Chapter 221: Undercurrent
In the inn, a light is like a bean,
Xie Han appeared in one of the wings in a night suit.
Several men waiting in the inn were also dressed in strong suits, and when they saw Xie Han appear, they hurriedly got up and saluted.
"Master Xie."
Xie Han raised his hand: "Everyone, please take a seat." ”
He corrected the titles of several people: "When you go out, you should be cautious, even if there is no one in private, you must call me young master." ”
In order to disguise his identity, Xie Han disguised himself as a leather merchant from the northwest, another inspector Liu Xun was a bookkeeper, Xu Cangyun was a housekeeper, and there were two other commanders disguised as a nurse.
Xie Han and the others chose the land route when they set off, and only today did they just change the water route and settled in a Dongsheng inn next to Taihu Lake.
At this moment, the drums have been beaten three times in the hands of the night watchman, but the few old men in the house are not sleepy.
"Young master, did you find anything unusual along the way?" Liu Xun changed his words as if he were kind.
"I went to take a look at the shipping dock, and there are several merchant ships engraved with the emblem of Funan Wangfu, this line should be familiar with Funan Wangfu."
Xie Han's fingers tapped rhythmically on the tabletop, and he said with a solemn face: "There are some goods that have been packed, I feel strange, and I have asked the two brothers Zhao Ping and Zhao Xu to investigate." ”
Xie Han's experience in traveling south and north is incomparable to the people in front of him combined. Therefore, once Xie Han makes a decision, there is generally no objection.
"Young master, our current trip is three days faster than that of King Funan, if we stay to find out the news, we will have to delay it for at least one day and one night. In case, we happen to collide with the king of Funan......"
Liu Xun thought worriedly that if the king of Funan really did something to lose his head, and saw his gang suddenly appear in Funan, maybe he would kill people and kill people.
"No, I know that there is a shortcut, since we are merchants, let's follow the habits of merchants and take the ancient tea horse road."
Xie Han spread out a map on the table.
He nodded in one of them.
"It's a road that's only suitable for light cars. The battle to return to the hometown of King Funan is bound to take the official road. When the time comes, as long as we take a shortcut, we will rush to southern Yunnan in front of the king of Funan. ”
Liu Xun followed and looked at the map, and after seeing the location drawn by Xie Han, he nodded frequently: "It's according to the Hou Ye." ”
Xie Han's eyes immediately swept towards Liu Xun, and a pair of handsome peach blossom eyes were calm and waveless.
Liu Xun knew that he had lost his words, and immediately apologized to Xie Han: "Young master, I lost my words." ”
Xie Han frowned, and said lightly: "Baipu is very xenophobic there. Our appearance and accent are different from those of the locals, and as soon as we step into Baipu, we will be noticed. If you call the wrong person again, we may never be able to go back to the capital. ”
When Liu Xun heard this, he bowed his head extremely seriously and said, "Young Master, I know that I am wrong. ”
Xie Han is not a person who holds on, after the matter was discussed, he said to a few people in the room: "The hour is not early, everyone rest as soon as possible, there is still an errand to do tomorrow." ”
……
Inside the Royal Palace.
Xie Hanhe finally asked Wei Zhao about his brother's whereabouts.
Xie Yanhe didn't hold back, and a cup smashed on the bluestone bricks paved in the hall.
She looked at Wei Zhao's eyes, like a frozen lake in the past three or nine days, and under the cold, a trace of hatred was surging.
Xie Yanhe cried hysterically: "You are so ruthless! My brother has been born and died for you in the northwest for so many years, and he has just returned to the capital, and he has not lived a few days of stable life! You let him deal with the king of Funan. Could it be that he is the only one available in the entire Great Wei?! ”
Xie Yan and his angry fingertips were trembling.
This man keeps saying that what he loves the most is himself, he knows how important his brother is to him, and he wants him to take risks!
"As the prince, shouldn't he come forward at this time?"
Xie Yan stabbed Wei Zhao without hesitation.
If it wasn't for paving the way for the prince, why would he do it to Funan at this time.
"Sleep, it's a matter of state affairs, you can't make trouble on this."
