Chapter 590: Chess Players and Chess Pieces
The second prince's footsteps were not very fast, and he came around from Nanxun Gate, and when he arrived at Sujia Biezhuang halfway up the mountain, it was already dark.
There is still a place to shoot away from Sujia Farewell, Kexi took two guards and flashed up from the side of the road, "Second master." ”
"It's you." The second prince was very surprised, but he was the most useful chamberlain beside his uncle, "Are you waiting for me here?" ”
"Yes." Ke Xiying was very crisp, "Just now, a message came from Chenzhou Gate, saying that Wu San escaped from Chenzhou Gate, saying that he escaped to Potai Mountain."
The prince said, there are only a few old servants in Sujia Beizhuang, all of them are weak and untouchable, the second master comes over, there must not be many people around him, Wu San's few, they are all real outlaws, I don't know what the king law is in my eyes, the prince is worried that the second master will not have a case, the prince said, the second master's identity is precious, even if he is only a little frightened, it is a big deal.
The prince ordered the little one to guard the second master here, and when the second master arrived, he invited the second master to speak to the Potai Temple. ”
The second prince showed a slight smile and glanced at the Su family bezhuang not far away, "What about Su Da?" Arrived? ”
"It was Su Gongzi who asked people to take care of one or two, Su Gongzi said that he and Li Liuye were on the way back to the city, just entered the South Water Gate, and they were bumping into Wu San and those people who fled out of the city from Chenzhou Gate, the city was in chaos, Li Liuye only brought two small guys with him, Su Gongzi was not at ease, saying that he would send Li Liuye back to the house first, and then go back to the house to bring some people over, I was afraid that it would be too late, so I entrusted the prince to take care of it for a while." Thankfully, I owe a respectful detail.
The second prince shook his head while laughing, Su Ye is like this, thinking about others everywhere, and not sparing his own hard work.
"Let's go, has the uncle used dinner?" The second prince signaled gratifying.
"Not yet, knowing that the second master is coming, the prince ordered to prepare a few things that the second master likes to eat, saying that he would wait for the second master to come over and eat together."
Kexi quietly quickened his pace, it was almost dark, and the princess had instructed that before it was dark, he must take the second master into the Potai Temple.
The second prince felt that the pace was a little too fast, but this is also reasonable, his uncle is still waiting for him to eat, this slave who only looks at his master in his eyes may be complaining about him.
Kexi went to pick up the second prince from Potai Temple, Li Xia changed into a small servant clothes and came out, and Duan Yan and Hu Ying next to him wore the same small clothes.
Guo Sheng, who changed his body length and clothes, and could barely see his original appearance on his face, greeted him, Li Xia didn't look at him, only looked at Eunuch Huang, and bent his knees slightly, "Here, please take care of it." ”
"Don't worry, princess." Eunuch Huang hurriedly returned the salute.
Li Xia looked at Han Shanggong who was standing beside Eunuch Huang, and Han Shanggong smiled, "I'll stay here, with me, everyone can rest assured, the princess can rest assured, it will be fine." ”
"Hmm." Li Xia hummed, lowered his eyelids, and turned around and walked out of the house.
Outside, the sky had already darkened, Li Xia stood in the shadow of the side door, listening intently to the footsteps gradually approaching from far away from the temple gate, listening to the second prince and the happy laughter, the footsteps and laughter were getting closer and closer, until they entered the small courtyard they had just come out of.
Li Xia turned around and motioned to Guo Sheng, "Let's go." ”
Guo Sheng was in front, quietly opened the side door a crack, the side door was immediately pushed open from the outside, Yingui stood outside the side door with his hands down, engrossed in the surrounding movements, and when he saw Li Xia coming out, he immediately turned around and led the way in front.
Li Xia followed, Duan Yan and Hu Ying followed Li Xia closely, Guo Sheng walked last, and in the deep night, a group of five people quietly went to the other village in the back mountain Changsha Palace.
This is a road to the past that Guo Sheng has planned since he settled down on Potai Mountain, safe and quiet.
Li Xia entered the dark corner door of Changsha Wangfu Beizhuang that could hardly be seen whether it was open or closed, Yingui was still walking extremely fast in front, Li Xia lowered his head, only stared at Yingui's heels, passed through most of the garden, and entered a two-story small building embedded in the cliff.
