When Ran Yan walked out of the arch 'door', he happened to meet Mrs. Dongyang who came in from the inner 'door'.

She still has a distant appearance, but she is much thinner, her face is pale, she is dressed in plain clothes, and her whole person looks more like she does not eat fireworks in the world.

Ran Yan bowed slightly to her.

Mrs. Dongyang bowed her head and walked towards her with the 'waiter' in her arms.

"Auntie, please sit in the hall." Ran Yan said.

Mrs. Dongyang looked at the pavilion in the courtyard, her voice was a little weak, "The house is a little stuffy, go and sit in the pavilion." ”

It was only evening, and the residual heat of noon was still there, in fact, the outside was more stuffy than the house, but since the guests had already chosen a place, Ran Yan went with her.

The two knelt down on the mat in the pavilion, and Ran Yan asked, "Look at the eldest aunt's 'complexion' is not very good, but she is sick?" ”

If it weren't for Mrs. Dongyang, who might be a threat to Ran Yan, in fact, Ran Yan didn't have much ill feelings towards her, and even had very bad thoughts sometimes, if it weren't for Mrs. Dongyang who murdered Xiao Song's first two wives, Xiao Song would not be her husband now. I don't know if it's in the eyes of a lover, Ran Yan feels more and more that there is no one else in this world who can compare to him.

"I have been sick for some time, and I feel that my time is short, so I will come out to see you during the filial piety period." Mrs. Dongyang's tone seemed to be talking about what tea to drink after dinner, so lightly.

"I look at the aunt's temperament', and it has not yet reached the point of hopeless 'medicine'." Ran Yan said.

The 'waiter' maid served the tea, and Mrs. Dongyang took it unhurriedly and took a sip, before saying, "Some diseases are not good 'medicine' to treat." ”

Ran Yan paused for a moment, and waved his hand to order the 'waiter' maid by the pavilion to retreat.

Mrs. Dongyang put down the teacup and stared at a red 'colored' hibiscus sticking into the pavilion from the outside 'flower' garden, as if she was a little distracted. After a while, he spoke again, "I know that the matter has been 'revealed', Xiao Jiu didn't attack me before, but he was afraid that the person behind me would be suspicious of him, and now that he has learned that I broke with that person, he will take revenge." ”

Xiao Song is indeed that kind of person, and his means of revenge are always ruthless, leaving no room for opponents. If he hated someone, he would never wipe that person's neck with a knife, and he was patient enough to destroy him and leave him with no dregs left.

"Xiao Jiu's methods of doing things, others don't know, but I have learned a few times." Mrs. Dongyang still looked like she was not shocked, and took out a thin letter from her sleeve and put it on the table, "I came, I just want to make a 'deal' with you, this is a letter from Li Tai who colluded with local officials and had the intention of rebelling, you take it, on the condition that it is in exchange for my son's 'life'." ”

Xiao Song retaliated, and it was hard to say whether he would take care of brotherhood.

Ran Yan stared at her and said lightly, "Why did I take this hot potato?" Lee Tae-mou's rebellion has nothing to do with me. ”

"Yes." Mrs. Dongyang's eyes drooped slightly, and her white fingers gently rubbed the corners of the letter, and she said softly. But I know that Li Tai caught Sang Suiyuan. ”

Ran Yan's heart jumped, and she clearly saw a light smile flashing at the corner of Mrs. Dongyang's lips, she raised her head, and looked at Ran Yan with clear and shallow eyes, "How is this 'exchange'?" One life for another, I know, you have the ability to convince Xiao Jiu.

"Is it the Tripterygium wilfordii that you took yourself?" Ran Yan suddenly understood, who has the ability to poison such a 'smart' woman? It's just herself.

Mrs. Duanyang picked up the cup and was about to drink water for a moment, "Not bad." Li Tai thought that he could use the position of the sect master to 'induce' Xiao Shiyi to kill me, but he didn't know that Xiao Shiyi was not vulnerable at all. ”

From the period of joining forces, Mrs. Dongyang actually saw that Li Tai did not have the ability to know people and make good use of them, which was a fatal shortcoming on the road to competing for the storage position.

