It is raining lightly in Litian City;
The vendors and lackeys on the streets no longer dare to shout loudly for business these days, and in the fenced teahouses, there are no longer storytellers with appetizing "please" Listen to the breakdown next time";
Even the red tent, which has always been a busy place with customers, has stopped these days, and the usually busy bustards don't dare to go out to curse now. Right and wrong.
The city is still the same city, and the people are still the same people, but this city and the people here have become cautious.
There were more groups of soldiers than usual, their left arms tied with white cloth, walking around the city with solemn steps. Many people had red eyes, staring at the people who appeared on the street from time to time. , seems eager to show off and kill someone.
They are all elites who have seen great battles. They have seen mountains of corpses tumbling in seas of blood. When they really want to get angry, they really have such an evil aura that is so strong that people dare not look directly at them.
Litian City, as the home base of the Wen family, can be regarded as the "capital of a country" in disguise. The people inside are not country folk, they can be considered to have seen the world, but the more this happens, everyone My heart is getting colder and colder. Even though it is already midsummer, I still feel the chill in my neck.
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In an inn, the waiter had just brought a meal and wine. Standing at the door was a man wearing only a black coat. After the meal, I threw a piece of silver over.
Logically speaking, the waiter should shout at this moment:
"Thank you for the reward!"
At the same time, he loudly announced the amount of the reward, the first floor The counter and other waiters would also shout "Thank you for the reward" in unison, supporting the man who handed out the reward money.
But this time, the waiter just handed over to the man and thanked him with a flattering smile on his face, but did not dare to shout out.
At this moment, any celebration and noise are very uncomfortable.
The man didn’t take it seriously and pushed open the door with the food in hand.
Beside the small table in the guest room,
two men were sitting.
One was wearing a blue gown and looked to be in his early thirties. The face is very tender and the voice is very high-pitched;
The other is wearing Confucian clothes, over fifty years old, stroking a goat's beard with his hand, his face is old but his eyes are extremely clear.
The man put the food on the table, bowed and walked out silently, closed the door, and stood on the corridor outside to resume his previous posture.
In the room,
Li Yinglian picked up the wine pot, first poured wine for the old man opposite, and then poured it for herself. After putting down the wine pot, Li Yinglian sighed, < /p>
said:
"The Za family is also in bad luck. It is the first time in many years that we have received an errand out of Beijing. Who knew that we would encounter such a thing? Oops, How can I tell the prince this time?"
The old man smiled slightly, and instead of drinking, he reached out and grabbed a handful of fried peanuts, threw a few into his mouth, and said while chewing: < /p>
"Why are you so worried, father-in-law? Such a big thing has happened. How can it have anything to do with you, father-in-law?"
Li Yinglian pointed at the old man and said:< /p>
“You, you, don’t know what the masters are thinking. Slaves like the Za family may seem to be slaves to their masters and have a good reputation on the outside, but in the final analysis, they win over their masters. I like you and am willing to use you.
If the master really doesn’t need you anymore, even the new eunuch will not dare to look at you seriously!”
"Huh?" The old man obviously didn't understand.
"It's just unlucky. Think about it, the prince sent me on a business trip this time, and I encountered this kind of thing. Next time, even if it's just to seek luck, I probably won't be able to do it. You dare to use me again, ouch."
Li Yinglian continued to feel sorry for herself.
"Ah." The old man finally understood, and could only sigh in his heart that life in the palace is not easy, eunuchs are born to act;
The old man immediately said:
"Father, even though I say this, how do you know whether the prince will feel sad or happy when he finds out about this?
Thus, how do you know how the prince will look at you in the future? Is it bad luck, or do you think it's good luck?"
Li Yinglian just picked up the wine glass. When she heard this, she flicked her wrist and spilled the wine. She glanced at the old man in front of her and scolded:
< p>"Bold!"The old man continued to "haha" and continued to eat peanuts without taking it seriously.
"You old thing, do you know where this place is? Do you know that the Marquis of Jingnan returned to the city last night? The Jingnan Army soldiers on the streets outside were all staring with red eyes. Scary!”
The old man remained calm and said:
“We are all dogs under the master’s feet. Why is it so difficult for us to speak our own language behind closed doors?
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Is it possible that you, Li Yinglian, followed your master into the East Palace, and your status is comparable to that of Wei Zhonghe in the future? Now you have immediately become more noble, and you don't look down on me, the old brother who licked the dog basin with you back then? "
"Old Wen, you have been in the world for a long time and you are used to being undisciplined. I don't blame you."
"I also want to live a stable life, I want that too. I want to buy a small yard in Yanjing City, and have three maids to take care of me for the elderly, but can I?
I, Wen Yin, dare to tell my master that I am old and I don’t want to work anymore. Do you believe me? Don’t you believe that I will throw these few taels of meat into the smelly ditch outside Yanjing City the next day?”
Li Yinglian drooped her eyelids and said:
“Sure, you You can say whatever you want. We don’t have many opportunities to come out of the Zajia family on weekdays, but I really want to hear your opinion. I will have something to talk to the prince after I get back."
"That's it. , what are you talking about, Li Yinglian was not so cowardly when he killed your godfather and came to power."
"That's wrong."
" To be fair, let’s start with your incident this time.What is the relationship between our master and Marquis Jingnan? "
"Uncle and nephew. "
"But no, in the eyes of outsiders, they all see it this way, saying that the Marquis of Jingnan is a big backer behind our prince. With the Marquis of Jingnan, our master can hold the position of the prince securely;
But outsiders can’t see through it. Is it possible that you and I still don’t know clearly in our hearts?