The building was dark and quiet, and Li Xia went straight up to the second floor.
This location is really excellent, and from here, half of Potai Mountain is in sight.
Li Xia looked at Xujia Beizhuang at the foot of the mountain, which was the first place to bear the brunt, and it was time to fight.
A very slight sound of footsteps sounded behind him, and Guo Sheng went upstairs.
"How's it going?" Li Xia asked without replying.
"The letter I just got, Park Hyatt has taken people out of the city, there are a lot of people, similar to what we can find." Guo Sheng's voice was slightly deep.
Li Xia was silent for a moment and sighed lowly, "I originally wanted to leave Su Ye for the prince, talents are rare." ”
Guo Sheng was stunned, "Let's pinch a little, it stands to reason that we should be able to hide it for at least an hour or two, and when the Su family knows, it's too late." This is someone who handed a letter to the Su family, and it was delivered quite timely. Guo Sheng paused, looking at Li Xia's expression, "Fortunately, it's Park Hyatt?" ”
"Where is Pu Gaoming?" Li Xia ignored Guo Sheng's last question.
"There are still fifteen miles away from Potai Mountain, and their march speed is not fast."
Li Xia looked at the extraordinarily bright Potai Temple in the gloom, was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The Bai family, even if it is Bai Yue, must be sharp, this sharp blade, if it pierces the Potai Temple, ......"
Li Xia didn't say anything after that, Guo Sheng's scalp tightened, "There is a prince guarding the Potai Temple...... I don't know how Park Hyatt is better than Bai Qiao. Guo Sheng's last sentence ended slightly upward, with a hint of inquiry.
"The daughter of the Bai family is educated like a man." Li Xia did not answer Guo Sheng's words positively.
Guo Sheng sighed lightly, "If the prince faces Bai Qiao, it must be a fierce battle. ”
"Where is Chen An?" Li Xia's tone was slightly cold.
"In the town at the foot of the mountain, he followed to run errands, and all the purchases in the house were arranged in the town." Guo Sheng replied immediately.
He arranged for him to send a message to Bai Yue: the second prince was deceived by someone, and when the prince found out, he had already arrived at the foot of the mountain, and the prince asked him to be placed in a merchant's village at the foot of the mountain. Don't stay in the town, let him catch up, sooner rather than sooner. This opportunity must be seized. Also, let people urge Pu Gaoming, he is a little slow on his side. Li Xia's command was peaceful.
"Yes." Guo Sheng's response was a little tight, and at the same time as the words came out, he jumped up on the stairs with one hand, jumped down directly, and came up in a moment, "Chen An's side, I asked Changgui to go in person, his feet are extremely fast, and people are changing." ”
"Well, what's going on at the foot of the mountain?" Li Xia looked at the foot of the mountain that was so far away from her that she couldn't see clearly, and asked in a low voice with a little difficulty.
Guo Sheng swallowed his saliva, and was about to answer when there were two slight taps on the stairs.
"There's a letter here, I'll go and see." Guo Sheng quickly went downstairs with a little evasion, and came up almost immediately, with a slight smile on his face, "What a coincidence, it is the letter handed over from the foot of the mountain, and there is a letter in front of him that first there was a team of soldiers who wanted to search Xujia Biezhuang and knocked down the wall, and then Wu San and others were driven in, Jiang Shangwen was extremely brave, and the other party dispatched two archers." ”
Guo Sheng paused, "Fortunately, Mrs. Miao arrived in time, and with a single face, Mrs. Zhao shot two archers with two arrows, really, amazing, I really didn't see it, Mrs. Zhao is usually really ...... Humble. ”
Guo Sheng was a little excited, Mrs. Zhao was also almost sixty years old, and she was a woman, in such a dark night, such archery skills were really admirable.
"It is said that Mrs. Zhao is the child daughter-in-law raised by Mrs. Miao for her son." The corners of Li Xia's mouth rose slightly, and his tone rose slightly, looking very happy.
"What nonsense!" Guo Sheng snorted unceremoniously, at this moment, he was looking up at Mrs. Zhao in his heart with infinite admiration.
