At noon, a carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and flew into the house where Peng Lan lived in Yuzhou City, and landed on the bamboo frame in front of the birdshed.

It had just grunted twice, and a large hand grabbed it.

Luo Cheng pulled out the note in the letter tube on the pigeon's feet, threw the pigeon away, and hurriedly ran to the inner courtyard.

At the same time, Rouge stood at the door of the room and looked around, and returned to Peng Lan's side: "It's been three days, why hasn't that person named Hua Rou come yet?" ”

"Be patient." Peng Lan had a gloomy face, sullen.

"But miss, what if she doesn't come?"

"With so many people dead, it would be nice if she could really ignore it."

Rouge was stunned when she heard this, Luo Cheng had already appeared in the courtyard, and she immediately greeted her: "She's here?" ”

Luo Cheng shook his head and said, "No, but there is a letter from the house." When she entered and presented the note, Peng Lan grabbed a handful and wiped it open, and when she saw that the whole note was blank, her body froze, as if petrified.

"Why isn't there anything?" Rouge glanced at the blank note and muttered suspiciously: "Commander Luo, is this a note that has been replaced?" ”

Hearing this, Luo Cheng looked at Peng Lan, who finally sat up straight at this time, but his eyes showed a sad look: "He angered his father." ”

"What?" Rouge was puzzled, and Peng Lan took the note and said helplessly: "The country of Chu will be in turmoil soon, and you should be prepared under Commander Luo." ”

"Understood."

At this time, a young man hurriedly admitted to the hospital: "Miss, a Tang girl came to look for you." ”

Peng Lan rolled her eyelids: "It's finally here, Commander Luo welcomes people." ”

"Yes!"

Luo Cheng retreated in response and left with the little maid to greet people, and Peng Lan reached out and touched his right shoulder: "Rouge, cut my wound with scissors." ”

"What?" Rouge was shocked when she heard this: "Miss, you ......"

"Don't talk nonsense! Do it quickly! ”

……

When Hua Rou followed Luo Cheng into the inner courtyard, Peng Lan came out of the house and curtsied in the courtyard: "Peng Lan has seen the princess." ”

Seeing this, Hua Rou trotted two steps and stretched out her hand to help Peng Lan up: "Hurry up, I've told you, this kind of etiquette is saved." ”

"Don't dare!" Peng Lan said expressionlessly: "Since the ancient rites fell and the room collapsed, Peng Lan didn't dare to mess with it, and asked the princess not to be embarrassed." ”

Hua Rou opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer, at this time Peng Lan leaned away and asked inward: "Princess please." ”

Hua Rou replied a little embarrassed and stepped inside.

Peng Lan, who was following behind Hua Rou, raised a look of disdain at the corner of her mouth at this time.

As soon as Hua Rou stepped into the room, she saw a maid crouching on the ground.

"Are you ready?" Peng Lan asked behind Hua Rou, and Rouge naturally replied: "If Miss Hui speaks, the tea ceremony has been prepared." ”

"Let's go down."

Rouge didn't move, still prostrate on the ground: "Miss, please allow the slave maid to perform the tea ceremony." ”

"Bold!" Peng Lan scolded: "What kind of identity do you dare to give a tea ceremony to the princess?" Don't slap your mouth yet! ”

Rouge immediately got up slightly and bowed to his cheeks, which can be called a dismount This behavior made Hua Rou, who was not expectant, stunned for a while, and couldn't help but turn to look at Peng Lan, Peng Lan immediately bowed to her and said: "Please also ask the princess to forgive this cheap maid for the crime of trespassing." ”

"Forgiveness, forgiveness, stop fighting!" Hua Rou immediately expressed her position, but Rouge was still slapping herself, Peng Lan paused slightly, and then said to Rouge: "Okay!" ”

Rouge stopped, making it clear that he only listened to Peng Lan.

"The princess is magnanimous and doesn't care, don't hurry up and retreat!"

"Yes." Rouge got up cautiously and walked out of the house with her head bowed, and Hua Rou frowned slightly uncomfortably as she looked at her.

"Princess, please take a seat."

