Slender West Lake is located on the outskirts of the city, there is no road by the lake, but there are more people to walk, and gradually a road has been taken. At first, this road was sunny and dusty and muddy on rainy days, and it was quite inconvenient for the dignitaries and nobles who came here to play, so there were rich families who raised funds to pave the stone road, and with the construction of the villa manor here, please remember that our website is more and more, and the original stone road that is one foot wide and wide is gradually insufficient, replaced by a wide bluestone road around the lake for people to walk, and a loess mat road for carriages and horses to pass.

On the bluestone road in the inner circle, many literati and writers are enjoying the spring there, and they can vaguely hear a lot of poetry chanting floating in the wind, while on the loess road in the outer circle, there are three fast horses or carriages galloping by, which from time to time attract the frustrated complaints of the scholars in the inner circle.

Chen Lan, who was in the speeding carriage, did not have the slightest consciousness of disturbing the scenery. Her fists were loosened and clenched, clenched and released, her eyes slightly narrowed as if she were looking at the empty front of her eyes in a preoccupied position, and her mind was turning countless thoughts in an instant. When Aunt Yun's reminder sounded in her ears, she immediately calmed down, seeing that Aunt Yun and Hongying got out of the car first, she hunched over and got out of the carriage, and was about to step on the stirrups at the moment, but found that Xiao Lang was standing at the second gate.

"Madame Yang."

After Chen Lan was stunned, he hurriedly got out of the carriage first, stood firmly, looked around, and then asked, "Childe, ...... this?"

"I was about to go to Wanquan Villa, but when I got to the door, I learned that my wife was here. Quick, please inside. ”

Seeing Xiao Lang say this, Chen Lan thought that he also knew what was going on, and his expression couldn't help but darken, and he nodded and followed him inside. Along the way, she was thinking about her thoughts, and this was not the place to speak, so she never made a sound; And Xiao Lang was even more cold and unwilling to say more, and he was even more silent. The two of them were silent like this, "The people who followed were even more silent, and although they were outside for a while, there was still a dull and stiff atmosphere that weighed down.

When he arrived at the study, Xiao Langping withdrew from the idle people, while Chen Lan only brought Aunt Yun and ordered Hongying to guard the door outside. As soon as the two doors were closed, Chen Lan looked at Xiao Lang, whose face was obviously ugly, and suddenly said: "Xiao Shizi knows, Shuquan is missing in Nantong?" ”

"What?" Xiao Lang's color changed when he heard this, and he saw that Chen Lan seemed to be deeply surprised by this" He suddenly pinched the thick big table and said word by word, "Don't hide from Mrs. Say, three days ago, I just received a letter from His Royal Highness King Jing from Nanjing. He said that there was an urgent matter to do, and he wanted Mr. Bi to go to help, so I let people go, but who knows............ Who knew that just now, news came from there, saying that the person was missing, and one of the thousands of households accompanying him was missing" In addition, there were dozens of followers, and another thousand households were messed up, "so I hurriedly sent someone to ask me!" "Originally, it was just one news, but now it was suddenly superimposed on another, and then people suddenly looked at each other. After a while, Chen Lan smiled bitterly: "In this way, the two main masters are all gone......

Xiao Lang never knew how to comfort people, and when he saw Chen Lan's expression in a trance, he hurriedly stepped forward, but when he wanted to say something, he felt that it was inappropriate, and it was easy to hold back a sentence: "Mrs. Yang, but please rest assured, a vigilant and brave person like Brother Yang will definitely come back safely." As for that......,... King Jing, he has always been slippery, and he will never be fine. ”

"At this time, it is important to inquire about their whereabouts first. In addition, it is not a question of whether there is anything to do at the moment, but that they are not there, if those officials who were separated before are killed, how should you and I deal with it? Chen Lan looked at Xiao Lang, and saw that he twitched the corners of his mouth embarrassedly, knowing that he had planned to go to Wanquan Villa to find her, most of them had also thought of this stubble, so he said with a straight face, "The first few people have rushed to Huai'an, and now it has been almost ten days, and if there is anything to do, it will be a big trouble." ”

"Yes, it's good that I met someone at the level of Governor Fan with that vague identity before, if it's like Ping Jiangbo and Zhou Yushi, it is very likely that things will not work out and cause trouble at that time." Xiao Lang paced around the room irritably, suddenly stopped and turned his head and asked, "Mrs. Yang, is it possible to hide this information from others?" But they rushed back, as long as I continue to avoid it, you can make excuses and say that Lord Yang has gone............"

