Chapter 318: The Old Lady Is a Creditor! (Ask for a commuter pass)
Since Yongping was grounded, the dozens of guards of the Xu family have all been replaced by Xu Yin's own people.
Before entering the palace early this morning, he naturally arranged the manpower that should be equipped in advance, except for the dozen or so people who showed up, the rest of the people were in the dark nearby.
Now Lian Xuan went to a group over there, and there were still forty people around him, but it was too eye-catching for so many people to act together, so he divided the people into three groups halfway, two groups went out to investigate the situation at the city gate, and the remaining group followed on the side, so there were still only more than ten people, which greatly reduced the sense of existence.
The events under the city gates made his mood burn.
According to their original plan, He Qunying should have been waiting twenty miles away at this moment! They would escort him to Cangzhou and then head south by water.
When he arrives in the south, Zhou Yi will come to meet, and then change his identity and go north.
But now, the plan is in vain!
Everything is bad in Pei Zhan's hands!
He Qunying couldn't count on it anymore.
It was more serious than he thought, and he thought that as long as he was fast enough, everything would go as he had expected, just like every previous time.
Pei Zhan released the fake news that King Rong's father and son had successfully taken poison, which made things much more complicated and made the next thing a little more unpredictable.
Of course, what was even more surprising to him was that they had so many clues and evidence when he didn't know it!
Since when is it no longer him who is the one who strategizes to win a thousand miles?
Since when, from when he was in control of the overall situation to being pushed step by step?
From the time he met Liang Ning, after so many years in Da Zhou, he thought he was hidden and invulnerable, because he had no place where people could associate him with Da Yue except for the blood of the Great Moon people in his body!
He's never been to Otsuki, and he definitely doesn't have an accent outside the gates!
He also wrote extremely beautiful Central Plains characters, and was familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, which could never be done without a solid foundation!
He also has a perfect family background, the Xu family in Tanzhou, he entered the imperial examination, was an official in the court, and he needed to be checked for his ancestral home many times, but he never missed the stuffing.
So, how could Pei Zhan and Fu Zhen be suspicious of him?
Why did you keep an eye on him?
"Sir!"
The guards sent out came back breathlessly: "The other three city gates are all the same, and they have all been guarded by the people of the Great General's Mansion!"
"And now that the gates are closed, no one is allowed to pass, and we don't have any chance of breaking out!"
If there is no possibility of breaking out of the city gate, doesn't that mean that you can't escape at all?
Xu Yin looked up and looked ahead, only to see that he had unknowingly come to Yanzifang.
Walking out of this small alley where he is, you can see the corner tower of the Liang family in the corner of the back garden.
And bypassing the alley on the right side of the corner tower, you will arrive at his former mansion - yes, it is the mansion that Liang Ning once bought for him to live in Beijing.
He said, "Go to Guizi Hutong." β
Guizi Hutong is where the house is located.
The carriage drove forward again, passing by the door of Liang's house, he lifted the curtain, stared at the stone pillar engraved with the words "Taiping Mansion" in front of the door for a while, and then retracted his gaze and looked at the white jade alley that the carriage had driven into.
In the past few years, he has been walking around the Liang family a lot, and he has not been watching this stone pillar a lot. But there has never been such a powerful reminder as now, when he followed Liang Ning back to Beijing that year, and when he first came to Liang's house, Liang Ning proudly pointed to the three words on the stone pillar and introduced him to the appearance of the origin.
She was fifteen years old at the time, and she already had a scar on her face, but thankfully, it didn't hurt her eyes.
So even though her face is no longer delicate, a pair of eyes as bright as stars still make people can't leave it.
In all fairness, she is not a great beauty, and her facial features are just beautiful, but she is too energetic, and her life is exciting, so the light in her eyes can cancel out all the ordinary.
It's been almost seven years.
He could barely remember her face when she had been hurt by the scar.
But those eyes, he remembered very well.
The wheels of the carriage crushed over the stone slabs of the alley.
More than six years ago, Yang Yu killed the emperor's eldest son, Yang Yi, here.
Therefore, Liang Ning was involved in it with one life.
Then he got involved himself.
From that point on, everything changed.
Xu Yin lowered the curtain.
