CHAPTER XIX

After Chu Yangcheng left, Ah Zheng was driven back to the room by Ning Er and Shen Yanling to rest. Although Shu Yu was worried about her sister, Ah Zheng was so tired that she couldn't do it in the past two days, so she went back to the room as she said.

After Ah Zheng left, Ning Er looked at the back of her son leaving, and said to her husband: "Xianggong, why do I think that Ah Zheng's attitude towards Prime Minister Chu is a little strange?

Shen Yanling raised her eyes and glanced at her daughter-in-law, and said with a smile: "What the lady said is good, but it is indeed time for my Ah Zheng to marry a wife!"

Ning Er was startled, turned her head and glared at Shen Yanling, and said, "What do you mean, that child in the Chu family is a boy, and I am still waiting to hold my grandson!"

Shen Yanling was glared at by her own lady, shook her head and said, "Who said that there is no grandson to hug? If he dares to break his sleeves, I will have to straighten him back! Besides, who said that a prime minister can only be a man?"

Ning Er was stunned, "No, could it be that Chu Yangcheng is disguised as a man? Then why did she do this?"

Shen Yanling sighed and said, "Do you remember Miss Yanyan back then?"

Ning Er nodded, she still had an impression of Chu Xuanyan, who was known as the first beauty, a very beautiful and intelligent girl, Chu Yangcheng's twin sister, and the two looked almost identical. Most of the girls from aristocratic families in Beijing are arrogant and reserved, but that child is very gentle and well-behaved, and at that time, Ning'er had the idea of marrying her back to Ah Zheng as a daughter-in-law. was about to come to the door to propose, but he didn't expect Chu Weiyan to die suddenly, which made countless young people in Beijing sigh. "Are you saying that it may have been Chu Yangcheng who died back then, not Chu Xuanyan?" asked Ning Er.

"There is this possibility, I don't think Ah Zheng will like a man, besides, before that, Chu Yangcheng studied with his grandfather, and he was Rui'er's companion, I don't know much about him, and I have been in contact with him a few times. At that time, the child had always been gentle and elegant, although he would be a little alienated from people, but he was not as indifferent as he was later, and the change was after Chu Xuanyan's death. Shen Yanling said, "Although the early death of his sister will be a lot of stimulation to him, but a person will not change too much, but if it is Chu Yangcheng who died, it is reasonable, if Chu Weiyan doesn't want people to see that something is wrong, he will definitely not be close to others." ”

"That makes sense, but isn't this a crime of deception?

"There must be a reason why she had to do this! I guess, if it was really Chu Yangcheng who died back then, the cause of death would not have been as simple as early death. Shen Yanling said, "That's it, I'll worry about it in the future, since Ah Zheng dares to do this, there must be a way out, besides, that kid now holds the power of the Northwest Army, who dares to force his daughter-in-law to death!"

"That's right, okay, my son is back, you can rest well! I've been with you for two days, since they want to threaten you with Nian'er, it shouldn't hurt Nian'er for the time being, and when you get better, you're going to find Nian'er wholeheartedly." Ning'er said to Shen Yanling.

"Yes, what the lady said is, let's rest early!" Shen Yanling said, making way for Ning'er to go to bed. Ning Er was not polite either, and lay down beside Shen Yanling. Probably because his nerves had been tense for too long, and he fell asleep quickly, Shen Yanling looked at his wife's tired face, and felt guilty in her heart, if he hadn't protected his children, how could he make his wife so worried.

After the fifth watch, there were no more people coming and going on the street, and the soft moonlight shone on the cold street. But at this moment, a white figure stumbled towards King An's mansion. Under the moonlight, it could be seen that the person was a woman, who seemed to be injured and a little embarrassed, but she persevered and ran towards King An's mansion and knocked on the door in a hurry.

The sleepy-eyed porter opened the door and saw a woman with a pained and anxious look, and although she looked very embarrassed, he still recognized her princess. Hurriedly asked people to help Ouyang Jinnian into the door, and asked people to immediately inform the prince and princess.

When Shen Yanling, Ning Er and Ah Zheng rushed over, Jin Nian had already been sent back to his yard, and after a simple freshening, he looked extremely tired, but he didn't dare to sleep, as if he had something to say, he must tell his parents and brothers. Ning Er didn't care about blaming her daughter at this time, so she hurriedly stepped forward, held her daughter in her arms, and carefully examined it, making sure that it was only a slight injury and fatigue, so she could be relieved.

When Jin Nian saw his parents and brother, he immediately burst into tears, but he still didn't forget, grabbed Ah Zheng's hand and said, "Brother, go and save Big Brother Bai, Big Brother Bai was arrested by them in order to save me." I came back and met the prime minister's brother, he has already led someone to chase him, brother, you go over and help them!"

"You said that Bai Yuming was captured by them, and Yang Cheng also rushed over, where are they?" said Ah Zheng urgently.

"On the outskirts of the south of the city, there is a cold courtyard. Jin Nian took a breath and replied.

Ah Zheng frowned and said to his father: "Dad, your injury is not healed, you are recuperating at home, and I will bring someone over to save people." ”

Shen Yanling nodded, his current situation really did not allow him to go over in person, so he called Feng and Lei and led people to follow Ah Zheng to save people. Ah Zheng did not stop, and immediately led people to the south of the city.

