The bright moon hangs high, the willows on the moon, and the Qiancheng Villa under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is still lively.

Qiancheng Villa was originally the residence of the wealthy businessman Yan of the Yue Kingdom, and the two stone lions at the door were inlaid with two night pearls the size of goose eggs, illuminating the originally dark doorway. The shadow wall at the entrance is well-carved, and at first glance it is from the hand of a famous artist. Although the villa occupies a small area, the pavilions and pavilions everywhere are extremely gorgeous. The villa was originally built on the mountain, and the sound of a woman stroking the qin and singing could be heard in the distance in the empty villa. "What is the beautiful scenery of a good day, whose yard is pleasing to the heart? Flying in the morning and twilight, clouds and clouds, rain and wind, smoke and waves painting boats. Jinping people can see this Shaoguang cheap ...... "The courtyard is already hung with red and bright lanterns, and the woman's distant singing lyrics have dyed this quiet night with the taste of wind and moon for no reason."

In the room, a woman in a light gauze skirt sat next to the piano case, stroked the last scale, smiled shyly at the man in white on the small couch, her eyes flowed, although the woman looked beautiful, but at this time it also implied a little charming. The man on the couch was dressed in white, and the waist around his waist was inlaid with a green jadeite, and the man was handsome, and there was a lazy luxury lying on the couch at this time. The man beckoned, the woman came over, put her finger on the man's hand, the man dragged hard, the woman pressed on the man, the little face was flushed, with a little coquettishness, and called softly: "The owner ......", and laughed coquettishly. This person is the owner of the humble villa, Yan Ziqian. Seeing this, Yan Ziqian ripped open the woman's blouse with his big hand, revealing half of the pink belly pocket embroidered with acacia flowers.

At this time, a man with a mask walked into the room, "Owner, the dark one is back." ”

When Yan Ziqian heard this, he pulled up his clothes, threw the woman's blouse on the woman, and walked out of the room with others.

At this time, the dark one was already waiting in the hall, and he changed into the pure black smock of the villa's secret guards, wearing only a silver mask on his face that was different from the pure white masks of the several dark guards accompanying Yan Ziqian.

Yan Ziqian walked into the hall, sat straight at the top of the position, waved away the three secret guards accompanying him, knelt down on one knee, saluted him, and called: "The owner." Yan Ziqian nodded and motioned for him to get up.

"Everything is normal in the shops in the capital, and the jewelry stores in the east of the city are ......"

Yan Ziqian closed his eyes and listened to the income of each store, and from time to time answered the next sentence in an almost inaudible voice. "On the night of the Midyear Festival, Xiang Zuo, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, died at the Lantern Festival."

When Yan Ziqian heard this, he suddenly opened his eyes, "Bastard!" ”

As soon as he knelt on the ground, Yan Ziqian stood up, raised his foot and kicked on Dark One's shoulder, and Dark One was kicked and straightened up.

"Do you know who did it? Is there any news in the dark part of the capital? ”

"No news has come yet......"

Yan Ziqian stood up and kicked the dark one hard, but the dark one didn't hide from it, "Why did you raise you group of waste!" ”

"The subordinates are incompetent!"

Yan Ziqian sneered, and the room fell into a terrifying silence again.

"Is Yue Ning okay?"

"Miss Yuening asked her subordinates to hand over this thing to the owner." Dark one took out a white rabbit with fine stitches from the baggage, the rabbit used the best silk, snow-white and fat, a small one, Yan Ziqian picked up the rabbit, looked at it for a while, his face gradually improved, and took the white rabbit into his arms, "Go down, ask the dark department of the capital to investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

"Yes......" Darkly retreated.

At this time, Huizong, who was far away in the capital, was sitting in the study, looking at the thirteen chapters of the Imperial History Observatory headed by the Imperial History Doctor Zhang, and sighed helplessly, "Is Chen Bozhan on duty tonight?" The eunuch who was standing on the side grinding replied, "Lord Chen is not on duty. ”

Huizong let out a vague "um", and then said: "Xiao Anzi, you have been serving in front of the emperor with your master since you were a child. ”

"Back to the emperor, the slave served the emperor with the master for two years, and was given to the emperor by the emperor."

"Hmm...... You've been with me for a long time. ”

Xiao Anzi bowed slightly when he heard this, and said respectfully: "This is all the blessing of the slave." ”

"Then you tell me that the army will be launched the day after tomorrow, and Yushitai and many civil officials will jointly participate in Jiang Lin's ......."

Before Huizong finished speaking, Xiao Anzi suddenly knelt on the ground and leaned down, "Your Majesty, the emperor had rules, eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, slaves, slaves have never studied, and they don't understand these ......"

Huizong smiled self-deprecatingly when he heard this, "The south has lost a city, and I am in a hurry." "This young emperor is only twenty-one or twelve years old, and at this time, he has also put aside the mask he usually disguises with indifference and harshness, and finally reveals a little bit of the powerlessness of a young man.

