Chapter 9: The maid catches the night beaver, and the assassin dies with a dark arrow
In the small building next to the garden, the prince is running happily, and Yan Yu is playing with him. The last time she teased the prince with a shadow puppet, the prince has been pestering her to play with her, and the princess is also very fond of her, so she often accompanies the prince to have fun in her spare time.
At this time, Shizi was watching Yan Yu play with the fallen leaves he had just picked up on the stone table, and the fallen leaves withered just right-Shizi read a book in the afternoon, and at this time he was playing, and he was running happily just now, so he just sat down to rest and watched Yan Yu play tricks with him.
I saw Yan Yu put the dead leaves between his hands, put his hands together, and the words in his mouth were vibrating with the prince, and he flipped for a while, and when the son of the world did not see clearly, he spread his hands again, and the dead leaves were gone;
The princess on the side was also happy and said, "Yan Qi, your hands are really skillful." ”
The princess laughed, this is just a trick that the slave learned when she was a child, and it was just a fun thing to amuse the world. "Yan Yu Dao - King Dingnan has asked Yan Yu to change his name in order to protect Yan Yu.
The princess smiled: "I don't know how the girl's needlework is?"
"The slave knows only a thing or two. Yan Yu said.
While speaking, Chen Renhai had already arrived in the small garden, and when the princess saw him coming, she greeted him with a smile and asked, "What is the matter with Gongzi Chen......?" It's better for the prince to go back to the guest house first and wait, and when the prince returns home for a while, the concubine will send someone to invite the son. ”
Chen Renhai said: "The princess misunderstood, Xiaomin didn't look for the prince, and the front yard came to patrol the house to catch the head, and he wanted to find the girl for questioning——"
"But there is an order from the criminal department or the squire, and the prince is not in the house at the moment, they can't ask-" The princess said.
Chen Renhai said: "The princess doesn't know, and among the people who came, there were also the subordinates of the prime minister in the prime minister's mansion yesterday: Pu Mu and Mr. Weifeng. ”
"It was originally a candidate for the leadership of Ouchi, but they have no official rank at the moment, and they have no order from the prime minister. I think I'd better wait for the prince to come back and make a decision. The princess said.
Chen Renhai said: "So, thank you princess, Xiaomin bother-" said goodbye to the princess, and went to the front yard.
When the princess heard what Chen Renhai said just now, she was a little puzzled: "Yan Qi, you were originally a maid from the Prime Minister's Mansion, how could there be a patrol catcher who came to ask you?"
Yan Yu was a little panicked for a while, and said, "Slave maid...... The slave doesn't know ...... I think it's the thief the slave girl met on the street the day before—"
"Thieves?" the princess was surprised.
Yan Yu nodded and said, "The day before yesterday, the slave maid went to the street to pick up the pastries ordered by the Xiangye wife for the Xiangye, and when I returned home, a thief stole the slave's handy money bag. The slave and maid immediately reported the case, thinking that the thief was caught today, and the arrester of the patrol house came to ask the slave and maid to go and recognize the thief......"
King Dingnan did not inform the princess of Yan Yu's identity, firstly, for absolute secrecy, and secondly, if the princess learned of Yan Yu's previous behavior, she would not allow Yan Yu to be in the mansion - imagine how the princess could let a former Jianghu killer live under the same roof with her son?
Only then did the princess understand: "This matter is not a big deal, you don't have to panic, when the prince comes, you can go again, let them wait for a while, it's okay - those two people are not very knowledgeable, not to mention that they are not the commanders of the inner house, even if they are the commanders of the inner palace, without the emperor's will, can they come to the palace at will to find people to ask questions at will?
Shizi naturally didn't understand the conversation between the two just now, and only saw that Yan Yu's expression was a little strange, so he spoke directly: "Sister, don't panic, who dares to bully you, you tell me, I tell my father and my mother - my father is the emperor's younger brother-"
The princess immediately drank: "Shut up-"
"Oh-" the prince brushed his lower lip to his upper lip, "don't make such a face—" said the princess.
