The cook was frightened, his whole face turned pale, and he knelt in front of Ling Yueyan and begged for mercy: "It was the second young lady of the Li family who asked me to do this, the little one knows that she is wrong, and I hope that Miss Ling will let the little one go." ”

"It's Miss Li Er again, she must be taking revenge for the last time Miss stung her with a hornet." The small box slapped the gnawed pig's trotter bones on the table.

Ling Yueyan's eyes were fierce, last time it was because Li Nannan followed Brother Ye Zhengge to Lancomb Garden and was seen, and was almost given marriage by the emperor, and this time he dared to play tricks, her father was just a newly promoted scholar, and he dared to be so arrogant, so he had to teach her a more powerful lesson.

The senior brother took out two taels of silver from his arms and threw them to the guard with a knife, the guard with a knife took the silver with a cold face and turned around to leave, stopped at the door and hesitated for a long time, but turned back to Ling Yueyan and said: "I know that Miss Ling has a heart for His Royal Highness, but the emperor has just died, and the eldest prince and the second prince in the palace are in a stalemate. ”

A money bag was suddenly thrown on the guard's chest, and the guard took a few steps back before catching it, looking at the senior brother who threw the money bag, and the senior brother said: "Take the money and leave quickly, you are such a nonsense guarding the door." ”

The little box looked angrily in the direction where the guards left: "Miss, look at other people's mansions, even a guard guarding the door cares so much about their master, and I will go back to teach those elm girls in our courtyard a good lesson." ”

When she turned around and saw her young lady's eyes stunned, the little box knew that it must have been affected by what the guard had just said, and stretched out her fat hand that had just eaten pork trotter fat and dangled it in the air, "Miss?" ”

Ling Yueyan came back to her senses and looked at the cook who was still kneeling on the ground, although she was still very angry, but punishing a cook who saw the money couldn't relieve her anger, she asked the cook to keep all the money on his body, and then let him go.

Ling Yueyan suddenly stood up and walked in front of Senior Brother: "Do you have something to ask my father for help?" Otherwise, Linya Villa is such a difficult place to enter, how can I let the senior brother deign to come to me in person. ”

"General Ling and my master are old acquaintances, and the general deliberately wants you to avoid the dispute in front of you, and the young lady should know the general's good intentions." Senior Brother got up, approached Ling Yueyan step by step, looked at her eyes, those eyes were very smart, with his eyesight, he would not be mistaken, there was a flash of guilt in those eyes just now.

The senior brother couldn't help but feel funny, this little girl actually felt guilty when she heard those words, she really cared about the third prince, and a word or two from a random person could also arouse her emotions.

Ling Yueyan took a step back, turned around and walked outside the private room, the small box hurriedly followed, Ling Yueyan said as he walked: "Little box, close the door." ”

This right capital is not a river and lake, lonely men and widows in the same room are seen by outsiders will spread rumors, the senior brother must also know this truth, so he flew in from the window just now, and half sat on the couch that is not easy to be seen.

The little box hurriedly closed the door and said to Xiao Er who came over: "It's still recorded in the account of Miss Li Er of the Li Mansion." Xiao Er nodded, he had long been accustomed to these two rich ladies, and every time he came to dinner, he ordered a big table full of them, and then recorded them in each other's accounts.

I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend, Xiao Er walked to the private room and opened the door, and the moment the door opened, the senior brother just opened the window and left.

"I can't hide it, Master has a beloved little apprentice, who is also my little sister, who came to Youjing last month, said that he stayed for half a month but did not return, and now there is no news at all, Master is anxious to send me to find it." Senior Brother and Ling Yueyan walked together, there were very few people on this road, and it was a small road back to the General's Mansion.

Ling Yueyan walked fast, and said as he walked, "That's why you came to find your father?" Then you are looking for the wrong person, my father can only fight and write articles, and it is too unreliable to find him about finding people. ”

The senior brother sneered, and for the first time heard someone say that his father was unreliable, that was the most courageous general in Chaojiaguo, and the first founding general of the emperor himself.

"The general may not be able to find people, but he must know the traces of spruce." Brother Elder said.

Ling Yueyan stopped suddenly, causing the small box that was chasing after him to hurriedly stop his steps.

"She's in that batch of dancers for the centennial celebration?" Ling Yueyan reacted very quickly, and the calculation was almost a month ago, this matter was originally the responsibility of the second prince, but half a month ago, the second prince had a minor illness, and the first emperor was afraid of his hard work, so he asked his father to take care of it temporarily.

The senior brother nodded, his expression was rare and serious: "That's why I will bother the general rashly." ”

Ling Yueyan walked forward, his pace slowed down slightly, this time it was troublesome, the forty-nine dancing girls and fourteen folk cooks who entered the palace all disappeared mysteriously last night, and the current situation is indeed only the father who has the ability to enter the palace to investigate this matter.

But......

Having already walked to the door of the General's Mansion, Ling Yueyan frowned and stopped, the little box and the senior brother stood quietly behind her, and the words of the guards when they were in the restaurant just now reminded her.

