Text Chapter 201 Wooden Box
Yan Xiaoyun retracted his gaze behind him, stretched out his hand and pulled down the big that Rong Xiu had put on his shoulder, and threw it on the ground, while he flicked his sleeves and walked past him without squinting.
Although she treated him like a stranger on the surface, at this moment, only she knew how upside down her heart was!
Didn't this person keep saying that he was fed up? Didn't you say that you were quite decisive? Didn't he say that if he didn't dig out his heart and lungs to himself, he would be his grandson?
At this moment, he ran over with a hippie smile again, could it be that he was playing with her?
Although Yan Xiaowei looked cold at this time, her crying red eyes and the tears that had not yet dried at the corners of her eyes had already revealed her mood at the moment.
Rong Xiu's heart ached, and he couldn't help but feel guilty.
He thought that he must have been leaned over by something unclean in the yard just now, otherwise how could he have said such hurtful things to her?
Every tear she shed felt like it had fallen on his heart. The pain he gave her was also repaid to him.
In the face of her fragility and her tears, Rong Xiu's heart was like a knife for a while, and he regretted not being at the beginning.
Seeing that Yan Xiaoyi was about to pass him and go elsewhere, Rong Xiu couldn't help but open his arms and hugged her tightly in his arms despite her struggles.
Yan Xiaowei only felt that his eyes were dark, his head was buckled in front of his chest, and his waist was tightly clamped by his strong arms, and the air in his lungs was squeezed flat.
Yan Xiaowei couldn't help but wave her arms and struggle wildly, and her small fists fell on Rong Xiu's body like raindrops: "What are you doing, let go of me!" Didn't you ignore me? Don't you believe me? Didn't you say that if you dig out your heart and lungs for me again, you are a grandson? So what are you doing now? Do you slap a slap and give a sweet date? ”
She was aggrieved for a while, her nose was sour, and she held back the tears lingering in her eyes to prevent it from falling. However, the slight tremor in her voice still revealed her thoughts.
Rong Xiu ignored her struggles, tightened his arms, and put his head on her shoulder socket: "Xiao Yan, what I said just now was a momentary angry talk, don't be angry." I just care too much about you, for fear that you don't belong to me at all. I've lived for twenty years, and I've never felt this way, and I've lived every moment carefully. ”
As he spoke, he rubbed his chin back and forth on Yan Xiaoyi's shoulder socket like a big dog: "Xiaocun, I called you 'grandma' just now, you see, I'm all for you to be a 'grandson', don't be angry." I really...... Can't live without you! ”
He has always been flamboyant and very domineering, at this moment he is like a big boy, playing tricks on himself, and he doesn't even want any face and self-esteem, Yan Xiaoyi's heart instantly feels warm.
She stiffened her face, and finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Rong Xiu looked up from her shoulder socket and was relieved to see that she had a pair of red and swollen eyes, but a pair of eyes were crooked and with an obvious smile.
Rong Xiu suddenly leaned over, cherished a kiss on her forehead, and said with a gentleness that she had never felt before: "Xiao Ji, it's all my fault!" ”
At this time, the sky was already lit up with fish belly white, and behind the two of them was the surging sea, and the waves were constantly crashing against the city wall, splashing waves several feet high.
Yan Xiaowei raised her eyes and looked at Rong Xiu's affectionate gaze, as if there were only two of them between heaven and earth.
She felt as if her whole person was tightly sucked by his powerful gaze, and the whole person was soaked in the lake under his eyes, she looked at him within a short distance without blinking, and subconsciously spoke: "Rong Xiu......"
Rong Xiu raised his eyebrows and looked at her more gently: "Well, I'm here!" What's wrong? ”
Yan Xiaoyi's face suddenly changed, and she raised her foot and kicked his calf hard, and her little face turned red angrily: "You are the old grandmother!" I'm not old! ”
As he spoke, when he was stunned, a cat waist ran quickly past him.
