"Where's the knock?" Lu Ye withdrew his hand and asked her calmly.

"On the door."

"On the door?" Lu Ye raised an eyebrow.

Ruan Yu lowered his head weakly.

Lu Ye spoke again, and there was a bit of helplessness in his tone: "Can't you tell me?" ”

Ruan Yu didn't speak.

She didn't want to say much about Xiao Wanqing.

The two rode all the way out of the city to the western suburbs in a horse-drawn carriage. The western suburbs are the gathering place for the children of the aristocracy, and the Qinglou Le Fang Opera Troupe Casino has everything. And in the suburbs of the city, the control is not as strict as in the city, and the song is held all night.

It was the first time for Ruan Yu to come to the western suburbs.

It is not as confusing as imagined, the whole western suburbs are quiet, quiet like a battlefield where the smoke of gunpowder has not dispersed, and the smell of alcohol and fat powder floats in the air. Lu Ye walked straight into a green building called "Drunken Spring Pavilion", and the little maids in the hall were cleaning and sprinkling.

There are never any guests during the day. Places like theirs generally start to be lively in the evening, and they don't stop until dawn. By the time noon had passed, the guests had rested enough, and they left in the carriage one after another, or continued to stay overnight.

The little guy who received the guests looked at them suspiciously: "The two guest officers are ......?"

Lu Ye said: "Find someone." Then he threw a mingot of gold at the little man.

The little guy's eyes flickered, and he quickly hid the gold in his clothes, for fear that his companions would see him and want to share his pie, so he stepped forward and said earnestly: "I don't know who the guest officer is looking for?" ”

"Commander Hu."

The little guy immediately said, "Upstairs, please come with me." ”

Ruan Yu didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Lu Ye's gourd. When he was in the carriage, she asked him what he was doing in the western suburbs, and Lu Ye only said that he would take her to see a good show. She asked again, but he just refused to say.

This Hu conductor Ruan Yu has met and eaten at the same table, and his name is Hu Feng. That's what it looks like...... She had forgotten.

When the other party asked her excitedly, "Do you remember me", she nodded solemnly.

……

Hu Feng was the only one in the room, the quilt on the bed was neatly folded, and Hu Feng was eating lunch with a refreshed face. Ruan Yu couldn't help but want to ask him what he was doing when he came to the Drunken Spring Pavilion.

Eat?

Lu Ye sat down calmly, picked up his chopsticks and began to eat. Seeing Ruan Yu looking at them with a neurotic expression, he smiled: "The food in the Drunken Spring Pavilion is still good, you can try it." ”

"Ah......" Ruan Yu nodded a little disappointed, "Okay." ”

Dare to run so far is really here for a meal.

Ruan Yu sat in the carriage all the way, his appetite was not very good, and the food in this drunken spring hall was not so delicious that it was shocking to the point of crying ghosts and gods, at best, it was just good, after all, people didn't rely on this to attract guests, so they only ate a little, and then put down their chopsticks and refused to eat.

Lu Ye helped her scoop a bowl of soup, "Taste it." ”

Ruan Yu didn't have much appetite, but for some reason, he actually took it up and drank half a bowl.

Lu Ye looked at her and smiled.

After eating, two more fruit plates were placed, Lu Ye pulled a grape at random, and asked while lowering his head and peeling the skin, "Have all the people arrived?" ”

Hu Feng said: "It should be there, I'll go and see." ”

"Hmm."

After Hu Feng left, Ruan Yu asked curiously, "Who wants to come?" ”

Lu Ye stretched out his hand to hand her the half-peeled grapes, but suddenly his movements stiffened, and he gave her another one, and said with a smile: "It's just a few friends." ”

Ruan Yu looked at the half-peeled one on Lu Ye's left hand, and then looked at the brand-new one on his right hand, and felt a little regretful.

She let out an "um" and took it and peeled it herself.

After a while, Hu Feng hurriedly ran up and gasped for breath and said, "It's coming, I'm going upstairs." ”

Lu Ye pointed to the door and motioned for Hu Feng to close the door.

Ruan Yu only felt strange: didn't she have a friend coming? Why are you still closing the door when everyone is going upstairs?

Before he had time to think, Ruan Yu felt the footsteps getting closer and closer to him, and then walked directly past here. Then there were several bursts of breaking doors—as if someone had knocked it open, followed by the screams of women and the scolding of men, which were faint after a while, and gradually became inaudible.

Ruan Yu was terrified when she heard this, and couldn't help but ask Lu Ye: "Did you provoke any enemies?" ”

Lu Ye smiled, "What if it is?" ”

Ruan Yu's eyes widened, "Then why don't you run?" ”

The other party is obviously prepared, there are many people, Lu Ye brought a Hu Feng, as the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, in this case, it is better to escape.

Lu Ye was unmoved, just laughed.

Ruan Yu tugged at his sleeve anxiously.

"Rest assured. Not an enemy. Lu Ye lowered his head and looked at her with dark eyes, "You'll know later." ”

Ruan Yu was skeptical.

The group seemed to be coming here again, as if they were still dragging something—because of the sound of something dragging over the ground, and the whimpering in their throats. Ruan Yu wanted to open the door to see what was going on, but she didn't dare.

The group went downstairs.

