Chapter 3 Sharpening the knife
What to do? What to do? After returning to the West Courtyard, Qing'er was in a state of confusion. W★w W .
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After all, she is a few years older than Xiaoyu and others. She has experienced more things and has a richer experience. The guards guards in the gate did not let him go out, Qing'er concluded that something happened to Yang Hao. She didn't want to quarrel with the guards. They were on orders and it was useless to shout to them. She didn't want to panic and tell Xiaoyu and the others, which was only of no use. Qing'er wanted to see the most is Dongyu, and perhaps only she could know what she had given birth.
Dongyu is back and is "escorted" by two guards.
Half an hour ago, because he couldn't play cards on the table, the bored Dongyu decided to go to the tea room to cook a pot of tea for Yang Hao. It happened that it was Shenshi. Several books and office workers in the book office were cleaned up and the guys were ready to go home. They often met each other and knew each other. When they met in the corridor, they said a few words to them casually. Unexpectedly, Lao Hu in the tea room took the opportunity to sneak back home. Lao Hu's family was near the office of the office. There was an old mother paralyzed in bed at home. His wife and children were unfilial, so he had to take the time to run back and take a look.
Dongyu had to boil water by herself. The water stove was in the small courtyard behind the tea room. Dongyu carefully cleaned the large copper pot and drew fresh well water to pour it on. These were the instructions of the little fish, and they were not careless at all. After all, Dongyu leaned on the back door frame, guarding the stove while repairing his nails.
At this time, a man in brocade clothes suddenly walked into the tea room, looked around and asked Dongyu: "That girl, where is the old Hu who boils water?"
I am used to hearing sweet words and nodding and bowing. How could I bear this grievance? "Who are you? Do you dare to enter the second hall with a knife? Do you not understand the rules?"
"Ha, the crow and magpies have become spirits, and the kittens and dogs have become immortals." The man in brocade sneered and reached out to grab Dongyu's wrist, with the iron clip as tight as the iron clip.
Dongyu struggled desperately, "Help, help..." The man in brocade was furious when he heard her cry. He pulled her into his arms, and his right arm strangled Dongyu's neck hard, and his left hand covered her mouth. Dongyu was panicked, like a frightened little rabbit. The petite figure was futile.
"Let her go." A low cry came from the door of the tea room. Yu Yanlu, the Dian Junior Captain of the Fire Camp, blocked the door with two iron armored guards.
"Get out!" The big man in Jinyi roared and rushed out. Yu Yanlu sneered and pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife. "Go aside!" The big man in Jinyi still spoke sternly. He calmly showed out a silver token and said arrogantly: "The Jinwu Guard was ordered to do the job, and all the idle people would dodge."
"Please put down Miss Winter Rain." Yu Yanlu did not give in at all.
"General, they are the imperial envoys." A person beside Yu Yanlu reminded carefully.
"Are you arresting a maid with the order?" Yu Yanlu sneered, "I'll say it again and put down Miss Dongyu."
The man in brocade clothes showed a disdainful sneer on the corner of his mouth, without any intention of letting go.
"Lao Qi, let the person go."
A thick sound came from the corridor, which was very low, but very majestic. The man in the brocade clothes immediately let go of his hand when he heard this, "Cough, cough..." Dong Yu covered her neck and coughed violently, and hurriedly stood behind Yu Yanlu.
"We are ordered to do the job and don't want to affect the innocent. This girl saw something she shouldn't have seen, so she asked Captain Yu to take her down. I believe Captain Yu knows more clearly than me." The man in a rich man in fine clothes was also speaking, and he was exactly the same as the one who was dressed in a tea room, but he was a little older.
"Don't worry, you two, she won't be bad." Yu Yanlu replied, then grabbed Dongyu's hand and walked out.
Dongyu also realized the seriousness of the matter, and the arrogance on her body disappeared without a trace. She lowered her head and followed Yu Yanlu step by step until she passed through the Jiaomen and arrived at the courtyard in front of Huwei Hall, and then she whispered to Yu Yanlu: "Who are they?"
"No matter what you do, don't ask anything." Yu Yanlu replied with a straight face.
Dong Yu glared at him secretly and looked back quietly: Two men in brocade clothes were already guarding the west corner of the study room. At this time, except for the four guards in the attendant's room, the only one in the second hall was left with the bookkeeper Qianshuiqing, who was busy drafting letters in the bookkeeper room.
Dongyu was thinking that the doors and windows of the books and offices were small, and Qian Shuiqing might not hear the noise outside drafting the letter, but the doors and windows of the servants opposite were so big, didn’t they hear it either? These men in brocade clothes claimed that they were responsible for the orders. Did the case involve the commander, so that they pretended to be deaf and dumb and dared not interfere?