Wei Zhao held Xie Yanhe's hand, the soft ice in his palm was piercing, Wei Zhao's sword eyebrows frowned, and he said softly: "I have sent the Qinglongwei to protect it secretly, and your brother will never make any mistakes." What's more, you should trust Jiang Ming's abilities. ”
Xie Yanhe threw Wei Zhao's hand away with all his might, but was caught by the man again.
She was so angry that her long nails sank into Wei Zhao's palm, and she used all her strength to pick at the flesh in Wei Zhao's palm.
There was a sharp pain in his hand, and a sticky, wet liquid oozed out of his palm, Wei Zhao's eyebrows were tightly twisted together, but he never said a word, allowing Xie Yanhe to breathe.
If the person who is attacked and hostile is like a wood and does not react at all, then the person who retaliates will not only not have any sense of accomplishment, but on the contrary, will be even more angry.
Xie Yanhe is now in such a state of mind.
She bit on the back of Wei Zhao's hand, and a pair of sharp tiger teeth broke through the skin, tasting a salty taste.
Wei Zhao was in pain and slowly let go of his hand.
Xie Yanhe's fingertips were still bloodstained, and as for Wei Zhao's palm, it had become a blur of flesh and blood.
Xie Yanhe let go of his somewhat stiff cheeks and sneered at Wei Zhao: "If my brother hurts a hair, then the love between us is over." ”
Wei Zhao didn't expect that the cherry lips that made him infinitely nostalgic could spit out such cold and ruthless words.
Wei Zhao's heart tightened.
The man's inky eyes became bottomless. He locked Xie Yanhe in his sight, and his sharp gaze was like a cold sword out of its sheath.
"Am I pampering you too much?" Wei Zhao's voice was deep, and the expression on his face was even more cloudy.
Xie Yan and his eyelashes trembled slightly, and a pair of delicate and rippling peach blossom eyes looked at Wei Zhao fixedly. Then, she hooked the corners of her lips, and the delicate lip flaps seemed to contain honey.
Just as Wei Zhao lost her mind, she raised her hand and slapped her palm on the man's cheek.
This time, she showed no mercy.
Wei Zhao was stunned. It was a moment before he came back to his senses, his inky eyes as if brewing with a storm that could destroy the world.
"You are presumptuous!" The three words that rolled out of the man's throat were like thunder, and the lightning flashed and exploded in Xie Yanhe's ears, and the momentum was terrifying.
Xie Yan and Ling Ran fearlessly met Wei Zhao's extremely terrifying gaze, and the curvature of the corners of her lips became deeper and deeper.
"If you say who the king of Funan hates the most, there must be me among them. Your Majesty sent my brother to take a risk, is this to borrow a knife to kill someone? ”
"That's what you think of me?"
The anger in Wei Zhao's heart could no longer be suppressed, and he grabbed Xie Yanhe's arm and dragged her off the bed.
Xie Yanhe was shocked and angry: "You let me go!" ”
Wei Zhao ignored it, and strode her forward until he walked to the bookcase.
Xie Yanhe staggered and almost hit the corner of the table.
Fortunately, Wei Zhao had not completely extinguished humanity, so he used his palm to help her block it.
Even so, Wei Zhao's palms were like iron tongs, and Xie Yanhe didn't have to open his sleeves to see, he knew that his skin was ironclad red.
"This is your brother Xie Han's secret fold to me, Fu Nan and his party, he took the initiative to ask for help. It's not my arrangement, you can see clearly. ”
Wei Zhao threw a copy of the book in front of Xie Yanhe and looked at her coldly.
Xie Yanhe sneered and rubbed his arm.
There was a hot pain from the place where Wei Zhao had been grabbed, Xie Yanhe clenched his silver teeth, endured the sharp pain, and stared at Wei Zhao coldly.
"Does Your Majesty think I'm a child of seven or eight years old? Since His Majesty wants to make a move on Funan, he will only summon his henchmen to discuss it if he does not prevent the news from leaking. If my brother is not the person who His Majesty wants, then why did he hear the wind and take the initiative to ask for a secret fold? ”
After Xie Yanhe finished speaking, he stared at Wei Zhao without blinking, coldly waiting for his reaction.
"Xie Han is the person I like, but I don't have to be him." Wei Zhao's thin lips pursed a hint of sneer.
