Chapter Twenty-Nine: Zhiyuan settled down and was glad to meet the martyr Peach Valley Villa, and was fortunate to meet King Jing

Entrusted by Li Yunhan, Shaoling returned to Pomegranate Town to visit Shi Nan, and by the way, took Du Miao to the Zheliu Inn.

"After a long time, Xiao Nan is okay?" Li Yunhan asked.

Du Miao preemptively said: "He's too willful, he always cries at the beginning, and he doesn't care no matter how much he coaxes; Later, I tried to teach him some fist and foot kung fu, and hey, this kid was so hooked that he suddenly became obedient. ”

Shaoling was very unimpressed when he heard this, and sneered: "Come on, just your two fists and legs...... Mistaken children! ”

"Xiao Nan said that he wants to learn martial arts to avenge his father." Du Miao explained.

"Alas, this kid ...... When I find a house and settle down, I will take him into Beijing, and I will teach him personally," Li Yunhan was a little disappointed and relieved, "It's just that it's too difficult to find a suitable house in the capital." ”

Du Shaoling said, what are you sighing for; Man, I brought it.

Li Yunhan asked Du Miao what he could do?

"Sir, don't worry, I grew up in the capital, which remote streets and alleys are not familiar?" Du Miao smiled, "Let's go, I'll take Mr. to find it." ”

Li Yunhan smiled slightly, and then agreed. He, Shaoling, and Du Miao left the inn and headed south along Suzaku Street, stopping and stopping as they went, checking from time to time whether the houses on the street were rented.

Not far behind them, Cen Feng disguised herself as a man and followed.

Li Yunhan and the others walked through a cross and turned into a neighborhood, and King Jing led several horsemen to gallop head-on.

Shaoling was interrogating passers-by, and he didn't have time to avoid it for a while, seeing that King Jing's mount was about to hit him.

When Li Yunhan saw it, he hurriedly pushed him away.

Seeing that King Jing's mount was frightened, Ai Yun couldn't help but be furious, and waved his whip to whip Shaoling, but was stopped by King Jing's drink.

King Jing turned his head to look at Yun Han and shouted, "Why don't you make way for this king?" ”

Li Yunhan saw that it was King Jing, afraid that he would recognize him, so he hurriedly pulled the hat down, bowed in a low voice, and said: "I am in a hurry to leave, I am too careless for a while, and I ask the prince to forgive me." ”

King Jing felt that the voice seemed familiar, so he leaned down and asked who he was?

Li Yunhan still lowered his head and said, "The grass people rushed into the prince and didn't dare to report his name. ”

King Jing stared at him for a while, and when he was about to ask again, Ai Yun on the side was a little impatient, reminding King Jing that it was not too early and it was time to go to Peach Valley Villa.

King Jing heard the "um" sound and led everyone to whip their horses away.

Li Yunhan and others visited the streets along the south for more than half a day, but they couldn't find a suitable house, and they couldn't help but be a little depressed after being tired.

Du Shaoling said, too tired; Forget it, let's look for it later.

Du Miao sighed lightly: "If the conditions are slightly better, the rent is ridiculously expensive; You can't look down on it, who can you blame? ”

"Speaking of which, there is still no money." Du Shaoling turned his gaze to Li Yunhan and said that this place is not far from Haiming Tower, why don't you go there first to ask for a glass of wine and rest?

"No," Li Yunhan waved his hand and asked Du Miao, "Which neighborhood is this?" ”

"Jinchangfang."

"And what about the south?"

"To the south, there is Tongshanfang and Tongjifang...... Du Miao was very puzzled, "Sir, what do you ask about this?" ”

"Lord Shi's former residence is in Tongshanfang," Li Yunhan patted Shaoling, "Let's go, go up there and try your luck." ”

Everyone rushed to Tongshanfang, only to see that the gate of Shi Zheng's former house was locked and rusty, and the seal on it had already been broken and could not be heard in the wind. The front of the door was overgrown with weeds, scattered with several pieces of tiles, a dilapidated appearance.

Everyone couldn't help but feel sad when they saw it.

Li Yunhan and the others lingered in front of the Shifu for a while, and were about to leave, when they suddenly saw a wooden sign "This house is for rent" hanging on the lintel next door to the Shifu, so they hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

It turned out that there was an old couple surnamed Lan living in this house, who were panicked because Shifu was often haunted at night recently, and they were frail and sick, so they were eager to rent out the house and move to the west of the city to live in the daughter's house of Zhixianfang.

