When Cang Xuelan arrived, the tavern had been half burned, the plaque fell on the steps in front of the door, and there were soldiers of their own families standing around, and when they saw Cang Xuelan coming, they all saluted.

Wei Rong's face was covered with black ashes, and he reported to Cang Xue Lanyu: "That group of people started quickly, and they didn't want to entangle us. He wounded a few brothers, set fire and withdrew. ”

"This is trying to make our house restless." Cang Xuelan sneered, "By the way, where is the Nine Emperor Princes?" ”

"You're just thinking of me now." The Nine Emperors said coolly.

Cang Xuelan turned around and saw the Nine Emperor Princes carrying a short crossbow on his shoulder, swaggering towards him. This man probably had just escaped from the fire, his cuffs were burnt, and there was a smell of mush on his body.

"Your Highness, this is ......"

The Nine Emperor Princes snorted, "Those people are really despicable, it wasn't enough to burn me once last time, and this time they set fire again, what kind of person is the little master!" Can you let him burn it twice? He raised the crossbow in his hand with a smug expression.

Cang Xuelan took a closer look, this short bow was engraved with the word Ning, this is estimated to be the bow and arrow newly improved by the domestic military department some time ago, and I heard that it can shoot seven arrows at once. And unlike ordinary bows and arrows, it is troublesome and time-consuming to load arrows after being fired once, and there are mechanisms connected to the wall of this short bow, which can be fired three times in a row, for a total of twenty-one arrows.

But because it takes so much time and effort to make this bow, only a few generals can take it. Last year, Cang Xuelan was on the fold and wanted to ask the emperor for a batch, but now she hasn't approved it.

This Nine Emperor Princes is indeed the most favored son of His Majesty the Emperor, and even this kind of thing was rewarded to him as an exception.

"Your Highness is a good archery." Cang Xuelan bowed.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say." The Nine Emperor Princes pinned the short crossbow to their waists, looking here and there for a while.

Cang Xuelan turned around and was about to give some orders, but saw Wei Rong's face gloomy, staring at the Nine Emperor Princes. Although Wei Rong has never had any expression, such a gloomy face is indeed rare.

"Is anyone hurt?"

"It's just that a few brothers have their eyes smoked, and it's not a big deal." Wei Rong hesitated for a moment, "General, that Nine Emperor's martial arts may be much higher than you imagined. ”

"Why?"

"That bow and crossbow is really powerful, but the other party sent them are all light masters, it is not easy to shoot one or two, and it is not easy to shoot and injure all the fifteen or sixteen people who sneaked in." Wei Rong lowered his voice.

"Didn't shoot or die?"

"Not bad."

"Eh!"

There was an exclamation in the distance, Cang Xuelan looked up, it turned out that the Nine Emperor Princes were not paying attention, and hit their heads on the wooden pillar, the wooden pillar was burned black, and his head hit it, and his forehead was blackened.

Cang Xuelan sneered: "It's quite similar." ”

"General, should we ......?"

"No," Cang Xuelan raised her feet and walked towards Wen Ying's courtyard, "The most important thing now is to take out the account book, otherwise they will make trouble again and again, I will be fine, and the brothers will not be able to bear it." ”

"Wouldn't that be what they wanted?"

Cang Xuelan smiled but did not speak.

Wen Ying heard the movement outside and hid in the room all the time, waiting for the shouting and killing outside to stop before she dared to open the window and look outside. Seeing Cang Xuelan coming, she hurriedly pushed the door and ran out.

Before Wen Ying could speak, Cang Xuelan said, "Miss Wen, let's talk inside." ”

The two entered the house, leaving Wei Rong to guard the door.

Cang Xuelan got straight to the point and said, "Have you found Lord Wen's token?" ”

Wen Ying frowned and shook her head, "Daddy's relics, I've looked through them countless times, but I haven't found anything." General Cang, you are more familiar with Chang'an Ticket Village than me, what are the tokens they have set there? ”

"There is everything, handkerchiefs, bracelets, tattoos, and even some people even carve a token specifically. Master Wen is extremely smart, and he may not have expected this situation now, so what he has set will not be too difficult. Miss Wen, we haven't been able to sleep well in the past two days, and the sooner you think of what the token is, the sooner we can catch the murderer of Lord Wen. ”

Wen Ying nodded, "I see." ”

"It's been a hard time."

"You're serious."

After finishing the business, Cang Xuelan got up and planned to retire, but Wen Ying stopped him and took out a fox fur from the house, "I heard that you have an old disease, and you can't see the wind in your wounds, I don't need this thing, you can wrap it around your neck, it can be warmer." ”

"You're weak ......"

"I stay in the house all day, there is a charcoal fire roasting, and I don't even need cotton clothes. If you walk outside every day, you should be careful. ”

Cang Xuelan didn't think much about it, so she took the fox fur, "Then thank you, it's really cold outside in the past two days, I heard that it doesn't snow too much in Changzhou, I still think it won't be too cold, I don't want to underestimate here." ”

Wen Ying smiled back, "By the way, the water girl is fine." ”

"She's fine, she'll be back in a moment."

On the road, Wang Han rode a horse, and behind him was Governor Chen's carriage. The little guard turned around Governor Chen's carriage for a long time, then ran to the front again, and took the reins of Wang Han's horse.

