Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Pearls of National Fortune

Just after midnight, the city gate welcomed a cavalry out of the city. The leader was Zhao Yuru, who led fifty light horsemen and left Shangjing like a wind and walked in the direction of Gwangju.

A woman in white in the team is particularly eye-catching, she wears a hat, rides in the dust, and gallops away, skillful and chic, which makes people unable to take their eyes off.

Zhao Yuru is not so chic, although she knows that she can't die if she has rough skin and thick flesh, but the first time she rode a fast horse, she was still terrified. Seeing Lin Yufu galloping in front, she scolded in her heart.

"What should I do if I ride so fast and fall and hurt my body!" She grabbed the reins and staggered after her.

I thought I could sit in Lin Yufu's carriage, but I didn't expect that as soon as she heard what happened, she rushed out of the door without saying a word, led a horse and left, and even packed her luggage for her!

"What's the hurry, people aren't dead yet!" The more Zhao Yuru thought about it, the more angry he became, and he couldn't help shouting.

Lin Yufu glanced back at her, and continued to walk forward without speaking.

They traveled day and night, and the journey, which was supposed to take five or six days, reached the gate of Gwangju on the evening of the third day.

Even Zhao Yuru felt that his butt and thighs were not his own. But Lin Yufu still looked like she was fine.

Zhao Yuru walked to the city gate, looked at the soldiers guarding the gate, and shouted: "I am Zhao Yuru, the head of the camp in the suburbs of Beijing!" Passing by here, I hope to open the door for our brother to enter the city! ”

Tu Lijun, the general of Gwangju, walked up to the city tower, looked down, and recognized for a while, it was indeed Zhao Yuru who was the leader, and they were also wearing Zhao Jiajun's clothes.

"Open the door!"

Soon the city gate opened, and Zhao Yuru and a group of soldiers dismounted and slowly entered the city.

Tu Lijun went down to the city tower and greeted Zhao Yuru there.

"See Chief Coach Zhao!"

"Hurry up, please!" Zhao Yuru hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to help her up, but she thought in her heart that the old lady's ass was dying of pain! I'm going to lie down!

"Mr. Zhao is here because of the pearl matter, right?" Tu Lijun is not a fool, the king of Huaiyang on the front foot had an accident, and Zhao Yuru on the back foot came. Needless to say, they all know what it is for.

He has been guarding this Gwangju town for many years, and he knows the importance of this pearl better than anyone else.

"Is the prince okay?" Before Lin Yufu could finish speaking, he stepped forward and asked a little eagerly.

Tu Lijun glanced at Lin Yufu, how could there be such a weak woman coming to this place with the army?

"Oh, this is, the prince's ······" Zhao Yuru winked at Tu Lijun and said, "I have to come along, I thought that there are all big men here, and the prince also needs a woman to take care of him, so I brought her!" ”

"That's it!" When Tu Lijun heard that it was the prince's woman, he arched his hand and said, "Madam, the prince has been in a coma for several days. ”

"How many days?" Lin Yufu was stunned.

"I can drink the water, but ······" He shook his head and said, "The medical skills here in Gwangju are limited, so we still have to send the prince back to Beijing first!" ”

Although Zhao Yuru wanted to rest very much, she still felt Lin Yufu's eagerness, and then said: "It's okay, we brought the doctor over, you take us to find the prince!" ”

Soon, Tu Lijun took them and his party to the place where the prince was staying. Zhao Yuru walked in, and when the prince's attendants saw them come in, they all stood up vigilantly.

"Little Liu!" Lin Yufu then walked in and called Xiao Liu.

"Miss Yufu?" Xiao Liu was very surprised, why did Lin Yufu follow?

Hearing Lin Yufu's name, Tu Lijun was also a little surprised, this is the legendary Oiran Lin Yufu?

"How is the prince?" Lin Yufu stepped forward and asked with concern.

Xiao Liu's face was solemn, he shook his head and said, "Since I came back from the sea that day, I haven't woken up!" ”

Lin Yufu glanced at Zhao Yuru, and the two walked in together. Yan Linjun was lying on the bed, Xu had not eaten for several days, and he looked like he had lost a lot of weight in the past.

"How so?"

