The carriage turned around the corner and arrived at the back door of Yipinxiang, and the coachman parked the car and let Mu Ruqing come down.

As soon as he got out of the car, Mu Ruqing felt that something was wrong, except for the ox cart or his own people who delivered the vegetables, few guests walked from the back door, but there were many footprints at this time, scattered on the ground near the back door of Yipinxiang, and although the back door of Yipinxiang was hidden, the door lock was broken, and it looked like it had been pryed open.

Mu Ruqing didn't push the door in, but returned to the carriage and said to the driver who was driving the car: "Park the car on the side of the road, and then go back to tell your prince and ask him to come over, saying that Mu Ruqing has something to ask for, and he naturally knows what is going on." ”

The coachman turned around and disappeared into the darkness, but Ruan Mianmian and the others in the car didn't quite understand: "Brother Mu, what's wrong?" Why haven't we come home yet? ”

"Stay in the carriage, it's not safe at home now, someone has picked the lock through the back door, and there is more than one. Judging from the footprints, only those who entered but did not go out either climbed over the wall from other places or were still inside. A sharp light flashed in the corner of Mu Ruqing's eyes, turned over and got into the car and sat in the middle of the crowd.

He pulled out the waist knife from the car and held it in his hand, keeping an eye on the movement outside the door. Although he has never practiced martial arts, he is the strongest in the current group, so he naturally tries his best to protect the old and young behind him.

He asked the coachman to find Lu Gui is also confident, Lu Gui told Ruan Mianmian that he stood on Yipinxiang's side, and now that Yipinxiang's people are in danger, he is afraid that he also knows some inside information, and he will definitely come to the rescue, which is better than being alone.

At this time, it was already early in the morning, and the street was surprisingly quiet, Liu Xin'er and Ruan Mianmian, the two little girls, had been so frightened when they were like this, and they were huddled in the corner with some trembling, while Fang Dacang was guarding Ruan Mianmian's side, holding her shoulders with his hands, and not letting go of the slightest breeze.

In less than half an hour, I heard the chaotic sound of horses' hooves from far and near, opened the carriage curtain and looked out, the head of the head of the golden brocade must be the little prince Lu returned, everyone's hanging hearts fell to the ground, jumped off the carriage and waited beside it.

"How's it going, are you all right?" Lu Gui turned over and dismounted, and the first one was to see if Ruan Mianmian was injured.

"I'm fine, thank you for your concern." Ruan Mianmian lowered her head, and learned that Lu Gui had become the prince, although she was glad that she had not offended him before, but for some reason she was a little rusty, and she felt that there would be no intersection between the common people and the princes and nobles.

Lu Gui didn't ask anymore when he saw that she was fine, and ordered the guards who followed behind him to take the lead in the courtyard of Yipinxiang to see if there were any outsiders inside, and everyone also followed behind and walked in, and when they saw the situation in the courtyard, they were all a little unable to take a step.

The big willow tree was cut down with a lot of knife marks, the roots of the tree were almost hollowed out, the body of the tree was crumbling to the side, the Eight Immortals Table where Ruan Mianmian often sat in the courtyard was crooked and broken in half on the ground, and the flowers and trees were uprooted and destroyed, as if not an inch of land had been spared.

Mu Ruqing took everyone to each room to check again, the situation was the same as in the courtyard, all the furniture and even the tea bowls and saucers had been turned over, everything that could be destroyed was smashed to pieces, and even the sauerkraut jar in the kitchen was moved out and smashed.

The evildoer is gone, but this big mess cannot be cleaned up and restored to its original state in a day or two.

"What kind of people are so hateful! Didn't you see that our business was good and deliberately made trouble? Ruan Mian stomped his feet in anger, his eyes red.

Mu Ruqing arched his hand towards Lu Guiyi: "Thank you for your help, the prince is in a high position, do you know who is behind this scene?" ”

"I know, it's King Qi." Lu Gui picked his fingers and said casually.

"What? Is it the King of Qi? ”

Mu Ruqing only guessed that Lu Gui would know, but he didn't want him to tell himself without thinking, and he didn't react for a while, "Our shop has never had any grievances with the King of Qi, and has never even had any contact with the King of Qi, how can it be targeted by the King of Qi here?" ”

In the memories of Yipinxiang everyone, they have never dealt with King Qi, only once when they talked about it, or when Uncle Hua told the story of Princess Jingshu in the carriage, he mentioned that King Qi's mother was the murderer of the princess.

"Perhaps, there has been an intersection for a long time, don't you know?" Lu Gui waved the guards out of the courtyard, and he himself sat down on the remaining stone bench next to the Eight Immortals Table.

"Please also ask the prince to make it clear."

"This story can be long, and it takes a lot of time to talk about it, if it weren't for the fact that the sleeping girl is still here, I wouldn't have bothered to think about it." Lu Gui laughed, and did not forget to wink at Ruan Mianmian, and Fang Cannon stood sideways in front, blocking Lu Gui's gaze.

"Me?" Ruan Mianmian was confused and scratched the top of his head.

"The little prince is willing to say it, there is no need to talk about it, people don't look down on it." Fang Cannon was a little angry, he didn't even look at Lu Gui, and he only stood in front of Ruan Mianmian with a puff.