Hum! I've been sad for a while, and just a fluttering word? She Yan Xiaowei is not so easy to bully!
Rong Xiu grinned at her kick, but looking at her little wild cat-like back, the smile in his eyes was even bigger, and even his eyebrows were stretched.
He bent down and picked up the big that was thrown on the ground by Yan Xiaoyi, chased her in three steps and two steps, and wrapped her whole person in the big at once, imprisoning her so that she couldn't move at all, leaning over her cold and red little face and biting it gently: "You bad guy!" ”
The two laughed for a while, and finally held hands and returned to the small courtyard in Allure.
As soon as they entered the door, the two of them looked at Ye Su's faint but meaningful eyes for hundreds of miles, Rong Xiu frowned, and held Yan Xiaoyi's big palm subconsciously tightened, with a thick guard in his eyes.
On the contrary, Baili Ye Su nodded naturally to Yan Xiaoyu as if nothing had happened, and said lightly: "You're back?" ”
Yan Xiaowei didn't know what was going on between Rong Xiu and Baili Yesu, because in her consciousness, she and Baili Yesu were innocent friends, but after Rong Xiu had just made such a fuss, she thought that Rong Xiu's inexplicable wind of eating flying vinegar fell into Baili Yesu's ears, so she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when facing him, feeling as if she was involved in these emotional entanglements.
Maybe she stared at Baili Yesu for too long, Rong Xiu suddenly tightened her big hand, Yan Xiaowei subconsciously came back to her senses, dodged Baili Yesu's heavy gaze, and nodded lightly.
Her gaze subconsciously dodged, falling in Baili Yesu's eyes, but her heart tightened. His gaze followed her body downwards and fell on her and Rong Xiu's tightly clasped hands, and Baili Yesu's gaze suddenly paused, and he quickly staggered his eyes.
After a while, he nodded slightly: "That's good, I'm still worried about what will happen if you run out in anger, just come back safely now." ”
As soon as the words fell, the room suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
Yan Xiaoyi couldn't help but feel a little depressed in this weird atmosphere, her eyes swept around the room, and she remembered one thing.
"That's right!" She spoke suddenly, drawing the eyes of both men in the room.
She reached out and felt around her belt, and finally found the small wooden box that the young man had found in the well.
She breathed a sigh of relief: "Whew, it's good that I didn't lose it!" ”
As she spoke, she put the small wooden box on her palm in front of Rong Xiu and Baili Yesu, and said to the two: "Didn't I go to relieve my hands just now, I wanted to wash my hands when I came out, but that little general found this thing in the well in the courtyard!" ”
As she spoke, she shoved the thing in front of the two of them.
Although the two men looked at each other unpleasantly, at this time, the two tacitly glanced at each other, and both of them converged their personal love and hatred.
Rong Xiu reached out and took the small wooden box, played with it in his hand, and frowned slightly.
Yan Xiaoyan couldn't help but be a little worried when she saw that his face was not good, and said cautiously from the side: "I haven't opened this thing yet, I don't know what it contains." But I always felt a little strange how there could be such a thing in a good well, so I put it away. I wanted to tell you, but I just got angry with you, and I forgot about it. ”
As she spoke, she glanced at Rong Xiu angrily, and then said, "Take a good look, what is this?" I couldn't find out where the mechanism was for a long time! ”
Rong Xiu put the small wooden box on the palm of his hand, looked left twice, looked right twice, and then pinched the two diagonals of the small wooden box with his fingers, and pinched it gently, and the small wooden box popped up automatically with a "click".
I saw a stack of boxy rice paper inside!
The little wooden box was hidden in the well, but the rice paper in it was not wet at all!
Rong Xiu opened the rice paper with two fingers, opened it and hurriedly swept it, only to find that it was all simple accounts.
