"It's kind of interesting. Yuan Xi pointed in the direction of the flower hall: "Then go to the flower hall and say okay." ”

Mother Zhong served Lan Chengjie a cup of hot tea, it was Qi Hong back then, Lan Chengjie held the fragrant teacup, and his heart was full of emotion. In the past, what kind of good tea had he not drunk in Lan Mansion? He never took it seriously. Now that my family is in the middle of the road, I haven't drunk serious things for five or six days, and when I drink it again, I feel sad for a while.

Lan Chengjie held the teacup and drank it slowly.

"Lord Lan, can you talk about it now?" Yuan Xi waited quietly until Lan Chengjie finished drinking a cup of hot tea before asking.

Lan Chengjie touched his warm belly and looked at Mother Zhong: "This ......"

"Mother Zhong doesn't need to avoid it, just say what you have to say. ”

Lan Chengjie nodded and said in a low voice: "I know that you have been looking for Li Er's pair of bronzes, and I also know that the emperor wants to convict him." The emperor hates corrupt officials, and he is afraid of corrupt officials, so no matter how much silver you find, it is useless. Of course, I don't think you'll find it. ”

Mother Zhong frowned, she didn't plan to say what kind of deal to talk about, and was about to scold him a few words, but was stopped by Yuan Xi.

"Since Lord Lan doesn't plan to use this as a capital, then I'm a little curious, what else can you talk to me about?" Yuan Xi twisted the Bodhi Zi and smiled faintly: "Lord Lan, I think you should know that not everything can make me tempted." ”

"Naturally. Lan Chengjie took the tea that Zhong's mother had newly served him, walked up to Yuan Xi, dipped his fingers in some water, and wrote the words "40 million taels" on the table one by one.

Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows slightly, and turned his head to look at Mother Zhong. Lan Chengjie wiped off the water stains with a casual stroke.

"How about it, Crown Princess, I know that your Wei family is rich and rivals the country, but this number is by no means a decimal number, you should be able to see my sincerity. ”

Forty million taels, which is simply more than half of the annual tax revenue of the Great Chu Imperial Court.

Yuan Xi couldn't help but gasp: "Where?"

Lan Chengjie showed a sly smile: "I haven't said what I want you to do yet." ”

Yuan Xi nodded: "Speak." ”

Lan Chengjie paused: "Lan Yu is a poor child, I know that she and your eldest brother are in love, but I blame me for being bent on stammering with the prince and harming Lan Yu." I want you to marry Lanyu to your eldest brother as the crown princess. Whether it's a wife or a concubine, as long as your eldest brother can treat Lan Yu well......"

Won-hee's expression stiffened a little. How is this possible? The emperor is about to marry Princess Chenxiang to Cheng Yong, how can the emperor allow Cheng Yong to take Lanyu as a concubine? Even if the emperor nods, Rong Zhan will not be able to agree. Chen Xiang is Rong Zhan's most beloved sister, it is not easy for her to marry Cheng Yong, how can she send another Lanyu to destroy their relationship between husband and wife?

Yuan Xi looked at him indifferently and shook his head.

Lan Chengjie was a little disappointed.

"Then you choose someone for me who can take care of Lanyu sincerely. When they get married, these silvers, you and Lan Yu are nineteen, you are nine, she is one, this is all right?"

This is easy, Yuan Xi said slowly: "Deal." ”

Lan Chengjie closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, took the teacup, and wrote a line of words on the table, "The old number of the Lan family in Changning Town, Yongzhou Xinxiang." He finished writing and knocked on the table: "Here it is, this is my hometown, you can send someone, there is a dry well in the backyard, it is filled with stones, you ask someone to dig it up, and you will find a wax-sealed jar, and in it is a silver ticket wrapped in oiled paper." ”

Yuan Xi stood up and smiled: "Lord Lan, speaking of which, I still have to call you godfather, the Wei family and the Lan family have come to this point, and no one really wants to see it." ”

Lan Chengjie tugged at the corners of his mouth, he is really a businessman who is very profitable, and with money, he can think of any family affection. No wonder people say: Rich people play knives, guns, sticks and sticks in the deep mountains and old forests, and there is no doubt that relatives and friends cannot be separated. But after all, Lan Chengjie was asking others to do things, and his attitude was still more humble, so he nodded; "Yes, Lan Yu can get the help of the crown princess, which is a blessing that she cultivated in her previous life." ”

It was dark, and there were a few barking dogs in the backyard.

"Lord Lan, it's time for you to go. Yuan Xi turned his back, Lan Chengjie was invited out of the flower hall by Mother Zhong, Liu Tianbao concocted it in the same way, how to bring it back, how to send it back, but this time he dug a hole in the box, and suffocated Lan Chengjie to death.

Mother Zhong cleaned up the leftover tea on the table, wiped the table dry with a rag, and asked, "Niangniang, don't we really have to report this matter to the emperor?"

Yuan Xi smiled disappreciatively, I am afraid that the matter of seeing Lan Chengjie today has already reached the ears of the emperor. Naturally, this so-called transaction is just a clear purchase and sale under the emperor's nose. No matter how much silver he gave, he couldn't keep anything for himself.

Of course, it is necessary to report it, but not at this moment. What Lan Chengjie said was that even if he found more silver, it would be of little use, and if he wanted to cure him for his capital crime, he had to find out the pair of bronzes.

Standing in front of the Lanyu door, you can hear the faint sobs in the room.

Yuan Xi stood beside her bed, Lan Yu bit her lip and held back her tears: "Sister Xi." ”

"He's gone. Yuan Xi said lightly.

Lan Yu turned his head: "Just leave, I don't want to see him again in my life." ”

"If he leaves this time, maybe you really won't see him for the rest of your life. Yuan Xi said.

