Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

Chapter 50

"Hey, have you heard? This year's trip to Mount Kangze is not easy!"

"Why isn't it simple, isn't it just offering sacrifices to heaven and ancestors?"

"Hi! More than that! I heard that he also recognized a civil emperor's grandson, and he will announce it to the world after the ancestor worship."

In a teahouse in Kangruifang, Beijing, a bearded scholar was sharing his new news with a few friends at the same table.

"Where did the grandson of the civil emperor come from?" Another person on the table was curious.

"You guys don't know about that!" The scholar stroked his beard and said in a low voice mysteriously, "I heard that it's the orphan of that one, the one who died in the sky prison in the 13th year of Taihe!"

Although the scholar's voice was not loud, it was enough for the other guests at the other tables to hear.The people in this teahouse are basically regular customers, and we can’t say that we all know each other, but there are still some friends who nodded their heads when they saw the above. As soon as they heard that they were talking about the secrets of the palace, some people with good things came forward to ask Said: "Really? Tell me what's going on?"

The scholar was not polite, and told everyone the rumors he had heard.

"...Don't underestimate this folk emperor's grandson. It is said that he is nine feet long and was born to be a burly and strong man. When he was hunting in the spring, he killed a bear by himself alone. He is a great kung fu tool for riding and shooting! And Not only is he powerful in martial arts, but his literary talent and knowledge are also appreciated by the Holy Majesty, recently he often helps the Holy Majesty to review memorials and handle government affairs."

"According to what you said just now, this emperor's grandson was born to an ordinary folk woman, but someone must teach him to study, ride and shoot, right? If he is really as good as you said, then his teacher must not be far behind ,What kind of identity is this folk woman, can she invite such a good teacher for him?"

The scholar shook his head, smiled at the questioner and said, "Your question is on point, and his teacher will surely convince you when he says it."

"Who is it, tell me!"

"That's right, don't be a fool, who is it?"

The crowd urged them again and again, but the scholar answered everyone's appetites: "Old General Wen Zhengliang, you know that the one who taught this grandson martial arts is Wen Taicang, the son of Old General Wen Zhengliang, and he taught him martial arts. The one reading the book is the daughter of the former Zhongshu Ling Yun Zhimiao!"

"Is that Miss Yun who was ordered to enter the palace by the Holy Spirit at the age of 16?"

"No way, didn't you just say that his mother is an ordinary folk woman? Why did you turn around and get involved with Yunxiang's family?"

Everyone was asking lively questions, and suddenly there was a sneer coming from the corner. The owner of the voice did not hide his sarcasm, so that everyone could still hear it in such a noisy environment.

Everyone turned their heads and saw a strange man wearing a coarse patched blouse sitting there holding a teacup.The man was between a teenager and a young man, with a sallow complexion and a bone-thin body. His eyes looked like bugs and mice in the gutter, and he was disgusting for no reason.

The bearded scholar frowned, and said displeasedly, "What's your opinion, brother?"

"Is the person you're talking about surnamed Huo?" When the man spoke, his voice was as rough as fingernails scratching on an iron plate, which made people feel uncomfortable.

From his looks to his voice, it's okay, he didn't even say a word of politeness, and with such a questioning tone, not to mention the scholar, even all his friends around him felt offended.

The scholar frowned even more when he heard the words. Although he hated this person, but seeing what this person said was true, he replied "yes" patiently for the time being.

The man sneered again: "It's really him. He is nine feet long, tall and strong, I am! He is just a little boy who eats soft food, a sissy, a shameless little bastard! He is also worthy of being the emperor's grandson? You ask him how he got involved with the family named Yun? Of course it is by drilling women's skirts to curry favor with that little slut surnamed Yun!"

Most of the people present were scholars, and when they heard this man's vulgar words, they hated him even more. Before the scholar could refute, someone stood up and said for him: "We talk about us, what's your business? Brother Shunhang Brother-in-law’s sworn brother works in the palace, his words cannot be trusted, can yours be trusted? Where did you come from, a filthy bastard, dare to talk nonsense here?”

"Ha! Where did I come from? You've been talking here for a long time, but you don't know that the little bastard you're talking about has been living in my house before. Thanks to my family's kindness in taking him and his crazy wife, he can live until now? "

The man twitched his lips sarcastically, it was Huo Lan's cousin Pan Wu.

