He had already seen that the little girl in the car was holding the sword unsteadily, and when he spoke, he reached out and grabbed the sword, and pulled it violently.

Pei Wushuang's body was carried forward by this strength, and the man took the opportunity to grab her arm and pull her out of the carriage.

"The little lady's sword looks good, but it won't be in vain!" The man laughed and imprisoned her in front of him, and the sword had already fallen.

"Shuang'er!"

Seeing this, Mrs. Dou on the side was about to pounce, but was kicked in the abdomen by another thief and fell to the ground.

The envoy An Lan had also been pulled out of the carriage, and all the belongings that had just been thrown out of the carriage had been collected by them.

Pei Wushuang struggled, lowered his head and bit the man's arm fiercely.

The man tried to shake her off, but she refused to let go, until the man grabbed her by the hair and threw her out heavily.

"This slut!" The man looked at the arm that was almost bitten off by her, and scolded with red eyes: "Tie up these mothers-in-law and bring them back!" Let the brethren train well! ”

Pei Wushuang, who fell to the ground, struggled to get up and wanted to pick up the sword.

The man was already one step ahead of her, bent down to pick up the sword, and held it in his hand to admire: "It's really a rare good sword." ”

Seeing this, Pei Wushuang wanted to take it back with red eyes, but was grabbed by the two of them, and he took the hemp rope and wanted to tie her hands.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves.

"Help! Help me! An Lan immediately shouted for help.

"Smack!"

The bandit slapped her in the face: "Dare to fucking shout!" I don't want to think about the way of the world now, who dares to meddle in things! ”

Even though they said this, they immediately blocked Pei Wushuang's mouths with cloth towels, and sped up their movements to drag people into the forest.

"Adjutant, there seems to be a voice shouting 'help' over there—"

After settling the king of Xiang, Yin Hai, who wanted to return to Beijing to restore his life, subconsciously reined in his horse and looked in the direction of the forest.

After a brief hesitation, he said, "Go and see." ”

The group approached the place where the voice had come from, and saw only a carriage and the corpses of several servants.

One person dismounted and checked: "I should have met a bandit." ”

Yin Hai sat on his horse and said, "Look at their clothes, they are just ordinary servants...... Where is the host's house? Fang Cai's voice for help sounded like a woman. ”

With that, he turned his head to look into the depths of the forest.

There is almost no doubt as to what usually happens to the ladies of wealthy families if they fall into the hands of robbers.

And they are secretly going out to Beijing to do business this time, so it is said that they should not make extraneous branches, so as not to expose their identities and bring trouble to the general-

At this moment, none of the group spoke.

Until Yin Haidao: "Chase-"

If you don't save the person in front of you, then what's the other thing.

If the general is here, so will it.

The group rode into the forest and followed the trails.

Those people were nothing more than ordinary bandits, who were soon exposed under the pursuit of well-trained elite divisions, resisting for a moment, dead and wounded, begging for mercy.

The twilight was deep, the vision in the forest was extremely dim, and several people stepped forward to untie the ropes of the three female dependents who were tied, and as soon as they took off the cloth in their mouths, they saw one of the girl figures rushing towards their deputy general and hugging them.

All the subordinates were stunned.

Although the grace of saving lives needs to be thanked gratefully, how can this little lady's eyes be so good, and she directly bypasses them and picks the most handsome lieutenant among them?

They didn't know it, but even though it was dark, she recognized the man.

Yin Hai was stunned, lowered his head and looked at the person in front of him in surprise: "...... How are you here? ”

Pei Wushuang didn't answer, he cried out loud first, and his crying was full of fear.

Yin Hai raised his hand to comfort her, but saw that the female envoy helped Mrs. Dou to stand up, but in the end she took her hand back without a trace, and only helped Pei Wushuang's figure away from him, and made sure that she was not seriously injured, before asking: "Seeing that it is getting late, why do you have to hurry?" ”

"After this forest is Weinan, where my grandfather's house ......"

Pei Wushuang's shoulders twitched and trembled, and he cried, "...... The uncle's mansion was affected by Jiang Linggong's affairs, my eldest uncle was demoted, the second uncle was implicated and imprisoned, and my grandmother was angry and had a wind in her heart, and the house was in chaos...... The eldest aunt begged me and A-Niang to go back to my grandfather's house and ask the Dou family to help us, and if I couldn't borrow some money to move around, the uncle might still have a way to live......"

