"My surname is Meng, and I have a brother." Zhuang Lian added, his voice paused, and then said, "But this is her own statement, and eighty percent of it is false." ”

Tang Xian's back chilled when she heard this, she couldn't understand how the other party came to such a conclusion.

No one answered her questions.

Taishi Bai looked at Tang Xian and stroked his beard, thought for a moment, and confessed: "I hope that Gongzi Rong will go back and read the file before replying." ”

Hearing this, Tang Xian's heart suddenly relaxed, and the hand protecting her chest gently gave herself a breath.

When I went back to check the file, I guess I couldn't find it.

Her family was degraded five years ago, and her father and mother were originally in Nanling, but they only moved to Yuzhou a few years ago, and the files are not right.

The hand stroked twice, and when she noticed the unkind gaze, Tang Xian raised her head and happened to look at Yun Zhu.

Yun Zhu was first silently urged by Bai Taishi to be an animal, and failed to get Tang Xian's life experience, at this time, his mood was extremely unsmooth, staring at her suspiciously, and said: "I have written down today's account, when he finds your father and brother in the future, he must first cut off their limbs and export evil qi, and then torture and ask Yanxia's whereabouts." ”

Tang Xian was shocked, and looked at Zhuang Lian and Bai Taishi helplessly, no one was in charge of justice, she could only muster up the courage to face Yun Zhu by herself.

"You can't guess my background yourself, and you blame me?"

Yun Zhu sneered, his eyebrows and eyes were arrogant, "My son is about to seize power and rebel, so naturally how can I do it comfortably." ”

"You, you!" Tang Xian couldn't refute him, and blushed with anger.

And when Bai Taishi heard him call himself a thief and intimidate a girl, he felt inappropriate.

"Don't worry, Yun'an's dragon chair won't sit at that time." - Doesn't this mean that he will return to the palace before the foreign envoys worship and return to the throne to suppress the foreign nations?

I'm going to re-ascend the throne in a few months, and the royal demeanor must be a little bit.

Bai Taishi wanted to say something to dissuade him, but as soon as he saw Yun Zhu's face, he knew that he was in a worse mood at this time, and then thought about Zhuang Lian's warning, Bai Taishi couldn't bear it.

He just didn't hear Yun Zhu's threatening words, recalled it, and asked curiously: "Childe, what's wrong with Miss Yanxia?" ”

couldn't ask Tang Xian's identity, couldn't find any clues about Yanxia, everything was not going well, and Yun Zhu didn't bother to take care of Bai Taishi.

Taishi Bai was very discerning, and when he saw this, he was silent, and took the initiative to resign: "In this case, the old decay will not bother much." Waiting for the good news of the child. ”

Yun stopped his head and pushed the paperwork away from the table.

Zhuang Lian willed, and handed it to Bai Taishi after a little tidying up.

Bai Taishi took it with both hands and said respectfully: "The old man retires." ”

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When she was in the imperial mausoleum, Yanxia once asked Tang Xian: "You don't even know who that Lady Meng is, how can you be sure that she will agree to let the clan intercede for you?" Your grandfather committed a great sin against the Nine Clans! ”

Tang Xian thought about this question and said, "I always have to try, as long as the news can be spread, one more person remembers that there are so many innocent people in the imperial tomb, and there will be one more life." ”

Even if it's just to release the other concubines and maids.

There was no custom of burying the living and guarding the mausoleum of the concubines in the Great Zhou, and the prince gave the order like that at the beginning, all to torture her.

Those concubines and maids were all affected by her.

Yanxia listened to her answer, stared at her for a long time, and suddenly asked, "How old are you?" ”

Tang Xian was inexplicable, and replied honestly: "By the end of April, it will be two decades." ”

She is nearly ten years old, and in the first fifteen years of her life, she was raised in a deep boudoir, and she is a noble girl in Beijing with a beautiful moon.

In the next five years, she fell from the clouds, but she did not fall into the quagmire, but she could not reach the sky, her feet did not touch the ground, and she was just suspended in mid-air.