Shizi immediately didn't dare to do anything, Yan Yu touched his hair, and said to him: "Shizi can't talk nonsense, no one bullies the slave and maid - how about the slave and maid change a gadget for the son of the world?"
Shizi immediately smiled again and said, "Okay-"
The atmosphere in the garden was cheerful again.
The four of them talked about yesterday's events in the reception room again, Chen Renhai heard the news, and said: "So Qiu Pingdao doesn't count, there is another Mo Li, it seems that this big inner wants to reorganize, and it will take some work - but fortunately, Jin Zhutou also knew yesterday that I fought with Qiu Pingdao." I'm afraid that we have also saved a master who entered Beijing and wanted to enter the university-" Chen Renhai told the three of them about Li Qinshi last night.
"In this way, the Ouchi people attracted at least five people...... Brother Pu, Brother Chen, and the violinist and swordsman, if they are still worthy of me. "Treacherous Wind.
"I heard that there are eight commanders to be selected this time, and there are still three people left who don't know ......," Jin Zhutou said.
Chen Renhai interrupted Jin Zhutou and said, "At the moment, I don't know who can choose the commander of the Great Interior, Jin Zhutou looks up to us too much, at least Chen is not sure——"
"How...... You're all so humble, I'm going to wait for you to be in charge, and then I'll be transferred out of the patrol house and on an errand under you—" said the Golden Catcher.
Pu Mu said: "In this election, there are also people in the court who participate, don't Brother Jin want to give it a try?"
"You are masters of the rivers and lakes, and there are also the princes and the prime minister's introduction, I only came to Beijing from the local state capital to serve, and the term of office is less than three years, even if you participate, the result is not satisfactory. Jin Zhutou sighed.
Chen Renhai said: "Why did Jin Catcher say this, this time the reorganization of the Great Interior, your patrol and arrest court is also involved, I heard the prince say, this time I don't look at the qualifications, only look at the ability - Brother Jin is involved in the court, the rivers and lakes are richer than ours, so he flatters me and others, don't you let me wait to be paralyzed first, and in the future, I will be elected as the commander to call us?"
Laughter rang out in the reception room. At this time, the king of Dingnan had returned to the palace, and there was a subordinate to report that Pu Mu and others had visited, so he didn't have time to change his clothes, and he entered the reception room in a python robe and court clothes, and saw a few people talking and laughing, so he smiled and said: "The heroes are laughing and talking about my living room——"
The four of them immediately stood up and bowed, and said, "Please Wang Ye'an-"
King Dingnan gestured for exemption and said, "Pu Shaoxia, Mr. Weifeng, and Jin Zhutou, are you here to talk to this king?"
Jin Zhutou informed King Yu Dingnan of what happened last night, and King Dingnan said: "Jin Zhutou, the capital has not been peaceful these days, and the people who have worked hard to patrol the house are catching quickly, and they only relieved the siege for Chen Gongzi last night, and they were ambushed again. After that, the king of Dingnan sent someone to invite Yan Yu, turned his head and continued: "Reorganize the inner city, the road is obstructive and long...... If Chen Gongzi hadn't let this king evacuate in time, this king would probably be more than lucky—but I don't know who Chen Gongzi returned home last night to tell this king who was sacred, whether it was a scholar Li or a master invited by General Wang, or a person from the rivers and lakes who entered Beijing?"
While speaking, Yan Yu had already arrived in the front yard, and when Yan Mo saw Pu Mu at a glance, he immediately bowed his head and said, "I've seen Pu Gongzi and Mr. Weifeng." ”
King Dingnan said: "Miss Yan, Jin Zhutou wants to ask you about something." ”
Yan Yu said: "What is the matter with the golden catcher?"
"Did the girl ever know Mo Li?" said Jin Zhutou.