He really thought he was ridiculous. After covering it intimately for so long, even if it is a stone, it should be covered with heat, and even if it is a piece of ice, it can be covered.
But this little girl's heart is harder than a stone, colder than ice.
Once it comes to the people of the Xie family, she won't even coax herself to make a show!
Wei Zhao suddenly unloaded all his energy, and only felt more tired than ever.
Xie Yanhe saw that Wei Zhao didn't speak for a long time, thinking that the man had acquiesced.
Her heart shrank, and a sharp pain swept through her body, causing her to bend down slowly.
The cold expression on Wei Zhao's face had a crack, and seeing that her expression did not seem to be fake, he immediately forgot that the two of them were still angry, picked her up, and shouted towards the outside of the hall: "Pass the imperial doctor!" ”
……
The sky gradually turned white.
Wei Zhao sat in front of the bed, his eyes falling on the sleeping face that was still frowning even when he fell asleep.
The pale pink flush on her face, which was usually like a peach blossom, was gone, and her face was as white as frost and snow. The cherry red lips have also turned a light and pale pink white, and there are two faint green shadows under the eyelids with the eyelashes hanging lightly.
Wei Zhaomo's eyes were deep, and the gaze at the bottom of his eyes was dark and unpredictable.
His bleeding palm and the back of his hand had been coated with gold sore medicine, and the other uninjured palm was holding Xie Yan and the soft water that was placed outside the brocade quilt, but he didn't really hold it.
Mandarin Duck heard the two people arguing, even though he knew that His Majesty was unhappy, he still had the courage to help Xie Yanhe explain: "Your Majesty, the queen mother has a bad fate, she lost her father and mother when she was young, and Jingping Hou is the only relative of the queen mother." ”
But His Majesty sent the queen's brother to Funan and let the Hou Ye go deep into the wolf cave alone, didn't this cost the queen's life?
When Wei Zhao heard this, the eyes that fell on the mandarin duck were very solemn.
Just when the mandarin duck was dripping with cold sweat and almost fainted.
Wei Zhao snorted lightly, and said in an unclear tone: "You are loyal to the Lord." ”
"Your Majesty, the queen mother is delicate and weak, and the slave begs Your Majesty not to be angry with the queen mother anymore."
The mandarin duck endured the fear in his heart and finished speaking, and then kowtowed again and again in front of the bed.
The queen has suffered from heart palpitations since she last fell ill.
Although there is the best doctor in the hospital to regulate the queen's body, but with such frequent attacks, the mandarin duck is worried that it will hinder the queen's lifespan.
"Stand down."
Wei Zhao said lightly.
The mandarin duck's face could not hide its shock. He was disrespectful to His Majesty, but His Majesty did not punish him. She retreated in confusion.
Taking in the expression of this servant girl, Wei Zhao's ink eyes flashed a little self-deprecating.
The slave committed the following crimes, and for Wei Zhao, this was an unpardonable capital crime. But just because this palace maid was Xie Yan and the person he brought into the palace, Wei Zhao sadly found that he didn't even have the confidence to punish a maidservant.
Wei Zhao knew very well in his heart that once he did this, he would only push people further.
"Where has Lou He gone now?"
In the empty hall, Wei Zhao's low, magnetic voice echoed slowly, making it even more majestic and indifferent.
A figure suddenly knelt down in front of Wei Zhao, he was wearing a silver mask on his face, and his hoarse voice was indistinguishable.
"Back to Your Majesty, Lou He will enter Beijing in two days."
"Two days ......" Wei Zhao muttered secretly for a while, and instructed the secret guard: "Let Kong Fan catch up with Jingping Hou with the tiger talisman, and when necessary, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Navy will be transferred with Jingping Hou." ”
Wei Zhao didn't want to care about the reaction of those imperial histories at the moment.
He handled the matter of Xie Han's entry into Beijing in a low-key manner because he didn't want the Marquis of Jingping's mansion to be roasted on the fire for the time being, but now, he could only change the plan a few times.
Just like Mianmian said, although Wei Zhao felt that this sentence was extremely harsh, he had to admit that if Xie Han really had an accident, the love between him and Mianmian would be over.
