The sun was shining brightly, and the people and the courtyard wall all left short shadows on the ground.
After all, Yang Chaoxi passed the examination and joined the staff of the Cui Mansion. At this time, he saw Cui Luo wearing a red and purple robe with a pair of beads and a bird pattern, black leather Liuhe boots, and a soft-legged headdress. The outfit was extremely expensive.
Of course, I had to bow my hands as a junior and wait and see what Cui Luo said.
Cui Luo had just been humiliated in Taiwei Palace yesterday, and this morning he was spit on by a group of beggars. He was in a bad mood, and he couldn't have a good look towards Yang Zhaoxi: "Yang Zhaoxi, I wonder if I will treat you well."
Bo. You are not grateful, but you are trying to seduce Wan'er and smear her innocence! Now you are mixed up with the Zoroastrian demon and the beggar of Luo City. It is not clear what you are. You are so bold and capricious.
You are such a person! I will kill you, and you deserve to die. What else do you have to say!"
Yang Chaoxi knew Cui Luo's move and wanted to give him a blow. No matter what Cui Luo said later, he would be frightened and timid, and he lost three points in terms of momentum.
So he said neither humble nor arrogantly: "My master's words are serious. Wan'er and I have always been clean and honest, and have never acted arbitrarily. I joined the government as a staff member because of her good intentions. If the master of the family insists on believing the villain's instigation, kill me and then be quick."
, then just take action. Although my nephew is trapped in a cage, he is not a person waiting to be killed."
Cui Luo sneered and said: "Hmph! If you hadn't cheated Wan'er away with your sweet words and flattery in every possible way, how could she be so reluctant to leave you? Although I also love talents, I hate unscrupulous people the most! Today!
I care about the face of the real person Nian Changyuan, so I won’t kill you for the time being, but I will accept my Cui family’s fish talisman so that you can get out of Luoyang City as soon as possible. If someone from my Cui family bumps into me in the city again, I will take your life!”
When Cui Jiu heard this, he immediately whistled. In an instant, the Shanling Guards who had rounded up Yang and Qin yesterday rushed in, with their swords pointed at the iron cage. If Yang refused to submit, they would probably swarm them on the spot.
Yang Zhaoxi protected Qin Qing behind him, but he didn't show any timidity at the same time: "What a domineering Cui Mansion! The fish talisman is here, I'll give it back to you!"
As he spoke, he took a brocade bag from his waist, threw it towards Cui Luo through the iron gate, and was caught by Cui Jiu who was on the side. He then said, "Cui Shibo, should we let us go now?"
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Cui Jiu sneered: "When did the master of the house say that he would let you out of the cage? You can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of living! When the sixth lady is prosperous and married to Chang'an, Cui Jiu will personally let you two out of the cage. Haha!" Cui Jiu!
Jiu said, then looked at Shan Lingwei who was also laughing, "Young Shaoxia Yang and Miss Qin are going to stay here for a long time, so it is inevitable that they will eat, drink, and have diarrhea. Come here! Bring the porridge basin and drowning bucket quickly, so as not to disturb others.
They say my Cui Mansion doesn’t treat guests well. Hahaha!”
Yang Zhaoxi's face turned livid, and he was about to yell, but he felt Tan Qing grabbing the hem of his brown clothes from behind, begging softly: "Senior brother Yang, endure your anger for a moment, so as not to worry about it for a hundred days. Survival is the most important thing now! What if today?
If you make them angry, they will definitely think of ways to tease us in the future... My father often said, 'Being competitive is not necessarily chivalrous, but a man is only a man who endures humiliation and burden'. Don't argue with them anymore..."
At this time, the Shanling Guards brought two utensils made of bamboo and wood: one was like a wooden bowl, only bigger than a fist, and contained dark porridge and rice, which was the so-called "porridge basin";
A section of bamboo tube that is no longer than a foot long, thick and short, and can just be squeezed in between the iron bars is called a "drowning bucket".
Yang Chaoxi was so angry that she was trembling all over and wanted to fly up and kick these two things into Cui Jiu's face.
