laughing soul

Qiu Jingran originally didn't intend to pay attention to the bone that was crushed by Qiu Sheng alive. This young man with no medical knowledge is very stubbornly planning to let him develop freely. Who knows that this inconspicuous wound will end up killing him all by himself. The right shoulder swelled into a steamed bun.The room leak happened to be raining all night, and there was a violent storm in front of him. He almost fainted from the pain in bed, so he ran to the imperial hospital obediently with his tail between his legs to see the imperial doctor.

I thought that Qiu Sheng would tell the world that he was a wolf in sheep's clothing, but Qiu Jing was prepared to be beaten as a street rat, but everyone's attitude did not change. usual.

When I went to the imperial hospital and asked, I found out that Qiu Sheng had left the capital for Huadu the day before, and he didn't seem to take that matter to heart.

He was quite considerate of his trivial face-saving project.

When Qiu Jingran clutched his shoulders and moved back slowly, his heart softened for a moment.

To be honest with my conscience, Qiu Sheng, as an elder who is only seven or eight years older than him, can be regarded as doing her best in taking care of Qiu Jingran.Encumbered with official duties and not hanging out in the capital all year round, Qiu Sheng felt guilty towards Qiu Jing for a while, so in the short time when he returned to Beijing, he spent five or six minutes in the East Palace with the child Well, I can't pick out the slightest fault with this uncle.

However, he only softened his heart for a moment, and his complexion became gloomy and serious again in an instant.

This move was inadvertent, maybe it was just that he was in a hurry to go to Huadu and forgot about this trivial matter, maybe it was just to preserve the face of the Dai Viet royal family, after all, family scandals should not be exposed.

He hurried back to the Eastern Palace, where his confidantes who had informed him had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Qiu Jingran come back with a gauze on his shoulders, his face was pale, he quickly helped him to rest on the back of the chair, and waved to his subordinates. The man found a small casserole to boil medicine, turned around and knelt down in front of Qiu Jingran: "His Royal Highness, Lord Wang ordered the younger one to inform His Highness that the whereabouts of the Ministry of Punishment have begun to be exposed, and those who have been lucky enough to conceal their identities dare not act rashly again. It is a pile of waste, I ask His Highness to calm down for the next two days, and never go to the Ministry of Punishment or Dali Temple to meet with Lord Fu again, lest Lord Jiang catch him again, and then he will be unable to argue and his success will fall short."

When Qiu Jingran heard it, he immediately ignored the severe pain of the wound, and stood up angrily: "I have to wait, how long do I have to wait! Qiu Sheng doesn't trust me anymore, if I wait any longer, wouldn't the only way to go is to be deposed? At that time, how can there be any soldiers and soldiers in the states and counties who are willing to serve me? He! Isn't he afraid?"

In any case, he is only a teenager after all, he was raised in the backyard of the deep palace since he was a child, and he has never seen the scenery outside the capital city. , At this time, I have doubts in my heart, and I will pour it out in a hurry, regardless of the man's somewhat contemptuous gaze.

Aside from being a prince, he is just a spoiled young man. Isn't it expected that he will be played by a group of old foxes with nine tricks?

"Your Highness, don't worry, Lord Wang has his own way. When Latu and Shaman Chuanmu have exhausted Qiu Sheng, it's time for His Highness to take action. At this moment, you just need to calm down and wait for the best time. "

Qiu Jingran looked at him dubiously for a while, then suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Are they really going to invade?"

"Based on the current situation, it is only a matter of time before the North and the South are encircled and Da Viet is completely swallowed up. How long does Your Highness think Qiu Sheng can support with this broken and drifting mountain and river? It's just a matter of life. At that time, Your Highness, you will be the new emperor of Da Viet, and the three parties will be at peace. Coexist, naturally there will be no more wars."

He looked at Qiu Jing's unpredictable expression, the hesitant expression finally disappeared because of his last few words, and was replaced by complete trust: "What is the next step, Mr. Wang?"

He smiled sullenly, and sure enough, a half-grown fool is still easy to deceive.

"Master Wang has realized that his identity has been exposed, and his best choice right now is to stay away from the capital. However, the city gate is guarded by the Imperial Forest Army. If you want to force him to take the secret passage, the other end at the junction of Huadu must be surrounded by their men and horses, just waiting to catch a turtle in a jar." The man's eyes suddenly lit up sinisterly, "Since your majesty has racked his brains to figure out It is inappropriate to ignore such a play, it is better to have a good time with him... Sir Wang would like to ask His Highness to help me, I wonder if His Highness will agree?"

Qiu Jingran: "What's the matter?"

"Please Your Highness... Help me find someone."

"Your Highness, you forget things so much, maybe you don't remember anymore... The person Mr. Wang intends to trouble His Highness to find is none other than Huadu Kuo Shao Guan Yang. This Guan Yang was thoroughly investigated by Dali Temple for selling officials and nobles. At the beginning, Qiu Sheng was not easy to offend. Such a hot potato, but he pushed this person to Mr. Fu Ren, and he has been imprisoned for several years. This person is also wronged. His rich businessman ancestors have no reason to say, and Zheng Nan The general suppressed it, it can be said that every day is ineffective, and Guan Yang, who is used to being a baby at home, ran to Dali Temple to suffer, which made the whole family dissatisfied with being a pilgrim. It can be used as a pawn in His Highness's hand."

