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Shen Ruoyu looked at Wan Hengxin face to face, and the headache that had been repeated for several days flare up again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info He frowned slightly.

He'd just talked to Dou'er; Through Dou'er, Qiu An was called into the house through the back door and talked to Qiu An; Right now, through Qiu An, I made an appointment to meet Wan Hengxin, in such a place, in such a way, everything is just to dilute it as much as possible and hide people's eyes. He was so scared.

However, remembering the tears of grievance on Dou'er's face, she cried and begged herself to tell her what would happen, and she resolutely said that if the master was in trouble, Dou'er swore to die together and never be born in the world. The incomprehension and suspicion in Qiu An's eyes. His hardness was shaken a little.

The boat swayed gently with the waves on the Qinhuai River; The curtains on all sides hung low, and the inside could not be seen from the outside. Shen Ruoliao never got seasick, but at this moment, his temples were swollen and painful, and he was a little dizzy.

Wan Hengxin was also looking at him carefully. Before he could speak, he smiled.

"Master Shen, Qiu An has already told me. Although my Liu family is the richest man in the capital, after all, he is only a businessman; You are a relative of the emperor, a famous general, and the Marquis of Dongchang, who is the world's might; Your maid can't afford to climb high with my poor cousin. ”

The headache was suddenly severe. Shen Ruoyu couldn't help but raise his hand, pressed his temples, frowned, and closed his eyes.

Wan Hengxin smiled: "Master Hou forgive me; The little woman just laughed. My Liu family has been friends with Hou Ye so far, and I don't know what Hou Ye is. What Hou Ye said to Dou'er and Qiu An, you don't have to say it to me again; I fully understand Hou Ye's thoughts. Hou Ye said to Qiu An that one day, he will be grateful for your decision today. I can tell Hou Ye right now that my Liu family is already extremely grateful to Hou Ye. However, Master Hou didn't look down on my Liu family. It is the honor of my Liu family to be able to marry Hou Ye. In the future, if the Hou Ye is in trouble, how can my Liu family be ungrateful, just trying to keep themselves rich and noble, and sit on the wall and watch? ”

The words only made Shen Ruoxiao's headache more acute. He couldn't help but moan softly.

"Madame Liu, with all due respect, you are a businessman. Businessmen put profit first in everything. If Dou'er and Qiu An have a wedding, there will be all kinds of harm but no benefit. Since they only want to grow old together, why do the Liu family have to cause trouble for themselves? ”

Wan Hengxin said: "Master Hou is right, and he is also wrong. Businessman is a heavy profit; However, my Liu family can become the richest man in the capital today, and it is by no means a simple matter of heavy profits. A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way; What's more, when you are rich, you need to be more cautious and low-key. How did Shen Wansan lose? It was not that he had enough money to build the walls, but that he preferred to use that money to repair the walls. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "We have reached a consensus, cautious and low-key. If you have to do this wedding, you are not going to be cautious and low-key. ”

Wan Hengxin said: "That depends on how this wedding is done." Although Qiu An is my cousin, he is a distant relative, and he only works as a husband in my family. Although Dou'er is a palace maid and a maid of the Houmen, after all, she is just a subordinate. Weddings are not just a formality; The wedding is to show reverence for the ancestors of heaven and earth, in order to seek the blessing of the ancestors of heaven and earth, so although it can be big or small, it is by no means optional. According to me, Dou'er and Qiu An are in love with each other, and both parents are dead, so the form of three media, six hires, and a big banquet of guests and friends is not necessary, but heaven and earth must be worshipped. ”

Shen Ruoyu looked at her worriedly: "Mrs. Liu, what I'm afraid of is that the two families are standing together, and the firecrackers are happy." Your home is on Sanshan Street, and everyone in the capital will know about it. ”

Wan Hengxin said: "It's just worshipping heaven and earth, in fact, there is only one incense case." Lord Hou and Mrs., me and my lord. Dou'er and Qiu An. That's just six people. Why should firecrackers be so grand? Just be right here. ”

"It's ...... Here? You mean—"

"Yes; Hou Ye came up with such a way to see me, in order to hide people's eyes. Worshipping heaven and earth can also be completely in this Qinhuai River houseboat. As long as Dou'er and Qiu An are sincere, and the four of us sincerely bless them, this is enough. ”

Shen Ruoyu hesitated for a moment, pondering Wan Hengxin's method.