He closed his eyes and listened silently to the sound of the wheel, and when he opened his eyes again, the wheels had just stopped.
The house I once lived in is exactly the same as it used to be.
Since he proposed marriage to Yongping, he has purchased his own house and has never returned here.
However, Xu Yin is very clear about its follow-up, after he moved out, the Liang family took the house back.
Since the Liang family did not lack a place to live, this house was locked here and was never used again.
"Open the door."
The guards climbed over the wall and opened the door.
Xu Yin stepped through the door and looked around the courtyard.
This is a two-entry courtyard, but it is larger than the general two-in, there is a shadow wall in the front yard, some flowers and trees are planted in the corners of the four walls, there is a well in the corner, and under the big plum tree on the side, there is a set of stone tables and stone chairs.
Behind the plum tree is a moon cave door, and across it is the kitchen.
Xu Yin sat down on the chair and opened the tray that had long been covered with thick dust on the table, a teacup that had been concealed in color.
"Let them wash it and boil another pot of water. There was firewood in the kitchen, a stove, and a clay pot. β
Since the house has not been used since he is gone, all these utensils must still be there.
Sure enough, within a moment, the guards propped up the stove and lit a fire and boiled water.
The rest of the guards stepped forward: "Master! If you don't buy time, it's too late......"
Now is the moment of life and death, and what they should do now should be to think quickly and retreat, instead of sitting here boiling water and making tea!
Xu Yin looked at them with one knee on his knees as he usually sat in his study: "The Liang family is very close to here. It just so happens that the Liang brothers are not in the house at the moment. Do you know what to do? β
The guard paused, and then straightened up: "Subordinates understand! Liang Chen's son, Liang Xuan, is young and can't do martial arts, and he is the lifeblood of the Liang family! β
Xu Yin's eyes were dark: "Within half an hour, you must succeed!" β
"Yes!"
The guards in front of him instantly retreated halfway, and Qi Shushu turned around and went out!
As soon as the fast-moving front foot stepped out of the threshold, the whole person suddenly stopped there!
Immediately after, one by one, they drew their swords and retreated!
A figure appeared in the gap that the guards had revealed as they retreated.
She was obviously born delicate, but her face was cold, and her body was weak, but she was carrying a long sword, and there was a faint murderous image.
ββ¦β¦ Fu Zhen?! β
Xu Yin's facial muscles trembled, and his back straightened.
Fu Zhen carried the sword and slowly crossed the threshold, his gaze falling directly on him. "I can't see that Xu Shilang is still nostalgic!"
"How did you know I was here?"
Xu Yin said and stood up.
He had never seen Fu Zhen like this, and he had never imagined that she would look like this, but at this moment, a panic involuntarily surged up from the hole in his heart! The shadow in front of him and the shadow in the depths of his mind instantly coincided!
"I thought that with your brain, I wouldn't have thought that you were so smooth when you left the palace just now, and we deliberately released the water!"
Xu Yin pursed her lips.
The guards on the side looked at each other and shouted, "Kill!" Then he raised his long sword and surrounded Fu Zhen!
But at the same time, the long sword on Fu Zhen's shoulder had already caught the ground, and the moment she landed, her whole person had already jumped up!
"Dare to bully my fifth aunt, I will kill you with one shot!"
Liang Xuan rushed in from the outside with a loud shout, and the two thunderbolts in his hand smashed into the group of guards who had been killed!
With two loud bangs, more than twenty guards were overturned! The rest of the group quickly stabbed at Liang Xuan with their swords, but they only stabbed halfway, and Liang Zhi, who followed closely behind Liang Xuan and led a large number of guards from the General's Mansion, swung his sword and picked out all of their dozen swords!
"Brother Xuan! These bunnies just conspired to take you hostage, so they'll hand you over and you can clean it up! β
Fu Zhen fell to the ground and pointed his sword at the Liang family guards: "Go and circle all these people!" β
The Xu family guards, who had not been injured by the explosion, immediately retreated to the courtyard wall and defended Xu Yin's left and right sides!
Liang Xuan shouted angrily, stuffed the two thunderbolts left in his hand into his arms, and then stomped his feet: "Bring a stick to the master!" I'm going to kill them one by one! actually hit the idea on the master's head, what did you take me for? Do you treat me like a soft persimmon?! β
"Drag it out and fight!"
