Liu Xun stood outside the small courtyard, patting the door panel.
There was no response.
"Tsk!" He impatiently increased his movements.
In the past, he rarely came here at this hour, so he never expected that Yue Niang and Nanny were sleeping so deeply.
Forget it, Yue Niang, the bedroom in the main house is far from the door.
That grandma usually rests in a side room, so she shouldn’t be unable to hear her.
Liu Xun took several more shots.
In the dead of night, his behavior was quite disturbing.
The yard in front of me was quiet, but someone in the neighbors had already been woken up.
There were candles lit in someone's house, and several yellow dogs were whining, which woke up a young child and cried loudly.
The child was crying at night and it was hard to calm down. The family seemed to be angry and cursed loudly, "Where did a wild ghost knock on the door in the middle of the night!"
Liu Xun couldn't help but shrink his hands.
He had been holding back his fire all night, and now he should have caught fire at one o'clock.
But today was really unlucky. Liu Xun thought to himself that he didn't look at the almanac when he went out. His momentum was too low. If he had any conflicts with others, he would not gain anything, so he could only suppress his anger secretly.
He raised his head and glanced at the courtyard wall.
He has never learned kung fu.
Speaking of which, it's strange that my grandfather refused to teach me.
There was clearly a ready-made martial arts master in the Duke's palace who could teach Xu Jian, as well as those who were close to Xu Jian, but he was not allowed to practice a little bit.
As long as he has learned some skills and can climb over the wall, why does he need to knock on the door?
Thinking of Xu Jian, Liu Xun felt very uncomfortable.
Then I thought about it again, yes, Xu Jian injured his leg, and all his hard work was useless.
He doesn't know how to climb over the wall, and Xu Jian can't do it.
Hey!
The night wind blew, making Liu Xun feel much more comfortable.
He turned around and left, not blaming the two people in the yard who were so sleepy that they couldn't wake up.
Returning to Liu Mansion, the concierge opened the door for him.
Liu Xun asked a few simple questions, and knowing that the others had returned early, he swaggered into the house.
Zheng Liu has already fallen asleep.
She wasn't a light sleeper, but she couldn't stand it. Liu Xun didn't restrain himself. He even made a big noise while wiping his face and taking off his clothes, which immediately woke her up.
A burst of anger came out of her heart. She sat up and said coldly: "What about the war?"
Liu Xun turned around and glanced at her.
Zheng Liu became even more angry: "What scripture did you get from your father?
I can tell you that my mother and I arrived in front of each other. When I went up to talk to her, the room was cold and indifferent.
I see, I’m afraid Xu Jian said a lot of bad things about you.
Your mother has raised you for more than ten years and has never taken care of him. You should be careful if he takes the initiative and coaxes your mother into a coma, not listening to you but listening to him!"
Liu Xun snorted: "Xu Jian is just a cripple."
"But you are no better than a cripple." Zheng Liu dropped these words, turned around and lay down, closing his eyes to continue sleeping.
Unexpectedly, the harsh words really irritated Liu Xun.
Liu Xun kicked off his shoes and went to bed, then rushed over to Zheng Liu without giving Zheng Liu any time to react.
The anger I had been holding in all night found an outlet.
Liu Xun was so angry that he refused to hold on, and the bed frame made a groaning sound.
"I can't beat him?" Liu Xun scolded him while doing it, "He's a loser, he can't even walk with a limp, how can he seduce women? He's useless! That means the princess doesn't know what it's like, just take a look and wait.
After seven or eight years, she will have to dislike Xu Jian!"
Zheng Liu was stunned for a while. When he realized what he was doing, he raised his hand and hit Liu Xun: "Why are you so crazy with me?"
Liu Xun held down her wrist.
Zheng Liu tried hard but couldn't.
Even though Liu Xun is a scholar, there are differences between men and women, and Zheng Liu really has no ability to resist at all.
At first I could still scold, but later I lost the energy to scold.
Liu Xun felt happy now.
No matter how much trouble Xu Jian caused, even His Highness the Crown Prince would not look down upon him, but a disability was a disability, and Liu Xun was extremely confident on this point.
But this confidence was suddenly shattered after dawn when I saw people going to the empty Shuixian Hutong courtyard.
It was broad daylight, and Liu Xun knocked on the door without paying attention, but there was no response after banging on the door, so she had to ask the neighbor to borrow a ladder.
When the boy climbed in and opened the door, Liu Xun walked inside...
There are many things in the bedroom.
At first glance, there is not much difference from before.
However, the jewelry on the dressing table is missing, and when I open the cabinet, I see that there are also missing clothes inside.
Liu Xun was stunned for a while, until he saw the letter left by Yue Niang on the table, and turned into a burning rage.
A long letter, two pages long.
