Chapter 57: Multi-party competition
As Xiao Zhan expected, the news of the presence of assassins in the Prince's Mansion did not leak until it was locked down for several days. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test I heard that the prince was injured in order to protect the princess, and the saint was still distressed, so he summoned him to the palace overnight to comfort him.
When Lu Qing heard the news, he was indignant. Xiao Zhan was assassinated at the beginning, and his injuries were much more serious than Xiao Shuo's, but the saint ignored them. It's as if this son wasn't his own at all.
On this day, Xiao Zhan came to the Song Mansion as a guest. Lu Qing's sullen face fell on Song Wenyu's eyes, making him a little curious.
"Lu Qing, what's wrong?"
Xiao Zhan was playing against Song Wenyu, glanced back at Lu Qing and said, "It's nothing." “
Song Wenyu smiled slightly and said, "I guess, he is avenging your grievances." “
"If you know it, why do you say it?" Xiao Zhan glanced at Song Wenyu helplessly, and then lowered his head to concentrate on playing chess.
Song Wenyu looked at him, and his curiosity became more and more obvious. "Don't you feel lost, the degree of care that the saint treats Xiao Shuo viii.viii."
"So what," Xiao Zhan raised his head and looked at Song Wenyu, so that he could see clearly that he was indeed very calm, without the slightest resentment, "He is not only a father, but also a saint." No matter how pampered he is, one day he can turn his face and be ruthless. I know this better than anyone. “
Song Wenyu was stunned when he heard this, he subconsciously glanced at Lu Qing, and saw that the young man had a sad face, obviously feeling sorry for his master.
Oh, yes. The fact that a person can say such a cruel truth so calmly is enough to make people sigh.
Song Wenyu stopped talking, but just accompanied Xiao Zhan to play chess. Seeing that this chess game was coming to an end, Xiao Zhan suddenly spoke: "I heard that your wife was also present on the day of the crown princess's assassination, that kind of scene didn't scare her." “
At the mention of Ah Jin, Song Wenyu's eyes were filled with a gentle look. He shook his head, unconsciously lowered his voice and said, "No, she's very good." When I came back, I told me about it in an orderly manner. To be honest, I was a little scared. “
Xiao Zhan looked at him with some surprise when he heard him say this. Song Wenyu didn't understand why he looked at himself like this, and was about to ask a question, when he heard Xiao Zhan ask, "It seems that you get along well with her?" “
Song Wenyu was embarrassed and nodded slightly. Xiao Zhan's hand holding the chess piece tightened unconsciously, but there was still a smile on his face. "That's good, you've finally figured it out."
Regarding Xiao Zhan's words, Song Wenyu smiled silently. As the two were talking, they saw Ah Jin walking from far and near with two maids, and saw that Song Wenyu was not only sitting in the pavilion, she was stunned for a moment, and finally stepped forward to salute Song Wenyu and Xiao Zhan.
Song Wenyu pulled Ah Jin to his side, pointed at Xiao Zhan and said, "This is King Run." “
"The concubine has seen Lord Run." Ah Jin saluted Xiao Zhan, pretending not to know him. After all, in Song Wenyu's view, this is the first time the two have met.
Xiao Zhan nodded lightly to her, behaving decently and detached. I saw Song Wenyu turn his head sideways and look at Ah Jin intently and asked softly, "Why did you suddenly come to the front yard." “
"I was going to your study. Halfway through, the steward said you're here, and I'll come over," she said, and she asked Ah Zhen to put a food box on the stone table, "It's not a big deal, it's just to send you a snack and snacks." I'll send another copy to my mother-in-law and the old lady later. “
"Well, good. There you go. Song Wenyu smiled and squeezed his hand, Ah Jin smiled back, and glanced at Xiao Zhan again before leaving. Seeing that the smile on his face was undiminished, it made people feel a little distressed.
"Lord Run, the concubine has retreated. Don't bother the two of you to talk. Ah Jin saluted Xiao Zhan again before leaving.
