Yanyang City, in the courtyard of Lufu Quinoa Banyan Tree

Lu Yanchao and Tang Youning had just had breakfast in the warm pavilion when they heard a report from someone and learned that Lu Wenqian and her wife had left the mansion overnight.

He first ordered someone to help Tang Youning, who had been in a daze recently, to go to the inner room to rest, and then talked to Ji Ping about it.

"Rushing from Qianshan to Chucheng?"

Lu Yanchao half-narrowed his eyes and asked, "What made him so anxious that he dared to take such a big risk to rush to the city?" ”

"I heard that the eunuch was seriously ill when he came out of the palace, and according to the day, the eunuch and the envoys of the imperial court should have arrived in Yanyang City, but there was no one on the edge of the New Year's Pass."

Ji Ping also subconsciously guessed: "Childe, could it be that something happened to the eunuch, the eunuch has always valued the second master, and he called him to the city when he knew that the second master was in trouble, and there must be something wrong with it." ”

His words reminded Lu Yanchao.

"The defender of Chucheng is Zhang Jinnian's henchman, the entire garrison of Danzhou Mansion is in Chucheng, Zhang Jinnian has just taken over the overall situation of the imperial court, it stands to reason that he should stay in Beijing, and he insists on coming to Yanyang City because he is worried about the body of the second uncle."

Lu Yanchao carefully analyzed: "Could it be that Zhang Jinnian is already terminally ill, and he is afraid that it will be difficult to control the situation here in Yanyang City, so he called the second uncle." ”

"Childe's analysis is reasonable."

Ji Ping replied excitedly: "Liu Ke beside the eunuch has no less status in the palace than Liu Quan, if this father and son are both interested in the second master, even if the eunuch is gone, if they want to protect the second master, I am afraid that it will be difficult to balance with the prestige of the Holy Lady." ”

"Liu Quan, this bastard, must be jealous of the Holy Lady's special importance to me, so he has a different heart."

Lu Yanchao clenched his fists angrily: "But I heard that this person has always been at odds with his son Liu Ke, if Liu Ke is allowed to take over Zhang Jinnian's position in the palace, he will definitely not be convinced." ”

Thinking of this, he smiled unconsciously and suspiciously: "If the news of the eunuch's death is spread, what do you think Liu Quan will do?" ”

Ji Ping nodded without thinking: "He will definitely not let Liu Ke go back." ”

"The most important thing at the moment is to find out the specific situation in the city."

Lu Yanchao said thoughtfully.

At this moment, Steward Lu hurried in, and said in a panic in front of the two of them:

"Oh, the master of the family, the big thing is not good, the old slave heard that the eunuch from the palace was seriously ill in Chucheng, and I am afraid that he will not be able to come to Yanyang City for a while."

Hearing this, Lu Yanchao and Ji Ping looked at each other and smiled, and immediately ordered: "Prepare the horse and go to the Weaving Department." ”

"What do you mean, master?"

Steward Lu didn't know why: "The third master is now in the house, the head of the family should take him to the city immediately, if he can cure the illness for the eunuch, the eunuch will be grateful to the head of the family, why does the head of the house still want to go to the weaving department at this time?" ”

"Heal him?"

Lu Yanchao shook his head disdainfully: "I'm afraid it's too late." ”

If the third uncle was really helpful, the second uncle would have taken him to Chucheng with him.

He was so anxious to let people take away 500,000 taels of silver tickets from the Xiyuan Silver Treasury, not to conclude that Zhang Jinnian was hopeless and ready to escape.

"Steward Lu, I'm going out for a few days, you take care of the whole house for me, especially take care of Feng Ya Pavilion and Xiyuan Silver Treasury for me."

In the second half of the sentence, Lu Yanchao deliberately accentuated his tone.

He now has his sights set on those two places.

As long as Liu Ke is stopped and he is prevented from returning to Beijing, he can completely control Lu Wenqian.

When the time comes, even the second aunt will have to return to her obediently.

Thinking of this, he was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly went out with Ji Ping.

