Time goes back to the day before, Yu Baiyi was hurrying to Yu's mansion, at this time the time was close to evening, Yu Baiyi entered the mansion, but found that the mansion was already in chaos. Many subordinates walked towards the outside of the mansion with things in their hands.

When one of the maids with a food box in his hand hurriedly walked forward, he looked up and found Yu Baiyi, and hurriedly exclaimed: "Young Master, you are back, the master must be very happy to know." ”

Yu Baiyi frowned and asked, "What happened in the house, why is there such a mess?" ”

The maid replied, "I heard that Master Song died..."

"What do you say? Song Shangshu actually died, when did it happen. Yu Baiyi looked in disbelief, how could he die today if he was fine yesterday.

"The slave doesn't know, I only know that Master Song will be funeral tomorrow, so the master asked all the idle people in our house to rush to Song Mansion to help." The maid bowed slightly and left in a hurry.

Yu Baiyi immediately stepped up and went to the place where Yu Xu was. As expected, Yu Shu was sweating like rain in the practice room at the moment. Although Yu Xu is more than forty years old, his body is not inferior to that of young people.

"Son, you're back." Yu Xu had already heard footsteps, and he didn't have to look back to know who was coming.

Yu Baiyi clasped his hands into fists, and said in a loud voice: "Father, I haven't seen my body for a long time, but I'm still healthy." ”

Yu Xu put down the big knife he was wielding, walked in front of Yu Baiyi in three or two steps and hammered his chest heavily, and then smiled with satisfaction: "It seems that you have good experience in the army, and your body is quite strong." ”

Yu Baiyi had no intention of making fun at the moment, and his face was serious and his tone was completely depressed: "Father... I just heard from someone that Master Song passed away, is it true? ”

As soon as Yu Xu heard this, he immediately put away the smile on his face, and his voice was much lower: "It's true, I only found out about this half an hour ago, the Song Mansion and our Yu Mansion have maintained a good hypocrisy for many years, although your grandparents have not had much contact after they went, but I should also help, besides, the lady concubine in the palace has a friendship with me since I was young, and I have to do my part for her." ”

"My father did the right thing, and when my grandfather died a few years ago, it was the Song family who helped us get through the difficulties. Now we should do everything we can to help them. ”

"By the way, why did you suddenly return to Beijing this time, doesn't it matter if you leave the affairs of the south." Yu Xu suddenly thought that Yu Baiyi should not appear here at this moment.

Yu Baiyi found out that he was in a hurry to come back, and before he could say hello to his family, he entered the palace again, so he told the truth: "There is a little situation in the south, so the emperor asked me and the deputy general to go back to Beijing to discuss countermeasures, and it happened that Her Royal Highness the princess was going to visit the Song Mansion, so the child was escorted by the way." ”

Yu Xu patted Yu Baiyi's shoulder and said, "If that's the case, then you have worked hard these days." Go back and rest well, your brother and sister must be very happy to see the eldest brother come back. ”

Yu Baiyi looked unhappy, and lowered his voice and said, "Father, I have something very important to discuss with you. ”

He explained in detail what he had seen in Innis House today, but Yu Xu's reaction after listening to it was not as Yu Baiyi had imagined.

"Father, judging by your reaction, it seems that you already knew about it."

Yu Xu sat on the square stool with his sleeves brushed up, looked calm, took a sip of the hot tea in the cup, and motioned for Yu Baiyi to sit down as well: "I do already know about this, but I only knew a few hours before you." ”

"How did my father find out?" Yu Baiyi was full of doubts, it stands to reason that only the people who were in the teahouse at the time would know about this matter, could it be that in addition to a few of them, there were people in the court who witnessed everything at that time.

"Originally, this should not have been publicized, but now you know it. I will not hide it from you, and the boy of the Liao family who appeared in Beijing is the son of the leader of the northern border, and he is also the leader of the next generation. Famous among the people of the north. ”

Although Yu Baiyi didn't see the northern man named Liao Yunfei during the day, he could also paint a little bit in his heart when he heard Wu Wei's description. Although he was stationed in the southern region and was not familiar with all things in the north, he had also heard of the recent rebellion in the north, and there was already a faint trend of sparks burning the plains. And this time, the emperor recalled several military attaches who were not in Beijing. It's also very serious.

"But why did this tribe come to Beijing?"

"It can be said that it is here for negotiations." Yu Xu's expression was slightly grim when he said this, obviously the situation was not as simple as he imagined.

Yu Baiyi crossed his arms and folded them on his chest, the candlelight reflected on the table shone on his face flickeringly, and he pondered for a long time before saying, "Negotiation, it shouldn't be so simple. If it is a negotiation, why not enter the palace, but only appear in this innis. ”

"What you said is exactly what I think in my heart, this Liao family kid knows that entering the palace is not good for him, so he hides the news of his coming to Beijing from the people in the palace, if he doesn't make a big splash in the teahouse today, I'm afraid no one will know that he came to Beijing." Yu Xu's face was awe-inspiring, and his eyebrows were wrinkled into Sichuan characters.

"What should I do, you and I have special identities and should not have anything to do with that border young master."

Yu Xu took out a very neatly folded secret letter from his arms at this moment, handed it to Yu Baiyi and said, "Look at this." ”

Yu Baiyi unfolded, and the red square mark that showed the identity of the prince was clearly printed on it, and the handwriting on it was also strong and powerful, and it was definitely not from the hands of ordinary people, Yu Baiyi lowered his head and looked at the two lines, and suddenly realized: "This..."