Wan Hengxin smiled and said, "Master Hou still has doubts? ”

"The outfit of the two of them? I can't afford not to dress up as a bride, can I? ”

Wan Hengxin said: "If you want me to say, don't dress up." You can go back and ask Dou'er if she minds. Anyway, my family Qiu An must not mind. You can prepare a wedding dress for Dou'er, wait to worship heaven and earth, and after returning to my Liu family, I will allow her to wear a ten-day wedding dress and enjoy the blessings of the ten-day bride. As for the dowry, you don't have to prepare. I can still afford to raise beans in Liufu, and we all like her, so we won't let her be wronged. ”

"But—"

"You don't prepare a dowry, and I don't prepare a dowry. What do you see? ”

Shen Ruoyu only felt that he was completely defeated by this grandmother of the Liu family. He battled wits and courage on the battlefield, and maneuvered between the courtiers of the Son of Heaven, but he could not fight a merchant for a round.

He smiled and looked at Wan Hengxin incredulously, his eyes full of surprise and admiration.

"It is not surprising that Liufu can have today. This matter was arranged by Mrs. Liu, and she threw herself on the ground in the lower five bodies, and there was nothing to say. ”

Shen Ruoyu came home and saw a person leading a horse wandering in front of his house from a distance. He came closer and saw the man's face, but he was taken aback, thinking that he was dazzled. When he came to him, the man turned and was face to face with him. He was even more surprised to be sure he was right.

When the man saw him, surprise flashed in his eyes, and he was quickly replaced by hesitation, but he just stared at him blankly, his lips moved, but he didn't seem to know what words to call him, and he didn't say anything.

Shen Ruoyu was stunned for a moment, did not speak, but walked up the doorstep and knocked on the door of his house.

Husheng opened the door. Shen Ruoyu said:

"I have guests. Go lead the horse. ”

Husheng came up to lead the horse, and when he saw the man's face, he was astonished.

"This ...... It's not—"

Shen Ruoyu interrupted him, not wanting passers-by to hear the name.

"As soon as the horses are tied, tell them to prepare a room to come out."

With that, he pulled Luo Yang up and quickly walked in the door.

Luo Yang was pulled by him all the way, through several courtyards, ponds, and gardens, and walked straight to the hall.

Shen Ruoyu invited him to sit down, and sat down himself, and then asked:

"Brother Luo Yang? How did you end up here? ”

Luo Yang looked at him cautiously: "Lord Wang...... The prince sent me to see the marquis. ”

Shen Ruoyu sat cautiously.

"What's the matter with the prince?"

"Lord Wang...... If you want to know how the Hou Ye and the county lord are doing, send me to visit. ”

Shen Ruoyu looked at Luo Yang suspiciously.

"Brother Luo Yang, the prince has long been dead to me. Even if he didn't have it before, Dongchang's battle should have made him understand. What the hell did he send you here for? You don't have to worry, no one else will hear. I'm not going to catch you either. ”

Luo Yang sighed heavily and lowered his head.

"I ...... Actually, it wasn't the prince who sent me. If so, I am ...... Desperate, he left Beiping. ”

Shen Ruoyu didn't say anything for a long time. Luo Yang didn't continue to speak, only sighed again, and then fell silent.

After a long time, Shen Ruoyu slowly spoke: "Brother Luo Yang, you mean, you left Beiping and left King Yan?" You're coming to the court? ”

Luo Yang shook his head.

"You're here to ...... I? ”

Luo Yang still shook his head.

