The hot spring Zhuangzi is only about five miles away from the capital, and after a stick of incense, the carriage arrived at its destination amid the shouts of the coachman.

The carriage quickly stopped, and Bi Chan was the first to jump out of the carriage, followed by Feng Yan, and finally Duanmu Fei, who was supported by Feng Yan.

Duanmufei was still a little absent-minded, and when he got off the train, he glanced back at the carriage, thinking to himself: Later, remember to "destroy the corpse" of the broken knotted rope!

"Feng Gongzi ......"

As soon as Duanmujun heard that his sister's carriage had arrived, he hurriedly ran over to greet him, but who would have thought that Feng Yan was also coming, and a trace of surprise inevitably appeared on his bright face.

"Sister." Feng Yan gave Duanmu a serious fist salute.

Duanmujun looked at Feng Yan a few steps away, and felt that his sister was about to be snatched away, and thought subtly: In fact, Feng Yan and his sister are just engagement, he doesn't need to call his sister so soon......

Duanmufei didn't notice Duanmujun's abnormality, and happily held Duanmujun's arm, pouted and said, "Sister, why don't you call me when you come out in the morning." ”

"Anyway, it's not a hundred thousand urgent things, I just want you to sleep a little longer." Duanmu said dotingly.

In fact, Duanmujun originally planned to call Shangduanmufei to come to Zhuangzi early in the morning, but Duanmufei overslept as always. Duanmujun was reluctant to wake up his sister, so he simply came first.

The sisters said as they entered the Zhuangzi.

In Zhuangzi, compared to the last time Duanmu Fei came, it has changed a lot.

The last time they came with Cen Yin, it was winter, and the flowers were withering, and now it was spring, and the flowers were blooming, and they were all purple and red.

Not only that, Zhuangzi also rebuilt some places according to the meaning of Duanmujun:

For example, several old and decaying verandahs have been demolished, and the location of the verandah has been paved with bluestone slabs, so that the surrounding vision has suddenly become a lot wider, and many flowers and trees have been planted on both sides of the bluestone slab path, which are scattered;

For example, all the tiles of this Zhuangzi have been replaced with a type of green tiles, and even these houses in the Zhuangzi have looked brand new;

For example, the pond is piled up with Taihu Lake stones that have just been transported from the south of the Yangtze River, skinny, hollow and continuous, under the backdrop of the lake water and prosperity, it is indescribably beautiful and elegant.

"Sister, this Taihu Lake stone is really exquisite, thin, strange, leaky, and transparent, all in one." Duanmu scarthed his palms and praised, admiring the Taihu Lake stones around the small pond. Xindao: My sister's vision is so good!

At the end of March, the lotus flowers on the water surface of the pond have not yet bloomed, only the lotus leaves of the field float on the water surface, and a new gold-inlaid jade bamboo forest is planted on the side of the pond, and the bamboo forest is swaying in the spring breeze, which seems to be leisurely and quiet.

"Sister, when the lotus flowers bloom in June, we will come to Zhuangzi to enjoy the lotus." Duanmu said with a smile.

Duanmujun saw that his sister liked it so much, and smiled brightly, "Zhenzhen, let's go to the soup pool to have a look." She thought to herself: The advice given by Gongzi Cen is really good! My sister really likes it!

There are two bathrooms and a soup pool in this village, both of which were rebuilt by Duanmujun.

Originally, in order to prevent slipping, she just planned to lay pebbles around the pool, but later she felt that the pool was old for a long time, and it was somewhat corroded by the hot spring water, so she simply made the pool rebuilt, and now it has a new look.

The pebbles on the side of the soup pond are strangely shaped, and the golden sunlight spreads in through the window, gilding the colorful pebbles on the ground with a faint halo, which is as smooth as jade.

Duanmu Fei stepped on the uneven cobblestones, thinking it was very fun, if it weren't for Feng Yan still here, she would have wanted to take off her shoes and step on the cobblestones.

Duanmu Jun smiled and said, "Zhen Zhen, take a look, is there anything else you want to change?" ”

Duanmu's scarlet eyebrows fluttered and praised the courtyard and bathroom.

Feng Yan nodded frequently on the side, thinking: This place is really perfect, and when he and Zhen Zhen get married, he can bring Zhen Zhen over from time to time......

Feng Yan suddenly felt that the roots of his ears were starting to get hot again, and silently recited the "Diamond Sutra", looking at his nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart, and only thought with a trace of his heart: In the future, he will definitely be filial to his sister with Zhen Zhen!

