At this time, the sky was already gray. On the eve of dawn, the entire palace seemed completely silent, but you could still see the lights gradually lighting up everywhere.
Xia Chuyi and others were dressed in night clothes, which was not obvious in the dark sky, and Qin Yaoxuan's men were familiar with the terrain of the palace, so the group of people slipped out of the palace without much effort.
As he was leaving, he could still vaguely hear the deafening screams made by the palace maids when they entered the third princess's bedroom. Xia Chuyi looked up at Qin Yaoxuan and saw that he pursed his thin lips tightly, but did not look back.
Everyone says that women have a deep heart, but they don’t know that men are the same.
Even she couldn't figure out whether Qin Yaoxuan had feelings for the third princess or just felt guilty.
There was nothing going on outside the palace overnight. Qin Mengsheng made all preparations in an orderly manner. When they returned to the small courtyard, someone immediately came out to help them. Even if they could not come back, he could block all news as soon as possible and stabilize the entire Qin family.
Xia Chuyi later realized how scheming this man who looked like a pedantic scholar was. At that time, Qin Yaoxuan smiled and said to her: "Not all smart people like to express themselves. Smart people in this world
, often likes to act crazy and act stupid."
The small courtyard doesn't look like anything special, and you can even hear the shouts and shouts that are getting busier on the streets outside.
On the first day of Xia Chu, everyone went back to their rooms and changed out of their night clothes. They barely rested and gathered in the main hall again.
Qin Mengsheng had already prepared the food for the morning meal. These things were done by Yuan Bao before, but now he can do them with ease.
"Everyone, let's sit down and have breakfast first." He also sat down, and a maid next to him came over to prepare bowls and chopsticks for them.
Xia Chuyi looked at the expressionless women and was surprised - if they were so powerful, the maids were all at the shadow level, and the defense of their small courtyard would be many times stronger than that of the palace!
When Jin Yuanbao saw her staring at those maids in a daze, he immediately pursed his lips and smiled: "These are the few female figures. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient for you if they are all served by men."
"Yuanbao," Xia Chu called out affectionately for a while, with sparkling eyes, a pair of autumn eyes as black as the night sky and as bright as cold stars, which made people stunned at first sight.
Jin Yuanbao responded softly, "Yeah", and then felt uncomfortable sitting next to her.
What is she going to say, what is she going to say...
I was extremely nervous in my heart, but I was still looking forward to it.
Xia Chuyi sighed and said quietly: "Actually, you can treat me like a man."
Qin Yao
It almost squirted out.
I have seen a strong and strong woman, but this is the first time I have seen one so straightforward.
Xia Chuyi glared at him with some dissatisfaction: "What's so funny? I don't know that my people gave him the nickname Invincible King Kong, the little overlord, the tough and brave Xia Chuyi. At first glance, he looks like a person with no knowledge. Tsk tsk, it's useless for you to go out.
After traveling for so many years, I knew at first glance that I was going to make soy sauce."
Qin Mengsheng lowered his eyes, shook his head, and said with a smile, "That's what Xia Yushi said."
Xia Chusheng was not afraid of confrontation, but he was most afraid of those who could overcome strength with softness. Qin Mengsheng immediately made him lose his temper, and she couldn't choke him anymore even if she wanted to.
Really, this man will definitely have less trouble outside, because he won't be able to conflict with others at all!
She curled her lips in boredom and muttered in a low voice: "You should call me Chu Yi, Xia Yushi, Xia Yushi, this title sounds unpleasant to my ears."
Qin Mengsheng immediately changed his words: "First grade... Miss."
Xia Chuyi looked up at him speechlessly: "..."
Jin Yuanbao raised his head and looked around, then suddenly said: "Where did Feng Luo go?"
"I didn't see him last night," Qin Mengsheng took over and immediately dimmed his eyes, "He seems to be avoiding me..."
Xia Chuyi wanted to be a coward, but after all, the matter between Qin Mengsheng and Feng Luo was her own fault, and she didn't want to be hated by two people at the same time.
But it had been a whole night, and Feng Luo hadn't come back yet. Her memory naturally jumped to Gejiazhuang, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.
"I'm just afraid that Feng Luo is not avoiding you, but that something will happen to him." Xia Chuyi muttered a sentence, picked up a bun on the table, and stuffed it into his mouth.
