Chapter 40: "The Merchant of the Northern Lie"

At this moment, a strange figure flashed out of the dark night.

"Who?" Lu Tianjiao suddenly exclaimed.

In the darkness of the night, I saw a tall figure slowly flashing from behind the dead branches of the osmanthus tree by the pavilion.

As the figure got closer and closer, Lu Tianjiao finally saw that it was a man dressed in a dark winter robe and brocade robe, with half a bundle of black hair, a pair of sword eyebrows and a high nose bridge, and an extraordinary bearing.

"Miss, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person," the man hurriedly explained as soon as he appeared.

"Hmph, why don't you peep at Miss Ben if you're not a bad guy," Lu Tianjiao said to him with a look of disdain.

"Miss misunderstood, I just happened to pass by. Seeing that it was getting late, the young lady was alone here, and she was worried that the young lady would meet a villain, so she guarded on the side and didn't dare to disturb at will," the man said, and sat down close to Lu Tianjiao's side.

Lu Tianjiao saw that he sat down uninvited, and his eyes, which were still gloomy and empty, immediately brightened, glanced at the man, and then turned his face to look to the other side.

Some women, like the current one, really change their faces faster than they do to change the sky.

"Dare to ask why Miss is alone here late at night and crying?" The man asked as soon as he sat down.

"What does Miss Ben's business have to do with you" Lu Tianjiao finally let go of what he was thinking just now, and when the man asked him like this, he instantly came to his mind, so he said angrily.

"Don't be angry, a woman's anger is not good for her body or mind, she just wants to share her worries for her young lady," the man hurriedly persuaded her.

"You?" Lu Tianjiao said with a puzzled look, more like mocking him for what worries he could help her.

"Miss might as well speak up and listen, maybe I can really help Miss in the future, right?" The man said with a smile insistently.

Lu Tianjiao really needs someone to talk to at this moment, and they don't know each other anyway. It's time to vent.

So, Lu Tianjiao said, "If you like someone all your life, but he likes someone else instead of you, what will you do?" ”

"It's not easy, wouldn't it be nice for Miss to find someone else who likes you. Shaohua is fleeting, and the red face is easy to age," the man said lightly.

Lu Tianjiao glanced at him as soon as he heard it, and he immediately realized that his joke was a bit out of place, so he became serious and said, "Then...... ruined her".

The man deliberately approached Lu Tianjiao's ear and said this, although he smiled on his face, there was a fierce look in his eyes.

Lu Tianjiao was immediately stunned when he heard this, and lowered his eyebrows and thought in his heart, "Ruined her ......"

"Miss, since you have a fate, how about making a friend, in Xia Tuoba Ze, you are a merchant in the Northern Lie Kingdom" The man saw that Lu Tianjiao was thinking about what he said, so he introduced himself.

"Northern Lieguo? No wonder Fang has been listening to your accent, not like a person from Western Qin," Lu Tianjiao then solved his doubts just now.

"Then I don't know if I have the pleasure of meeting Miss?" Tuobaza asked with a smile.

"Little daughter Lu Tianjiao, my father is the dean of Xiqin Academy," Lu Tianjiao also replied politely.

"It turned out to be the daughter of Dean Lu of Xiqin College, the first school in Western Qin, the famous Western Qin Academy, and I am fortunate to be able to meet Miss, which is really a blessing for three lives. If there is any need in the future, although the young lady speaks, you don't have to be polite" Tuoba Ze flattered his words, but Lu Tianjiao seemed to enjoy these beautiful words.

"You're a businessman? Then what kind of business are you doing," Lu Tianjiao suddenly asked.

Tuoba Ze hesitated for a moment and asked, "Miss Lu really wants to know?" ”

"It's inconvenient to say, then forget it" As he spoke, Lu Tianjiao straightened his face and got up and wanted to leave.

Tuoba Ze hurriedly stood up, stretched out his hand to stop her, and said, "It's not that I don't dare to say it, but I'm afraid that Miss Lu won't dare to listen."

