Chapter 37: Night Meeting
Wen Hou's subordinates raised the dead, and Xiao Yuanmu also privately sent someone to investigate, although he didn't say that he had everything under control, he also had some foundation in his heart.
Looking at the names on the list, you know that this evidence is true, and you are even more impressed with Lutang. It is really rare for a little woman to be able to get tangible evidence in the Hou Mansion in the Tiger's Den in Longtan.
"How did you get it?" Xiao Yuanmu asked in a deep voice, with some concern in his eyes.
Lu Tang remembered the chaos in the house the day before yesterday, and couldn't help sighing: "The house in the Hou Mansion is in chaos, and the courtiers can fish in troubled waters." It was also an accident that the courtiers got this thing, but the person who provided it asked His Highness to send someone to take care of it. ”
Liu was sent to the Grange with a child, even if Mrs. Wenhou forgot about it and didn't torture her, I was afraid that she would have no life in the future.
Xiao Yuanmu heard that it was sent by the concubine next to Wenhou, so he casually agreed.
"With the evidence that the Hou Mansion is raising the dead, what does His Highness plan to do with it?"
With the evidence, how to deal with it is also a big problem. The Criminal Department is controlled by Xiao Yuanhui, and no one will investigate the evidence if it is sent up.
And this is just a list, even if it is sent directly to the emperor, it will at most arouse the emperor's suspicions, and it will not set off too much turmoil. Once it is not handled well, it will let Wen Hou know the inside story in advance, and the great opportunity will be wasted in vain.
"Such a big crime as raising the dead, once you really want to destroy the three clans, you will be killed together at that time. Crazy girl, this king has to think about this matter in the long run, don't be too anxious. ”
Xiao Yuanmu looked at Lutang's eyes full of crystals, but he was a little confused in his heart.
This girl doesn't care about her life when she behaves and does things, all of them are all fighting styles that end up together, which is really a headache.
"Okay, the courtiers believe that Your Highness has a way to deal with this matter."
Lu Tang pursed his lips and smiled, raised the tea cup in his hand, as if a toast, and motioned to him to drink together.
She believed that Xiao Yuanmu's methods, even if they couldn't level the Hou Mansion in one fell swoop, would make the Wen family hurt.
The people of the Wen family, she will not let any of them go. If she had the chance, she even wished she could torture them slowly!
After the two drank a cup of tea, Xiao Yuanmu took out a gilded invitation from his arms.
"The second day of the second month of the next month is the king's birthday, and the king returns to Beijing in the first year, and the birthday banquet should be grander. You come too. ”
With a relaxed smile on his face, he pushed the delicate fold over.
Lu Tang took it and looked at it, so he had to sigh and said, "I have been trapped in the house by my uncle and aunt, and I can't go if I want to." ”
Xiao Yuan Muman said indifferently: "This invitation card was invited to you by this king alone." Tomorrow, the king will send someone to bring an invitation to your uncle, inviting your whole family to the palace to attend the banquet. It is impossible for your uncle not to give this king's face. ”
Hearing what he said, Lu Tang said with a smile: "The daughter of our Wen family has long been discredited in Beijing. His Royal Highness still has the heart to invite us, which is really a lift. ”
The second miss of the Wen family is an ominous lone star, who was divorced by the king of Jin, and the marriage contract was changed to Miss Wen, which has long been discussed by the court and the prince's mansion.
Moreover, although the scandal of Miss Wen San at the gate of the palace a few days ago did not make a fuss, there are many people who know the inside story.
In the past six months, the reputation of the ladies of Wenhou Mansion can be said to have failed.
The next invitation invited Wenhou and his wife to take the ladies to attend the birthday banquet of King Qi, Xiao Yuanmu can be regarded as giving the Wen family enough face, how could Wenhou stop it again?
Lu Tang knew that he had arranged it very well, and saw that there was a slight brightness in his eyes, and a trace of warmth suddenly rose in his heart.
The red candles in the room were covered, and the two were eating tea silently, and Lutang suddenly remembered the scene of his previous life.
His Royal Highness the King of Qi celebrated his birthday on the second day of the eighth month, and at that time she had been included in the palace of the King of Jin, and she had become a lowly dancing girl with a green waist.
