The white copper crane in the corner of the hall was spitting out the scent of beasts, and the room was filled with warmth, as warm as spring.
The brocade curtain hangs low on the big huanghuali wood bed, and the floor is covered with a brocade peony carpet. Not far away is an antique square table with rolled ears. Xu Ming'er is wearing a snow silk gauze skirt and goose-yellow jacket, a crescent-white belt, and long hair.
She was tied into two playful long braids, with a girl's unique double bun on her head. She was sitting there reading a book. Her two calves were swinging gently under the stool, and from time to time she would read from the brocade box.
Pick up an apricot preserve and bite it in small bites, looking very leisurely.
Suddenly, a low moan came from the brocade tent. Xu Ming'er was startled, stopped what she was doing, listened, rubbed her buttocks, jumped down to the ground, and quickly ran over to open the curtain.
Xia Xun was lying on the bed. After the fight, he didn't notice anything at the time. In fact, the injury on his body was not just on his arm. His head was broken in several places, and there was a large bruise. His head was wrapped with a thick
The bandage looked like that of Indian Asan. His shoulders and chest were slanted. He had stabbed his upper arm with a candlestick first, and the area where he had been stabbed had also been bandaged. There was a faint medicinal fragrance on his body, and it was obviously of high quality.
ointment.
He didn't wake up. The healing medicine itself had a calming effect. He had lost too much blood and was in low spirits. He was sleeping soundly at the moment.
Xu Ming'er lay on the bedside, supporting her chin with her hands and looking at him: "Huh? This big liar is actually quite good-looking."
Ming'er seemed to have suddenly discovered something, and a sweet smile appeared on her face. When she smiled, her snow-white and tender face actually had a bit of girlish charm: "Black and shiny eyebrows, ah, those eyelashes seem to be the same as mine."
They are all the same length, neatly and densely packed."
"The high bridge of the nose, and those lips..." Ming'er curled her lips and said, "What's the point of a man having such pretty lips?"
Her eyes passed over Xia Xun's chest again. The very toned chest, with broad chest muscles, full of masculine beauty. Unfortunately, the little girl is still young and has no sense of the amount of muscle accumulation. Her eyes are focused on
There was a bandage on Xia Xun's arm, and there was a faint trace of blood seeping out.
Ming'er stretched out a finger and touched it gently, remembering the sharp knife stabbing her chest and the way he used his arm to shield himself from the knife, she still felt frightened. She was frightened for a while, and moved for a while. The little girl's attention
The force quickly shifted and he began to study Xia Xun's injured arm.
"Such thick arms..."
Ming'er stretched out her arms to compare with him, shook her head, stretched out her hands to gesture, then bent down to try her thighs, moved it to the top of her thighs, and then stuck out her tongue: "Wow, better than mine."
The thighs are even thicker!”
Xia Xun had woken up faintly at this time. His nose first smelled a faint and sweet aroma of orchid grass, which was somewhat familiar. Then he saw a petite body. The little girl was bending her back to him.
, the material of the clothes is soft and close-fitting, and the green, thin butt that is not round enough is facing towards her.
Xia Xun coughed slightly, and Ming'er immediately turned around quickly. When she saw him opening his eyes, she couldn't help but shout in surprise: "Are you awake?"
Xia Xun smiled: "I'm awake." He looked around and asked in surprise: "Where is this?"
Ming'er said: "Prince Yan's Mansion. You were injured because of me. I should take care of you."
At this point, her face turned red and she said with embarrassment: "Of course, I changed clothes, looked at the injuries, applied medicine, bandaged, fed porridge, well...someone did all of this, I was just watching from the sidelines.
"Well...well...it's not that I don't want to serve my benefactor, it's that they don't allow me to do it."
Xia Xun pursed her lips a few times, wanting to laugh but holding back: "I'm sorry for bothering the princess, but the common people below can't afford it."
Ming'er waved her hand and said: "There is nothing I can't bear. My brother-in-law, together with the Sansi Yamen, are checking the Beiping Mansion to prevent the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty from slipping through the net. The harem people have just moved back, and the underground secret passages also need to be cleaned and sealed.
Damn, my sister is also very busy. Anyway, I have nothing to do. When they finish their work, they will come to see you and reward you heavily."
"Right!"
Ming'er suddenly remembered something, jumped up quickly, reached around her waist, and took off a sachet carefully woven with gold and silver threads from her slender waist, decorated with colorful flowers at the bottom.
The silk thread and sachet are embroidered with orchids and flowers, and there is a small flower-like word in the middle. If you look carefully, it is clearly the word Ming embroidered on it.
When Ming'er was young, although her upbringing was strict, no one taught her about men and women. She didn't understand that a girl's personal sachet should not be given away casually.
"Why do you knock? The sachet is tied behind the elbow."