Ah Zheng knew that Bai Yuming's martial arts were not weak, although there was such a person as Jinnian who was dragging his feet, but Bai Yuming was the young master of the Medicine King Valley with the name of a divine doctor, and he was not able to fight the enemy, at least he could use poison, so he was still caught, it seemed that the enemy's strength was not weak, and he did not dare to delay at the moment, for fear that it would be too late to rush over, and Chu Yangcheng would also be arrested.

When Ah Zheng rushed over, he was surprised to find that in addition to Chu Yangcheng, Wu Yufeng also led people to help. The three parties quickly repelled the opponent's attack, and the other party saw that the situation was not good, so he immediately abandoned Bai Yuming and retreated. Ah Zheng They didn't chase them, they only let people track where the other party retreated.

Ah Zheng stepped forward to check Bai Yuming's injury, fortunately, although the injury was not light, but there was no worry about life, he poured two pills, gave Bai Yuming to take, and said, "Thank you for saving Jinnian, I owe you a favor again." ”

Bai Yuming smiled weakly and said, "It just happened that I met, you don't have to be so polite." I also treat Jinnian as a younger sister. Looking at Wu Yufeng in a blink of an eye, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and said, "Why did you come?"

Wu Yufeng raised his eyebrows and said, "Allow your friend to come to save you, and don't you allow my own brother to come?"

Bai Yuming smiled wryly and said, "I just didn't expect it, I was flattered." ”

Wu Yufeng rolled his eyes and said to Chu Yangcheng and Ah Zheng: "Let someone send Yuming back first, let's see what clues there are here." ”

Ah Zheng nodded, and ordered someone to send Bai Yuming back to Baicao Villa, and the three of them stayed to check.

This place should have only recently been used as their stronghold, and it seemed that they had come and gone in a hurry, leaving a lot of clues for Ah Zheng and them. Among the three, Chu Yangcheng was the best at collecting information, and soon found useful information, and the three of them followed the clues to find it, but it was a small secret room.

"Hehe, today, what's the new trick?" The three of them had just pushed open the door of the secret room and walked in, when they heard a hoarse female voice say flatly.

The three of them glanced at each other and walked into the secret room, only to see a middle-aged woman locked up in this dark room, her hands and feet were chained, her hair was scattered, and her eyes were dim, but she could see the beauty of her youth. The woman did not look up at the three men who walked in the door, but still said to herself, "Eighteen years, since I have survived these eighteen years, what are you afraid of now?

The footsteps of the three of them stopped, and the woman who was detained inside also realized that the person who came in was not the usual guard, and raised her head to look at the three of them. "Who are you?" asked the three in a hoarse voice.

"Who are you?" asked Ah Zheng with a frown.

The woman looked at the three of them for a long time before she slowly replied, "Mu, Liu, Li." ”

"Mu Liuli?" Chu Yangcheng exclaimed in a low voice, "Are you Mu Liuli?"

"Yangcheng, do you know her?" Ah Zheng looked at Chu Yangcheng puzzled, Chu Yangcheng is only twenty years old now, and Mu Liuli should have been trapped for eighteen years according to what she said, Chu Yangcheng shouldn't know her. Wu Yufeng next to him obviously had such questions.

Although the woman was puzzled, she also nodded and said, "My name is indeed Mu Liuli, but I don't know if it is the Mu Liuli you said." ”

"A few days ago, Qi Mu asked me to help him find someone, saying that it was his mother who had been missing for many years, and her name was Mu Liuli. It's just that there are no clues other than his name, and I just try to help him find it as much as possible. Chu Yangcheng explained, and said to Mu Liuli: "You said that you are Mu Liuli, do you have a child named Qi Mu, and now you are at the age of a weak crown?"

"Mu'er, my Mu'er, is he doing well?" Mu Liuli heard Chu Yangcheng's words, and immediately became excited, and looked at Chu Yangcheng with hopeful eyes.

"Are you really Qi Mu's mother, Mu Liuli?" Chu Yangcheng stared at Mu Liuli and asked.

"Yes, my father was in the Mu family back then, so I followed my mother with the surname Mu. It's just that my mother only has two daughters, so she wants me to continue to recruit sons-in-law. It's just that I fell in love with Mu'er's father. He is the richest man in Jinlong, so naturally it is impossible for him to enter the Mu family, and even if I marry him, I can only be a concubine. He treated me very well, and after Mu'er was born, he took the word Mu, which can be regarded as my filial piety. It's a pity that Mu'er is not yet a year old, so I had to leave him. Mu Liuli said softly.

Chu Yangcheng didn't know much about the Qi family, but seeing that Mu Liuli didn't look like he was lying, he was ready to step forward to untie her body. It's just that as soon as Chu Yangcheng moved, he was stopped by Mu Liuli. "Don't come here, there is a mechanism here, you will be killed by poisoned arrows when you come!"

Ah Zheng and the three of them were startled, raised their eyes, and sure enough, they saw that Mu Liu's wall not far from was lined with small holes, which should be the entrance of the poisonous arrow, Ah Zheng carefully observed, the mechanism was very cleverly arranged, as long as it was close to Mu Liuli within ten steps, the poisonous arrow would be automatically shot, the place here was narrow, once the poisonous arrow was shot, they were basically a live target, and there was no way to avoid it.