Li Yunhan's eyes lit up after asking about the situation, and he went into the room to take a closer look. Although the house is dilapidated, there are many rooms; The yard is also very wide, in the middle of a luxuriant magnolia tree, a lotus pond is built below, the corners of the wall are full of daylilies, orchids, lush, fragrant people. He couldn't help but be secretly happy, and immediately decided to rent this house.

Li Yunhan said that he would rent it for one year first; Negotiated with the old man for the rent, thirty taels of silver per Chinese New Year's Eve.

Mr. and Mrs. Lan were very happy to hear this.

Li Yunhan first paid three taels of silver as a deposit, and agreed that the rest of the rent would be settled within a month.

Then he took Shaoling and Du Miao to help the two old men pack their luggage, and hired two carriages to send them away.

Taking advantage of Du Miao's efforts to rest and drink tea in the house, Li Yunhan took Shaoling quietly to the backyard.

There are several tall sycamore trees in the backyard, and the ground is covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves. As a strong wind blew, the sky suddenly darkened, and dead leaves flew all over the sky, like countless black ghosts scurrying around.

"Shaoling, turn it over." Li Yunhan pointed to the courtyard wall.

Shaoling was stunned for a moment and asked, "Go to Shifu, what do you want to do?" ”

"Ghost hunting."

"Ghost hunting," Du Shaoling looked around, and couldn't help but shudder, "It's just you and me......"

"Are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid; However, if you are bitten by a ghost and suck up all the blood......"

"Don't worry, there's it." Li Yunhan slapped the sword in his waist.

Du Shaoling said "um", and climbed over the wall with Li Yunhan into Shi Zheng's former residence.

The courtyard is barren with grass and leaves, rustling with the wind; A weasel leaped by, and wild birds flew into the air.

The two stood silently behind the rockery for a while, but did not find anything unusual.

"Really, how can there be ghosts in this blue sky and white day!" Shaoling muttered.

As soon as the words fell, a dark shadow suddenly swept from the gloom of the east wing. The black shadow waved like a weeping willow in the wind, walked to a mound, knelt down and lit a roll of paper, and whispered something.

Li Yunhan saw it and tiptoed over.

When he got closer, Li Yunhan shouted loudly, and the black shadow suddenly panicked and got up and ran. Unexpectedly, after running not far, he tripped over a stone and fell to the ground.

Li Yunhan rushed to the front to take a closer look, but it was Mama Buckwheat, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Mama Qiao also recognized Li Yunhan, and after taking a breath, she took the two to the east wing room to rest and drink tea.

Ma Qiao was a little dazed, and briefly recounted her abduction and escape, Li and Du couldn't help but be angry and hateful when they heard it, and scolded: "These dog officials are really hateful! ”

Mama Buckwheat said that in desperation, she had no choice but to flee back to Shifu. Afraid of being discovered, so he pretended to be a ghost and did some ridiculous things at night.

"Then why burn paper?" Li Yunhan asked.

"Alas, I thought that the Qingming Festival was coming, and I would send some paper money to Lord Shi, but I was bumped into by you."

Li Yunhan smiled bitterly and said, "You remember wrong, the Qingming Festival hasn't arrived yet." ”

"Look at my memory, I'm frightened and confused." Mama Buckwheat was a little embarrassed, paused, and said, "By the way, Shi Xiang left a secret fold before his death, and he asked the little girl to take care of it." ”

Li Yunhan asked her, what is the secret fold?

Mama Buckwheat shook her head and said she didn't know. She carefully took out a secret letter from under the flower pot and handed it to Li Yunhan.

Li Yunhan opened it and looked at it, and immediately understood, and said: "This fold is to impeach the officials of Jizhou and the household department, or he hasn't had time to play it yet." ”

Du Shaoling said, then simply hand it over to the saint, sweep away those corrupt officials, and avenge Lord Shi's grievances.

"You're thinking about it too easily." Li Yunhan shook his head lightly, "At the moment, the saint is deceived by traitors and does not argue about good and evil, and besides, Lord Shi has gone, how can he believe it with just one excerpt." ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard some noise outside the door, Li Yunhan said "someone", and then rushed out of the house with an arrow, only to see a black shadow passing behind the rockery.

Li Yunhan flew up and caught up with the black shadow.

The man was masked, and he was not in a hurry to flee, so he fought him.

After three or five rounds, Li Yunhan took advantage of the person's unpreparedness and pulled off her face scarf, revealing her true face.