These unscrupulous things are so kind to you on weekdays, and they all become turtles when something happens! Thinking of this, Dong Yu glanced at Yu Yanlu and secretly felt fortunate: After all, he still pretended to be me in his heart.
There were twice as many guards outside the Yimen Gate as usual, and Cheng Keling was wearing armor and carrying a knife and talking. Seeing Yu Yanlu coming out of the second hall with Dong Yu, he hesitated for a moment but did not ask.
Dongyu was locked in a guard duty room alone. It was not accurate to say that it was closed. At least the door was open, so she could walk outside the door for some breath, but she could not leave at will. About half a stick of incense, the two guards carried Qianshuiqing out of the ritual door. Seeing this, Cheng Keling hurriedly greeted him, asked a few questions, and asked the guards carried her into the guard duty room.
Dongyu wanted to go over and take a look, but was stopped by the two guards guarding her. Dongyu shouted, "She is injured! Do you want to peel off her clothes and see?" Everyone had no idea when shouting. Cheng Keling and Yu Yanlu, who were standing aside, did not say anything. Dongyu took the opportunity to push the guard away and walked into the duty room.
Qian Shuiqing's face was bruised and swollen. She covered her left rib with her hands and grinned and screamed in pain. As soon as Dongyu came in, she immediately turned her eyes. "Everyone goes out, all goes out!" Dongyu drove all the guards out of the room. She untied Qian Shuiqing's clothes to check her injuries.
"I'm fine," Qianshui Qing grabbed Dongyu's hand and said anxiously, "Someone wants to harm the Grand Marshal. He has to try to find Captain Guan. Now he is the only one who can save the Grand Marshal."
Dongyu nodded and turned around and opened the door: "Miss Shuiqing is injured, I'll go and invite a doctor." She was about to walk out.
Suddenly, a team of Jinyiwei soldiers broke into the gate for a thin man in his thirties with scars. Cheng Keling hurriedly came forward and whispered a few words to him. Scarface nodded and rushed into the gate.
Something happened! Dongyu felt a cramp in her heart.
With the last glimmer of hope, she shouted at Yu Yanlu: "Let them get out of here, I'm going out to hire a doctor!"
"I will send someone." Yu Yanlu replied coldly without expression. Dong Yu was desperate in an instant. She glared at Yu Yanlu resentfully and turned around and was about to leave.
"Stop, the lady is calling you." Cheng Keling suddenly walked over, "You go back now, remember, if you want to survive, it is best not to say anything." Dong Yu glared at Cheng Keling in disgust. He had never liked Cheng Keling's straight square face, and he was particularly disgusted at this moment.
"Where have you been?" Two guards "escorted" Dong Yu back to the west courtyard of the back hall, and Qing'er was waiting at the door.
"Sister Qing'er..." Dong Yu suddenly felt aggrieved, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
"Shh," Qing'er hurriedly gestured to her, "Speak to your room."
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"Go aside! We want to see the imperial envoy. Zeng Chongyang, you come out!"
Zeng Chongyang, who was in the Fengzhou Defense Envoy's signing room, had a secret conversation with Zhang Huchen. Suddenly, he heard someone outside calling him his name, and he felt angry.
"Who is so bold? What are you doing?" Zeng Chongyang was extremely angry and roared at the guard at the door. Zhang Huchen, who was sitting in the seat, couldn't hold back his face, and the roar seemed to be for him.
Since being brought here by the imperial guards overnight last night, Zeng Chongyang has been forcing himself to agree to something, using all kinds of coercion and temptation. Before this, he had never dealt with Zeng Chongyang, but he had heard of this person's name. This is definitely not a person who is easy to work with. When we met last night, Zeng Chongyang's first sentence was: "Women are all external things, and I will definitely make up for you in the future." Zhang Huchen was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.
"Let them come in." Zeng Chongyang had already stood under the porch when he spoke.
The guards opened the Xijiao Gate, Qing'er, Xiaoyu, Lu Rui, Li's sisters and Dongyu rushed over with great momentum. Zhang Huchen originally wanted to get up and hide, but was stopped by Qing'er: "It turns out that Governor Zhang is here too."
"Oh, it turns out to be a wife." Zhang Huchen looked a little embarrassed when he greeted the door. To be fair, Yang Hao was quite respectful to him. When he came to Feng'an, Yang Hao always held a banquet at home to entertain him. Although his fall had nothing to do with him, when Zeng Chongyang ordered house arrest in Qing'er and others, he was obviously present but did not say a word, and he felt a little guilty.
"Where is my husband in the imperial envoy?" Qing'er asked coldly.
"Ah, General Yang has been promoted to the deputy envoy of Qianzhou Observation." Zeng Chongyang didn't like Qing'er's aggressive attitude.
"Why is the wife unaware of the transfer of husband?" Qing'er asked.