Qiu Jing was taken aback: "How can he be my pawn?"

The man smiled maliciously: "It depends on Lord Wang's methods... Your Highness only needs to be responsible for bringing this person out of Dali Temple. Don't forget to make him think that Qiu Sheng is not willing to let him out. It's best to edit it out." It would be better for him to make it harder for him to distinguish the facts. The rest will be handed over to Lord Wang. Don’t worry, His Highness, this trick is perfect, and what His Highness wants will definitely be achieved.”

Qiu Jingran thought for a moment suspiciously, and realized that he had no choice but to rely on the strength of this group of people. As far as he was concerned, if he had not ascended to the supreme position, everything else would be useless.

Others looked at it and felt that the child must have considered all sorts of things before making the decision. In fact, during this time of burning incense, Qiu Jingran's mind was completely empty, and he didn't think about anything serious.

He is just a silly kid who blindly chases fame and fortune and makes wedding clothes for others.

When Qiu Sheng arrived at the Yamen in Huadu and joined Lian Cheng and Zheng Nan, the letter he wrote late at night with a smirk all the way happened to have just been delivered to Chu Yu.

However, the latter has no intention of looking at these romantic things at this time. He has not closed his eyes for two days and two nights.

The boats and cars rushed to Tianyuan Temple, and were about to enter through the main entrance, but suddenly remembered where to leave the scorpion, and really didn't want to go in with this face to close their eyes, so they had to put the horse against the tree. With a few light steps, he jumped to the corner of the wall. Even though he hadn't come here for a long time, he had already been familiar with the layout and orientation of this place. After turning a few turns in the dark, he landed in front of Jing Ran smoothly.

The old monk was slowly knocking on the wooden fish accompanied by a green lantern. Seeing that Chu Yu came uninvited, he was not surprised at all. The fire was lit, and a pot of spring water was boiled: "The pavilion master's complexion is rosy and gentle, presumably it is caused by the rejuvenation of the miracle doctor. How do you feel this time, and you have a new life and plan to talk all night? The poor monk is overjoyed."

The dark room was brightened by a blazing fire, and the warm light of the fire illuminated half of his dark face, which was full of lifelessness in the past, but it was gone. For the sake of being better than others, that skinny body has added some tender flesh just right, as if since seeing this person born more than 20 years ago, he has never seen such a vigorous side of him.

Jing Ran thought of Qiu Sheng, couldn't help but smile slightly, and said to herself: This might not be a bad thing.

"It's been a while since bone removal and blood cleansing. If you feel unwell and sad now, you can open your wrists and release the dirty blood. It's not a big deal." Chu Yu said, "It's just that there is something very strange. Chu Quan has been there for some time. It never came to disturb my mind, and didn't even take advantage of it when I was suffering from the pain of evisceration and had no time for others."

Jing Ran smiled, took the teapot and made tea slowly: "What? You have been poisoned for a long time, and now you don't talk to the pavilion master, are you still sitting on pins and needles?"

Chu Yu shook his head: "That's not the case, it's just...he's always... now completely overturning the past, which really confuses me. Besides, I'm also a little worried about whether he has some more dangerous conspiracy behind him to kill me." Caught off guard."

Jing Ran brought out a cup of tea and respected him: "Pavilion Master, rest assured for now, the soldiers will cover the water and soil, and the boat will be straight when it arrives at the bridge. Not to mention that these are all groundless suspicions now, it will become a fact in the future. The best way is not Too adaptable, so worrying early and early..." He leaned forward, and gently stroked the top of Chu Yu's head with his palm like withered bark, "It's easy to lose hair prematurely, look, it's already decreasing year by year... You'd better worry less about trivial things, such a beautiful life but neglect of maintenance, tsk, pavilion master, don't you think it's wasteful?"

Chu Yu: "..."

But this bald donkey's words are not rough, and in the past, only Chu Quan was the one who watched him all day long and gave him dreams. How could it be his turn to explore the opponent's tricks?

This matter can only be beaten passively, and he really can't spare such a long time to perform the art of exorcising souls during this period, so he has to put it aside for the time being.

"Have you heard of the Golden Silkworm Gu in Wugu Village?"

He took a sip of the tea that was still hot, and lightly took out a small delicate porcelain bottle. The bottle was sealed with a wooden cork. At first glance, it seemed to be no different from an ordinary small medicine bottle.

Jing Ran's eyes became serious in an instant, he looked up at Chu Yu questioningly, and then carefully picked up the porcelain bottle: "You want me to find a way to solve this Gu?"

Chu Yu didn't answer directly, but changed the topic and said: "A hundred people in Jinyiwei are affected by this Gu, and their lives are at stake. Master Jingran, the eunuch in charge of Tianyuan Temple—" deliberately elongated the tone, clasping his hands together He bowed: "Please bear with me."

