Yue Yunze stared at Du Xiaomeng with lowered eyes and said, "But you are not my mother. ”

Du Xiaomeng sat up, frowned, and thought for a while, shook her head, looked at him, and said, "I still can't make a relationship with you." She paused, a silly smile on her face, and then once again came out and kissed Yue Yunze's face, "Still, I like you."

Yue Yunze, who was light, was stunned for a moment, and then asked uncertainly, "Xiao'er likes me?" ”

There was a hint of anticipation in his tone.

"Hmm!" Du Xiaomeng let go of his face and then nodded his head affirmatively, and then stretched out his hand to the carriage and counted his fingers, "I like Yun Ze, and I also like Brother Ahu, Lord Lei, Mr. Zhao." ”

Hearing her answer like this, Yue Yunze's expression couldn't help but be a little gloomy, and said, "In your space, are people so casual to say the word 'like'?" ”

"Like is like, can't you say?" Du Xiaomeng muttered, turned over and turned his back to Yue Yunze, as if he was overwhelmed by alcohol, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Yue Yunze looked at Du Xiaomeng's back and didn't speak again, he just sat quietly beside her, looking at her quietly.

The carriage walked forward unimpeded, and it didn't take long to reach the gate of Yue's mansion. Yue Yunze got out of the carriage and asked Ah Hu to summon the strong kitchen mother to carry Du Xiaomeng, who was pretending to be drunk and pretending to sleep, back to the room.

At the same time that the kitchen mother carried Du Xiaomeng into the room and put him on the bed, Mr. Zhao and the coachman followed Yue Yunze into the room on the other side, and Ah Hu closed the door for them and guarded outside.

Yue Yunze sat down at the table and looked at the coachman standing in front of him, and asked, "Can you see where the new guard came from?" ”

"Hui Gongzi, that person's previous identity was a personal guard who had followed the third prince of Qiyang for many years, and he was even trusted by the third prince." The expressionless coachman lowered his head slightly, and the voice was Shangguan Hong, "When the third prince and the abolished prince and his subordinates secretly plotted to seize power, the third prince sent him to his subordinates to do things. At that time, he showed loyalty to his master, outstanding ability, and steady work. His subordinates had investigated his background and tested him in many ways, but they did not find the slightest flaw in him. Because of this, his subordinates also dispelled their suspicions about him and entrusted him with important tasks. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be Prince Qiyang's person, and even his subordinates were deceived by him. ”

Mr. Zhao said: "Even you can't notice his inappropriateness, which shows that this surname Lei is not simple." Prince Qi Yang sent such a person to Qingning County as a guard, I am afraid that he has ulterior motives, if he finds out that Shangguan Hong, the advisor of the third prince of Qi Yang, is in the Yue Mansion, it will definitely cause big trouble. Childe, it would be better to let Ah Long leave Qingning temporarily and find another place to hide. ”

Yue Yunze thought for a while and said, "What Uncle said is not unreasonable. You will leave Qingning tomorrow with the wagon of the tea plantation, and there will be no instructions not to come back. ”

Hearing this, the coachman hurriedly said: "Childe, that Lei Dongsheng is not an idle person, and his subordinates who put it in the barracks before may be noticed by him." His subordinates had worked with him for some time before, and they knew something about this person, so it was better to let his subordinates replace Neiying, who was originally in the barracks, to spy on him secretly and find out the real purpose of his coming to Qingning County. ”

Yue Yunze was silent for a moment and said, "The most dangerous place may also be the safest. However, if Lei Dongsheng accidentally discovers your existence during the investigation, do you know what to do? ”

The coachman said firmly: "Even if he dies, he will definitely not let Lei Dongsheng know the relationship between his subordinates and the Yue Mansion." ”

Mr. Zhao nodded with satisfaction and said, "In that case, you should enter the camp as soon as possible, complete the task as soon as possible, and return as soon as possible." ”

"Subordinates obey."

On the other side of the county king's mansion.

After Yue Yunze and the others left, the gongs and drums on the stage sounded again at the signal of the county king, and the little students appeared on the stage again, and their eyes flowed affectionately to interpret the wind and snow of the talented and beautiful woman. In the midst of the real and false snow, a group of maidservants once again came to the stage to remove the cold dishes on the table for the guests, and replaced them with a new round of wine and delicacies.

After a few hours of disturbance, the lively banquet of the county king's mansion finally ended in the appearance of great joy. As honored guests, Lei Dongsheng and the bearded man left the county king's mansion under the farewell of the county king of Qingning and other guests, and returned to the military camp with a cart full of gifts.

Back at the barracks, Lei Dongsheng and the bearded man got out of the car and walked straight into an independent barracks and called two soldiers to guard the door. The two soldiers with spears stood straight outside the door, their piercing eyes looking around their surroundings from time to time, and their ears pricked up to listen to the movements.

Lei Dongsheng closed the door tightly before turning around and walking into the house, taking out a hairpin and a fuchsia embroidered sachet from his arms and putting them on the table.

The bearded man couldn't help laughing when he looked at the things on the table, and said, "Adong, you said that you had something important to tell me, so you just wanted me to see the love token that Miss Watch gave you?" ”

"Of course not." Lei Dongsheng found a pair of scissors, sat down opposite the beard, picked up the sachet and carefully cut a hole.

The bearded man craned his neck to stare at the sachet in Lei Dongsheng's hand, watching him pour out the spices and pull out a piece of paper folded into a small square from it.

"There's something else in this sachet!" The bearded man said in surprise.

