The breeze blew into the window, and the incense overflowing from the furnace had the smell of green bamboo, making it difficult to tell for a while whether the incense dye the bamboo, or the bamboo incense diluted the incense.

Just like the so-called private affairs, nine times out of ten they are also inseparable from the official affairs discussed by the appropriate talents.

Breaking the fog raised his eyes, and through the thin white smoke that had been regathered, he looked at the white-clothed young man who was smiling with his eyelashes down.

The teenager's mind went back to three months ago.

Three months ago, after the eldest son used a strategy to help the Weixing county guard repel the Hu people, he was ambushed by dozens of masked thieves at the junction of Weixing and Shangyong counties. Forty people were able to compete with the elite of the two hundred Yan clans, and it was obvious that they were not ordinary bandits.

The purpose is not simply to make money.

The young assassin in the lead was very good, and he overpassed the guards and assassinated the eldest son at close range.

But somehow, he lost his mind at the last moment, the blade was stabbed, and the eldest son practiced riding and archery since he was a child, and his physical strength was still enough to stalemate with the assassin for a few moments, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

The eldest prince was wounded, and the group of Assassins was not to be underestimated, so they changed their itinerary and went to the nearest city to recuperate from their wounds, and asked the lord of the city to help hunt down the remaining Assassins who had escaped.

When he was temporarily living in the city lord's mansion, one day, a beautiful woman accidentally broke into the garden when the eldest son was talking with the city lord of Licheng.

The girl was somewhat similar to an old man who had been in contact with the eldest son several times, and the eldest son couldn't help but take a few more looks.

And the city lord of Licheng has always been lustful, seeing that the eldest son "stared at the girl's eyes are not innocent", he took his own life, thinking that this was a thought, in order to have a relationship with Yan's Pan, the city lord of Licheng privately planned to recognize this woman as a righteous daughter and dedicate it to Lang Jun.

It just so happened that their men had found the young Assassin in the lead, and they had gone through the night to hunt for him, but they were missed.

Coincidentally, the next day, the girl's father hurriedly returned to the city lord and called his daughter a thief and taken away, and the man's body shape and skills were somewhat similar to the young assassin that the Yan clan wanted to capture!

When everyone learned about it, they called someone to ask the girl's father.

Unexpectedly, the people were lost, and the house was burned, leaving only the ruins, but no corpses to be found.

Later, they found out that the girl's father was a Langzhong under the command of the lord of Licheng, who lost his wife at an early age and had a daughter, who had been raised in his hometown, and was only received in Licheng a few months ago due to the war.

In this way, the identity of the girl does not seem to be abnormal.

However, because her appearance is so similar to that of the eldest son, she is also involved with the assassins.

His father disappeared at this juncture.

In this series of coincidences, the key is hidden.

So the eldest son painted a portrait of the girl, and sent people to look for her in the vicinity, but there was no news.

Until today......

Breaking the fog retracted his thoughts and continued: "There is a small official who said that his family met a young couple in the mountains, the woman was young and beautiful, and her husband was a young swordsman, and the two came to Zhuxi exactly a month and a half ago, and the half month required for the journey coincided with the time when the daughter of Na Langzhong was taken captive. ”

"Couple's ......"

Yan Shuheng smiled slightly.

He asked, "I remember Lang Zhong saying that his daughter was taken captive by the Assassins, so why did she become someone else's wife?" ”

"Xu is a thief who coerces and seduces."

"Could it be that he was not taken captive, but eloped with someone!"

Two voices sounded at the same time, one silent, the other jumping, breaking through the fog and piercing the clouds.

Yan Shuheng looked at Chuanyun gently, and said with a smile: "If it is really as Chuanyun said, then the girl's elopement is only envious of true love, not admiring the powerful, but not losing righteousness." ”

Chuanyun knew that he was speechless, didn't he say this to imply that the girl eloped because he looked down on Lang Jun? Busy making up for it: "I'm joking, Lang Jun was born in one of the best families in the Great Zhou, he was already famous in Luoyang when he was young, and a few months ago he used a few wins to repel the thieves and become famous in a battle!" Now that she is going to be promoted to Zhongshu Ling, the lady of your family who is in love with you is like a carp crossing the river, and that girl must be no exception, if she falls in love with others, it must be because she is blind! ”

Yan Shuheng patiently listened to this easy flattery, only smiled faintly, and ordered to break the fog: "First send a few people to pretend to be homeless people to explore the surrounding ambushes, but don't startle the snakes." ”

Break through the fog and take the order.

