Volume 1: Cangyan Festival Chapter 41 Jiangnan Village
Another day passed, and there was still no news from Chunni.
Xie Wuyi came to Fan Lanshu's room with the medicine, and as soon as she walked to the door, she heard Fan Lanshu's surprised voice coming from inside.
"Deed? My brother actually signed a deed? ”
"It's not my real name, I'm still free." Ah Nian replied calmly, "She's very nice, you shouldn't lie to her." ”
"Good guys?" Fan Lanshu said unrelentingly, "Brother, have you forgotten that it was her father who harmed us to this point?" You, how can you be her slave? ”
Xie Wuyi stopped, his fingers tightening slightly. Fan Lanshu is right, maybe the surviving relatives of the three hundred soldiers also see her in this way.
No matter how she makes up for it, she is the daughter of an executioner.
In the room, Ah Nian was silent for a while before saying, "It's not her fault." ”
"Yes, she's a daughter, but you're also the son of the Fan family—"
"Before the accident, which of you used me as a member of the Fan family?" Ah Nian finally got angry, "I don't believe her, do you believe Chu Han?" Do you believe the murderer who set the fire? ”
I had never heard Ah Nian speak so vigorously, and Fan Lanshu suddenly stopped.
Xie Wuyi, who had calmed down, had already seen that it was impossible for people to be understood by everyone. Fan Lanshu misunderstood her and resented her, which was understandable.
For Xie Wuyi, not being afraid of the eyes of others and following his own path is the most important thing.
Whether she clings to the powerful or is ruthless, nothing can stop her from pursuing the truth.
"Do you know what's going on out there? The enemy is dark and I am clear, and for her, she will have to worry about her life for a day late! If you hadn't deceived her with Chu Han so many times, Dad's grievances might have been cleared up by now. King Yan left you in the mansion to see the princess's face. Ah Nian finished speaking in one breath, and the sound of hurried footsteps sounded in the room, "Fan Lanshu, let me tell you, I don't care if you say that I have no backbone or no talent, but I don't allow you to slander a person who has been working hard for you and me!" ”
A bleak smile appeared on the corner of Xie Wuyi's mouth. In addition to Hua Feidu and Xiao Wei, there are also people who are willing to try to defend her.
Enough is enough.
"Princess, come on slaves." Yunshang stepped forward and said to Xie Wuyi, "Chunni's letter has arrived, Your Highness invites you to come over." ”
Xie Wuyi nodded and turned to leave. Yunshang held the medicine, and a wisp of almost unaudible dreams came out of the window with the candle flame.
"Brother is looking at her like this? You won't be like......"
Yunshang heard clearly, but she didn't say anything, only nodded and motioned for the guard to open the door and sent the medicine in.
When Xie Wuyi arrived at the study, Xiao Wei was already studying the news with Hua Feidu. Chunni is careful to do things, hands and feet are very sharp, just a few days to touch the general situation of Jiangnanzhuang. Hua Feidu has seen it once, and he doesn't want Jiangnanzhuang to be an empty village.
"Empty village?" Xie Wuyi frowned suddenly.
"That's right," Xiao Wei handed her Chunni's message and explained, "Many people say that Jiangnanzhuang is haunted, there is a dead silence during the day, and there are always strange sounds at night. And there were people who had good things to look in, but they never came out, so no one dared to come near after that. ”
This is not right.
Xie Wuyi looked at the news and drawings, the strange sound may be due to the backing of the mountain, many people will use the terrain to build houses, so that when the wind rises, it will produce a howl like a night ghost. But someone disappeared out of thin air in Jiangnanzhuang, and Jiangnanzhuang and outside are not interconnected, is it ......
She looked at Hua Feidu and asked tentatively, "Mechanism?" ”
"I'm afraid so." Hua Feidu clicked on a few locations on the map, "There is no movement during the day, you can cancel out the sound of the village in some way, you look at these places, build a linkage mechanism, use the wall as a screen, and the sound effect can be made at the right distance." ”
Xie Wuyi thought so, although Xiao Wei didn't quite understand, but seeing that the two of them were discussing back and forth, he was temporarily relieved. He patted Xie Wuyi on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't think about it, we'll leave tomorrow." ”
Whether it's a human or a ghost, you'll find out after a while.
Xiao Wei said this, but he was still a little conflicted in his heart. His intuition told him that there would be something Xie Wuyi wanted in Jiangnan Village, but he knew very well that once Xie Wuyi succeeded, their cooperation would also end.
He didn't talk to her about the future because they didn't have a future at all.
