Jiu, are you sure that he drank that numbing tea?" ”

"Young Master Sun, the villain went to check it out in person. The guy was sleeping on the bed sweetly, I pretended to go up to check, there was a cup of tea missing in the pot, and there was still residual tea in the teacup. One sip of that thing was enough, and he had a drink? If Young Master Sun hadn't said that he would burn him, I would have chopped his head with a knife. The janitor was busy.

Cui Yaozu scolded: "You know a fart." The hemp was turned over and burned to death, and it could not be detected by the pretense. He was hacked to death and burned to death, and his body was exposed before it was fully exposed. To make people think that he was burned to death by Xiaolou, not killed, understand? ”

"It's all burned to charcoals, what else can you see?"

", you think it's so easy to burn into char? Throw you into the fire and try? The corpse is not burned, and if there is no ash in the chest and lungs, then you know that it was dead before the fire, and you don't understand this. Cui Yaozu reprimanded.

"Are you so careful?" Cui Jiu smacked his lips and said.

"You know the, do you know who he is? Speaking out scares you, he is the generalissimo of today's Xiangguo, the Divine Army. He has an army of 100,000 under his command. If we knew that he was killed by us, would the 100,000 Divine Commanders spare us? If it was burned to death, then no one else was to blame. Got it? Cui Yaozu scolded.

The nurses froze in place, and Cui Yaozu frowned, "What? Got your pants wet? I am not afraid of things that are not promising, but you are afraid. No one is allowed to say what you just said, otherwise I will kill your whole family. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Young Master Sun rest assured, how can we say it? Isn't that looking for death? Several nurses said in unison.

Wang Yuan listened to it really behind the rockery, and secretly called it a fluke in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that I didn't like the tea boiled with onions, ginger, garlic and vinegar, and I was thirsty after drinking, I would definitely drink water. Maybe it was because there was medicine in the tea, and in order to cover up the taste of the medicine, they had to use this strong taste to cover up the tea, but they saved their lives in the dark. Otherwise, after being paralyzed, you would not be able to hear the neighing of horses under any circumstances. The janitor went into the house after he had fallen asleep and checked the teacup and teapot to make sure that he had drunk the tea, so that he dared not to make a noise.

However, this janitor is blowing nonsense, he is in the outhouse, and Wang Yuan is naturally unaware of the fact that he is sleeping soundly after drinking. But if he really dared to enter the inner room and slash with a knife, Wang Yuan would definitely know. Because Wang Yuan was very cautious after entering Yangzhou, he pulled a rope with a thin thread at the head of the bed before going to bed, and tied one end to his fingers. As soon as someone approaches, you will be immediately awakened. This is the method that Li Xin'er taught Wang Yuan. Back then, Li Xin'er was lurking in Li Linfu's mansion as an undercover agent, and it could be said that she was full of murderous opportunities, so she used this as a means of defense, and she had to be vigilant at any time in her sleep.

Cui Yaozu whipped the horse's buttocks with a whip in his hand, and the black horse kicked and jumped wildly, neighing from time to time. "Brute, I can't beat you today. If it weren't for the fact that you were a good horse, and I liked it very much, I would have cut off the head of your horse with one sword, and I would have kicked and bitten you, a brute, and almost broke my arm. ”

The big black horse neighed and jumped, refusing to give in. Wang Yuan was distressed, but he couldn't show up. Soon after, Cui Yaozu's attention was focused on the arson, so he stopped beating the horses and asked a nurse who had rushed to report it, "Are you ready?" ”

"Young master, the firewood has been piled up, and it has been poured with fire oil, so the young master will give the order."

"Okay, light the fire immediately, and then everyone will leave immediately, and after a while a few people will pretend to come to put out the fire." Cui Yaozu shouted.

"Yes."

Several black shadows rushed downstairs to Yang Hua, and soon the fire rose, and the firewood poured with fire oil burned with beep. In just a few moments, the flames set the wooden building on fire, and soon the flames rose several feet high, and the entire small building was engulfed in flames in an instant.