Shen Ruoyu was puzzled.

Luo Yang said in a low voice: "I'm not here to run for anything. I'm cornered. I just want to come and see you, and then leave the capital and go wherever you want. I don't know. ”

Shen Ruoyao looked at him in surprise. "What the hell is going on? You-" Only then did he notice that Luo Yang, dressed in the most ordinary civilian attire, was no longer the heroic chief of the guard beside King Yan at all.

Luo Yang said softly: "The prince doesn't believe me anymore. He wouldn't let me do anything; After returning to Beiping from Dongchang, they didn't even want to see me, nor did they let me stay in the palace, nor did they let me stay in the army, and I didn't know what else I could do or where else I could go. The feeling of Peking is no longer the original; I had to leave. ”

Shen Ruoyu remembered that the third brother had told him that since King Yan began to trust him, King Yan began to alienate Luo Yang; And since he betrayed King Yan, King Yan has been even worse for Luo Yang, and his situation has deteriorated.

He asked, "Do you know why King Yan is like this?" ”

Luo Yang shook his head and smiled weakly: "I only know that I didn't do anything to be sorry for the prince." I can't control anything else, and I don't care. ”

Shen Ruoyu said softly: "Brother Luo Yang, have you ever thought that King Yan treated you like this, it is probably because of me?" ”

Luo Yang glanced at him, and his heart sank. Obviously, Luo Yang had long understood all this, and he was not surprised to hear him talk about it at this moment.

Luo Yang said: "What the prince does to me, in the final analysis, is what the prince himself means." So far, I can only guess that he didn't really believe me from the beginning to the end. With or without you, it doesn't really matter to him. ”

Shen Ruoyu was silent for a moment.

"Brother Luo Yang, do you know the third brother?"

Luo Yang nodded: "I know." The prince sent him to go undercover by your side, and you got rid of the third brother. The prince later realized that he was tricked by you. ”

Shen Ruoyu said softly: "Then why do you dare to come over?" ”

Luo Yang said: "You can rest assured; I'm not here to be King Yan's spy. I just want to come and see you, and then I'll go. I didn't want to stay on the battlefield anymore. ”

Shen Ruoyu shook his head and repeated, "How dare you come over?" I can tie you up now, and send you to-- Have you thought about it? ”

Luo Yang looked at him and smiled lightly: "I said earlier, I am desperate." Even if I wander the world from now on, if King Yan really takes over the country and ascends the treasure in the future, the whole world is his, where can I hide? I just want to see you again. ”

Shen Ruoyu asked, "What about Brother Sanbao?" Is he okay? How did the prince treat him? ”

"He's good; The prince relies on him very much, you don't have to worry about him; He's better than me. ”

"He can't help you?"

Luo Yang said: "I can't save myself, how can he help me?" ”

"Does he know—" Shen Ruoyu paused, "Brother Luo Yang, I still can't understand." King Yan was alienated from you at first because of me, which is not difficult to imagine; But then, when I betrayed him, why did he get angry with you again? What does this have to do with you? Why not someone else? ”

"Maybe it's because you and I have been his close guards." Luo Yang said, "It may also be ......"

He hesitated for a long time, glanced at Shen Ruoliao, but his eyes were full of unspeakable distress, and lowered his head again. Shen Ruo saw him hesitate, didn't dare to make a sound, and just waited quietly on the side.

Luo Yang suddenly raised his head and looked at him. "Ruoxiao, do you still have the boot knife I gave you?"

Shen Ruoyu felt as if he had been looking forward to this question from the beginning. He leaned over and pulled out the boot knife and handed it to Luo Yang.

"Never left for a moment."

Luo Yang took the knife, stared affectionately, and stroked it.