She was already a little incoherent: "I only now know that the Pei clan, which seemed to be a great and dazzling person, has fallen to such a point over the years, and there is only an empty shell left...... No wonder Daddy always said that there are difficulties in the clan, and he has all kinds of last resorts, but I have never really listened to it before, and I only know how to mess around willfully......"

As she spoke, she cried more and more uncontrollably, in addition to fear, more self-blame: "Ah Niang and I just want to get to our grandfather's house as soon as possible...... Who knew how to meet these people...... The servants who came with me are all dead, and I can't even protect my mother and myself! ”

In the darkness, Yin Hai looked at the girl in front of him who was crying so embarrassed that he was even a little funny, and unconsciously slowed down his voice: "This ...... Can't blame you. ”

Pei Wushuang was about to say more, but was interrupted by Dou's voice: "Shuang'er, it's okay......"

Dou was helped by the female envoy and walked over, and thanked Yin Hai: "Thank you General Yin for saving me......

"Mrs. Dou doesn't have to say thank you." Yin Hai said: "It's just that I'm on an errand, and it's inconvenient for people to know about going out of the city, so I ask my wife to keep this matter." ”

When he decided to save people, he never thought that he would be an acquaintance, but now he has accidentally revealed his identity.

But he didn't regret Fang Cai's decision, but was endlessly happy in his heart.

"Please rest assured, General Yin." Dou Shi responded.

"The two of you escort Mrs. Dou to Weinan." Yin Hai nodded to two subordinates who had never shown up in front of people, and explained: "Be sure to send people safely." ”

"I'm really tired of General Yin." Dou was grateful and saluted again.

Pei Wushuang stopped crying, wiped away his tears, and turned to walk towards the few bandits who had fallen to the ground, lifting his skirt and bending over as if looking for something.

Yin Hai walked over, only to see her courageously pull out a sword from under a corpse covered in blood.

He was all too familiar with that sword—

"It's all dirty." Pei Wushuang sobbed and wiped the sword body with his sleeve and hugged it in his arms.

Yin Hai felt funny, but also felt a little astringent and warm in his heart, and the feeling was particularly complicated and difficult to describe.

Looking at those wet eyes, he wanted to say something, but he felt out of place, and finally just said: "When I get to Dou's house, please ask a man to see the injury, let someone cook a bowl of soothing decoction, and sleep well first." ”

Pei Wushuang sobbed and nodded at him.

"Go ahead." Yin Hai instructed the two subordinates.

Under the escort of the two of them, Pei Wushuang and An Lan supported the Dou clan left and right and left the forest.

Seeing the back of the man holding the sword in one hand and turning back three times in one step, Yin Haicai said: "It's not appropriate to go to the official mansion, let's kill them." ”

The world is already in chaos, and leaving these people's lives will only cause more innocent people to suffer.

After everything was settled, the group got on their horses and left.

……

At the same moment, a secret letter was delivered to Xiao Mu.

Reading the contents of the letter, his eyes changed slightly, and a brief look of thought appeared between his eyebrows.

After a few moments, the contemplative color faded, and the letter paper was lit by the lamp, and soon turned to ashes.

……

In the early summer, it was only a little stuffy, and the female envoy had already placed an ice basin in the room where Hengyu was under house arrest.

On the evening of this day, Hengyu, as usual, only used half of all kinds of meals.

After the envoy took down the meal, she retreated outside to guard.

Heng Yu sat at the table with no expression on his face, looking out the window.

Recently, she and Shao Yan secretly investigated and probed again and again near the West Courtyard, and determined that there must be something strange there, and they had already figured out the time when they changed guards at night.

On the north side of the courtyard, there was a side door that had been abandoned for many years, and although it was locked, it had been corroded by rust, and it was not difficult to smash it open.

If she and Shao Yan entered through the side door in time for those people to change guards, they would be able to find out......

It's risky, but that's the way it is.

At this time, the situation outside affects the whole body, and it can't be delayed any longer.

This is also the reason why she chose such a strategy at that time, angering Li Wei and forcing him to put herself under house arrest here - this is the only "shortcut" at the moment.