"It's a pity for this building." Cui Yaozu watched the fire head smash his mouth, waved his hand and shouted, "Let's go." ”

The guards followed Cui Yaozu and swarmed out of the courtyard. Wang Yuan climbed over the courtyard wall and walked along the dark shadows of the street. The fire in the small building burned violently, illuminating the surroundings as if it were daytime. The people living around hurriedly got up, and after a while there was the sound of a gong, and someone shouted: "Fire, fire, fire." ”

Soon after, the side streets were crowded with people, and people came out of their homes and poured along the narrow side streets to the place where the fire was burning. Wang Yuan walked forward against the flow of people, and after taking a hundred steps, he left behind the noise and firelight. His eyes were firmly locked on the figure of Cui Yaozu and his entourage, who were leading his big dark horse in front of him and leaving quickly. They hid in the shadows and watched the fire, but they didn't know that another pair of eyes were staring at them in the darkness.

"Go back and pretend to put out the fire, don't let these people really extinguish the fire, and you must burn it all to the ground. I'll go home first, so that I won't have more tongues after being photographed. Cui Yaozu commanded his subordinates in a deep voice.

Dozens of subordinates nodded in agreement, and turned back to blend in the crowd and went to the fire. Cui Yaozu turned over on the black horse, the black horse jumped endlessly, Cui Yaozu cursed and whipped, and one man and one horse awkwardly went east along the side street. Wang Yuan followed closely, and Cui Yaozu couldn't leave quickly because of the black horse's non-cooperation, and he was almost taken off the horse, so he had no choice but to get off the horse and walk on the black horse again. Wang Yuan hurried behind him unhurriedly, and gradually approached slowly.

In the dense shade of the trees, the black horse did not leave, Cui Yaozu was sweating profusely, and at this stalemate, Wang Yuan felt that the time had come, and he stepped forward quickly and was about to start. Suddenly, I heard the sound of hooves in front of me, and a horse galloped from the entrance of the side street.

The dim light illuminated the costume of the man on the horse, Wang Yuan stopped in shock, he saw clearly who the person on the horse was? The one who rode the horse turned out to be Cui Ruoyu, who was disheveled and had long hair. At the moment when Wang Yuan recognized Cui Ruoyu, Cui Ruoyu also saw Cui Yaozu in the middle of the road. She jerked on the reins, the horse soared into the air, and Cui Ruoyu fell directly off the horse's back.

Cui Ruoyu didn't care about the pain, got up and rushed to Cui Yaozu, crying out with a crying voice: "Brother, what have you done? What did you do with Captain Wang? How is his horse in your hands, and where are the others? ”

Cui Yaozu was startled when he saw his sister suddenly rushing on horseback. When will my sister be able to ride a horse? The moment Cui Ruoyu fell off the horse, Cui Yaozu screamed in fright. When I saw my sister get up from the ground, I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Girl, why are you here? How do you ride around alone in the middle of the night? Cui Yaozu said busily.

"Brother, tell me, what did you do to Captain Wang? Yang Hualou is on fire, what happened? Cui Ruoyu shouted anxiously.

"What is Captain Wang, how could I do anything to him? Are you stunned by this Captain Wang? Did you sneak out to find him in the middle of the night? What kind of system? Come back with me. Cui Yaozu said coldly.

Seeing that Cui Yaozu was unwilling to answer his question, Cui Ruoyu turned around and limped towards the horse. Cui Yaozu frowned and shouted, "Sister, why are you going?" ”

Cui Ruoying gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go to Captain Wang." ”

Cui Yaozu quickly stepped forward and grabbed Cui Ruoyu's arm and shouted, "You are not allowed to go." ”

Cui Ruoyu said coldly: "You are in charge of me." With that, he shook his arm and broke free, grabbed the saddle and climbed on the horse's back.

Cui Yaozu didn't dare to use force, and he couldn't offend this girl. I had to say softly: "Sister, don't go, go back with my brother." I'll tell you about it when I get back. ”

Cui Ruoyu snorted coldly and didn't speak, gritted her teeth and climbed onto the horse, shaking the reins to leave. Cui Yaozu shouted in a low voice: "Sister, it's useless if you go." The one surnamed Wang had already been burned to ashes with Yang Hualou. You can't save him if you go. ”

Cui Ruoyu's face turned pale, and she was stunned: "What? What did you say? ”

Cui Yaozu said softly: "Sister, do you know who the surname Wang is?" ”

Cui Ruoyu cried out and shouted sadly: "I don't care who he is, he came all the way to Yangzhou to help us guard Yangzhou, how can you kill him?" ”

"Foolish girl! He is Wang Yuan, the marshal of the Shence Army, and the current Wang Xiangguo. You've been kept in the dark. This person is a traitor to the imperial court, and his majesty is a thorn in the flesh today. I am the one who will get rid of him for His Majesty today. Cui Yaozu stomped his feet.

