Early in the morning of June 19, the sky cleared.

Seven or eight magnificent carriages walked out of the Han Mansion in turn, and the faces of Han Cheng, Su Xie, Yufeng, Dongfang Su, Shi Tian and others were clearly visible through the hidden windows, obviously they were going to the Shangwen Mansion to participate in Su Shiyuan's banquet to invite hundreds of officials.

Looking at the carriages rushing out, six figures suddenly flashed out of a dark alley on the outer wall of the Xinwu Hou Mansion, which were Ji Yuan, Lan Chen, Xie Yun, Zheng Xiaowu, Yin Xi and Liu Meng. The six people, as for the powerless Yulou, even if they followed, it would become a burden, so they prepared the carriage early and waited outside Jinling City, and after Ji Yuan and others rescued Han Ling'er, the group went straight to Wenyang City for refuge.

"Do you see clearly?" Ji Yuan turned his head and asked Xie Yun, who was standing at the front, "Su Xie is in the carriage?"

"Absolutely, yes. Xie Yun nodded firmly, "I can recognize him even if he turns to ashes." ”

Lan Chen, who was squatting at the base of the wall, was silently thinking about something in his heart, and after the six of them waited quietly for about half an hour, Lan Chen suddenly looked up at the increasingly dazzling sun, and said in a deep voice: "The hour is almost up, and the Su Mansion will also start to hold a banquet at this time." Ji Yuan and the others nodded, and then the six of them glanced at each other, with a look of determination in their eyes.

The eight guards with knives stood straight in front of the gate of the Han Mansion, their eyes arrogantly examining the pedestrians coming and going on the street, and most of the people passing through the gate of the Xinwu Mansion bowed their heads and walked quickly, and no one wanted to make trouble for themselves. But among the passers-by who came and went, two beggars who were full of messes and had their hair scattered walked straight towards the gate of the Han Mansion, each holding a broken wine jar full of rain in their arms, and they stumbled on the steps in front of the gate of the Han Mansion while sneering at each other, like delirious drunks.

"This place is good, come, let's drink!" a beggar with a muddy face slumped down the steps, frantically raised the broken jar in his hand to the other one-armed beggar, and smirked and gulped down the dirty rainwater. Under the cover of his already stranded hair, a dirty face covered with scars emerged, and this beggar was actually Liu Meng. And the one-armed beggar who sat with Liu Meng paralyzed could guess that it was Zheng Xiaowu without asking. Zheng Xiaowuyi didn't say a word, just laughed with Liu Meng.

"Where did the crazy beggar come from, and he even ran here to play drunk?" Seeing this, the leader of the guards guarding the door hurriedly led people down the steps, and waited for Liu Meng and Zheng Xiaowu, who were slumped at their feet, with a look of disgust, and shouted, "Get out, don't make the place dirty." ”

"Shhhhh ”

"Huh?" Zheng Xiaowu also pretended to be crazy and stupidly stared at the left and right, his eyes swept over the legs of several guards, but he never looked up at them, and then shook his head and said, "What's the dog barking?" No, no, come on, let's continue drinking!" After that, Zheng Xiaowu took the initiative to touch the broken wine jar in his hand with Liu Meng's wine jar, laughing and sending the rain into his mouth.

"Boss, these two people seem to be crazy?" a young guard next to him whispered, "I don't understand what we're talking about." ”

"Crazy?" said the head of the guard, his face turned blue with anger, and he sneered, "Would a madman turn around and scold me for being a dog?" I think these two people are deliberately pretending to be crazy and stupid here. After that, the leader of the guards suddenly raised his foot and kicked Liu Meng's heart fiercely, and at the same time shouted in his mouth, "If you don't want to die, get out of here!"

He wanted to kick Liu Meng out, but he never expected that Liu Meng would lean back sharply at the same time as he came out of his legs, and the guard leader's kick was accidentally kicked in the air, only to see that his body was crooked and subconsciously wanted to retract his legs, but Liu Meng's movements were faster, and he took the right foot of the guard leader in his arms first, and lost his center of gravity, and the guard leader's body was unstable and pounced directly on Liu Meng's body, and I don't know if it was a coincidence or Liu Meng's intention, the head of the guard leader fell at the moment when his head hit the wine jar in Liu Meng's hand impartially, withThere was a crisp sound of "pop", and the head slammed the wine jar to pieces, and the rainwater in the jar flowed everywhere, and with it, there was a large patch of red blood. Looking at the leader of the guards who fell into Liu Meng's arms, at this moment, his head had been cut through the wine jar with several bloody wounds, and he was lying there with his hands on his head and wailing.

