. After not seeing Yang Hao come out for a long time, Tang Yanyan and Wu Wa'er couldn't help but quietly turn back again, peep secretly at his door, and heard Yang Hao in the room say, "Come in." ”

The second girl stuck out the tip of her tongue, and simply went in generously, and saw that Yang Hao was still standing there, but his demeanor had regained his composure. But Tang Yanyan and Wu Wa'er's eyes flashed, and they saw a pool of blood under Yang Hao's feet, and they couldn't help but scream, startling Yang Hao: "What are you shouting?" ”

"You...... You ......" Tang Yanyan pointed at him and couldn't speak, but the baby was still careful, and saw that the blood stains were meandering out from under the bed behind Yang Hao, and hurriedly shouted: "Official, there is blood flowing out from under the bed." ”

"What?" Yang Hao hurriedly turned around, and saw that there was indeed a stream of blood flowing out of the ground, and when he arrived in front of him, it was almost dry, so he hurriedly leaned over to look under the bed, and then leaned in and dragged out a dead body: "Under this bed...... How can there be a corpse? ”

Tang Yanyan and Wu Wa'er looked at each other, looking at the deceased's clothes, the second daughter already understood that it turned out that Zheziyu sneaked here, not to kill Yang Hao, but to save him, and she was not all the way with this assassin. For a while, the two daughters didn't know what to say.

Yang Hao also understood: "This corpse must be the fourth of the four heroes of the Huaihe River, Duguxi, who killed him." ”

Wu Wa'er said: "Just looking at her face on the couch, I can see that she doesn't seem to have any ill will towards the officials, but I didn't expect that she came here to help the officials get rid of this assassin...... To the officials...... It's really good for officials......"

Yang Hao sighed and said, "Don't talk about this anymore." By the way, aren't you two waiting for me at Puguang Temple, how did you come here, and hide on the couch, what kind of spring breeze to drink? ”

"Is this...... Tang Yanyan squeaked, "This...... It's a long story...... I have heard the scenery of Sizhou for a long time, and Yangzhou is called Jianghuai Erzhou, the two of us think that you are busy with official business, and you can't take care of us for a while, this ...... I want to go into the city on my own......"

Yang Hao glared at her and said, "So he walked into the official warehouse and swam to my bed?" And because he was bored, one tied himself up like a pig, and the other ate some cartilage to try it? ”

Tang Yanyan's face turned red, and Wu Wa'er said with a dry smile: "This is even more long, I'm afraid that I can't say it clearly for a while, if the officials are not busy, then ...... Then the slave family will explain it to you in detail and in detail. ”

"Explanation is to cover up, and to cover up is to tell a story, it seems that you two haven't thought about the story yet?"

Wu Wa'er was also a little embarrassed, and changed the topic curtly: "Official, I don't know who sent these assassins, and the officials want to pursue their mastermind behind the scenes and eliminate hidden dangers." And after this incident, I will have to be more careful in entering and exiting in the future. Moreover, Miss Zhe came with the assassin this time to save the official's life, but this also shows that Miss Zhe has not secretly paid attention to the open and secret battle between the official and the Sizhou grain gentry. She disdains to solve problems with the courage of a horseman, but maybe she has a better plan, and officials should be extra careful. ”

"I know this, I'll be vigilant, you don't have to worry. As for Ziyu...... Hum! ”

Wu Wa'er said faintly: "Standing in the position of the girl, there is actually nothing wrong, when the doll listens to those ministers and magnates discussing state affairs, the court has only used the three feudal lords in the northwest from beginning to end, and has never really regarded them as the courtiers of the Song State, as their own people." And the three feudal lords in the northwest bow down to their ministers, and there is only one purpose, that is, to maintain their current situation, and the imperial court and the northwest are well aware of this.

Now that the court is gradually gaining power, there is no longer a need to maintain them, so they want to tear their faces, force them to submit to them with both soft and hard, and ask them to sacrifice their land and become vassals, and surrender power, they naturally want to resist.