Fu Zhen inserted the sword into the scabbard, "The old lady still has an account gone!" Let your second uncle stay, don't get in the way here! β
Liang Xuan immediately squeaked and called for the Liang family's guards to drag people!
And Liang Zhi's face was like ice, and he stood under the porch with a long sword in his arms, like an Arhat under the Guanyin seat!
When Xu Yin heard Fu Zhen's words, his eyes that had already been frozen were shocked again!
His eyes were fixed on Fu Zhen, that's right, this is the Fu Zhen he knew, her biological father Fu Yun, who once bowed his head in front of him in order to ask for an official position!
In the White Crane Temple a few months ago, she even needed Pei Zhan's protection to deal with Yongping's difficulties!
But at this momentβ
This woman, who was rumored to be almost dead only a few months ago, had such a strong martial arts that he was speechless! And she even said that she had an account with herself?
What can she do with him?
Obviously, I didn't know her at all not long ago!
He looked at Fu Zhen again, and he realized that compared with the first time he saw her, she had become a lot richer, and her vitality was also a lot richer, I don't know when, the rumors in the capital about the lady Pei Zhan marrying had a deficiency disease and might die at any time had not been heard for a long time!
Although she is still thin, she looks so healthy and energetic!
Especially her eyes, full of vitality, shining like the brightest star above the canopy in the desert cold night!
Xu Yin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and the question embedded in his mind couldn't help but blurt out: "Who are you?!" β
"Of course I'm your creditor!"
Fu Zhen shouted, the long sword went up, and he saw a flash of cold light, and the guards behind him had just raised their hands to block it, when they heard a sound, Xu Yin's clothes had been cut off by the blade!
Xu Yin's face was as earth-colored, and he took two steps back sharply and fell on the guard!
"It's the Liang family's swordsmanship! β¦β¦ You, you, you ......"
"You" what?
He couldn't say the rest anymore.
Because every word is like a sword blade in front of him, cutting his throat and piercing his tongue! As if he was going to be put to death!
When was the last time he saw the Liang family's swordsmanship from a woman?
Still in the Northwest.
Fourteen-year-old Liang Ning picked a small general on the battlefield, and she stabbed the other party with this trick at that time!
He likes to see her galloping on the battlefield the most, although she is still a little immature compared to the veterans of her brother's generation, but in the entire northwest camp, there are not many low-level generals of her generation who can be as brave and desperate as her!
And her heroic appearance is exactly the same as this scene!
It's just that the fourteen-year-old Liang Ning's eyes are warm and ruthless, while the eyes of the woman in front of him are cold and piercing!
That's impossible!
He already knows the Fu family's family history well!
It was absolutely impossible for him Fu Zhen to have the opportunity to practice such a martial art! At the same time, I have the conditions to practice this martial arts move so well!
"Too ...... Taiping?! β
I don't know how many times he tried, but he finally said these two words!
It's her!
She is Liang Ning!
She's not Fu Zhen!
She is Liang Ning, who he personally set fire to death in the middle of the night in the fourteenth year of Sheng Yuan after careful consideration!
"It's really moving, Xu Shilang still remembers me?" Fu Zhen lifted the sword and looked at him mockingly, "It's really flattering!" β
"Are you really her?!"
Xu Yin's throat cracked!
Even though he had had countless suspicions, there were countless signs to corroborate, and when he heard this answer, he was still shocked to the point that his mind went blank!
"How is this possible?!"
The fire was so big back then, she would never have survived!
What's more, he personally examined her afterwards, it was indeed her, and she would never have a chance to survive!
He suddenly looked at Liang Zhi behind her.
Liang Zhi didn't move at all, but his cold gaze and the posture of his fists clenched to the point of turning white bones were enough to explain everything!
If this weren't for Liang Ning, Liang Zhi would never be here.
Not only did Liang Ning not die, but the Liang family also knew it for a long time!
Otherwise, in the Qianqing Palace before, when King Rong accused himself of being the murderer of Liang Ning, Liang Chen would definitely lose his temper on the spot!
He staggered backwards, his face turning to ashes.