"Boss!" Seeing this, several guards stepped forward to help him up, but Liu Meng hugged the leader of the guards with his thick left arm, raised his right hand and slapped his ass fiercely, and scolded while beating back: "Compensate me for my ......wine, you quickly compensate for my wine" Zheng Xiaowu on the side also took the wine jar in his hand and knocked it on the back of the head of the guard leader.

"Hurry up and pull the two of them away!" Seeing this, the guards' faces changed greatly, and they stepped forward one after another to capture Liu Meng and Zheng Xiaowu, but under the "unintentional" pushing and struggling of Liu Meng and Zheng Xiaowu, these seven or eight guards actually fell around one after another, and at this moment there were people on the steps, shouting, shouting, scolding, and Liu Meng and Zheng Xiaowu's laughter, it was a mess.

As if disturbed by the movement outside the mansion gate, more than a dozen guards hurriedly rushed out of the mansion, but in the face of the scene in front of them, these people were also stunned, seven or eight Han Mansion guards and two beggars scuffled together on the steps, as if they were ruffians fighting, and the people passing by stopped to watch, and some couldn't help but cover their mouths and snicker. More than a dozen people stepped forward to control the scene, but somehow, under the nonsense of Liu Meng and Zheng Xiaowu, they were all planted one by one.

"Damn, who's picking Lao Tzu's pants!"

"Whose foot is this, get out of front of my nose. ”

"Whoever is holding my arm, don't move, it's about to break......"

"Get out of the way, don't add to the mess......"

For a time, twenty or thirty guards of the Han Mansion were in a mess under the "leadership" of Liu Meng and Zheng Xiaowu, and formed a hill in front of the Han Mansion. And Liu Meng and Zheng Xiaowu slowly climbed out from under the mountain, looking at the group of crying guards left and right, and couldn't help laughing. The movement at the gate of the mansion became more and more noisy, and there were more and more onlookers and people from the Han Mansion who came to help, and in the blink of an eye, hundreds of people had gathered in Wuyang and Wuyang, and the scene was very lively.

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In the backyard of the Han Mansion, four or five people cleaning the courtyard curiously pricked up their ears to listen to the faint movement outside, and an old man in his sixties smiled: "It's so lively, maybe something interesting will happen outside." ”

"Then let's sweep it quickly, and go out to see the excitement after sweeping. A young subordinate couldn't wait to urge.

"What's there to see, sweep your floor steadily!" the old man slapped the young man with a broom, and scolded with a smile, "You newcomer doesn't know the rules, and the first rule to remember when you are an errand in the Han Mansion is that you must not do too much at any time, otherwise you will ......."

The old man's words came to an abrupt halt in the middle of his words, and several young subordinates couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and one of them asked, "Old man, why did you suddenly stop talking?" The old man did not answer, but trembled and stretched out his hand and pointed diagonally, and at this moment, he saw that a thick black smoke was slowly rising there.

"That's ......," the young man frowned and thought quickly, and then hurriedly exclaimed, "That's the storeroom, the storehouse is on fire!

As soon as the shouts came out, several subordinates threw down the brooms in their hands one after another, and rushed towards the various courtyards of the Han Mansion one by one, shouting loudly as they ran: "Oh no, the treasury is on fire, hurry up and come out to fight the fire!"

"Second master, it's not good! It's not good! It looks like someone has broken in through the back door!" A subordinate of the Han Mansion rushed to Han Yong's room and shouted at the top of his voice: "Second Master, go and have a look!" Han Yong, who was still sleeping in the room, walked out in a daze after hearing the shouting, and as soon as he opened the door, a smell of smoke came to his face, which made Han Yong's sleepy eyes suddenly open, and asked urgently: "What's the matter?"

"Second master, two people broke in from behind and set a fire in the warehouse. The blackened subordinate cried, "And killed several of our subordinates." ”

"Two people, set fire?" Han Yong, who had just woken up, was still a little dull, he looked up at the smoke floating in the sky, and then heard the noise coming from all over the mansion, and asked urgently, "Where are the guards in the mansion?"

