The June day scorched the earth like a flowing fire.

Cheng Yuguan took Liuyun and prepared to ride a horse to the grassland north of the city to relax.

As soon as they left the house, Cheng Yuguan and Liuyun were soaked in summer clothes with a three-layer linen texture, the weather was really hot and sultry, the sun was scorching, and the weather in the heat was really extraordinary.

"Miss, are you going out today? Didn't you just do an inventory yesterday? Let's take a break at home today. ”

Uncle Zhang of the concierge hid in the shade behind the door, watching Cheng Yuguan go out against the sun, and wanted to dissuade him anxiously, but was stopped by the scorching sun. I only dare to persuade a few words in the shade.

The porter Lao Zhang is an old man in the house.

Since he returned to Beijing with the old lady a few years ago, he has been serving at the gate.

Seeing the old lady of other families, Miss Childe, all of them are golden and noble, and they are pampered. Look at your own house again.

The lord is on duty, not too late for a day, not bad for a day.

Mrs. takes care of the housework in the Rejuvenation Hall every day.

The two eldest sons followed the lord and worked diligently.

is the young lady, who also works in the shop every day, takes inventory every month, and gives him the thick account book, for him Lao Zhang, he is afraid that he will not be able to read it for half a year.

The most idle people in the house are the two young ladies and the third son.

But the family style is like this, and a few are not lazy.

The two young ladies followed the lady housekeeper, and the third son also got up at midnight every day, practiced martial arts, read books and practiced calligraphy, and his talent was limited, but he couldn't help but like it.

Today is another day of fire, it stands to reason that at the end of yesterday month, Miss just took over the library, Lao Zhang privately thought that Miss should be able to rest for a day today.

Who would have thought that such a big sun and such a fierce light would shine on people.

Instead, the young lady stopped riding in the carriage and rode instead.

Cheng Yuguan turned around and waved his hand at Lao Zhang.

"Dog days, the capital is stuffy, I will take Liuyun to the grassland for a run and scatter."

With that, Cheng Yuguan took Liuyun and rode away.

Lao Zhang closed the side door and hid in the shade at the base of the wall, beware of the sun shining on him, while stretching his neck to see the back of the young lady.

A helpless sigh in his mouth.

"Or is it the future princess? Even the clouds are amazing, and you can still go out in this weather. My girl is still in the house and only wearing a small coat to hide from the cool! When it's summer, I'll be that worthless and undignified dead look, and I'll go back and let her mother count that dead girl well! ”

Lao Zhang nagged that he wanted to go back to teach his daughter, but he refused to get out of this shady place, so he talked about going back at night to settle accounts.

Cheng Yuguan was here, but no one shouted, no one shouted, only brought a flowing cloud that could not be shaken off, and galloped outside the city.

The official road to the north is spacious, and it is summer weather, and there are no people on the street.

The two of them skimmed by, bringing a gust of wind like fire.

The guard at the north city gate, looking at the galloping horses, muttered two words "there is something wrong" in his mouth, and then retreated back into the city gate hole to hide in the shade.

Cheng Yuguan and the two of them galloped for a long time like this, and finally stopped when they saw the greenery in their eyes and felt the coolness brought by the wind.

"Miss, I wanted to give up just now and turned around and went back. Fortunately, I followed the young lady, otherwise, I am afraid that I would have to return to the capital to be plagued by the sweltering heat. You said, this capital is good everywhere, why is it that the summer heat does not go away, making people toss and turn? ”

Liuyun is a native of Jingzhou, but he has lived in a mountain city since he was a child, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the climate is very comfortable and pleasant. It's not hot in the summer and not cold in the winter.

When you arrive in the capital, it is cold and freezing in winter, so you can wear fur and make a charcoal fire.

But the summer heat is sweltering, and there is nowhere to hide.

The Banpo Hall is a towering forest and is the coolest place in the house.

These days, even Chang's family is eager to move his living place to Banpo Hall.

The two sisters-in-law naturally followed their mother and circled in Banpo Hall.

Because of this, Cheng Yuguan thought about going out of the city to explore the way to see if there was a summer resort that could accommodate a family to escape the heat.

Sure enough, what she expected was good, the north of the city was not as prosperous as the south of the city, and it was occupied by the nobles of the capital.

It's cool and empty, and although it's a bit of a distance, it's still a summer resort.

After exploring the place, Cheng Yuguan and Liuyun went to the poplar forest not far away to avoid the sun.

…

The root of the imperial city, the north gate.

"Drive! Drive! ”

It's another mess.

The frightened guards of the North Gate all ran out of the doorway and looked at the galloping horses.

"Guard, it doesn't look right. There are more than a dozen in this line, each with a fierce atmosphere, not a good stubble! ”

The old doorman reported to the guard, and at the same time was a little uneasy.