Xiao Anzi didn't get up or raise his head when he heard this, but then said: "The slave has never studied and doesn't understand these national affairs, but the slave's master has taught the slave, and the glory and wealth of the slave are all given by the master, don't be spoiled, this is a big disloyalty......"

When Huizong heard this, he was stunned for a moment, thinking thoughtfully, at this time the room fell into a strange silence again, Xiao Anzi didn't dare to get up, so he had to continue to kneel, he was already the head of the palace, and he had long forgotten the taste of kneeling for a long time, when his knees were a little unsupportive and began to tremble slightly, Huizong's voice came from afar: "Get up." Your Master...... has some wisdom, and it has not been in vain to follow the emperor for decades. ”

Xiang Mansion, Mrs. Xiang was still sitting alone in the mourning hall, looking at the coffin in the mourning hall and Xiang Zuo's tablet with some trepidation, tears dripping silently.

At this time, a maid walked into the mourning hall and bowed respectfully, "Madame, eat something, and think about the little master in her belly." Mrs. Xiang was slightly shocked, looked up at the maid, sighed lowly, stood up, and walked out of the mourning hall.

Qiancheng Villa, Yan Ziqian sat in the study, took out the white rabbit from his arms, with a smile on his face, at this time a middle-aged man walked into the house, the man was in his forties, his hair was faintly mixed with a few strands of white hair, the clothes on his body were not inferior to Yan Ziqian, and the ice jade plate hanging on the waist seal was even more transparent than Yan Ziqian's. The man glanced at Yan Ziqian and sat down at the bottom of the seat.

Twenty years ago, Guo Chuanbai was called "Jade Langzhong" by the rivers and lakes with his medical skills and a handsome face.

When Yan Ziqian heard this, he respectfully called out, "Uncle Guo." ”

Guo Chuanbai glanced at Yan Ziqian, "Young Master, is the dark one back?" ”

"Yes...... Secretly said that Xiang Zuo was dead. ”

Guo Chuanbai let out a faint "oh", picked up the teacup on the table and began to taste the tea carefully, Yan Ziqian saw that he didn't care at all, so he was a little anxious, "Uncle Guo, Xiang Zuo was originally my grandfather's old department, I only ordered him to make friends with Jiang Lin and others, only this time the saint ordered him to raise military salaries, so I moved his secret chess, but who ......knows"

Before Yan Ziqian finished speaking, Guo Chuanbai put down the teacup vigorously, and the teacup made a "bang" sound interrupting Yan Ziqian's words.

Guo Chuanbai smiled, "Xiang Zuo has been unmoved for many years, and he has already gained Jiang Lin's trust, and boldly going against Jiang Lin at this time will inevitably attract unnecessary attention." ”

Yan Ziqian thought for a moment, "What do you mean...... I asked Xiang Zuo to collect evidence of Jiang Lin's greed for military salaries, so that Jiang Lin would be aware of it, and then kill the killer? ”

Guo Chuanbai snorted coldly, "Jiang Lin is afraid that he doesn't have this brain." ”

Yan Ziqian stood up, walked around the dark room twice, and sat back in his seat dejectedly. "I'm afraid that this time the loss of troops will not be able to move Jiang Lin and Chen Bozhan."

Guo Chuanbai got up and said, "Not necessarily." He was about to leave the dark room, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something, "Ning'er's embroidery has made great progress." ”

Yan Ziqian came back to his senses when he heard this, glanced at the incompatible white rabbit on the table, picked it up, and suddenly exerted his internal force to shatter the white rabbit, and threw the broken strip of cloth on the table, "But some of the little family's things, grandmother and mother are all women, and these embroidery things are definitely not rare." ”

The corners of Guo Chuanbai's mouth hooked up a smile, but he didn't look back and left the dark room.

In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Lin was still lying on the bed of his third concubine and had not yet woken up, and the little girl ran from the front hall to the backyard with a crawl, knocking on the door of the bedroom with a "bang", Jiang Lin's third room concubine put on a tulle coat, twisted her soft waist, and opened the door at once, "Changxi, the master is still sleeping, what is there to ......make a noise early in the morning" After speaking, he snorted coldly and wanted to close the door.

"Third aunt, someone is in the palace."

The woman was stunned, and before she could react, she heard Jiang Lin's voice behind her, "So what, it's just for me to prepare to prepare to lead the troops out on the same day, and tell them to wait." Jiang Lin snorted coldly and pulled the woman over, "Come, wait for the master to get up." ”

The woman smiled coquettishly, pulled Jiang Lin to sit on the couch, heard this, and hurriedly walked a few steps inside, "General, it is Gonggong An in front of the emperor who came to deliver the decree." ”

When the third aunt heard this, she said angrily: "This is because the emperor values our master, and specially sent someone from the front of the emperor to come, and you are waiting for ......."