She had heard about it during the banquet of King Jin's dead party, on the day of King Qi's birthday, assassins were mixed in at the banquet, and Xiao Yuanmu was injured by a poisonous crossbow and was deeply injured. Later, this golden sore wound accompanied Xiao Yuanmu almost all his life.
At that time, Lutang didn't get much information, and only vaguely knew that this matter was related to the Hou Mansion and the Jin Palace.
In the middle of the court, the king of Jin and the king of Qi competed for power, and the marquis of Wen and the king of Jin were married. He raised the dead, but it was just to hurt people with arrows in the struggle for power.
Thinking of this old thing, Lu Tang held the teacup and lowered his eyes and groaned.
Who knew that Xiao Yuanmu was in a good mood, looking at the beauty under the lamp, revealing joy from the inside out.
When the light was like a bean, he lowered the head of the green begon, and his lips were speechless, and he quickly got up and leaned beside her, stretched out his hand to hug the person, and laughed angrily: "What's wrong?" You're going to go out sooner or later, so don't think about the chaos in the Hou Mansion, okay? At the birthday banquet, this king has a lot of fun for you. ”
Lutang was hugged by him and whispered, if he would have struggled to push it in normal times, but at the moment, he was thinking about it, and he didn't move, so he could hold it.
Xiao Yuanmu saw her acquiescence, and his heart was even more excited, and he magnified his courage to kiss her sideburns, and laughed: "The tiger in this king's mansion, even it misses you." ”
Lutang's sideburns were itchy and warm, only to realize that he began to be dishonest again, and he had the intention to resist and was haunted by the memories of his previous life, so he had to whisper: "Your Highness, don't be like this, let the maid see what it looks like?" ”
This sentence is extremely strange, and the tone seems to say, if there is no maid present to see it, it is okay to make trouble.
When Xiao Yuanmu heard this, he was so happy that he was willing to let go, hugged the person and laughed in a low voice: "You two little maids, you are smart and loyal, it doesn't hurt to let them know." It's a big deal to get into the Qi Palace, and marry the guards in my mansion. ”
He casually talked to make Lutang happy, and Ling'er only pouted and complained, "Your Highness will be happy." Ke Susu had a heart disease, as if he had been told that his heart had been broken, he blushed and hurriedly went up to change Xiao Yuanmu with a new cup of tea.
Lu Tang was diverted from the topic by him, so he had to smile helplessly: "Your Highness says this again, I have to mention what I said last time again?" ”
Xiao Yuanmu couldn't help but sneer, hugged her and whispered, "This king will think about it when he returns home." If you are willing, it will not hurt that this king will marry you as a concubine. You didn't say that now, did you? ”
What a nonsense bastard, he can't marry Brother Jin, but he can marry? What should I do with the current holy and royal rules!
Lu Tang was only afraid that if he continued to talk about it, it aroused his infinite interest, so he had to sit up straight and think about it for a long time before he opened his mouth to get down to business.
"My uncle raised the dead, and he didn't put them there for decoration. Now he is fighting fiercely with the King of Jin, and the King of Jin is extremely hostile to His Royal Highness. The courtiers felt that it was very likely that my uncle would use these dead soldiers to assassinate His Highness. His Royal Highness's mansion is heavily guarded on weekdays, but when it comes to the birthday banquet, I am afraid that it will not be taken care of. Does Your Highness have a solution? ”
Xiao Yuanmu listened to her worries, but he still didn't care, and smiled inadvertently: "This king's countermeasure is nothing more than soldiers coming to block the water and cover the earth. ”
Lu Tang couldn't help frowning, and said busily: "Your Highness, don't you hear the saying: there are only thieves for thousands of years, and there are no thieves for thousands of years." Now there are treacherous turmoil in the Jingshi, my uncle has 10,000 forbidden troops on the surface, and there are still 50 dead soldiers in secret. And His Highness only has 300 soldiers, so you can't be careful. If you depend on the courtiers, Your Highness's birthday banquet should not be too extravagant, and the guests invited should also be controlled. ”
Seeing that she cared so much, Xiao Yuanmu stretched out his index finger and scratched her nose, and said with a smile: "You care so much, this king is very happy in his heart." You can rest assured, this king has his own measure. ”
Lu Tang was afraid that he would not listen, so he had to lean over and kneel in front of his knees, and said earnestly: "The courtier had a dream a few days ago, in which His Highness was injured by a bow and crossbow during the feast, and his arm was bleeding nonstop. This dream is so unlucky, but today His Royal Highness said that he would hold a birthday banquet, and the courtiers were uneasy. ”
No way, it is impossible to say that she was born again as a human? I have to talk nonsense and dream.