His old grandson has been subject to the city gate for a lifetime. Except for the years when the world was in turmoil, there were similar strongmen in the capital, and there was never another time.

After a long time, he forgot the appearance of those dragons who crossed the river at the beginning. But the unruly momentum at the feet of the Son of Heaven made him unconsciously feel familiar.

This gang of people. Almost engraved the word "unkind" on his body.

The best place in the capital has many dignitaries. Even if a stone falls and hits a nobleman, it is not a small matter.

What's more, these few strongmen?

The city gate guards looked at the backs of several people, and they didn't consciously look solemn.

The four gates of the capital are guarded, and they all seem to be ordinary sesame officials, but in fact, every official position in the capital is tense.

If such a strongman enters Beijing, he, as a garrison, will definitely have to be carefully examined.

It's out of Beijing.

Looking up at the dazzling sunlight, the street was sparsely populated at this time, and the number of people leaving the city would gradually increase after Shen Shi.

I thought of the two piercing horses among the people who had just left the city.

"Lao Sun, did you see the noble man who went out of the city just now?"

The garrison didn't know what to think, and asked Lao Sun at the exit.

Lao Sun squinted his eyes and recalled carefully.

"That horse just now is a military horse. He is tall and fierce, more than any other horse. All over the capital, I only saw General Cheng riding over. His family came from Bingzhou, and the family was a good horse in Bingzhou, and the capital was famous. I heard that didn't Qian'er give a batch to His Majesty? ”

The old grandson guards the city gate all day long and chats with people, and he is like a treasure for some people with obvious characteristics in Beijing.

As soon as the garrison heard that it was related to General Cheng's Mansion and the royal family, it would not delay at the moment.

General Cheng was in the camp north of the city, in charge of the palace guards.

It seems that it has nothing to do with the North City Gate, but in fact, there are things to take care of each other.

There may be a group of thieves rushing towards the Cheng family right now, how can he sit still?

When something really happened, it was inevitable that he would not report it if he knew about it.

In the capital, it is like this, and you can't miss the slightest clue, otherwise it will cause a monstrous disaster.

The gates of the camp north of the city were soon opened to the garrison.

I don't know what the garrison said after entering, and soon, the gate of the north camp in the north of the city opened, and a group of cavalry went to the grassland north of the city.

The leader is Cheng Liuchuan. General Cheng Da, who was supposed to be in the camp in the north of the city.

…

"Your Highness, the soldiers of the northern battalion of the city are here to report."

The Four Princes' Mansion in the Imperial City Gen'er also ushered in uninvited guests on this ordinary day.

As soon as Li Mian heard about the camp in the north of the city, he let people in.

"Your Highness, General Cheng received a report from the city gate guard, saying that a group of suspected strongmen went to the grassland north of the city. And before they left Beijing, the eldest lady had just ridden out of Beijing alone. ”

Cheng Liuchuan naturally knew Cheng Yuguan's every move.

Cheng Yuguan went out, and he had to report to his father and mother in advance, and he wouldn't want to go out alone.

Hearing the words "Miss Cheng", Li Mian Huoran got up.

"Prepare the horses!"

…

The air in the capital, under the scorching sun, was surging again.

The four cities and camps are one.

The north city gate moved, and the garrison battalion in the west and east cities was the first to get the news, and the south city followed.

The Fourth Prince's Mansion moved, and the Fifth Prince and a few other Tianhuang nobles went out, intentionally or unintentionally, to inquire about the news.

The princes were uneasy, and the nobles below noticed the abnormality, and they also sent people out one after another to secretly investigate.

In the capital, it wasn't thunder that knew it was raining.

A hint of wind blows the leaves off, and those who are interested will know that the wind and rain may be coming, and they must prepare in advance.

…

The undercurrent in the capital is surging, and Cheng Yuguan and Liuyun are unknown.

The two entered the poplar forest and found a blister in Qinglingling.

In the past, this was a living water, but now, only the slightest ripple of the water surface remains, proving that this person is still stubbornly flowing.

Cheng Yuguan and Liuyun took off their shoes and socks, rolled up their trouser legs, sat next to the blisters, and immersed their feet in the water, half of their calves were immersed in them.

"Wow, Miss, this water is so cold, so comfortable!"

Liuyun exclaimed.

"I thought this water bubble was not good, but I didn't expect it to be living water, it's so cool!"

The water is only a dozen degrees Celsius, flowing out of the depths of the forest, and shining through the sun, although it is cold, it is not piercing.

There is a forest here to shade, and it is cool and comfortable, with this place, who wants to go back to the capital that is tired of steaming all day?

"Miss, I'll go to the camp in the north of the city to report to my family in a while, let's set up a tent here tonight, right? It's been a long time since I've had a good night's sleep. ”

Liuyun was a little reluctant to leave.