"I can hide it for a while, but I can't hide it for a long time, but before there was any turmoil in Yangzhou City, those people in Nanjing can get the movement in a blink of an eye, and this time they will not know it. Previously, Shu Quanming repaired the plank road to secretly cross Chencang, and it could only be used once, not to mention that the identity you are facing now is too big, and the official ship on the Huai'an side has no owner.

Speaking of this, Chen Lan paused, and suddenly thought of Mrs. Jiang's words and the stack of books he had collected before. Whether it was someone else's intention to let it fall into her hands, or whether it was real luck, and now this other thing is mixed together, the next situation can be described as complicated, and if you are not careful, you will lose everything.

"Xiao Shizi, did the Zhendong Hou Mansion and Jiangnan's side have any wells in the past?"

"Correspondence? Although most of the food can be self-sufficient, it can't grow cotton after all, so the household only distributes battle robes, cotton clothes and so on, and these things often have to be purchased by the south of the Yangtze River, and Nuer Gancheng is on the sea route. Speaking of this, Xiao Lang couldn't help but remember that our website was a little surprised, "But because my trip is secret, no one here in Jiangnan has gotten the information yet!" ”

"It's good to have someone, in this way, if Xiao Shizi believes me, just do it," ......

Aunt Yun has been standing motionless by the door curtain, seeing Chen Lan and Xiao Lang first discussed, and then walked to the side of the bookcase to write and draw, and finally Chen Lan simply sat down to write, while Xiao Lang was helping to polish the ink on the side, and after a while, everything that was written was handed over to Xiao Lang, and then beckoned to her. She hurriedly stepped forward and took the other thing handed by Chen Lan.

"Auntie, I'll bother you to take a trip to the Jinyi Wei Yangzhou Secret Outpost later, and Xiao Shizi will give you two people. You give them this letter and order them to send it to the capital as soon as possible by 800 miles. In addition, let the secret sentinel transcribe a copy of all the important news in Jiangnan that has been screened in the past few days and send it to Wanquan Villa. ”

Although Aunt Yun was a little puzzled when she heard this, she immediately bent her knees and agreed, and hurriedly turned around and walked out of the house. And Chen Lan glanced at Xiao Lang, but didn't say a word after leading slightly. When she came out of the back room, she saw that the red tassel outside had already entered the house, and she was walking forward quickly. When she stepped forward, she suddenly grabbed Hongying's hand, leaned against it for a while, and then took two steps forward, but her steps became slower and slower.

"Madame," ......

"It's okay, it's just that I used too much energy just now, and I didn't have the strength under my feet, so you let me help me."

Chen Lan smiled gently at the concerned Hongying, and her steps quickly widened, and when she stepped out of the room, she immediately let go of her hand, her back straight. Whether it's the way out of the doll garden from the study. Or get on the carriage and go back, or from the second gate of Wanquan Villa to Yushengzhai. She kept that calm expression all the time.

However, "standing in front of the door of Yushengzhai's main house, listening to the laughter inside, she did not enter the house for a long time. I don't know how long it took, but the red tassel standing behind her was a little uneasy, so she suddenly turned around and strode back. She didn't explain, "She didn't go until she had settled the soldiers before," and let Red Tassel go through the door first, and then crossed the threshold.

"Madame!"

The soldier had strong muscles on his face, and although the black ash on his face had been washed away, he still had bandages on his hands and a few small wounds on his face. He was about to kneel and kowtow," but looking at Chen Lan's sharp eyes, he didn't feel that the whole person was frozen there. When he heard that he was asked to repeat what had happened, although he had only said it once when he had met Aunt Yun before, and later Chen Lan came over to ask him in person, he still explained it in detail again.

When it came to discussing at the dock, he was the one who was ordered to stay outside, but when he suddenly saw those boats Yang Fan sailing, his face suddenly turned red, and one hand grabbed the bandage.

