Chapter 135: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
In the afternoon of the same day, the news of the Donghai Tea House reached Luo Tianjin's ears.
But in order to avoid the suspicion of outsiders, Luo Tianjin has been pretending to entertain guests from all over the world as if nothing happened, until dusk, he found an excuse to withdraw from the banquet, and secretly summoned Ling Xiaoxiao, Xie Xuan, Deng Changchuan, Su Tang, and Luo Qi to the study to discuss matters.
In the study, Luo Tianjin's calm gaze looked back and forth at the others, and said in a condensed voice: "You must have heard about the Donghai Teahouse, what should you do now?
Ling Xiaoxiao said softly: "Brother Jin, you have been avoiding the people in the General's Mansion for the past few days, just to deliberately avoid Wang Xutong, so as not to ask him about marriage. Today's incident at the Donghai Teahouse is clearly that Wang Xutong deliberately set up a bureau to lure you to show up. If you go to the General's Mansion in person, Wang Xutong will definitely take the opportunity to urge the marriage, and then how will you answer? You have already put it off again and again, and you can't find any more excuses to shirk this time, right?"
Luo Tianjin nodded meaningfully in response: "What Madame said is extremely true. If I go tonight, Wang Xutong will inevitably ask about the marriage, and if I agree to him at that time, it will hurt Yu'er's life. If I don't agree, I'm afraid that Wang Xutong won't let me out of the general's mansion easily. ”
"Or else...... I will arrange for the next three disciples in advance to go to the vicinity of the General's Mansion to wait?" Deng Changchuan asked tentatively, but before the words fell, Ling Xiaoxiao immediately replied with a complaining look, which provoked Deng Changchuan couldn't help but be stunned.
Ling Xiaoxiao said, "If we really want to tear our faces with the General's Mansion, why should Brother Jin hesitate so much, why do we have to wait until today?"
"I don't know what Madame means......"
Ling Xiaoxiao sighed lightly and said, "I know that the disciples of the Xianwang Mansion should be treated equally, and no matter who is in trouble, they should do their best to save them. But now...... It is related to the happiness of my daughter's life and the stability of King Xian's mansion, so I have to be cautious and repeated. So I mean...... Brother Jin can't go on an adventure. ”
"Hiss!" As soon as these words came out, everyone took a cool breath, but no one directly refuted it.
Luo Qi hesitated: "Madame means ...... Give up Liu Xunyi, how many of them, let them have their own destiny?"
"Everything should be based on the overall situation, what's wrong?" Ling Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and asked rhetorically.
Luo Qi smiled bitterly: "Focusing on the overall situation, there is indeed nothing wrong with it. Merely...... Liu Xunyi, Zhang Fu, Wang Shou, Li Kang, Zhao Ning, they came forward to do things for the Xianwang Mansion, and now they have been arrested by the people of the General's Mansion...... It's unseemly. ”
Su Tang nodded and said, "Yes, if the Xianwang Mansion can't keep them, it will inevitably chill the hearts of the other disciples." ”
"I'm going to ask you about this!" Xie Xuan's face suddenly sank, and he said angrily, "Why did a few of them appear in the Donghai Teahouse?" The mansion master once specially explained that all errands in the mansion were not allowed to be handed over to Liu Xunyi. How dare you disobey orders? And without informing the lord of the house, you sent him out without authorization, it's a bastard!"
Hearing this, Su Tang and Luo Qi's faces changed at the same time, and they quickly knelt on the ground and apologized to Luo Tianjin: "We are in charge of the decision without permission, please punish the lord of the mansion!"
"Get up!" Luo Tianjin waved his hand absentmindedly, with a gloomy aura shrouded in his eyebrows, and said lightly, "It's happened, it's useless to say more." The priority is to find a way to solve it. ”
"Mansion Master. Xie Xuan arched his hand and said, "I agree with Madame's proposal, Liu Xunyi is certainly doing things for the house, but they must not lose a big one because of a small one." According to the rules of the house, all the disciples of the Xianwang Mansion must sacrifice the small and seek the big when their actions are contrary to the overall situation, and they must sacrifice their lives to take righteousness. ”
"This is just the rule of the next three disciples......"
