Chapter 852: The sun is twilight
When Liu Xunyi returned to the Qin family's secret house after several rounds, it was already afternoon.
At this time, the "lively" street that happened in Jingyun Pavilion had been rumored to be heard, and the Lin'an Mansion government ordered martial law in the whole city, and sent a large number of officials to post wanted notices everywhere, and even began to search Liu Xunyi's whereabouts from house to house.
As the saying goes, 'good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles'. People who don't know the truth and hear good deeds have added fuel and vinegar and talked about it. For a time, rumors spread in Lin'an City, and people were panicked.
In the secret house in the south of the city, Liu Xunyi flew into the hospital and fell from the sky, frightening the four slaves sent by Pan Yun to serve Qiu Han and Ding Chou.
"Who are you......"
"Lord Yanagi!"
Before the four of them could ask Liu Xunyi's identity, Ding Chou, who heard the sound, had already come to the front in a hurry.
Because Ding Chou and the others live in seclusion, they don't know anything about the gossip that is boiling outside.
"You are all from the Pan family?" Liu Xunyi collected all the apprehension in his heart, and pretended to be calm and looked the four slaves up and down.
"Lord Hui, we were all sent by Mr. Pan. ”
Liu Xunyi asked quietly, "Only the four of you?"
"Yes. Pan Gongzi said that this place is not big, and he was worried about the crowding, so he only sent four of us to serve. ”
"Good!"
As he spoke, Liu Xunyi walked up to the four of them and advised: "Don't, remember, go back and thank Gongzi Pan for me." ”
"This ......"
"Offended!"
Suddenly, Liu Xunyi's eyes were ruthless, and he knocked them unconscious one by one with lightning speed.
"Lord Liu, ...... you?"
Ding Chou was taken aback by the sudden change, and looked at the four people who fell to the ground, and was shocked in his heart.
"Don't worry, I'm just knocking them unconscious. The smile on Liu Xunyi's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a thick gloom, "Carry them into the house, and in twelve hours, they will wake up." ”
"But ......"
"Don't ask!" Liu Xunyi urged absentmindedly, "Pack up your things, let's leave Lin'an tonight." ”
"Leaving Lin'an?" Ding Chou was shocked, "Why?"
"It's a long story, and I'll explain it to you slowly. ”
"This ......"
"Brother Liu!"
Before Ding Chou answered, the courtyard door had been pushed open a gap, and Li Haitang flashed in.
"Begonia, you're back just in time, I'm ......"
"Brother Liu, are you okay?"
Before Liu Xunyi finished speaking, Li Haitang had rushed to the front in a hurry, and under Ding Chou's blank gaze, he circled Liu Xunyi three times in a row, and carefully observed him from head to toe. Seeing that it was safe and sound, Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just at Jingyun Pavilion...... It almost scared the hell out of me. ”
Looking at Li Haitang, who had palpitations, Liu Xunyi couldn't help frowning, and hesitated: "How do you know about Jingyun Pavilion......?
At that time, I was in Gu Fengxuan opposite Jingyun Pavilion, and I had a full view of the scene where you kidnapped the little prince and left. It's just that the situation there is complicated, and I saw that you got out smoothly, so I didn't show up in a hurry. ”
"I see......"
"What?" Ding Chou's exclamation instantly overshadowed Liu Xunyi's voice, and he saw him look at Liu Xunyi and Li Haitang with a shocked face, and stammered and asked, "What Jingyun Pavilion? What Gu Fengxuan......? What's the matter with kidnapping the little prince?"
"Go into the room, I'll explain to you slowly!"
With that, Liu Xunyi and the three of them carried the unconscious four slaves into the room with their hands and feet.
In the dimly lit room, Qiu Han, who was lying on the bed, had already heard their conversation clearly, and was anxiously waiting for Liu Xunyi's explanation at the moment.
With very different moods, several people sat down separately. There is no superfluous nonsense, Liu Xunyi gets straight to the point, and tells everything that happened in Jingyun Pavilion today.
After hearing this, Qiu Han's face was pale, and his eyes were full of anger. Ding Chou was silent and speechless. Li Haitang frowned, as if he had something in mind.
"How can this be?" Qiu Han asked through gritted teeth, "How can the imperial court reverse black and white, and make no distinction between right and wrong?
"What kind of bullshit court, it's clearly bullying the soft and afraid of the hard. Li Haitang said disdainfully, "The Dog Emperor didn't dare to offend the Mongols, and he didn't want to be poked in the backbone by the people of the world, so he let Brother Liu carry the black pot, which is really despicable and shameless." ”
"I already knew...... We have no power or power, and it is impossible for us to fight them......" Ding Chou was restless and helpless, "Right now, Lord Liu has not only lost his fortune, but also become a prisoner of the imperial court......"
"In any case, it is a blessing in misfortune that Brother Liu survived. Seeing that Liu Xunyi was depressed, and Qiu Han and Ding Chou were making matters worse at an inopportune time, Li Haitang hurriedly changed the topic and said comfortingly, "There is no distinction between loyalty and treachery in the imperial court, what's the point of staying?" Brother Liu might as well go back to Longxiang Mountain with me, and rely on your ability to ......."
"That's right!" Liu Xunyi's mind turned, and he said suspiciously, "Begonia, you don't keep an eye on the breeze, why did you go to Jingyun Pavilion to watch the excitement?"
Hearing this, Li Haitang's smile gradually stiffened, so he hesitated, and hesitated: "Actually, I'll go to Jingyun Pavilion...... It's not about watching the ......."
"Isn't it to see the excitement?" Liu Xunyi raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized, incredulous, "You mean the breeze is ......"