Xiao Zhan's gaze unconsciously rested on Ah Jin's body, and her departing figure reminded him of the first time he met her when he was a child.
On that day, it was snowing heavily.
He was surrounded by the dead soldiers secretly sent by the Zhu Jiajun on the edge of the cliff, and for the first time at the age of fourteen, he felt that death was so close to him. He closed his eyes in despair when he saw that the group was about to attack him.
At this moment, six-year-old Ah Jin descended on him like a god. But in the blink of an eye, those dead soldiers were cleaned up.
She turned her head and looked at herself coldly. It was also this glance that made him stunned for a moment.
This girl is very beautiful, her eyes are also very clear, and she does not seem to be mixed with the slightest smoke and fire in the world.
"You are viii.viii."
It took him a long time to find his voice and stumble out the words. If the girl said at this moment that she was a spirit made of snow in the mountains, he would have believed it.
"It was your friend who called me to save you," the girl turned her head and calmly glanced at the corpses that were about to be covered in snow, "You come with me." “
With that, she flicked the short blade in her hand a few times to clean the blood from the groove before retracting it into her sleeve. Xiao Zhan walked behind her with a deep foot and a shallow corner, but her steps were light.
In the end, he didn't know how he was placed on the Unruly Mountain by Ah Jin. All he remembered was that before he fainted, he saw the bell she pinned to her waist come to him.
Yesterday's memories came flooding back, Xiao Zhan smiled lonely and withdrew his nostalgic eyes. All this in Song Wenyu's eyes really made him tremble.
"Lord Wang, what's wrong with you?" He asked quietly.
"It's fine, just remembering something from the past." Xiao Zhan smiled slightly, and held the silver bell pinned to his waist tighter.
After Ah Jin took Ah Zhen and Ah Jiu to send snacks to the old lady and Song Yu, he accompanied Song Yu to talk for a while before leaving the main courtyard. As soon as I got out of the house. It was found that it was already evening.
Ah Jin touched his stomach and felt a little hungry. was thinking about whether to tell Ah Zhen and Ah Jiu to prepare dinner, when Song Wenyu came here with Huairen.
"Are you hungry?" Song Wenyu looked at her like that, and knew that she was greedy again.
Ah Jin pursed her lips and nodded, and Song Wenyu glanced at her reproachfully. "I made so much food for us, and I didn't leave a bite for myself."
"Originally, I kept it, but the girl thought about it, and finally sent her share to Tingzhuxuan." Ah Zhen is straightforward and fast-talking.
Song Wenyu was stunned, and was a little surprised by Ah Jin's move. He looked at her. asked very seriously: "If you and Li'er don't get along, you won't get along, there's no need to do these things." “
"What I know, it's just that I heard about Luo Teng, and suddenly felt that my sister-in-law was really pitiful. Today's dim sum is just a matter of convenience, not deliberate. “
After listening to Ah Jin's words, Song Wenyu stepped forward and grabbed her hand, and the two went to the east wing together. "What you say to eat, I'll let Huairen go out and buy it."
"I don't know what to eat, I want to eat something outside, I just don't want to eat Lan Yin Ji." Ah Jin stuck to Song Wenyu's side, pulling his sleeve and shaking it.
"Did you hear that?" Song Wenyu glanced at Huairen who was standing beside him, Huairen nodded again and again, and trotted all the way to the outside of the mansion.
Ah Zhen looked at Huairen's hurried appearance, covered her mouth and smiled: "Huairen is really interesting. “
Ah Jiu snorted coldly, noncommittal.
"The entourage around my uncle, how can you two comment casually." Ah Jin turned around and whispered to Ah Zhen. Ah Jiu didn't understand, he didn't say anything. Why was it also pulled in.
So she snorted again.
"A nine viii.viii."
Ah Jin looked at Ah Jiu helplessly, and was about to say something, when he saw Liangyu coming towards him, and when he saw that it was Song Wenyu and Ah Jin, he hurriedly knelt down. Ah Jin glanced at the food box she was carrying, and everything understood.
