Chapter 134: The Innkeeper (2)
Hearing this answer, Jiang Cailing's heart was stunned, she never expected it to be like this. She once looked through all the information of Li Yan, as one of the parents and officials, all of them were praised by the people, and she also sent someone to the local secret investigation in person, and also said that Li Yan had a good style and was a rare good official.
Could it be that the people she sent were bought? Jiang Cailing quickly shook her head and denied the idea in her heart. Rao is someone who Li Yan has gold and silver mountains, and may not be able to buy her henchmen, so what is going on with Liu Minglou?
But seeing Liu Minglou's posture doesn't look like he is lying...... If Li Yan is really the one who killed his parents without injustice or hatred, it is really well hidden, and it is too terrible for such a person to get Guo Ang's respect.
Seeing Jiang Cailing frowning and thinking about something, Liu Minglou raised his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, and the corners of his lips hooked up a mocking smile, "Scared?" Or do you not believe that Li Yan is that kind of person? ”
"At least what I know Li Yan is a good official, if you want, can you tell me the story in detail? I really want to know what kind of person Li Yan is, if he is really the kind of person you said, it will be a disaster for the whole Zhou. ”
Jiang Cailing said very sincerely, Liu Minglou's heart moved, over the years, he changed his name and surname, and hid in Tibet, in order to one day be strong enough to kill the enemy to avenge his father and mother. Now if he can have Jiang Cailing's help, then his wish is tantamount to getting a great help, so that his father's and mother's great revenge can be avenged.
Retelling those past events is tantamount to reopening the scabbed scars and looking directly at the bloody and cruel memories. Liu Minglou took a long and deep breath, and then spoke slowly.
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Jiang Cailing then understood why Liu Minglou always covered his forehead with that golden forehead, and it turned out that he was scarred by Li Yan with a stone. Jiang Cailing suddenly seemed to understand that this person who got into the eyes of money was always dressed in gold clothes dazzling, which was extremely dazzling, and he obviously had a white and tender pleasing face, but the words spit out from that red lip were particularly poisonous.
A thirteen-year-old child should have grown up under the care of his family, but because of his appearance, he was coveted by the official master and killed both his parents, and was abused by more than ten men.
Gu Jiming is as meticulous as dust, if Li Yan is really such a person, he will definitely be able to find out a long time ago, and he will definitely not leave such a shady person who is good at disguise by the little emperor's side.
But on the contrary, if Li Yan's disguise even Gu Jiming couldn't find the clues, it would be really terrifying.
"I'm sorry." Jiang Cailing didn't expect that such a complicated past would be involved.
On the contrary, Liu Minglou unexpectedly found that it was not as difficult as he imagined to tell others these secrets that he had hidden for many years, on the contrary, after saying it, the whole person was much more relaxed, and his purple grape-like eyes looked straight at Jiang Cailing, and said solemnly, "I don't care what you think, but one day I will kill Li Yan with my own hands." ”
"I know that if Li Yan really did these things, I will not stop you from taking revenge, and I will help you if necessary."
Reborn in a lifetime, she didn't want to stain her hands with blood anymore, but she couldn't watch such a perverted person with a human face and a beastly heart appear among the important ministers of the Great Zhou court. If Li Yan really did such a thing, tooth for tooth, eye for eye, naturally he would have to pay for his life and pay for it with blood.
Liu Minglou's lips raised an uncertain sneer, "Before, Gu Jiming also promised me to help me fake my identity in Da Zhou, but he brought Li Yan here, so all my previous efforts were in vain, isn't he teasing me?" ”
"He must have his intentions in doing things, don't worry."
Liu Minglou didn't know why, he suddenly felt in his heart that he could choose to think about this woman. With the mentality of breaking the kettle, he took a deep breath, "I will believe you two adulterers and adulteresses again, if Li Yan really dares to mess around, I don't mind pulling you to accompany me on Huangquan Road!" I heard that Ah Cai said that you have a painting for me, so I will reluctantly accept it. ”
As he spoke, a pair of slender hands with long fingers were about to snatch the picture scroll that Jiang Cailing was holding in her hand.
Jiang Cailing raised her hand to dodge, "I took this painting by mistake when I went out, it is not a masterpiece left by the painting fairy of the previous dynasty, I will make it up for you in a few days." ”
Liu Minglou shook his golden fan, squinted his eyes and said: "Poor excuse, I think it's not the drunkard's intention to drink at all, and this painting is not for me at all." ”
"Since you think so, you don't need to bring you a masterpiece from the previous dynasty." Jiang Cailing fiddled with her fingers in a calculating manner, and said to herself, "That painting can at least buy a four-entry courtyard in Nan'an City." ”
Liu Minglou's eyes lit up, and he immediately stood up, pointed to the bookcase in the inner room and said with a smile, "There is a secret passage between this room and Lord Gu's room, Niangniang wants to move now?" ”
Just now, there was a mouthful of Gu Jiming, and as soon as he heard about the famous painting, he began to call Master Gu, Jiang Cailing was not surprised, nor was he polite. As Liu Minglou pressed the mechanism, the bookshelves that were originally full of books and objects were unevenly disconnected from the middle, revealing a long dark passage.