"That girl gave me a secret message before she gave me hairpins and sachets." Lei Dongsheng opened the paper as he spoke, and the bearded man quickly stood up and walked to his side and put his head forward to take a look.

I saw that it was a piece of tissue paper about the size of a palm, on which was written in very small and somewhat scribbled font: "The prince Tianzheng personally opened the palace and had an inside story, and at first sight, he may give a credible person as evidence, and the final signature was "The Promise of Ruyi".

Lei Dongsheng withdrew his gaze from the paper and asked, "Brother Zhang, do you know where that girl came from?" Is she really the cousin of the Yue family? ”

The bearded man stood up straight and narrowed his eyes and said, "Since the turmoil subsided, I have sent spies to monitor all parts of the county, and according to the information sent back from various sources, the woman seems to have appeared from Yue's mansion out of thin air. ”

"Oh?" Lei Dongsheng was a little puzzled, "Appeared out of thin air? ”

"Yes. The first time she appeared in front of everyone in Qingning County was the day you went to Yue's Tea House. Yue Yunze took her to the county teahouse in a high-profile manner, and then the county soon spread that she was Mr. Zhao's niece and Yue Yunze's cousin. However, the soldiers guarding the outer gates of Qingning County were all under my command, and they said that in the days before the day when the woman appeared in the teahouse, there were no goods or carriages from the Yue family entering and leaving Qingning County; The spies in charge of monitoring the tea house and Yue's mansion said that they had not seen the woman in or out of Yue's mansion before that, and that no one had visited or approached Yue's mansion in those days; What they found out from the guys at the tea house was that they had never seen or heard of the lady before. ”

The bearded man paused and continued, "This is unusual. The woman of unknown origin seemed to have suddenly appeared from Yue's Mansion, and on the surface, it seemed that she was related to Yue's Mansion, but now she pretended to be a ghost in front of everyone and handed over such a letter to you, maybe she set a trap with evil intentions. ”

Lei Dongsheng picked up the thin piece of paper, looked at it again and again, thought about it for a while, and then said, "No." In the letter, she called His Highness by name, and used a code word that only she and His Highness could understand, and she may also be His Highness's person. Whether it was good or not, it seemed from this letter that the girl knew something very important. This matter must not be delayed, and the letter must be delivered to His Highness as soon as possible, so that His Highness can decide how to deal with this matter. ”

The bearded man said, "In that case, then I will take the letter and set off for the capital immediately." ”

"There's no hurry." Lei Dongsheng stopped the bearded, "Everyone in the camp knows that Lord Zhang will return to Beijing tomorrow to report to His Royal Highness the Prince, if you set off now, it will make people suspicious." According to the original plan, he set off tomorrow, and when he left Qingning County, he hurried back to the capital immediately. ”

After speaking, he took paper, pen and ink and wrote another letter, and then carefully put the two letters into the envelope, sealed them, and solemnly handed them to the bearded man: "The stakes are very high, please Brother Zhang must send the letter back to the capital safely." ”

"Don't worry, I promise that I will be able to deliver the letter to His Highness in three days." The bearded man took the letter and hid it closely, turned around and strode out of the barracks.

It's late at night.

Shrouded in the cold winter air, Qingning County was asleep, and the occasional barking of dogs or the sound of a watch passed through the dead air, and were soon swallowed up by the thick night.

The Yue Mansion, located at the foot of the mountain, seemed even more silent in the thick night.

Du Xiaomeng didn't know how long she had been lying in bed. Since she met Lei Dongsheng at the tea house that day, she secretly wrote a letter and hid it in the sachet she was wearing, waiting for the opportunity to send the letter out. Today, he finally handed over the sachet to Lei Dongsheng's hand, but he was worried that Lei Dongsheng would not be aware of her intentions, whether he could discover the secret hidden in the sachet, and if he was aware of it, would he regard everything he did as a prank? The head that was hit by various thoughts was extremely sober, but she was "drunk" and wanted to lie still and pretend to be asleep, which was definitely a torment.

Finally managed to hear a few rooster crows from afar, Du Xiaomeng, who had been sleepless all night, opened her eyes and rubbed her head, slowly sat up with an uncomfortable look of hangover, and then got out of bed with her eyes half-squinted and half-open, and walked out unsteadily in the dark. She stumbled to the edge of the table and felt for the candle on the table to light it.

As soon as he turned on the lamp, he suddenly saw a person sitting at the table, Du Xiaomeng was so frightened that he screamed and knocked over the lamp that had just been lit, and took a step back and fell to the ground.

In the darkness, there was only a flash of firelight, and the lamp was lit again, and this time Du Xiaomeng finally saw that the person was Qiu Sha.

"It's you."

Du Xiaomeng was shocked, covering her heart with one hand, standing up and sitting on the stool with the other hand on the floor, and continued: "I said Red Leaf Girl, are you sitting here silently trying to scare me to death?" ”

In Yue's Mansion, Qiusha is not called Qiusha but "Red Leaves", and Shangguan Hong is called "Ah Long".

Qiu Sha, who was sitting upright, raised her eyelids and glanced at Du Xiaomeng, and said in a cold tone with an expressionless face: "Childe said that you are drunk and can not rest assured, let me come here to guard." With that, she stood up, "Since the girl has woken up, then I will go and boil some hot water for the girl to wash." ”

Du Xiaomeng lay on the table and rubbed her temples and said lazily: "There is a girl with red leaves." ”

Tyusha walked out and closed the door.

Du Xiaomeng, who was lying on the table, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, I know what kind of place I am in, and I have enough of the role that a drunk person should have.