However, it was said that since Pan Wu and the gang of robbers failed to rob the Yunzhai on that year's New Year's Day, and was arrested by Yun Miaoqing and reported to the police, he has been locked in the prison by the county magistrate Zhang Yuanbai.This test lasted for two years. Half a year ago, Zhang Yuanbai's term in Songluan County expired and he had to be transferred to another place. Before leaving, he did not forget to ask someone to explain this to the succeeding county magistrate.However, the new county magistrate saw that Miss Yun's family had returned to the capital now, and Pan Wu's crime was not enough to beheaded. He suspected that he had been locked up for taking up space, so he beat Pan Wu and released him.

Also released at the same time as Pan Wu was a thief who had been detained for a long time.Pan Wu lived next to the thief's cell in the prison, and in the past two years he could be regarded as a good friend.After going out, the man followed Pan Wu to Pan Wu's house and encouraged Pan Wu to steal money from the family and work with him to make a living.The two got up to steal at night, not wanting to be discovered by Pan Wu's mother Bao Ying.Bao Ying wakes up Pan Wu's father, and when the four of them scuffle, Pan Wu accidentally knocks over the candlestick, and the other three are burned to death except himself.

This time, people were killed, and Pan Wu couldn't stay in Songluan County any longer. When he was thinking about where to go, he thought of Huo Lan—that person who came from a humble background but now climbed to the top.

It was Huo Lan who caused him to fall into this situation. If it wasn't because of Huo Lan, he wouldn't have met those bandits, and naturally he wouldn't have gone to jail, wouldn't have made friends with that little thief, and wouldn't have listened to his instigation If he went to steal the family's money, his parents would not die. All of this was because of Huo Lan!

In Pan Wu's life, he never reflected on these two words. In his eyes, all the things he suffered were thanks to Huo Lan. When he thought that Huo Lan actually went to the capital with him, Pan Wu became even more resentful.He didn't think about how to take revenge on Huo Lan, but he had a very clear goal, he went to the capital to find Huo Lan, and returned to Huo Lan what happened to him a hundredfold.

Relying on theft and robbery, Pan Wu really came to the capital half a year later, but the size of the capital was far beyond his imagination. He stayed in the capital for several days, and only took a look outside the high wall of the Yunfu to retaliate. There is no way for people to find.

Depressed, he casually found a teahouse to drink tea. Who would have thought that he just heard these people talking about Huo Lan, and the words were full of praise and exclamation, so how could he listen to it.

Pan Wu hasn't learned anything else in these years, but his mother has learned a lot about the ability to make up and open her eyes and tell nonsense. She turned the past upside down and made nonsense, and insisted on telling the people present that what the scholar just said was wrong. A lowly embryo gave birth to lowly species, so what can I boast about.

The scholar just listened to him the whole time, and didn't argue with him. Pan Wu thought that the other party was persuaded by him and had nothing to say. There are several officials.

"Someone reported to the officials that someone here insulted the Holy Majesty?" the officials asked as they entered the door.

Everyone in the teahouse pointed at Pan Wu together: "That's him!"

Pan Wu never expected that what he said would attract the officials, so he was stunned on the spot, and only when the officials came up to tie him up did he shout for injustice: "I didn't! They are talking nonsense!"

"Who's talking nonsense?" The bearded scholar stood up and said to Pan Wu at this moment, "Huo Lan is the orphan of Prince Pingzhang, and the sage himself admitted this in the Jinxiang Palace on his [-]th birthday. He, what is his father? What is the Holy One? Isn't this an insult to the Holy One?"

Pan Wu panicked and shouted repeatedly: "I don't, I don't!"

The official sent a glance at the others, and the others immediately pointed out that Pan Wu had said those words just now.The leading official nodded slightly to indicate that he knew, and waved to the two men who went to tie Pan Wu.

"take away!"

Pan Wu refused to accept and yelled, the officer who tied him up directly took out a roll of hemp rope and stuffed it into his mouth.

Now Pan Wu couldn't shout any more, and was dragged out of the teahouse by someone from left to right. When he passed by the bearded scholar, he only heard the scholar coolly say: "Looking at your appearance, I guess you just came to the capital. I will teach you a lesson, so that you know that in the imperial city, at the foot of the emperor, it is not something that wild people from random places can act recklessly."

It’s over.

This was the only thought in Pan Wu's mind. Last time in Songluan County, after the thief woman surnamed Yun handed him over to the officials, the county magistrate imprisoned him for two years. This time he fell into the hands of the officials again. Let the person surnamed Yun know again, I'm afraid I won't be able to figure it out in this life...

When Pan Wu was thrown into the prison, he was afraid and hated at the same time. It was hard to tell the time in the dark and dark prison. At first, he was nervous, but after a long time, he began to doze off when he saw that no one was being interrogated.Being in a prison is a familiar thing once and twice, and he has learned not to do those useless efforts when he comes in this time. He can eat and sleep when he has food, otherwise, what else can he do?

