Even if he didn't have a name, Lin Piao, who was so arrogant and cherished his feathers, said this kind of thing to him.

"Piao'er, I won't fail you."

Lin Piao nodded: "I believe in you." ”

Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong's extraordinarily serious appearance, and originally thought that Shen Hong would be amused, but he didn't expect him to be quite earthy.

Lin Piao remembered a trivial matter: "I said before that I would plant wisteria or roses to make a flower stand to enjoy the shade, but you said that you should simply change the yard and not plant it for the time being, how do you say this?" This year or next year? ”

"Within a year."

Lin Piao looked at him: "Within a year?" ”

It seems that there has been a big change in a year.

Shen Hong nodded, his plan was very clear, he needed to do two things within a year, planting flowers was too slow, it took too much time to raise flowers, and the vines could not climb out without two or three years of cultivation of the flower stand, so he would change Lin Piao to a big mansion with a flower stand, and then marry him.

There are many things about Daning, but about his own life in the future, Lin Piao is the one he plans the most clearly in the future.

After the two talked, Lin Piao asked Shen Hong to go back first, and Shen Hong did not have any time when he was not busy, especially when Guo Heng had recently made a big fuss about biting the Hubu Shangshu, and it also involved the collusion between the Hubu Shangshu and several other departments, and everyone deceived and concealed the matter.

The emperor originally wanted to establish his majesty and sweep up the garbage, but he did not expect to turn on the light and find himself in the garbage heap.

After the prince was busy, Shen Hong, as a close confidant of the prince, had a lot of things that he needed to handle and help deal with every day.

Lin Piao's rescue station also did it, and explained it to the people in Tongxi Building in Yuemingfang, so that if they saw people in need of help, they could send them directly to the aid station; although Shangjing was prosperous and not overcrowded, it also helped three or four people in two or three days, some were kicked out of the house by their husbands, and some were sold by their parents to the old man to escape.

Lin Piao asked Rong Yi to arrange for them to live a day, and then think about the back road, whether it was to arrange for them to go out as maids, or to learn a craft, or to find a way out by themselves, in short, as a temporary shelter transfer station, the suburban station is very good, and can make good connections, Rong Yi controls these relationship networks, and then distributes them later, and there are people who know each other everywhere.

This kind of day lasted for a few months, and Rong Yi was thinking about coming back at first, but then she got used to being outside, and even enjoyed the feeling of helping everyone and getting to know a lot of people, and people coming and going can bring many different things, broaden their horizons, and absorb a lot of unfamiliar knowledge.

Summer ends at one o'clock.

Lin Piao felt that this year's Shangjing was exceptionally quiet, even silent, not because the voices on the streets had become quieter, nor because people had stopped talking and talking.

The sky in Shangjing seemed to be shrouded in a layer of gray aura, and Lin Piao didn't know if anyone else could feel it, or if it was because he had heard something Shen Hong said, so he felt so.

The emperor is dying.

Shen Hong said.

"Your Majesty is sick and weak, and he probably won't survive this year."

Lin Piao felt that what he said was very lightly, judging from the fact that they had deceived the emperor into cultivating immortals, the emperor's death should have been decided by them.

"Piao'er, go out less these days, and don't respond to invitations from your family or from people who are good friends with your family."

Although Shen Hong didn't tell him exactly what was going on, he told him everything he had to do, and from these instructions, Lin Piao could feel that something very large was happening.

Lin Piao has rarely gone out recently, and he has been going out for autumn outings and so on with his own family, no longer like when he first entered Beijing, running out alone at every turn, and now even if he has something to do, he just goes to Yuemingfang, basically he goes in and out by carriage, in addition to the horseman servants, he will definitely be accompanied by two strong and strong martial arts attendants.

At the end of autumn, when the weather cooled down completely, the people in Beijing began to feel the feeling of being depressed.

It is said that the most difficult thing for patients to survive is winter, and they also feel that His Majesty may not survive this year.

At the end of autumn, the border war was won, and at the suggestion of the crown prince, many parties signed a peace treaty with Daning, and His Majesty declared his return home.

Shen Hong told him that the hidden part of the peace treaty was that, in addition to the fact that the generals who had fought for the country for many years could finally gain dignity, the sons of the Xiang family would eventually be secretly handed over to them for disposal.

This was the agreement between the crown prince and these foreigners, that is, in order to quell the war as soon as possible and summon Xiang Jia to return to the court, otherwise Xiang Jia would continue to fight outside the country, and Xiang Jia would have to go down the road of "supporting troops and respecting themselves."

"They had already fought this idea, but they provoked it, and they left behind the secret stakes on the border, and several times they were ordered to infiltrate the hinterland of other countries and assassinate the princesses and princes of the royal family, so that they could continue to fight after the expulsion of the Moon Department in the south."