"Someone moved on the rope, and we wanted to pull the prince up, but the rope broke halfway through, and he fell into the sea again. We thought he was unlucky, but it didn't take long to find the prince on the beach. It's just that the pearl that had been salvaged is gone! ”

"What?" Zhao Yuru felt a little incredible, glanced at these attendants and said, "So it was your people who did it?" ”

"The tools for pearl diving are all prepared by the pearl divers here, and we ······" Xiao Liu said with some shame: "We didn't check it properly, it was our negligence!" ”

Zhao Yuru said with some displeasure: "What should I do?" ”

Lin Yufu didn't speak, just sat next to Yan Linjun, looked at it for a while, and then said, "It's good that I take care of it here!" ”

The implication is to let others out.

Seeing this, Tu Lijun and the others didn't stay long, and walked out with their entourage.

"Boss, you stay, I have something to say to you!" Lin Yufu turned her head to look at Zhao Yuru and said.

"Me?" Zhao Yuru rubbed his ass and agreed reluctantly.

After seeing everyone retreat, Lin Yufu took off her hat, poured a glass of water and gave it to Yan Linjun. She carefully scooped a little and fed him, and Yan Linjun's mouth opened slightly, and he swallowed it.

"I've drunk water, why haven't I woken up yet?" Zhao Yuru also sat down, looked at him for a while and said, "Slap him twice?" ”

"Don't make a fuss!"

"I'm telling you, if you don't fight now, you won't have a chance to fight in the future!" After speaking, Zhao Yuru rolled up his sleeves and was about to slap Yan Linjun in the face!

"Are you crazy?" Lin Yufu hurriedly grabbed her and said, "I don't know how strong your hands are, what if you deaf the prince later?" ”

"Look at your distressed look!" Zhao Yuru rolled her eyes disdainfully and looked for something to eat in the room.

"Sit down, I'm going to explain something to you!"

"Say, what are you doing so seriously? Just like your dad! ”

"Tomorrow you go to the Tin Hau Temple in Gwangju and worship the Queen of Heaven! Then find their priest and get his approval so that you are qualified to go pearl diving! ”

"How do I get his approval?" Zhao Yuru asked puzzledly: "No, do you really want me to go pearl diving?" So deep, so cold sea! ”

"I've been good at water since I was a child, and the matter of pearl diving is no problem for me!"

"That's you! I'm different, I don't know how to water! And I'm afraid of water, the shadow that fell into the river before has not passed yet! Who knows if I will turn into a big crab if I fall into the sea this time? Zhao Yuru shook his head and said, "Isn't it okay to change someone?" ”

"No, this is related to our Dayan's national fortune, and we must be sincere! You are now the person with the highest status in Gwangju, who will you go if you don't go? Lin Yufu's tone was stern, not giving her a chance to refuse at all.

"National fortune, national fortune, what national fortune can a broken bead have?" Zhao Yuru said a little unhappily: "Look at Yan Linjun, he has a high status, right?" As it turned out like this, didn't he have sincerity? Maybe the queen of heaven thinks that Xu Zhaoyi is not qualified to be the queen at all, so she won't let you take the pearl! ”

"Shut up! No gibberish! Lin Yufu said angrily: "I said it this time, it was plotted by someone!" Presumably, someone wants to take advantage of this incident to make a big fuss in the court! If you don't know the undercurrent surging in the court, don't jump to conclusions! Miss Xu is the queen who has been repeatedly chosen by the emperor, and only when she is the queen can the controversy of all parties be calmed. Now if something goes wrong with her, then how the entire Dayan royal family will be criticized, do you understand? ”

"It's not······ Isn't it just a pearl? Wouldn't it be nice to take one back with just one? Zhao Yuru saw that Lin Yufu was angry, and her voice was half shorter.

"This is not an ordinary pearl, it is only found in Gwangju, pink pearls! There is only one place in the world where it exists. Only the priests in the temple know where the pink pearls grow, so you must ask the priests to affirm you! Guide you to the pearl we need! ”

Zhao Yuru's face was embarrassed, and he said in a slushful voice: "Who made this rule?" ”

"The first queen of our Dayan is the pearl diver of Gwangju. You're still a Dayan, you don't understand this! Lin Yufu glanced at him.