Yan Yu was puzzled: "This person came to Longbi Pass Baishang Residence some time ago, and after he talked to Shen Lie about something, he left, thinking that he sold Shen Lie the strange magic medicine he made himself, so that Shen Lie could maintain order in the underground casino where Baishang Residence was hidden, and this medicine was kept by the little woman, and when she was in the underground gambling house, as long as the dealer was unfavorable, she would use it." Besides, I have nothing to do with that man. ”
Chen Renhai thought of the rich and wealthy people who walked out of the underground of the hundred merchant residences that day, and confirmed that what Yan Yu said was true-but Mo Li entered Beijing to rob the road and had dealings with Shen Lie, thinking that even if this person had business dealings with Shen Lie, it was not just as simple as a buyer and a seller.
Pu Mu said: "Thank you Miss Yan-" After King Dingnan heard this, he motioned for Yan Yu to retreat to the backyard, "Pu Shaoxia, do you have eyebrows?"
"The little people are ignorant, and I don't know what clues there are—" Pu Mu said ashamedly.
King Dingnan said with a smile: "Why should Pu Shaoxia blame himself, the clues that Miss Yan said are indeed difficult to have a connection with last night's incident." Jin Zhutou, in the past few days, it is necessary for the brothers to patrol the streets and cooperate with the sentry to patrol the night to prevent such incidents from happening again. I think this Mo Li robbery is just to destroy the evidence, so the safety of Miss Yan still needs to be bothered by Chen Gongzi, the guards of my palace, you have full authority to regulate these days. ”
"Follow the royal lord's order—" Chen Renhai said.
King Dingnan continued: "Pu Shaoxia, Mr. Weifeng, you also need to pay attention these days, be careful of being ambushed and plotted; from your mouths, you can know that two more good hands have entered Beijing, and I hope they can live safely until the day when Ouchi chooses people...... Today, this king entered the palace, and saw that the construction of the new holy weapon was nearing completion in the armory room, and the interior decoration of the Moon Dragon Pavilion was almost completed.
The four of them all said: "Thank you Lord for reminding you-"
Subsequently, Pu Mu and the other three left the palace.
The days were quick to pass, the autumn days were getting cooler, the days were no longer as long as the days ahead, and the sun did not favor the land much as soon as the autumn equinox passed. In the capital after dinner, although the crowd is still noisy, the lights are lit earlier and earlier, and some people are unwilling to go out and walk around when it is dark, so they gradually go out less, so the bustle is gradually decaying.
After nightfall, Chen Renhai concentrated on the guards for a while, and then returned to the guest house. He sent the kitchen to make a pot of strong tea - strong tea into the throat, he will have some difficulty falling asleep, before leaving home is the Mid-Autumn Festival, but this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, he is much more lively than usual, so that he has no homesickness for a while, but when he calms down, he has those sorrows, if he is selected in the future, I am afraid that returning to his hometown will be more and more luxurious for him. In addition to that, he was also showing some fatigue - in just a few days, hiding from the hunt, protecting the prince, and now protecting the witnesses, he had never had such a heavy task—he wanted to go back to the past, even if it was just a month ago, it was much easier than now. After taking a sip of tea, he remembered the conversation with his brother on the night when the letter came to the village, and he thought that what his brother said was not unreasonable, otherwise he would have refuted it on the spot—the two individuals who seemed to him to be contradictory, and now it seemed to him that the two were too inextricably linked.
The guards who checked the sentry for the first time came back, and the guards reported that the palace was fine, and Chen Renhai signaled to change shifts.
There was not much wax on the wax table, the strong tea couldn't resist the sleepiness, Chen Renhai lay on the table and took a nap. The lights went out, Chen Renhai's ears moved, there was a sound, he immediately opened his eyes, and peeked out of the attic window, and there was movement on the roof tiles-
Chen Renhai jumped out of the window with light skills, grabbed the eaves with both hands and shook his body, and flipped to the roof of the guest room, only to see a black cat jumping lightly onto another house, and jumped again, jumping onto the roof of the Shizi's house, Chen Renhai thought of the Mo Li that Pu Mu and others said during the day, and remembered the person's number "white-faced black cat", so he immediately jumped to the roof to chase the black cat.