They had come out to explore the road and find a place to escape the heat.

Now that I've found it, I don't want to go back right away.

They were tied to horses outside the woods, and they had tents with them!

It's just right now.

Cheng Yuguan didn't want to leave either.

But thinking that her family was still enduring the heat in Beijing, she was a little embarrassed to use it alone, so she decisively removed her leg from the water.

As soon as she left the water, it was as if she was immediately insulated from the cool and cheerful world, and the heat hit immediately.

But fortunately, it was cool in the woods, so it was not unbearable.

"Let's go, it's late for our Cheng family to enter Beijing. Other families have ice cellars or summer Zhuangzi, but the Cheng family has not had time to prepare for the past two years. The family is all heating at home, let's go home early, send people over, simple repairs, within ten days, a large family can come to escape the heat. When the time comes, it will be simple, but it will be better to have a house than if you set up a tent. ”

As he spoke, Cheng Yuguan put on his shoes and socks and prepared to go back.

The stone shop of the Cheng family is now attracted by many craftsmen. Using ready-made stones of various colors to build a simple summer house, it is simply simple to hold a handle for the craftsmen recruited by the Cheng family at a great price.

Hearing what the young lady said, Liuyun also took his legs out of the water, shook them, and put on his shoes and socks.

"Miss, wait for me, I'll be right away!"

Liuyun saw that Miss was moving fast and had already walked out of the forest, so she hurriedly shouted and sped up her movements.

But I don't know that the summer wilderness is silent.

Except for the sound of wind and insects, it is silent and empty.

As soon as Liuyun was born and shouted, he attracted people with a heart to surround him.

Cheng Yuguan was still walking out of the forest, but suddenly felt abnormal and stopped.

If you listen carefully, the sound of insects is gone, and there seems to be footsteps all around.

Cheng Yuguan's body stopped for a moment, the thoughts in his heart turned, and then he turned around in an instant and walked back, complaining as he walked.

"Liuyun! I'm in a hurry to get the package! ”

Cheng Yuguan was loud.

"I told you a long time ago, there is no ready-made Zhuangzi in the north of the city, you have to take a package with gold leaves to buy land and Zhuangzi. Let's see, if you take it for nothing, you have to think about it from time to time, lest you lose it. What a hassle! Is the package green when you put it in gold leaf? I can't even find it. You just threw it in the grass, didn't you? Come and look for it with me! I almost forgot about it just now, a lot of money! We all know that our Cheng family is rich and rich, but we can't do things so badly! ”

Cheng Yuguan was talking as he covered his chest and leaned in the grass to find something.

She clutched her chest not because she disliked mosquitoes, but because she was afraid that her "booming" heartbeat would reveal her nervousness at this time.

"What a package... Ah, by the way, Miss don't say it, the slave almost forgot, we still have money in our package! The slave thought that the land in the capital was expensive, so she took a few hundred taels of gold from your chest. ”

Liuyun heard Cheng Yuguan say gold, and he didn't care that the water droplets on his legs and feet had not dried, so he put on his shoes and socks indiscriminately, and went to Cheng Yuguan's side.

As he walked, he was anxiously pulling in the grass, "Don't find it, it's a lot of money!" ”

"Is this it? Did you put your head behind the tree? ”

Cheng Yuguan asked while looking for it.

Seeing the two of them meet, one eye for each other, the two of them approached the thickest tree on the side.

There was a "whoosh" sound, and a sound of breaking the air sounded.

Without the slightest hesitation, the two of them rolled on the spot and hid behind a tree.

"Miss Cheng, don't try to hide. It's all around us. You come out directly, and our brother can still give you a good time. If we wait for us to surround us, what will happen is not certain. ”

An abrupt man's voice, with a stingy breath and a hint of accent, sounded not far away.

Surrounded by jungle, for a while, I couldn't tell the distance from the distance.

But judging from the fact that the arrow missed an inch, I am afraid that it is still some distance away.

Liuyun was quick-eyed, and threw the purse he was carrying towards the general direction where he spoke.

"Good man, I'm just a girl. This is all the gold and silver I saved by Cheng Yuguan's side, please accept it, let me go, I promise to go back to Jingzhou as soon as I get it, and never return to the capital! ”

"Little girl, who are you fooling? Who doesn't know that you and Miss Cheng are inseparable? How much gold and silver can you have in your purse? ”

Liuyun heard this, but he breathed a sigh of relief and assured loudly.

"Don't worry, my purse is full of gold leaves, and it's very valuable! Miss Cheng has nothing else, there is no shortage of gold and silver! ”

No matter what you say at this time, as long as you can say a few words, you can delay time.

Liuyun's mouth kept talking nonsense, and his voice was loud, just hoping to keep a glimmer of life.