Li Yunhan was stunned for a moment and said, "Yo, why are you!" ”

At this time, Shaoling also recognized it and said, "Aren't you the prince's bodyguard?" ”

"No," Cen Feng arched his hand and smiled, "Little girl Cen Feng, I came to protect Mr. by Brother Da's order." ”

Du Shaoling was deeply disdainful when she heard this, and ridiculed her for being so poor in martial arts, how to protect it!

Cen Feng pressed the sword and said that he would like to try it with her?

Li Yunhan smiled and waved his hand to stop, and said, "The girl came just in time, I have rented the house next door, and I want to renovate it, you can help me come up with some ideas." ”

"Really?"

"Yes. This house is large and secluded, just enough to hide. ”

After hearing this, Cen Feng smiled and took off a package from his waist, handed it over: "These twenty taels of gold are the meaning of Brother Da." ”

"How embarrassing is this...... Li Yunhan was a little embarrassed.

Cen Feng said that you don't have to be polite; If you have a new home, you should also buy some decent belongings.

"Great, as soon as I rented the house, someone sent money, which is really a blessing in disguise." Shaoling grabbed the package as he spoke, "I'll accept it on behalf of Brother Li." ”

Seeing this, Li Yunhan bowed his head slightly and thanked Cen Feng; He also told Mama Buckwheat, who had arrived, that he had rented the house next door and persuaded her to move in and be responsible for cooking and tidying up the house as a servant.

Seeing that Mama Qiao nodded and agreed, Shaoling seemed to think of something again, and told her with a straight face that if she was asked by outsiders, she should remember not to say much, so as not to reveal her identity.

Mama Buckwheat chuckled when she heard this: "Then just be dumb." ”

Du Shaoling said yes again and again, and he will call her a dumb aunt in the future.

"By the way, you said you were taken to a mountain villa, do you remember where it is?" Li Yunhan asked.

"Where's the approximate location...... I just remember that it was outside the city, next to the Peach River. Buckwheat said.

"But it's called Peach Valley Villa?"

"Yes," Mama Buckwheat tried to think about for a while, "there are many peach trees planted in the courtyard, and there is a three-story drunken incense building in the courtyard. ”

Li Yunhan thought for a moment after hearing this, and said that he wanted to go out of the city with Du Miao to find the villa.

"What about me?" Du Shaoling asked.

"Of course you can't be idle," Li Yunhan smiled and took out a gold ingot from the package, "Go and call a few migrant workers to clean the courtyard well; Also, add some furniture, it doesn't have to be too expensive, as long as it is strong and durable. ”

"Okay, I'll do it." Shao Ling readily agreed.

"Also, don't forget to order a new door plaque."

"Door plaque," Du Shaoling was stunned, "You are really particular enough; What about the name of the plaque? ”

Li Yunhan frowned, looked at the garden, and said, "The orchids and daylilies in the courtyard are in full bloom, which makes people smell the fragrance and stop; Let's call it Zhiyuan. ”

"Zhiyuan; Okay, I made a note of it. Du Shaoling replied heartily.

Li Yunhan, Cen Feng, and Du Miao left the capital, traveled about five miles to the southeast, and arrived at a high slope. He looked down and saw the Tao River flowing down from the Zhongnan Mountains and slowly flowing north into the Wei River. On the clear turquoise river, there are seven or eight small boats and painting boats paddling leisurely.

Along the banks of the river, there are dozens of villas and villas, which are built one after another.

According to the clues provided by Mama Buckwheat, Du Miao quickly determined the general location of Peach Valley Villa.

Overlooking from a high vantage point, Peach Valley Mountain Resort is located between two sloped valleys and is very secluded. The estate is surrounded by high walls covered with vines. At each of the four corners of the courtyard stands a watchtower. The pavilions and pavilions in the park are faintly visible, as if floating in the clouds.

The main entrance of the manor is built on the river, and you need to take a boat to get in and out.

"What a secret!" Li Yunhan stared at it for a while, then turned his head and asked Du Miao, "Can you confirm that this is the village?" ”

"Of course, I've been." Du Miao said without thinking.

"Oh?"

Du Miao was a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a while before saying: "Two years ago, I went to the garden to steal peaches to eat, but who would have thought that the black dog in the nursing home was too fierce and almost bit me." ”

"Okay, let's go back again today."

"Really, the peaches aren't ripe yet...... Du Miao was very unhappy.

Li Yunhan smiled and said, "This time it's not to steal peaches, it's to make a big deal." ”

"What's the big deal?"

"This ...... You'll know when you go. ”

"Hmph, what's the sale!" Du Miao reluctantly agreed, "Then go and go back quickly, don't be caught!" ”

Li Yunhan and the others went down the high slope, looked up, and saw King Jing and Ai Yun get off the painting boat and arrived in front of Peach Valley Villa.

