Chapter 20: It's a pity that I didn't wear a ring today
Seeing that she didn't react, Gongye Feng asked again, "Concubine Wen doesn't seem surprised to see this king here?" β
Wen Ling raised his head and gave him a look, and said slowly: "This restaurant is open in a prosperous area, it is obviously a meal, but there are only two or three tables of guests, and an ordinary meal costs ten taels of silver, but it is so unpalatable, such a restaurant has not closed down, what is it strange to see King Ping?" β
In other words, my aunt and grandmother already knew that it was you, the turtle grandson, who did it!
Gongye Feng laughed.
"Wen Ling, Wen Ling, you are really different from before," he raised Wen Ling's chin with his hand and stared at her face, "Why didn't I find out that you not only have a face, but also a brain?" β
Although she is wearing men's clothes today and has not applied powder, she can still make people's hearts move at a glance.
I think it was her face that he fell in love with.
Wen Ling really didn't want to play tricks with him here, so he knocked his hand off with a fan, revealing a trace of disgust between his eyebrows, "This palace thought that after the last time, King Ping should stay away from this palace, but I didn't expect you to be so self-aware." β
Gongye Feng caught the trace of disgust, and his face was difficult to see.
There has never been a woman who loaths him!
He thought that last time she was just annoyed that he acted too ruthlessly, blaming him for not killing King Kang's mansion, so she quarreled with him on impulse.
This woman was obviously dead set on him before, obeying his words and blindly worshipping.
When did she start changing?
How did he never notice?
He suddenly showed the usual smile he used to at Wen Ling again: "Ling'er, I know that you are still angry with me about the affairs of King Kang's Mansion, but I can't help it-"
"His Royal Highness King Ping," Wen Ling interrupted him impatiently, "I did fall in love with you before, but at that time I was young and ignorant, and my lard was blinded and my brain was in water, but now my heart is bright, and my brain is dry, and I know who can and can't be trusted, so I hope you won't be sentimental in the future." β
Wen Ling's face was indifferent, without the slightest shyness and affection when he saw him before.
Gong Yefeng's smile froze on his face, like a confident old man who couldn't believe that he had lost to a novice.
The smile on his face disappeared completely, and his eyes showed a grim look, "Do you think that if Gongye Han knew about our relationship, he would still spoil you like now?" He has three thousand beauties in his harem, and it won't be long before he -"
"I won't worry about His Royal Highness King Ping's affairs with Your Majesty," Wen Ling interrupted him again, stood up and walked out, "If His Royal Highness King Ping doesn't have the ability to kill this palace on the street, it's best to let your people retreat." β
The house outside the door did not move.
Behind him, there was a somewhat eerie laugh from Gongye Feng.
"The concubine said with a smile, how could this king plot to kill you? It was the concubine Niangniang who left the palace in a small suit, encountered gangsters, had a dispute, and was unfortunately assassinated, fortunately the king arrived in time, but it was only too late-" He said in Wen Ling's ear, "See your body." β
Wen Ling's figure froze almost invisibly.
This Gongye style is really crazy.
"His Royal Highness King Ping is so sure that he can see the remains of this palace?" Wen Ling looked at him, the corners of his mouth slightly hooked, "You don't think that only you like to lead soldiers when you go out, right?" β
These words made Gongye Feng vigilant.
But he obviously let people probe it, Wen Ling did only bring out one palace maid today, could it be that Gongye Han really gave her the dead man?
No way, Gongye Han wouldn't be so stupid.
She must be bluffing!
He smiled, his eyes showed smugness, and said, "If the concubine really brought someone out, why was she still indifferent at this point?" β
During the confrontation between the two, they suddenly heard a shout from downstairs outside the window: "Weichen is late to save the car, and I ask the concubine to forgive me!" β
Gong Yefeng's face was shocked, and he immediately walked to the window to check.
Yin Guo Zhaoxin of Jingzhao Mansion led the soldiers of Jingzhao Mansion to surround the front of the door, and there were many onlookers.
There was also a person standing next to Guo Zhaoxin, dressed in green clothes, who looked like a scholar.