"It should also be the rule of all the disciples of the Xianwang Mansion. Without waiting for Deng Changchuan to open his mouth to remind, Xie Xuan had already said categorically, "As far as the current situation is concerned, compared to the lifelong happiness of the young lady and the safety of the Xianwang Mansion, the life and death of Liu Xunyi and the others are undoubtedly trivial. Since they were disciples of the Xianwang Mansion, they should have expected this day. should have been prepared a long time ago, and at any time to pay for the Xianwang Mansion, even ...... own life. ”
Luo Qi said: "But the shopkeeper of the teahouse said that Liu Xunyi could have fought his way out and escaped, but he was willing to be captured in order to save the four people of 'Fushou Kangning'. Such affectionate and righteous young people are extremely rare in today's rivers and lakes, is the lord of the mansion really willing to give up this piece of manufacturable material?"
Luo Qi's words made Luo Tianjin's eyes flash with a hint of hesitation. As if talking to himself, he said quietly: "Who doesn't love the jade of Jingshan?"
"Luo Qi, how can you be sure that he is a manufacturable material?" Xie Xuan said in a deep voice, "How much do you know about Liu Xunyi's details?" Maybe he is not the jade of Jingshan, but the nail in the eye of the Xianwang Mansion, the thorn in the flesh!"
Luo Qi and Su Tang were stunned at the same time, and Luo Qi hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by this? Could it be that Liu Xunyi is not a disciple of our Xianwang Mansion?"
"He only chatted for a few months when he entered the Xian Palace, how do you know if he is truly obedient?" Xie Xuan said in a deep voice. After saying that, he turned to look at Luo Tianjin, and said with a straight face: "Has the mansion master forgotten the matter of 'shocking the wind and rain'? He dared to deceive the mansion master with a fake, which shows that this son has bad intentions. Why not take this opportunity and borrow the hands of the Mongols...... Get rid of this hidden danger!"
"This ......" Su Tang and Luo Qi became more and more confused when they listened, but at the same time, they also guessed that there must be something hidden in it that they didn't know about, so they didn't insist on interceding for Liu Xunyi.
"Liu Xunyi deceived me with a fake picture, which really made me very angry. Luo Tianjin nodded, and then he changed his words and said, "However, the trip to the Western Regions is treacherous and changeable, and Liu Xunyi is very likely to be kept in the dark." I can't just guess it and send it to a place of no return. As for his bottom line...... We still have to wait for Jiang Yiwei to come back from Jiangling to know. Before that, no one could make a conclusion about whether Liu Xunyi was a human or a ghost. ”
Ling Xiaoxiao frowned, and asked meaningfully: "Listening to the meaning of Brother Jin's words, it seems that you don't want to give up Liu Xunyi?"
"He did a good job in Yingchuan, not to mention that Pan Baye still ......" Luo Tianjin said half of his words, but it stopped abruptly, and then under the curious eyes of everyone, he smiled slightly and prevaricated, "I also cherish my talents." ”
"Brother Jin only thinks about Liu Xunyi, doesn't he have our daughter in his heart, and he doesn't have the Xianwang Mansion?" Ling Xiaoxiao complained dissatisfiedly, "If you go to the General's Mansion to save people, how will you deal with Wang Xutong's forced marriage?"
"This ......" was Ling Xiaoxiao like this, and Luo Tianjin was suddenly speechless.
Deng Changchuan sighed, suddenly his eyes flashed, and he hurriedly said, "Does Lin Fang know about this?"
"I don't know. Su Tang replied, "Now he is picking up guests from all walks of life outside the city, and he shouldn't be back in three or five days." ”
Deng Changchuan nodded and said, "It's okay if you don't know." Lin Fangda and Liu Xunyi are sworn brothers, and 'Fushou Kangning' is a confidant he has cultivated single-handedly, if he knows about this, I don't know what foolish things this fiery temper will do. ”
"Miss...... Miss, you can't go in...... The lord of the house had important matters to discuss, and ordered that no one should disturb them...... Hey, Miss......"