I saw that the black cat jumped and fell into the hospital where the prince was hospitalized - the prince's house was in the main courtyard. Chen Renhai landed on the eaves, the black cat had already arrived in the yard, Chen Renhai saw the cat slowly approaching the Shizi's house, the door of the Shizi's house was closed, but the cat raised its front paws, pushed it gently, and the door actually opened - Chen Renhai also fell into the yard at this time, his eyes staring directly into the house.
At this moment, only the outhouse was lit with weak candlelight in the outhouse, and Yan Yu was guarding in the outhouse - because Yan Yu really liked the prince, and the princess also valued Yan Yu, she asked Yan Yu to take care of the son.
Yan Yu slept lightly in the outhouse, and when he heard the door open, he saw a black cat poking into the room, only to see the black cat probing into the house of the prince step by step, Yan Yu remembered the Mo Li mentioned by Pu Mu and others during the day, and immediately turned over and got out of bed to catch the black cat - I saw the black cat bend and jump, and rushed to the bed of the world, the black cat pounced on its front paws, directly tore the mosquito net of the world, and a cat meowed, and pounced on the son - it was too late, it was fast, Yan Yu flew and intercepted the cat.
Shizi woke up at this time, and when he saw this scene, he instantly screamed and immediately burst into tears. Yan Yu and the cat fell down on the bed of the prince of the world, Yan Yu shook his backhand and threw the black cat under the bed - the screams of the prince of the world woke up the king and princess of Dingnan in the neighboring room, and the king of Dingnan immediately shouted, "Come and help——"
The princess was worried about the safety of the prince, so she sent someone to investigate, Yan Yu said to the outside: "No one should enter the room-" I saw Yan Yu pounce on the black cat, the black cat deftly dodged, at this time Yan Yu pulled up the sewing box in the outhouse, took out a few flying needles and shot at the black cat, the black cat saw that the sneak attack failed, and wanted to escape from the house - Yan Yu immediately closed the door and went to catch the black cat, the prince had not recovered from the shock at this time, and the sobbing continued.
The black cat has been forced to a dead corner by Yan Yu, and suddenly Yan Yu played her doorkeeping trick again, took out her shadow puppet, and flew to the black cat, the black cat climbed on the beam of the house through the dead corner, a shadow puppet was nailed to the pillar, did not hit the black cat, the black cat jumped up to the beam, and was confused by the shadow puppet play made by Yan Yu in front of him, Yan Yu just saw the black cat enter the house and added some sesame oil into the lamp, at this time the light of the lamp was enough to play this play- Sure enough, the black cat was trapped by the light shadow, and he didn't know when to run for a while, at this time, Yan Yu took advantage of the cat's unpreparedness, and a needle flew out, hitting the black cat directly, and the black cat screamed and fell off the beam.
Mo Li, who was fighting with Chen Renhai outside the house, heard the scream, and an iron fan swept over, Chen Renhai dodged and jumped about three feet away.
"Kill my cat—" Mo said viciously.
At this time, the guards of the palace were already rushing to the house, and the king of Dingnan knew that the assassin was coming when he heard such a movement, and when he heard the sound of fighting outside the house, he asked everyone not to leave the house, although the princess was worried about the prince, but the king of Dingnan knew Yan Yu's ability, so he comforted the princess, saying that the guards were around, and the princess was a lot more relieved.
"Sissy, your cat has done a lot of evil, and she is innocent of death—" With that, Yan Yu also jumped out of the door, and the guards surrounded Mo Li.
Mo Lijiao said: "Climbing high branches, I used to be rich with the rich, but now I have climbed to the prince?"