"Joke, there is nothing in this world that I Lu Tianjiao dare not listen to, if you dare to say it, I will dare to listen, and it doesn't hurt to say it."

So, Tuoba Ze asked Lu Tianjiao softly, "Miss Lu, have you ever heard of Wanjiao Pavilion?" ”。

Lu Tianjiao really hadn't heard of this place that Tuoba Ze said, so he asked with a puzzled expression, "Wan Jiaoge?" What is that place? ”。

I saw that Tuoba Ze did not answer directly to this, but walked slowly to Lu Tianjiao's side and whispered.

"What?" Lu Tianjiao shouted in surprise, and then rushed out of the pavilion in a panic and headed in the direction of the inn.

After she had walked far away, two guards stepped forward from the dark corner, and after saluting respectfully, one of them said, "Why should Your Highness deign to make such a mean and tricky woman?"

Tuoba Ze looked up at the direction where Lu Tianjiao had left, his chin raised slightly, and said, "Xiqin Academy...... It's not ordinary at all."

With that, he turned around and the three of them disappeared into the thick night fog.

At this time, Lu Tianjiao ran all the way and finally returned to the inn, and heard a "bang" on the door next door. Lu Tianlin knew that Lu Tianjiao was back, so he hurriedly walked out and knocked on the door, "Sister, what happened?" ”

"It's okay, I'm tired" Lu Tianjiao's face was crimson, and his heart was still pounding, but he didn't expect this businessman from the Northern Lie Kingdom to do the business of Qinglou women.

At this time, Lu Tianjiao took a deep breath of turbidity. However, she remembered Tuobaze's sentence "Then it ruined her ......"

At night, in the south of West Qincheng, a place where fireworks and willow lanes gather, Wanjiao Pavilion occupies the lead.

A delicate courtyard-style small western-style high-end Fengyue place, luxurious and extravagant, singing and dancing, charming and charming, and the sound of dogs and horses.

What's more, there are all the wealthy families, powerful people, and famous families who come and go here.

The old bustard is happily serving every distinguished guest with her three-inch incorruptible tongue, and the big teapot that runs the hall jumps up and down like a monkey and rushes in the hall, upstairs and downstairs are busy.

The men and women in the attic, those who chanted poetry, those who pulled me, those who leaned on the railing and pouted and wanted to indulge, those who beat their legs, those who pinched their shoulders, and those who rubbed their backs, all tried their best to show their talents, but in fact, most of them were just poor women.

A pair of jade arms and a thousand pillows,

Half a little red lips ten thousand customers taste,

How much do you know to be sent,

Accustomed to two lines of lovesick tears.

"Your Highness, the bustard said that the little lady who ran away some time ago is back by herself," one of the two guards who followed closely behind Tuoba Ze said.

"Are you sure there's no problem?" Tuobazer asked in a cold voice and skeptically.

"I have sent people to check carefully, she ran out and was taken in by the Qin Wangfu of West Qin as a subordinate, and later it was said that she wanted to fly on the branch to be a phoenix and beat the idea of the King of Qin, and was found by the old lady in the house and driven out, very miserable, there is nowhere to go and I have to come back here again" The guard said the details.

"What about the poison used on the body," Tuobazer asked again.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the old bustard has continued to poison her, and nothing will go wrong," the three of them whispered as they walked, and then went upstairs to a secret attic on the top floor of Wanjiao Pavilion.

There was a knock on the door, and the guards rushed to open the door.

It was the old bustard who walked in, and when he saw Tuoba Ze, he saluted and said, "Your Highness, the poison you want will be made in a few days, are you sure you want to do this?" ”

"You only control drugs, you don't need to ask too much else, this matter is very important, you must control it well, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable," Tuoba Ze explained very rigorously.

"The old body understands, and what should I do with that woman?" The woman that the old bustard said was the daughter-in-law of the mother-in-law who was kicked out of the Qin Palace, and Ling'er's mother-in-law, Yu Niang.

"This woman has good qualifications, wait for this prince first, this prince must be kept for other purposes, and no more mistakes can be made" Tuoba Ze frowned and said meaningfully.