Yu Xu nodded slightly, then stared at the tea stalk floating on the tea surface and muttered a little, and then said: "That's right, this is the prince's secret letter, he already knew about it, and hopes that I can give some help." ”

Yu Baiyi then looked down, the prince meant that he would send his cronies to negotiate with the young head of the Liao family, hoping that the Yu family could act as a guard to avoid accidents. And Yu Baiyi noticed that the cronies that the prince was going to send turned out to be his brother the Seventh Prince.

Yu Baiyi was obviously full of strangeness to these Seven Princes, and thought that the Crown Prince would send his staff, but as a result, a Seven Princes appeared out of nowhere, and asked in a low voice: "What kind of person is this Seven Princes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince trusts him so much." ”

Yu Xu thought for a moment before he said slowly: "The Seventh Prince can be said to be a mystery, and there are few people in the palace who know about him, all I know is that he was born to the queen's mother, and now he is raised by Concubine Shu." You're about two years younger. In the past two years, he has been by the prince's side and has won his trust. Other than that, it's not clear. ”

Yu Baiyi lowered his eyebrows and stared at the three words of the Seven Princes on the paper, and turned to Yu Xu: "Father, can you let me protect the Seven Princes tomorrow." ”

Yu Xu was noncommittal, looked pondering for a long time, and then said: "That's what I mean, my identity has been known by too many people, so it is inevitable that people will be jealous, and you are suitable for secret protection outside all year round." According to the secret letter, the Seven Princes will be waiting at Innis House at noon. Just go on time tomorrow. ”

Early in the morning of the second day, the funeral of Song Mingqing alarmed everyone in Beijing, and Yu Baiyi went out of the house with his younger siblings early in the morning.

Yu Baisi and Yu Baisi are no longer as similar as when they were young, making it difficult to distinguish, Yu Baisi has a goose egg face and big eyes, which is very pleasing. But he still runs around all day long like a few years ago, unlike ordinary daughters, who like to embroider female red, but love horseback riding and archery, and have a very good relationship with those brothers in Yu Baiyi's military camp.

And Yu Baixi is still the same as when he was a child, he is calm and likes to read and talk much, his appearance is five points similar to Yu Baiyi, but his temperament is completely different, Yu Baiyi has a heroic temperament that has been on the battlefield for a long time, and Yu Baixi has a strong bookish atmosphere.

The two brothers and sisters of the Yu family are also quite famous for being quiet and moving, but in Yu Baiyi's eyes, they are a little extra noisy.

Yu Baisi was wearing a pure white cotton skirt with a white mink fur cloak on the outside, and her little face with a little baby fat was blown red by the cold wind in winter.

"Big brother, do you think we should take something to attend Master Song's funeral?" Yu Baisi's voice was slightly quieter, and she stared at the various shops on the street and hesitated.

Yu Baixi wrapped the cloak on his body, squinted at Yu Baisi, and slowly helpless in his words: "Yu Baisi, don't you have common sense, how can any of the things sold on the street be brought to the funeral." ”

Yu Baisi pursed her lips and choked dissatisfiedly: "My temper is so bad early in the morning, and I frown all day long and be careful of getting old." After speaking, he squeezed out a grimace at Yu Baixi.

Yu Baixi didn't pay attention to her, silently turned her head and didn't bother to speak.

Yu Baiyi on the side knocked on Yu Baixi's head: "Bai Xi, don't keep a straight face all day long, my father and I are often not at home, and you will be the head of the family at that time, you know." ”

Yu Baixi was exceptionally obedient when facing Yu Baiyi, nodded silently and continued: "I will not live up to the expectations of my eldest brother and father. ”

Yu Baisi pouted silently on the side: "Big brother, why don't you ask me if I agree." ”

"Don't you agree?" Yu Baiyi asked with a smile.

"For the sake of my eldest brother and father's face, I let go of this piece of wood and reluctantly agreed." Yu Baisi seemed to have a very difficult look to make this decision, and Yu Baiyi wanted to laugh when she saw it.

After the three of them arrived at the Song Mansion, they separated, Yu Baisi went to chat with Song Jing, while Yu Baixi talked to several older officials, Yu Baiyi conveyed Yu Xu's words to Mrs. Song and then hurriedly said goodbye, looking at the sun and seeing that it was already time.

Before going out, I turned around and saw Ye Yufu passing by, she was wearing a plain white dress, her hair was black and shiny, and she was talking to a subordinate in the Song Mansion with her head down.

It took him a long time before he slowly retracted his gaze, thinking about the regret of not being able to send Ye Yufu back to the palace in person.

When I arrived at Innis Building, it was close to noon, and after explaining the intention of Yu Bai, the little maid at the door was taken to a tea room in the corner of the second floor to knock on the door.

Yu Baiyi gave the little guy some broken silver as a tip, and the little guy bowed and left.

Yu Baiyi stood at the door and knocked on the door of the tea room, and after a while, a very nice male voice came from inside, the voice was slightly low but not lifeless. It is a particularly recognizable voice.

"Come in." It's just two words, but it's unusually clear.

Yu Baiyi pushed open the door, and what caught his eye was a completely different scene from the single room that Wu Wei had booked yesterday.

Located on the edge of the teahouse, this room has a large window barred by a wooden fence, and the traffic on the street can be seen unobstructed.

A man was sitting on a cushion at the small coffee table under the window, his back straight.