Mrs. Dongyang continued to take poison, firstly, in order to gain time, Xiao Song was on his way to Jiangnan Province with the emperor's order, not to mention the heavy responsibility, he himself was a very cautious person, if he knew the news that she was seriously ill, most of them would not be in a hurry to retaliate, but would wait and see the situation for the time being; The second is to paralyze Li Tai, Li Tai has 'inserted' eyeliner in the Xiao Mansion, she secretly controls Xiao Shiyi, and still pretends to be poisoned by him, and secretly goes out of Lanling.

In fact, she has been in Chang'an for some time, just waiting for this right time.

Ran Yanzi could also think of this, but she didn't understand, since Mrs. Dongyang had the ability to hide from Li Tai, control Xiao Shiyi, and know Li Tai's movements, how could she be afraid of Xiao Song's revenge and hurriedly come over to do this 'transaction'?

Mrs. Dongyang could see Ran Yan's doubts, lowered her eyes, and seemed to be thinking about something.

Ran Yan raised his eyes but unexpectedly saw that on the path outside the pavilion, Xiao Xuanzhi, who was dressed in plain clothes, stood 'jade', and stood in the hibiscus bush at some point. Mu Hibiscus was only a meter tall, burying more than half of his slender 'legs', his breath was uneven, and his face was shining with sweat, as if he was in a hurry.

A 'waiter' maid then chased after her, and it seemed that she saw Ran Yan's gaze, so she didn't make a sound.

Everything that happened was just a slight turn of Ran Yan's eyes, and Mrs. Dongyang lowered her eyes and didn't notice it, but said in her usual flat tone, "I gave up, but I suddenly found out that everything I was planning was not what Shiro wanted." ”

The evening breeze gently blows through the 'flowers' of the wood hibiscus, and the yard is quiet.

Ran Yan saw Xiao Xuanzhi standing there in a daze, and knew that although Mrs. Dongyang's voice was not loud, he also heard it.

Mrs. Dongyang also noticed Ran Yan's movements, so she followed her gaze and turned back, glanced at Xiao Xuan lightly, turned her head to Ran Yan and said, "Does my nephew and daughter-in-law want to do this 'transaction' with me?" ”

"Okay." Ran Yan happily agreed. Since Xiao Xuanzhi didn't know the truth, there was really no need to bear Xiao Song's anger, and now she also needed this letter in exchange for Sang Chen from Li Tai.

Even so, Li Tai may be targeted at Xiao Mansion, but this is also a last resort.

Mrs. Dongyang is willing to come to do 'trading' with Ran Yan, and she also sees Ran Yan's 'sex', if Ran Yan is the kind of villain who goes back on her word, she may find another way.

"Then, please ask your nephew and daughter-in-law to swear." Mrs. Dongyang said.

Ran Yan was really impressed by this 'woman', and when his son found out the truth, he was still so calm, so he raised his hand and said, "I, Ran Yan, swear to heaven today that if I don't abide by the agreement with my eldest aunt, I will never be reborn after death." ”

"That's fine." Mrs. Dongyang raised her hand slightly, and the personal 'waiter' immediately helped her to get up.

Ran Yan also got up to send him off.

When Mrs. Dongyang walked to the stairs in front of the pavilion, Xiao Xuanzhi reacted and called, "Mother." ”

"Why are you here?" Mrs. Dongyang stopped.

Ran Yan was close and could see that her hand holding the arm of the 'waiter' was slightly tight, and a fine cold sweat instantly appeared on her forehead.

Xiao Xuanzhi doesn't like to fight, his 'sex' is withdrawn, but he is not stupid, he can't figure out who 'Chun' will do to defend him? The only explanation was his mother.

These days, Xiao Xuanzhi has been secretly paying attention to Mrs. Dongyang's movements. Before that, he had always thought that his mother was a person who was indifferent to the world, so indifferent that she was very unfeeling, but when he saw her use thunder to suppress Xiao Shiyi and immobilize, he secretly followed her to Chang'an, just to ask her why she did this!

From the words he heard, he could already vaguely guess the general outline of the matter, this mother, who had always been ruthless, did all these things just for him!

"Mother's ······" suddenly subverted the previous cognition, so that Xiao Xuanzhi didn't know what attitude to face her.