Later, Feng Yan only stared at Duanmu Fei and smirked, almost didn't pay attention to what places they had been to, what things they had seen, and when he came back to his senses, he listened to Duanmu Fei's enthusiastic proposal: "Sister, now the toon is the time to sprout, fragrant and rich, crisp and delicious, why don't we pick some toon to cook noodles, take some wild vegetables and game to make some noodles, and then make a hot spring egg, okay?" ”

Thinking of the tender toon buds and hot spring eggs, Duanmu Fei's saliva began to secrete, and he looked salivating and volunteered: "I'll pick toon buds." ”

Feng Yan looked at Duanmu Fei with burning eyes, and immediately echoed: "Zhen Zhen, I'll accompany you to pick it." ”

Seeing that he looked like a woman singing and a husband, Duanmu Jun also felt very appropriate when he looked at it, and said, "Then I'll go to the kitchen to prepare first." ”

After speaking, Duanmujun separated from Duanmufei and Feng Yanbing, and she took the maid to the kitchen.

The mother-in-law in Zhuangzi led the way for Duanmu Fei and Feng Yan in front, and introduced diligently: "Fourth girl, Feng Gongzi, go this way." There is a small garden in the northeast of Zhuangzi, and there are a few toons in it, and this bud is tender! ”

"By the way, there is a bamboo forest behind Zhuangzi, and now the spring bamboo shoots are also fresh and tender, do you want the slave maid to ask someone to dig a few plants for the girls?"

"And dandelions, shepherd's cabbage, elm money, ......"

Amid the sound of foaming at the mouth, they arrived at a small garden northeast of Zhuangzi.

The flowers and trees planted in this Zhuangzi are naturally not as elegant and precious as the Duanmu Mansion, but they are more vibrant than those carefully maintained flowers and trees in Beijing.

Duanmu Fei saw the seven or eight toons in the corner of the garden at a glance, and excitedly raised his hand to the toon tree and said, "Feng Gongzi, look! ”

I saw that the purple and green toon buds were clustered on the branches, as long as they were gently pinched, a cluster of young buds was separated from the branches, and Duanmu's fingers were filled with a faint fragrance.

She pinched a cluster of buds, sniffed them, and then put them into a bamboo basket hanging from the crook of her arm, and then pinched another tuft......

The toon branch was a little tall, and Duanmu Fei stood on tiptoe slightly, trying to raise his hand a little higher, a little higher......

At that moment, a right arm behind her swept over her head and grabbed the toon branch that was right next to her.

"Click!"

Duanmu froze instantly.

Before Feng Yan realized it, he neatly broke off the toon branch, and then shook it in his hand, making a rustling sound when the branches and leaves swayed.

The courtyard was quieter, and it seemed that even the sound of the wind had stopped.

"Zhenzhen, is this enough?" Feng Yan asked triumphantly.

Duanmu nodded blankly, and the woman stared at the dense toon buds on the branches without blinking, and said in her heart: Enough is enough.

However, he is also too ...... Too......

Duanmu Fei thought for a while, and finally came up with a word: he acted too "sealing"!

Feng Yan didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he did, and asked again with a smile: "Zhen Zhen, shall we go to the back of Zhuangzi to dig bamboo shoots again?" ”

Duanmu Fei was afraid that he would pull out the bamboo forest in the back mountain on a whim, and was trying to change the topic, when his eyes were suddenly attracted by something, and he shouted in surprise: "Don't move!" ”

Feng Yan had always listened to her words the most, and immediately remained motionless, following Duanmu Fei's gaze, he saw a colorful butterfly flapping its colorful wings and landing on the toon branch.

Duanmu clasped his palms, looked at the beautiful colorful butterfly with shining eyes, and said with great interest: "Last time I was in Yingshan, Cen Gongzi caught a very beautiful butterfly for me, which is as beautiful as this one!" ”

He'll catch butterflies too! Feng Yan said a little unconvinced.

He thought so, and did the same.

The left hand holding the toon branch was motionless, and the right hand casually untied the purse on the waist, poured all the broken silver into Duanmufei's small hand, and then shook the toon branch with his left hand, waved the empty purse with his right hand, and accurately covered the colorful butterfly, and then pulled the rope to tighten the purse slightly......

Duanmu Fei was stunned, applauded Feng Yan warmly, and said happily: "Let's take it back and show it to my sister!" ”

The two of them had less than a cup of tea in the garden, so they went to the kitchen in high spirits.

Feng Yan walked all the way, continuing to catch butterflies for her all the way, and when they came to the kitchen, there were already three colorful butterflies in the purse.