Liu Minglou held the octagonal square lamp and put it in Jiang Cailing's hand, looking like a dog's leg, "This place is not far from Gu Xiang's room, and you can reach it in more than 100 steps." There are strings of silver bells tied to the door on each side of Lord Gu's side, and the two strings of silver bells are pulled three times in the left and right order, and there are three pauses between the second and third times, and there will be someone inside to answer at that time. But it's dark in the dark passage, and the mother needs a small companion? ”
Accustomed to seeing Liu Minglou's eyes open when he saw wealth, Jiang Cailing shook his head, "You stay here, if others come in to find me and block me for a while, I will come back soon." ”
After a long dark passage, Jiang Cailing unexpectedly saw two strings of bells, and according to Liu Minglou's method, the originally empty wall suddenly cracked, revealing a dazzling light.
"Miss He?" After Jiu Ge, who opened the door, saw Jiang Cailing, the doll showed an expression of disbelief on her face, and in order to prevent misreading, she deliberately rubbed her eyes.
Jiang Cailing walked in with a smile, "Where are you adults?" ”
Jiu Ge suddenly stood in front of Jiang Cailing, blocking her way to the inside, "Miss He, we adults didn't know that you would come back today, so we went to Nan'an City to inspect, and it is estimated that we will come back very late." ”
Liu Minglou, as the owner of this post station, will naturally know whether Gu Jiming has left or not, if Gu Jiming leaves early as Jiu Ge said, then Liu Minglou will naturally know. Xing eyes swept over Jiu Ge scrutinically, and deliberately said, "That's it, then I'll come back next time!" ”
"Okay." Hearing this, Jiu Ge raised his eyebrows, as if he had let go of a heavy burden, and the defensive look between his eyebrows gradually disappeared.
The sandalwood fragrance in the air is very strong, and in Jiang Cailing's impression, Gu Jiming rarely smokes such a strong spice. Jiang Cailing knew the way of incense, and when she smelled it lightly, she gradually found that the fragrance of sandalwood was mixed with the smell of smoke, as well as the faint smell of blood.
Jiang Cailing secretly said that it was not so simple, turned around and left with the intention of lowering Jiu Ge's vigilance, and when she took a step, she suddenly turned around and rushed towards the inner room.
If it was an ordinary person, Jiu Ge would have stabbed him with a sword, but this person is the heart of an adult, where did he dare to move Jiang Cailing to half a hair, so he could only watch her walk into Lord Gu's bedroom.
The more he walked into the room, the stronger the smell of blood became, and when he saw the man lying on the bed with a face like white paper, Jiang Cailing was stunned for a moment.
Sunlight shines through the window lattice, and the quaint rooms are furnished with great care. On the bed, Gu Jiming's eyes were tightly closed, and his slender eyelashes were attached to a faint golden light under the sunlight, as if a holy immortal had strayed into the mortal world and was about to be recalled by the Heavenly Monarch of the Heavenly Palace.
"Ahem." Gu Jiming's calm face became painful with the violent coughing, Jiang Cailing had just approached, only to see him spitting blood, and his white underwear instantly bloomed one blood flower after another.
Jiang Cailing walked quickly to the edge of Gu Jiming's bed, took out a handkerchief and soaked it in the copper basin, and gently wiped away the blood stains that oozed from between her pale lips.
The black eyes that bloomed with the starry sky were still tightly closed, and Jiang Cailing raised her hand to hold Gu Jiming's pulse, which was even weaker than when she was in Luoyang four months ago. A pair of misty apricot eyes looked at Jiu Ge, and the emotion in his tone was already very excited, "What's the matter?" Didn't he take his medication on time? ”
Jiu Ge replied in a low voice, "Lord Gu has been running on the road for days these days, and he encountered an assassination on the road, and the adult was hit by a poisoned arrow in the back. Although the poison on the arrow is cleared, it ...... The adults originally wanted to hide it from you, so I drank strong medicine before the reception banquet, but when I came back, my body became even weaker. ”
Jiang Cailing looked at the weak man, and her heart swelled with emotions that she didn't know what it was like, he didn't want her to worry, so she just pretended not to know. Put his hand on Gu Jiming's wrist again, and after listening to the pulse carefully, he took out a medicine box from his sleeve, "This pill was taken after he had dinner, and the painting said that I sent it to Liu Minglou, don't tell him that I came." ”
After Jiang Cailing left from the dark passage, Gu Jiming, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes, and a pair of ink-colored eyes looked deeply at the direction in which Jiang Cailing disappeared. The slender fingers opened the scroll, only to see that under the maple leaves in full swing, a man in white with cold eyebrows led a big dog with a golden retriever and looked into the distance, as if waiting for someone to arrive.
"Hang up!" Gu Jiming's lips outlined a smile, and his mouth was not half weak just now.
"Yes." After Jiu Ge hung up, he knocked out the incense and opened the window to diffuse the rich smell of the room. After a series of movements, a doll had a puzzled look on its face, and opened its lips and asked, "My lord, why do you have to let your subordinates tell Miss He those words?" ”
In Jiu Ge's impression, men should deliberately show a tough and resolute side in front of women, why should adults do the opposite and deliberately pretend to be very weak?
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