Kuang Lin rode a tall horse, Lin Zhuyun took Xiaotang in a carriage, and after a while, he arrived at the door of a low-key but unconcealed mansion.

Pushing open the dark red cast-iron gate, a quiet magnolia fragrance came to the nostrils, just like the Lin Mansion in the Lingcheng.

Kuang Lian, who was walking in front, turned his head slightly and said to Lin Zhuyun: "I know that magnolia is widely planted in the garden of the Lin Mansion, so I ordered the servants who took care of the forest to also plant magnolia trees in this house, and now is the flowering period, I hope Sister Yun likes it." ”

Lin Zhuyun was stunned for a moment, the magnolia tree is delicate, and the magnolia flowers can only bloom after transplanting for a few years, he must have been preparing to give this mansion to her a long time ago.

She suddenly remembered her previous life, when she was imprisoned by Jiang Xianxu in the palace of the Shan Kingdom, she prostrate at his feet, trembling and kissing his instep, and pleaded with great humility, hoping to plant a magnolia outside her house to relieve her longing for Lingcheng, Linfu, and her father.

At that time, Jiang Xianxu gently lifted her face, called her the single name "Yun", and gently covered his lips with her soft lip flap, Lin Zhuyun trembled and wanted to resist, he turned to bite her lower lip fiercely, and did not stop until warm blood flowed out of her lip flap.

He pinched her cheek, pinched her white cheeks out of red marks, and said with a cruel smile: "Do you want to plant magnolia flowers or do you want to escape from me and return to the mausoleum?" You are now a woman from the Shan Kingdom, and you don't think about how to subvert the southern country for me, do you still think that you will return to the southern country one day to be your Lin Ji jade carving lady? ”

The magnolia tree was not planted in the Shan country after all.

These memories were too cruel, Lin Zhuyun actually felt dizzy at the moment, and his stomach was cramping as if he was being held tightly by someone, and he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Kuang Lin found her suddenly pale face and cold sweat on her forehead, he hurriedly wanted to reach out to support her, but he was afraid of losing the rules, so he had to withdraw his hand and clench his fists tightly and said, "Xiaotang, hurry up and hold your young lady." ”

Xiaotang also found out that Lin Zhuyun's face was wrong at this time, she quickly hugged Lin Zhuyun and said, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Looking for a place to rest first? ”

Lin Zhuyun nodded palely.

Kuang Lin hurriedly led them to a pavilion in the east, and said anxiously in a low voice: "There is a pavilion in front of the house to escape the summer, you go and sit down first, and I will order someone to bring a cup of tea." ”

After watching Lin Zhuyun sit firmly, Kuang Lin strode out of the pavilion and entered a hut, and the subordinates inside saw Kuang Lian, obviously stunned, and hurriedly said: "What does General Kuang want to tell the servants to come and get it, why did you come to the small kitchen in person?" ”

Kuang Lin ignored it, brewed a pot of Gantong tea by himself, and hurriedly went out with it.

"Hot tea is here, serve Sister Yun and take a sip."

After the hot tea in his stomach, Lin Zhuyun felt that his stomach was much warmer, and his face gradually became bloody.

Kuang Xiao exhaled a long breath at this time, he wiped the beads of sweat that had just run out of his forehead, and sat down on the stone bench next to Lin Zhuyun.

Looking at Lin Zhuyun with a pair of moist dark pupils, he asked, "Is Sister Yun sick?" It's all my fault that I had to pull you to see this house. ”

Lin Zhuyun looked at his black pupils like puppy eyes, those terrifying memories gradually dissipated, she chuckled and shook her head: "I'm fine, maybe I haven't had breakfast today, so I'm a little dizzy and weak." ”

When Kuang Lin heard this, he immediately waved his hand and beckoned his subordinates: "Go and bring the prepared pine powder bean paste cake." ”

After a while, the servant brought up a few plates of delicate dim sum, sweet and salty, bright color, and looked very appetizing.

Lin Zhuyun used a few pieces, all of which were the flavor of Lingcheng.

After eating, she raised her head slightly, looking at the magnolia flowers planted around the gazebo in full bloom, and felt as if her heart was wrapped in soft silk.