Xiao Yuanmu saw that she was so worried about herself, she couldn't care about it anymore, so she hugged the person in her arms and said with a smile: "You also dreamed of this king at night?" That's great! You don't know, this king has dreamed of you many times since the first time he saw you! ”
Xiao Yuanmu whispered as if no one was around, it was unbearable to see. Su Su and Ling'er couldn't stand it for a long time, they just hated that they had nowhere to hide, so they ran outside the screen as soon as they slipped away.
Seeing that he was only concerned about falling in love, Lu Tang couldn't help sighing, and had to hope for the opportunity to move on the day of the birthday banquet.
Xiao Yuanmu is in the arms, and gradually has some ape and horses, to go and reluctant, to stay and can't bear to stay, ears and temples grinding for a long time, suddenly picked up the green begonia, and walked to the depth of the screen into the bed.
When Lu Tang wanted to be rude, his body tensed. Unexpectedly, he only put the person on the bed horizontally, sat on the edge of the bed by himself, and said softly: "This king is here to watch you fall asleep before leaving." ”
Where can you sleep like this! Lu Tang said helplessly: "Your Highness is here, and the courtiers dare not sleep." ”
Xiao Yuanmu leaned over and kissed her on the lips, blocked all the words in her mouth, and deliberately whispered a wicked smile: "You don't want to sleep by yourself, but you want this king to sleep with you?"
In the middle of the night, how dare you provoke this evil tiger! Lu Tang's face turned crimson by him, and he didn't dare to say a word more, so he quickly closed his eyes tightly.
It's strange to say, originally my heart was like a deer, but because I smelled the cold dew on Xiao Yuanmu's body, I couldn't wait for a while to really fall asleep.
Xiao Yuanmu returned to the house, and urgently summoned the chief Shi Wei Chi Feng and the Xuanjia Military Academy Captain Ling Yuan to pass through the secret business of the mansion that night.
Ling Yuan, the captain of the Xuanjia Military Academy, was originally a candidate recommended by the Qi Wangfu to replace the commander of the forbidden army, because he was also a child of a family, and he was very familiar with some officers of the forbidden army.
He hurriedly looked at the list of dead soldiers, compared the names of a small number of people he had identified, and found that it was not bad, and hurriedly said: "The heads are complete, and my subordinates will send people to watch these things." When the lord goes to court tomorrow, his subordinates will take people to work at the same time, so as not to leak the news and slip through the net. ”
Xiao Yuanmu stretched out his hand to stop it, and muttered: "Raising the dead, there is a lot of gold on the table. But if there is no specific behavior, it is very light to weigh. Wenhou has been in charge of the forbidden army for many years, and there are some discrepancies in the people and horses, which is nothing. In case he insists that he is just eating empty amounts, and Brother Jin Wang comes forward to deal with it again and classifies this matter as greedy for military salaries, wouldn't it be in vain! ”
Changshi Wei Chi Feng also thought of this, and hurriedly responded: "What the lord said is very true. Now it is imperative to let these dead soldiers make some noise in the capital, so that Gongzi can capture them again. The safety of the Beijing division is the responsibility of the forbidden army, and His Royal Highness has a reasonable basis to refer to the Marquis of Wen, and then draw out the source of the dead, so as to break the muscles and bones of the Marquis of Wen and seize the power of the forbidden army. ”
Ling Yuan also felt that it made sense when he heard it, but after thinking about it, he smiled again: "It's a pity that these dead soldiers don't listen to the call, if they want to make a big deal, it will take a lot of brains." ”
Xiao Yuanmu smiled slightly, and said to the two: "Don't worry about this matter first. On the second birthday banquet of the king in the first month of August, it must be held grandly. ”
"Your Highness deliberately wants to relax your defense, intending to lure the snake out of the hole?" Yu Chi and Ling Yuan were both puzzled.
Xiao Yuanmu smiled indifferently and did not answer.
The lamp and candle in front of him suddenly burst into candles, and he remembered that when Fang Cai Lutang was lying on his lap, his face was full of melancholy, gentle and charming, and there were a few gentle looks in his eyes.