Chapter 015 of "Painting the Wife".

Impostor into the palace

Fight openly and secretly

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Farewell to the abbot, when I went out, it was already dusk and sunset.

I didn't see my sister, so I was a little anxious, and I searched everywhere to no avail. Although Murong Yan is lively and active by nature, he will never be so naughty, could it be that something has happened? Thinking of this, he was even more anxious, searched carefully, and turned over the entire Wutai Mountain, but there was no one to see.

"Sister Cher, Sister Cher, ......" The hoarse cry echoed in the air for a long time, but there was not a trace of echo.

Exhausted, he had to take a break while reflecting calmly. It is not difficult to speculate in the process, Murong Yan has not heard from her after returning the burden, obviously, the person who left the burden is likely to do it on purpose, and now her body is missing, which proves that she is still alive, most of them were taken captive, and the people who kidnapped her were either high-ranking officials or robbers and bandits. Thinking about it again, if it is an open robbery, Murong Yan has few opponents, but if it is a secret robbery, she is only eleven years old, I am afraid it will be difficult for her to resist.

He Lai, who had calmed down, thought about it repeatedly and focused on the dignitaries of the day. He made a secret visit, and the scope gradually narrowed, and in the end, it fell on a fat man named Lu Yan. After careful investigation, this Lu Yan is the nephew of the prince Lu Yihao, with a prominent background, that day, he accompanied his wife to the mountain to worship the Buddha and ask for a son, but he took people away halfway, and in a hurry, a burden was left behind. In the baggage, there were hundreds of taels of gold and silver and a letter.

The letter was addressed to King Yi of Lin'an Mansion for the creation of the world. It is to the effect that the emperor intends to build a palace in Lin'an, and ordered Wang Fuyi to ensure the safety of the surroundings, and now he specially ordered his nephew Lu Yan to come to help, and he must cooperate and cooperate.

This Lu Yan is not a good person, otherwise, how could Sister Xue'er be taken captive, and he is going to cooperate and cooperate, most of them are looking for fun.

He pouted his lips and saw that there was such a line at the end of the letter: I am afraid that I don't know the house, and I hereby write this letter.

It seems that this Wang Chuangshi doesn't know Lu Yan, so why don't he pretend to be Lu Yan himself? If he can contact Wang Chuangshi before Lu Yan arrives, then this Lu Yan will be guilty of impostor, and I am afraid that the end will not be much better, and the most important thing is that he can take the opportunity to rescue Murong Yan.

He was taken aback by his crazy idea, but if he wanted to snatch someone from Lu Yan, he was afraid that there was no other way, although he took the risk, he had to try. After making up his mind, he carried the burden, said goodbye to the abbot, and completed the things entrusted by Zhang Zeduan.

Hearing that Murong Yan had an accident, Zhang Zeduan was very anxious, and he had been taking care of him for more than a year, and with gratitude, he groped out a yellowed booklet from the bottom of the box, and the four words on the booklet were vaguely recognizable: Shadow Flow Sword Spectrum. Turning the home page, a five-character quatrain is impressive: one flower and one world, one leaf and one Bodhi. One yang and one yin, one sword and one rivers and lakes.

"This is the old man fled on the way to a cave in a cave to meet the reclusive master, only to know that this person's surname is ancient, when he was dying, he sent me this sword book, originally wanted to practice a few tricks for self-defense, but the qualifications are dull is not the material for martial arts, and this sword book needs a yin and a yang two people to practice at the same time to be successful. I originally wanted to wait for the two of you to come back and send it to you, who would have thought that Xue'er's whereabouts were unknown, but I believe that my Buddha is merciful, good people must have good rewards, and Xue'er must be found. Speaking of this, Zhang Zeduan took out a few more books and told him to read hard.

"When I find Xue'er, I will thank you! If he can win the imperial examination one day, he will definitely take his grandfather back and serve him so that he can serve him!" He Lai knelt down and thanked him, said goodbye to Zhang Zeduan, bought a sturdy horse and went straight to Lin'an.