Duanmufei ostentatiously untied the purse in front of Duanmujun's eyes, and three colorful butterflies flew out of the purse, attracting the exclamations of the surrounding maids one after another.

A crisp silver bell-like laughter echoed through the air and dispersed with the wind.

After using up the toon noodles, Feng Yan helped to do some rough work, and it was not until more than half of the Shen time that the three of them left Zhuangzi and returned to the capital.

The garrison near the city gate is still very tight, and the queue out of the city seems to be longer, but with the waist card of the Shoufu Mansion, no one will check it at all, so they will directly let their carriage and Benxiao enter the city.

Once in the city, the carriage drove smoothly out of South Street and then turned right.

"Zhenzhen, I'll send you ......"

Feng Yan was about to say that he would send Duanmu back to Duanmu Mansion, when the carriage slowed down due to the turn, and he heard a somewhat excited female voice from outside the window: "Sister Wang, have you heard, the Anping Eldest Princess's Mansion was surrounded just now!" ”

Feng Yan's pupils shrank, and he hurriedly said, "Stop." ”

The coachman hurriedly shouted "Huh", the carriage stopped on the side of the road, and Feng Yan raised the curtain and looked back.

A plump woman in a long blue jacket excitedly pulled a thin old woman with gray hair, and said to the other party with a sigh: "I don't know what happened again......

Another young woman in a willow-colored gown continued: "Sister Li, you have also heard about this, I also heard Liu Haozi mention it just now, saying that the forbidden army is going to raid the princess's mansion, and it is violent!" ”

"Isn't it the work of Dongchang and Jinyiwei to be confiscated?" The thin old woman asked suspiciously.

The plump woman pursed her lips and said, "That's a search." Anyway, whether it's a raid or a search, I see, I'm afraid that the Anping Eldest Princess's Mansion will be in big trouble this time. ”

The other two women also nodded their heads with affection, talking about the families who had been implicated recently, and they had a feeling that they were in an eventful time.

Feng Yan's face sank like water, and he said to Duanmu Fei, who was sitting opposite: "Zhenzhen, I can't send you home, I want to ...... first."

Before Feng Yan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Duanmu Fei's voice: "Feng Gongzi, I will also go to the princess's mansion with you." ”

Duanmu Fei said, blinking at Feng Yan quickly, there was something in that look, which seemed to imply something.

Feng Yan would never say "no" to her, and responded without saying a word.

So, the group temporarily changed directions and drove in the direction of Zhongchen Street, and even the Duanmujun in the carriage followed.

A car and a horse quickly passed through several streets in the capital, and disappeared in the dust.

At this time, those ordinary passers-by should have returned to their own homes, but at this moment, the intersection of Zhongchen Street and Changhua Street is very lively.

Those ordinary people gathered around the intersection, stretched their necks and looked in the direction of the princess's mansion, and talked about it.

When Feng Yan and their carriages and horses passed by, they vaguely heard the words "forbidden army", "Dongchang", and "fight" floating into their ears, and the lively passers-by were all brilliant.

Zhongchen Street in spring, the canopy of trees on both sides of the street is like umbrellas, lush, reflecting the whole street is green, and the light of the setting sun jumps briskly between the branches and leaves, bringing a sense of tranquility like eternity.

Until the temperature at the gate of the princess's mansion plummeted, as cold as the cold winter of the month of Nala, with a biting chill.

On the same street, it seems to be in two seasons.

Dozens of forbidden soldiers and people from Dongchang confronted each other, their eyes colliding fiercely, sparks bursting into each other, and swords rattling in the air.

Cen Yin rode his horse and stood at the forefront of the Dongchang fanzi, revealing a momentum of the abyss.

Among the Dongchang Fanzi wearing brown clothes and pointed hats, and the forbidden army wearing bronze helmets and black lacquered iron armor, Cen Yin, who was wearing a red unicorn robe, stood out from the crowd, and no one could ignore his existence.

"Lord Cen Governor."

The person standing at the forefront of the forbidden army was Geng Anhao, the prince of Weiguo.

Geng Anhao glared at Cen Yin fiercely, and in his heart it was a new hatred and an old hatred together, and he just wanted to kill this eunuch with one sword!

However, his face was smiling politely, "Didn't you Dongchang say a few days ago that this son is not qualified to talk to you?!" Why did the Overseer come here today to see the Son of the World?! There was a thick mockery in his voice.

"Geng Shizi is right." Cen Yin casually flicked the ribbon on the gauze hat back, revealing a casual elegance, "Take Geng Shizi down for this seat." ”

His tone was still as usual neither light nor heavy, not hurried, and his tone was casual but domineering, which could not be refuted by anyone.

