Old Master Lan was the most powerful minister back then, and he made countless enemies in the open and in the dark, and open guns and arrows were naturally indispensable. It's just that since he resolutely resigned from his official position, and the house has been in peace for many years after he has completely enjoyed his old age, this tranquility has finally been broken today.

Even if there are few people in the house, in broad daylight, no matter how remote the people's residences are, they are not abandoned courtyards.

With the scream of a girl, many people heard the sound. I saw that he was over fifty years old, and he was fighting with a black-clothed assassin with the dagger wielding the dagger in the hand of the amiable Guo's mother on weekdays.

"Come on, there's an assassin! Come on! ”

Soon someone came back to their senses from Guo's mother's bravery and began to shout for help, and several nursing homes in the house heard the sound, and then looked at the scene in front of them and looked at each other.

The Taishi Mansion has been stable for so many years, and the most that the so-called nursing home does on weekdays is to help the girls and mothers-in-law in the house move heavy objects.

People with a little bit of effort and ambition can't stay, and if they can stay, they are all masters who eat and wait for death. So seeing the swords and shadows of Guo's mother and the assassin, they were all waiting for each other, but they all cowered and pushed each other and didn't dare to step forward.

After such a moment of hard work, the Su family, who had just escaped death, finally came back to his senses, and did not dare to ask for the holy medicine anymore, but now it was important to save his life. But where was Guo's mother willing to let her escape, she immediately shouted: "Catch her, she is an accomplice!" ”

Several guards didn't dare to go to Gu Fang to block the sword, but they were still very confident in the face of a weak woman from the Su family, and immediately several people rushed up and arrested the Su family who was about to escape.

However, Guo's mother was not Gu Fang's opponent, and she was hit with a sword in her arm by such a distracted kung fu, and immediately the blood flowed, and the people around her exclaimed and took three steps back.

Mother Guo could sense that Gu Fang's martial arts were far above herself, and if she wanted to kill herself, she wouldn't have to delay for so long. Her heart was crossed, and when she saw the long sword attacking again, she simply took the dagger and hit it herself.

Guo's mother was right, and the sword suddenly brushed the side of her neck. Taking advantage of Gu Fang's unpreparedness for a moment, Guo's mother threw the dagger in her hand at the Su clan in a desperate manner!

Su Shi was pressed on his arm by the two guards in the Taishi Mansion, one left and one right, and he couldn't move at all, so he had to watch the dagger stab at him, and his legs were so weak that he almost fainted.

At this moment, Gu Fang kicked hard under his feet, kicking a small stone on the ground and flying out, just hitting the calf of one of the people who was pressing the Su family. The man felt a pain in his calf, and involuntarily knelt down on his knee.

This time, the captured Su clan was also pulled and staggered, just avoiding the dagger thrown by Guo's mother. The sharp blade that originally pierced into the heart only grazed Su Shi's cheek, leaving a blood mark.

Mother Guo's original blow was the last blow, but now she doesn't even have the weapon in her hand, so she naturally has no power to resist. In the next moment, Gu Fang approached, and a knife hit her on the back of the neck, and Guo's mother fell to the ground unconscious unwillingly.

Everything only happened in the blink of an eye, seeing that Guo's mother had been subdued, Gu Fang looked at the frightened Su again, but the next moment a sword was against Su Shi's neck, making her sobs for the rest of her life come to an abrupt end.

The other one who was still standing saw that Guo's mother was invincible, so he had to have the courage to pull out the sword that had not been unsheathed since he came to the Taishi Mansion, and put it on Su's neck with a trembling rope, and forced a calm and intimidating voice: "You, you quickly put down the sword and tie it up, otherwise, otherwise I will kill her!" ”

Gu Fang stared at the courtyard for a moment, then sheathed his sword as he said, and then reached into his arms. Seeing this, the nursing courtyard broke out in a cold sweat, and intuitively felt that Gu Fang was going to take out some powerful secret weapon from his arms.

However, before he could react, he saw that Gu Fang took out a dark token from his arms, and there was a "An" word on it.

"King An's Mansion will arrest the spies, and those who violate the order will be punished as the crime of the same party."

With a "clang", the sword in the hand of the guardian fell to the ground in shock. However, before Su could breathe a sigh of relief, the man picked up the sword again and put it on her neck again.

"I—How do I know that you're really from King An's Mansion?"

Gu Fang was already impatient, and he didn't want to talk nonsense with this person anymore, so he was about to step forward and snatch people as soon as his eyes sank. However, at this moment, an old and tired voice said from far and near: "Stand down." ”

Everyone turned around and looked around, and saw Lan Yingxin hobbling over with Old Lady Lan in tow.

Where did the old lady Lan hide such a big movement in the house, Lan Yingxin couldn't resist her grandfather, so she had to help someone come over to take a look. I don't want to wait until this illness finally arrives, and everything is over.

A group of subordinates gave way one after another, Lan Yingxin helped Mrs. Lan to approach, and when she saw Mother Guo lying on the ground, she couldn't help but exclaim, and then heard Gu Fang coldly: "She didn't die, she just fainted." ”

Old Lady Lan looked at Mother Guo, who was in a coma with a complicated expression, and only after a moment did she move her cloudy gaze to the ancient aspect. He spoke, his voice dull and hoarse, one could not help but think of the old vines that were about to dry up.