"The girl doesn't like what's in the box."
Before Liangyu could speak, Ah Jin spoke first.
"The girl didn't dislike it, it's just viii.viii.just viii.viii." Liangyu didn't expect Ah Jin to ask so bluntly, and Song Wenyu was also with Ah Jin. All of a sudden, all the words I had come up with were forgotten.
"I don't embarrass you, you can bring it," Ah Jin sighed and motioned for Ah Zhen to take the food box.
Liangyu is like a general amnesty, and he is full of gratitude to Ah Jin. "Thank you, Madame, for your understanding."
"Well, you get up." Ah Jin replied lightly, and only after Liangyu stood up did he ask again: "The girl is doing recently." “
Liangyu frowned and hesitated for a moment before shaking his head. "The girl has eaten less and slept less these days. People have lost a lot of weight. “
"You have to wait carefully, and after a while, maybe the girl will want to leave. It's just that this difficult time is hard for you to spend with her. Ah Jin said a few words of comfort, and then let Liangyu leave.
As soon as she turned around, she saw Song Wenyu looking at him with novelty in his eyes.
"What do you do?"
"I didn't expect you to do it in one set. It's really a bit like an official's wife. Song Wenyu said, stepped forward and took Ah Jin's hand. The two continued to walk slowly on the sheep intestine path.
"There's so much you don't know." Ah Jin muttered quietly.
Song Wenyu listened to it and laughed sullenly: "I'm looking forward to it." Speaking of Song Li's situation, you seem to be knowingly asking just now? “
"It's not like asking knowingly. It's just that when I was chatting with my mother-in-law today, my mother-in-law mentioned it like that. She was such a strong person that she only wiped tears when she said these things. So I'm going viii.viii."
"So you're going to have someone send your share of the snacks you kept for yourself to my sister."
"Hmm." Ah Jin lowered his head, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. Speaking of which, there are countless lives lost in her hands, and it is already a miracle that Song Li can survive by provoking her so much before.
Now, he is still moved by compassion for a woman who has no blood relationship with him. This sudden delicate emotion caught her off guard.
Ah Jin was confused, not knowing whether he was wrong or right to do this. In the end, it is a compromise, or I have learned to be sophisticated.
"You're like this, it's good," Song Wenyu seemed to see her confusion, she asked him to face herself, looked into her eyes, and said seriously: "You used to be like that." It's also good. As long as it's Ah Jin, it's fine. “
This sentence "As long as it's Ah Jin, it's all good", hits Ah Jin's heart. He stared at him stunned, and suddenly his eyes overflowed with tears. Ah Jin turned his head sideways, not wanting him to see the tears.
She didn't want him to ask because she really didn't know how to answer. Maintaining the status quo was already the limit of what she could hide in front of him.
"You viii.viii." Ah Jin took a deep breath and suppressed his crying. Make your voice sound like she's shaking because of shyness, "It's weird, why do you suddenly say something like this." “
"If you like to hear it, it doesn't hurt to tell you every day." Song Wenyu hugged her from behind and whispered in her ear.
Ah Jin lowered his head, just silently enjoying the quiet years.
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After Xiao Zhan came out of the Song Mansion, he did not rush back to the Runwang Mansion, but went to Lan Yin Ji.
There are many prestigious restaurants in the royal capital, but there has never been one that has been so favored by Xiao Zhan as Lan Yin Ji. No one else understands why. But Lu Qing understood.
He also understood that Xiao Zhan was going to borrow wine to drown his sorrows today.
Sitting in the private room on the second floor, Xiao Zhan could see the bustling market downstairs. If you look at it from afar, you can even vaguely see Suzaku Lane.
"Ah Qing, that alley is where she saved me in the first place." Xiao Zhan pointed to the street not far away that was full of colorful lanterns and said.
He poured a glass of wine, but did not rush to drink it. His eyes never took off the alley, as if he had just looked at it. He could see Ah Jin, who was dressed as a young man with a sword in front of him.