To be honest, Wen Ling's surprise was no less than that of Gongye Feng, and she didn't let people inform Jingzhao Mansion. But she quickly hid the surprise, "Look, aren't they moving?" β
Gongye Feng thought about countermeasures, and Guo Zhaoxin downstairs also whispered to the man in Tsing Yi next to him: "Mr. Hua, there is no movement in this restaurant, is the concubine really inside?" It can't be an oolong, right? β
Mr. Na Hua looked calm and said, "Don't panic, Lord Guo, it's suspicious if there is no movement, which restaurant will close for dinner?" Doesn't that mean there are ghosts in it? Although Mr. Guo let people bang on the door and go in, if nothing happens, Mr. Guo has no loss, if Niangniang is really inside, why should Mr. Guo worry about his ascension? β
Guo Zhao thought about it for a while, and felt that this statement was very reasonable, and even ordered the government soldiers to bang on the door.
The door of this restaurant is not a city gate, and it will be slammed open in three or two clicks.
The soldiers poured in like a tide, and Wen Ling could hear the sound of soldiers upstairs.
The two sides are very different in numbers, and they cannot be openly confrontational. She was really curious about how Gong Yefeng planned to free herself from the siege and explain how she would lead someone to trap her.
She soon had an answer.
Gongyefeng drew the sword of a Fuding beside him, and slashed Nafuding in front of him with lightning speed.
When Guo Zhaoxin brought people up, he saw Gongye Feng holding a sword in his hand, and blood dripped down the sword to the floor.
The man lying on the floor covered the carotid artery with his hands, his throat was chrysalis with blood, his eyes widened, and he quickly lost his breath.
"Lord Guo came at the right time, the villain who tried to hurt Concubine Wen has been killed by this king, and Concubine Wen is safe and sound."
Wen Ling sneered in his heart.
Thanks to the fact that the mansions he brought with him today were all disguised, others couldn't recognize them, otherwise his rhetoric might not be perfunctory.
Guo Zhaoxin didn't know that King Ping was also here, and he was stunned for a while before he reacted, I'm afraid this matter is not so simple today.
But whether it is King Ping or Concubine Wen, he can't afford to offend.
He looked left and right in the room, and only saw a little girl dressed in pink, thinking that this was the most "favored" Concubine Wen today, so he stepped forward to salute. As soon as he was about to bend down, Mr. Hua next to him grabbed him: "Master Guo, that one is." β
Mr. Hua pushed Guo Zhaoxin's arm and turned to the other side.
Guo Zhaoxin was annoyed by his clumsy eyes just now, although the person in front of him was dressed in deep clothes and had a jade crown and bundled hair, but his eyebrows and eyes were clearly a woman.
Wen Ling motioned to him to excuse him: "Lord Guo came in time, and he really lived up to the high expectations of the palace for you." β
Guo Zhaoxin didn't understand again.
Obviously, Mr. Hua came to find him, how could Concubine Wen mean that she had already informed Jingzhao Mansion in her words?
Guo Zhaoxin saluted King Ping again.
Gongye Feng said: "Lord Guo is very good at seizing opportunities, but it's a pity that the gangster is dead, otherwise Your Majesty will definitely give you a credit." β
Jingzhao Mansion Yin's official position is not big, from the third grade, but it is very important. He had wooed Guo Zhaoxin many times before, but Guo Zhaoxin was a timid and afraid of things, and he refused and did not dare to participate in the party struggle.
I didn't expect to be waiting here today.
Guo Zhaoxin listened, and still maintained a saluting posture, with a respectful look on his face, "As long as the concubine is safe, the credit is secondary." β
If it was true that the concubine was killed in the territory of Jingzhao Mansion when she left the palace, he, the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, would also have to be buried with him.
Gongye snorted coldly, turned around and left.
"His Royal Highness King Ping."
Wen Ling suddenly stopped him, and Gong Yefeng turned around again.
Syllable!!!
This is the second time Wen Ling has slapped him.
The room was so quiet that you could hear everyone gasping for air.
Gong Yefeng clenched the sword in his hand, his pupils gradually dilated, and his uncontrollable anger was about to rush out and eat Wen Ling.
