The young scholar's expression changed, and then he raised his eyes and looked at Ming Lanruo: "Do you really want me to say it in front of this crowd?"
Ming Lanruo stared at him for a moment, then signaled the guards at the hot spring palace to stay away.
"Okay, can we talk now?" She raised her eyebrows.
Scholar Yin lowered his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said: "Xiaosheng used to be the clerk of the Xingfu Yamen under Prince Jing's residence. He had read the records of the prince's temperament by Prince Jing's staff, so he guessed the prince's plan."
Ming Lanruo's expression changed slightly, and she looked him up and down for a while: "You...are the remnant of Prince Jing?!"
Prince Jing was the vassal king who was murdered by Cang Qiao because of his rebellion.
The heads of the adult men in the house were made into lanterns by Dongchang and hung at the door, frightening the other feudal princes who came to be "guests" and gave them nightmares.
The hidden scholar lowered his long and thin eyes and sighed: "My dear lady, as a clerk, I am only responsible for sorting out various text records in the territory every day. Not to mention meeting the masters of Prince Jing's Mansion, even Shangguan rarely comes here.
Library."
He paused and smiled bitterly: "But even so, those of us who don't even have a rank are called the remnants of Prince Jing. If we want to live, we have to purify ourselves and enter the palace. Xiaosheng had no choice but to escape."
Ming Lanruo sneered: "So, you lied to me when you said you took the initiative to cleanse yourself?"
She did know that the innocent people who were really implicated in the crime of treason could only survive if they were reduced to purification or low status.
The hidden scholar raised his slender and deep eyes and looked at her deeply: "I have no choice but to purify myself and enter the palace without deceiving the young lady. It involves conspiracy, so I dare not and cannot tell the truth."
No matter who he was, he had never lied to her.
Ming Lanruo's heart trembled slightly when she saw his eyes as cold as snow.
Jing Ming put the knife on his waist and snorted coldly: "Then what are you doing here, and why are you entangled with my eldest lady!"
The hidden scholar was a little helpless: "I originally heard that an old friend of mine had escaped here, so I wanted to come here to seek refuge. Who knew... that something like this would happen, and it was obviously you who caught me in the car."
Jing Ming was stunned and scratched his head: "Oh, it seems so."
Ming Lanruo: "..."
She was silent for a while: "Scholar Yin, you should know how risky it is to be with the remnants of the rebellion. Forgive me for not keeping you. I will ask Jingming to get you three hundred taels of silver later, and you can go on your own."
Bar."
Jingming was shocked. Thirty taels was the annual expenses for a family of three. Three hundred taels was a bit much! Even if they were a landlord, they had no food left, and they still relied on the Queen Mother for financial support. How could Miss Ye be so generous?
She couldn't help but lowered her voice in pain: "Wait a minute, miss, that money..."
"I don't want the little lady's money. I just want to ask the little lady, do you know that the unknown master in the car behind is also a remnant of Prince Jing?" Scholar Yin interrupted Jing Ming calmly.
Ming Lanruo felt his cold gaze and touched her nose guiltily. She...actually knew.
In his previous life, King Qin once revealed that Mr. Wuming once served in Prince Jing's palace. If he hadn't rescued Mr. Wuming who was on the run, the other party would not have surrendered to him.
She came to cut off Mr. Wu, so she naturally thought of how to conceal Mr. Nameless’s identity.
"If you can accept Mr. Yin, why can't you accept Xiaosheng, just because Xiaosheng is a useless scholar?" Scholar Yin asked gloomily.
Ming Lanruo frowned. Hiding one more person would bring more risks. She really didn't want to take risks for a hidden scholar who had little value.
At this time, a middle-aged man's vicissitudes of voice sounded: "Princess, we are all just making a living, but we were implicated in Prince Jing's rebellion and inexplicably became homeless and sinners hiding everywhere..."
Ming Lanruo was startled, then turned to look at the unknown gentleman who got off the carriage at some point.
He said with a serious face: "If you can't accept this little brother, then I can't work for you anymore."
Ming Lanruo was very puzzled: "Don't you guys know each other?"
Mr. Anonymous nodded and said seriously: "We don't know each other, but because we don't even know each other, but we are innocently implicated in the same thing, we feel sympathy for each other!"
Scholar Yin was also quite surprised that the unknown gentleman actually came down to speak to him. He was originally thinking of using some other trick to seduce the young lady, but now it saves trouble.
A silent smile flashed in his eyes, and he looked at Ming Lanruo calmly.