However, Qin Qing had already grabbed the "porridge basin", opened her lips, and swallowed in small mouths. After a few mouthfuls, she looked outside the cage and said with a smile: "Qing'er, thanks Cui Shibo for the hospitality! We've just been hungry for a long time, can we have more?"
Bring some porridge and rice?"
After Cui Luo heard this, he laughed loudly: "Young girl Qin still knows things! Cui Jiu! Prepare more porridge and rice every day. If you dare to make my nephew starve and lose weight, be careful about the family's service... Hahaha!" "Bang!"
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While everyone was laughing, a beautiful figure broke open the small door to the backyard, with a sad and angry voice: "Dad! How can you not keep your word! I have promised to marry into the Yuan Mansion, why are you still unwilling to let Chong Lingzi and Junior Sister Tan go?"
The laughter stopped abruptly.
The mountain guards were like roosters whose necks were strangled, bowing their heads and retreating aside.
Cui Luo turned around with a gloomy expression: "The marriage between the Yuan and Cui clans has been finalized for a long time after three matchmakers and six appointments. You can't do whatever you want. My father originally wanted to kill this mountain boy so that he could put an end to his thoughts for you.
.If you and your fifth brother hadn't interceded on your behalf, do you think dad would be merciful?"
Cui Wan looked miserable: "Dad, why do you always have to be so arbitrary?! If you refuse to let Chong Lingzi and the others go today, Wan'er... will die in front of you!"
After Cui Wan said that, he hit the millstone standing in the corner of the courtyard!
"Wan'er!"
"Senior sister——"
"not good!"
"Oops……"
Yang Zhaoxi and Qin Qing couldn't help but exclaimed as they grabbed the iron fence. The mountain guards were not expecting this and also exclaimed one after another.
Cui Jiu reacted a little faster, stepped forward, and rushed towards the millstone first, but he was a little slower.
What he saw was the tragic situation of brains bursting out and fragrant jade dying. However, he saw a red-purple figure blocking the millstone in an instant. Although Cui Wan used his strength quickly, he hit the man's chest with his head, and his wrists were immediately clamped.
Unable to move.
"Dad! Let me go! If you are forcing yourself so hard, Wan'er might as well die! Oh, oh, oh, oh..." Cui Wan cried while struggling.
The red and purple figure was Cui Luo. When he stopped Cui Wan, he was already furious: "Wan'er! If you are determined to seek death and survive and ruin the marriage between the two clans, I will kill this wild boy now and deal with it all!"
Cui Wan was frightened by him and came to her senses in an instant. She stopped crying immediately and knelt down to Cui Lu with a bang: "Dad... don't! Wan'er will listen to you and will marry to Yuan Mansion tomorrow.
...You let them go earlier, okay?"
Cui Luo felt pain in his heart when he saw her being so humble, but he still shouted with a cold face: "What are you doing standing there in a daze?! Why don't you take Miss Six back home quickly!"
Cui Jiu and others hurriedly ran to the front yard and called Xiao Ping and the maids. Then they picked up Cui Wan from the ground and ordered a mountain guard to guard him carefully. A swarm of bees swarmed out of the backyard.
"Haha! The most ruthless prince's family, today Xiaodao is an eye-opener!" Yang Chaoxi stood in the iron cage and mocked coldly.
"Boy! What nonsense are you talking about?! Don't you think death is not fast enough!" Cui Jiu saw that he dared to speak rudely, and with two flying knives in his hands, he wanted to make the person in the cage suffer.
Unexpectedly, Cui Luo waved his hand and dismissed Cui Jiu. He stared at Yang Chaoxi with blazing eyes and said: "Little Taoist priest, if you were born in a family of princes, generals and ministers, and were used to seeing the ups and downs, and knew that people's hearts are evil, you wouldn't say
You are making such superficial remarks. No one is disturbing you here, so you can just sit in a circle and keep quiet, and you two can just practice Taoism peacefully here!"
The traveling swallows return to their nests, and the twilight is getting darker.
A ray of afterglow fell in the western sky, and the gold that had just been plated on the outside of the shack quickly faded away.
Yang Zhaoxi and Qin Qing each leaned on the side of the iron cage, looking at each other in silence. What kept lingering in their minds was Cui Wan's cry before leaving. The two of them were in a low mood, thinking about the past with Cui Wan, and had mixed feelings in their hearts.