Xiao Wei couldn't help lowering his eyes, looking at the fingers clasped together, and his chest was indescribably sour. When did he start to have a knee-jerk similar to hers?
Forget it, he has warned himself countless times that galloping the world's happy rivers and lakes is the real Xie Wuyi, and he shouldn't trap her steps for selfishness.
However, he will never have a princess again.
"Okay." Xie Wuyi happily agreed, she thought about it, and frowned again, "Let's go, let Ah Nian out, right?" ”
Xiao Wei, who had just withdrawn from the confusion, couldn't help but twitch a few times on his cheeks, he was just about to refuse, but after thinking about it, Xie Wuyi was distressed by Ah Nian, she was still suspicious of him.
There is no one in charge in the palace, and Ah Nian was brought by Xie Wuyi, ordinary people dare not touch it, but now it is not necessary to let him go free and see what he wants to do?
Besides, she was still talking about "we", Xiao Wei instantly felt sweet again, and didn't mind anything. He pressed his chin against his chin and replied with a spring breeze on his face:
"Listen to Xiaoyi, you have the final say in the palace."
The next day, Xiao Wei and Xie Wuyi left the Yanwang Mansion on the grounds of recuperation. He took Cheng Yi and Feng Da, and sent other capable men to guard the house. Xiao Wei also secretly left a token for Yun Sheng, as long as he and Xie Wuyi did not come back, anyone in the Yanwang Mansion needed her permission to enter or leave.
Jinxiuzhuang is south of Zeyang City, which was given to Xiao Wei by the emperor in the early years, and has always been taken care of by Chunni alone. When Xiao Wei and Xie Wuyi arrived, she had already cleaned up the place. While getting accurate information, he could also take care of everyone's daily life, Xie Wuyi couldn't help but glance at this skinny little girl more.
Chunni still had a shy smile on his face, revealing two shallow pear vortices, not realizing what he had done.
As the night darkens, everyone gets ready and follows the path to Gangnamzhuang. Xie Wuyi was inconvenient today, and his hands and feet were always cold, so he wrapped a few more clothes.
When they arrived at the gate of Jiangnan Village, Xie Wuyi and Hua Feidu stepped on a tree, overlooking the entire Zhuangzi. It wasn't until this moment that the two realized what they were about to face.
The Zhuangzi is not large, the main courtyard is empty, and the exterior walls are obviously specially treated. Xie Wuyi aimed his ears at the village, and the courtyard was so quiet that it made people's hairs stand on end. She flicked her two fingers hard, and a small pebble hit the eaves of the main building, and rolled down the bricks and tiles, still without a sound.
Jiangnanzhuang is like an abyss, engulfing all intruders in its belly and cutting off their voices.
Hua Feidu pointed to a few round metal rings disguised as tiles in the northwest, southwest, and southeast to show Xie Wuyi, and her guess in the mansion was indeed true.
Gangnamso is a huge institution.
But at the same time, in addition to uneasiness, Xie Wuyi's heart also rose a trace of excitement, just looking at this bucket-like layout, she dared to believe that she had made the right bet.
The evening breeze blew, and a sharp and strange cry came from the courtyard of Jiangnan Village, which made people's necks flutter. When Xie Wuyi and Hua Feidu fell from the tree, Feng Da was still covering his ears tightly.
Xiao Wei was stunned and stared at Xie Wuyi motionlessly.
Maybe his gaze was too tricky, or maybe he was too indulgent to himself, Xie Wuyi avoided Xiao Wei, and he almost couldn't hide the hesitation in his heart.
He had nothing to do with the military ration escort case, but he only came to help for the sake of Xiao Yao's face, did he really want him to accompany her to the Longtan Tiger's Den?
Xiao Wei's heart was relieved, he leaned into Xie Wuyi's ear and whispered, "Xiaoyi, don't you remember what I said?" ”
Of course, Xie Wuyi remembered that Xiao Wei had said more than once that he would accompany her.
But......
Gently hooking the little finger of his left hand, Xiao Wei looked at Xie Wuyi seriously, "I never intended to let you take risks alone. ”
The warmth of his fingertips carried a tingling, which made Xie Wuyi's heart tremble slightly. She raised her head, and the sparkle that flowed in her eyes was gentle and sure, more blazing than the red sun, and more brilliant than flowers.
Being burned through his lungs by this light, Xie Wuyi was a little flustered. She turned her head away, her right hand clenched into a fist behind her.
Hua Feidu has witnessed the affection of Qiao Chun and Hua Mi, and naturally understands Xiao Wei's eyes. However, she also knows that affection is temporary after all, and there will be no eternal love in this world, especially for a prince like Xiao Wei.