The familiar handwriting was clear and clean, talking about her deep love for Liu Xun these days, as well as the reluctance and pain of leaving, but she could no longer follow Liu Xun like this.
She wants to go back to Hengshui and live a peaceful life from now on.
Liu Xun almost tore up the letter.
He didn’t believe a word of the content above!
Return to Hengshui?
After seeing the prosperity of the capital city, how could you return to a small place like that?
Live a pure life?
I’m afraid I’m going to live a lavish life with that rich young man!
There was water on the paper, and the ink was smeared, as if a few tears had fallen.
Hypocritical!
Liu Xun was so angry that he was shaking all over.
Yue Niang actually dared to leave him!
He is going to report to the official, and he is going to kidnap this senseless woman back!
Liu Xun walked out aggressively, but before he left the yard, he was stopped by the sudden rain.
The sound of rain was loud, accompanied by thunder in the distance, which made Liu Xun less angry.
Father said yesterday, let him be more careful...
Reporting to the official is not a safe move.
But he will definitely not be able to swallow this breath!
Suppressing his temper, Liu Xun sat in the yard until the rain stopped, then returned to the Liu Mansion with a dark face, and went to the backyard where he met Xu Miao.
When Xu Miao saw him, she didn't know what to say.
When she raised her eyes and saw that his clothes were wet, her concern naturally arose, and she said, "Why don't you change your clothes? Be careful of catching a cold."
Liu Xun responded vaguely twice.
"Did you go out early in the morning? What were you doing?" Xu Miao asked.
Fearing that there was something wrong in his heart, Liu Xun felt that there was something in his mother's question, so he couldn't help but avoid it. He held it in for a long time and said: "It's nothing, I just went outside for a walk."
When Xu Miao saw it, her concern turned into heartache.
She can no longer tell what is true and what is false in Xun'er's words.
But she couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
"I didn't bother to ask you yesterday, why did the prince come to Deyuelou too?"
Liu Xun was afraid of her, so he said bravely: "What a coincidence, why is Xu Jian here too?"
"I called him here. I just thought that we would all go to the theater. We are all family members. I asked him to try and maybe he would come," Xu Miao said bluntly, "But I was still very happy to see him come.
, very pleasantly surprised."
Liu Xun was speechless.
Does this count as alerting the enemy?
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Xu Miao continue to ask him: "I saw yesterday that the relationship between A Jian and the prince seemed to be a little tense? They are obviously accompanying the prince to watch the government, so why does it seem like they have a grudge?"
"I'm not sure."
Xu Miao asked: "I think you have a good relationship with the prince. What did you do together when you were with the prince?"
Liu Xun was a little annoyed by the question, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense to Xu Miao: "It's nothing, just watching a cockfight in Jiangjunfang."
Xu Miao stopped asking.
She engraved all Liu Xun's reactions in her heart.
I didn't know that Xun'er was doing random things before, so I just believed whatever he said.
Nowadays, as long as he talks a lot of nonsense and Xu Miao listens with a questioning mind, many conjectures will arise.
A Jian said that if Xun'er follows the prince and causes trouble in the future, it may be a big trouble.
Watching cockfights is a pastime for the dandy, but for the crown prince, it is obviously not something that satisfies the emperor.
And what you talk about must be the lightest.
What could be more serious than cockfighting?
I even robbed people, I’m afraid...
Xu Miao's heartbeat was pounding.
One didn't dare to ask deeply, and the other didn't dare to answer deeply. The mother and son exchanged a few words with each other and hurriedly dispersed.
Aunt Xia looked at Xu Miao worriedly, feeling anxious.
When Liu Xun left the main room, he happened to meet Liu Ping coming towards him.
When the brother and sister met each other, they both looked unhappy.
"What did Xu Jian tell you and your mother yesterday?" Liu Xun asked.
"I didn't say anything." Liu Ping pursed her lower lip. She originally wanted to pass Liu Xun and ignore him. When the two of them put their arms around each other, she finally stopped and looked directly into Liu Xun's eyes. "
His Highness the Crown Prince looks at me strangely, did you tell him something?"
Liu Xun was stunned and subconsciously said: "What can I say?"
"Can I be Liang Di? Concubine?" Liu Ping asked again.
Liu Xun's head buzzed: "Do you want to be?"
Liu Ping said deliberately: "I can't do it?"
"You told me earlier!" Liu Xun cursed in a low voice.
Liu Ping is his biological sister.
Isn’t it normal for the Liu family to be a little ambitious?
Why didn't he think of it before?
So how could the siblings end up in the embarrassing situation like yesterday if they were open and honest and made good arrangements?
"You could have just said no earlier!" Liu Xun said.
Liu Ping squeezed the handkerchief tightly and gritted her teeth.