Wang Gong was waiting outside the door with people, hurried forward, and welcomed King Jing into the village.

The two of them took a leisurely walk in the garden, admired the flowers, and chatted a few words from time to time.

King Jing sighed: "Although this garden is small, the pavilions and pavilions are exquisitely arranged, and the mountain stone carvings are all ingenious; There is also this peach blossom in full bloom pink and white, which is really unique. ”

"Your Highness has won the prize, and there is nothing more wonderful than this."

"Oh?"

Wang Gong stroked his beard and smiled lightly, and said meaningfully: "Your Highness is not in a hurry, you will understand later." ”

Li Yunhan and the others secretly sneaked into the backyard over the wall and crouched in the deep grass to take a closer look.

Under the peach grove, a path led to the depths, and two strong men sat on the stone table with their swords pinned to drink.

One of them was a little chubby and said, damn it, I am not allowed to go home and sweep the grave when I am going to celebrate the Qingming Festival.

"Isn't it," said the other thin man, "to guard this broken cellar all year round, and to suffocate people to death." By the way, I heard the old man say that there is a new kiln in Willow Lane on the other side, and the orchids there are as soft as dough. ”

"You want to go again?" The corner of the fat man's mouth twitched, "There are many beautiful women in our garden, just find one." ”

"Tease me?" The thin man snorted, "These beauties are for the entertainment of dignitaries; It's like visiting a kiln, as long as you give up the silver, you can have fun. ”

The fat man hurriedly said: "Forget it, don't talk about it, won't my brother make you happy." ”

Li Yunhan listened in the deep grass for a while, and couldn't help frowning. He, Du Miao, and Cen Feng bypassed the two men, quietly left the backyard, and carefully touched the drunken incense building in the courtyard. Before I got downstairs, there were bursts of women's laughter from time to time.

At this moment, in the Zuixiang Building, King Jing and Wang Gong sat at the head of the table, and two charming women served and toasted on the side.

Wang Gong put down the wine glass, lightly slapped his palm on the screen three times, and then walked out from behind a group of beautifully dressed women, gently twisting her breasts and thin waist to stand in front of King Jing.

"Your Highness, is it beautiful?" Wang Gong narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Lord Wang, this is ......"

"Do you like these prey?"

"This, this king can't afford it......" King Jing said and blushed.

"Your Highness is in his prime, this is a secret, don't leave tonight."

"Lord Wang is elegant and elegant, I really envy this king." King Jing's brain heated, "Then thank you, sir." ”

Before the words fell, Steward Qiu came to King Jing with a treasure box in both hands, opened it, and saw that it was a pair of beautifully crafted Hetian jade walls.

Wang Gong said with a smile: "The little jade is not a tribute, please Your Highness smile." ”

King Jing glanced at the treasure box, sank his face, and said: "Having good wine, singing and dancing is already content, and Lord Wang wants to give this king a jade wall, what is the purpose?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the East Palace is weak, and all the officials in the court have the intention of welcoming His Highness as the prince, and I hope that His Highness will not shirk."

King Jing was shocked when he heard this, and the cup in his hand almost fell to the ground.

"The prince acted absurdly and was repeatedly involved in prison, and the saint had long been disheartened by him. His Royal Highness is virtuous and filial, both civil and military; His Royal Highness replaced the crown prince, which was a blessing for Sheji. ”

"My lord is too careful," King Jing smiled, "The matter of Yi Chu is very important, and I can't help this king." ”

"Your Highness, don't worry. As long as His Highness raises his arms and calls, the hundred officials will echo. At that time, Your Majesty will also push the boat down the river and set you up as a reserve. ”

King Jing Zhengse said: "My lord invited this king to the banquet just for this matter?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness," Wang Gong smiled dryly, "the minister has a small request......

"Oh?"

"As for the position of the left minister, please ask Your Highness to say a few more kind words for me in front of the saint."

King Jing understood for a moment after hearing this, and nodded with a smile because of Wang Gong's sincerity.

Li Yunhan climbed up to the drunken incense building and eavesdropped for a while, but Du Miao accidentally slipped and alarmed the vicious dogs patrolling the courtyard.

The sound of the dog soon attracted a group of family members.

Seeing this, Li Yunhan hurriedly jumped downstairs, and ran to the courtyard wall with Du Miao and Cen Feng, wanting to escape from the village. But before they could go far, they were surrounded by a group of courtyard soldiers and forced the three of them to a pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Wang Gong hurriedly left his seat after learning about it, he rushed to the lake to ask the reason, and then ruthlessly ordered his subordinates to release arrows, wanting to shoot Li Yunhan and others.

