The maidservant was stunned, and she stopped talking.

Tuoba Yue and Yue Qi arrived at Lu Ran's room, carefully inspected Lu Ran's body, and sure enough, it was out of breath, Tuoba Yue frowned and said: "I always feel that something is wrong, go and call the person who was on duty last night, I have something to ask." ”

Yue Qi took the order and retreated, and after a short time, he brought a person, who looked panicked, and saw Tuoba Yue hurriedly plopping down and kneeling on the ground, and said: "Lord, Lord Wang's life, I said, I said, I said, last night, Mr. came last night, saying that it was to see the injuries of the Lu guards, and the subordinates were also worried about the injuries of the Lu guards, so they let him in, but they didn't want to—but they didn't want to—it must be him, it must be him." ”

He was incoherent, but Tuoba Yue heard the meaning of his words clearly, Lu Ran's death was not really because of the wound infection as they said, and most likely, it was because of the house doctor, but the house doctor is also dead now, what is the connection between this?

Just as he was thinking about it, a guard replied outside: "Lord Wang, I found a suicide note in the room of the house doctor." ”

Tuoba Yue said, "Send it in." ”

The man came in and respectfully handed the letter in his hand to Tuoba Yue, who glanced at it and closed it and said, "He said that Lu Ran was killed by him, but he didn't say why." ”

Yue Qi said strangely: "Mr. is generous, this is something that everyone in the house knows, as for Lu Ran, his subordinates still understand, there will be no trouble between these two, and there is no motive to kill him at all." ”

Tuoba Yue took a deep breath and said: "This matter must be investigated, but it must be investigated secretly and handed over to you, as for these two people, send them out for burial." ”

Yue Qi received the order and let people go down to deal with it.

Tuoba Yue sat in his chair and was silent for a long time, he always felt that he had missed something important, but he couldn't remember it.

The heavy rain fell for two days in a row, and in these two days, every moment was very long for Rambo, the marching food they carried on them had already been eaten, and there was no extra food in the city, and thousands of people were trapped here.

They were hungry and cold, everyone had vegetables on their faces, and Rambo went from the first hope to the last despair in just seven days.

Every day, people can only survive by drinking rainwater, and some people starve to death because they do not have enough food. In addition to death, there was also a boundless despair that surrounded the whole team, and this situation was finally broken on the ninth day.

This day finally ushered in a sunny day, first the Liangcheng barbarian people's grain and grass fired, just when everyone panicked, the leader of the barbarian tribe, was murdered again, the wolves had no leader, everyone was in danger, Wang Qi and Xu Tong at this time, received a secret report to attack the city, because of the chaos of the army, finally the barbarian people just resisted, then surrendered, defeated and fled. Liangcheng was almost self-defeating, and then, Xu Tong and Wang Qi strangled the remaining remnants of the army, and settled everything before sending someone to pick up Rambo's team.

In just a few days, the once handsome young man has completely lost his vigor at the time, but is like a hungry wolf, violent and perverse.

After a few more days, after recuperation, the class returned to the court.

Tuoba Chen rewarded the two lieutenant generals, but Lan Bo, who was the main general, was gray, as soon as he returned to the capital, he retreated at home to recuperate, and the entire court did not mention the fact that the emperor only rewarded the deputy general, not the main general, after all, everyone knew that because of Rambo's mistake, he almost harmed tens of thousands of people, so he naturally had no face to ask for a reward again.

And I heard that Rambo returned to the mansion and fell ill, but there were almost no people to visit, and it was very deserted.

Lan Ruo and Lan Xin's life is not easy, Lan Fu has suffered a loss this time, but he can't say it, after all, these things are Lan Bo's own fault, Lan Xin has been running to Lan Ruo's Weiyang Palace for several days, regardless of her body, Lan Ruo finally said impatiently: "How can this palace help him speak?" It's not that he himself is not angry? Your Majesty deserves even if he no longer let him hold a military position. ”

Lan Xin said: "What do you mean by this, sister?" Are they going to sit idly by? ”

Lan Ruo sneered and said, "Sit back and ignore it? My sister can't help but stand and talk without backache, if it is pampered, my sister is not under the palace, why doesn't my sister go to Your Majesty to intercede, isn't it afraid that Your Majesty will implicate herself because of this incident? ”

Lan Xin's face was scornful, and she said: "Where is my sister's favor comparable to my sister, my sister is the queen and the eldest daughter, if something happens, I naturally have to deal with my sister." ”

Lan Ruo's face was pale, and he tightly clutched the handrail under him and mocked: "It's just a concubine, it's better for you, the concubine, to find a way, Qiao'er, the palace is tired, send Concubine Hui out." ”

Lan Xin stood up abruptly and said with a sneer: "Okay, since my sister is so ruthless, if something happens to my sister in the future, don't blame my sister for ignoring it." ”

Lan Ruo had long been fed up with such a face from the top and bottom of the Lan Mansion, and said angrily: "Please." ”

Lan Xin walked towards the outside of Weiyang Palace angrily, and Linglong followed her and persuaded: "Niangniang, slow down, you slow down-"