As soon as the front foot left, the back foot of the cloud complained: "Lang Jun, that ice stack seems to be secretly smiling when he goes out!" ”

Yan Shuheng said softly: "Well, I saw it. Not only that, but I also saw you laugh when I saw the clouds. ”

Piercing the clouds and stealing chickens does not make rice, and bumps into the gentle but warning eyes of the young man.

The young man was stunned, and hurriedly ran out of the house with the rabbit: "Lang Jun is wrong!" I, I'm going to bathe the rabbit! ”

Yan Shuheng just smiled.

The breeze entered the window, the candle flame swayed, and the light that was clearly extinguished reflected the unpredictable expression of the young man.

He stared at the white moth flying around the candlestick, for a long time, smiled gently, took a knife fan, and gently fanned the moth away from the candlestick, but the white moth was stubborn and insisted on flying to the lamp.

Yan Shuheng smiled helplessly, lowered his head and blew out the candle.

The room was suddenly dark, and only the figure of the young man who looked like a jade tree in the wind was vaguely seen.

The wind is getting stronger, and the sound of bamboo leaves is like a torrential rain, blending with the sound of rain that sounded at some point, and the wind is carrying the rain, until it blows to the mountain courtyard dozens of miles away.

Auntie lay on the couch, listening to the night rain of a thousand mountains, and her mind drifted back to the night in Licheng two months ago.

That night, she squatted barefoot in the woodpile under the window, the rain was not heavy, but because the house was dilapidated, the walls were so thin that she could not block the sound, enough for her to listen to the conversation between a man and a woman in the house.

Since then, the peaceful life has been completely shattered.

As early as that day, she went to the city lord's mansion to deliver herbs to her father, but because she took the wrong road, she accidentally broke into a garden and ran into the city lord and a young man who were talking.

The young Langjun had a gentle and handsome face, and judging by his clothes and demeanor, he was a child of a family, and Ah Ji immediately guessed that it was the eldest son of the Yan family who was recuperating in the city lord's mansion in his father's mouth.

Inadvertently met their eyes, and the young Langjun actually smiled warmly and bowed slightly at her.

The gentle smile is very intriguing.

When the corporal is separated from each other, it is not a good thing for her to be looked at by the children of the family so meaningfully.

What's more, there is also a city lord who is known for his lust.

Thinking about the multiple reputations of the Shi clan, Ah Ji probably wouldn't embarrass her in public, so she pretended to panic and took the opportunity to flee.

At dusk that day, his father Zheng Wu returned home for the first time, saying that the city lord's wife had seen her at first sight and wanted to recognize her as a righteous daughter.

Auntie had a bad instinct and was silent.

Zheng Wu patiently explained that the identity of a righteous woman can be used as a talisman - with the relationship of the city lord's mansion, they can find a good family for her to marry as soon as possible, otherwise with her appearance, if her husband's family is weak in the future, I am afraid that she will also be coveted by the wicked.

Before that, Grandma had almost been targeted by the gentlemen because of her appearance, so her father made a plaster that could disguise the birthmark with herbs, and asked her to apply it on her forehead when she went out.

Daddy and his good friend Yun Niang are Grandma's only relatives, they have always treated her very well, and they have also blocked the bullying of the powerful children for her several times, so she trusts them very much.

And because he thought that maybe his father could be reused because of the relationship between the city lord's mansion, he agreed.

But her intuition made her uneasy.

That night, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, Yun Niang suddenly came in the middle of the night, and mentioned Auntie's name to Zheng Wu. Auntie paid more attention and hid under their windows to eavesdrop, so that she knew their true colors.

It turns out that the so-called daddy is not her relative, but a stranger who picked her up!