Afraid of delaying the time, he didn't dare to stay overnight, starry night, over the mountains and mountains, walking alone for a few days, people were sleepy and tired, fortunately arrived in Lin'an safely, looking for people all the way to inquire about Wang Chuangshi's mansion, and he went straight to the past before he had time to drink a sip of water. The two men guarding the door blocked the way with their arms horizontal, and one of them said viciously: "Death to those who trespass on the palace!"

He Lai thought to himself that the prince Lu Yihao was in a high position, and his nephew should also be arrogant, so he puffed up his chest and said loudly: "I'll find Wang Chuangshi Wang Fuyi and let him come out to see me!"

"Dare to call Fu Yi by his name!"

The Yan people were furious and were about to be captured, but He Lai had already expected it, held up the letter, and shouted arrogantly: "The letter written by the Duke of Guo to Fu Yi is here, who dares to act rashly! My name is Lu Yan, and you will report it as soon as possible, if you delay the big thing, I am afraid that you two pawns will not be able to afford it!"

Sure enough, the two people were frightened, and they didn't dare to slack off, so they quickly told the housekeeper, who saw that it was a letter from the Duke of the Kingdom, and quickly knocked on the door of Wang Fuyi, who was taking a nap.

Wang Chuangshi was sleeping soundly, and was awakened by a knock on the door, he was very displeased, and scolded: "What bastard, I can't do it if I get tired of it, and it disturbs my dreams!"

"Master, Lu Yan has arrived. ”

"I don't recognize him!

"Lu Xianggong's nephew ......"

Wang Fuyi was stunned: "But is that Lu Yihao, the nephew of Lu Xianggong?"

"Exactly. ”

Wang Fu was shocked and almost rolled off the bed, and hurriedly redressed and went out to greet him. Seeing a person standing at the door, he opened his arms and smiled all over his face, as if he had seen his father, and greeted him warmly.

"Ahhh

"Sir...... The old man ......, "The housekeeper saw that there was a resting man standing at the door, so he hurriedly chased after him and grabbed Wang Fuyi.

Only then did Wang Fuyi realize that he had recognized the wrong person, so he was angry and immediately slapped him.

The housekeeper felt aggrieved and couldn't fight back, so he had to transfer his anger to the two people guarding the door, and without saying a word, each of them was rewarded with a slap: "Where is Gongzi Lu? If he has three long and two short, you two have ten heads, which is not enough to cut off!"

Yan Ren pointed to He Lai, who was sitting on the stone steps next to him, touched his hot face, and said with an aggrieved face: "Oh! Lu Gongzi is sitting upright." ”

Wang Chuangshi said angrily: "How to let Lu Gongzi sit here, if you two suffer from the wind and cold, you two should bear it?"

The housekeeper answered, opened his five fingers and gave the two people a slap each, and then bent down to help He Lai up, Wang Fuyi pushed him away, laughed, and carefully helped He Lai up.

"Lu Gongzi is here, the humble house is shining!

"I'm tired. ”

When Wang Fuyi heard this, he immediately ordered the housekeeper to clean out a room for him to rest.

"I'm dirty. ”

Before the words fell, Wang Fu Yiyou immediately ordered the housekeeper to put hot water for him to bathe.

"I'm hungry. ”

Wang Fuyi bowed his head and bowed, blaming himself for not taking good care of himself, while ordering the housekeeper to prepare a sumptuous dish immediately.

"Go to Hualou and call two girls to come and have a drink with me!"

"Did you hear that? Go to Chunxiang Mansion and call a few people who are quite attractive to accompany Lu Gongzi to eat and have fun, and the cost will be the same!"