Jin Yuanbao, who was next to him, was afraid that she would choke, so he quickly poured her a glass of water, and then stared at her with some doting and some annoyance: "How can you always think the worst about things? Eat quickly, eat full, like this
Only then can we think of a solution properly.”
When Xia Chuyi heard this, he became even more depressed.
Yes, we still have to find a way to save Xuanyuan Yanqiu!
She has military power in her hands, which is actually not good for them, but if Concubine Xue controls the emperor, then half of the rest of the Emperor's Holy Army is equivalent to being in Lu Haoran's hands.
Qin Yaoxuan doesn't have any troops at the moment, so it would be good for Xuanyuan Yanqiu to contain them.
Speaking of the army, I don't know if Lin Shengqin has made a decision in his heart. The military direction of the Northwest Army will play a vital role in this battle to seize the throne.
But Lin Shengqin wasn't in Yancheng either, so this shouldn't be her worry, and her thoughts immediately returned to how to lure the old witch out.
"The old witch is faster than Feng Luo and I. Even if we lure her out, catching her is still a problem. Moreover, the haunting incident in Liuliangzhou is probably caused by her. She is definitely a troublemaker.
A person to look down upon.”
After Xia Chuyi said this, everyone fell silent immediately.
In fact, as long as there is evidence that the haunting incident in Cang and Liuzhou was instigated by Lu Haoran, then the general trend of the world and the will of the people, Lu Haoran will definitely fail under these two prerequisites.
But there is no evidence...
There was such a big commotion in the two cities, but no evidence was left behind.
Feng Luo's figure was erratic, like a ghost, but she was a few points faster than him.
Such an opponent is indeed as Xia Chuyi said - not to be underestimated.
How to lure her out and how to catch her, these two questions are destined to trouble several people for a long time.
…
People were coming and going on the streets. Because the emperor was celebrating his birthday, the whole city was decorated with lights and colorful decorations. It looked very lively.
Feng Luo leaned against the window of the second-floor wing of the wine shop, holding a jar of wine in his hand, and his eyes fell lightly on the street.
All kinds of noisy sounds drifted through my ears, including those of blacksmiths, quarrels, shouts, and people chatting with acquaintances they met on the road...
In such a lively place, he couldn't feel the slightest warmth, as if the cold air coming out of his body had separated him from the surroundings into two worlds.
He raised the wine jar above his head, tilted his head and poured a large mouthful of strong wine into his mouth. The burning taste made his throat hurt.
The wine jar was empty again, but he didn't seem to be drunk at all. He reached out and threw the wine jar on the ground. He sat on the window sill, staring into the distance in a daze.
"Help! Help! You are blind and didn't see them holding knives. Please help me..."
There was a small commotion on the street, and many people stopped and turned their heads to look at the woman running desperately in the middle of the street.
They are not blind, and it is precisely because they are not blind that they do not go up to help. Swords have no eyes, so what if they fail to save others and hurt themselves?
Feng Luo frowned slightly when he heard the cries for help.
Being so rude, it seemed like it was a matter of course to save her. It would be strange if she could find someone to save her on this street.
He raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the source of the sound, and saw a little girl wearing an ocher pleated skirt with bells all over her body running forward.
While running, she threw the vegetables, radish, umbrellas, rouge, etc. from the surrounding vendors on the ground behind her. Not only were a lot of thugs with big knives chasing her, but also the vendors who were inexplicably involved were also looting.
He got up and joined the chasing team.
Thanks to the cleverness of the little girl, she was chased and intercepted by so many people, but she was not caught by anyone, and she was able to make faces at the thugs with ease.
"Come and catch me. If you dare to come here, I will let you eat Gu worms and make your life worse than death!"
The thugs, who had been teased by this little girl for a long time, could not bear this anger. They immediately waved their hands to everyone: "Listen up, everyone, this little girl broke my young master's favorite white jade pot made of suet, and my young master became angry.
If you tell me, whoever can catch her will be rewarded with a hundred taels of gold!"
People who were just watching the excitement, but when they heard that there was actually money to be made, and it was a huge sum of money, they immediately rubbed their hands and feet, looking eager to try.
The little girl in ocher clothes suddenly panicked when she saw people all over the street gathered around to catch her, and the hand holding the box in her hand started to tremble inexplicably.
But there was a hard expression on his face, and he said with warning: "The things in my hands can really kill people, do you want to listen to my advice?"
"There must be brave men under heavy rewards. If you want them to stop, just throw gold at them."