Yan Xiaowei glanced at the things on the rice paper from the side, and couldn't help but be a little disappointed: "What, I thought it was an important clue!" After a long time, it turned out to be a broken account paper! ”
She pouted, unconsciously and a little puzzled: "It's just writing about daily household expenses, why are you so mysterious?" It's still hidden in this little box in the well! ”
Rong Xiu stared at the two things in front of him silently, and after a while, he reached out and pushed the small wooden box in front of Baili Yesu: "Do you recognize this thing?" ”
Baili Ye Su reached out from the opposite side, picked up the small wooden box, lowered his eyes to look at it, and put it between his nose and sniffed it. Then, his face changed: "This is the poplar box that holds the pearl of the night?" ”
Rong Xiu nodded: "This poplar tree is the most amazing tree species in the world, it will not die for a thousand years, it will not fall down after a thousand years of death, and it will be immortal for a thousand years, so it is not surprising that it is the most precious tree species in the Western Regions Country." ”
As he spoke, he blinked, and his eyes fell heavily on the poplar box in Baili Yesu's hand: "Judging from the size of this box, the night pearl is about the size of a child's small fist." I remember that many years ago, the Western Regions sent such a large night pearl to the emperor to pay tribute, saying that although the night pearl is only the size of a child's small fist, the light is brighter than the night pearl ten times larger, which is a rare treasure, and specially used the poplar wood of their Western Regions to make a box to serve it, I'm afraid, there is only one such night pearl in the entire Baili Dynasty! ”
"And", his eyes fell on the poplar box, without blinking: "I saw it just now, and there are official characters engraved by the people of the Western Regions Palace in this box, which should be the one that was paid tribute to the emperor at the beginning!" ”
Baili Ye Su's eyes changed suddenly: "Let's not talk about where the pearl is that night, but how can this box appear here?" I distinctly remember that my father said that my Third Emperor Brother had made a good alliance with the Western Regions, and gave me the Night Pearl and the poplar wood box! ”
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the three people present suddenly changed at the same time.
Could it be that all these things have something to do with the three princes?
It is said that the third prince is the same age as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he has always been low-key and cautious, except for the task assigned to him by Baili Ying, he almost does not care about the affairs of the court.
When he was sent to the Western Regions, Baili Ying couldn't get used to seeing him too idle on weekdays, so she entrusted him with a big task, hoping that his son could fight for his breath and jointly assist the Jiangshan Sheji of the Baili Dynasty in the future.
How could such a person who has nothing to do with the regime come here?
Did someone deliberately frame him, or did he hide it deeply?
No matter what, Yan Xiaoyi's heart suddenly became excited!
Who is behind this Allure? Things seem to be getting more and more complicated!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but speak: "You two are not mistaken? Is this box just a piece of wood, can you confirm that it is the one sent by the Western Regions in the first place? It is estimated that there are such boxes in the Baili Dynasty, this matter is not trivial, you two have to look carefully. ”
Rong Xiu crossed his arms and glanced at Baili Ye Su, and said in a deep voice: "You can't be wrong, if it is a wooden box made of ordinary wood, even if it is tightly sealed, the things that fall into the water will be wet." But if you look at this, it's dry and crisp inside, and there's a little bit of dampness. ”
"And," he reached out to close the mechanism of the wooden box, and suddenly raised his hand and slammed it to the ground.
Yan Xiaoyan was startled, and subconsciously exclaimed, reaching out to stop Rong Xiu's hand.
But Rong Xiu is Rong Xiu in the end, he moves quickly, where can he stop it.
Yan Xiaowei hurriedly ran over and picked up the wooden box that had just been smashed to the ground by Rong Xiu, took it and put it in the palm of his hand to take a look, not to mention that it was broken, there was not even a crack at all!
She looked at Rong Xiu on the side in surprise, but Rong Xiu seemed to have expected it, and there was no surprise on his face, as if he had long expected that this box would not be broken.