Do the Marquis of Jingnan and our master have any relationship with each other as nephews and uncles?
No,
Does Marquis Jingnan still have any affection at all? ”
Li Yinglian remained silent.
“On the night when the Tian family was exterminated, the empress came home to visit her relatives. He, the Marquis of Jingnan, dared to commit suicide in front of the empress. Since then, the empress has returned to the palace. He couldn't afford to fall ill, and it was even said that he suffered from hysteria.
Our master, let alone anything else, there is one thing that we all recognize, that is filial piety. The relationship between the master and the queen is genuine.
Tell me, after this incident, will our master still have any affection for his uncle, regardless of the need to inherit the throne in the future?
Hehe, even if you say a thousand words, Mr. Na Tian is also the grandson of the master. The Marquis of Jingnan is a person who can even kill his own parents with ruthless hands, and he is the only one who is our current majesty. If you dare to use him, I will wait for our master to board the plane in the future, haha. "
Li Yinglian slowly closed her eyes.
"Okay, I know that you stay in the palace and have many rules and regulations. You will feel uncomfortable listening to my words. It's comfortable, okay, let's not talk about it anymore.
Let’s talk about Mrs. Jingnanhou. You have been coming to Litian City for a while. Have you ever met Mrs. Jingnanhou? "
Li Yinglian opened her eyes and shook her head, "Mrs. Marquis Jingnan lives deep in the Hou Mansion and is heavily guarded. Moreover, Marquis Jingnan left an order before he went on the expedition. The Marquis Mansion will not be closed until he returns. Goodbye guest.
Don’t say that I am under the orders of the prince. Even if Wei Zhonghe comes with the emperor’s orders, he will not be able to enter the prince’s mansion. Do you believe it? "
"I believe it, I believe it. He, Marquis of Jingnan, is indeed qualified to give away his face to no one. "
"So, since the Za family entered the city, they have been living in a post station outside the city. They have never seen the Marquise. They wanted to wait until the child was born before sending the gift list to the prince. , take a reply note back, it can be considered as a deal.
After all, no one knows how long it will take for Marquis Jingnan to return from this expedition. He can't just wait blindly. Who would have thought that something like this would happen. "
"Do you know where the accident happened? "
"On the Tianhu Mountain Road, the people in Litian City are all spreading the news. It is said that there was a lot of commotion that day. ”
“Don’t always believe too much in what people say. People in Litian City all say that the Marquis of Jingnan killed his wife and son because of excessive killing.
He said that his wife had a nightmare when she was about to give birth, and wanted to go to the Tianhu Mountain Taoist Temple to pray for the Marquis.die.
At the end, let me make another comment on the saying that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil. "
Li Yinglian smiled and said:
"This is what I found out. "
"Do you believe it? "
"I don't believe it. The old man in the palace once told us that he had practiced cultivation all his life and never heard a fart from God.
So good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the sky has eyes, they are all deceptive things. "
After hearing this, Wen Yin leaned back in his chair and said:
"You, you, you have indeed been in the palace for a long time. Something is wrong. "
"What's wrong? ”
“Thunder from the sky is obviously a fake thing. You actually think about it.” "
"Then what should the Zajia think about? ”
“Think about it, Mrs. Jingnan Hou, apart from being the Marquis’s woman, what other identity does she have! "
Li Yinglian's face suddenly froze.
Wen Yin continued to put peanuts in his mouth, and said slowly:
"Over the years, I have helped The prince recruited some people in the world to do some shady things in shady places, and more or less, he also came into contact with people from the Secret Service.
They probably think that we are our master’s sons, and we have never done anything too extreme, so they generally turn a blind eye.
But to be honest, everyone says that the silver-armored guards of Qianguo are so pervasive, but our secret spy department in Dayan is by no means an ordinary person.
Let’s just talk about the Marquise. If she hadn’t been pregnant, she would definitely have gone with Marquis Jingnan when he set out to conquer the snowfields.
For a woman like this, do you think she would be haunted by a nightmare because her husband was away on an expedition?
Then you foolishly go to Tianhu Mountain to seek enlightenment and peace?
Don’t she know how many enemies Jingnanhou has outside?
Not to mention anything else, there are countless people who want to kill the Marquis of Jingnan in this land of the Three Jin Dynasties! "
Li Yinglian sipped her wine while listening;
"The key to this question is why our Lady of the Marquis of Jingnan left the heavily guarded Marquis Mansion to go that day. Tiger Mountain. "
Li Yinglian smacked her lips and asked subconsciously:
"Why? "
Groggy, Wen Yin's next sentence was so frightened that the wine glass in Li Yinglian's hand fell to the ground, smashing it into pieces. At the same time, the big man outside the door heard the sound and immediately opened the door and rushed out. Come in.
“Get out, get out! "
Li Yinglian immediately pointed at the door and screamed.
The big man was stunned for a moment, saluted, exited the guest room, and closed the door again.
Li Yinglian touched her chest with her left hand. She was not sitting on a chair, but squatting on the ground.
He raised his head,
glared at the old man Wen Yin,
and asked in a low and hoarse voice:
"How dare you, you How dare you!"
Wen Yin continued to eat peanuts comfortably,
But the words he asked before were still ringing in Li Yinglian's ears, and every word hurt. Eardrum:
"Eunuch Li, you were sent by the Crown Prince to celebrate the children of Jingnan Marquis. Did His Majesty also send someone here?"