"Feng Hui!"
Wei Zhao shouted.
"Your Majesty." Feng Hui cautiously stepped into the hall, his head hanging slightly, lest he anger the distempered emperor.
"Xuan Yin Juan Bai came to see me."
After Wei Zhao finished speaking, the palm that was held on the back of Xie Yanhe's hand was held hard, and the soft and boneless touch in the palm of his hand made his empty heart instantly filled.
"See Your Majesty."
Yin Juanbai was waiting in the side hall, and when he heard the summons of His Majesty, he thought that the queen's body was in trouble again, so he didn't dare to delay for a moment and rushed over.
After Yin Juanbai stepped into the dormitory, he cautiously glanced at His Majesty's face, and felt that it was not like it, and gradually became a little suspicious in his heart.
Wei Zhao didn't let Yin Juanbai think too long.
His gaze was still firmly locked on the delicate person sleeping in the brocade quilt, and he asked casually: "Yin Juanbai, the time you have given the queen to recuperate is not short." The queen's illness can hinder her heirs? ”
Yin Juanbai had a "chuckle" in his heart, and under the panic, a cold sweat broke out in an instant.
The queen mother has a heart disease.
Even if the queen looks at her body and bones now, since ancient times, production has been a ghost gate for women. Even a woman who is free of illness and disaster may have a difficult birth, not to mention that the queen still has heart palpitations!
How dare Yin Juanbai pack tickets!
Yin Juanbai's silence made Wei Zhao's anger rise again, and his voice deepened: "I'm asking you!" ”
Yin Juanbai was agitated and immediately woke up.
He stubbornly said: "Your Majesty, this illness comes like a mountain, and the illness goes like a thread. The queen's illness, as long as it is carefully regulated, is still easy to conceive in terms of children. ”
A sneer escaped Wei Zhao's lips.
Yin Juan Boming knew what he was asking, and he dared to pretend to be confused and fool himself!
"Someone!"
Wei Zhao shouted in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, the minions are here." Feng Hui's expression froze, and he quickly responded
Wei Zhao's face was expressionless: "Drag Yin Juanbai down and punish him with twenty rods." ”
Since Yin Juanbai said these non-answers, he guessed that His Majesty would not let him go.
Fortunately, His Majesty only let people be punished with a cane for twenty, as long as it is raised for ten days and half a month, this injury will be healed.
Yin Juanbai was punished and thanked him: "Weichen kneels down to thank Your Majesty Longen." ”
The dormitory was once again audible with pins dropping.
Wei Zhao's arm holding Xie Yan and Rou Yi was raised into the air, and the woman's soft palm gently pressed against Wei Zhao's face.
He sighed, "What should I do with you?" ”
……
East Palace.
The prince and a cadre of the East Palace were discussing in the small study, and did not let Zhang Desong come forward to serve, and specially granted Zhang Desong a half-day off.
Zhang Desong was also able to steal half a day of leisure.
Outside, it was getting dark.
Zhang Desong finished dinner, and his apprentice Xiao Shunzi rushed into the house lightly.
"Godfather, godmother is here, do you want to see it?" Xiao Shunzi said with a haha.
Zhang Desong was stunned: "Why is she here?" ”
She doesn't need Zhang Desong to say this, both father and son know who they are referring to.
Xiao Shunzi said flatteringly: "Godmother may miss you, this is to give in to you." ”
Zhang Desong snorted, obviously Xiao Shunzi said what was on his mind.
"Let's just say I'm busy."
Zhang Desong had the intention to dry Wei Zisu, which also saved her from not knowing the proportions, and picked up Qiao.
"Come on, godfather, my son is going to send people away."
Xiao Shunzi said unambiguously.
Don't look at his affection for Wei Zisu in the past, he called him a "godmother", and saw that Wei Zisu was more filial than his own son, and now he turned his face faster than anyone else.
Xiao Shunzi's heart is clear, Wei Zisu is away from his godfather, and he is not a fart. Women, they just think of themselves too much!
Zhang Desong squinted his eyes comfortably and turned a pair of lion-headed walnuts in his palm.
Women, they all have long hair and short knowledge, and if they don't teach her a lesson, she will go to the house to uncover the tiles.