Hua Rou saw Peng Lan guiding towards the long table, so she walked over and knelt behind the table.

Peng Lan walked to the opposite side of the table, leaned slightly and knelt down, then opened a box, cut a small piece with a tea knife and put it into the tea mortar, then covered the box, and used a jade mortar to grind it lightly in the tea mortar.

"Princess, forgive me, Peng Lan lives in a private house, and it is difficult to improve the ritual utensils, so I neglected it today."

Hua Rou looked at the tea mortar in Peng Lan's hand and said with a wry smile: "Don't be so polite, I'...... Nothing to worry about. ”

Peng Lan smiled lightly when she heard this, put the ground tea into the iron kettle, poured boiling water, and placed it on the copper stove, and then folded her hands on her knees and raised her eyes slightly to look at Hua Rou: "The princess is here today, is there something wrong?" ”

"Yes!"

Peng Lan looked at Hua Rou, listening, and her restrained behavior emphasized the etiquette and rules to Hua Rou, but Hua Rou didn't care too much and said: "That's the case, I should have gone to the gambling house to see you three days ago, but something happened to the door, I was busy dealing with it and couldn't make an appointment to see you on the second day, I have some time today, so I hurried over to learn that you had left the gambling house." ”

"Peng Lan is the daughter of the Jiedu, as a family member of the court official, it is really not good to be with the people in the rivers and lakes, so she can only leave."

"I see......"

Peng Lan looked at Hua Rou: "Is this why the princess came?" ”

"That's not it, that's ...... Thank you for bringing someone to help me before, but because the Meng army's surprise attack came a little strangely, I remembered that Miss Peng said that she had been paying attention to the movements of the Meng army, so I came to ask you what you observed. ”

Just when Hua Rou asked Peng Lan for news, a person entered the gambling house and walked directly to the guy who was patrolling on the sidelines, and took out a string of copper coins: "Spend money to eliminate the disaster, and ask Brother Tang to save me." ”

After looking at the man a few times, the man grabbed the copper coin: "Follow me!" At that moment, he led this person to the corner of the gambling hall and put the string of copper coins on the small table in front of Tang Zhao.

Tang Zhao was dressed as a bookkeeper today, and he was shrinking on the small table in the corner, dozing off.

Hearing the movement, he raised his eye and saw the copper coin on the table, so he glanced at the person behind the guy, closed his eyes and yawned: "Say, what disaster do you want to eliminate?" ”

The man leaned over and clenched his fists: "Someone asked me to give an urgent message to the master of your sect." ”

As soon as these words came out, Tang Zhao's eyes opened, and at the same time, the noisy and noisy gambling house suddenly became silent.

The silence was so startled that the man couldn't help but look back, and saw that the guests, dealers, and guys in the entire gambling house were all looking at him in a daze.

"Hey!" With a greeting, the man immediately turned back, and by this time a dagger had been placed on his neck.

"Who entrusted you?" Tang Zhao stared at him coldly.

"I have a pigeon in my arms."

Hearing this, Tang Zhao directly reached out into his confidant's arms, and then he took out a rolled up note, rubbed his fingers and spread it, facing a few words, and his eyes widened in shock: "Pray that the king is faint?" ”

……

"So, the Meng army has always had nearly 100 people in and out of this Yuzhou city?" Hua Rou was a little stunned, she didn't expect Meng Jun to have so many people hiding here.

"Yes, they usually scatter, and rarely gather more than ten people, so a few days ago, I found that they had gathered fifty or sixty people, so I expected that there must be something unusual to follow, but I don't know, they actually went to the princess."

"I'm really sorry, the festival between the Tang Sect and the Meng Army has affected your subordinates......"

"Princess, don't say that, see you outside." Peng Lan said, stretched out her right hand to carry the iron kettle, and this mention, her face showed forbearance, and Hua Rou immediately stretched out her hand: "I'll come!" You've got a wound on your back......"

"No!" Peng Lan carried the iron kettle to avoid: "The princess is respected, Peng Lan is humble, the etiquette is not chaotic, and Peng Lan is fine." ”