She bent her eyes and said to Kuang Lin with a smile like a flower: "I like the magnolia flowers in this mansion very much. ”

Kuang Xiao listened to this, was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of red appeared on his dark cheeks, and said in a calm voice: "Sister Yun likes it." ”

Then Xiaotang stayed in the pavilion to eat snacks, and Kuang Lin and Lin Zhuyun walked leisurely in the mansion.

A piece of falling flowers fell on Lin Zhuyun's forehead, Kuang Lin looked at the fallen flowers and Lin Zhuyun's delicate face like peach blossoms, and reached out in a daze to take down the petals and hide them in his palm, and said softly: "There is a piece of falling flowers, brush it away for you." ”

Lin Zhuyun smiled slightly, without words.

When Kuang Lone's generous big hand approached her, she smelled a man's peculiar smell of blue musk, and her heart was pounding.

Kuang Lin suddenly remembered something, and said: "What you said to His Royal Highness King Xiang at the banquet before about the sale of fake Yuhefang and collusion with foreigners, His Royal Highness King Xiang reported it to the emperor not long ago, and it happened that I was discussing with the emperor at the time, so I heard it. ”

Lin Zhuyun looked as usual, but she smiled in her heart, sure enough, she was right, the matter of Yuhefang's collusion with foreign clans is already paper-inhibited, and if King Xiang wants to protect himself, then only when other officials in the capital have not found out, take the initiative to stand on the opposite side of Yuhefang, and abandon Yuhefang to clear himself.

Let the emperor feel that he is also one of the people who have been deceived, so naturally he will not think that they are a party.

"Then how did the emperor deal with this matter?"

"The Holy Lord has always been strict in dealing with collusion with foreign clans, and when he heard this news, Long Yan was furious, and immediately issued an order to raid Yuhefang, find out the mastermind behind it, and escort him back to Beijing to divide the corpses of the five horses."

Lin Zhuyun's pupils trembled, this saint was really cruel.

If it weren't for this, it wouldn't have caused the tragedy five years ago, which made Jiang Xianxu hate him to the core, and he was bound to subvert the southern country.

She thought for a moment and asked, "Then who will the emperor send to supervise this case?" The official mansion of Lingcheng, the emperor is afraid that he can't believe it. ”

When Kuang Lin heard this, he was surprised by Lin Zhuyun's understanding of the emperor who entered Beijing for the first time, but he still replied: "Because it was reported by His Royal Highness King Xiang, and King Xiang had been to Lingcheng before, so the Holy Lord directly sent His Royal Highness King Xiang to Lingcheng to supervise it. ”

This was out of Lin Zhuyun's expectations, I thought that the emperor would definitely avoid suspicion because of the relationship between King Xiang and Yuhefang, but he didn't expect the emperor to directly appoint King Xiang.

She thought quickly in her mind for a while, vaguely feeling bad.

In his previous life, after Jiang Xianxu raised troops to break the mausoleum city, there was this His Royal Highness King Xiang who met him in the capital, and he was clearly Jiang Xianxu's person.

At this time, Kuang Lin continued: "However, the saint has always been suspicious, and he is not worried that there is only one person to supervise such important matters. He saw that I had been relatively idle in military affairs recently, and that I was stationed in Lingcheng, so he sent me to assist in this investigation. ”

Lin Zhuyun was both happy and scared at the moment. Fortunately, it is not supervised by King Xiang alone, otherwise it will be impossible to completely get rid of Yuhefang and find out Jiang Xianxu behind it. What I'm afraid of is that Kuang Lin was originally one of the people Jiang Xianxu was eager to get rid of, and if Kuang Lin was involved in this incident, she was afraid that Jiang Xianxu would do something to him in advance.

Kuang Xiao saw that she didn't speak, but a pair of pink fists only clutched the hem of her skirt, and her face was sad.