After the poem Fan Qin wrote during the Three Kingdoms period, the sachet became a code word for a man and a woman to commit themselves to each other.
It cannot be given away. However, she doesn't know that Xia Xun also doesn't know. In this area of knowledge, Xia Xun is just a stick - he knows nothing.
Ming'er picked up the sachet and said, "I really can't find anything on my body that I can give to you. Well, this sachet is my favorite, so I'll give it to you."
Xia Xun said in embarrassment: "I am a grown man, and it is outrageous to have this thing with me. It is not easy for me to give away the things given by the princess to others."
Ming'er widened her eyes and said, "Who wants you to give it away? Everyone in Duke Xu's mansion recognizes my sachet. If you ever go to Yingtian Mansion and need my help with anything, just take it.
It went to find me. You are my savior, so naturally I want to repay you."
Xia Xun was immediately elated after hearing this: "This is really a pillow for dozing off. Little Princess Ming'er is my timely rain for Xia Xun. It's a good wind. I was about to return to the south of the Yangtze River. I thought that the Yang family has been operating there for many years and is a gentry family.
, the potential power is huge, and it will be even more difficult to deal with if there are a few more members of the clan who are officials and have achieved great fame. I am worried about whether I can fulfill a big wish of Xiaodi and Xiao Guanshi father and daughter when I go back this time.
, Now that we have the help of the Xu family, the most important family in the Ming Dynasty, where are we still afraid of him?"
Xia Xun immediately stretched out his uninjured hand, took the sachet from Ming'er as if snatching it, stuffed it into his pocket and kept it, and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, little princess. Thank you, little princess."
As he hid the sachet close to his body, Ming'er suddenly realized that it seemed inconvenient to give it away, but they had already packed it, so she was too embarrassed to change it again, so she could only nod her head dizzy and pretend to be generous:
"It's nothing. A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of water, not to mention you saved my life."
At this time, someone outside the palace reported: "Princess, the man who falsely claimed to give Princess a fox skin yesterday is here again."
Ming'er asked angrily: "What did he bring me again today?"
The person outside the door couldn't help laughing and said: "Back to the princess, he didn't send anything today. He also brought an extra person named Peng, saying that he wanted to take Xia Xun out."
Xia Xun was sent out of Prince Yan's Mansion. This was not because Prince Yan crossed the river and burned the bridge, but because Xia Xun's identity was indeed not suitable for him to stay in the Prince's Mansion to recuperate. However, as soon as Xia Xun left, the Yuelai Inn where he stayed began to flourish. It's just that Xia Xun was sent out of the Prince's Mansion. The dignitaries who came here all used false identities, and the shopkeeper didn't know that many dignitaries had visited his inn.
On the first day, Prince Yan came to visit him personally. On the second day, Princess Yan and the young princess of Duke Xu’s mansion came to visit again. The attitude of Prince Yan’s mansion was such that on the third day, all the envoys and inspectors came to visit. The commander sent the three lords to come together to visit. On the fourth day, the dignitaries one level below them followed...
For King Yan, Xia Xun saved his family. If Xia Xun had not broken into the palace as a warning before, the consequences could be imagined. When Xia Xun fell into the trap, most of the people in the palace had already evacuated. , even if the gunpowder detonates, there will be no major casualties, but because he protected the life of the little princess and the integrity of the Yan Palace, with this kindness, he is the great benefactor of the Yan family, so in Regardless of whether it was public or private, King Yan would come to visit, and Concubine Xu and Xu Ming'er were no exception.
The officials of Jinan Prefecture's Sansi Yamen are even more secretly afraid. If the deceitful plot succeeds, not to mention how much harm it will cause to Peiping, and whether it will affect the situation of the heroes competing for hegemony on the grassland, at least their heads will not be saved. , King Yan has come forward to say thank you, can they not come?
Xia Xun spent nine days with such disturbing visits. On the ninth day, the last batch of goods was on the road. His wounds were almost healed, and the wounds had begun to heal and grow tender flesh. Then he decided to return home!
In fact, when King Yan visited him before, he had already shown his appreciation for him, and through the mouth of the accompanying eunuch Ma Sanbao, he hinted that he could be recruited for his own use. However, Xia Xun is no longer a proletarian, and his family has Huan property. , and there are beautiful women, why bother to become a rebel, and fight for the future with swords and swords? With today's incestuous friendship with King Yan Zhu Di, he is not afraid that he will not have a backer after King Yan succeeds in the future, so he naturally pretends not to know.
King Yan also understood that he was a meritorious student. If he could pass the Jinshi examination, he would be from a good background. He was a vassal king. Although he had the right to promote and appoint a few officials in the palace, including Chang Shi, But for scholars, after all, the official career in the imperial court is a glorious background. It is just that he has other ambitions, so he does not force it.
On the ninth day, Xia Xun, Ximen Qing and Peng Ziqi embarked on the road back home.