Xiang Jia wants to fight until they are old, and they are confident that they will be strong when they are strong, and they are not afraid of defeat at all, but they are afraid that if there is no war, they will be abandoned by His Majesty.

A month ago, under the pretext of suppressing bandits, the four princes asked His Majesty for his life several times, but when His Majesty was sick and confused, he finally got his will and hurriedly left Beijing.

The prince found excuses to refuse several subsequent summons to the four princes, and at the behest of His Majesty, the four princes all replied with a letter of invitation, saying that they would never give up their lives for the sake of Daning and that they would not return until they had done a good job in the cause of suppressing bandits.

Although the emperor was very ill, he listened to the prince's bitterness on the sickbed, and he also knew in his heart that he could not keep Xiang's family, and if the country was to be handed over to the prince, Xiang's family would definitely not be able to stay, so he issued an edict.

As we waited for the time for the class teacher to return to the court, no one knew when and when Xiang would arrive, and the tense atmosphere was about to erupt.

The courtyard of the Shen Mansion has also been strengthened in advance, and everything has been arranged.

Lin Piao felt this nervousness, but for ordinary people, the days were still passing, and they still ate and drank every day.

Until the frost fell, the weather was completely cold, and Lin Piao slept in the house at night, and suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, feeling that he could not sleep well, and got up and put a piece of clothing on his body.

"Why do you feel a little noisy?"

Qiu Yu was keeping vigil on the couch and woke up when she heard him talking: "Madam, no, I didn't hear it." ”

As she spoke, she listened carefully: "It seems that there are some, but I can't hear anything, it looks like there are a lot of people, maybe someone nearby has been robbed and is being hunted down." ”

Lin Piao always had a string in his heart because he knew that something was going to happen recently, and he shook his head when he heard this.

"Ma'am?" Qiu Yu looked at him puzzled.

Lin Piao couldn't say anything conclusively, so he could only say, "Let's go out and have a look." ”

The two of them put on their clothes and walked into the courtyard, and felt that the sound was a little clearer, and there was indeed a faint sound, as if there were many people.

There was a knock on the door outside, and it suddenly sounded in the night, and the two of them looked at the dark door, and they were a little afraid to go up for a while, but Lin Piao took a deep breath and stepped forward, and Qiu Yu hurriedly stepped forward when he saw this, how to let Lin Piao open the door by himself.

Walking quickly to the door, Qiu Yu asked, "Who?" It is rude to knock at the door at night. ”

"I am the attendant beside the prince, and the army of the Xiang family has entered the city late at night, and the prince has asked us to pick up Lord Shen and his wife to the prince's mansion to avoid being harassed."

Lin Piao was surprised for a moment, and felt that it was very reasonable: "Rebelled against the family? ”

"Yes, Xiang Jia's great rebellion, now that the flag on the side of the Qing monarch has been erected, Lord Shen is packing up his things in the study, and the important things cannot be left in the hands of others, and he has also sent others to tell the other people in the house, Madame quickly pack up her things, so that she can leave with us."

"You went to see Lord Shen first? He packed up your things and called you over? ”

"Yes."

"Is there a token?" Lin Piao asked cautiously through the door.

"What token? Lord Shen hurriedly went to the study and didn't say anything, otherwise Mrs. will go with me first, and it will not be too late to talk slowly when I meet the adults, there is no time to delay, Mrs. Don't delay time! ”

Lin Piao took a step back, in Shen Hong's heart, he was much more important than those letters, so he wouldn't ignore him for those things.

A great fear rose in Lin Piao's heart, he didn't know how Shen Hong was doing now, and he didn't know what was going on outside, but just like that, the danger was tightly wrapped up.

With so many guards in the house, why didn't anyone notice that something was wrong?

Lin Piao pulled Qiu Yu back again and again, and raised his index finger in front of his mouth in Qiu Yu's puzzled expression, Qiu Yu didn't dare to make a sound, and followed him back.

Lin Piao didn't dare to go back to the room, if the other party broke in, he would definitely go to his room to check.

Lin Piao pointed to Juan'er and Xiaoyue's room, and said softly, "You go over and wake them up." ”

Qiu Yu was already in a cold sweat on his head, although he didn't know why Madame reacted this way, but Madame must have made sense to do so, so she looked at Lin Piao worriedly: "What about Madame?" ”

Lin Piao pointed to the small kitchen beside him.

He hid in the kitchen first, and grabbed a kitchen knife first.

Lin Piao lightly hid in the small kitchen, fumbled around the place where the kitchen utensils were placed, grabbed a knife handle and pulled it out, and then the cat was by the kitchen window.