"I heard that two crazy beggars are making trouble outside the mansion gate, most of the guards in the mansion have just gone out, and the rest of the guards are fighting with those two people in the backyard......

Without waiting for the subordinates to finish speaking, Han Yong's heart suddenly rose with an ominous premonition, and he forcibly stabilized his mind and quickly analyzed: "There are crazy beggars making trouble at the palace gate, and someone is breaking in at the back door and setting fire, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world? What is their purpose...... Objective...... Purpose ......" Thinking of this, Han Yong's eyes suddenly widened, and he stretched out his hand to drag his subordinate to him, and asked sharply, "Is it Liu Sandao who came to save Han Ling'er?"

"No...... I don't know...... "Where do you know who Liu Sandao is, at this moment, there is a mess in the house, and the head of the next person is also blank."

"It must be! It must be!" Han Yong nodded, "The news that Su Xie is going to marry Han Ling'er has just been released, and there must be something to do with it if something happens so soon." ”

"Second master, what should I do now?"

"What should I do?" Han Yong scolded angrily, "You quickly call someone to go to the warehouse to put out the fire, I'll go and see if Han Ling'er has taken the opportunity to escape, now as long as Han Ling'er is not rescued, then everything else doesn't matter." Hearing Han Yong's words, the subordinates hurriedly turned around and passed on their orders, Han Yong thought for a moment, his face changed again, and hurriedly shouted, "And tell the group of rubbish outside, no matter what, you must take down those two crazy beggars for me, and let one go, I only ask!" After that, Han Yong no longer hesitated, quickly returned to the house to get a knife, and led the dozen or so guards who came in a hurry towards the west courtyard of the inner house.

At the same time as Han Yong led people away, two figures also suddenly turned down from the roof, they were Ji Yuan and Lan Chen. Ji Yuan said: "The fifth master and Liu Meng made trouble at the front door, Xie Yun and Yin Xi set fire to the back door, Han Yong is really going to take us to find Mrs. now, Yulou is like a god, his trick is really useful." Lan Chen glanced at Han Yong and the others who were far away, nodded with a sneer, and said, "The Han Mansion is so big, with this stupid pig leading the way, we won't have to look around anymore!"

"Bang bang bang!"

A quick knock on the door sounded outside a side room, and then Han Yong was heard shouting, "Ling'er, Ling'er, are you still in the room?" Han Yong and Han Ling'er were originally relatives of the same clan, even if Han Ling'er became a prisoner today, Han Yong would still subconsciously call him "Ling'er" in private. After knocking for a long time and seeing no movement, Han Yong's face couldn't help but change, and shouted: "If you don't agree again, then I can break in?" Saying that, Han Yong took two steps back and wanted to kick the door open, but before Han Yong could make a move, the closed door was suddenly opened from the inside, and then Han Ling'er, who looked haggard, looked at Han Yong and the guards outside the door in confusion. Today's Han Ling'er has long since lost her former demeanor, her thin face does not have a trace of powder on it, she looks extremely tired, and a wide white plain skirt can't hide her bulging lower abdomen, perhaps because of her heavy body, her form looks a little clumsy, her eyebrows are gloomy, and her big watery eyes are sluggish and confused, as if she has lost her soul.

"What's the matter?" Han Ling'er's voice was subtle and weak, as if she was weak.

"I didn't ...... It's okay......" Han Yong suddenly let go when he saw Han Ling'er's hanging heart, and subconsciously laughed, "It's okay if you're okay, I'm just coming to see." Then you have a good rest, and I won't bother much. Saying that, Han Yong also glanced at the several guards behind him, and commanded in a low voice, "Protect the young lady, there must be no mistakes." ”

Han Ling'er had long been accustomed to this, she glanced at Han Yong with a cold expression, and then wanted to close the door, but at the moment when she was about to close the door, two extremely familiar figures suddenly appeared behind Han Yong and a kind of guard, which made Han Linger's godless eyes suddenly glow with a trace of excitement.

"Ling'er, what's wrong with you?" Han Yong seemed to have discovered Han Ling'er's abnormality, and couldn't help asking, "Are you ......?"

"Don't move!"

Before Han Yong could finish speaking, Lan Chen's cold voice full of murderous intent suddenly resounded in Han Yong's ears, and at the same time, a sharp sword was also tightly attached to Han Yong's neck.