"The holy intention is very urgent, so General Yang could not tell a few people before leaving." Zeng Chongyang said perfunctorily in an official voice.
"Hmph, I don't understand this. Qianzhou is more than a thousand miles away from Feng'an. It's a few months before the fast horse is gone? He was so busy that he didn't even bother to say a word?"
"You--" Zeng Chongyang's face turned red. He shook his sleeves and snorted coldly: "Why do he walk so urgently? How do I know? You guys go and ask him yourself."
"Since the imperial envoy said that, we are rude." Qing'er suddenly relaxed, "Sisters, let's go south to chase your husband."
Zeng Chongyang was stunned when he heard this, and then he saw clearly that everyone was carrying a small bag.
"No one is allowed to leave!" Zeng Chongyang was not interested in entangling them anymore. With his silence, more than a dozen guards in the imperial garrison rushed in outside the corner gate and surrounded Qing'er and others.
Qing'er sneered: "Dare you ask the imperial envoy, what crimes do we have committed? Why don't we let go?"
"this--"
"Oh, don't misunderstand." Zhang Huchen saw that the matter was about to make a fuss, and hurriedly came forward to smooth things over. "Mrs. Mrs. Zeng misunderstood what Mr. Zeng means. General Yang left urgently because of emergency official duties. Before leaving, he entrusted Mr. Zeng to take care of you. He said that he would send someone to pick her up in a few days. We received a secret report. Mosha's killer had sneaked into Feng'an City and was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge. Mr. Zeng did this for your safety."
"Dare you dare to ask the imperial envoy, what you mean by governor Zhang?" Lu Rui asked with a sneer.
"Yeah—" Zeng Chongyang hummed a word from his nostrils, which was considered an answer.
"Then we can't let the imperial envoy down the good intentions of the imperial envoy. Sisters, let's not disturb the imperial envoy's office work." Qing'er and all the people retreated.
"Everything has been retreated, all have been retreated." Zhang Huchen waved his hand to disperse the guards in the Jinyi.
"By the way, Dongyu, go to the East Street windbreaker shop to get the clothes that Dashuai customized. Don't forget it when you leave."
"Oh," Dongyu answered and walked out. The servant looked at Zeng Chongyang and didn't know whether to let him go or stop him.
"Send two people to follow Miss Dongyu." After Zhang Huchen said, he added again, "It's dark, it's always unreliable for a girl to be outside, so it's better to find someone to accompany her."
"Winter rain, don't go when it's dark. Go again tomorrow morning." Xiaoyu deliberately added accent under the word "dawn", and the purpose was to remind Zhang Huchen that Zeng Chongyang: Go out tomorrow, don't send anyone to follow him.
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"It's hard to raise a villain or a woman." Zeng Chongyang seemed quite helpless when Qing'er made a fuss. He looked down on the woman very much, so he naturally disdained to fight with the girl.
"Oh," Zhang Huchen sighed slightly and shook his head gently.
"Brother Mo Cheng, don't hesitate anymore. The Lord has made up his mind, and it's not something you and I can resist."
"It's just for the emperor to follow the order." Zhang Huchen finally lowered his head.
"That's right." Zeng Chongyang lowered his voice and said, "I might as well give you a clear idea. Do you know why the above-mentioned people are trying to sanction him?"
Zhang Huchen pondered and said, "Don't you say he is arbitrary and will not obey the orders?"
Zeng Chongyang sneered, "You are really an honest person. Absolutely arbitrary? Which general in the border town is not arbitrary? Only mediocre and cunning people will report everything to the court. That's just an excuse."
"Oh," Zhang Huchen pretended to be surprised and sighed with a thrust, "Please give me advice."
"He was involved in the party struggle." Zeng Chongyang gently spit out these seven words, and Zhang Huchen was stunned: "Mr. Zeng, Yang Hao is definitely not a party struggle!"
"Listen to me and finish my words." Zeng Chongyang signaled Zhang Huchen to sit down, "I am not talking about the dispute between the two Lis, but... the dispute between the palace and the courtyard."
"Ah! Crown Prince--" Zhang Huchen was shocked, and when he was still responding quickly, he blurted out his words, and forced him to swallow the word "party". Zhang Huchen looked at the door nervously, "There is no such thing, no such thing. The subordinates can guarantee their lives. He is definitely not the prince's party."
"Hahaha," Zeng Chongyang looked at Zhang Huchen's anxious and red old face, and felt quite disdainful. "Yes or no, the Lord will make a clear decision. What you and I want to do now is to cut off the rest of the party. I know you are a person who values friendship. If you really want to save him, you have to help me. Remember, trees have worms, and only by cutting off the branches and leaves can you keep the rhizomes."
Zhang Huchen was lost in despair and said after a long time, "The emperor obeys the orders of the imperial envoy."
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Chapter completed!