"From now on, you will be without me as a mother!" Mrs. Dongyang said.

After speaking, he didn't look at Xiao Xuanzhi, who was full of shock, and passed by him directly.

Xiao Xuanzhi was stunned for a moment, hurriedly saluted Ran Yan, and turned to catch up with Mrs. Dongyang.

Ran Yan didn't have the leisure to care about their mother and son's affairs, and took a look at the letter. She doesn't know the truth or falsehood, but Liu Qingsong should.

Ran Yan thought about it, and hurried back to the 'medicine' room with Wan Lu.

"Coming back? What's the matter? Liu Qingsong saw Ran Yan enter the room, and jumped up, Ran Yan handed him the letter in his hand, "Do you think this chapter is true or false?" ”

Liu Qingsong took it and hurriedly unfolded it. Because Ran Yan only said the chapter, he paid attention to the red 'color' seal at the end of the article at first glance, looked at it carefully, and said, "It is indeed the chapter ...... of King Wei."

Liu Qingsong browsed the contents of the letter by the way, his mouth was open enough to stuff a duck egg, and he said after a while, "Mrs. Dongyang sent this?" What are her intentions? ”

Ran Yan showed the letter to Ge Lan, and by the way, he carefully told them about Fang Cai.

"For Juro?" Liu Qingsong groaned for a moment and said, "Actually, there is also this possibility, although Mrs. Dongyang seems to be ruthless, it is also related to her experience." It is said that when Emperor Yang gave Xiao Cong a marriage, there were few suitable unmarried 'daughters' in the Yang clan. And Mrs. Dongyang's background is not noble, there was already a childhood sweetheart Langjun, legend has it that he was ready to marry Mrs. Dongyang through the 'door', but later Emperor Yang sent someone to persuade the person to withdraw from the marriage, but was refused, and as a result, Emperor Yang was angered and hanged.

Mrs. Dongyang and Xiao Cong don't seem to have any feelings between them, and the gossip is that they only had a husband and wife affair on the first night of their wedding. ”

It's not surprising that this matter can be reported, Ran Yan has personally experienced it, the 'cave' room in the Tang Dynasty is accompanied by 'waiter' maids throughout the whole process, like if they don't want to, they can still find a way to drive people out, but Xiao Cong and Mrs. Dongyang are married, and they can't make a round house.

However, only this time, Mrs. Dongyang was pregnant, and she probably didn't want to conceive someone else's child at all! Therefore, the birth of Xiao Xuanzhi caught her off guard. I don't want to accept it, but this is another piece of 'meat' that fell from her, so I can only ignore it coldly.

"No matter how Mrs. Dongyang cares, it is always her son, I think she should really care about Xiao Xuanzhi." Liu Qingsong said.

Because Ge Lan didn't know Mrs. Dongyang, he never expressed his opinion.

There was silence in the room. They are all waiting for the secret guard to come back, and they are all wondering if Sang Chen is really tied up by Li Tai, can he exchange this letter for it, and whether this is a trap set by Mrs. Dongyang taking the opportunity.

"Can't we go into the palace to report to the saint?" Evening Green glared at the ransom letter.

"I can't." Ge Lan said slowly, "This letter can't indicate who the bandit is, even if he finds the saint, he will eventually 'hand' it over to the criminal department or the government office, I'm afraid that Mr. Sang's 'life' is in danger, and the bandit is targeted at Mrs., if outsiders know, it is indispensable to put out the matter that Mr. Sang had asked to marry Mrs. before, and then the lady will not care about this matter?" ”

Sang Chen's request to marry Ran Yan is not a long time away, and it is only half a year, if it is really put on the bright side, Ran Yan is still in charge, it is a slap in the face to Xiao Song.

In this matter, you cannot rely on external forces.

"Oops!" Ran Yan was startled and found that he had fallen into the trap of Mrs. Dongyang.

Mrs. Dongyang will not rest assured that Xiao Song will be in the world, so she may not have hidden it when she came to the Hou Mansion this time, if Li Tai knew that this thing had arrived in the Hou Mansion, she would have to deal with Xiao Song and her, and she had to be fast, not giving Xiao Song any room to fight back!

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