"Ah, this ······" Zhao Yuru said with some embarrassment: "I really don't understand this, Dayan has been founded for a hundred years, and I am not a member of the royal family, where will I understand this!" ”

"When Emperor Taizu raised troops, he encountered a great drought and there was not enough food in the army. It was the queen herself who went down to the sea and fetched a huge shell. A pink pearl of its kind was cut out of it. At that moment, nectar fell from the sky and solved the urgent need in the army. Later, this pearl was placed on the first crown of Dayan. After that, it was handed down, and the legend about the national fortune of Dayan. ”

"That's ······ so" Zhao Yuru was fascinated by what he heard.

"So, you have to get your hands on the pearls!" Lin Yufu turned her head to look at her.

"No, in that case, it's better to ask a professional pearl diver to pick it! Why do we have to go? ”

"Back then, I also asked the pearl divers to pick them, but they couldn't come back! Later, it was the priest of the Tianhou Temple who said that he had to be the most trusted person of the emperor to take on this important responsibility. ”

"What kind of priest is this?" Zhao Yuru said dissatisfiedly: "Like that Master Mu Chen, they are all bluffing!" ”

Lin Yufu looked at it with a sharp look, and Zhao Yuru didn't dare to speak for an instant.

"Anyway, you just do what I say!"

"But I won't ······"

"It's always time to hold your breath, right?" Lin Yufu said coldly: "Just hold my breath!" ”

"That's it?"

"Don't worry, I'll double-check all the tools when the time comes, and as soon as you feel something is wrong, pull the rope and we'll pull you up!"

"Oh!" Zhao Yuru pouted and said, "Then what if I really change my body with the crab after I come up?" ”

Lin Yufu was a little speechless, she looked at Zhao Yuru and said, "Then I will pay attention to whether you are walking sideways after you go ashore!" ”

After saying that, the two laughed in unison.

"Okay, I see you're tired enough, go and rest!"

"Of course! My ass is almost not mine! Isn't it, aren't you tired? I'm so arrogant and expensive, where can I withstand such bumps? ”

"I said that if you are not tired, you are not tired! Don't worry, I'll take good care of you, it's you who matters! ”

"What a murder!" Zhao Yuru muttered, then turned around and walked out.

Only Lin Yufu and Yan Linjun were left in the room, she looked at Yan Linjun's sleeping face, picked up a towel and wiped it gently.

"As long as you don't speak, it's still quite cute!" She smiled and said, "I didn't expect the emperor to send you to fetch the pearls, it seems that you are the most trusted person in his heart!" ”

Lin Yufu sighed and said, "Have you betrayed Dayan?" Is it because you are not qualified enough to let you get the pearl? ”

"It's okay, when this matter is over, I'll take you back. I believe in her, although she is a little unreliable, but with my body, she will not fail! ”

Lin Yufu moved her wrist, but in fact, it was bumpy all the way, and she felt that her body had already fallen apart. She didn't dare to let Zhao Yuru see the big blisters on her hands.

Seeing that there was no one around, she quickly got up and found the needle and thread in the room, and sat there picking up blisters one by one.

Picking and picking, she looked at Yan Linjun, who was quiet on the side, and then looked at the needle in her hand, and suddenly thought of Zhao Yuru's words.

"Slap him twice!"

"Two stitches in you, will you wake up?" Lin Yufu muttered to herself.

"I remember that the most painful acupuncture points on people's bodies are Laogong acupoint, Yongquan acupoint, otherwise, let's try?" She squatted down and looked at Yan Linjun: "If you don't speak, then I'll take you as a promise!" ”

She didn't even notice it, and a wicked smile was already on her face.

"Zhao Yuru is right, if you don't toss you at this time, when will you toss you?"

So saying, she put the silver needle on the candle and burned it, and then she was about to plunge it into the spring hole at the top of his feet.

"You're trying to kill me?" Just as she was about to touch the center of his foot, a cold voice sounded above her head.

Lin Yufu opened her eyes wide and looked up, and found Yan Linjun who had woken up!

"Ahh She screamed, and then Yan Linjun covered her mouth.

"Don't shout!"

"Wang ······ Rajah? She didn't expect that Yan Linjun was actually awake!

"Are you alright?"

"Of course I'm fine!" Yan Linjun said coldly: "But if you go down with this needle, I'm afraid something will happen!" ”

Lin Yufu hurriedly put away the needle in his hand, looked at Yan Linjun timidly and said, "Then why are you······ Why pretend to be unconscious? ”

"Because I want to find out who's behind it!" He looked at Lin Yufu and said, "The pearl I found is not a pink pearl at all!" ”

"Huh? Isn't that what the priests are directing? Lin Yufu was a little surprised.