"Get out of here, don't get out of the way, beware of my ruthlessness!"
Suddenly, there was a messy and noisy noise outside the study. Then I heard several subordinates begging in an embarrassed tone, but Luo Ningyu acted willfully without any scruples and rushed straight towards the study.
"Miss...... Little ......"
"Bang!"
Before the words fell, the door had been vigorously pushed open. Luo Ningyu, who was full of urgency, rushed into the study first, followed by three or four people with bitter faces, shocked and frightened.
"Dad, Xunyi and 'Fushou Kangning' were captured by the Mongols, and they said that they would be executed before dawn every day, do you know about this?"
As soon as he entered the door, Luo Ningyu went straight to the point, and he didn't even bother to say hello.
Luo Tianjin frowned, first waved his hand to signal his subordinates to retreat, and then asked with a little displeasure: "Yu'er, what are you messing around......?"
"The search for clothes is in danger, do you know it, Dad?" Before Luo Tianjin finished speaking, Luo Ningyu was already impatient to ask again.
Luo Tianjin was the first time in his life that he was so rudely confronted by his own daughter, he was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Ling Xiaoxiao in surprise, but saw that Ling Xiaoxiao was also full of astonishment. After a moment of silence, Luo Tianjin muttered to himself in dismay: "It's really a big woman......
"Dad, do you know that the clothes are ......?"
"Got it!" Luo Tianjin couldn't resist Luo Ningyu's aggressiveness, and interrupted impatiently, "We are discussing this matter. ”
Luo Ningyu frowned, and asked rhetorically: "Since you know, what else are you discussing? Why didn't Dad go to the General's Mansion to ask for someone?"
"Looking for clothes, looking for clothes, is Liu Xunyi the only one in your eyes?" Ling Xiaoxiao finally couldn't help the anger in her heart, and reprimanded coldly, "A girl's family, she doesn't understand the rules so much!
was reprimanded by Ling Xiaoxiao, and Luo Ningyu suddenly realized that she had made a gaffe. But she was worried about Liu Xunyi's safety, and she was stunned in the room for a while, neither entering nor retreating, so she was not uncomfortable.
"Yu'er. Luo Tianjin suddenly spoke, "Do you know why my father hesitated?"
"Why?" Luo Ningyu asked subconsciously, but was glared at by Ling Xiaoxiao, and hurriedly lowered his head, slowed down his tone, and added in a respectful whisper, "Please show me, Daddy." ”
"Because of you. Luo Tianjin said bluntly, "If I go to the General's Mansion tonight, Wang Xutong will definitely force marriage." If I refuse to agree at that time, it is difficult to guarantee that Wang Xutong will not be annoyed and angry, and whether the Xianwang Mansion will suffer because of this will not be mentioned for the time being. Even as a father, I don't know if I can get out tonight. ”
As soon as Luo Tianjin's words came out, the study suddenly fell into a dead silence, and everyone's eyes were focused on Luo Ningyu, who had a complicated face. Her eyes trembled slightly, her eyes were erratic, as if she was struggling in her heart, and she wanted to speak several times, but she couldn't make a sound after all.
"Brother Jin, what are you doing with her?" Seeing Luo Ningyu's restless appearance, Ling Xiaoxiao was angry and distressed, and hurriedly said comfortingly, "Yu'er, don't worry, your father and I will never force you to ......"
"Promise them!"
Without waiting for Ling Xiaoxiao's words to fall, Luo Ningyu suddenly spoke. As soon as these words came out, everyone was secretly surprised, and Xie Xuan asked with hesitation: "Ning Yu, what did you just say?"
"I said promise them!" Luo Ningyu looked straight and said stubbornly, "At present, only by agreeing to Wang Xutong's request can we successfully rescue them, and we can also save the Xianwang Mansion from unwarranted disasters." In that case, what is the point of my happiness alone? Dad, I will go to the General's Mansion with you tonight to ask for someone. As for Wang Xutong's other requirements, you ...... Say yes. Let my daughter take care of the rest......"
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(End of chapter)