Pan Wu fell into a drowsy sleep, and vaguely heard someone talking in front of his cell door. He squinted his eyes to see what was going on, but before he could open them, he was held down by someone, and then a black cloth was placed over his eyes, He stuffed something in his mouth again.

"Drag him outside to the carriage."

It was a voice I had never heard before. It wasn't the officials who arrested him today, nor the guards in the cell this afternoon.Pan Wu didn't know what they were going to do, and after struggling for a while, he was tied even tighter.

Could it be that the thief woman surnamed Yun is coming to punish him?Pan Wu yelled all the way, and after the carriage stopped, he was carried for a long time before he was finally let go.

"Your Highness." The man who took him away spoke again.

Pan Wu was startled, why is it "His Royal Highness"?Isn't the other party a woman named Yun?Or is it true what the person in the afternoon teahouse said, the emperor recognized Huo Lan, so now it is Huo Lan who is in front of him?

"It's him?" Another voice sounded in the room, with a graceful and lazy tone, even if Pan Wu hadn't seen Huo Lan for several years, he could be sure that the voice was not Huo Lan.

Who would that be?Pan Wu became more and more strange.

The man sneered and said again: "What are you doing with his eyes covered? There's no need for that. Take it off and take out the things in your mouth. I have something to ask him. You all go down after you're done."

The black cloth in front of him was untied, and after a sound of footsteps, the surrounding people all left, leaving only Pan Wu and the owner of the voice just now.

Pan Wu's eyes were blindfolded for a long time, and he couldn't adapt to seeing the bright light suddenly. He squinted for a long time before he could see clearly.He looked around, and saw a row of cabinets standing against the wall of the room, with many books on them, and he seemed to be in a study room.The person in front of him was dressed in a golden crown and had an extraordinary bearing. He was probably around thirty years old. It was a strange face he had never seen before. It was definitely not anyone from the Yun family that Huo Lan and he had met.

"You told people in the teahouse in the afternoon that Huo Lan used to live in your house. I did hear that Huo Lan's mother and son were taken in by his uncle's family, so you are Huo Lan's cousin?"

Pan Wu was not sure whether this person was an enemy or a friend, but the lesson from the afternoon was still vivid in his memory. He didn't dare to speak nonsense until he found out the identity of the other party, and replied honestly: "Yes, the villain Pan Wu, it's Huo Lan. cousin."

"Then you must know a lot about Huo Lan and his mother's childhood, tell me?"

It seems that this attitude does not seem to seek revenge for Huo Lan... Pan Wu licked his lips, and boldly asked the seated person: "Which aspect do you want to hear?"

The man curled his lips and smiled: "What else could it be? Isn't it what you want to say? But don't fool me with those nonsense remarks in the teahouse in the afternoon, what I want to hear is the truth. "

To be honest... Pan Wu thought for a while, picked up a few things about Huo Lan's childhood and told this mysterious "His Royal Highness". Lan only seemed to perk up when she had some sissy eccentricity.

"You mean that he never goes to the river with the village children? No matter how hot it is in summer, he still dresses neatly when everyone else is shirtless?"

"Yes." Pan Wu nodded. Seeing that the other party was willing to listen to this, he recalled and added, "He also avoids us in the bath. I heard from my mother that before his mother bathed him in the room, my mother asked When I went in to get things, his mother suddenly went crazy, and guarded the door with a stick to prevent anyone from entering. Then his mother died, and he didn't seem to have taken a bath at home... Yes, I remembered when you asked me that , He really never takes a bath at home, he always comes back after washing in the river outside."

"So no one in your entire village has seen him naked? Even when he was a kid in open crotch pants?" the man asked while rubbing his chin.

"Yes, hey, that's not right! You said this, and I remembered another thing. My mother said that Huo Lan never wore crotch pants when he was a child! His mother made those pants for him without slits. I would rather wash them after wetting them." No one else would listen to what others said, anyway, his mother would not let others handle Huo Lan's affairs, and would not allow others to ask, and she would go crazy if she asked."

After Pan Wu finished speaking, he saw that the man was groaning silently, rolled his eyes, and asked tentatively, "What do you think of these? Do you want me to help you get rid of Huo Lan's past shameful things? As long as You can let those officials let me go, and I will do what you say!"

The man's eyes were wandering elsewhere thinking about something, but was interrupted by Pan Wu and returned to him.

"Oh? Are you going to negotiate terms with this king?" The man smiled and got up from his seat, walked slowly to Pan Wu and squatted down, his eyes were at the same level as Pan Wu.