However, the official is now an official in the court, and what the girl did is not tolerated by the king's law, and now the official is letting her leave, the slave family naturally knows that the official is affectionate and righteous, and knows how to repay the kindness, but it also leaves a future trouble for the official, and the slave family is really worried......"

Tang Yanyan doubted: "What will be the consequences?" ”

Wu Wa'er explained: "The girl is arrogant, she will not be willing to admit defeat, I am afraid that she will not succeed and come up with a plan, after all, this is the world of the Great Song Dynasty, in case of a mistake planted in the hands of the imperial court, involving today's affairs, the official is an official of the imperial court, knowing that she is the culprit who caused the shortage of food in Kaifeng and forced the imperial court to spend a lot of financial and material resources to cope with the change, but she left privately, the imperial court was intended to embarrass the officials, and at that time could not take the opportunity to investigate the responsibility of the officials." ”

"You're thinking too far." Yang Hao shook his head and said: "Ziyu is smart and alert, and she knows the importance of doing things, and she can see the clues from this Kaifeng grain cut case, she just took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the loopholes and disadvantages of the three envoys of the yamen, and did not forcibly concoct any incidents, when the court responded to the food shortage crisis, she did not take the opportunity to make a ghost in the purchase of grain and grass and transportation, it seems that she is also very careful, and she also knows what it means once a handle falls into the hands of the court, so cautious, coupled with her consistent alertness, how can there be any traces in the eyes and ears of the court." I do have a hard time now, but it has nothing to do with her. ”

Tang Yanyan heard him praise Excerpt Ziyu, and his heart was full of unfeeling, so he said stupidly: "What are you embarrassed about." ”

Yang Hao looked at her and smiled: "My embarrassment, isn't it you?" ”

Tang Yanyan was stunned and said, "Me? What did I do again? ”

Yang Hao said: "You didn't do anything, but your brother, I haven't picked you up for the past few days, first, because I'm too busy, and secondly, I haven't thought about how to settle you." Brother Ling said that he had promised you to be the concubine of King Jin, and as soon as you appeared by my side, this matter could be concealed for a while, and it could not be concealed for a long time. ”

Tang Yanyan's face was difficult to look at: "Wow, it's really embarrassing." He is now the king of Jin, what a scary official, otherwise you will tie me up and give it to him, my brother will naturally be happy, you can also add an official to the knighthood, everyone is happy, how good wow, I will only make trouble for you and embarrass you. ”

Yang Hao laughed and said, "What are you thinking? Do you think I'm afraid of the power of King Jin and want to give you away? ”

He took Yanyan's hand and said softly: "Yanyan, when I say embarrassed, I mean how to be able to keep you and me together without making your family too embarrassed, and King Jin, unless we die in Tianwa, otherwise we will offend him, and we will be in trouble after all, but I don't mean to leave you this little trouble."

Yanyan, if you want to be the concubine of King Jin, I won't stop you, whether you like this person you have never met, since you have made this choice, then you have your considerations, I have no position to stop you, I want me to risk losing my head to fight with a strong person, and the girl I want to fight for even said that she wants to marry him, I don't have that courage, that's not a love saint, but an idiot.

But as long as your heart is still with me, and you are willing to follow me, no matter whether I am rich or poor, then, even if you are a big trouble, I will never let go, saying that he is the king of Jin, my top boss, even if he is the current emperor and holds the power of life and death in my hands, I will be angry for you and fight with him for this wife, otherwise, I will give birth to this man's body in vain! ”

Tang Yanyan's cheeks flushed when he heard this, but he just stared at him stupidly, unable to speak for a long time, and even Wu Wa'er's eyes became hazy.

That era is not modern, it is natural for modern women to choose their own marriage, and it is not justified for others to interfere, but at that time, the words of the parents were reasonable and legitimate, and the fathers and brothers wanted a woman to marry whom, but what she liked was another person, so it was this woman who did not abide by women's morals and did not obey the etiquette law and was spurned, and the man she liked had no position and right to fight against the husband chosen by the elders in her family.