All kinds of insulting and exciting sounds around her filled her eardrums, but she could still clearly capture the cold voice without any emotion in the noise.
It was clear and light, like the melted ice and snow on the snow-capped mountains, gathering into a flowing mountain stream, and crashing over it so clear.
She suddenly raised her head and ran into the cold and indifferent eyes of the man on the second floor of the wine shop.
She was stunned for a second, and the next moment she felt that a dirty hand was about to touch her body. She immediately pulled out a scimitar from her waist and swung it in that direction.
The man shrank quickly, but a cut was still made on his hand, and a line of blood immediately spilled out, shocking the few people closest to him.
Unexpectedly how strong this little girl was, the people on the inside immediately gave up their plan to be the first one, and were ready to give the opportunity to others. They were waiting for the mantis to catch the cicada, and the oriole was behind.
However, the people rushing behind him didn't give anyone a chance to step back, and they crowded towards the center.
She was just one person with a sword, how could she stand up to so many people? Even the most arrogant person felt a little aggrieved at this moment, pursed her lips, and completely gave up resistance. She just stood in the middle of the crowd,
He raised his head and looked at Feng Luo upstairs without blinking, his eyes filled with tears.
Feng Luo now felt like scolding someone - this troublemaker!
It seems that whenever I meet her, there is a lot of trouble behind her. However, no matter how much she suffers, her unruly temper never calms down.
But she really made the right bet, and he would not fail to save her.
He jumped out, flew through the air at high speed, reached out to grab the little girl in the middle of the siege, and disappeared into the street with a blink of an eye.
Everyone felt as if a cool wind was blowing on their faces, and a big bird seemed to fly in the sky. When they came back to their senses and looked towards the middle, where was the figure of the little girl?
The thugs dispersed the crowd. The little leader looked at the empty streets and suddenly became angry: "Where are the people?"
One of the thugs shook his head blankly: "She seemed to have disappeared out of thin air..."
"He disappeared and I have to look for him! I have to dig three feet into the ground to find him!"
…
The street over there was still very lively. On the roof here, Ling Ding was gnawing on the roast chicken Feng Luo bought for her. While eating, she said: "I didn't break that ugly broken bottle. He said he wanted to invite
When I was eating, I said I couldn’t eat because of his appearance. He threw the bottle himself and blamed me..."
After spitting out the chicken bones, she had an angry look on her face: "I should have fed him two worms to make his life worse than death!"
Feng Luo looked at her expressionlessly from the side without saying a word.
Lingdang tore off a chicken leg and stuffed it into her mouth, turned her head to meet his gaze, and suddenly choked.
After finally swallowing the chicken, she muttered with some dissatisfaction: "Why do you keep staring at me..."
"Why did you come to Yancheng?" Feng Luo's eyes moved slightly, and then returned to his untroubled look.
They were in Cangzhou and she was also in Cangzhou. They were in Yancheng and she was also in Yancheng. Is this too much of a coincidence?
Ling Ding's arrogance subsided instantly. He hesitated for a moment and said with a somewhat erratic look in his eyes: "I just wandered around and came to Yancheng. This is not your home, why can't I come?"
Feng Luo's thin lips, which were originally light in color, tightened a bit, making her lips look the same color as her face.
After a while, he spoke again: "How did you escape from the dungeon in the city lord's mansion?"
"This..." Lingdang was stunned for a moment. The roast chicken that she thought was so delicious now felt like chewing wax in her mouth.
"You can imprison me privately, but you don't allow me to escape on my own? But to be honest, the people you sent to guard are so poor that they couldn't even guard a little girl like me..."
After all, Ling Ding didn't continue talking, and her hand was suddenly grabbed by Feng Luo.
Her eyes suddenly widened, and her voice suddenly raised several pitches: "You, you... what are you going to do? I'm going to call it indecent assault!"
Feng Luo's eyes flashed coldly: "You can't say a word of truth in your mouth."
Although he was fainted at the time, he could still feel the overwhelming murderous aura, as if it was going to crush him to ashes.
The stinky little girl in front of me will never reach that level if she practices for another twenty years.
Lingdang tilted her head to the side: "What I said is the truth."
"Then I'll take you back, and someone will make you talk." Feng Luo completely ignored Zhong Ding's yelling, punching and kicking, and directly carried her on his shoulders, running all the way from the roof towards the small yard.