Xie Wuyi would not be able to detect Xiao Wei's thoughts, and Hua Feidu believed that she could distinguish between gratitude and emotion.
Thinking of this, Hua Feidu grabbed Xie Wuyi's waist, parted her right hand, and chuckled, "Does Your Highness plan to stand at the door all night?" ”
Xiao Wei hurriedly gathered his mind and nodded: "This king is with you, please ask Mrs. Hua to arrange it." ”
No longer wasting time, Hua Feidu quickly distributed good work to everyone. She took the lead and took Xie Wuyi and Xiao Wei into the village, and Feng Da was in charge of the palace. He was cautious and careful, so he stayed outside to answer.
Hua Feidu took the lead in inspecting the gate of Jiangnanzhuang, and only reached out to open it after making sure that there was no abnormality.
The quaint courtyard gate that has not been opened for a long time is like the bloody mouth of a fierce beast, ready to be torn and chewed by future people. Xie Wuyi raised his eyes and saw that on the main building there were three big characters of "Chunsheng Pavilion" flying and phoenix dancing, and on both sides were a couplet, which read:
The yellow warbler sings far away, and the rotten wood is more windy;
The green water surrounds the sky, and the remnant spring is easy to see the sun for nine days.
Xie Wuyi's eyes narrowed slightly, this couplet alluded to Qiao Chun's name, and I don't know if it was a coincidence. There is also the "spring birth" in the attic......
Is it a game set up for her?
It's kind of interesting.
"Why don't you go in?"
Feng Da's doubts interrupted Xie Wuyi's thoughts, and she looked at the courtyard, perhaps because of the disrepair, the ground had cracked a lot.
But these seemingly irregular gaps, in Xie Wuyi's mind, hastily pieced together a bird.
To have a shape means to have a road, and to have a road means to have a trap.
"Wait a minute."
Xie Wuyi picked up a branch from outside, and then took out a piece of jade and an extra piece of rope from his waist and handed it to Hua Feidu. Then she lay on her stomach at the gate of the courtyard, her ears on the ground. Hua Feidu understood, tied the jade piece to the elongated candle bone, and hit different positions on the ground over and over again.
Lying on the ground, Xie Wuyi held his breath, recognizing the movement while tracing a record on the sand with his fingers.
Limited by the layout of Jiangnanzhuang, the sound of the jade pieces hitting the ground is very dull, and it is almost impossible to hear the difference, but it is different on the ground. Courtyard walls and traps can dampen the sound in the air, but they can't interfere with the shaking of the ground.
Thus, the distinction between hollow and solid becomes the boundary between life and death.
If the courtyard is the first level, then to find a safe passage without triggering the underground mechanism, the mastery of the hitting force is very important, in this world, except for Hua Feidu, Xie Wuyi can't find a second person who can be as good as her.
After Hua Feidu finished fighting, Xie Wuyi's movements also stopped.
Sure enough, she drew a small bird with wings spread in its nest, and its wings had a total of eleven bends, each bend corresponding to a stone slab, and the nest happened to be at the gate of the courtyard.
Xie Wuyi smiled slightly, she was a little curious about who designed Jiangnanzhuang now.
Being able to control the distance at which sound can be dissipated, and burying a ratchet in the ground, is very human, which requires not only precise calculations, but also precise operation. If it weren't for the case, Xie Wuyi really wanted to ask the other party for advice.
She stood up and patted the dirt on her hands, and then shoved the branch into Fonda's hand.
"Hold it."
Feng Da immediately jumped to his feet, "Why?" ”
"You're too noisy," Xie Wuyi glanced at him, "it will affect my ears." ”
During this period of time, Xie Wuyi also knew a little about Feng Da. This man is very clever, but too uncontrollable. Xiao Wei can listen to his own command at a critical moment, but Feng Da, a cronie guard who only takes Xiao Wei to heart, may not.
Hearing Xie Wuyi's words, Feng Da was so angry that he spun around in place.
Princess, you've gone too far! Even if your Highness is in such a dangerous place, you still dislike me now!
However, where did Feng Da dare to refute Xie Wuyi, he could only scream and hug Xiao Wei's arm, "Your Highness! You have to be the master of your subordinates! ”
"Listen to the princess." Xiao Wei grabbed Feng Da's collar and pulled him aside, and asked Xie Wuyi again, "What did you hear?" ”
Xie Wuyi confirmed his thoughts again before he spoke: "There should be only one safe passage here, no one should speak after entering, and try not to make a big noise, especially Fengda, everything must be done according to my gestures." Now replace me with me, and follow me. ”
Xiao Wei's expression froze, "No! ”