If this person is the emperor, it is even more terrible, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, as long as this woman is not married for a day, the emperor said that he wants to accept her as a concubine, it is a matter of no more reasonableness.

That's why Yang Hao's words moved them so much. In this contest, the time, place, and people are completely unfavorable to Yang Hao, Tang Yanyan was promised to be married to the King of Jin as a concubine is the decision of the father, brother and elder of the family, that is a reasonable and legal thing, even if the King of Jin and Yang Hao are of equal status, even lower than the powerful official position, it is Yang Hao who is scolded by the world, because he does not follow the law of etiquette and seduces a married woman. The relationship between him and Tang Yanyan is not recognized, and the words of his parents' orders are justified.

Now, Yang Hao personally promised that as long as Yanyanfang's heart still belonged to him, then he would never give in. In this contest, not only in terms of power position, he is more than one level behind his opponent, but also in terms of moral public opinion, he does not have an advantage at all, and he may be ruined at any time and lose his future. How much sacrifice and courage does it take, and how many men in the world are willing to make such a sacrifice for a woman without hesitation? How could they not be moved.

Wa'er listened to Yang Hao's words, quietly wiped the corners of her eyes, and happily turned to Tang Yanyan and said, "Sister, didn't you say that you thought of a perfect way, why don't you talk to the officials?" ”

Tang Yanyan was full of tears, and was about to throw himself into Yang Hao's arms to be moved, but when he heard the baby say this, he hung his head shyly and twisted the corners of his clothes.

"Who? Flames! Can Flame come up with a great idea? Pull it down, you, her left brain is full of water, her right brain is full of flour, it's just not moving, it's all paste, she can use her brain to think? ”

"The surname is Yang!" Tang Yanyan glared at the apricot eyes, pinched his waist with both hands, and shouted in the shape of a teapot: "Are you begging for a fight?" ”

"Ahh A scream at the door interrupted their words, and the three of them looked at the door together, it turned out that Bisu rushed back panting, and when they arrived at the door, they saw a dead body on the ground, and they couldn't help but scream.

※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ "Mother, how's it going?" ”

As soon as Mrs. Liu returned home, Deng Xiuer hurriedly greeted her.

Mrs. Liu's face was gloomy, and she walked to the inner room without saying a word, and Deng Xiu'er hurriedly followed. When she arrived in the inner room, Mrs. Liu sat down, and Xiu'er hurriedly poured a cup of tea, brought it to her, and whispered, "Mother? ”

Mrs. Liu looked straight ahead with her eyes and muttered, "Why? Why did the human heart become like this? ”

Her tears suddenly couldn't stop flowing, and she choked up: "I still remember that year, my hometown was flooded, which flooded our family, and your father and I fled with you to your third aunt's house. What's going on now? Brocade clothes and jade food, high-rise mansions, which one is not owned by your father, now your father is in trouble, as long as the deficit is returned, Prince Wei will be able to open the net, those money is ill-gotten gains, why do they refuse to hand it over, why don't they refuse to save your father's life? ”

Mrs. Liu closed her eyes, tears rolled down: "Now, it's no longer the time for them to curry favor with us, their hearts have turned black, some people dare to speak ill of me, some people dare to close the door and not even let your mother step in, my mother has never been so low-voiced, the family went to beg them, and they almost knelt at the gate, and said all the good things, but no one was willing to spit out the meat in the mouth to save your father's life, daughter, my mother is sorry for your father, I hurt him!" ”

Mrs. Liu cried bitterly, Xiu'er stood aside and silently accompanied her to tears, she didn't expect that the world was hot and cold, and those who were once intimate, even if their mother or herself sneezed, there would be a large group of people with all kinds of supplements and medicinal materials to come to inquire, and all kinds of cold and warm words said to relatives who were tired, and they turned their faces ruthlessly, and they could sit back and watch her father die and refuse to lend a hand.