Chen, but there was nothing he could do.
"唳——"
A sharp cry resounded through the sky, causing the swallows in the mud nest to fly around in panic. The two of them did not doubt that he was there, but they still sat in the cage. Even though their stomachs were rumbling like drums, they had no intention of eating porridge.
In the porridge basin sent by Shan Lingwei, the porridge and rice gradually solidified into a black mass, like an ingot.
"Boom!"
Something seemed to have landed on the iron cage, which made the two of them come back to their senses from the silence. When they looked up, they saw only a black iron plate, and could not see clearly what was going on above.
"Pu Ling Leng -" A cool breeze rose out of thin air, raising a burst of dust in the courtyard. The two of them looked sideways and saw a somewhat familiar falcon, landing outside the iron cage, tilting its head and preening its feathers.
Seeing that the two people had discovered it, he nodded to them generously.
"Treading on the snow?!" Yang Chaoxi and Tan Qing both said in shock. Immediately they felt happy:
This falcon has been chained in the backyard of the Beggar Gang. Every day, except for the little monkeys, almost no one pays attention to it. Its sudden appearance here shows that someone deliberately used this falcon as a "scout" to detect the enemy's situation and rescued it.
The person will definitely be here soon!
When I think of this, I can't help but feel excited! If I can escape today, there may be a chance for a turnaround for what was originally a helpless matter...
Several strange noises in the backyard naturally alerted the people on duty in the front yard. Soon, several Shanling Guards, holding barrier knives in hand, rushed to the backyard and surrounded the iron cage. Seeing a falcon eagle rushing in, they almost
The people's minds were slightly relaxed, and they shouted and waved their swords, trying to drive the falcon away.
However, the falcon looked left and right, as if looking at a fool, glanced at a few people, then jumped onto the iron cage, and started chirping to itself: "唳-唳--"
The screams were so harsh that everyone's ears hurt.
Several Shanling Guards immediately became angry and swung their swords to kill him. However, the sword was too short and could not be reached by their arms. They backed away one after another, took out the flying knives from their waists, and threw them at the falcon!
"Ding ding ding..."
A series of sounds of gold and iron clashing sounded intensively, and two gray shadows were seen crossing the courtyard wall, rushing down quickly, and instantly blocking several flying knives. Yang Chaoxi, Tan Qing took a closer look, and was immediately overjoyed:
"Dragon Gang Leader (Dad)!"
Only then did the Shanling Guards suddenly realize, and they all said angrily: "The enemy is attacking! The enemy is attacking in the backyard!"
After a while, more than a dozen mountain feather guards swarmed in. They surrounded Long Zaitian, Tan Xiangchu, and the iron cage that had just arrived.
When Yang Chaoxi saw this, he also had a headache: he thought that the leader of the Dragon Gang would come with a crowd, but he only brought one Tianji protector! These mountain guards are all very skilled in martial arts, and their combined attack power is even greater.
Flying knives should not be underestimated. If you want to save them, there is little hope...
Just as the mountain guards sneered, they were about to swarm up and kill the two of them with swords. Suddenly they heard the sound of wind in the air and saw a huge flower ball appearing out of thin air and exploding one after another!
Hundreds and thousands of corollas fluttered down, and the mountain guards could see clearly: they were actually white and pink wild lilies. A beautiful orchid with a gauze veil appeared from the flowers,
Slowly falling towards the top of the iron cage.
"Pretend to be a ghost! Brothers! Bind the orchids and kill the men, haha! Do it!" The person who gave the order was none other than Cui Jiu.
The Shanling Guards immediately swung their swords and chopped the fallen wild lilies into fragments. For a while, the courtyard was filled with fragrant fragrance. Then they fought with Xiang Long in the field and Tan Xiangchu. Hu Ji didn't panic and waited for everyone to approach.
Suddenly he opened a bag of brown powder and spread it with his hands!
After a few breaths, the knees of the Shanling Guards closest to them weakened, and they immediately staggered up. Throwing the double-barrier knives in their hands, everyone was salivating and smiling, as if they were crazy or drunk.
Cui Jiu reacted immediately and said angrily: "Lilies are poisonous!"