Lan Yu was stunned: "The emperor wants to kill him?"

Yuan Xi sat on the edge of Lan Yu's bed, wiped the tears on her face with a handkerchief, and nodded.

Lan Yu lowered her eyes and said coldly: "I know that people outside are rumoring that Li Er was killed by him." I asked him many times, but he never acknowledged. Until that day, the day he forced me to marry Xiao Rongcheng, I talked about it again, but he didn't refute it. ”

Won-hee was silent, she actually knew about it.

"Your father wants you to marry my eldest brother. ”

Lan Yu resolutely closed her eyes: "Impossible, I will never marry Cheng Yong." ”

Yuan Xi didn't speak, why she refused to marry Cheng Yong, this is not difficult to understand. She thinks that she is not worthy of Chengyong, and she dislikes that she is a paralyzed person with a broken body.

"When does the emperor plan to behead him?" Lan Yu said in a faint voice, as if it was not her father who was killed at all, and it had nothing to do with her.

"It's not settled yet. ”

Lan Yu breathed a heavy sigh of relief and closed her eyes: "I know you've been looking for that pair of bronzes. ”

Yuan Xi was startled and looked at Lan Yu.

Lan Yu said word by word: "Xiao Rongcheng said before he put me in the sack that he was afraid that you would find the bronze and that he would be affected by my father. Sister Xi, do you know how ruthless Xiao Rongcheng is? He told my father that he likes me and is willing to take care of me. When I arrived at his house, he blindly insulted me and ravaged me, sister, he didn't treat me as a human being at all! When something happened to my father, he was in a hurry to kill me!"

Yuan Xi froze: "What do you want my sister to do?"

"Kill him!" Lan Yu had tears in her eyes: "Sister, I hate it so much! If it weren't for him, how could I be like this!"

Yuan Xi pursed his lips and held Lan Yu's hand: "Sister promised you that she would not let go of that brute." ”

Lan Yu choked her throat and swallowed her tears: "Sister, you call someone to my father's room, find a Bodhisattva statue, start from the Bodhisattva statue and measure three feet to the west, dig down, and you can dig two large wooden boxes." What you're looking for is in that wooden box. Once upon a time, there was a mechanism there, and I once opened it by accident. Later, my dad was afraid that I would take a peek again, so he removed the mechanism, but the thing was still there. ”

Yuan Xi looked at her in surprise, thinking that she needed to take her words from shallow to deep, but she didn't expect her to say it so easily. Yuan Xi was slightly self-conscious: "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Lan Yu nodded calmly: "Sister, you go dig it." ”

Yuan Xi pursed his lips: "There is one thing, I'm afraid you don't know yet." The emperor is waiting for us to find this pair of bronzes and convict your father. ”

Lan Yu shook her head: "I know, Xiao Rongcheng said it." ”

Won-hee's eyes widened, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Lan Yu resolutely smiled bitterly: "Sister, you go dig it." ”

Her urging made Wonxi a little dazed. Won-hee looked at her and always felt that the smile on her face was a little sad. It's as if Won-hee turns around and goes out, and she will bite her tongue and kill herself the next moment.

Yuan Xi hesitated for a while: "Lan Yu, you heard clearly, if I dig out that pair of bronzes, your father will definitely die." ”

Lan Yu closed her eyes: "Sister, Li Er's family was killed by my father, and it is only natural for people to kill people, you go and dig it." It's all my father's sin, and it should be paid back by our Lan family. Besides, if you can't find it, the old school will have a chance to stick a knife in you. ”

Yuan Xi turned around and went out, and Liu Tianbao had already returned.

"Bring a shovel and call a few people to Lan Mansion. ”

Liu Tianbao was stunned for a moment, what are you doing in Lanfu this big night? But the master spoke, so he hurriedly ordered a few people to follow out. There is a seal on the gate of Lanfu, a bronze lock is hung, and two soldiers from Dali Temple outside the door are one left and one right, and the door is like a god guarding Lanfu.

Seeing Liu Tianbao coming, the two people hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed: "Say hello to Liu Ye." ”

Liu Tianbao scolded: "I whip you a blind minion, and the Donglin Sect Master doesn't recognize it?"

The two of them hurriedly kowtowed to Yuan Xi: "The villain has never seen the sect master, please don't be surprised." ”

Yuan Xi raised his hand: "It's okay, go and open the door." ”

Both of them were stunned, the Lan family had already been raided, what were they doing when they opened the door? But Liu Tianbao was one of the commanders in charge of the raid on the Lan family, and the two soldiers did not hesitate any longer, opened the big chain on the door, tore off the seal, and asked, "What is Master Liu going to do?" Do you want to find a few brothers to help?"

Yuan Xi nodded: "It's just right, ask a few people to come with me with torches." ”

Sure enough, Lan Yu remembered it well.

Although the statue of Guanyin has been packed and taken away, a wooden box has been dug up three feet near the shrine. Liu Tianbao sighed, looking at a rotating lotus flower on the shrine, and wondered for a while. Before, he thought there was a mechanism here, and he didn't find it after twisting it for a long time, and at that time he thought he was thinking too much, who knew that the pair of bronzes were really buried here!

A few men cautiously lifted the wooden box out, pried open the planks on it, revealing strips of linen and weeds stuffed inside. Liu Tianbao picked up a few times in the weeds and touched a hard thing.

"That's it!" Liu Tianbao said happily: "Quick, get the torch closer!"

The torches came up and illuminated a pair of bronze pagodas, on which the dragon carved the phoenix, exquisite. Looking at the delicate shape, Yuan Xi couldn't help but gasp: "The bronze floating slaughter of the Tang Dynasty?!"