Once, they may have been good relatives who could have only one cake and break it in half to share with them, but it was easy to go from thrift to luxury, and from luxury to thrift, and now they have silk and satin, brocade clothes and jade food, gorgeous mansions, and slaves like clouds, and then lose this kind of life, for them, it is even more uncomfortable than death, gold and silver, has made their hearts as black as inkstones.

Since she got the inheritance of King Wei, her mother quickly began to sell all her family property, and she sold everything she could, but she still couldn't make up the large amount of treasury silver that her uncle embezzled from ink, so she had to open her mouth to those relatives who had benefited, but who knew ......, what else could be done now? There are no accounts to follow, let alone any written evidence, all the key functions of the entire treasury and the entire yamen have been occupied by these people of the Liu family in the past two years, they are like a group of moths, frantically gnawing at this building, all the people have joined forces to coax their father, even the mother's pillow person has helped them hide from their father, and now they are reaping the consequences, and even they can't remedy it.

Wait until the Yushitai sends someone to investigate and recover the dirty money? In that case, the father's accusation will be confirmed, and no one can cover the sky with one hand and hide it for him. Why are those relatives so greedy? Relying on Daddy's power and their greedy money, they have long been like a snowball, and their family property has grown many times, just taking out the money they were greedy for ink to save Daddy's life, saving the life of this relative who gave them a wealth and wealth, why do they just refuse?

"Daughter, my mother is ashamed of your father, my mother pulled down this face, she said everything she could say, and everyone she could ask for it...... No, that's not a human, it's not even a dog, it's a bunch of ungrateful white-eyed wolves! How can life be good now? If your father is really convicted, my mother will not have the face to see him again, my mother...... My mother would rather die, but my hard-working child, what can you do? ”

Mrs. Liu didn't want a penny back, and in desperation, she hugged her daughter and cried loudly, Deng Xiuer said in tears: "Mother must not do this idea, there will always be a way, there will always be a way." ”

Mrs. Liu laughed miserably: "Method? Where else can I do it? Others now regard us as snakes and scorpions, and they are afraid of it, and none of the ungrateful and conscientious Liu family members are willing to help! ”

He beat his chest and said: "That is the silver of the treasury, what Shu Chen said at the beginning was to temporarily borrow them to do business, why is Shu Chen so mixed!" Even if they are asked to sign a note and leave a note, their mother will not be empty! ”

"Mother, the imperial envoy will arrive soon, and if you don't raise all the treasury silver to fill the loopholes, even the king of Wei will not be able to come forward to help, I ...... I'll go see him again and ask him for help and put pressure on those ruthless and unrighteous people! ”

Deng Xiuer wiped away her tears and stood up resolutely.

Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "King Wei is a thousand years old, ...... Will he help? ”

Deng Xiuer hesitated for a moment and said, "Now, this is our only chance, and my daughter has to give it a try." ”

Mrs. Liu knelt in front of her daughter with a "porphyr" sound, and Deng Xiuer quickly knelt down in a panic and hugged her with all her strength: "Mother, what are you doing, killing your daughter." ”

"Daughter, mother's heart, the fire is frying, my mother is sorry for your father, it was my mother who hurt him, now this is the only chance, my mother begs you, my mother begs you, good daughter, you must save your father, this is the only chance. Mother gave birth to you and raised you, just ask you for this one thing, otherwise under Jiuquan, my mother will not have the face to see your father, and she will not have the face to see him. ”

Mrs. Liu pushed away her daughter and kowtowed again and again, knocking her head loudly, as if she had lost her heart and went crazy, so shocked that Deng Xiuer cried and supported her, and finally calmed Mrs. Liu down, Deng Xiuer went back to the room to wash away her tears, clean her face and change clothes, and then took a small sedan car and rushed to the dock again.