She really shouldn't be so swaggering at this time, it is a small matter to affect her father, but she brought the three princes to the table at this critical juncture, and it was a big deal to involve the three princes.

"Miss." The little box shouted, Ling Yueyan was stunned at the door, and the guards on the side were in a cold sweat Cen Cen hurriedly gave the little box a look, it was time for the changing of the guard, but the young lady had been standing here, and they didn't dare to move.

Ling Yueyan reacted, turned back to Senior Brother and said, "I'll go to Linya Mountain Villa with you, but you have to wait for me for two days." ”

The senior brother readily agreed, and two days later was also the day he and the general agreed, General Ling said that there would be a result within two days, whether the spruce was among the forty-nine dancing girls, and where the dancing girls and cooks who disappeared out of thin air overnight would be revealed.

"Miss, do you really want to go up the mountain?" The little box is not dead, chasing Ling Yueyan in the room and asking, Miss wants to go she has to follow, listen to the storyteller on the street talk about the hardships in the mountains, she was born in the General's Mansion, grew up with Miss, and has not been far away.

Ling Yueyan rummaged around the room, he didn't know when he would be able to come back, so he had to bring all the things about Brother Ye Zheng to relieve the pain of lovesickness.

Seeing that Ling Yueyan ignored her, Xiao Box's voice shouted again: "Miss! ”

"I heard you!" Ling Yueyan covered his ears: "Don't bother me, go and pack up all the things that should be packed." ”

"I've heard that the mountains are very hard, are we really going to go?" Little Box asked insistently.

Ling Yueyan surrendered, put the jade belt hook belonging to a man in his hand into the jewelry box, and patiently replied: "The mountains are indeed very bitter, but Linya Villa is not bitter, it is the first gate of Chaojia Country, how can it be bitter." ”

"Also, if you don't want to go with me, I'll ask the green pomegranate to accompany me, and there will be purple cicadas no matter how bad it is." After Ling Yueyan finished speaking, he really called out to the green pomegranate.

The green pomegranate walked in from the outside, very decent, the maid taught by Uncle Zhang has always been so well-behaved, unlike the small box next to her, Ling Yue glanced at the small box, very disgusted, but disgusted by disgust, if she really let the little box go to Uncle Zhang's training, she would be distressed.

Even after so many years, Ling Yueyan still felt sad when he thought of the mother of the little box, who was her nursing mother, and died of poisoning shortly after her mother gave birth to her.

My father has always claimed that he died of illness, but she and Xiaoboxzi once overheard Granny Liu, who was serving her mother, talk about it, and the fact was that someone wanted to use the nurse to harm her when she was still an infant, so she poisoned the nurse.

The little box panicked when she saw the green pomegranate coming in, she really didn't want to go into the mountain, but she wanted to accompany the young lady: "Miss, my favorite young lady, don't work hard for them, the little box is willing to follow the young lady up the mountain." ”

"Taking care of Miss is the duty of the green pomegranate, it's not hard." Green pomegranate speaks decently, not fast or slow, and even gives a very appropriate expression.

The little box glared at the green pomegranate and pestered Ling Yueyan: "Besides, Zi Cicada has always been a flying eaves and a wall, she is a person who practices martial arts, how can she take good care of Miss." After speaking, he looked at the roof, for fear that the purple cicada would suddenly appear.

The purple cicada is the secret guard sent by the lord to protect the young lady, and it generally does not appear, and only the young lady will come out when she is in danger.

Ling Yueyan broke open the small box and took her hand: "Okay, then go and pack your things." ”

The little box turned around and went out the door, and went to pack his luggage first.

The green pomegranate was still there, Ling Yueyan was tidying up her things while talking to the green pomegranate casually, and after saying a few words, she felt bored and was ready to ask her to go out and wait, and when she walked to the door, Ling Yueyan suddenly thought of asking again: "Where is the mother?" Why didn't I see her for a day. ”

It's dark today, and there is no trace of my mother in the outer courtyard today.

Lu Liu replied: "Before dawn this morning, a eunuch came to summon the lady into the palace. ”

Ling Yueyan was stunned, turned around and asked, "Entered the palace early in the morning?" ”

"Yes, I went with Mrs. Han Qing."

Mrs. Hanqing also went? Ling Yueyan frowned, how could she feel that something was wrong, put down the things in her hand and went out of the room with the green pomegranate, she went to her mother's yard, usually her father was already in her mother's room at this time, but now the yard was dark.

"Granny Liu, Granny Liu." No one answered after calling a few times, it shouldn't be, Granny Liu is a person from the palace, she won't be so unruly, she is not there, she should accompany her mother to the palace.

The door of the side room opened, and a maid wore a robe and bleary-eyed.

"Why did you fall asleep so early?" Ling Yueyan asked.

The maid saluted and said, "The general ordered us to turn off the lights and close the door, sleep as long as we can, and don't go out if we can't sleep." ”

Ling Yueyan turned around and walked towards his father's study, no, everything was fine during the day, something must have happened, what could happen? Does anyone dare to detain the general's wife in the palace?