After a long time, she raised her eyes again, her voice trembling slightly: "So, you really want to sell me."
The tone of these words was not right, Liu Xun heard it: "You..."
"I can," Liu Ping paused, then said, "But I don't want to! You even want to sell your own sister, how cruel you are!"
After saying these words, Liu Ping strode into Xu Miao's yard.
Liu Xun was left where he was, looking at his sister in shock.
Was he tricked by Liu Ping?
Liu Pingyuan was not sure yet, but just now he tried everything?
If Liu Ping knows, it means that mother knows.
This time, he didn't scare the snake, he pulled out all the grass.
He saw the snake, and the snake saw him.
Look at the big eyes and the small eyes, the snake can bite him to death!
Subconsciously, Liu Xun raised his hand and wiped the back of his neck, and he even felt the cold shuddering smell of Snake Xinzi passing over his skin.
I really can’t stay in this house any longer!
He didn't dare to face his mother and sister, and he was too lazy to go crazy with Zheng Liu.
Yes, Zheng Liu is going crazy. When she wakes up early in the morning, not to mention pillows and quilts, anything she can get her hands on will go to Liu Xun.
Otherwise, Liu Xun would not have gone to Shuixian Hutong so early.
There are three women in the backyard, and now he can't handle any of them.
He couldn't make up his mind about reading in Qiantou Academy.
He could still go to Yue Niang before, but now, when he thinks of Yue Niang, he feels angry.
Going around in circles, Liu Xun thought about it, but he had nowhere to go!
No, there is still another place he can go!
That house!
There is a lot of excitement there at night, and no one is allowed in during the day.
Of course, His Highness the Crown Prince would not be able to accompany him during the day. Liu Xun just annoyed the Crown Prince yesterday and did not want to get involved.
Fortunately, the people in the house couldn't tell their identities. The prince spent a lot of money, so he didn't want to offend Liu Xun, who "comes from the same place".
Liu Xun swaggered in.
Outside the house, Xuan Su watched the door close expressionlessly.
The prince was at the Yamen during the day, right under their father's nose, and there was no need for him to follow him, so today he came to meet Liu Xun.
In their words, Liu Xun will be the most restless these days.
Xuan Su thinks about it too.
They suffered a loss from their master and were tricked by the princess.
He saw with his own eyes Liu Xun's boy climbing a ladder in Shuixian Alley.
The house looks a little different during the day than it does at night.
Xuan Su checked the land deeds but found no clues. In the past few days, he continued to sort out the conditions of several mansions to see if he could find anything out of them.
Just as I was thinking, I heard footsteps coming from inside the door.
Xuansu hurriedly hid his figure.
Soon, the door opened, and two people came out, one walking to the left and the other to the right, and disappeared at both ends.
The one to the left happened to be facing the place where Xuan Su was hiding, allowing him to see clearly.
In his mind, he had seen such a face not long ago.
Xuan Su thought about it for a while and finally remembered it.
That was a merchant from Gu Yue who arrived in Beijing with the visiting envoys.
The one on the right was walking away with his back turned. Xuan Su didn't see his appearance, but judging from the way he walked, there was no doubt that he was a chamberlain.
After taking a deep look at the closed door, his expression became solemn.
Where did Liu Xun bring the prince to?
Why are there Gu Yue Ren and chamberlains?
This time, Liu Xun played in the house for three days.
Spring rain is coming, and summer is approaching.
Under the long corridor, a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes sat on the floor, throwing his books aside, and quietly looked at the water threads hanging from the eaves.
Not long after, a man walked up to him and bowed respectfully.
"The investigation at Fu Guogong's place is very tight," the visitor lowered his head and said, "He has not alerted Shuntian Mansion yet. I am thinking that if I ask him to seize some clues, he will ask Shuntian Mansion to check some old files.
The origin of that place may require him to uncover it.”
Jin Guiren remained silent.
"This morning, he seems to be reading the documents for Gu Yue's visit."
"The reception of the envoys is hosted by Honglu Temple and is handled by the Ministry of Rites. It is reasonable for him to observe the government in the Ministry of Rites and read the documents. He just doesn't read them early and doesn't read them later..."
"Xu Jian's nose is really good," Jin Guiren clicked his tongue, "He is such a capable person. Whenever he does something, he can always get some results. That place is no longer needed. It should be dealt with and fed to Xu Jian.
Let him take advantage of it."
You have to find something for Xu Jian to do.
Otherwise, if he continues to dig as he pleases, he may cause trouble.
But after all, I have been investigating for a while, and Xu Jian is afraid that he will not stop without giving me any sweetness.
"Has the prince been there frequently these days?" Jin Guiren asked.
"Diligence."
Jin Guiren glanced at the sky again and said, "Go and ask Dao Heng to come over."