"Child raising is true, daughter-in-law ......" Li Xia dragged a long voice, "It can be regarded as true." Mrs. Zhao is an orphan picked up by Mrs. Miao, raised by her side, and is considered a soldier raised by her daughter, she entered her pro-soldier team at the age of eleven or twelve, and I heard that she became the captain of Mrs. Miao's pro-soldier the next year, and she is superb. One of the proudest things in Mrs. Miao's life is that her son can ask Mrs. Zhao to marry her. ”
"Old Madam Miao is admirable." Guo Sheng was really full of admiration, looked at Li Xia, who was obviously in a much better mood, and hesitated: "Princess, this archer? ”
"With Pu Gaoming as the top sheep, the archer is nothing." Li Xia replied calmly, if it weren't for the archers, why would she let the prince stay away, and she wouldn't dare to be in it.
"Ruan Jinyu, don't you have any letter over there?" Li Xia turned his gaze and looked at the surrounding villages that were extremely dark under the light of the Potai Temple.
"The seventeenth master entered the village, until now, the gate of the village has been closed, it is dark and there is no light, there is no light, I always feel that he is not in the village now, he is with a group of women and children...... The princess had told her not to come closer, but she didn't know what was going on. Guo Sheng smiled wryly.
"He didn't move, it didn't hurt or hurt. If he is injured and hurt, no one will be at peace, how can he be so quiet. ”
"That's right." Guo Sheng thought about Ruan Seventeen's usual behavior, and couldn't help but shake his head, this Seventeen Master has long been mixed into a scene in the Criminal Department, and there is a consensus in the Criminal Department that no one can lose the Seventeenth Master, if Zhou Shangshu and the Seventeenth Master have to suffer a loss, then this loss must be given to Zhou Shangshu, and Zhou Shangshu himself knows so.
Listening to Changgui, among the noblewomen and noblewomen in the capital, there seems to be a consensus: don't mess with the seventeenth grandmother, the seventeenth grandmother is really good, but the seventeenth master of her family is not a gentleman.
"Let's be tight-handed, withdraw the people who are staring at Ruan Jinyu, go and look at Park Hyatt, that piece, just let the people around Potai Temple look at it a little, if there is something on his side, it will definitely be earth-shattering, and it is not easy to see it." Li Xia then commanded.
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The other villages of the Sui'an Wangfu are scattered above the other villages of the Changsha Wangfu, and the other villages of the Tang family are obliquely separated in the middle.
In the high pavilion of the Sui'an Palace, the floor-to-ceiling windows were wide open, Jiang Yanshi was wearing a thin cloak obliquely, his attitude was leisurely, his eyes were very bright, holding a cup of warm aged daughter red, slowly sipping, at this time tonight, the tea was too bland, and this aged daughter was the best.
“…… The Su family was dispatched, it was Park Hyatt, and they didn't see Su Ye. Maple Leaf stood behind Jiang Yanshi's side with his hands down.
Jiang Yanshi paused the wine glass in his hand, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "I like such a sentient son, pass the order and tell Bai Yue that the second child is in Potai Temple, let the road be opened, and send Bai Yue to Potai Temple." ”
"Yes." Maple Ye quietly went out to pass the order, and came back to report: "The time when Mrs. Miao arrived at Xu's house was the same as the master expected, but Mrs. Zhao killed the two archers with two arrows, and on the order of the master, if there is any disadvantage, she will immediately retreat, and she has already withdrawn." ”
"The veteran is not old, the magic arrow is incomparably worthy of its reputation, and after being idle for decades, the kung fu has not been left behind, and the order is pressed, and they are not allowed to leave Zhuangzi."
Jiang Yanshi casually sighed, and then ordered.
"Yes." The maple leaf was transmitted very quickly, "Ruan Jinyu's side, there is still no movement, the door is closed, and there is not even a lamp." ”
"Ruan Jinyu has lived for more than 30 years, and he has been a bastard for more than 30 years, but he is unscathed, relying on the ability to escape like a rabbit with one hand and slip his hands, don't worry, let it go first, it's not time."
Jiang Yanshi took a sip of wine, "Drive those people out of the back mountain, bypass the Potai Temple, and go to that Zhuangzi." Let Pu Gaoming be satisfied. ”
"Yes," Maple Leaf agreed, and passed the order.