The old bustard was about to leave after speaking, but Tuoba Ze stopped her, "Is there any movement over there in Nan'an?" ”。

"Nan'an's side has no doubts about the old body for the time being, Your Highness can rest assured" The real identity of the old bustard is actually a nobleman from Nan'an in the Lingkong Continent, but now she has defected to Tuoba Ze, the prince of Beilie.

In fact, Tuoba Ze did not fully believe in the defection of the old bustard, so he often lived in Wanjiao Pavilion to personally supervise the directors.

"There is one more thing to explain, if someone reports the name of the Western Qin Academy to find this prince, be sure to notify this prince in time" Tuoba Ze finished speaking, and the old bustard was ordered to retreat.

"Your Highness thinks that girl just now will really come again? She just knew our identities and ran away in fright," the guard on the side asked suspiciously.

"Hmph, when did this prince miss the sights of people? The women of the world are born because of love, die because of love, hate because of love, greedy because of love, hated because of love, crazy and crazy because of love. Lu Tianjiao... She's obviously gone crazy," Tuoba Ze was sure that Lu Tianjiao would definitely come to him again for help.

"Xiqin Academy, there must be a big secret hidden here," said Tuoba Ze, revealing extremely curious and unfathomable eyes.

"Then if we control Miss Lu, Xiqin Academy will become our bag. Your Highness is wise," the guards seemed to understand in an instant.

"Now that the poison is ready, how is the rest of the matter going?" Tuobaza asked.

"Originally, His Royal Highness had a lot of research on the art of medicine, and if he helped, he would get twice the result with half the effort, but he always pretended to be high and disdained to be with us. Therefore, the subordinates can only arrange someone else to do it, but His Royal Highness can rest assured, this time the prince of Western Qin will definitely not be able to escape, and we will attack in the territory of Nan'an, and Western Qin will never suspect that it was me Beilie who did it" The guards carefully bowed.

"Qinggao? This prince sees that he is living too comfortably. In the cold and arid prairie of Beilie, if there is no prince to lead the generals to fight and plunder everywhere, he will be starved and hungry only by relying on the mutual market, and the Beilie country will be starving everywhere, and the country will not be a country. Talk to this prince about Qing Gao..."Tuobaza said angrily.

"Your Highness is angry, maybe Your Royal Highness is just too young," the guard hurriedly persuaded when he saw this.

Half a day later, Tuoba Ze stretched out one hand and waved it slightly, signaling them all to retreat, and the two quietly retreated when they saw this, and gently closed the door.

The Emperor of Beilie was old, but he was very partial to him, the imperial brother, believing that his imperial brother had a gentle temperament and a noble character. And he felt that this imperial brother was a dou who couldn't be helped, indecisive, and a woman's kindness. If the Northern Lie Kingdom is in the hands of such a person, it will be strange that the country will not die.

"Alas......" After all, all his thoughts turned into this long sigh, and then he moved to the window of the room and stood up, looking out.

After a while, I only heard him suddenly look at the window opposite, and said, "What a charming beauty."

At night, it rained, and I saw that the lights in the attic opposite were dim, and a pair of big eyes under the eyebrows of a purple dress and curved willow leaves, a delicate and gentle woman was leaning against the window and staring out thoughtfully, as if she was sentimental.

"Deep thrush, shallow thrush, cicada sideburns and clouds. Balcony line rain back. Wushan is high, Wushan is low, and the twilight rain does not return. The empty room is punctual," the woman whispered at the moment.

"Oh, my little ancestor, how many times have I told you, stay in the room honestly, stay in the room well, why can't you listen to it?"

At this time, the old bustard came in and interrupted her thoughts and groans, and while shouting, she hurriedly came over and stretched out her hand to push the woman from the window to the table in the room and sat down.

Then he walked back to the window, poked out half of his head and looked around, and saw that there was no one except Tuoba Ze, who was also standing against the window, so he bowed slightly to the master opposite and hurriedly closed all the windows tightly.

Who is this woman? ......