Baili Ye Su also glanced at the wooden box in the palm of her hand, and the expression on her face was complicated and unpredictable: "Although the Western Regions Country is partial to the courtyard and the people are vulgar, this craftsmanship is very exquisite. Now you can see that this wooden box is definitely the one they paid tribute to my father in the first place! ”
Yan Xiaowei couldn't help but wrinkle her eyebrows: "But how did this thing appear here?" Didn't you say that this box and the night pearl were rewarded to you by your father and the third prince? Could it be ......" Thinking of this, her face changed suddenly, and she didn't dare to say any more.
Although this Allure is not the real "Lord", it is doing what the "Lord" should do. should be regarded as the second-in-command in this mysterious organization, so she must be in direct contact with the person behind it.
Now, this thing has been found in the courtyard where she lives, so could it be that the person behind her is the third prince?
However, if this is really the case, what is the third prince doing this for?
Is it to fight for imperial power?
Yan Xiaowei didn't want to associate such a cruel idea with the legendary idle clouds and wild cranes, the three princes who were indifferent to fame and fortune.
However, the battles in the palace have always been complex and changeable, and who can really say clearly?
If the third prince is really the person behind the scenes, then, what should he do next?
She couldn't help but worry about what was going to happen in the future.
Just thinking about it, Rong Xiu coughed lightly, and immediately a young general stood outside with his hands down: "Little general, what do you command?" ”
Rong Xiu twisted his eyebrows: "What about Pan Shu?" Tell him to come to me! ”
After hearing this, the young general hurriedly responded: "The little one will go and inform Commander Pan." ”
After a while, Pan Shu was wet and walked in with a mist of early morning.
As soon as he entered the house, he twisted his eyebrows and patted the dew on the cloak a few times with his hand, and muttered and scolded: "This dead woman, Lao Tzu has been interrogating her for two hours, and she actually pretended to be dumb for me, and I don't know if I ask three questions!" ”
When Yan Xiaowei heard this, she couldn't help but take a step forward and stand beside him: "Brother Pan, doesn't that Allure refuse to explain anything?" ”
Pan Shu twisted his eyebrows: "Don't mention it, I've never seen anything like this, she and her two followers are as if their mouths have been sealed, let alone confess, I have been interrogating for more than two hours, and I haven't let out a fart!" Lao Tzu said so many words, his throat was about to smoke! ”
As he spoke, he reached out and untied the kettle hanging from his waist, unplugged the kettle and poured it a few times with his head, and at the end, he lifted his cuffs and wiped the water stains on his lips and beard.
opened his mouth and continued: "If you want me to say, this woman is difficult to deal with, especially a good-looking woman!" ”
Suddenly, as if he suddenly thought of something, he whispered: "But in my opinion, this woman is not very old, she should not have the capital to build a mysterious villa, she looks like a beautiful woman who is alluring the country and the city, maybe there is some man behind her who is raising her!" Otherwise, she is a weak woman, where does she have this ability? ”
There is someone else behind Allure, and it should be basically guessed. But who this person really was, no one could guess until evidence was found.
However, thinking of this poplar wooden box that only the third prince has, Yan Xiaowei couldn't help but twist her eyebrows, and had a guess in her heart.
Could it be that Allure was hurt by His Royal Highness the Prince, so he turned to the hands of someone who could threaten His Royal Highness's position, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge?
And this person, could it be the third prince?
Just by thinking about it, Yan Xiaowei realized the complexity of things.
If this is true, then the whole thing involves the struggle for imperial power between the two factions of people in the palace. So what should Rong Xiu and Baili Ye Su do next?
Thinking so, she swept her gaze to Rong Xiu and Baili Yesu on the side, but unexpectedly, she happened to meet the gaze of the two of them.
From the eyes of the two of them, Yan Xiaoying understood that what she thought of, how could she escape the thoughts of the two of them?
Several people tacitly understood it, and suddenly the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
At this moment, Pan Shu, who was pacing in the room, suddenly raised his hand and pulled out a thick book from under the table leg to pad the table leg, and tilted his head suspiciously: "Hey, what is this?" ”