"When I went to the bottom of the sea, the shell was open, and when I looked, it wasn't a pink pearl at all. At that time, I was going to have someone pull me up and ask the priest again. But I didn't expect the rope to break, and I knew that someone must have done it on purpose! ”

"So you're pretending to be unconscious?"

"Yes!"

"Mr. Zhao, you also deliberately found it?"

"Yes, but I didn't expect the person to come was Zhao Yuru! I didn't expect you to come! Speaking of this, Yan Linjun showed a smile, he stretched out his hand to put his arm around Lin Yufu, gently pinched her nose and said, "Are you worried about me?" ”

Lin Yufu blushed, pushed him away and said, "I thought you were going to die, I didn't want to miss this scene!" ”

"Women, it's just a hard mouth!" Yan Linjun didn't care, just took her hand and said, "How did it happen like this?" This is the hand that plays the piano, so uncherished! ”

Lin Yufu didn't speak, let him hold his hand in the palm of his hand, and carefully medicated her.

"Then why do you have to find someone from the Zhao family?"

"Although I don't deal with them, I know that they are absolutely loyal! Besides, Zhao Guanming had successfully taken out the pearl, if he came, things would be much easier! ”

Speaking of this, Yan Linjun paused and said, "But why is Zhao Yurulai?" ”

"What's wrong with Sect Leader Zhao?" Lin Yufu heard his contemptuous tone, and said very unhappily: "Mr. Zhao is so good at underwater kung fu, I'm afraid that the entire Shangjing can't find a few opponents!" Lord Zhao is old and can't stand such a toss. Zhao Yujing still had to look at Zhao Jiajun. Why can't Zhao Yurulai? ”

Yan Linjun lowered his head and said with a sneer: "It's nothing, I just think it's strange, how come you know the history of this pearl better than her?" ”

When Lin Yufu heard this, she was shocked. Why did she forget that the conversation with Zhao Yuru just now was all listened to by Yan Linjun, who pretended to be unconscious?

"Why she didn't know, I don't understand. I also talked about it when I was listening to the small talk of the guests. The king of Nan'an, yes, the king of Nan'an is cute! ”

Yan Linjun glanced at her, and did not show a suspicious look, just lowered his head and continued to help her with medicine.

The two were next to each other, and inexplicably, Lin Yufu felt a little hot. The ambiguous atmosphere in the room also rose rapidly.

"I didn't betray Dayan!" Yan Linjun said this sentence while taking medicine.

"Huh?"

"It's not that I'm unqualified, I'm just misguided!" Yan Linjun looked at Lin Yufu and said word by word: "I also know what you're thinking, I admire your open-mindedness, but I'm really not the kind of person you think!" ”

Lin Yufu was stunned, and after a while, he nodded and said, "I know!" I ······"

"If only you didn't doubt me anymore! Before, I thought you were a fine worker, so I would attack you. But now I know that you really care about me, and you have to come all the way to take care of me. Thank you! Yan Linjun lowered his head and smiled and said, "If you can, it's better to move back to the house to accompany me!" ”

"You're dreaming!" Lin Yufu refused without thinking about it, but Yan Linjun was not angry, but just showed a knowing smile.

Probably even he didn't know that when he was with Lin Yufu, he often laughed.

"So, the day after we first met, did you really send someone to kill me?" Lin Yufu bit her lip and asked.

"Yes!" Yan Linjun did not shy away from it.

"After I went to your study, you really wanted to kill me?"

"Yes!"

Lin Yufu sank his face and withdrew his hand. But he was immediately dragged back by Yan Linjun.

"I apologize to you!"

"What?" Lin Yufu was a little suspicious of her ears, Yan Linjun apologized to her?

"I mean seriously, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have doubted you! Do you forgive me? ”

"I ······" Looking at Yan Linjun's eyes, Lin Yufu's heart began to panic again.

"I don't know ······" Before she could finish speaking, Yan Linjun leaned forward again and kissed her!

Lin Yufu stiffened, but was immediately surrounded by that familiar gentle feeling.

That feeling made her very comfortable.

"No, I still don't want to jump into the sea······" At this time, the door was kicked open, and Zhao Yuru walked in with a big crab in his hand.