As she was talking, a person came out from the corner, and the two almost bumped into each other, it was He Xi, she stopped and saw that it was Lan Xin, so she leaned over and saluted: "Concubine Hui, see Concubine Hui-"

Lan Xin was shocked and said angrily: "Are you walking sideways in the palace now?" By His Majesty's favor, these eyes grew to the top of his head? ”

She was very angry, but He Xi didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's the concubine's fault, she almost collided with Niangniang, but is Niangniang really angry because of the concubine?" ”

Her beautiful eyes were watery, as if she could perceive people's hearts, Lan Xin's expression became more and more ugly, and she said, "What do you mean?" ”

He Xi said lightly: "It doesn't matter what the concubine means, what matters is what Your Majesty and the queen mean, isn't it?" ”

Lan Xin had something in her heart, and she didn't want to stay longer, so she said: "This palace doesn't understand the meaning of your words, it seems that you are here to ask the queen mother to say goodbye, the queen is in a bad mood, this palace reminds you, don't ask for hardship." ”

She turned around and wanted to leave, but she heard He Xi say: "Since Concubine Hui Niangniang mentioned some concubines, the concubines also have something to tell Niangniang, yesterday His Majesty said in the concubine's palace, Lan Gongzi-"

He Xi's expression became subtle, and his tone was also slow, Lan Xin couldn't help but stop and said, "Bo'er? What did Your Majesty say about Bo'er? ”

He Xi smiled and said: "Concubine Hui is not in a hurry, Your Majesty is not angry, but just said that Lan Gongzi is young and vigorous and not calm enough, but he praised the queen mother for understanding righteousness, and she can protect Lan Gongzi in every possible way because she is her younger brother." ”

Speaking of this, He Xi stopped talking, but when she saw Lan Xin's expression, she knew that her goal had been achieved, she leaned over slightly, and said: "Concubine Hui's words, whether Concubine Hui believes it or not, that's it, let's leave first." ”

With that, she turned around and walked away. Leaving Lan Xin standing in place, she curled her fingers tightly, and said exquisitely: "Niangniang, I am afraid that the words of this noble person are not credible." ”

Lan Xin said coldly: "This palace knows whether it can be trusted, but this palace also understands, the queen's intentions, Linglong, clean up, this palace wants to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to have a look." ”

He Xi arrived at Weiyang Palace and saw Qiao'er, Qiao'er said: "It's really not the right time for the noble Xi to come, the queen mother is unwell and has already rested." ”

He Xi said with concern: "Can it be serious? ”

Qiao'er said: "It's just a little tired, the little master should come back another day." He Xi nodded and said, "In this case, please tell the queen mother, come back another day to say goodbye to the mother, and ask the mother to take care of the phoenix." ”

Qiao'er nodded slowly, and watched He Xi and Ruyi's master and servant leave Weiyang Palace, until they walked to the imperial garden, and Ruyi said: "The little master asked the slave and maid to pay attention to Concubine Hui's movements at all times, just for this?" ”

He Xi found a pavilion where no one was around, sat down and said, "Of course." ”

Ruyi was still puzzled and said: "The slave doesn't understand, Concubine Hui and the queen, no matter how you count them, they are all from the Lan family, and she may not believe our words." ”

He Xi stared at the lotus flowers in the pond and said: "She doesn't believe it, but someone always believes it." ”

Ruyi said: "What the little master said is-"

He Xi said: "Everyone knows that there are two ladies in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the eldest lady knots her hair for the Prime Minister, but these two ladies are from humble backgrounds, but they borrowed the light of the queen's mother, and they flew on the branches with one move, turned into a phoenix, and sat on an equal footing with the eldest lady." Ruyi, if you are the eldest lady, are you willing? ”

Ru asked for a moment and said: "Naturally, I heard that the second lady is just a maid who washes her feet, and the eldest lady, who is from a famous family, is on an equal footing with someone of the second lady's status, so she is naturally unwilling." ”

He Xi nodded, and said, "If you are unwilling, what should you do?" ”

Ruyi pondered for a long time, but he couldn't think of it, so he shook his head and said, "The slave doesn't know." ”

He Xi tapped his fingers on the table and said, "Naturally, the second lady's only support is to knock it down and replace it." And they've already done that—"

Ruyi suddenly came back to his senses and said, "You mean, Concubine Hui is for-"

She hurriedly covered her lips, and she said, "But how could the Prime Minister allow them to do that?" ”

He Xi narrowed his eyes, raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight and said, "How not?" An unfavored daughter is not as good as a favored daughter, as long as the person sitting in that position is surnamed Lan, as for who it is, he will not care. ”

Ruyi listened to her familiar tone, and couldn't help but say: "The little master seems to be very familiar with the Lan Mansion. ”

He Xi smiled lightly and did not answer, familiar, how can you not be familiar? Even if she was reduced to ashes, she could remember the appearance of everyone in the Lan clan clearly.

That kind of face seemed to have been carved into her bones and blood with a knife, and in the midnight dream, it was their laughter that echoed.