"Who ......?"

"Whew!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Without waiting for the dozen or so guards beside Han Yong to unsheath their knives, a wolf roar suddenly sounded from the courtyard, and then I saw gray wolf shadows moving rapidly between these guards, and the next moment more than a dozen guards had all fallen to the ground and lost their lives, leaving a shocking blood hole in their chests.

"Ji Yuan, Lan Chen. Han Ling'er looked at the two of them excitedly, "Why are you here?"

"Madam......" Ji Yuan glanced at Han Ling'er, who was weak, and couldn't help but have a look of sadness and pity in his eyes, so he stepped forward and carefully supported Han Ling'er, saying, "It's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, if you have something to say, we'll talk about it after we leave." ”

Han Ling'er suddenly hesitated and said, "No, if I leave my father, he will definitely be poisoned by Su Xie, I ...... Can't walk ......."

"Where is Lord Han locked up?" Lan Chen strangled Han Yong's neck with his sword and asked in a cold voice, "Say!"

"Kill me if you have a kind, and I won't say it if I die......"

"Poof!"

"Ahh

Without waiting for Han Yong to show his determination, Lan Chen's sharp sword cut off his left ear mercilessly, and the severe pain made Han Yong cry out in pain. Lan Chen's eyes stared at Han Yong fiercely, and he said word by word: "Where is Lord Han?" Before the words fell, his sword blade had already been attached to Han Yong's right ear, Han Yong could even feel that the sharp blade had cut his right ear an inch, and Han Yong, who was hesitating in his heart, hesitated again and again before he relented: "...... in the East Courtyard"

The east courtyard is extremely desolate, and among the narrow courtyards, there is only one wing room in the north and one thatched house in the southwest, and there is nothing else in the courtyard. The courtyard is overgrown with weeds, and it looks like a depression that has not been taken care of for many years. Because Han Xiao's soul power has been sealed by Su Xie, there are only four guards in Han Cheng in the eastern courtyard now, when Han Yong came here with Ji Yuan and a few people, Ji Yuan first rushed into the courtyard and quickly killed the four guards with lightning speed, Han Ling'er couldn't help but shed tears when he looked at such a depressed courtyard.

"The patriarch is locked up there......" Han Yong stretched out his hand and pointed to the wing room due north, now the doors and windows of the wing room are already full of holes and tatters, the walls are also mottled, and even the eaves are more than half rotten, if it weren't for Han Yong saying that Han Xiao lives in it, I'm afraid that anyone will think that this is just a rotten abandoned house that is about to collapse.

"Daddy......" Han Ling'er couldn't help but shout, and was about to rush into the door with her feet, but Ji Yuan swept to the door one step ahead of her, and gently pushed the door open with a wolf's head stick with a cautious face.

"Squeak!"

As soon as the door opened, a few wisps of dust slipped down the door, and the room was dim, and a pungent musty smell hit the face, and it was only after a while that the sunlight pierced through the thick dust and shone into the dead room. In the direction of the door, a man with a cloak and dirt was sitting on a special iron chair with his head down, and the most shocking thing was that the man's lute bones, two wrists, and two ankles were all pierced by chains the thickness of the child's forearms, and the tips of the five chains were firmly fixed to the four walls of the room, and together with the iron chair on which he sat constituted a cage-like shackle. The blood had dried up now, congealed around the wounds and chains, and there were even maggots that had eaten the carrion attached to it. This imprisoned person is none other than Han Xiao.

In this situation, Han Ling'er couldn't help but cry silently in an instant, and even Ji Yuan and Lan Chen were shocked. They never thought that Han Cheng would treat Han Xiao like this, no matter how they said that Han Xiao was also his own uncle.

"Daddy......"

"Lord Han'......"

Han Ling'er, Ji Yuan, and Lan Chen's soft calls sounded almost at the same time, and Han Xiao, who was sitting in the iron chair, was unmoved as if he hadn't heard it. Seeing this, Ji Yuan was about to make a move to forcibly break the chain with Han Xiao, but at the moment when Ji Yuan stepped into the threshold, another person's flat and playful voice suddenly came from the depths of the dim room.

"It's a pity that it's not Lu Yifan who came. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ji Yuan's faces suddenly changed.

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