Chapter 22: Stay out of the way
The night is getting deeper.
The middle hall of the right prime minister's mansion is as warm as spring, and only Du Yan's voice carries a bit of coldness.
"Two wishes can be called harmony, who has ever asked the concubine if she wishes? Who cares about how Li Heng persecuted his concubine in order to achieve his goal? He is unkind to me and unjust, please give paper and ink to the right minister, and the concubine will write the paper herself......"
After that, a long time passed, and the hall didn't know what it was talking about, and it was endless, and Du Wulang stood there and listened drowsily, and his head kept falling, like a hen pecking rice.
Suddenly, he shook his head and shook his head to sober himself up a little by shaking the fat on his cheeks.
"Poof."
A woman's chuckle could be heard from nowhere.
Du Wulang was stunned, turned his head to look at the side wall, and saw a figure shaking behind the silk veil of the window for choosing a son-in-law, and he could faintly see the towering temples of the clouds, it was a woman!
This surprise was not trivial, he hurriedly looked down at the soles of his feet, his heart was sad, and there was no longer the slightest sleepiness.
I didn't notice what Xue Bai said, and Li Linfu behind the screen also smiled in his tone, and said, "Okay, I will allow you to take Du Erniang back, but she is not allowed to leave the workshop for half a step." ”
"Thank you."
Hearing this, Li Linfu was quite happy, and said: "Sheji will not be handed over to the weak prince in the future, you have contributed a lot to this matter, go back and work hard." ”
"Yes."
Du Wulang's eyes widened, and he saw Xue Bai salute and turn around and walk out with Du Yan.
He hurriedly followed, and suddenly remembered something again, so he turned his head and glanced at it, only to see that the Kyauknu was still standing in the hall, and did not follow. I couldn't help but be overjoyed, and I felt a little parting, so I waved goodbye.
At this time, there was a curfew, and Li Linfu sent the Jin Wuwei patrol to send them home with documents.
Riding a horse on the night road, Xue Bai's riding skills are not good, and he still rides with Du Yan, and she is in charge.
Chang'an Avenue in the curfew was pitch black, and only the lantern in the hand of Jin Wuwei shone with a little light, leading them forward.
Walking to Shengpingfang, Du Yan suddenly sighed unconsciously.
The breath blew into Xue Bai's ears, and it was a little itchy.
He didn't react.
A young girl in her early twenties was probably sad and helpless when she went through this, and she was so stubborn that he just didn't hear it.
After waiting silently for a while, Fang Zheng was called up to verify the paperwork and open the door......
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Tonight, the candles in Du's house have been lit, and everyone has not slept.
When the sound of horses' hooves was heard, the porter hurriedly stood up, pushed open the hidden west door, and strode to the antechamber.
"It's back, it's back! Xue Langjun is godly, he really brought Erniang back! ”
For a while, Du's house became lively, and everyone rushed to the front yard.
"It's good to be back." Lu Fengniang was supported by Caiyun and Qinglan, trotting all the way, crying in her mouth: "It's good to be back, and you can remarry when you come back." ”
rushed to the stable in the front yard, and saw that Du Yan was getting off the horse with some difficulty, so she hurriedly asked the two maids to go up to help.
Xue Bai was still helping Du Yan, and when he saw them coming, he got out of the way, but was glanced at by Qing Lan with resentment.
Not long ago, in this courtyard, he faintly heard Lu Fengniang's cry in a coma before he woke up.
I finally heard it again today.
"Woo, it's back, I'm thinking, since I have no name and no share, and I am still hidden by him, isn't it more bitter than being beaten down from the court? Not even hopeful. ”
"Mother, look at what you said."
"People say that you are not my own child, but when I married into the Du family, you were only so big, woo, so big, and now you are so beautiful, whoever doesn't boast when you see it, everyone points to you. Woo, you've had to be strong since you were a child. Lu Fengniang cried so much that she couldn't say anything, and at the end, she wiped her tears and said: "It's okay, remarry, don't worry about marrying a good one." ”
Du Yan just laughed, patted Lu Fengniang's back, and said, "Mother, you are all looking at it, you have lost your dignity." Let's go, let's go back to the house first. ”
"Your grandfather is still in a coma, and he is worried to death."
“……”
Everyone went inside, and the Du family sisters and brothers went to the inner house with Lu Fengniang to talk.