He always thought that she was a strange thing to live in, and at first he wanted to choose a good opportunity to sacrifice her to the city lord, but when the eldest son of the Yan clan passed through this place to recuperate, he changed his mind and planned to let her be seen by the family Langjun and the city lord at the same time, so that nothing could go wrong.

Coincidentally, the plaster for applying the face ran out that day, and Yun Niang hurriedly came, saying that Daddy was in urgent need of the flavor medicine and asked Grandma to send it. The medicine was specially made by Zheng Wu, the city lord's mansion did not have it, Ah Ji couldn't bear her father to be blamed by the city lord, and thought that she was just going to send a medicine, as long as her father covered it up for her, she shouldn't have met someone who shouldn't have been touched, but she was so careful that she still bumped into a powerful person.

That family gentleman has never known her all his life.

Just looking at it from afar, without even saying a word, the lustful city lord treated others with himself, thinking that he had moved his mind.

Ah Ji guessed that the city lord's wife recognized her as a righteous daughter most likely because she was favored by Zheng Wu, firstly, to confuse her, and secondly, to make the city lord's mansion and the Yan family more involved, so as to make Zheng Wu profitable, after all, sending a beauty is nothing, and sending a righteous daughter is very different.

If she agreed, she would probably be sent to the couch of the eldest son of the Yan clan in a few days.

Previously, Zheng Wu had praised the eldest son of the Yan family in front of her many times for being as gentle as jade and a famous man.

However, that night, she heard Zheng Wu and Yun Niang say with her own ears - that Yan Shuheng was just a hypocrite, he was in a high position at a young age, relying on the family's shadow and ruthlessness.

But whether he is a true gentleman or a hypocrite, it has nothing to do with Grandma. She is not stupid, the powerful often cherish feathers, how can she be faint and easily confused by beauty □□?

Zheng Wu obviously expected this.

He said that Yan Shuheng might not like it, but the anxious city lord would definitely not let go of the fat in his mouth.

After all, they can give her to the powerful in exchange for benefits.

Who is the lord of Keli City? Extravagant, lustful and violent, it is said that the city lord's mansion will include a few concubines every month, and each has its own merits, but for several years, there have only been twenty concubines in his mansion, and most of those concubines who disappeared were given away because they lost their favor, or were abused to death.

"Boom—"

As soon as there was a loud noise, Ah Ji sat up, and after pulling out the dagger without thinking, he reacted to the sound of thunder.

She breathed a sigh of relief and clenched her dagger, pulling her thoughts back from the terrible memory.

I'm nervous right now, but it's different.

Even if she hit the south wall elsewhere, it was her own collision, her life and life are her own, she would rather be destroyed in her own hands than let others rely on her trust and give her as a plaything to a violent and lustful bad old man!

The rain suddenly became heavier, and the sound of wind and rain came from all directions, clearly like a ghost crying wolf, but it made people feel more reassured, as if all danger was kept out.

Before Jiang Hui left, he said that if there was news this time, he would take Grandma back to his hometown in a few days, so that she could live in peace.

Auntie asked him where his hometown was, but Jiang Hui hesitated, and only said that it was a long story, and he would talk to her in detail when he returned.

It was a great temptation for Auntie to live in peace, and she secretly prayed that he would be able to do it this time.

Thinking so, Auntie took advantage of this ethereal hope to temporarily stabilize her mind, she put the knife in her sheath, lay down and listened to the rain all night, and fell asleep in the early hours of the morning with the dagger in her hand.

Later, for three days, Jiang Hui still did not return.

Although he said that he needed to leave for a few days, Auntie was still unavoidably nervous, and had to pretend to be calm in order to stabilize Aunt Li.

At noon, Aunt Li went to the bottom of the mountain to collect firewood, and when she came back, she said that some neighbors saw a few homeless people coming sporadically outside the mountain.

The woman patted her heart and said fearfully, "I heard that those homeless people only picked some fruit, but they didn't take food or hurt anyone.

"I also heard from the neighbors that the group of outcasts said that the eldest son of Yan caught the assassin's henchmen!"

Auntie stood up suddenly.

"What, the assassin was caught?"