Ming Lanruo was speechless, okay...that is, if she doesn't let the hidden scholar follow, Mr. Anonymous won't do it either!
What is this, buy one, get one free, compulsory buy one, get one free?!
Ming Lanruo rubbed the center of her brows and said, "Okay, I will consider it and leave here first. If the prince's people show up, none of us will be able to leave."
"Okay!" Mr. Wuming and Yin Shusheng nodded in unison.
She whispered a few words in Jinghe's ear, and then sent the guards from the hot spring palace to retreat first.
"Where are they going?" Scholar Yin got into the car and frowned slightly as he watched Jing He drive away with Mr. Unknown and another driver.
Ming Lanruo climbed onto the carriage, pulled the reins, and tried the feel: "I asked them to go down the mountain and return to Tangquan Town. The most dangerous place is the safest place. The prince will not expect them to go back."
The prince's men and horses must be paying attention to her, and the martial law in Tangquan Town will be relaxed. Jinghe is very skilled in martial arts and can sneak in and hide with his unknown master.
Scholar Yin looked at her and couldn't help but wonder: "Little lady, do you want to drive by yourself?"
When did she learn to drive?
Ming Lanruo smiled and raised his whip skillfully: "I know a little bit."
Horse riding and driving are all skills that women must know. In my previous life, I lost people and lives, but the skills I learned have not been lost.
The carriage immediately sped off in the other direction.
The hidden scholar was sitting in the carriage, looking at her slender but neat and comfortable back, feeling a little dazed and confused for a moment.
This little lady...why did it seem like he had never known her in the past few years?
Did she hide it too well?
Or maybe Cang Qiao or Jiu Qiansui don't deserve to see this side of her?
A hint of scarlet anger appeared in the corners of Yin Scholar's eyes, but he quickly suppressed this irritating and dark emotion.
He narrowed his slender eyes and smiled, no matter what, being a hidden scholar is a good status.
He looked at the gloomy and rainy sky, took an oil-paper umbrella from the carriage, sat down in front of the carriage, and held it up for her: "It's raining, I'll hold the umbrella for the little lady."
Ming Lanruo looked at him and still called her "little lady", but she didn't mind. She just held the horse's rein steadily and nodded: "Okay."
"Gululu..."
In the empty and quiet mountain forest, there is only the sound of the wheels of the horse-drawn carriage.
The hidden scholar sat next to her and looked at her quietly from the corner of his eye for an unknown amount of time.
The fine rain and mist fell down, still covering her pretty features.
His nose was always filled with the fragrance of leaves and water, and... the fragrance of herbs blew through her hair in the wind, and there was no need to go anywhere.
There were only two of him and her in this mountain. She was driving and he was watching her quietly. The emptiness and quietness made his dark heart seem to calm down.
How many years have it been since you were so peaceful?
If this moment lasts forever, it would be wonderful.
There are only hidden scholars and young ladies in this world, and they are also excellent.
The hidden scholar sighed lowly.
…
After a long time, the moonlight began to rise above the treetops. Ming Lanruo suddenly pulled the reins, stopped the car, and jumped out.
The hidden scholar was stunned and looked around at the dark forest: "There is no road here, little lady."
Ming Lanruo nodded: "We are going to the palace on the small road, and the prince will intercept and kill our troops on the main road."
Scholar Yin also got out of the car and watched Ming Lanruo looking around in the forest for a while. He was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly walked a few steps, jumped a few times, and stretched out his hands to scratch in the air.
He curved his delicate and slender eyebrows, followed up, and asked gently: "Little lady, what are you looking for? Fruit, are you hungry?"
He doesn't care where he goes, but he hopes to be alone together for a longer time.
The little lady is not in the palace or the capital, and she is lovely without restraints...
Ming Lanruo turned around excitedly and handed the thing in her hand to his straight nose: "I'm not willing to eat it. Look, there is this big treasure in Tangshan!!"
The next moment, he saw in the palm of the cute little lady, the furry head of a palm-sized fat yellow-striped spider, poking at the tip of his nose.
The big spider twisted its fat body angrily and ferociously, its eight bristly legs kicked his nose hard, and its eight scarlet eyes stared at him.
Hidden scholar: "..."
Gudong!
The hidden scholar fell straight back, and the others were gone.
Ming Lanruo's eyes were empty, and she looked at the thin figure silently on the ground. She was carrying a fat spider, and she was confused: "Hey, what's going on?"
The fat spider was angry: "￥#%...&*￥%%#...%&…&...&￥￥!!!"