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Halfway up the mountain, Ruan Qibei Village, Ruan Qiqi had already changed into a black dress similar to the chief of the guard next to him, standing in the corner gate near the side of the Potai Temple, listening to the movement outside, the little guy Beihai stood in the treetop of an ancient tree next to him, hiding his figure, looking down the mountain.
On the way back from Pegasus, Ruan XVII figured out something.
This is not what the devil is doing to others, this is the devil taking the prince and herself as bait, and is planning to kill people!
As far as he can feel, this is a great formation, and it is definitely not the Su family, the Su family's elegant scholars, that is, they can fight in the court. The one who can compete with that devil must be the prince's Jiang family.
The Jiang family is a nest of bandits, and so is the devil, bandit to bandit!
They are all people who must have raised private soldiers and can definitely call up generals. They are all ruthless and unscrupulous people.
He didn't dare to send someone out to investigate, his people, caught between these two bandits, could only be fish and meat, and he didn't dare to act rashly, tonight must be extremely chaotic, and if he came out rashly, it would be a dead word.
He had to see the right time, run and hide, and just hope that he would survive the night in peace.
"Seventeenth master, it seems that there is a fight under the mountain." The little guy in the treetops, Beihai, slid down quickly and reported.
Beihai was able to pick Ruan Seventeen's side because of his good eyesight, which was not comparable to Xu Huan's eyes.
Ruan Qiqi took a slight breath, turned around and walked back, "Let's go." ”
The surrounding guards gestured everywhere, and the bright and dark people in the garden followed closely behind Ruan Seventeen, and retreated straight to the gate of the main courtyard of Biezhuang, and everyone guarded the main courtyard, and Ruan Seventeen pushed the door into the courtyard.
"How's it going?" Seeing Ruan Seventeen coming in, Mrs. Xu stood up and asked anxiously.
"It's not too peaceful, we have to hide." Ruan Qiqi looked at Mrs. Ruan, and Li Dong, who was sitting side by side with Mrs. Ruan.
Mrs. Ruan stood up and hugged Ah Guo from the nurse's arms. Li Dong then stood up and picked up his daughter Maomao, Zhu hurriedly went to take Ruan Shenyan's hand, but Ruan Shenyan shook her off, raised his head and smiled: "I still have to take a knife, don't be afraid, auntie." ”
Zhu, whose nervous heart was mentioned in his throat, laughed out loud when he said a word, and he also took a knife, and asked her not to be afraid!
"Ah Guo give it to me." Ruan Qiqi patted his son on the head, and reached out to pick up Ah Guo, "Let Xishan hold Maomao for a while, Nanhai will take Brother Yan'er, wait a while, everyone has to run quickly, you just take care of yourself, you must keep up, just don't fall." ”
Mrs. Ruan handed Ah Guo to Ruan Seventeen, and Ruan Seventeen lowered her head and kissed Ah Guo on the forehead, "Good grandson, it's a little bit good, don't cry for a while." ”
After speaking, he carefully wrapped Ah Guo in his clothes, let go of his two hands and tried it, satisfied, and motioned to everyone, "Let's go, don't make a noise on the road, follow one after the other." ”
Li Dong hugged Mao Mao and followed closely behind Ruan Seventeen, out of the Hanging Flower Gate, Xishan stepped forward to take Mao Mao, and Nanhai carried Ruan Shenyan. Out of the courtyard gate, Li Dong and the others, who had already changed into the clothes of the little guy, mixed into the small guard team, passed through the dark garden, went out of the corner gate, and along the barren mountain road, Ruan Qiqi and the little guards strode meteors, Li Dong and the others ran all the way to follow, and they didn't know where Ruan Qiqi was going to take them.
This run is two quarters of an hour, from Mrs. Xu to Zhu's, all supported by a frightening, the throat that ran straight was extremely dry and spicy, and when she threw herself into the corner door, Mrs. Xu couldn't let go of it when she wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, her throat was too dry, and even a sigh was not out of her throat, and she tripped under her feet and said that she stumbled.
Before Mrs. Xu fell to the ground, the guards who followed closely with everyone reached out to lift Mrs. Xu and carried her into the corner gate.