Regarding this major incident in Peiping, the three Yamen would rather make it a minor matter, because once the matter reaches the ears of Zhu Yuanzhang, who is strict in enforcing the law, even if it does not cause a huge disaster, he will definitely punish him severely and hold the relevant personnel accountable. . In that case, a lot of messy things may be uncovered.
Zhu Di also had his own considerations. The news that his father was seriously ill had just come a few days ago. At this time, he was unwilling to present news that would make his father Long Yan furious and affect his father's health. At the same time, he also knew that the man who was known as The emperor's grandson, who was known for his benevolence and filial piety, was actually far less kind than his dead father.
The eldest brother Zhu Biao is a truly kind person. If he knew about this, he would never add insult to injury. However, Zhu Yunwen would definitely use the topic to his advantage, pretending to be concerned about the safety of the emperor's uncle, and then incite his father to severely punish the military and political officials in Peking.
Transfer local officials who are close to you and put in some people who are not close to you.
Therefore, with the attitude of all parties who deliberately raised the matter high and put it down gently, the matter was surprisingly calm, and the people hardly heard about it. Xia Xun got the hint from King Yan, so he naturally did not make it public. On the contrary, he was a little bit worried about it.
I'm confused. If such a big event had ever happened in history, it would have been recorded, right? Why have I never heard of it?
It is a pity that before King Yan became the emperor, there were very few records about him, and there is no guarantee that this major event that never happened was indeed not recorded under their concealment. But in the end, it was because of his doing this business that he contributed to the historical event.
Did something happen that didn't happen in the first place, or did it happen before in history, but was thwarted for various other reasons, and was finally left unsolved because of the attitudes of King Yan and local officials in Peiping?
Xia Xun has never figured this out, but he vaguely feels that there seems to be a major key here. If he can figure it out, it may have great significance for his future path, but he is still
You can't get in through the door.
Since Xia Xun's body had not yet recovered, Prince Yan's Palace specially gave him a spacious and comfortable long-distance carriage. In order to avoid being noticed, the Palace and the local government did not send him off publicly. The three of them were happy to be in peace and drove back on their own.
In the countryside, you can move as you wish and feel at ease.
Xia Xun didn't notice that Concubine Xu and Princess Ming'er were standing on the top of the city tower quietly watching them leave, nor did she notice that Miss Xie Yufei in the crowd was watching them "get out" and let out a long sigh of relief.
He didn't notice that a man with a yellow face, leading a yellow gelding, was also mixed in with the travelers and merchants traveling south, and quietly followed them. Xia Xun should have recognized him. This man was the Mongolian who bombed the Imperial Palace in Dadu and killed Yan Yan.
Wang's main planner and the only one who slipped through the net——Dai Yubin.
Only when Ximen Qing noticed the reluctant look of Miss Feifei in the crowd, he squeezed the bracelet that Miss Feifei gave him in his arms, Ximen Qing nodded quietly, and then Miss Feifei smiled slightly.
At this time, a large number of suspects had been arrested in the prison of the Peking Criminal Investigation Department. They were interrogating one by one and strictly screening to find out the remaining party members. It was overcrowded for a while.
In a cell, a pair of uncles and nephews named Wang Ming and Wang Siyuan sat dumbly opposite each other, like a pair of imps. When they heard the screams of the tortured men in the distance, their bodies twitched.
These two guys followed Xia Xun and Ximen Qing to Peiping, but couldn't find anything. They followed Xia Xun all day long until their legs became thin, but they still couldn't find him. As a result, they didn't find out Xia Xun's details.
Instead, it fell into the hands of spies recruited by the Peking Yamen and police officers. This time, as soon as the suspects were caught, the two men were immediately arrested.
Wang Siyuan said with a crying voice: "Boss, what should we do? If we don't recruit our true identity, I'm afraid we won't be able to explain ourselves."
Wang Ming said with a sad face: "But Mr. Qiu has confessed that this matter is not a public matter. If the truth is true, if the Beiping Mansion and Jinan Mansion confront Mr. Qiu, and Mr. Qiu refuses to protect us, then we are not human inside or outside."
Already?"
Wang Siyuan said: "Boss, listen to this, listen to the howling of ghosts and wolves. It will be our turn in a while. It's not like you don't know the methods in Gongmen. When the time comes..."
As soon as they said this, they heard a clanging sound and the two of them quickly shut up. They saw two strong men being brought in by the officers again. They opened the cell door, pushed it in, locked the cell door and left.
The two men were so angry that they grabbed the cell door and shouted, and finally sat down slumped. The older one pulled his hair with his hands and said angrily: "What's wrong with me coming from outside the customs? What's wrong with the several road guides with different names on my body?"
?What’s wrong with me carrying a sharp knife? What the hell is this guy so crazy about? I had a meal in Texas and did hard labor for ten days. I finally got here, why were they arrested again?