How dare this woman slap him in public?!
Is she crazy?!
"King Ping, don't be angry, I'm afraid that others will say that the two of us are actually doing bad things here, but they were broken by someone, and you killed someone casually, and you won't be afraid if you have a slap print, and then others will ask, that is, you are not good at guarding, so I was frightened before I hit you, huh?" Ignoring Gong Yefeng's anger, she looked at her palm, and added with regret, "Alas, fortunately, I didn't wear a ring today......
Gongyefeng heard Wen Ling's subtext, whether the dead person was killed casually or not depends on their words, and it can't stand up to investigation.
This slap, he can only bear it!
Lucky you don't have a ring? Sure enough, last time it was on purpose!
Good!
Very good!
Compared with a woman with only a face and no brain, he was more interested in Wen Ling in front of him.
And the other people in the house, especially Guo Zhaoxin, were already in a cold sweat, and he was now very worried about whether he would be able to get out of the house alive.
Fortunately, King Ping was angry, but he still turned around and went downstairs.
Guo Zhaoxin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, ordered someone to move the body away, and asked Wen Ling: "Does the noble concubine need Weichen to arrange someone to escort you back to the palace?" β
"No," she looked at the man in Tsing Yi next to Guo Zhaoxin and asked, "......Who is this?" β
"Caomin Huarong Xiu meets the concubine Niangniang."
People who do not have official positions have to kneel and salute when they see the palace concubine.
Huarong repaired his clothes and shook his clothes, wanting to kneel and salute.
Bent halfway to his knees, he was intercepted by Wen Ling's fan.
He only saw half of the palm exposed under the fan, and a piece of wrist that slipped out of the sleeve, and the cyan veins loomed.
He could smell the faint sΓ©ance on his sleeves.
Then I heard a voice as clear as a winter spring sounding overhead: "Sir, excuse me." β
Wen Ling remembered the name Hua Rongxiu, the one that Gong Yehan mentioned to her and was praised by Zheng Fangkong as having nothing in the sky and in the earth.
After Zheng Fangkong recommended this person, she and Gong Yehan also found someone to investigate.
Hua Rongxiu became famous at a young age, and at the age of eighteen, he was even in the middle school for three yuan, but after the court examination, he has been waiting for selection in the Shuchang Pavilion and has not been awarded an official position.
Hua Rongxiu's father is the first and only Tongping Zhangshi since the founding of the Great Qian Dynasty.
It was only later that Hua's branch declined after his father's death, leaving Hua Rongxiu, who was only twelve years old at the time, to live in the second room.
Hua's second room is today's Shangshu Hua Yaozuo of the Criminal Department.
However, it was not Hua Yaozuo who recommended Hua Rongxiu in the court that day, but Zheng Fangkong, the head of the household.
From this, Wen Ling could probably think of what kind of life Hua Rongxiu lived in the Hua family.
Upper-class family relationships can be complicated enough.
Hua Rongxiu is now in his early twenties, although he is dressed plainly, he has a good demeanor and excellent appearance, but his face is pale, tall, and skinny.
But when he stood there, he exuded a sense of nobility that only a child of a family would have, his expression was neither humble nor arrogant, and he had a seemingly absent smile on his face, calm and calm.
Wen Ling asked again, "How did Lord Guo know that I was here?" β
Guo Zhaoxin didn't understand again, didn't she just say that she didn't live up to her high expectations?
Is it for King Ping?
"I don't dare to deceive the concubine Niangniang, in fact, Mr. Hua came to find Weichen and said that Niangniang was killed, so Weichen rushed over."
Wen Ling glanced at Hua Rongxiu, and then said quietly: "Lord Guo came in time today, this palace will definitely make it clear to His Majesty, if there is nothing else, Lord Guo will go and get busy." β
"Wechen obeys."
Guo saluted and took two steps back to leave. When he got out of the room, he saw that Hua Rongxiu was still standing in place, so he wanted to call him, but he heard Wen Guifei's voice again: "Mr. Hua, please take a seat." β
Guo Zhaoxin only stopped for a moment, and then left with a familiar understanding.