"That's right! Qingfeng and a group of Wudang disciples have been hiding in Gu Fengxuan opposite the Jingyun Pavilion. Li Haitang replied truthfully, "Although I can't get close to them, and I don't know their true intentions, I am sure of at least one thing, they appeared in Gu Fengxuan and Brother Liu in Jingyun Pavilion...... Neither is accidental. I heard from the guy that Qingfeng was a guest of Bai Jin, the waiter in Xifu. Brother Liu said just now that the person who is aggressive to you in Jingyun Pavilion today is the privy deputy envoy of Xifu. Both of them...... It's no accident. ”
"Qingfeng, Xifu...... Could it be that they are already secretly colluding?" Liu Xunyi was full of thoughts, and his heart was as confused as numb, "In this way, the disciples of the Xianwang Mansion who appeared outside the city ...... Eighty percent has something to do with it. In other words, both Wudang and Xianwangfu have surrendered to Xifu?"
"I'm not sure, but ...... In all likelihood. Li Haitang sneered, "Loss Qingfeng boasts of virtue and high esteem, indifferent to Mingzhi, and keeps saying that he is an idle cloud and wild crane, and the Wudang faction has no quarrel with the world." Unexpectedly, in private, he was willing to be a court eagle dog behind the world's heroes. ”
"I understand!" Gradually sorting out the clues from Li Haitang's explanation, Liu Xunyi pondered carefully, and his thoughts suddenly brightened, "I know why Qingfeng has been hiding in the inn and not coming out, and I also know why the emperor wants to kill me completely." From beginning to end, I thought that I was the key to the whole thing, and the source of the emperor's anger was the Mongols stealing grain, but the truth is that I overestimated myself too much, and underestimated the real intentions of the emperor and the court. ”
"What do you mean?" Ding Chou looked dazed, and Li Haitang and Qiu Han were also half-understood.
"In a word, it's a deal. The two sides of the transaction seem to be Xifu and Wudang, but they are actually the imperial court and the Central Plains martial arts. This is also the fundamental reason why the emperor, Prince Rong, and even Dongfu all helped Lord Qian deal with me together. In the face of the overall situation of the imperial court, even if there is a great contradiction between the east and west governments, it must be temporarily shelved at this time. Liu Xunyi laughed at himself, "And I...... Just a chip in this deal. It's not even a bargaining chip, it can only be regarded as a mutual sincerity between the two sides...... An insignificant victim. ”
"This ......"
"Although I don't know whether Qingfeng found Xifu or Xifu found Qingfeng, since they are embarrassed, it is bound to be profitable. Mongolia grabbed grain, and the imperial court did not dare to offend the Mongols, so it had to find a scapegoat to resist all the charges in order to save the face of the imperial court. As the "Great Song Dynasty and his personal envoy", I have a lot of name and little power, and I am undoubtedly the best candidate for scapegoat. On the other hand, Qingfeng once swore to the heavens that he would use my head to worship the spirit of King Beixian in the sky, so that I would not die for a day, and his position as the leader of the alliance would not be stable for a day. At the moment, both sides regard me as a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh, and they urgently need me to be their substitute for the dead, so they hit it off and became a raccoon dog. ”
"I see!" Li Haitang suddenly realized, "It seems that Qingfeng does have other intentions when he appears in Gu Fengxuan." I guess they wanted to wait for you to be captured by the government and make a move on the way out of Jingyun Pavilion, but they were forced to give up because you held the little prince hostage. ”
"In this way, the court and the rivers and lakes will not give up on you. Qiu Han smiled desperately, "I thought that the situation between me and Ding Chou was already miserable, but I didn't expect your situation to be far worse than ours." In the past, you were at least a famous and surnamed official of the imperial court, even if the people in the rivers and lakes did not like you, you could rely on the protection of the imperial court and run rampant. Now, you have offended both black and white, and they are eager to put you to death, even if you can escape from Lin'an...... Where can they flee to?"
"I ......"
Liu Xunyi thought that he could deal with all variables in a chic manner, but when it came to the end, he suddenly found that he had no way out at all.
Qiu Han's question is like a sword piercing his heart, ruthlessly exposing Liu Xunyi's ethereal future, which is completely blank.
Even if he escapes from Lin'an, where can he flee to?
Burdened with the double pursuit of the court and the rivers and lakes, everyone in the world will be punished. In the future, it is impossible to live in peace, and even occupying the mountain as the king and being a robber in the green forest has become a luxury.
The heavens and the earth are big, but there is no place for them to stand. At present, Liu Xunyi is undoubtedly really desperate, and he is poor at dusk.
"That's it!" Liu Xunyi took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the sorrow in his heart, shook his spirits, and said to Li Haitang, "No matter what, let's leave Lin'an first." Tonight, I took Qiu Han and Ding Chou out of the city. Their goal is that I'm not you, so if you part ways with me, you'll be out of danger. You can get out of town now and go first. You can also stay in Lin'an for two more days, and it won't be too late for me to distract them. ”
"Brother Liu......"
"I know you're in charge and won't leave easily. But now it's not that you want to abandon me, it's that I'm going to abandon you. Liu Xunyi interrupted Li Haitang's argument and said undoubtedly, "Now, I am a mud bodhisattva crossing the river and it is difficult to protect myself, and it is meaningless to track down Qingfeng and Xifu's dealings, so I don't want you to take any more risks for me." I will take your kindness to heart, maybe one day in the future I will go to Longxiang Mountain to find you, but today...... We have to go our separate ways so that we can have a chance at the end of the day. ”
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