Lu Gui was not angry, and said to himself: "This has to start with my life experience." I am the adopted son of the emperor's eldest brother Lao Yingwang, since I was a child, I lived with him in the fiefdom, and I did not often return to Beijing, some time ago my father died, and I returned to Beijing to inherit the throne of the British king. ”

"So that plum garden is the property of the British king?" Ruan Mianmian asked.

"It's mine now, I have a dissolute personality, and I am not born to my father, so most of the princes and nobles look down on me, but because I am superb in martial arts, I am often asked to do something for them. Later, the King of Qi came to me and gave me a favor to spy on a secret of Yipinxiang. ”

"Spying on us? Are you also an accomplice? Fang Cannon's eyes widened.

"Don't worry, you can't beat me." Lu Gui casually grabbed a handful of willow leaves and threw them out, and these willow leaves instantly inserted into the ground in front of Fang Dacannon, forming a semicircle.

"Cannon, don't be impulsive, let him continue." Mu Ruqing made a move to stop the angry Fang cannon.

"I helped him find something, but now, I don't want to look for it, so ah, I don't have to help him anymore, he sent someone tonight not just to find something, if you are all at home, can you still be so unscrupulous by his people?"

"So, there is still a mouthful?" Mu Ruqing's eyes flickered.

"Otherwise, do you think the emperor has nothing to do, and suddenly let you enter the palace to cook? If it weren't for this king in front of the emperor, he probably wouldn't know your name, this brother said, isn't it, ah? Lu Gui looked at the sabre-rattling Fang cannon with some amusement.

"Hmph, then your motives are also impure!" Fang Cannon, don't look over.

"Don't think about whether my motives are pure or not, let's clean up this mess first, my guards will stay here first, one is to protect you, and the other is to help you clean up, you see, the branches on the ground almost tripped this king, what should it be guilty of?" Lu Gui raised his foot and kicked away a branch under his feet, laughed twice and turned to leave.

Mu Ruqing sent out of the gate and bowed: "Anyway, thank you Wangye, Wangye go slowly." “

Back in the courtyard, these guards were really already cleaning up the yard, and Ruan Mianmian went to the chaotic kitchen to boil water from the only remaining kettle to make tea, and brought it out to the guards: "Big brother, you have worked hard, let's drink some water first, don't be in a hurry." ”

The sky is bright, there is already the sound of roosters crowing in the distance, these guards must have gotten up in the middle of the night and returned with Lu, and they haven't rested until now, Ruan Mianmian is still very considerate of other people's thoughts.

The guard who took the lead took the tea and took a sip, and said to Ruan Mianmian, "You are the famous eater, right?" The only one in this capital is you, they all say that you are delicate and good-looking, and when I look at it today, it is indeed the case. ”

The guard teased again, looking at Fang Dacang, who was picking up branches on the side, "This little brother is your lover?" You see how much he protected you just now, with deep affection! ”

Hearing this, those guards all laughed, Mu Ruqing and Uncle Hua also laughed in a low voice, Liu Xin'er looked thoughtfully at Ruan Mianmian's appearance blushing to the base of her neck, and smiled unconsciously.

Fang Dacang's face was flushed, as if he had drunk a jar of wine, and he said to the guard: "What nonsense, I'm good at sleeping, because..."

Before he finished speaking, Ruan Mianmian had already put down the tea and ran back to the kitchen, Fang Dacang didn't even say this, he still lowered his head to pick up the branches, but his eyes were stunned, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Ruan Mianmian came out again, holding a broom, silently sweeping the garbage on the other side, those guards were chatting about some parents, Ruan Mianmian was curious about everything, so she pricked up her ears to listen, just because these people were laughing at her and Fang Cannon, she didn't want to speak again.

There is a guard who said that the little prince treats people very well, they usually take care of the family and the courtyard, and rarely come out to do things like this, and the little prince also gives them two ingots of silver per month every month, which is not only enough to support the family, but also to buy a very good yard. Hearing this, Ruan Mianmian also forgot that he was messing with them, and exclaimed, "Two ingots of silver? That's how much you get paid in a month? ”

The guard smiled and said: "What is this, all kinds of gifts sent by outsiders, he doesn't love them, he will reward them, whether it is pastries or jade things, everyone has taken the reward he gave casually, then it is called valuable!" ”

Another guard also echoed: "Yes, yes, the osmanthus cake on the prince last time, what my son and daughter love to eat, yelling for me to get some more, I said how can I have that ability, it was given by the palace, I can't taste the second in this life, my wife still thinks I said it." ”

Although Ruan Mianmian has a monthly coin of two taels of silver a month, he also knows that two taels of silver is far from two ingots of silver. Usually, Jiang Xinyue takes her shopping, and she can't use up one or two silver to buy many things, and she still has a lot of money left, not to mention two ingots of silver, which is really a lot of money.

In the past, Lu Gui said that the silver ingots were the smallest money on him, and she didn't believe it, but now she really believes it.

It's just that although he lamented that Lu Gui's family was so rich, Ruan Mianmian didn't have any other thoughts, and suddenly remembered Fang Dacan, who was depressed on the side picking up branches, so he leaned over with a broom and whispered in his ear: "No matter how rich he is, he is not as good as you." ”

After saying this, Ruan Mianmian ran away as lightly as a little butterfly, and Fang Dacang squatted in a daze, and the blush on his face touched the root of his ears.