"Phew-no matter how much I climb the high branches, it's better than taking money to hurt people-" Yan Yu said, and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Chen Renhai, Chen Renhai said: "You are the only witness, the purpose of his coming today, I think you also know, you step back first-"
After that, Chen Renhai and Mo Li fought again, Mo Li's iron fan had just swept out the smoke and dust has been avoided by Chen Renhai, at this time it is no longer toxic, the two have fought for more than ten rounds, or the victory is not scored, at this time a group of guards rushed up, Mo Li immediately was at a disadvantage, Mo Li turned around, jumped to the wall, and said: "Good Chen Renhai, I can't beat me, so I hugged up, what kind of hero——"
Chen Renhai said: "Okay, everyone line up, you fight with me, if you win against me, I will let you go, but if you lose, you will be tied up on the spot——"
The guards wanted to stop it, but at this time, King Dingnan and the princess went to the prince's house, and the princess took the prince to her house. Seeing this situation outside the house, King Dingnan sighed and said, "This Chen Renhai is really from the rivers and lakes, and when he encounters such assassins, so many guards, he rushes up and slashes him to death——"
The princess was coaxing the princess in her arms, and the prince slowly fell asleep again. The princess whispered, "The prince quickly summons the guards, and directly release the arrows, and you can shoot the assassin to death——"
Although the king of Dingnan wanted to capture this man alive, his family was now close to the assassins, and if the assassins had a chance, the family would be in danger, so he couldn't take too much care for a while, so he summoned the night watchman from the side door of his house, and asked the guards to shoot the assassin with their bows and arrows at the right time.
Chen Renhai and Mo Li fought for another twenty rounds, Mo Li's iron fan made it airtight, and the offense and defense were balanced, and Chen Renhai's fists did not have the upper hand for a while.
A guard shouted: "Chen Gongzi is unarmed, he can't break the iron fan of that guy, take the knife-" But as soon as the knife was thrown out, he was kicked back by Chen Renhai, Chen Renhai fell on the stone table, and Mo Li jumped to the root of the wall-"You don't need to use the knife, I can catch him-"
Mo Li's body shape is also like a cat, judging Chen Renhai's figure, Chen Renhai is also killing, ready to catch the "black cat" in front of him - in an instant, Chen Renhai burst out and kicked at Mo Li, Mo Li dodged, but he didn't prevent Chen Renhai's right foot, so he had to hurriedly resist with an iron fan. With a wave of the iron fan, Chen Renhai was directly shaken out, but the iron fan was also kicked by Chen Renhai and bent a little.
I saw that Mo Li took the iron fan, and fought with Chen Renhai with both hands, Mo Li's martial arts have been seen by Chen Renhai at this moment, Mo Li's fists and feet, dodging are all bionics - all learned from cats, his fists are like cat scratches, and the speed is surprisingly fast - although Chen Renhai saw the routine, he has not found a crack for a while. had to resist with fists and feet, like this, the two fought for another twenty rounds, and still did not win or lose, the two slapped each other, and retreated a long way, Chen Renhai's toes directly touched a mark on the floor tiles in the yard, Chen Renhai stopped behind him, and his mouth was panting. And Na Mo Li's retreat directly hit the wall, and there was a "bang" on his back, and a trace of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Chen Renhai was waiting for the opportunity to face each other, he knew that although he couldn't crack the opponent's move, he knew that his internal strength was higher than that of his opponent, so he was waiting for such an opportunity to directly encounter the internal force - he waited, but this kind of move was only a way to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, but at present, only this move can capture the enemy.
Mo Li wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth and said, "Chen Gongzi really has great internal skills, come and learn again-" After saying that, he rushed forward and was fighting with Chen Renhai, only to see an arrow shot from the shadows, Mo Li had not yet rushed to Chen Renhai's face, and Chen Renhai had no time to react, Mo Li was directly hit by that arrow.
Chen Renhai stopped, the arrow shot very strongly, and Mo Li fell directly backwards. Mo Li seemed to be saying something in his mouth, but he swallowed his breath after a while.
"Who put the dark arrow?" Chen Renhai's face was a little unhappy, and he saw the door open, and King Dingnan walked out wearing a shirt, and said: "It was the arrow that the king asked people to release, the guards can leave a team, and the rest will go back to their respective seats and stand guard-"
"Miss Yan, you can go back to your room and sleep—"
Yan Yu and the guards also returned to the room. Chen Renhai didn't know how to reply for a while, and he began to be uncomfortable with such a law.