At this time, King Jing and Ai Yun also rushed over, recognized Li Yunhan, couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly stopped drinking.

King Jing pushed aside the crowd and strode towards Li Yunhan.

Li Yunhan saw King Jing and hurriedly greeted: "Your Highness, I didn't expect to say goodbye to Jiangling, but I was fortunate to meet here." ”

King Jing said "um", his face sank, and asked him why he was here?

"Chang'an is charming in spring, and I strayed into the garden in order to appreciate the fragrant flowers."

"Sir is so elegant, come, please come into the house for a while." Yongwang Road.

"Wait." Wang Gong had a gloomy face and said to Li Yunhan, "Since Mr. has come to enjoy the spring, why did he break into the manor and hurt people?" ”

Du Miao preemptively said: "I got lost, I came in and begged for a glass of water to drink, but who knew that the people of Zhuang Shangren actually treated us as thieves, and they couldn't help but kill the killer." ”

"Hugh must argue!" Wang Gong grimaced, "Say, what are you doing here?" ”

Li Yunhan smiled slightly and said, "Lord Wang, what do you want?" ”

"Then it's up to you to tell the truth!" Wang Gong sneered.

"Lord Wang, this matter is purely a misunderstanding." King Jing glared at Wang Gong, "This Mr. Li is the old king for many years, don't blame." ”

"Your Highness, forgive me, since we are old friends, of course Wang will not care." Wang Gong thought for a moment and changed his smiling face, "Mr. Li, please talk about it." ”

"Lord Wang, it's getting late, so there's no need to bother you." Li Yunhan arched his hand, and then he turned his gaze at King Jing again, "There is some disturbance today, Yunhan is really uneasy." If Your Highness doesn't dislike it, you can go to the cold house in the future. ”

King Jing said "um" and asked him where he was staying?

"Tongshanfang, Zhiyuan." Li Yunhan said respectfully.

"Okay, the king has written it down." King Jing said with a slight smile.

Li Yunhan took Cen Feng and Du Miao out of Peach Valley Villa and hurried to the capital.

Everyone walked for about half an hour, and when they arrived at the confluence of the Peach River and the Ape King River, they suddenly saw a group of people around the roadside with strange expressions, talking about something, so they stepped forward to investigate.

It turned out that there was a man's body lying on the shore.

The villagers were talking; Some people say, it's really evil, a man in black died at the beginning of the month, and another one died today.

A thin villager said: "Hey, it goes without saying, it's probably a treasure hunt that has been plotted!" ”

Li Yunhan was shocked when he heard this, and asked him what treasure he was looking for?

The thin villager looked at him, smiled mysteriously, and said, "Of course, it's the secret treasure of martial virtue under the Nine Lotus Peak." ”

"Nine Lotus Peak, isn't it still far from here?" Li Yunhan asked again.

"You don't know anything about this," the villager relieved, "thirty miles east is the Nine Lotus Peak; The Ape King River goes down along the peaks and valleys, and meets the Peach River here; As for this corpse, it was salvaged from the Ape King River in the east. Who else would you say if it wasn't a treasure hunt? ”

"Oh, I see." Li Yunhan sighed lightly, "May I ask my brother, how did he die?" ”

"Well, I don't know." The villager shook his head and walked away.

Li Yunhan listened thoughtfully, and was about to leave when he suddenly saw Yuan Chong hurrying over with two escorts; The two looked at each other, not paying attention to each other.

It turned out that the deceased was Yuan Chong's subordinate, who was ordered to go to Nine Lotus Peak to explore the secret treasure and died in the river.

Yuan Chong leaned down and opened the deceased's shirt, examining it carefully, a trace of panic on his face. He pondered for a while, and then ordered someone to find a piece of wasteland and bury it hastily.

Yuan Chong hurried to Fulong Villa, and reported to Chu Qing with a gloomy face, saying that the person sent to explore the treasure was unfortunately killed.

Chu Qing's body trembled when he heard this, and he asked how he died?

Yuan Chong said that the deceased was a first-class master selected from the gang; He examined the body, and there were no injuries outside the body, but all of them died from the cracking of internal organs.

"Who has such profound skills?" Chu Qing took a cool breath and asked.

"According to my speculation, there is only one person in Nine Lotus Peak who can have such profound skills."

"Who?"

"Zixu is a real person."

"It's him," Chu Qing drooped his face, "It seems that this time he has indeed met a strong opponent!" ”