Yanxia glanced at her again with a strange expression, "Do you know how old your good grandson is?" ”

The good grandsons in her mouth are the two sons of the king of the southwest, and the two brothers who have recently ascended the throne.

Tang Xian's knowledge of the outside world came from her, and she shook her head in embarrassment.

"The one sitting on the dragon chair now is your little grandson, who is two years older than you." Yanxia raised two fingers in front of Tang Xian, and after speaking, she added two, "The one in front of him is your eldest grandson, who is four years older than you!" ”

Tang Xian: "......"

Yanxia said again: "Your eldest grandson has been in power for four months and has disappeared, do you know why?" ”

In recent years, the emperor has been replaced by one and died, as if he had been cursed.

You don't even want the throne, maybe you're afraid of death?

Tang Xian can speculate like this, but she can't say that.

She could only hold up the shelf of being an elder and try her best to say kindly: "...... The child is naughty, and he will be sensible when he is a few years older......"

Yanxia snorted out laughing, leaning forward and leaning back with laughter, pulling at the wound, and screaming "oops".

When she had laughed enough, she took Tang Xian's hand and said, "You pretend to be me, take the key to the Fuyun Teahouse to see Cen Wangxian." Whether or not he can help you find Madame Meng, I swear to you that within three months, all innocent people in the Imperial Tomb will be free. ”

Tang Xian didn't know where she got her confidence, but this groundless determination inexplicably made her feel a little trusting.

Maybe it's because the smoke ghost has a lot of ideas.

Her left shoulder was almost pierced by a dagger, and she refused to be honest even if she was so seriously injured, and when she saw that the maid was bullied by the old eunuch, she pretended to be the first emperor to appear, and made the old eunuch have a blue nose and swollen face, and she was angry with several people.

The days when Yanxia hid in Xiaoling to recuperate from her injuries were the easiest days for Tang Xian in the past few years, and the maids beside her also felt the same.

Today, despite all kinds of doubts, Tang Xian still doesn't want to betray Yanxia, not to mention that it is a thief who traps her now.

Tang Xian has no affection for the royal family, but she has read history books and knows how miserable it will be for the royal ladies to fall into the hands of enemy soldiers and traitors.

She is determined not to know where Yanxia is, and she is now the only clue to find Yanxia, and if Yanxia does not appear for a day, her life will never be in danger.

was detained for two days, and on the third day, Zhuang Lian appeared and led Tang Xian to the side courtyard.

The mansion looked very large, Tang Xian was only allowed to walk around in a separate small courtyard, unguarded, but as soon as she took a step out of the courtyard, there would be guards who appeared out of nowhere and blocked her with horizontal knives.

Tang Xian didn't dare to touch it, and tried to find an opportunity to talk to the maid, but after staying for several days, she didn't meet a girl or a grandmother, and even the male guards who delivered food and water were all male guards.

"Girl has to have a name, right?" Zhuang Lian asked as he led her under the corridor.

Tang Xian insisted: "My surname is Meng. ”

Zhuang Lian is middle-aged, his face is kind, he turned a corner, made a gesture of invitation, and said: "In the past few days, my son-in-law has ordered someone to thoroughly investigate all the families surnamed Meng in Beijing......

Tang Xian's heart jumped, and she turned her face to look at him suddenly.

"That's true." Zhuang Lian was very satisfied with her reaction, "My son-in-law said that the girl has a strict mouth, and most of what she says is not credible, but she has a simple heart, and it is easy to test the truth and falsehood." ”

He smiled, "I'm really looking for a son surnamed Meng." ”

Tang Xian: "......"

Her expression froze, her mouth pursed, and she swore secretly in her heart that even if he said that Yanxia was caught, she would never react again.

"There are thousands of people with the surname Meng in Beijing, and it is impossible to check them one by one. Fortunately, the girl comes from a famous family, and the person she is looking for is either rich or expensive, so the scope is narrowed down a lot. ”

"There are three families with the surname Meng. Officials surnamed Meng, one household above the fifth grade, and a total of four households below the fifth grade. Among them, there are nine young sons, and five are crowned......"