"Madam, you shouldn't have hesitated for a while at first, and it was too late to run forward to chase after you! What's even worse is that when I went back to the city to report the news, I was blocked outside the yamen, and on the way back, I encountered people blocking the road, and I ran back desperately! ”

Chen Lan carefully asked about being stopped at the gate of the Zhizhou Ya, and then suddenly asked, "These days when you go on the boat to discuss things, you are just left alone under the boat?" ”

"Yes, my lord has been on that ship several times, and each time it has been fine, and there has never been a problem. The adults brought out were all capable people, only the small ones were stupid, but their eyesight was still good, so the adults only ordered the lowly to guard outside. ”

With a look on his face, Chen Lan nodded, and left the house without making a sound. As the gate closed, she walked out of the small remote courtyard along the path, and immediately beckoned Hongying over: "You will go to the kitchen later, and order to prepare some nourishing things, such as chicken soup, etc., and send them in, add some medicine to them, let people sleep first, and then send them away through the back door." ”

Hongying was a little puzzled at first, and then immediately showed a shocked peel: "Madam, you are suspicious ............"

"The first time I was in too much of a hurry. He was the one brought out by Uncle Quan, yes, someone recognized him. But if Uncle Quan wanted to get on the boat and discuss things with people, he would definitely not leave only one person below. Moreover, he is a person, if it is really as he said, he has been to the yamen, and others want to keep him, why not trick him into going in and then attack? If it is a half-way robbery, he must have encountered more than one or two people, if it is such a dangerous situation, he is alone, and he can only suffer such a minor injury and come back safely, then not only is he brave, but also his mind is commendable, how can he be as stupid as he said? I'm just guessing, but at this moment, you can't be careless, and it's even more inappropriate to go out of your way to ask questions, but you can't just leave him alone. It's better to send it to a safe place first, and then it's not too late to theorize. ”

"You mean to send it to the eldest princess ......"

"Yes, that's the most reliable." When Chen Lan said this, a glimmer of hope flashed in his heart. If there is something wrong with this pro-soldier, what he says is not so credible.

Hongying suddenly understood, and then lowered her head deeply, "Yes, the slave understands!" ”

After disposing of the matter here, Chen Lan originally planned to return to Yushengzhai to see the Jiang family, but he was intercepted halfway through, and it was Huang's mother who had led them to Wanquan Villa from the Doll Garden before. I saw this one bend his knees in a panic, and then swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Madam, outside...... A lot of adults came outside, "Say yes, say yes, say you want to see Lord Yang!" In addition to the previous Pingjiang Bo, there were many people who were born, and the momentum was terrifying! ”

It's coming so fast! It should be said that "it came too fast!"

Chen Lan took a deep breath, looked at Huang's mother thoughtfully, and then nodded lightly and said, "You take people to the water pavilion on the other side of the Ermen Hot Spring Path, which is the place where I entertained Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Ai today." He said that I had just come back from outside, and that I would change my clothes and go over and have a look. ”

When Huang's mother hurriedly went, Chen Lan sped up his pace and rushed to Yushengzhai. So far, she entered the door without hesitation, and when she arrived at the back of the battle in the bright room, because she saw that the little guy was smiling and saying something in Jiang's arms, she stared at her, and then walked forward and called her mother. Only then did Jiang let go of Bi Jun's hand, looking at Chen Langou's face, she immediately called Zhuang's mother to take the child outside to play.

"I just sent a letter saying that the puppet garden has something important to look for you, and you came back quickly, why" is the message not very good? ”

Lan had already agreed with Xiao Lang before to hide the matter of the return of the pro-soldier from the Jiang clan for the time being, so he lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Shuquan and his people suddenly disappeared, and His Royal Highness King Jing was not in the local area. I just rushed back and was going to say to you, "Mother Huang came with news outside, saying that all of Ping Jiangbo's people are here, and there are a few more adults. ”

said that the person was gone, and the Jiang family had been through wind and rain for a long time, "naturally he will not immediately consider the worst direction." only to hear that a large group of civil and military officials were all coming outside, her face couldn't help but sink, and then she sneered: "Okay, there was just bad news from there, and here Xingshi is here to ask for guilt, but it is very well coordinated!" Last time, you and Brother Quan came forward together, and this time the man is not there, so naturally we both coped with it. Come, Ah Lan, you help me, let's go meet those high-ranking and powerful old men! ”

"This ......" Chen Lan knew that the big movements outside must not be completely hidden, so he came to see the Jiang family first, so as not to ask his mother-in-law at that time.