There is no best strategy, no comprehensive method, only stepping on the edge of the cliff to try and groping for the way forward, even if you may fall into the cliff at any time and break your bones.

Just as she was thinking about what to do, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside.

Heng Yu immediately withdrew his gaze from the window, raised his eyes and looked indifferently at the visitor.

It's its furt.

She went back to the eldest princess's mansion two days ago, and she would come here to see her every day.

It's more like surveillance than looking.

Because of this, Heng Yucai was even more determined to enter the Western Courtyard to investigate - Li Wei should be suspicious of her, at least on guard, the longer it drags on, the more restricted her actions will be.

Qi Zhen entered the inner room, glanced at the open north window, and said lightly: "Although it is summer, the north wind adds coolness, but the window is still closed at night. ”

Heng Yu just listened at first, but soon realized that something was wrong.

She glanced at the cold ice basin.

The ice basins are all on the table, but the opening of the window is called "a moment of cold"?

And the north wind is mostly in winter, what has been the north wind blowing recently......

The envoy who followed her heard what she said and closed the window.

Hengyu slowly raised his eyes to look at Qi Zhen.

The eyes that were always a little difficult to approach were also looking at her.

"If His Royal Highness had never entered the palace, he would not dare to put an ice basin in the bedroom of the courtyard too early when he lived in the mansion at such a time of season." Qi Zhen said.

Hengyu's eyes moved slightly.

"So, let's take down this ice basin too." Qi Zhen commanded.

The female envoy subconsciously glanced at Hengyu, who had been 'making heaven and earth' recently, and saw that she didn't react much, so she responded "yes" and took the ice basin out.

After Qi Zhen looked at Hengyu deeply, she turned around to go out.

"Wait."

In two days, Hengyu, who spoke to her for the first time, stood up.

Qi Zhen stopped and did not look back.

With a hint of temptation in his eyes, Heng Yu asked, "How are my family members doing?" ”

There is Shao Yan, and she is naturally clear about the news outside-

Including the fact that after the king of Huaiyang County was elected as the new monarch by Zhongshu Province, he was poisoned and unconscious - I heard that this poor child is still in a coma.

But why is it "just" unconscious?

Heng Yu looked at Qi Zhen's back - did someone show mercy?

If so, some words may be credible.

"As long as Heng Niangzi stays here in peace, everyone in the Ji family will be fine." Qi Zhen turned her back to Heng Yu and said: "Heng Niangzi has this kind of thought, why don't you think about something useful, such as how to make His Highness dissipate his anger and not cause trouble to others." ”

Her tone was flat, except for the word "others" at the very end.

Then, she didn't seem to have any intention of saying anything more to Heng Yu, and explained to the female envoy: "There are black clouds surging in the north, and I am afraid that there will be heavy rain from the north tomorrow, so the doors and windows everywhere are closed, so prepare early." ”

The female envoy responded and sent Qi Zhen out.

Hengyu sat back slowly, his eyes repeating several times.

In the past, these trivial things would not be explained in such detail at all-

Today's words are not much, but it seems that every word is worth pondering......

That night, after the lights went out, Hengyu went out of the window as usual and came to the pavilion.

Shao Yan was waiting there in a dark robe, and handed a Xuan Phi to Heng Yu, Heng Yu took it, but did not move, but said: "Shao Yan, I won't go to the West Courtyard tonight——"

Shao Yan was stunned: "Ah Heng...... Why is that? ”

They had probed again and again before they had made a plan for tonight.

"I'm afraid it's ......a fraud," Heng Yu lowered his voice and said, "The so-called strict guards over there may be a trick used to confuse people...... In case someone is suspicious of spying, this trap is set up, and once inside, it will be exposed. ”

"But ......" Shao Yan frowned slightly, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "It is indeed possible, the eldest princess behaves differently from ordinary people. ”

He looked at Hengyu: "But if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not in the West Courtyard, where will it be?" ”

Thinking of Qi Zhen's words, Heng Yu said slowly: "Or it's in her courtyard...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to visit that day, and perhaps not only failed to leave the eldest princess's mansion, but also failed to leave her residence. ”

And in her courtyard, it is indeed the easiest place to set a trap to prevent the prince from leaving.