The steward Quan Rui let the other subordinates disperse, leaving only his son Quan Fu. He glanced out of the door and asked Xue Bai, "Xue Langjun, didn't that one come with you?" ”
Xue Bai smiled and shook his head.
"She's done, she doesn't have to follow me anymore."
Quan Rui couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, his face was flushed with joy, he went to bolt the door first, raised his hand and said, "Say it here?" ”
"Please."
When the three of them arrived in the east hall, Quan Rui stroked his beard and sighed: "Since last night, the villain's heart has been uneasy, but now it can be regarded as stable." ”
Quan Fu said: "Me too, Xue Langjun doesn't know, when she chased me last night, I was frightened." ”
"I haven't had time to ask you ...... last night"
Suddenly, they heard footsteps outside, and the three of them stopped talking.
After a while, Du Wulang came in and asked curiously, "Hey, what are you talking about?" Why don't you say it again? ”
Quan Rui responded: "It's just to ask if the maid of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion is still here." ”
Du Wulang understood and said with a smile: "Are you happy that she is not here?" ”
Du Cheng came in and said, "But let's talk to Goro, so that he won't have doubts in his heart, but he will leak his mouth." ”
Jeon Seo asked, "What is Gorou wondering about?" ”
"I tell you, didn't a murderer come last night? I saw a few footprints with gold juice in the main room. ”
"Ahh Quan Rui said: "It should be that the villain didn't notice and stepped on ......"
Du Wulang didn't wait for him to finish, and said, "But the strange thing is that I also have it on the window, but only the murderer climbed on my window sill." ”
Quan Rui squeaked and said, "Goro, it's the villain who came up to your windowsill." ”
"I mean, last night a thug broke into my house and punched me. It is said that the prince wanted to extinguish his mouth, alas. He must have stepped on the same puddle of gold as the whole steward. ”
"The villain said," Jeon Seo said, "it was the villain who slammed Gorou's bed." ”
"Huh?"
Quan Rui said: "Actually, there are no murderers, they are all arranged by the eldest lady and Xue Langjun, in order to make the right minister trust Xue Langjun more." ”
Du Wulang's eyes widened, but then he also understood, and said, "I said that the prince will not send someone to kill him, but you don't have to hide it from me, right?" I'm tight-lipped. ”
"It's not a lie." Xue Bai said: "I'm afraid you don't act like it in front of Kyauknu." ”
"If you want me to act, I will act like it." Du Wulang muttered, walked a few steps, and said, "Let me guess, it was Quanfu who led away the Kyauknu, right?" ”
Quan Fu responded: "It's a villain." ”
"She has martial arts, how did you escape?"
Xue Langjun said that she was afraid of smell, so the villain and Grandpa first soiled the toilet and stepped on the courtyard wall. Hey, in fact, when she chased after her, the villain was hiding behind the thatched bucket pile, but she thought that the villain was jumping off the wall and jumping away! ”
Quan Rui said: "The villain was still negligent, and he didn't notice that the soles of his feet were stained with gold juice when he arranged them in advance, and he saw the clues. ”
Du Cheng asked Xue Bai: "Now that Li Linfu has obtained the key evidence that the prince secretly raised dead soldiers, the sage really wants to abolish the prince, right?" ”
"Probably."
"At this time, the Du family didn't dare to ask for anything else, only peace."
"Yes, I just hope that the Du family can stay out of the matter and no longer be involved in these power struggles."
Quan Rui said: "What happened last night, we must be rotten in our stomachs." ”
At this time, Du Yan came in alone with a lantern and said, "Grandpa is awake." It's just that his body is weak and he can't see people yet, so he needs to rest for a while. ”
"Great." Du Wulang was overjoyed, clapped his hands and said: "Today is really a blessing, and good things are coming!" ”
Quanrui father and son are also overjoyed.
"The villain went and told the kitchen to boil some tonic food for Lao Lang tomorrow."
"Hmm."
Quan Rui retreated, and Du Yan couldn't help but ask Du Yan: "I just seem to have seen two coffins in the front yard?" ”
"It's Lang Jun and Liuyu."
Du Yan had been enduring since she entered the door, and her face had completely turned cold at this time, and she asked lightly: "Is the eldest sister wearing filial piety for Liuyu?" ”
Du Wulang has always been more afraid of the second sister, and when he heard this, he exclaimed silently, and beckoned Xue Bai to get out of the way, which meant "My second sister is going to have a seizure."