Lu Qing stood aside and was silent, because he didn't know what to say at this time to make Xiao Zhan feel better. Or, in fact, it is useless for him to say anything, it is better not to say it.
"That was the second time she saved me, but she didn't take it to heart at all. I saw it today, and she didn't bring the token I gave her. “
"Fourth son, she viii.viii. she probably didn't need this." Lu Qing persuaded tactfully, for fear of touching Xiao Zhan's scales, and for fear of touching his sadness.
"yes, she didn't need that. I thought that was the case, so I wanted to carry out the plan after she leftviii.viii. How could such a person be so clean and clean by the disturbances of this world. “
Speaking of this, Xiao Zhan clenched the small cup in his hand. Lu Qing could see that he was angry. He was like a volcano that had been silent for a long time, calm and harmless on the surface, but the hidden anger was churning in his body.
Lu Qing was worried about Xiao Zhan, and he was a little afraid of Xiao Zhan like this.
"The Fourth Son viii.viii."
He called Xiao Zhan tentatively, Xiao Zhan was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, the anger that was almost vented disappeared without a trace. It's just that he speaks in a colder tone. "Since she wants to roll in this red dust, I don't have to wait any longer."
Xiao Zhan said something that he didn't understand, and raised his head and drank the water and wine in the cup.
Lu Qing looked up and looked at the full moon outside the window. It was a bright moon in the sky, and a dark cloud floated from nowhere, blocking the moonlight. Let this world also become cloudy and uncertain.
Lu Qing glanced at Xiao Zhan, who was drinking stuffy wine, and his intuition told him that the sky in the royal capital was going to change after all.
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On the first day that Dai Yue returned to the Unruly Mountain from the northwest, Liang Qi'an came to her room.
"Ade, how's it going? You're not hurt, are you? “
The anxiety and concern between the lines of his words made Dai Yue's heart burst with sweetness. She shook her head, raised her eyes to look at Liang Qi'an and said, "That person is so strange, he has secretly observed me for several days, but in the end he didn't do anything. “
"What? Did he find something? For this speculation, Liang Qi'an was a little unconvinced. The person pretending to be Cai Wei this time is none other than Dai Yue, the current master of the Thousand Faces Hall.
He didn't believe that someone could detect something wrong without approaching her.
"Originally, I thought the same way, but I don't think so," Dai Yuexiu frowned slightly, pacing around the room while thinking, "If he finds out that I am not Cai Wei, then his first reaction should not be to capture and interrogate me alive first." Do you want to kill people again? But he didn't. “
"This is really viii.viii." Liang Qi'an touched his chin in embarrassment, "Could it be that the clue is broken like this?" “
"Well, viii.viii. I once glanced at that person a few times in a hurry, and I always felt that he looked like a person," Dai Yue said halfway, but didn't continue, just stared at Liang Qi'an. Because, she really didn't want to mention this person, everything about that woman, she didn't want to mention.
"Who?" Liang Qi'an didn't understand why Dai Yue wanted to stop talking, he was anxious to know the answer, and seeing that Dai Yue hadn't moved for a long time, he asked.
"It's the one who saved the life of the doctor ten years ago." Dai Yue pursed her lips, and finally said the answer hidden in her heart. As soon as she finished speaking, she turned her head and sat down in front of the vanity mirror, and said no more.
Looking through the mirror, she saw Liang Qi'an standing there with a frown.
"Is that him? No. How could it be him. “
"What's impossible. Although he was rescued by you, he refused to give him a normal face with our disguise technique, and went down the unruly mountain with burns all over his body. Since then, there has been no news. The back of him when he left, I just glanced at it, and I can't forget it. The man in black turned to leave, as determined as he was. “
Dai Yue saw Liang Qi'an turn his head and stare at him suspiciously through the mirror, and said, "It's just that I don't understand why he is willing to be someone else's eagle dog." Will do things that are not good for Tsutenkaku. Or rather, that's what he had in mind. Because of that person, he hated all things in the world, including you. After all, the current saint was suspicious of you having an affair with her in the first place, so he viii.viii."