"Yes, Overseer."

The twenty or thirty Dongchang fans around were already eager to try, and when Cen Yin gave an order, they immediately took orders in unison, and one by one they pulled out the long knives in their scabbards, and the silver blades shone in the sun.

These Dongchang Fanzi's subordinates did not see blood, and they shot murderously, and the long knife in their hands waved out unceremoniously towards those forbidden soldiers, the knife was windy, and the sharp sound of breaking the air was terrifying.

Seeing this, the forbidden soldiers behind Geng Anhao also pulled out the long knives on their waists, and the knives collided with the knives, making a crisp and loud sound.

Looking at the chaotic scene in front of him, Geng Anhao secretly gritted his teeth and said in his heart: Capture the thief and capture the king first.

He brushed the ground and pulled out the long knife on his waist, swinging the knife towards Cen Yin.

Cen Yin was motionless, on his indistinguishable face, the corners of his lips hooked, and his body revealed an evil and cold and ghostly aura.

"Bell!"

Cao Youxian moved, blocking Geng Anhao's attack with a knife, and the fire flashed between the blades collided.

Geng Anhao's eyes were cold, and he was about to kick over, when he suddenly felt a sinking behind him, and this feeling of hair standing on end told him that there was one more person on horseback.

However, he didn't have time to react, and the other man restrained his backward elbow with one hand, and held a cold scimitar around his neck with the other.

Geng Anhui was shocked, and he didn't dare to move anymore, and a small waiter came from behind him: "Shi Ziye, the little subordinates are not serious, and Shi Zi Ye still put down the 'butcher knife' well." ”

The other party exerted a slight force, and the blade sank into the skin slightly......

Geng Anhao's face was ugly, as if he was dyed with ink, the situation was stronger than people, so he had to let go.

"Bang!"

The long knife fell heavily on the bluestone brick floor, making a piercing crash.

This sound was like a thunderclap on the ground for the soldiers of the forbidden army present, and when they saw Geng Anhao being subdued, they didn't dare to resist anymore.

"Boom! Boom ......"

I only heard the sound of the weapon landing echoing in the air one after another, and the air became even colder.

The soldiers of the forbidden army all abandoned their armor and dragged the soldiers, and the people of Dongchang were triumphant, their tails were about to rise to the sky, and their contemptuous eyes seemed to say, with you, you still want to go against our Dongchang!

"Lord Cen Du, what do you mean by that?!" Geng Anhao tried his best to ignore the scimitar on his neck, and reprimanded with a strong breath, "You don't let this prince search the princess's mansion, is it because Dongchang has a weak heart, what are the unsavory secrets in this princess's mansion?!" ”

Geng Anhui was shocked, angry and hateful, his heart was surging with anger, and his eyes were even more gloomy as if it were a boundless hell, he said to himself in his heart that he didn't believe that Cen Yin would dare to kill him as a prince of the country!

"Hey, hey, the prince has such a big breath!" Cao Youxian said in a weird manner, "This hall is the eldest princess's mansion, and the prince says that he will search it, but it is too domineering." ”

Several of the pro-soldiers behind Geng Anhao couldn't help frowning when they heard this, this is to be said to be domineering, who can compare to your Dongchang domineering!

Cen Yin smiled faintly, dusted his shoulder, and said, "Geng Shizi, you are still young, young and vigorous, and if you are rude, this seat is too lazy to bother with you." ”

Cen Yin is obviously the same age as Geng Anhao, but he speaks in an old-fashioned manner, with a kind of lofty look, "This seat gives you a piece of advice, the most taboo thing to do is to use chicken feathers as an arrow." This capital doesn't allow you to have the final say! ”

As he spoke, Geng Anhui felt the scimitar on his neck sink into his skin a little more, and he stiffened and didn't dare to move, his eyes became more and more gloomy.

In the past ten days, he and his father have been investigating the fake edict, but there are too few clues, there has been no progress, and Dongchang is always "making trouble", and the people they want to arrest must be protected by Dongchang; The people they want to protect, Dongchang has to catch, such as now.

Cen Yin seems to have made up his mind to go against their Geng family!

And he hasn't lost yet!

As if echoing the thoughts in his heart, at this time, a canopy carriage galloped towards this side from the other end of Zhongchen Street, and the accompanying dozen or so guards wore embroidered spring knives on their waists, wearing soap boots on their feet.

Geng Anhao tried to calm down, his eyes flashed slightly, and a fierce light flashed.