When she arrived at the wharf, Deng Xiuer was shocked, only to see that the official ship was far away from the shore, because the water near the wharf was wide, like a small lake, and the boat stopped in the middle of the lake and no longer docked at all. Deng Xiu'er hurriedly got off the sedan chair, made a drop of money, and begged softly, and the shore guard took the escort and said ignorantly: "Girl, the official warehouse yamen recruited assassins, they recruited the arch, originally wanted to burn the official ship on fire, several adults were worried about the safety of King Wei Chitose, so the boat sailed away from the embankment, do you see, these small boats cruising on the water are all archers, and there is a dark net underwater, which makes the water around the official boat impassable, and dares to approach at will, that is to kill, I have said so many things to the girl, I have already broken the rules." , please don't embarrass me, girl, let's leave quickly. ”

Deng Xiu'er begged: "This big brother soldier, the slave family and the king of Wei Chitose are acquainted, and I also beg the big brother to report it, if I know that I am coming, Chitose will definitely see me." ”

When the man heard this, he shook his head like a rattle: "I can't help it, don't embarrass the girl, how noble Chitose is, how qualified is the right to report without authorization, if there is any delay, I, the guy who eats, will have to move." ”

"Brother Bing, you are just helping to spread the news, what responsibility do you have to bear? The slave family didn't dare to let the eldest brother work in vain, there are still a few hangs of money here, please ask the eldest brother to help. ”

"If you have money to earn, you have to have a life to spend, there are strict orders from above, I don't dare to violate military orders, besides, even I am not qualified to get on the boat without being summoned, if I report to you, maybe I will be shot into a thorn, girl, you better go, don't dwell here, otherwise everyone's faces will be ugly."

Deng Xiu'er begged in every possible way to no avail, so she had to ask: "So, I don't know which adult gave the warning order, and asked the eldest brother to inform him that the slave family went to beg him." ”

The guard stood under the sun, and he was not very angry, he rolled his eyes and said: "Now there is only one person in charge of the Yang Academy, who else can there be besides him?" ”

"Envoy Yang?" Deng Xiu'er thought: "I haven't used the note written by the Yang Yuan envoy yesterday, I thought that those relatives and family members are like this, and I am afraid that they will not be able to achieve results if they go to ask each other again, but now they are going together, if they can repay the money, it is the best, otherwise I will beg the Yang Yuan envoy to think of a way." ”

Thinking of this, Deng Xiu'er bowed her head and said: "So, thank you Brother Bing, the slave family will leave." ”

Deng Xiu'er got on the sedan chair and left in a hurry, and a person came from the guard tent temporarily stationed on the shore, looking at the sedan chair in the distance, and asked with a smile: "It's the daughter of Deng Mansion who came?" ”

The guard hurriedly bowed and replied, "Yes, the younger one has sent her away as the adults have commanded." ”

That person was Cheng Dexuan, he glanced at the small sedan chair that was about to disappear at the end of the causeway, and secretly sneered: "Want to save Deng Zuyang? Unless he is willing to bite Zhao Pu's old guy, it will be so easy for him to get out of this experience. ”

No, Murong Qiudrunk and Fang Zhengnan were also watching this scene in the distance, and the two of them were worried, until Cheng Dexuan's figure disappeared on the embankment, Fang Zhengnan said: "It seems that they want to make a fuss about Deng Zuyang, but the intention is in Xiangye." ”

Murong Qiu said coldly: "Deng Zuyang, a fool, connived at his family to be evil, but when the matter came, no one was willing to save him. Do you think he will be forced by the pressure of King Jin to say anything unfavorable to Xiangye? ”

Fang Zhengnan's eyes flashed, and he turned around and said, "With his character, it doesn't seem to be like this, but ...... It is difficult to say how people will choose under coercion and temptation. ”

Murong Qiu said drunkly, "So...... What is the safest way to eliminate the hidden dangers? ”

The two glanced at each other, and there was a coldness in their eyes, and the cicadas on the trees suddenly stopped chirping, as if they were also intimidated by their murderous aura.