"Madame is already in the front yard with the eldest young master and the second young master." Changxi bowed down and said to Jiang Lin.

Seeing this, the third aunt pouted invisibly, and at this time, Jiang Lin had finished freshening up and strode towards the front hall.

Xiao Anzi had been sitting in the front hall and waiting for a long time, Jiang Lin walked into the front hall, and saw the second son's face with a joy that could not be concealed. When Xiao Anzi saw Jiang Lin, he hurriedly got up, "Congratulations to General Jiang......"

Jiang Lin hurriedly greeted him, "I slept late yesterday, let my father-in-law wait, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" ”

Xiao Anzi smiled and took out the holy decree, "Master Jiang, take the decree." ”

Jiang Lin immediately knelt down with everyone.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Since Jiang Peng, the second son of Jiang Lin, joined the army, he has made outstanding achievements, is brave and good at fighting, and has excellent strategy.

When Jiang Peng heard this, he shouted three times and accepted the order.

Seeing that Jiang Lin and the others were still kneeling on the ground, Xiao Anzi smiled and took the initiative to help Jiang Lin up. "The general has raised a good son, he is a lieutenant at a young age, and his future is limitless."

Although Jiang Lin was anxious why he didn't have the will to go on the expedition, he saw that Gonggong An, who was serving Huizong full-time, helped him up, and he had to be patient, "The emperor's grace is mighty!" My Jiang clan will remember the emperor's grace, and I will lead the soldiers of the three armies to beat that group of southern barbarians out of my Dayao! ”

"General Chiang, please take a step to speak." Jiang Lin's heart was slightly cold when he heard this, so he walked to the side with Xiao Anzi, and when Xiao Anzi saw that he was far away from the crowd, he said in a low voice: "Master Jiang, there is a sentence that a slave doesn't know whether to say or not......

Jiang Lin saw that Xiao Anzi's face was hesitant, so he hurriedly said, "Father-in-law An, please speak." ”

"The emperor is afraid that he is angry with the adult, and the lord of the imperial history has connected thirteen excerpts and asked the emperor to investigate the lord thoroughly......"

Jiang Lin shouted angrily: "This group of old horsemen! Mrs. Jiang and her two sons couldn't help but turn their heads to look at them. Seeing this, Xiao Anzi hurriedly said softly, "Lord Jiang, I'm afraid you won't be able to lead the troops this time." The emperor also gave an explanation to the civil officials this time, and when the second prince received military merits, the emperor will inevitably continue to reuse the general's ......"

Jiang Lin is not a scheming person, but when he heard about this change, he only felt anger coming from it, and said loudly: "I Jiang Lin is the emperor, I don't know? How could you listen to the words of those old horsemen! The emperor is confused! ”

Xiao Anzi sneered when he heard this, "Master Jiang, the slave should have never heard this, so he retired first!" After speaking, he didn't wait for Jiang Lin to speak, and left with someone to take care of himself.

Xiang's mansion is still gloomy and miserable, Mrs. Xiang locked herself in Xiang Zuo's study, the door of the study has been locked by her, she touched the lower abdomen that has not yet bulged with her hand, and took out a hairpin of a little old pure gold phoenix wearing peony from her arms. She sat on the small couch outside the study, the hand holding the hairpin trembled slightly, she looked around the whole study, except for some of the account books that Chen Bozhan moved, the study still retained its original appearance, and there was even a smock on the left side of the chair, she put the hairpin on the table of the small couch, but the moment her fingers touched the two letterheads on the table, she seemed to wake up, as if she had strengthened some faith, and held the phoenix tail fiercely, and the pattern of the phoenix wearing the peony was tightly engraved into her delicate palm, but she seemed to not know the pain. Suddenly, she pierced the hairpin into her heart!

The bright red blood quickly stained her plain white filial piety clothes, and she suddenly remembered something, struggled to stand up, clutched her chest, and walked towards the chair in the inner room little by little. She walked to Xiang Zuo's chair and sat down, her hand covered with blood, slowly picked up Xiang Zuo's blouse on the back of the chair, gently draped it on her body, and wrapped her two sleeves around herself. She finally slumped in her chair as if she had lost her strength. She hummed a nursery rhyme intermittently, tears welled up in her eyes, but there was a loving smile at the corner of her mouth, she gently patted her lower abdomen, as if coaxing a real baby, slowly, blood soaked the whole clothes, and her nursery rhyme slowly became out of tune.

Suddenly, she shouted, "Ah Zuo, wait for me!" A mouthful of blood spurted out, staining the unfinished book on the table. The maid outside the house heard the movement and knocked vigorously on the door, and finally, the door was knocked open, and Mrs. Xiang also sat down in a pool of blood on the chair, and kept muttering: "Left...... Right...... Right...... ......"