Zhuang Lian stopped suddenly.

Tang Xian listened seriously, she was almost sure that Mrs. Meng must be the one above the fifth grade.

- After all, you can send a message to the imperial tomb.

Hearing that half of it was silent, Tang Xian was anxious, and couldn't help but turn her head, and sure enough, she saw a bright smile on Zhuang Lian's face.

He deliberately hung his appetite.

Tang Xian held a breath in her throat, her chest rose and fell, and it took a long time to recover.

What she was looking for was that the matter of the family surnamed Meng had already been known, so she simply stopped hiding it and said: "I am being detained by you, and I can't even get out of the courtyard gate, and if you tell me the results of the investigation, I can't do anything." ”

Zhuang Lian said: "My son-in-law also said so." ”

Tang Xian was overjoyed in her heart, and hurriedly said, "Then you ......"

"That can't be told to the girl." Zhuang Lian looked at him with pity, shook his head and sighed, "My son-in-law was angry with the girl a few days ago, and today I specially instructed that only half of the news can be revealed, so that the girl can also be anxious." ”

Tang Xian stopped.

Zhuang Lian spread his hands.

After a while, Tang Xian gritted her teeth with hatred, and with a red face of anger, she followed him and continued to walk forward.

Chapter 6 Demonstrations

When Tang Xian was young, her family background and appearance were excellent, and since she was thirteen or fourteen years old, there were often noble ladies who openly and secretly expressed the idea of getting married.

The Tang family's parents are affectionate and very cautious about their daughter's marriage, and they tend to fool the past every time they encounter this situation.

But that doesn't stop those who have a heart.

Therefore, although Tang Xian rarely goes out, she also "accidentally" met some young talents.

There are brilliant sons of families, young generals who dance knives and guns, gentle and elegant, high-spirited, and have all kinds of colors, but I have never seen Yun Zhu so calculating.

Tang Xian had nowhere to spill her anger in her heart, and when she saw a piece of gravel under her feet, she took it as a cloud stop and kicked it into the water.

With a soft sound of "bang", Zhuang Lian turned his head to look at her and said with a smile: "Girl, my son-in-law has a bad temperament, but he will not be embarrassed by an innocent woman who is powerless." As long as you confess where Yanxia is, my son-in-law will not only be not guilty of the past, but will also help you find that Meng Gongzi. ”

Tang Xian turned her face away, avoided his gaze, and said, "I told you, I don't know where Yanxia went." ”

"The girl is righteous, but there are some things that can't be hidden."

The two walked on the red pillar corridor, and there was a leaky window not far away, from which you could see the green bamboo and plantain leaves on the opposite side.

On the other side of the promenade is the rippling blue water of the lake, where some strange stones are piled up, mixed with tender green plants and starry white flowers, which reflect the blue sky of the water surface, quite a spring atmosphere of grass and warblers.

Zhuang Lian pointed to the newly grown grass blades and duckweed by the water, and said: "Just like these, it is bare in winter, but as soon as the weather gets warmer, the young shoots in the ground will emerge. ”

Walking forward, he passed a weeping willow, and he pointed to the goose yellow shoots that were scrambling on the willow branches.

"No matter how strict a girl's mouth is, her living habits, conversation and body movements will reveal some of her true nature."

"It's like drinking tea, Yanxia takes the tea and pours it directly into her mouth, while the girl from a high family is more serious, the sitting posture, the tea is a little full, the action of holding the teacup, the tea leaves before the entrance, etc., and even the pace of walking is different."

"This is a habit that has been cultivated for a long time, and the longer it passes, the more it is exposed, and it cannot be hidden."

The two of them happened to walk on the stone bridge that collapsed the water, Tang Xian paused, looked down at the water, and saw his figure reflected in it, standing in a pavilion.

Not far in front of him was Zhuang Lian's figure, he was thirty or forty years old, bowing slightly, waiting for him with a smile.