Chapter 209: Quelling the Chaos (5)
Xiao Nai glanced at his maid infinitely shyly, and said coquettishly: "You don't want to talk nonsense, if you say it again, be careful that I hit you in the mouth." β
Although he said it, he still stuffed the thing into the handmaid's hand, pretending to be angry and turned away, and the handmaid stuck out her tongue, knowing that Xiao Nai was shy, so she stopped making fun of her master.
The two talked and laughed again, chatting about the affairs of southern Xinjiang, and suddenly Xiao Nai said with some embarrassment: "Father must not know His Majesty's will now, if he does, he will definitely be dissatisfied." β
The smile on her face gave birth to infinite sorrow at this time, and suddenly the carriage stopped, and Lu Ran's voice sounded outside the carriage: "Miss, it's here." β
Xiao Nai hurriedly withdrew from his thoughts, and hurriedly pulled his handmaid out of the carriage, but neither of them noticed that something slipped from the handmaid's sleeve and rolled under the seat of the carriage.
Lu Ran stretched out his hand to help Xiao Nai get out of the carriage, and said, "My subordinates are waiting for Miss here, and someone will send Miss in to see the prince." β
As he spoke, he pointed to an ordinary-looking man standing at the entrance of the mausoleum, although he looked mediocre and was just dressed as an ordinary person, but his breathing was steady and his steps were strong, and he was obviously a person with deep internal strength.
When he saw Xiao Nai, he bowed his hand respectfully, and Xiao Nai also nodded and said, "It's okay." β
As he spoke, he turned around and followed the man from the entrance of a mausoleum, and Lu Ran couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief when he saw Xiao Nai's back disappear at the entrance of the mausoleum.
You know, how reluctant he is to take Xiao Nai out at this time, after all, His Majesty made a holy decree today and made Xiao Nai a side concubine, if there is a concubine, it would be good, but Miss Wei had such a thing, and now half of the eyes of the people in Beijing are on Xiao Nai's body, if something happens to Xiao Nai on the road today, he Lu Ran will be responsible even if he dies.
Thinking like this, suddenly there was a noise in the woods on the side, and Lu Ran vigilantly pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, and even his breathing slowed down a lot.
The footsteps and laughter gradually got closer, and when the people walked out of the woods, they saw the carriage of the palace parked on the side of the road, and at the same time, Lu Ran also saw the person who came, this person was none other than Wang Lang.
He relaxed the movements in his hand, arched his hand at Wang Lang with a smile and said, "It turned out to be the king's commander, it's really okay." β
He and Wang Lang have also been together in Shuzhong for a while, and they are also familiar, Wang Lang saw that it was Lu Ran, and he also laughed loudly: "Who else should I be, when the moon guards came today, I was still chattering, when can we see you, we still have a meal of wine to drink." β
Wang Lang's straightforward temperament made the atmosphere relaxed all of a sudden, and Lu Ran smiled lightly: "Commander Wang still remembers this matter, okay, when, if the commander has time, how about going to Beijing to talk about it?" β
Wang Lang smiled and became more and more happy, he waved his hand at the people around him and said, "You go back first, tell the prince the news of the investigation, and I will go back after saying a few words to Brother Lu." β
A few of his followers nodded, and then quietly retreated, which can be said to be well-trained.
Seeing that the rest of the people had left, Wang Lang stepped forward and patted Lu Ran on the shoulder and said: "When we left Shuzhong, the prince was not fully awake, but fortunately, I heard that Mr. Gao was back, so I was relieved, but that's it, on the day the prince returned to Beijing, I still couldn't bear it, so I secretly took a look." β
Wang Lang said endlessly, Lu Ran just bent the corners of his lips and listened, looking very patient, and when Wang Lang was almost done, Lu Ran said: "By the way, do you remember that child?" Just the child you and Jin Gongzi brought back? β
The smile on Wang Lang's face stopped abruptly, and he grabbed Lu Ran's hand and said, "That kid, I remember, what's wrong?" Is something wrong? It's impossible, the little master obviously said that he would be fine after taking the medicine. β
Wang Lang is actually to Xiaoyu, no, now he should be called Yuxue, there is a complex emotion, although he was a little annoyed at the beginning, this kid who didn't have any hair, but later he saw that after he experienced the tragic death of his sister, he was more distressed, naturally with some pity.
Lu Ran frowned and repeated: "Little master? β
This title is only used to address the low-ranking concubines in the palace, and they will say it like this, so who does the little master in Wang Lang's mouth refer to?
Wang Lang's expression froze, and only then did he realize that he was unscrupulous, and he said, "It's nothing, not the little master?" What little master? I'm afraid you heard it wrong, by the way, you haven't told me yet, what happened to that child? β
Lu Ran looked at Wang Lang with some suspicion, to be honest, Wang Lang is indeed not a person who is good at lying, he is just a martial artist, and he has long been accustomed to writing joys, sorrows, and sorrows on his face.