Seeing the Jiang family standing up at this moment, she couldn't help but be a little busy, "Mother, there are too many people outside, and several imperial historians are the best at fighting, those hard confrontations are not good, let's go alone." ”

"I'll depend on you at other times, but not this time. I've never heard anything unpleasant before, but this time it's all the same! ”

Seeing that the Jiang family was stubborn, Chen Lan persuaded him two more times, but seeing that he was really impossible, he had to do as he said. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law changed into a gown, and then they went out together. Just in case, Chen Lan also invited Hongluo to give a few extra commands. When they arrived at the water pavilion, before the two of them entered the door, they heard bursts of fierce words from inside.

"There is also a time limit for this official to take office! Now the former Liangjiang General Soldier can't leave, but others don't go to office, and they also place their wives and mothers in Yangzhou, what is this! ”

"What is this? His Royal Highness King Jing was such a nobleman, and he obviously followed him to Yangzhou to be assassinated, but he insisted on denying it, and there was no one on the official ship in Huai'an over there! With such a big boldness, what else can't be done! ”

"Said that he went to Liujiazhuang, but it was clear that someone saw him haunting Nantong, and he was sneaky and had close contact with several boats on the dock. You probably don't know yet, but the pier of the two links was just yesterday. Just burned to ashes by a fire!

Hearing these words, Chen Lan couldn't help but turn his head sideways to look at the Jiang family. Seeing that although the person's face was expressionless, her lips were already tightly pursed together, and the two hands on her waist were also tightly clasped, she couldn't help but feel annoyed. As Hongying stepped forward to open the curtain, she helped Jiang Shi step in, her eyes swept over everyone's faces, and sure enough, she found a few fresh faces that she had never seen.

"Mrs. Yang, Mrs. Yang."

Although he was still making nonsense behind his back just now, now that the two ladies are in person, the officials have to maintain their politeness on the surface. Among these people who came today, they all concluded that Yang Jinzhou was not here, and when they saw Jiang and Chen Lan at this time, they were even more convinced in their hearts.

Especially Zhou Taitong, the Zhejiang patrol who had eaten deflated before, opened his mouth first after seeing the ceremony.

"I don't know if Lord Yang is here?" Without waiting for Chen Lan to answer, Zhou Taitong said with a smile, "I walked from Huai'an to Liujiazhuang, and I never saw Lord Yang at all, and then I went to Nantong quickly, and I just came back, and my bones were almost upside down." I also hope that Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Yang will not come up with prevaricating words. ”

"Prevarication?" Jiang Shi smiled, and then said slowly, "There is a way that the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, these men enter the court to do things for the officials, how many of them discuss important matters with the female relatives in the family?" Since Zhou Yushi is a trusted minister of the Son of Heaven, he will not work his high-ranking wife because he can't find out about things from his colleagues, right? Hugh said that my daughter-in-law and I never cared about the men's affairs, "I don't know about his whereabouts, but I know about it, and I can't reveal it casually because of the word confidential." ”

"Mrs. Yang!" At this time, it was Wu Ying, the prefect of Jinling, who spoke, who owed his body, and said with a solemn face, "Because Lord Yang has not gone to take office, the former Liangjiang General Army must not be dismissed, and this handover cannot be handled." ”

Speaking of this, he said slowly: "However, since someone originally recognized the one in the Doll Garden as His Royal Highness King Jing, and Lord Yang said that it was a prince of a family who was traveling with him, Lord Feng, the governor of Liangjiang, and Lord Ye, the governor of Liangjiang, had already personally taken people to the Doll Garden. If it is "from the time of the visit, and then inquire about the truth: if not...... His Royal Highness King Jing, who was ordered to patrol the south of the Yangtze River, is now nowhere to be seen, even if Lord Yang did not come with him, in the face of such a major event, should he also cooperate to investigate thoroughly? Moreover, the son who lives in the puppet garden, shouldn't he also explain one or two, "Why let that kind of wind flow out?" ”

Speaking of which, "undoubtedly spread everything on the countertop, and the whole room was silent for a while." Chen Lan saw that Pingjiang bound Fang Han and Nanjing garrison Xu Yang were both looking at their noses and noses, and they were going to watch from the wall, and they didn't understand their thoughts in their hearts, so he immediately held Jiang's hand and tightened slightly, and sure enough, his mother-in-law smiled faintly and didn't answer the words.