"If he is reconciled and separated, he will still be my husband when he dies, and the etiquette ......"
"Pedantic!" Du Yan suddenly raised her voice and said, "Do you see how many women in Datang are as wretched as you?!" Do you have to wait for him to really kill the Du family and have no place to bury?! ”
"It's ...... Death to Die"
"I don't care if someone is dead, I don't allow him to get a coffin to take him in, and see his soul before he can enter the Du Mansion again! Did you think about it when you bought him a mourning device? If it weren't for Xue Bai's rescue, Grandpa would still be piled up with dozens of corpses outside Dali Temple today, and my other family members are on their way to Lingnan at this time! Don't say that if you walk to Lingnan in shackles, you will be alive and die before you pass the Qinling Mountains, you will give him filial piety? ! ”
The more severe Du Yan's tone became, the faster she spoke, and she scolded a few more words before she could vent her hatred.
Du Cheng scolded her, wiped her tears and said, "Don't quarrel in front of your brothers, okay?" ”
The two sisters were silent for a while, and then they each collected their moods before turning around.
"I'm smiling at you, I haven't been home for a long time, and I'm a little out of shape." Although Du Yan still had tear stains, her expression had regained her calmness, and she raised her hand to invite Xue Bai to sit down, and said, "You saved the Du family, and we will do our best to help you." Your ambitions are extraordinary, but to realize your ambitions, you must first have an identity, and you can't always enter the picture with the status of a fugitive slave or a lowly person. ”
Xue Bai nodded.
Chatting with Du Yan is indeed much simpler, she understands what he wants from the beginning, although her grasp of people's hearts is not hot enough, her vision is high enough.
"We're going to find out your background first, and then make a claim, okay?" Du Yan said, "The door shade must have a family background, and the imperial examination must be handed over to the family, that is, you have caught up with the concubine you have in mind, and you are about to be given an official, you can't and can't say that you don't remember who you are." ”
"Okay, thank you very much."
Du Yan smiled.
Du Cheng hurriedly wiped away her tears and said, "I went to the opposite Wei Mansion during the day, and I wanted to ask the two slaves who carried you back at that time to see where Pingkangfang picked you up." Unfortunately, they went out of the city to receive the New Year's gift, and it took two days to return. ”
"Don't be afraid." Du Yan said: "We will keep an eye on you, and we will ask as soon as the person comes back." ”
Xue Bai didn't say much about this matter, and still nodded in thanks.
Du Yan smiled again: "Whether it is an official slave or a fugitive, in the future, you will treat Du Mansion as your own home, if you have an extraordinary background, don't dislike us." ”
"A word?"
"It's a deal."
"Alright, let's go to sleep." Xue Bai got up and said, "It's not early." ”
Du Yan wanted to grasp the situation all night, but Xue Bai said a word, but she still inexplicably felt that he seemed to treat her as a little girl.
Du Wulang walked a few steps outside and suddenly thought of something.
"Sister, I'm in the right prime minister's mansion, and I made a woman laugh behind the window of choosing a son-in-law, are you okay?"
"Go ahead."
"Are you alright?"
"Go ahead."
Du Yan sat down for a while, pulled Du Yan and said, "I'll sleep with you tonight, okay?" ”
"Hmm."
The sisters just quarreled, but when they got into the bed, Du Yan finally couldn't help hugging Du Cheng tightly and cried silently.
Long.
"I'm still a sister, and I don't know how to reply when I scold you."
"I know how difficult it was for you to get the Sanpin Liangdi, and I have watched it all the way."
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It was night, and the lights of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion continued all night.
Finally got the key witness who could bring down the prince, and Li Linfu interrogated and discussed overnight, as lively as a festival.
He was busy until dawn, but he still didn't forget one thing.
"Let you check Xue Bai, how is the investigation?"
"You Xiang, I have found out that Xue Bai was really picked up by the Du family, and it is said that it was picked up by the servants of Wei Shaoyou's house."
"What else?"
"The servants came near and went out of the city, and waited for two days......
Li Linfu was furious and shouted, "Don't you know how to go out of the city and ask?!" ”
Ji Wen was frightened, and hurriedly responded: "This is for someone to ask!" ”