Old Master Lan asked, "You know everything?" "Baiyue

Gu Fang was stunned for a moment, and looked at Old Master Lan's gaze a little sharper. He clenched his fists and saluted: "Command the ancient party in the Xia'an Palace, and arrest the spies on the orders of His Royal Highness." If there is any offense, His Royal Highness will come to the palace to make amends, but now he will take this spy away and keep it under strict guard. ”

Although the subordinates of the Taishi Mansion dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, they were angry in their hearts, and they only felt that this Anwang Mansion was bullying people too much when they saw that the old Taishi was now powerless. Even though Lan Yingxin was mild-tempered, she couldn't help but say: "This Mother Guo is the attendant mother by my grandfather's side, how can you ......?"

Before the words were finished, he was interrupted by Old Lady Lan shaking her head. He let out a long sigh and said to Gu Fang: "Don't be so troublesome, you can take it away." The old minister is ashamed of the emperor, and he will enter the palace to face the saint at this moment, and I will make it clear to the emperor what I should say. Bring a message for me to His Royal Highness King An, so that he must be cautious. ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and motioned for Lan Yingxin to help him back, and without looking at the old slave on the ground who he relied on with a fish hook, the grandfather and grandson staggered back to the room.

After returning to the room, Mrs. Lan was waited by Lan Yingxin and changed into the court clothes at the bottom of the box, and he asked Lan Yingxin to bring a wooden comb under the pillow and rub it in his hand.

The old wooden comb was unremarkable, it was an old thing from the old lady Lan when she was alive, and the old lady cherished it and put it into her chest X-ray. Then he looked at Lan Yingxin fixedly for a while, touched her hair like he did when he was a child, and walked out on crutches.

Lan Yingxin couldn't say it clearly, but she subconsciously chased it out, but Old Lady Lan didn't look back and said, "Ying'er, grandfather is going to the palace, go back, go home." ”

Lan Yingxin's footsteps stopped, and she watched her grandfather's back disappear into her eyes in a daze. It was this scene that would burst into tears when Lan Yingxin recalled it in her dreams many years later.

Old Master Lan died, and blood splattered in the Deshang Palace.

After Emperor Yuanhe ordered the old lady Lan to die, the first thing he did was to summon Ji Lingyun.

Although Ji Lingyun knelt in the Deshang Hall and saw no traces of blood, he could still smell the smell of blood in the air that had not yet dissipated. Emperor Yuanhe's face became paler than before, and he didn't know whether he was shocked or angry.

He looked at Ji Lingyun for a moment, and then said, "Old Master Lan is dead." ”

Ji Lingyun said without blinking his eyes: "Erchen has already heard that Old Lady Lan is old and bedridden for a long time, although it is regrettable, but it is also helpless. ”

Emperor Yuanhe's gaze wandered over Ji Lingyun's face, and he said coldly again: "Old Master Lan did not die of illness, he died in this hall, and after bowing to me three times and bowing nine times, he committed suicide by hitting the pillar and died in front of me." ”

Ji Lingyun didn't speak again, and Emperor Yuanhe didn't need him to say anything, he just wanted to let out the breath that was stuck in his heart, and suddenly raised his voice and said sharply: "My old minister, I was forced to commit suicide in front of my eyes, and I didn't know anything about it before!" ”

As if to let out that breath, Emperor Yuanhe put away his anger, looked at Ji Lingyun again with a sharp gaze, and said in a deep voice: "King An, tell me everything you know, 1510." ”

Ji Lingyun hurried out of the palace in front of the palace gate, and when he returned to the palace, it was already the beginning of the lanterns. He was so preoccupied along the way that if he hadn't smelled the food, he would have almost forgotten all about the hunger in his stomach.

Bai Yanran personally took a warm towel to wipe his hands for him, and said softly: "Even if there is a big event, I will eat first." ”

Ji Lingyun looked at her calm face, and her troubled mood miraculously calmed down. It took so much effort that he used an extra bowl of rice than usual.

At the end of the meal, Bai Yanran sent the girls to rest, personally brewed tea and poured a cup for Ji Lingyun, and then asked, "How?" ”

Ji Lingyun held the teacup in his hand and sighed: "Old Master Lan did not die of illness, but committed suicide in shame, and he confessed everything." Guo's mother entered the house three years ago, and she was just doing some rough work in the house. Two years ago, the old lady's health gradually deteriorated, and she needed someone to wait for her, so she got closer.

It is said that Guo's mother is not only honest and diligent, but her deceased husband is a doctor, so she knows a little about pharmacology, so she was sent to wait next to the old lady. ”

Seeing Bai Yanran looking over silently, Ji Lingyun smiled bitterly: "It is said that Guo's mother is a foreigner, her husband died, and she has no children or daughters, so she sold herself as a slave to rely on."

But all this came from Guo's mother's mouth, and nothing else was known. And three years have passed, and there is no way to verify her origin. ”

Bai Yanran nodded and said: "This is also expected, her master has been laying out since three years ago, how could she leave such a flaw." ”

Ji Lingyun continued: "According to Mrs. Lan, Mother Guo started to drug him half a year ago, and at first she just felt that her body was light and fluttering, as if she had been cured from a long-term illness.

I will also dream about the things that my heart desires, and the dreams are extremely realistic, as if a dream has come true. However, the more this is the case, the more painful it becomes after waking up from the dream, like being uncovered and salted.

After seven days, they become addicted, just like a person who is addicted to gambling and drinking, and cannot control the craving of his heart. Even at this time, Guo's mother was poor and dagger, and Mrs. Lan had already fought back.

After that, you need to take the medicine on time every month, otherwise it will be like running out of oil and running out of lamps, and you will be haunted by nightmares every night, and you will not be able to distinguish between dreams and reality. And all this in just seven days! ”