The horse snorted and shook its head. Wang Han hurriedly stabilized the horse, he lowered his body and said in a low voice: "Water girl, you pull lightly." ”

"Got it!" Shui Banxia, who was dressed as a little guard, rolled his eyes, "Your general is really good, he begged me to come out to help, but he was good, leaving me here alone, and I have to walk back by myself!" ”

"The general is also in a hurry, as soon as something happens to the Nine Emperors, we all have to lose our heads, what's more, didn't the general leave you here to take care of you?"

"Are you taking care of me? If you take care of me, I should sit on the horse, and you come down and walk!" ”

"Water girl, isn't this to hide people's eyes." Wang Han said in a low voice, "Okay, let's shut up, don't be heard for a while, so that the general's plan will be over." ”

Shui Banxia snorted coldly, but she didn't speak again, she honestly pretended to be an ordinary soldier and led Wang Han's horse.

The two took Governor Chen all the way to Wen Ying's courtyard, and after Governor Chen dismounted, Shui Banxia had already taken advantage of the crowd and slipped away.

Cang Xuelan stood in front of Governor Chen, reassured him repeatedly, and helped him walk into the door, her fingers lightly clasped on his wrists. This person's pulse is weak, and it is indeed a weak and sickly pulse, Governor Chen seems to be very afraid of the cold, his body is very thickly wrapped, and the whole person is tightly covered except for his face exposed, Cang Xuelan took advantage of the effort to speak, and sniffed beside him for a long time, but he didn't smell any bad smell.

There was a stove boiling tea in the house, and the Nine Emperor Princes sat quietly on a chair, with a white cloth wrapped around his forehead.

"Your Highness? You ......"

The Nine Emperors were embarrassed, "Don't tighten, don't tight." ”

Cang Xuelan and Governor Chen sat down, and after the three of them were silent for a while, Cang Xuelan said: "Now that they have started to carry out this kind of surprise attack, although I am not afraid, but Miss Wen is weak, and the Nine Emperor Princes are expensive, and it is not a way to keep making such a surprise attack." ”

"Can't you just catch them all?"

"These people are very deeply hidden, it seems that they have long been rooted in Xuzhou, and I have been sending people to search in the city, but to no avail. After that, they will only make a small fuss, and when we counterattack, they will retreat, wanting us to never have peace. Although the people I brought were all good players, they were not dominant in terms of numbers. ”

Governor Chen frowned, "Then what does the general think?" ”

"This place has been attacked many times, and it's not a way to keep guarding here, so let's withdraw first."

"Where?"

Cang Xuelan was a little chilled, he stood up, walked to the stove, and put one foot on the stove, "As early as the last time I was attacked, I planned to hide in a different place. ”

"There are so many of us, everywhere we go is eye-catching, why don't we hide separately?"

Cang Xuelan shook her head, "Lord Qi has already encountered an accident, if a few of us are still separated, I will divide it alone. Lack of skills. ”

"What should I do in the general's opinion?"

"I have a place to hide, but I may have to wronged you."

The Nine Emperor Princes had been silent, and as soon as he heard the word grievance, he immediately stood up, "The last time you asked me to be wronged, I slept on the plank for a long time, and this time I was wronged, did I even sleep on the plank?" ”

Cang Xuelan replied with a kind smile, "I'll be in this courtyard today, and tomorrow while it's still dark, just follow me." ”

"I'll have to clean up my salute."

"No, no," Cang Xuelan dragged out a package from the side, which contained some cotton clothes, "Rest early later, and change into this clothes directly tomorrow." From now on, Lord Chen is the father, surnamed Li Shiqiao, building bridges for a living, I am the eldest son, called Li Dalang, the ninth prince is the second son, named Li Erlang, Miss Wen is the third sister, named Li Xiaomei, the four of us are from other places, because the gate of Qizhou has been closed for a long time, in order to save money, I want to rent a cheaper house. ”

The Nine Emperors twitched the corners of his mouth: "Your name is too casual, the one who repairs the bridge is called Shiqiao, the old general took you to the battlefield to fight back then, and he didn't take Cangwei Guo or Cang to kill the enemy." ”

Cang Xuelan couldn't hear the whispers of the Nine Emperor Princes, "Since everyone has no opinion, then this matter is decided, I'll go and make a little bit of a difference, let people pretend to be us, and continue to live in this courtyard, hiding people's eyes." ”

"But it's just a few of us, wouldn't it be too dangerous?"

"Don't worry, there have been many people in Chengli who have been renting cheap houses recently, and I have already sent my people to live around one after another, and everyone must be low-key in everything, especially His Highness."

The Nine Emperors' hearts were like ashes, but they still wanted to struggle again, "Can I refuse?" ”

"What do you think?"

After appeasing the Nine Emperor Princes and Lord Chen, Cang Xuelan used the excuse to go out to set up defenses, but actually went to Wen Ying and Shui Banxia's room. Wen Ying was careful, knowing that several people had been running around for most of the day, and they must be hungry and went to the kitchen to make porridge.

Shui Banxia was changing her clothes, only a belly pocket was left, as soon as the door opened, a cold wind blew in, she shivered from the cold, she shouted through the screen: "Hurry up and close the door!" It's cold! ”

Cang Xuelan hurriedly closed the door, poked her head out of the screen, and said with a flattering smile: "Sister Shui, did you find anything on this trip?" ”

Seeing that it was him, Shui Banxia put down the clothes that were blocking him, revealing a belly pocket embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, "Rancid? You're on the right nose. ”

"Does that really smell?"

"The smell of rotting dead meat, to be exact."