"My father," he began, "had served under the tent of the King of Zhongshan earlier, and had garrisoned Beiping with the King of Zhongshan, so he also settled in Beiping. In the twentieth year of Hongwu, Lan Yu was the left deputy general, and he went out with the general Feng Sheng to conquer Naha. The father of the family was under the command of Lan Yu from Beiping, and he repeatedly offered strategies and was deeply valued by the Duke of Liangguo. Liangguo Gongyou took his father with him, cut down the fishing sea, and asked for Jianchang, and his father was one of the most powerful cronies under the general Lan Yu's account. ”

Shen Ruoyu was secretly frightened; He could already have a premonition of what kind of life experience and secrets Luo Yang was about to tell.

Luo Yang continued: "In the twenty-first year of Hongwu, Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, broke the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the fishing sea, collected troops and returned to the dynasty, and passed through Beiping. While treating the army and entertaining the soldiers, King Yan hinted to the Duke of Liang that he wanted the Duke of Liang to give him some captured Mongolian war horses. When the Duke of Liangguo was fighting outside, he had already noticed that King Yan was privately stationing troops, and knew that the prince must have a far-sighted plan, so he did not agree at this moment. Seeing that Liang Guogong trusted his father, the prince tried to find a way to entrap his father and sent someone to find my house. The father of the family rejected the prince and reported it to the Duke of Liangguo. The prince then took my mother and me to the palace and wanted to take them hostage. But for some reason, when the prince saw me, he said that he liked me very much, and that I had learned martial arts, so he let my mother go home, left me, and let me join the guards. ”

Shen Ruoyu didn't say a word, and looked at Luo Yang in horror.

Luo Yang was still very calm, as if he was just telling a distant story that had nothing to do with him.

"In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu, I was eighteen years old. Jianchang Weiyue Lu Timur rebelled, and Lan Yu, the Duke of Liangguo, led his division to quell the rebellion and won a complete victory. At that time, Emperor Xingzong, the crown prince at that time, had been ill for a long time. King Yan found his father again, wanted to marry the Duke of Liangguo, and threatened me with my mother. The father reprimanded the prince to his face, and later, ...... later"

Luo Yang paused.

Later, Liang Guogong found his father dead in the barracks, looking like he had committed suicide. Liang Guogong felt that his father's death was very strange, and suspected that it must be related to King Yan. Liang Guogong had a violent temper and was arrogant, so he openly accused the prince of having a heart of usurpation, he was in Saibei all the year round, and there was already evidence, so that the prince should not be too complacent. Later, there was a big case of blue jade, and the matter was gone. When her mother learned of her father's death, she committed suicide by hanging herself from a beam at home that night. Liang Guogong personally presided over the burial of my parents, and handed me all the relics of my father in the camp, including this boot knife. King Yan allowed me to hold a funeral for my parents, and after the mourning period, he promoted me to a close guard, and the governor's palace was in and out of the army. ”

Shen Ruoyu was terrified when he heard it.

"You...... Don't suspect that King Yan killed your father? ”

Luo Yang said: "I don't know. Yes or no; I was born and raised in Beiping, and like every person in Beiping, I have always respected King Yan. I never had the slightest thought of revenge. ”

"You don't hate him?"

Luo Yang sighed. "I don't know."

Shen Ruoyu said: "Brother Luo Yang, do you know that the reason why Liang Guogong got into trouble later was because King Yan designed to frame him?" ”

Luo Yang said: "I have heard something. But, it's not that I don't want to believe it, or that I don't dare to take revenge. All these things, in the end, I don't know anything, I can't understand anything, except for one thing: I will never hurt King Yan. Even if these are all facts, he really killed my parents and created the blue jade case, you have also seen with your own eyes, what kind of good prince he is who is diligent and loves the people, his ability to govern the army, and his mind to treat people. His ideals, his strategy, his iron fist. Of course I hate my father-killing enemy, but I don't hate King Yan. Since I admit his pursuit, I should also accept the people he must kill and the rebellion he must make. When it comes to me, I can only admit my fate. ”

It seems to be the deepest part of the heart, the secret pool that no one knows, was inadvertently hit by Luo Yang at this moment and resonated. Shen Ruoyu sighed faintly and said:

"I understand."