Wang Fuyi was suddenly happy. Since this Lu Gongzi likes this set, he can rest assured.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

"A girl named Xue'er just came today, and her subordinates are finished, so she is waiting for Lu Gongzi to be pampered. ”

"Wang Fuyi really lives up to his reputation! People sit at home and hear about all kinds of things. In that case, very good! Very good!"

He came and smiled, what kind of person is this Wang Chuangshi has already understood seven or eight points in his heart, and he is silent, his hands are behind his back, and he swaggers with him to the front hall, but he has a plan in his heart. Could this girl named Xue'er be Murong Yan? What kind of misfortune did she encounter and fall into the dust!

The delicacies were quickly served, and sure enough, the table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, because it was a hot summer, and there were two maids standing left and right to serve their fans. This was the first time He Cong had eaten such a sumptuous lunch since he came to the Song Dynasty. didn't think much about it at the moment, and he began to gobble it up, already hungry. Looking at his eating appearance, the housekeeper frowned, it stands to reason that Lu Gongzi has never tasted any delicious food, and he should not be reincarnated like a starving ghost, thinking like this, his mind is alive, and he went to the toilet for an excuse and walked away, hiding in the dark and peeking for a while, the more he thought about it, the more suspicious he felt, so he found a reason to let a maid call Wang Fuyi out.

"You can take care of this kind of! Now no matter how big the matter is, you can't accompany Lu Gongzi well, do you understand!" Wang Chuangshi's face was full of displeasure, and he scolded the housekeeper with a scolding face.

The housekeeper was not surprised, Wang Fuyi's temperament and temper had long been commonplace, and he nodded yes while whispering in his ear. Wang Chuangshi was stunned for a moment, then annoyed, then frowned, and finally fell silent.

"You say he's an impostor, but the epistle is true, what is the explanation?"

The housekeeper pondered: "Could it be that he met Lu Gongzi on the way to steal the letter at night?"

Wang Chuangshi walked around twice with square steps, and suddenly stood still: "What you said is not unreasonable. However, if he is really Lu Gongzi, you and I are so suspicious, not only will Wusha not be protected, but I am afraid that his life will also be suspended! This matter is a big matter and needs to be carefully considered. ”

The housekeeper nodded and said, "Fu Yi might as well ......" Speaking of this, he lowered his voice, so that it was appropriate to teach face-to-face, Wang Chuangshi nodded again and again when he heard it.

Back to the banquet, Wang Fuyi enthusiastically came to pour wine, why did he only care about eating food, but he didn't stick to the wine. It's not that he can't drink, but now he is an imposter and doesn't dare to drink, if he accidentally drinks too much, he is afraid that he will show his feet. But Wang Fuyi looked very enthusiastic, and he really couldn't shirk it, he smashed the wine glass, and said angrily: "Fuyi is really not good at doing things, why doesn't Miss Xue'er in Chunxianglou see anyone?"

Although Wang Chuangshi was suspicious of the identity of the person in front of him, he didn't dare to slack off, and ordered his subordinates to hurry up, He Lai suddenly pointed to the housekeeper and said angrily: "You go and see me, if you don't come again, watch me burn Chunxiang Building!"

The housekeeper was stunned, looked at Wang Fuyi, and saw him waving his hand, so he left.

He Lai secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this housekeeper was short, but he was born with a pair of thief eyes, from the moment he entered the door, the eyeballs never left him, just now he whispered in the corner with Wang Chuangshi under the pretext of the excuse, presumably because he was suspicious of himself, if this is exposed, it is a capital crime. He suddenly felt a little regretful about his impostor, but he didn't turn back when he opened his bow, since he had already waded through this troubled water, he had to pretend to be stubborn until he rescued Murong Yan.

He imagined in his mind the arrogant and domineering appearance of the rich children in ancient times, and when he saw that Wang Fuyi was about to pour wine again, he buttoned the wine glass and said loudly: "Xue'er doesn't come, it's really boring to drink!"