Lu Ran sensed that Wang Lang must have something to hide from him, and this matter may be related to the Jin Gongzi who saw the head and the end of the dragon, but since Wang Lang was unwilling to say it, Lu Ran did not force it, so he pretended not to see the nature of Wang Lang's expression. Said to himself: "Brother Wang, think too much, that child has been well after taking the medicine, and now he is in Yueweizhong, before, when we left Shuzhong, he followed, saying that he wanted to follow the prince, and he followed for several days before the prince was relieved." β
Wang Lang heard that Yuxue was fine, so he put down the heart he was carrying, Lu Ran looked at Wang Lang and couldn't help but laugh a little, and he said: "That kid also said that he wanted to see Jin Gongzi in the future." β
Wang Lang couldn't get up in one breath, he almost held back, he knew that his words had aroused Lu Ran's suspicions, at this time, he laughed stupidly twice and said: "That depends on his creation, Jin Gongzi is not so easy to see." β
The two talked a lot, but no one noticed that at the entrance of the mausoleum, there was a person standing with an ugly look on his face, as if the mountain rain was coming.
This person is none other than Xiao Nai, her current mood can be regarded as turbulent, maybe Lu Ran doesn't know who the little master in Wang Lang's mouth is, but she Xiao Nai knows, that person, like a thorn, has been stuck in his heart, even if it turns into ashes, Xiao Nai will remember the appearance of that person.
It was He Xi, it turned out that she was the one who went to Shuzhong before, or Wang Lang brought it over, but since Lu Ran didn't know, it means that He Xi hid his identity, but no one could have imagined that Brother Yue would forget that He Xi had been there because the effect of the devil's medicine was too violent, or did He Xi never want to let Tuoba Yue know the truth of the matter?
Impossible, Xiao Nai shook his head, Wang Lang is Brother Yue's person, even if Brother Yue chose to cut off the news at that time, it is impossible for his subordinates to listen to He Xi's dispatch at will, could it be that Brother Yue forgot all the things about He Xi's trip to Shuzhong?
This question seemed to be a lingering dark cloud, hovering in Xiao Nai's heart, making her puzzled. But the only thing she can be sure of is that the devil was sent by He Xi, and if you count the time, it should be a day or two before she entered Shuzhong, He Xi left, but Tuoba Yue was already asleep at that time.
The thing that I plannedβ
Thinking of this, Xiao Nai's palms were drenched in layers of fine sweat, as if there was a poison next to his pillow that would kill him at any time.
If so, He Xi talked to Tuoba Yue about the things in Shu, or maybe Tuoba Yue remembered it himself-
Xiao Nai didn't dare to think about it anymore, and the maid on the side saw Xiao Nai's expression becoming more and more ugly, so she said softly: "Miss? Shall we not go to the carriage to pick up something? β
This sentence woke Xiao Nai up, and she glanced at the maid in a panic and said, "Ah, yes, let's go and get it." β
As he spoke, he walked in the direction of the carriage in a little panic, and when the maid spoke, Wang Lang and Lu Ran had already discovered Xiao Nai's existence, and their faces were a little ugly, they didn't even notice when Xiao Nai appeared on the side, and how many conversations they heard.
Wang Lang arched his hand and said, "My subordinates see Miss Xiao." β
Xiao Nai smiled lightly, sank all his emotions, and said unintentionally: "What a coincidence, why is Commander Wang here?" Are you catching up with Lu Guard? I really didn't expect you to have a friendship. β
Lu Ran lowered his eyes and said politely and detachedly: "It's not a friendship, it's just that we are loyal to the prince and have a relationship." Commander Wang was worried about the prince's condition, so he casually asked his subordinates a few words. β
Xiao Nai nodded, then turned his head to Lu Ran and said, "We remembered that a porcelain vase seemed to have dropped around here, how about asking the two of you to help find it?" β
The maidservant also hurriedly said: "Yes, I also looked inside the carriage, and when I left, I seemed to feel that I had fallen into the carriage." β
Lu Ran and Wang Lang glanced at each other, then they looked for each other, looking at the figures of the two, Xiao Nai became more and more suspicious, why did Lu Ran hide it from himself, unwilling to admit that he was familiar with Wang Lang, and, looking at Wang Lang's appearance, it must have been as if he was helping He Xi hide something?
He Xi, why did you do this?
Suddenly, Lu Ran found something under the seat of the carriage, and he presented it to Xiao Nai with both hands, and the maid hurriedly stepped forward happily and said, "That's right, it's this thing, it really fell on the carriage." β
Xiao Nai stretched out his hand to take it and said with a smile: "There is a Lao Lu guard." β
As he spoke, he turned around and left with his maidservant Shi Shiran, Wang Lang looked at Xiao Nai's back as he walked away, and always felt that he seemed to have done too many things wrong today.