Ruan Seventeen didn't need to look back, raised his hand and pressed it accurately on Li Dong's mouth, pressed back her exclamation that she couldn't shout at all, dragged her into the corner door, and waved his hand to signal Mrs. Ruan and Zhu to hurry in and don't speak.
The people stumbled into the garden, into the dark room, and did not look for any chair on the couch, and their feet were weak, and they fell to the ground softly, panting vigorously, and their throats were so dry and spicy that they could not even cough up.
"Don't talk yet." Ruan Qiqi untied Ah Guo and put it in Mrs. Ruan's arms, went out of the house, and made a gesture, half of the people stayed around the house, and half of the people followed Ruan Qiqi to quietly check everywhere.
When everyone finally took a breath and felt alive, Ah Guo yawned and woke up, Mrs. Ruan was frightened and hurriedly grabbed the nurse who was following next to her, and the nurse took Ah Guo and hurriedly fed her.
Ah Guo ate a few mouthfuls of milk, kicked his hands and feet, babbling and playing with himself, Mrs. Ruan looked at Ah Guo with a good eye and breathed a sigh of relief.
Ruan Qiqi pushed the door in, "Okay, I can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being." ”
The little guy who came in after him closed the door and lit a candle. All the doors and windows around the house have been tightly covered with thick curtains.
Everyone, you help me, I help you, get up and crook to the chair, and look around in horror.
Zhu helped Mrs. Xu to sit on the couch, saw that there was a warm cup on the table, and hurriedly reached out to touch it, the warm hand was hot, Zhu hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to Mrs. Xu first, and then poured a cup for everyone and handed it over.
"Here, it's a little familiar." Li Dong looked around, pointed to a large plum bottle in the corner of the house, and hesitated.
The vase seemed to be exactly the same as the antique plum vase she was marrying.
"Your mother's eyesight is good, and she can see at a glance that this is our Zhuangzi." Ruan Qiqi praised his son Brother Yan'er.
Brother Yan immediately dismantled the stage, "Auntie, Daddy, this is a joke for you." ”
"This is good, what the hell is ......" Mrs. Xu pressed one hand on her chest, and the spicy breath that ran wildly for two quarters of an hour was still uncomfortable in her chest, but compared with the little seventeen in front of her, the discomfort was simply negligible.
"A-Niang, don't ask, if you have anything to say, I'll talk about it when I go back to the city tomorrow. Today, I will listen to Maomao's father's arrangement, how he says, let's do it. It's not something we should ask more about. Li Dong knew something, so he hurriedly pulled Mrs. Xu and said in a low voice.
"Okay, I don't want to ask too much, your grandmother, aunt, and Axia, Axia is in Potai Temple, right next to here." Mrs. Xu thought of the big family at the foot of the mountain and Ah Xia who was close by, and her heart immediately became a ball.
Ruan Qiqi couldn't help but roll her eyes when she heard Mrs. Xu mention Ah Xia, she was still worried about Ah Xia!
"Madame, don't worry, the old lady has the Xu family's aunt over there, the old lady is also a big deal, it must be fine, Axia and the prince are guards, no matter how chaotic it is, it can't mess with her, Madame just relax." Mrs. Ruan said comfortingly.
"That's right." When Mrs. Xu heard Mrs. Ruan say this, she immediately relieved herself, Ah Xia and the prince came on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and when she went up the mountain, she had seen the guards on the third and outer three floors with her own eyes, and as for the grandmother, Shang Wen and her two girls were fierce, she had seen it with her own eyes.
"Alas, this is still the capital, a few thieves are in chaos like this, what has become of this?" Mrs. Xu let go of her worries and became resentful.
"Auntie, don't say it, can you sleep for a while?" Li Dong was full of worries and worries, and looked at Ruan Seventeen worriedly.
Ruan Qiqi nodded, "If you can sleep, you can sleep for a while, I asked people to bring more futons." Look at Ah Guo don't let her cry, and you, Xiao Maomao can't cry either, you have to be quiet, do you hear? ”
"Well, that daddy, you want to ride a horse, two ...... Three! Three times. Mao Mao immediately put forward conditions.
"Good!" Ruan Qiqi agreed by mistake, he really deserves to be his daughter, his own child!