Luo Yang said: "So, it seems that today, the prince has never believed me from the beginning. I can't figure out what he brought me with me in the first place. ”

Shen Ruoyu unconsciously believed everything Luo Yang said. He sighed:

"So, what are you going to do now?"

Luo Yang said: "I still don't know. I was desperate, homeless and unemployed. I want to walk around, maybe I can find out where I want to go and what I want to do. ”

"What if you go back to the battlefield?"

Luo Yang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm not like you." I left King Yan, not because I had other ambitions, but because King Yan didn't want me. I can't be in the camp of the Yan army, how can I meet the enemy of the king of Yan in the camp of the imperial court? There's no way I'm going to go back to the battlefield. ”

other aspirations; Who knows, in fact, his ambition has never changed, he has never had other ambitions.

Shen Ruoyu said: "You first have a good rest in the capital for two days." They live right in my house. When I set off again, it's not too late for you to leave, and I'll let you get some coils together in a few days, wherever you want. Such a big country, even if you only look at the scenery, it will consume most of your youth. ”

Luo Yang just smiled gratefully.

Shen Ruoyu asked again: "Brother Luo Yang, I ...... My mother, I know that King Yan has been taking her in the camp, how is she? On the battlefield of Dongchang, King Yan once gritted his teeth and said-"

He stopped.

Luo Yang said: "Your mother has been under the care of Lord Yao. At the time of the battle in Dongchang, Lord Yao, His Royal Highness and her had been in Guantao City all the time. King Yan took her back to Beiping and entered the palace dungeon, with all her bodies ...... They were all shackled. The prince didn't let me enter the palace, and I also listened to the third brother. She is likely to ...... Either I was sick or there was some other torment, I don't know; In short, the meaning of Brother Sanbao, she has a hard time. But she's alive. ”

Shen Ruoxiao was silent for a moment. "What about my brother? This time in Dongchang, I didn't see him. ”

Luo Yang said: "The prince has the mentality of winning this time, so he left him to guard in Beiping, and promised that he would capture you alive and go back." It is estimated that next time, he will definitely go out with the army. ”

"That—and, General Zhang Yu...... I sent his coffin to Beiping......"

Luo Yang sighed heavily.

"The prince was shocked by the loss of General Zhang. The coffin was transported to Beiping, and the prince wrote a memorial message and personally held a funeral for General Zhang. This time Dongchang was defeated, and all the generals kowtowed to ask for guilt, but the prince didn't care very much, but he was saddened by the death of General Zhang, and wept and mourned for it: "Victory and defeat are common, not enough to calculate, and I hate to lose my jade ear." When it is difficult, I am not a good helper. 'And—"

He glanced at Shen Ruoyu. "The prince and the generals, as well as Lord Yao and Master Daoyan, have all checked the sword creation at the back of General Zhang's head and decided that such a sword creation is beyond the power of others, and it must come from Shen Ruoxiao's hand. The prince hated you very much because of this, saying that you were treacherous, even General Zhang Yu, who treated you like a brother, you could kill you with your own hands, and you were ruthless, and even that. The whole army is now ...... Regard you as heinous, sinful and heinous, and swear that you will eat your flesh raw and cramp you alive, which is not enough to relieve Zhang Yu's hatred. ”

Shen Ruoyu held his forehead weakly and sighed in a low voice: "It's not strange. He lowered his hand and looked at Luo Yang again.

"Don't you want to kill me?"

Luo Yang shook his head and said with a miserable smile: "Everyone has their own ambitions. I don't even want to kill King Yan, let alone you. ”

Husheng walked in at this time.

"Master, Lord Luo, the room is cleaned up."

Shen Ruoyu was startled and woke up.

"Okay; You take Lord Luo over first, see what he needs, everything is ready, let him rest first. ”

Luo Yang stood up and looked at him again, there was only gratitude in his eyes except tiredness.