He looked down at her face and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" Sister Yun didn't expect him to report to the emperor? Frightened by the emperor's words to divide the corpses of five horses? ”

Lin Zhuyun came back to his senses, glanced around to confirm that there was no one, and whispered in a rare and serious manner: "General Kuang, if Yuhefang really colludes with the Shan State, this investigation must be very dangerous, and there will definitely be people who want to harm you openly and secretly, and may even use some sinister methods, you must be careful, even the people you work with must be careful." ”

Kuang Xiao hesitated for a moment, but still asked, "Who do you work with?" What does Sister Yun mean by this? Could it be that the officials in charge of the investigation have been mixed in with spies? So how did you find out? ”

A series of questions made Lin Zhuyun suddenly realize that she had said too much, as a boudoir woman from a merchant family, it was too unreasonable for her to say this.

She hurriedly laughed, prevaricated and said, "I don't know anything, what I just said is just a conjecture for the worst, I just hope that General Kuang will be careful and take care of himself." ”

Kuang Lin nodded and didn't ask again.

The Lin family, Kuang Lin and King Xiang arrived in Lingcheng in a few days, and in order not to startle the snake, King Xiang did not go to the official mansion and stayed in Kuang's mansion.

But after all, he was the brother of the emperor and the king of Xiang, and after arriving in Lingcheng, everyone kept talking about it, guessing his intention to go to Lingcheng.

Of course, the news reached Dongshan Temple, Jiang Xianxu was uneasy in his heart, he had colluded with King Xiang for a long time, but the consensus reached in secret was that before the day when Jiang Xianxu raised troops to enter Beijing, King Xiang could not be exposed, and he could not take the initiative to contact Jiang Xianxu.

But when he came to Lingcheng this time, it was to completely break the consensus they had reached before, he felt that the whole chess game was suddenly out of his control, since Yuhefang inexplicably transported back a batch of fakes from Shan, he felt that there seemed to be other forces in the chess game, which had been sabotaging his plan, and he had been unable to see the situation clearly as if he had a white veil in front of him, and he had been led by others by the nose.

He had been planning for years, and the game had been following his path steadily, but now it was constantly changing, and he hated the feeling of being out of control.

"Go, bring me what is in charge." He whispered to Gosai.

Gao Sai answered, and quickly rushed down the mountain.

He Zhangshi trembled and arrived at Dongshan Temple, knelt on his knees, and prostrated in front of Jiang Xianxu: "The prince...... You're looking for me, but there's a way to get that jade plaque back? ”

When Jiang Xianxu heard his words, a burst of anger suddenly surged in his heart, and he stepped on He Zhangshi's head to the ground with one kick, making his fat face clinging to the ground, stained with dust.

He scolded, "You useless thing dare to ask me!" You actually let the mad dogs snatch such hidden things, and I don't know if the government came to the door! ”

He Zhangshi was trampled on and his face was embarrassed, and he muttered: "I was really dizzy by waves of people who came to collect debts for a while, but don't worry, Shizi, we bite it to death and don't admit it, and the government can't do anything if it doesn't take us, so we have to arrest the person who took the jade card to the pawn shop." Without other evidence, they didn't dare to touch the jade house. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Xianxu took his foot off his face and asked, "Do you know about King Xiang's entry into the Mausoleum City?" ”

He Zhangshi hurriedly shook his head and said: "Little I don't know, I don't dare to contact His Royal Highness King Xiang privately without your instructions, the last time I had contact with him was to send those blue water jade bracelets into Beijing." But he didn't say anything, Zuo just asked him to praise the jade of our Yuhefang in front of the saint. ”

"Blue water jade bracelet? Will you run out of water? Jiang Xianxu's eyes were on He Zhangshi.

He Zhangshi shivered and whispered, "It's all the same batch...... It should also be able to run water. But Shizi, our caravan is just the same as the previous one to connect with the people of the Shan royal family according to your requirements, and then go to the owner of the field, why is the material like this this time? ”

Jiang Xianxu frowned, he didn't know why there was a problem with the material this time, could it be that the Shan royal family deliberately framed him? Could it be that the Shan State wants to re-prop up others to subvert the southern country? That's why King Xiang came to Lingcheng? Just to meet new collaborators?

The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt, and he whispered, "It seems that I am going to go to Shan in person." ”