Wang Fu Yiha smiled with his waist: "Wait a minute, Lu Gongzi, Miss Xue'er will come soon." ”

He enthusiastically put vegetables in the bowl, and at the same time blamed the two maidservants for not taking good care of them, and they all made Lu Gongzi sweat, if he got sick because of this, you two would not be able to cut off ten heads. The servant girl was frightened, even though her arms were sore, and she gritted her teeth and fanned hard.

"You two are so beautiful, what's your name?"

How dare the two maids talk, until Wang Fuyi spoke, they introduced one after the other.

"Back to Lu Gongzi's words, slave Xiaolan. ”

"Back to Lu Gongzi's words, slave Xiaocui. ”

He Lai munched on the chicken leg and asked casually, "When did you two enter the palace?"

The two maidservants didn't dare to reply, so He Lai glared, threw the chicken leg in his hand to the ground, and said angrily: "Since you don't give face to the master, what's the use of leaving you two?

Xiaolan and Xiaocui were so frightened that their faces were as white as earth, and they immediately knelt down and begged for mercy again and again. Wang Fuyi sighed secretly, this Lu Xianggong's nephew was short-tempered, and it was better not to ask some words, so as not to make him angry, and it would not be too late to find an opportunity to talk about it in the future, so he put the plan of Shicai and the housekeeper behind him for the time being.

Xiaolan cried and introduced that she and Xiaocui are sisters, her father has long since died, and it is her mother who has worked hard to pull the two into adulthood, and now her mother is old and frail, and she has no money to treat her in bed before she is sold into the palace as a maidservant, and she has only been here for ten days, I don't know how her mother is in health, and she is very concerned.

The two sisters had indeed just arrived, and they had been in this smoky place for a long time, and good people would get moldy, so why not take the opportunity to rescue them? He Lai rolled his eyes, thought about it, and suddenly slammed the table: "This kind of filial piety can be learned from heaven and earth! Fu Yi, bring the money!"

"This ......" Wang Fuyi's smile was a little stiff, showing a rather difficult look.

He Lai's eyes glared: "It's really a little family!" After that, he took two fifty taels from the burden and gave them to Xiaolan and Xiaocui, and ordered them to hurry home to visit the old lady, and at the same time shouted loudly, if anyone embarrasses them, they will not give me Lu Mou's face, and I will let him die without a place to be buried.

Xiaolan and Xiaocui knelt down and thanked each other and left three times in one step, to this day they still can't believe that there is such a good person in the world, and when they came to the door, the sisters suddenly stood still and bowed deeply to Helai.

He Lai waved his hand without raising his head, and threw out a sentence: "If you don't want to go back, don't go back! You can make a living by yourself, or you can find a good family to marry, and you can decide for yourself!"

Then he turned his head and slapped the table at Wang Fuyi: "Fuyi, do you have any opinions?"

"No, no......" Wang Fuyi smiled and waved his hand, praising him for doing a good job. Naturally, these words were insincere, and he didn't care where he came, so he took the four treasures of the study and wrote: Xiaolan Xiaocui will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver each, and let her go home, and she will not be hindered. Then asked Wang Chuangshi to sign and draw the pledge, but Wang Chuangshi did not dare to disobey with a bitter face, so he had to sign obediently and stamp the big seal of the government.

He Lai personally handed over the written letter of commitment to the two sisters, and the sisters were grateful, kowtowing and thanking them. He Lai laughed and said, "In this case, how should you two repay me?"

Xiaolan said: "Let the prince send it." ”

He Lai laughed again, but he didn't speak, gently patted the letter of commitment in Xiaocui's hand, and told him to read it carefully and collect it well. With that, he turned around and went back to the dining table to bury his head in a hard meal. Xiao Cui was puzzled, and when she arrived at an alley, she opened it and saw that there was another line of small words at the bottom, only six words: Why did you come to Murong Yan.

The sisters suddenly realized that he was not Lu Yan, however, it was He Yan's actions that led to the story of his escape from death.