When they arrived at the Weaving Department and saw Liu Quan, the two finally sat together calmly.

Although Liu Quan was wary of him, he also got some news about Zhang Jinnian's serious illness last night.

At this time, you can no longer stand up to this person.

"Presumably, the prince of Chao came here for the eunuch's detention in the city, right?"

Liu Quan didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.

"Liu Weaving and I really have a heart-to-heart."

Lu Yanchao said with a smile: "Liu Weaving should know this matter better than me, I don't think I need to say more." ”

"After all, the eunuch is old, and he can't withstand the bumps and tosses along the way, and some minor illnesses are not unusual, so he must be able to recover in a few days."

Liu Quanyun replied lightly.

"Yes, but my second uncle rushed to Chucheng last night, and he still went to Qianshan."

Lu Yanchao glanced at him meaningfully: "I heard that my second aunt was still selling her personal goods before leaving, and exchanged all the silver coins that could be taken away from the Xiyuan Silver Treasury for silver tickets, why does Liu Weaving think this?" ”

"Are they trying to escape?"

Liu Quan also immediately realized that something was wrong.

He knows Liu Ke's temperament, admires Zhang Jinnian so much, and respects Lu Wenqian very much, and he knows the relationship between the two.

If Zhang Jinnian dies of illness in Chucheng, Liu Ke will definitely use the excuse of returning to Beijing to mobilize the Chucheng army to help Lu Wenqian enter Beijing.

That's not good.

Seeing that he was deep in thought, Lu Yanchao hurriedly reminded:

"My second uncle will not be willing to step down as the head of the family this time, if the eunuch dies of illness, he will leave a will to bring back to Beijing, and the holy lady will only recommend Ling Lang to take charge of the internal affairs government in order to stabilize the court......"

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Liu Quan got up and said hurriedly: "Go, mobilize all the winter clothes guards to rush to Chucheng with our family." ”

The Hanyi Wei was created by Zhang Jinnian, and it was included in the imperial court forbidden army in the early years, but the purpose was to supervise the four imperial merchants and the Crescent Party in Yanyang City.

Now only this force can barely stop the Chucheng army.

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Lu Yanchao also showed a face full of joy: "I wish to go to Chucheng with the weaving lord, and in the future, I wish only the weaving lord is the head of the horse, share the prosperity, and serve the holy lady and the court together." ”

"Then our family will thank the prince for his sincerity."

The matter has come to this, and Liu Quan doesn't want to worry about his favor in front of the Holy Lady, so he hurried to the city with him.

……

In the twilight of the four together, in the quiet Xuanning Post House, Qu Yunchu woke up faintly.

No one disturbed her, and after sleeping peacefully for most of the day, she recovered a lot of energy, but she was a little hungry.

Looking around, she found that the lights in the inner and outer halls were still on, and she quickly got up and walked out with light steps.

As soon as I lifted the curtain outside, I saw an angular back lying on the desk sleeping soundly.

"I forgot that this isn't Feng Yage."

Qu Yunchu reacted at this time, there was only one room in the west courtyard of the post house.

"Ahem, he's so docile and well-behaved today, he actually let himself occupy the bedroom alone."

Thinking of this, she went back to the inner room, took the bed, took a thick blanket, and carefully draped it on Lu Wenqian.

He was about to turn around, but he was grabbed tightly by a large hand that suddenly stretched out.

"Father-in-law."

A scream frightened Qu Yunchu's heart.

She looked back and saw that she happened to collide with the pair of beautiful eyes that Lu Wenqian had raised.

"You...... Nightmare. ”

Looking at the panicked look on his face, Qu Yunchu reminded him with some curtle.

Thinking back to Fang Cai's nightmare, Lu Wenqian pretended to be calm and stabilized his mind, slowly let go of the hand that pulled her, and then put the blanket on his body on the desk.

didn't explain much to her, just said lightly: "I asked Ji Zhen to prepare dinner for you, you can rest for one night, and rush back to Yanyang City early tomorrow." ”