Cui Ruoyu burst into tears and said in a deep voice: "I knew his identity for a long time, and I want you to tell me?" How did he become a traitor to the court? His Shence army saved the Tang Dynasty, how many battles have been won, why do you say that he is a traitor? Who is Your Majesty today? Wang Yuan is an important minister of the imperial court, why is it a thorn in his side again? ”

Cui Yaozu smacked his lips and said, "Sister, I can't say anything clearly." This man is indeed the person that His Majesty says is jealous of today. Today, His Majesty has made a decree to my Cui family, asking our Cui family to be loyal to him. In this way, my Cui family can return to the imperial court and revitalize the lintel of my Cui family. This is a major event of my Cui family, and this is a major event that the ancestors of the Cui family dream of. ”

Cui Ruoyu whimpered and cried: "I don't care about the Cui family's lintel, I only know how despicable and shameless you are to do this." How do you have the face to do such a thing? Get out of the way, or I'll let the horses get over you." ”

Cui Yaozu said angrily: "Sister, don't you don't know the general situation. Why do you have nothing to do with the Cui family? Aren't you from the Cui family? Tell you, the reason why this Wang Yuan is here today is also thanks to you. If you don't hook up with him, how can I do it to him? Do you know that His Majesty has decreed that you will be accepted into the palace as a concubine, and you will be the one who will be the concubine in the future, but you are following this Wang Yuan. Aren't you trying to kill my Cui family? Sister, obedient, go back with my brother. In the future, my Cui family will still rely on you, and in the future, you will be a concubine, and my Cui family will rely on you to coax Your Majesty in the future. ”

Cui Ruoyu trembled on the horse, she had been in the dark about this matter, and no one had ever mentioned it to her. was said by Cui Yaozu today, Cui Ruoyu suddenly understood the cause and effect, and also understood why she often listened to the inexplicable words that occasionally came out of the mouths of her fathers and uncles in the past few months. It turned out to be because of this.

"Shut up, I see, it turns out that you have been hiding this from me. It is clear that you are harming others with despicable means, but you put the blame on my head. I won't die to be a concubine. When you go, you should go. Cui Ruoyu reprimanded.

"Sister, I want to too, but it's a pity that I'm a man." Cui Yaozu said with a hippie smile.

Cui Ruoyu no longer paid attention to him, and was about to rush out as soon as he lifted the reins. Cui Yaozu said angrily: "Why are you still obsessed after talking for a long time? Could it be that this Wang Yuan is heavier than his grandfather, father, mother and brother? Is it heavier than the Cui family? ”

Cui Ruoyu sneered: "Didn't you say that I killed him?" Then I will accompany him to die, I don't want to owe him a life, and I don't want to be sent to the palace by you as a concubine in the future. Get out of the way, or I'll really step over you. ”

Cui Yaozu saw that his sister couldn't be persuaded, so his eyes rolled and said, "Okay, I'll go with you to see it, so that you will die too." ”

After that, Cui Yaozu flashed to the side, Cui Ruoyu urged the horse to leave, Cui Yaozu stretched out his hand suddenly, hugged one of Cui Ruoyu's legs, and pulled hard. Cui Ruoyu fell off the horse with a sigh.

Cui Yaozu picked her up, ignored Cui Ruoyu's struggle, and began to tie Cui Ruoyu's arms with the rope on the saddle.

Cui Ruoyu scolded loudly, and Cui Yaozu said while tying her hand: "Sister, don't blame me, I can't let you mess around." No wonder offended. ”

Cui Ruoyu scolded angrily: "You will be punished, I am really ashamed to have your brother." ”

Cui Yaozu sneered: "No matter how you scold, my brother will suffer." ”

Cui Yaozu tied Cui Ruoyu's hands and wanted to tie her feet. Cui Ruoyu is a delicate woman, although she struggles hard, how can she break free. Cui Yaozu's intention was to tie Cui Ruoyu up and put her on horseback and take her away together, so that she could not go to the nonsense of looking for death and life, but what an insult to Cui Ruoyu.

Cui Yaozu panted and tied Cui Ruoyu's hands and feet, squatted down and was about to carry Cui Ruoyu on horseback. Suddenly, he found that Cui Ruoyu was no longer struggling and no longer screaming. Stunned for a moment, Cui Yaozu stood up and looked at Cui Ruoyu's face, fearing that something had happened. However, he found that Cui Ruoyu's expression was strange, and he was looking behind him in a daze.