"There is nothing wrong with what Lord Wu said about taking office, but the first thing to take office is to be in a hurry, and the second is that the time limit is long or short. When my lord took office from the Ministry of War, the deadline was ...... Six months. Chen Lan saw that everyone was in an uproar, so the leader smiled and said, "If you don't believe it, you can go to the military department to investigate." Only the former Liangjiang General Soldier should know about this matter, but as for why he didn't know about you, it was strange. As for the doll garden......"

She dragged out a long note, and when she saw someone tiptoeing in outside the door to refill the tea, she deliberately stopped. It wasn't until the people refilled the tea one by one and then retreated that she said word by word: "The person who lives over there in the puppet garden is the prince of Zhendong Hou!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Lan knew that his move at this moment could be said to have gone beyond everyone's expectations, and as soon as he believed that it was King Jing's, he was naturally stunned: he didn't believe that it was King Jing's, and he wouldn't have thought of revealing people. Therefore, after just such a pause, she said casually: "The prince of Zhendong Hou was ordered by his father to go to Jiangnan to procure, and after asking the emperor, he happened to take advantage of our trip to Jiangnan and the same boat. As for the misidentification, he has never publicized it, and he has never impersonated his name, is he a dignified son who can't afford to be called a son? ”

Fan Cheng, the prefect of Yangzhou who was sitting at the bottom, was sweating profusely at this time, but he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it, even if he lowered his head, he could detect countless angry eyes from both sides. Although he lost his face, he thought that as long as he bit to death and did not admit that he had misrecognized someone, he would have no trouble, and he comforted himself for a while.

"Since Mrs. Yang said so, we have nothing to ask." Governor Cao Yu Shi Lin Zhishan only stood up at this time to play a round game, "In this way, the whereabouts of Lord Yang, let's let the local state government pay attention to it, Lord Feng and Lord Ye over there in the puppet garden want to come and pounce, let's hurry over, and discuss one or two after the rendezvous." As he spoke, he made a meaningful gesture at Chen Lan, "Today really disturbed Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Yang, and the next thing is naturally a matter for us men, and we will never disturb the two of us again." ”

Although he is not the highest rank among today's visitors, the civil officials naturally stand up for this leader. As a military attaché, Pingjiang Bo Fanghan stood up with the corner of his coat, and after arching his hand decently, he was the first to pull his leg and leave, Xu Yang naturally hurriedly chased him out. But after a while, the room was filled with people.

"Ah Lan, you can still do it, so it's easy to send them away."

Facing the relieved Jiang family, Chen Lan didn't know what to say, and sighed for a long time: "Mother, it's just a temporary solution to the current matter, and it's too early to say that it's too early to send it away." ”

"It's okay, I've seen no matter how big the wind and rain are." Jiang Shi's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he smiled, "When it comes to the most critical moment, Brother Quan will definitely come back!" ”

I hope so...... No, it must be! No matter how she strategizes on her side, if she wants to win, she still has to look at him who doesn't know where he is!

Chen Lan prayed silently in his heart, nodded to the Jiang clan again, and then had to help people go back. When she took time to inquire about the situation of the pro-soldier again, she really learned that the person was indeed strange in the house, not only did she inquire about the person who delivered the food, but also when the person came to change the medicine and bandage him, it was also inappropriate, so Xiao Ding, the general from the door of the eldest princess of Anguo, obeyed the order, and sent the person out of the house after turning over the medicine.

Just a day later, new news arrived.

Everything that the soldier said was made out of nothing, he was a messenger sent back by Yang Jinzhou, but he suffered a heavy rain on the way, opened the envelope and found that the letter was already a mess, and rushed back to Nantong in a panic, and happened to see a fire on the dock, so he made up a set of lies and came back to report the news. As for whether what is said is true, it needs to be further asked.

And another news is about the fire~ There are rumors that Yang Jinzhou colluded with the Orientals to set fire to Nantong Port, and after the matter was completed, he got on the ship and left