It stands to reason that this person is smiling, which should make people feel very gentle, but for some reason, Pan Wu felt a bit of creepiness from this person's smile, and he almost instinctively said "no", but after thinking about it , this may be his last chance.

Judging from this person's questioning, this person probably has a grudge against Huo Lan.This is a powerful person, probably more powerful than that woman of the Yun family. With the woman of the Yun family protecting Huo Lan, he may have no hope of revenge in his life, but it will be different if this person participates. For this person, he might be better than Huo Lan!

Thinking of this, Pan Wu mustered up the courage to stare at the person in front of him again, only to see that the person unhurriedly pulled out a dagger from his waist, and grinned while playing with it: "I know why this king was taken down just now. Is it your blindfold? They don't want you to see this king's face, they are afraid that you will say something bad when you see it, but this king is not worried about it, after all, how can a dead person speak, right?"

Pan Wu finally knew where the creepy feeling came from, and it was only at this moment that he realized that the woman from the Yun family was nothing to a powerful and prestigious family like them. What, this person in front of him is a beast in human skin, a real cannibal.

His mistake was that he shouldn't have negotiated terms with the evil ghost. No, he shouldn't have come to the capital to trouble Huo Lan at all. How could such an unknown person like him get involved?

It's a pity that he realized it too late, the severe pain began to spread from his cheek, and the long torture had just begun.

At this moment, Yun Miaoqing and Huo Lan are counting the clothes together in Huo Lan's room in Yun Mansion.His Majesty's trip to Mount Kangze will start in two days, Yun Miaoqing is worried that Huo Lan will miss something, so she specially helps her to check it together.

"This time, it took at least a month to talk back and forth. It's not convenient for me to go with you. You must be careful when you stay outside by yourself, and don't reveal your identity."

This is the third time Yun Miaoqing has told Huo Lan. Recently, Huo Lan found that Yun Miaoqing loves to nag her more and more. It is really unexpected that the fairy-like figure in the past has started to get stuck in mundane affairs.

But Huo Lan didn't find it annoying at all. On the contrary, it showed that Yun Miaoqing was becoming more and more concerned about her. It was too late for Huo Lan to be happy. She loved to hear Yun Miaoqing say it no matter how many times.

"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Huo Lan followed Yun Miaoqing like a little tail. When she came back from Kangze Mountain this time, she would have to move out. When she thought of this, she wished she could get along with Yun Miaoqing. Miaoqing grew up together, sticking to Yun Miaoqing's side all the time.

"Have we not been apart for so long since you took me in? I will miss you, will you miss me?"

Yun Miaoqing turned around with a straight face: "I don't want to."

"You really don't want to?" Huo Lan knew that Yun Miaoqing was teasing her, so she held Yun Miaoqing's sleeve and swayed it coquettishly.

"You!" Yun Miaoqing poked Huo Lan's face, and just about to speak, the maid outside reported: "Miss, there is a little beggar outside the mansion who took your sign and said that he has something important to see."

"Little beggar? Brand?" Huo Lan wondered, what are these things, why doesn't she know any of them?

"It's about time?" Yun Miaoqing stopped her movements and told the servant girl: "Take him to the front hall, I'll be there right away."

The servant girl led the order to retreat, and Yun Miaoqing took Huo Lan to meet the guests. On the way, she explained to Huo Lan, "Do you still remember the little beggar we met on the Lantern Festival? That little beggar had a very flexible mind. He got money for revealing the news to me, and then he started to inquire about the news. He knew a lot of people of all kinds on the street, so it was convenient to do this. I met him again later, and I saw that he developed a lot of people under his command, and he did it brilliantly. The mouth is also tight, so I gave him a sign and asked him to help me keep an eye on the movement between Dianqing Jingfu and Zhuang Wang, and come to me with that sign if there is any news."

So Yun Miaoqing still had contact with that little beggar afterwards!Huo Lan felt sour, but after hearing Yun Miaoqing talk about the serious matter, he quickly became serious: "Qingjing Mansion and King Zhuang?"

"Yeah." Yun Miaoqing nodded, "It's almost curfew right now, so I'm afraid he might find out something important in such a hurry."

The two came to the front hall, where they were already waiting.

The little beggar was still as smooth-tongued as last time. Seeing the benefactor, he first flattered and said hello, and then gestured and said: "This time it's big news, at least it's worth it!"

"Whether it's worth it or not, you can tell me first, can I still lose your money?"