"No, it can't be him." Liang Qi'an interrupted her, not wanting her to say any more. Dai Yue stopped talking at the right time and didn't say any more.
"It's not a way for you to escape like this."
"It won't be him, he's not like that."
"But what if it's him?" Dai Yue is aggressive, just trying to ask for an answer at this moment.
Liang Qi'an looked at her for a long time, looked up to the sky and sighed. "If that's the case, viii.viii. Tongtian Pavilion's hundred-year foundation, I still have to keep it after all."
Dai Yue breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this. "With your words, I am relieved."
"In your heart, am I such a person who can't pick up the weight?" Liang Qi'an glanced at Dai Yue helplessly.
I saw Dai Yue reply confidently: "I don't know." Everything in this world can be handled indifferently by you, Liang Qi'an. Only one thing. If these people and things are related to that person, you will definitely mess with yourself. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is indiscriminate. “
"You viii.viii." Liang Qi'an raised his finger and pointed at Dai Yue, but finally flicked his sleeves and said, "I won't argue with you." “
"Do you think I want to go up against you like that?" Dai Yue said, stood up, took out a letter from her sleeve, and handed it to Liang Qi'an's hand. "There's one more thing I think you need to know."
Liang Qi'an took it in his hand and looked at it, and found that it was sent by Wang Du. He opened the letterhead and looked at it for a moment, and then his face turned white with anger.
"Who sent this?" Liang Qi'an raised his head and looked at Dai Yue, his eyes felt like he was about to eat people.
"It was written by Ah Jin himself, you don't even recognize her handwriting," Dai Yue looked at Liang Qi'an's angry eyes, and wanted to laugh. "Ah Jin, that ghost spirit, knew that if he told you about this directly, you must be like this, so he sent the letter to me first."
"This bastard, how could he do that!" Liang Qi'an gritted his teeth and said, and read the content of the letter again as if he didn't believe it.
It was written very simply, with only a few words: Forgiveness is ineffective, and it is impossible to learn the Thousand Faces Technique to the realm of feathering. Others looked at this line of words, and they didn't feel normal.
Only the people of Tongtian Pavilion can understand Ah Jin's true meaning - she is no longer a child, and in this life, I am afraid that she will not have a chance with the thousand-faced technique that has reached the peak.
"That's Ah Jin's willingness, you can't blame Song Wenyu alone."
"But this stinky boy's mind is not on Ah Jin!"
"Ah Jin is not stupid, since he is willing to hand it over to him, it is natural that the two of them have already fallen in love." Dai Yue asked softly and comforted the old father in front of her who had lost his little padded jacket, but Liang Qi'an's heart still hurt a little.
His baby daughter, Ah Jin, how could she be arched by such a pig.
Liang Qi'an's face changed in a thousand ways, sometimes angry, sometimes anxious, and finally extremely depressed. He sat down dejectedly, and suddenly said, "I'm going to the royal capital." “
"You're clearly acting in a hurry." Dai Yue really didn't want to coax this unrelenting old man, but she had to be patient to reason with him.
"I'm not reckless," someone said stiffly: "I'm not just looking for trouble with Song Wenyu." I'm going to help Ah Yin investigate the case. “
Dai Yue looked at him with a frown, and finally gave up preaching. She turned around gracefully, sat aside, and replied calmly, "If the pavilion master thinks this is appropriate, he will go down the mountain immediately." With the pavilion master sitting in the array, Ah Yin and Ah Chu and they will get twice the result with half the effort when they start doing things. “
Liang Qi'an could hear that Dai Yue was talking back. But as soon as he thought that his little padded jacket was worn away inexplicably, his breath was blocked in his heart, and he couldn't get up and down.
"I'll go down tomorrow! Cabinet affairs, Ade, you take care of it for me. Liang Qi'an stood up and walked straight out of Dai Yue's room.
Seeing her leave, Dai Yue sighed lightly, and wrote a reply letter overnight, hoping that this letter could reach the royal capital one step faster than Liang Qi'an.
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