"The defense there is no more guarded than the Western Courtyard...... Ah Heng, are we going to go over and investigate now? ”

"Don't rush yet." Heng Yu pondered: "I don't know if it's another trap......

What if Qi Zhen deliberately said those things to her and mislead her?

Although she couldn't figure out why the other party did this for a while, the most taboo thing at the moment was to act impulsively, so she should be cautious.

Shao Yan didn't understand too much, so he heard Heng Yu say again: "Shao Yan, right now, I have another thing I want you to help with-"

"Ah Heng, you just have to say."

"I want to ask you to write a letter and send it to the people of the given Beihou Mansion secretly." Heng Yu said: "The letter said...... Tomorrow may change, Li Wei may be unfavorable to the Marquis of Dingbei, so he must be careful. ”

Qi Zhen's sentences "the wind is blowing from the north", "there may be heavy rain from the north", and "prepare early", she thought about it repeatedly, and she only felt that it was a metaphor for "Dingbei Hou".

"Ah Heng, you mean that the eldest princess will ...... tomorrow" Shao Yan's eyes vibrate.

"She was also bound to attack him...... Heng Yu said in a low voice: "But Qi Zhen specially mentioned it, I'm afraid there will be something unusual this time...... In the end, what we can hear from the outside world today is only superficial...... But it is also difficult to say whether it will be a trap, so it is necessary to explain it in the letter, and be sure to let Dingbei Marquis carefully distinguish the true from the false. ”

Shao Yan first nodded in response, and then asked, "Ah Heng, you mean...... Aunt Zhen reminded you of this? ”

"Yes." Heng Yu said: "The person may not be in the West Courtyard, which is also her reminder...... But at the moment, it is not possible to believe it all, so it is better to distinguish one or two by reminding Dingbei Hou first, if this matter is true, you and I will go to Li Weiju to investigate. ”

Shao Yan nodded: "Okay, I understand." ”

"Although they have not suspected you yet, you and Ari must also be careful and put your own safety first." Heng Yu finally admonished.

"Ah Heng, don't worry." Shao Yan smiled and said, "I have nothing else to do, the only thing I am good at is not attracting attention." ”

Over the years, he has lived in the eldest princess's mansion and has never had a sense of existence at all.

In the eyes of everyone, even in the eyes of the eldest princess, he is like a kitten and puppy who will only obediently and obediently shrink in the nest, only knowing how to be obedient and quiet, and will not have any thoughts and actions that disobey his master.

Ah Heng recently said that he would be like this, but now that he looks back and thinks about it, it may be Li Wei who invisibly deliberately guided him to "cultivate" such a temperament.

But for now, he's glad he did.

At the very least, you can use this as a cover to do something - not for Ah Heng, but for what you do, to give yourself an explanation and expectations that you have never had before.

"Shao Yan, although you shouldn't talk about the future at this time...... But I still want to say that when you leave here, you will have a great future. As for the past, they are all left here, and there is no need to look back. ”

When the young man heard this, there was a smile in his eyes: "I borrowed Ah Hengji's words." ”

……

The next day, Hengyu couldn't help but spend it in apprehension and all kinds of speculation.

At night, she saw Shao Yan again in the gazebo: "How is it, is it still going well?" ”

"Ah Heng, according to your method, Ah Rui and I quietly entered Yanchun Tower from the side door to deliver the letter, and soon waited for the deputy general surnamed Wang to come in person, but ......" Shao Yan's expression was a little ashamed: "It's just that it's still a step late, and the deputy general Wang said that when the city gate first opened this morning, Dingbei Hou had already secretly left the city......"

"He's out of town?" Heng Yu's heart jumped a few times, and then subconsciously said: "It's okay, even if there is no reminder from this letter, he should be on guard......

Shao wanted to speak and stopped.

But didn't Ah Heng also say last night that there might be something "unusual" this time?

If the eldest princess really intends to make a dead move, she will do whatever it takes, so can Dingbei Hou really get out......

Thinking of this possibility, Shao Yan saw that Hengyu's face was slightly pale, obviously thinking of this, and he didn't dare to say anything more at this time.

"At least from this point of view, the reminder given by Qi Zhen is somewhat credible...... Heng Yu forced himself to calm down and think about the big thing in front of him: "Li Wei Juyuan, you can take a look." ”