The little beggar smiled "hehe" and said: "This afternoon, the officials of Qingjing Mansion arrested a man in a teahouse in Kangrui Fang, and he was sent to Zhuang Wang Mansion in a carriage in the evening."

"Do you know who they arrested?" Yun Miaoqing frowned and asked.

"Of course I found out for you, otherwise how can I say that this news is valuable?" The little beggar told Yun Miaoqing and Huo Lan what happened in the afternoon teahouse.

Although the foreigner was full of nonsense, he broke through one of the few rumors about Huo Lan's image in the bearded scholar's words, and he didn't sound like someone who didn't know Huo Lan at all.In addition, the person kept saying that Huo Lan lived in his house before, the little beggar thought about it after hearing the news reported by the people below, and suspected that the person might really be some kind of relative of Huo Lan.

Yun Miaoqing and Huo Lan looked at each other, thinking of a person at the same time.

"What does that man look like? You said he is a foreigner, what is his accent?"

The little beggar relayed the description he had heard. When he was asking someone, he carefully taught him a few words of that person's accent, which really came in handy now.

Yun Miaoqing paid the little beggar a salary that was satisfactory enough for him, and after sending him away, she paced back and forth in the hall by herself.

"Why is it him again! If I knew I was in Songluan County back then, I should have killed him." Huo Lan didn't expect that even after he came to the capital, Pan Wu would still follow him lingeringly. Qing's plan all along, cutting Pan Wu into pieces is not enough to relieve her hatred.

"Does he know that you are a woman?" Yun Miaoqing asked.

"I don't know." Huo Lan was stunned for a while after finishing speaking, and then said carefully, "I can't remember many things when I was young, but...he probably doesn't know."

Yun Miaoqing took a few steps slowly, stopped and said: "You can't take this risk, King Zhuang has a deep mind, even if Pan Wu doesn't know, King Zhuang may be suspicious under careful questioning. I plan to wait until I come back from the trip to Mount Kangze, but it seems that it will be earlier..."

As she said that, she called her confidant maid, and quickly ordered: "You go to Master Wen now, tell him that the plan has changed, and let him go to his wife and elder brother in advance. You also have this brand, and you can take advantage of it." Now there is no curfew, go to Desheng Hutong opposite the Dujia Tavern in Yihefang, go in and count to the third house, knock on the door and tell them that the goods I have prepared at their house will be ready tonight, and let them prepare in advance. After that, you don’t have to When you come back, just stay there and listen to their arrangements."

After instructing the maid, Yun Miaoqing took Huo Lan to her own room to get two sets of eunuch costumes and a thick oiled paper bag.

"We have to enter the palace quickly, I'm afraid there will be changes if it's too late."

Seeing Yun Miaoqing's appearance, Huo Lan didn't know how urgent the situation was, although she didn't know what Yun Miaoqing was going to do, but now was not the time to waste time and ask in detail, she would just follow what Yun Miaoqing said, and get through it first Let's talk about this level.

After packing up their things, the two rushed to the front door, but just as they were about to reach the door, someone reported that Du Xiang had sent someone to pick her up, saying that there was an urgent matter to discuss.

"This old fox reacts really fast!" Yun Miaoqing cursed, and immediately said to the servants, "Go and hold back the visitors, just tell them that Mr. Huo Lan and I have gone out, and the hour should be back soon, let them wait Go up and wait."

After she finished speaking, she said to Huo Lan: "You can't go ahead, let's go through the side door."

The two got into the carriage from the side door of Yunfu, and headed straight for the palace. Halfway through the trip, the curfew bell rang. Fortunately, Huo Lan often came back late recently because he helped His Majesty deal with the memorials. His Majesty gave her a piece of travel at night With the waist card, he was able to enter the palace gate unimpeded.

"Your identity Du Shouming is still hiding from His Majesty. Seeing that this matter is going to be exposed, Du Shouming will only be more anxious than us. He said on the surface that he has something to discuss, but in fact it is a grand banquet. If we go, he will immediately tie you up." Go and plead guilty."

On the carriage, Yun Miaoqing finally had a moment to breathe, and said to Huo Lan: "Actually, I have already made plans to leave the capital. Even if there is no such thing as Pan Wu, we can't stay in the capital forever. You are not a man, fake It's fake, I won't let Du Shouming use it to hold you for the rest of your life."

The author has something to say: update!Today is Valentine's Day, have you all gone out to play?

I am very embarrassed to say that tomorrow I will have something to worry about. Please wait for me to QAQ for another day because I updated more than 6000 words today, or comment and send a small red envelope to compensate everyone. There are too many surprises during the Chinese New Year. I'm very sorry, it will be fine after two days, thank you very much! ! !