On the other hand, Qiuyu had already woken up Juan'er and Xiaoyue, and the three of them carefully shrank on the bed, and Juan'er touched the scissors that she was doing needlework with, and Xiaoyue was afraid that Juan'er would not dare to use them, so she took them and asked them both to hide a little behind them, and if they really rushed in, they went up with scissors.

The autumn moon was as cool as water, and the moonlight fell on the courtyard, Lin Piao watched carefully, and sure enough, in the darkness, he saw a figure falling from the wall, just like a cat, he seemed to look left and right, and then walked quickly towards the master bedroom in the courtyard, and he walked in quickly.

Lin Piao's heart was beating very fast at this moment, and he was entangled for a moment, whether he should continue to hide here or run out.

He wasn't sure what was going on outside, what if he ran out and was a sheep in the tiger's mouth?

However, if the situation outside is no longer good, and if you don't run out, you won't be able to wait for the rescuers, but if you run out, you can still prevent such a situation of catching turtles in the urn.

It would be nice if she hid with Juan'er Xiaoyue, so that there would be no noise, and everyone could run out together.

But there is only one person on the other side, who is coming at him, if he runs out and the other party comes to chase him, Juan'er and Xiaoyue will definitely not be in danger.

Lin Piao's mind turned countless thoughts and thoughts in an instant, and then he ran out with ease and agility, and the moment he opened the door, Lin Piao used all his strength to feed, and ran wildly in the direction of Shen Hong's courtyard while shouting: "Help! Help me! ”

After a few seconds, or maybe a long time, Lin Piao felt that the time had become very long in an instant, and he ran as fast as he could, running out of the yard in one fell swoop, and then fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Lin Piao's head went blank for a moment, his face and palms fell to the ground with a hot pain, the kitchen knife in his hand fell out, and he immediately felt a heart-piercing pain coming from his calf.

It hurts......

It may be a hidden weapon.

Lin Piao gritted his teeth and got up and pounced forward, picked up the kitchen knife, and when he turned around, he saw that the black shadow like a cat was rushing up quickly, and it was already in front of him.

Lin Piao's aim was very accurate, but the other party dodged.

Lin Piao made a wish, hoping that he would be verbose for a while and say a speech that harmed him.

So the man rushed up and grabbed him by the wrist, lifted him up, stuffed something into his mouth and gagged him, grabbed him by the shoulder with the other hand, and put him on the shoulder like a bag of cement, and ran out quickly.

Lin Piao remembered the acupuncture points taught to him by Erzhu's master, lay on his back and carefully accumulated, carefully found a good angle with his elbow, and struck hard.

The man in black was beaten by him and snorted, and as soon as his hand was relieved, Lin Piao rolled off his shoulder and fell on the gravel road.

Lin Piao fell so hard that he couldn't scream, and it turned out that Juan'er and Xiaoyue were shouting in the distance.

"Save my sister-in-law! The little sister-in-law was taken away! Their voices were getting closer and closer, and the man in black followed him out of the yard from Lin Piao, and they knew that the little sister-in-law would definitely not be able to escape, so they also rushed out, and when they saw that the little sister-in-law was taken away, they chased after her and called someone to follow.

Lin Piao's eyes darkened, and then he felt a great pain on his face, and his back collar was grabbed and he had to be carried on his shoulders again.

Lin Piao was stunned by his punch, and his body fell to the ground weightlessly, and Lin Piao's eyes were spinning, and his brain was buzzing, and then he raised his head, and the vague scene of the ghost in front of him became clear.

Hit the arrow.

The man in black was hit by several swords, most of them in his shoulders and arms, and several arrows were connected to him, and the crossbows almost shot him into a hedgehog with both hands.

Then Lin Piao felt that he had been dragged down, and thought about coming back?

When he looked back, he saw that it was Wu Chi, who was hurrying to his side to take him away from here and widen the distance between him and the man in black.

Wu Chi took him a few meters back, and an attendant came up to support him, and then Lin Piao fell into an embrace.

Smelling the familiar smell, Lin Piao almost cried, and pointed at his mouth with his wounded and burning fingers.

Seeing this, Shen Hong asked the attendants to avoid their gaze, pinched his jaw, probed his knuckles in, and took out the hemp core.

After taking out that thing, Lin Piao felt that his whole mouth was numb, and he couldn't say anything when he tried to speak, he could only make vague syllables, and he felt that his tongue was a little non-stop.

Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong with some horror.

Shen Hong clenched his fists: "Piao'er, it will be fine in a while." After speaking, he looked at Wu Chi: "Take him down and torture him clearly." ”

Shen Hong picked up Lin Piao horizontally, asked Qiu Yu to appease Juan'er and Xiaoyue, turned around and took Lin Piao to his yard.