Lu Ye slowly pushed the window open, and from here he could see the backyard of the Zuichun Pavilion, the backyard was very empty, and there was no one.

Soon, a group of strong men with five big and three thick eyes appeared in Ruan Yu's sight, led by a scholar man with a fair face and a thin body. The scholar man instructed the strong men to place a few sacks in the center of the courtyard.

The sack writhed wildly, to be precise, the people inside were writhing wildly, but unfortunately their hands and feet were restrained, and no matter how much they struggled, it was in vain.

One, two, three, four.

Exactly four sacks.

There are also people on both sides who open the windows to look, but they all have small cracks in the windows, for fear of getting into trouble. Unlike Lu Ye, Da Ra pushed all the windows open, and the backyard scenery was in full view.

The scholar man looked upstairs, and Ruan Yu heard a few hurried closing sounds, obviously scaring people. Lu Ye was fearless, and even nodded at the scholar man with great satisfaction.

Ruan Yu: "......"

But they didn't get into any trouble, and the group of strong men below all took out sticks from their bodies and threw them into the four sacks. The four sacks should have been gagged with cloth, and they didn't howl when they were beaten like this, just tossing and rolling on the ground.

If you get away, you will be kicked back by a strong man.

Ruan Yu didn't dare to watch it after watching it for a while, she couldn't accept such a violent scene.

"It's ...... Little saffron them? Ruan Yu asked Lu Ye beside him.

"Hmm." Lu Ye's face was expressionless, and only his eyes revealed a hint of gloom.

Ruan Yu pursed her lips and raised her eyes to look at Lu Ye: "You are doing this, are you not afraid that the four families will join forces to deal with you?" ”

Little Red Flower is not a good thing in itself, and Ruan Yu didn't want to intercede for them. She just felt that Lu Ye's move was a bit too ostentatious, so she arrested the four of them together and beat them up, and she knew who was the mastermind behind the scenes.

Originally, it was just a grievance between the children of the family, but in this way, it rose to the court. Lu Ye gave himself four enemies at once.

It's strange that their father and mother don't seek justice for their son.

Lu Ye leaned on the window frame with one hand, looked at the bottom and smiled: "What are you afraid of?" There is no proof that it is me. ”

"Aren't those people your men?" Ruan Yu pointed downward.

Lu Ye lowered his eyes and said for a while: "Yes, but it's not." Don't worry, the court can't find me. ”

Ruan Yu looked at him for a moment and nodded.

As far as they were talking, it was over. The scholar man swaggered away with his subordinates, and after a while, a group of people poured into the courtyard, looking at the dress of each family's little house, which should have been controlled by the scholar man's people before, and there was no way to come up to stop it, and they were all crying and grabbing the ground at this time.

Many people came out of the room, anxious to go down to see what was going on.

The whole drunken spring hall is not presentable.

Lu Ye patted Ruan Yu's shoulder, "Let's go." As he spoke, he closed the window.

Ruan Yu asked worriedly: "Isn't it too obvious to go now?" ”

"What's obvious?" Lu Ye smiled, "When you go out later, you will see the guests running outside." ”

Also.

So Lu Ye, Hu Feng, and Ruan Yu were caught in the crowd and came out of the Drunken Spring Pavilion. It's still early, and if you go back now, it will be a waste of Ruan Yu running out so boldly. So the three of them went to the racecourse a little farther away.

There are forests and lakes around the racecourse, so if you want to ride a horse in circles, you can race horses, or if there are many people, you can even have a bow race. When Lu Ye comes to the western suburbs, he mainly comes to the racecourse.

He is not interested in any Qinglou casino, the roads in the capital are narrow, unlike Xiliang, this racecourse is still a place to chat and comfort.

Ruan Yu can't ride a horse, and even if she does, this body can't support such a strenuous exercise. I was going to stay in the teahouse where I was resting, and it would be nice to watch Lu Ye gallop on the racecourse.

As a result, Lu Ye didn't plan to do so.

Lu Ye had a special horse in the racecourse, and after asking someone to put the saddle in the saddle, he held the reins with one hand and stretched out the other hand to Ruan Yu: he said a short word: "Come." ”

Ruan Yu: ...... Don't come, don't come.

"With me with you, don't be afraid." Lu Ye looked at her, "Don't want to try?" ”

To be honest, I kind of thought about it.

Everyone will be curious about things they haven't done, and once this curiosity is provoked, it is difficult to suppress it.

Ruan Yu glanced at the horse in embarrassment, this horse is black and brown, the fur is oily and smooth, the bones are tough, and the limbs are thin, it is indeed beautiful, but it must also have a violent temper, in case she runs around, she may not be able to bear it.

Lu Ye stroked the horse and said, "I control it, don't worry." ”

Hu Feng also persuaded on the side: "The princess will go up and try, and if it doesn't work, come down again." ”

“…… All right. ”

Ruan Yu walked to the side of the horse, followed Lu Ye's prompt and stepped on the stirrup with one foot, Lu Ye came over and helped her waist and lifted her onto the horse's back.

There is a little itch in the waist.

Ruan Yu sat up straight unnaturally, looked at the forest in the distance awkwardly, and felt a shock behind him, and there was one more person.

Lu Ye sat on horseback.

His arm circled her side and pulled the reins as if to encircle her in his arms.