At this moment, the setting sun was only the last faint orange, and the sky was already half-bright and half-dark, revealing a kind of decadence that the dark night was coming.

The canopy carriage quickly stopped at the gate of the princess's mansion, and then, the emperor in a royal blue brocade robe got out of the carriage, followed by Geng Hai.

The emperor and Geng Hai naturally saw this chaos, the ground was full of crooked long knives and scabbards, and Geng Anhao and those forbidden soldiers all had knives around their necks.

Geng Hai's face sank like water, and his hands were clenched into fists tightly in his sleeves.

Seeing that the emperor was coming, Cen Yin raised his hand and made a gesture and dismounted.

Those Dongchang fans immediately put down the knife in their hands, Geng Anhao also felt a lightness behind him, the little scorpion neatly put away the scimitar, jumped off the horse, and followed behind Cen Yin.

"Sir." Cen Yin stepped forward and saluted the emperor.

Geng Anhao also dismounted stiffly, and there was an inch-long blood mark on his neck, and piercing beads of blood overflowed from the wound......

Geng Hai was furious in his heart, but he could only suppress it and said to himself, this trip is not for Cen Yin, and he can't lose a big one because of a small one!

"An Hao, what are you doing!" Geng Hai strode to the emperor's side, and pretended to reprimand Geng Anhao, "I asked you to do such a small thing, why can't you do it for most of the day!" ”

"Father, I also want to go in and search, but Lord Cen doesn't know what the purpose is, so he just stops his son from entering!" Geng Anhao took advantage of the situation to give eye medicine to the East Factory.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Geng Anhao thought that his father might not be able to say that he could not move the emperor, but fortunately, his father arrived in time.

The tide is finally starting to turn around for them......

Hearing this, the emperor glanced at Cen Yin, squinted, and his eyes were a little gloomy.

He had just recovered from a serious illness, his face was not good, and his body had lost a lot of weight, so that the robes on his body looked a little wide.

Geng Hai also looked at Cen Yin, the corners of his mouth were pursed, and a faint hint of expectation flashed in his gloomy pupils.

During this period of time, in several games between them and Dongchang, they always fell behind.

Seeing that one-third of the January period had passed, Geng Hai was inevitably a little anxious.

Even if he was nine times out of ten sure that Cen Yin had tampered with the edict of his guilt, he had no evidence!

Time is limited, and the East Factory is in trouble everywhere, so there is no way to investigate.

In this case, it was extremely difficult to catch Cen Yin's handle.

So after careful deliberation, the father and son had to choose another way, and they decided to find a scapegoat first.

This matter is difficult to say, easy to say, this candidate must not be an unknown person, this person must be related to the puppet emperor.

Geng Hai's first thought was the eldest princess of Anping.

The eldest princess of Anping and the puppet emperor have a deep relationship, and she has enough reasons to tamper with her own edict in order to "frame" the emperor.

Remembering that the emperor on the shore of Dongying Lake had accidentally mentioned that he hadn't seen Feng Yan for a long time, Geng Hai had a suspicion in his heart, so he quietly went to investigate, and found that Feng Yan was really not in Beijing.

This is a great opportunity!

As long as the emperor sees with his own eyes that Feng Yan is not there, he can take advantage of the situation to propose "search the house", and at that time, he can naturally prepare "evidence" and plant this matter on Anping and Feng Yan's mother and son.

Feng Yan is not in the capital, isn't it just right to respond to the "fear of crime and absconding"?!

With the emperor's jealousy of the eldest princess of Anping, even if there will be some loopholes, the emperor will not investigate deeply.

This plan is a sure thing.

The opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, they must take advantage of Feng Yan to leave Beijing without permission and get things done!

After careful discussion, the father and son decided to give it a go.

Geng Hai quickly exchanged a look with Geng Anhao, his eyes were surprisingly bright, and he thought in his heart: After tonight, the Geng family can get out of this quagmire.

The emperor took a few steps in the direction of the gate with his hands in his hands, and said loudly: "Let people open the door!" His eyebrows were raised, his face was as heavy as water, and he had doubts, anger, and regret in his heart: if it was really Feng Yan! He just raised tigers for trouble.

Cen Yin quickly glanced at a green canopy carriage not far away, and a pair of familiar phoenix eyes appeared behind the carriage's window.

The two looked at each other for a moment, Cen Yin looked away quietly, and then calmly let go, and ordered the little scorpion: "Let people open the door." ”

The little scorpion stepped forward in response and raised his hand to knock on the copper ring on the vermilion lacquer gate.