Here, Wei Zisu listened to Xiao Shunzi's very perfunctory polite words, and a melon seed face was always smiling, as if he had not taken Zhang Desong's ruthless attitude to heart.
It's just that contrary to the smile on her face, Wei Zisu has already scolded in her heart.
This matter has to start some time ago.
Zhang Desong set his eyes on a palace maid from Concubine Chu, and tried every means to get someone into his hands.
Later, Concubine Chu lost her life, and this palace maid was to accompany the funeral, but she was secretly saved by Zhang Desong, and went to Concubine Wu's Autumn Frost Hall to receive a brisk work plan of sprinkling and sweeping, and raising people with good food and drink.
The disciples and grandchildren under Zhang Desong, when they saw that Zhang Desong had added a new favorite, immediately changed their ways and went to the palace maid to offer their courtesy.
Wei Zisu has been working hard in the palace for so many years, and now she is twenty-three years old, how can she be willing to let a fourteen or five-year-old girl be pressed on her head!
After she heard the rumor, she seized the opportunity for these two people to roll together, and immediately went to Zhang Desong to make a fuss.
Wei Zisu thought that with the love of the past few years, he and Zhang Desong were fellow villagers, and Zhang Desong would give her this thin noodles.
Unexpectedly, when she pulled the sassy vixen off Zhang Desong's bed, the little slut was naked, blindly shrunk into Zhang Desong's arms, flesh and flesh sticking, rubbing left and rubbing, crying and fainting.
Zhang Desong's rootless fake trick style, hugging the little fox and screaming "liver, meat", in order to make the little slut angry, he also slapped himself.
Wei Zisu was ashamed and hateful, and when he rushed out with his face covered, he was ridiculed by many minions.
From that moment on, Wei Zisu's heart was cold.
Now the embarrassment given by Xiao Shunzi is nothing more than the scene of the day.
Wei Zisu smiled indifferently, and under the cover of his sleeve, he stuffed a jade pendant into Xiao Shunzi, and when he was about to take it back, his fingertips with a thin layer of calluses secretly scraped Xiao Shunzi's palm.
When Xiao Shunzi held the jade pendant, his eyes lit up, and Wei Zisu hooked him a little bit of a heart.
It is said that a eunuch is not a man, but sometimes the more he has nothing, the more he desires something.
Xiao Shunzi is not like his godfather, he likes fourteen or five-year-old young girls, and Xiao Shunzi is too young. He just likes Wei Zisu's figure, that bewitching style...... Tut! Delicious!
"Godmother, there are a lot of people here, let's talk in the tea room."
Xiao Shunzi looked at Wei Zisu salivatingly.
Wei Zisu was disgusted to death in her heart, but the smile on her face became more and more coquettish.
She said in a flattering voice, "I just went to ask for a cup of tea." ”
Xiao Shunzi didn't expect Wei Zisu to agree so easily, and his bones were lightened with excitement for a while, and he hurriedly ran to the front to lead the way.
When he arrived at the pantry, the goalkeeper brought him on, and Xiao Shunzi threw Wei Zisu into his arms, kissing him indiscriminately without rules.
"Good godmother, my son will serve you well today."
Wei Zisu is not sent to the door to take advantage of others, and it is not the turn of a little straight!
She raised her hand, twisted it lightly on Xiao Shunzi's waist, and scolded with a smile in her mouth: "You monkey, what are you doing in such a hurry!" Let your godfather know, do you want your life anymore? ”
Hearing this, Xiao Shunzi trembled, and his interest fell instantly.
He thinks about Wei Zisu, but he likes the excitement of being a godfather woman behind his back, and he can't afford to lose his life.
A hint of disdain flashed in Wei Zisu's eyes.
She pinched Xiao Shunzi's face and chuckled: "Look at your depressed and depressed appearance, there is a saying called the day to ......."
Xiao Shunzi was excited by Wei Zisu's words, but she was a little sober, and guessed that Wei Zisu had something to ask for, so she was willing to let herself take advantage of this.
But Xiao Shunzi was too greedy for Wei Zisu's good meat, so he smiled and said, "What does the godmother command, but it doesn't hurt to say it." As long as the son can help, the son will not refuse. ”