Fortunately, he can still laugh at such a serious matter, Jing Ran sighed helplessly, shook the porcelain bottle at him, and stood up from the seat with his somewhat bloated body shaking: "Tea Bureau will take care of it by myself, I will go to collect books I checked the ancient books in the pavilion, and I haven't touched this thing for a long time..."

Seeing him walking away while thinking about things, Chu Yu lazily leaned against the cabinet wall behind him, half-closed his eyes and took a nap for a while, then gradually hid the fear that he had nowhere to vent to his heart, and let out a long sigh of relief , put his fingers into his bosom, and took out Qiu Sheng's letter that had been left unused for a long time, and some inexplicable emotions came to his heart for a moment, and he didn't want to just open it and read it all.

Stretching out his hand to touch it, he found a thick stack of rice paper. Both of them are people with extremely brief words. , Such a lengthy and complicated manuscript must be mixed with business affairs.

Chu Yu suppressed half of the feelings that had just arisen, raised his hand and took a cup of cold tea to calm his mind, and saw that the man described the situation in the capital of Huadu, saying that the number one was to catch Wang Jiusi The villain is blocking the two ends and preparing to catch the top mouse in the government office of Huadu. Everything is ready, so that Chu Yu doesn't have to worry too much. If you are interested, you can go sightseeing on the way back to Nandaying from Tianyuan Temple.

After reading the last word, this letter that reported good news but not bad news not only failed to make Chu Yu really feel at ease, but instead made him have many unreasonable worries out of thin air.

Always feel that something is wrong.

It was Wang Jiusi's reaction.

Since the other party is already a sure-fire traitor, intrigues and intrigues must be easy to catch on weekdays, so how could he make such a low-level mistake?

The four roads are blocked, and it is obvious that they want to force people into the secret tunnel. If it is an ordinary staff officer, perhaps the first reaction is to run to the Huadu main station. In addition, this tunnel is what they usually use to communicate. Yes. This small road has long been extremely trusted, and at this time, when the head is hot, wishful thinking that Liancheng and the others have not found the meeting point at all, it is easy to slam into the skin of the wonton like a scared weasel.

Qiu Sheng set up such a game, but he underestimated the enemy too much.

Chu Yu closed his eyes, if I were Wang Jiusi, what should I do at this moment?

In Huadu, not far from Tianyuan Temple, Qiu Sheng also began to re-examine her decision.

Dressed in plain clothes, he followed Liancheng Zhengnan around the gate of Huadu Mansion Yamen for a few days, going through the whole story back and forth, vaguely feeling that his opponent was being oversimplified.

Wang Jiusi is a master who has been in the court of Dayue for many years and still can not show the slightest flaw, but he Qiusheng is a young man who has no intention of paying attention to the complicated situation in the court. In terms of scheming, the old fox is tens of thousands of times stronger than him , such a trap that can be seen through at a glance, how could he obediently take the bait?

Maybe he didn't even enter the tunnel.

That was a feint to lure him and Liancheng to Huadu, and take this opportunity to gather all the strength of his subordinates to break through the defense line of the Imperial Forest Army.Zhong Han is the only one who can still be of real use in the capital now. Although Zhong Han's kung fu is not inferior to Liancheng, but this person is unstable. A typical opponent who is easy to get hot-blooded and the best to deal with.

As long as he trades the civet cat for the prince, Zhong Han will definitely chase the civet cat to the ends of the earth with all his heart, leaving a lot of time for Wang Jiusi to escape.

During the short meal, Qiu Sheng thought of countless ways for Wang Jiusi to collude with the North and the South. When he thought of the possibility of letting the tiger go back to the mountain, he got goose bumps all over his body, and even the rice grains in the bowl were in a trance. It squirmed, like a pot of live and evil maggots, which made him gag.

Liancheng was careful, and noticed Qiu Sheng's abnormal behavior at a glance, and quickly grabbed his shoulder: "Zizhan?"

"This time we are probably not waiting for Wang Jiusi," Qiu Sheng took a deep breath to calm down, "He wants the hatchback to delay his escape, and maybe he will find an unlucky guy with a top bag to help him take the blame, so as to prolong my life. How long have you been staying in Huadu? Maybe that ghost has recruited troops and planned to run away."

Liancheng was stunned for a long time, and it took a long time to come back to his senses: "Then what are you still doing here?"

"This is just a guess. I can't say whether it's true or not. Running back and forth is the most passive way. At least it's clear if there are people or ghosts in the cave."

Lian Cheng just nodded his head in approval, but after thinking about it carefully, he became puzzled: "Then why does he have to arrange for someone to come over and tie your head? Isn't it just sending you to Huadu, and then just run away?"

Qiu Sheng shook his head and said: "The old fox is testing me. He put the wire in the Huadu government office to judge whether I have found the exact entrance of Huadu. If anything happens to this informant, he will definitely pass some kind of The channel has learned that the flowers are all dead, and if we run again at that time, there is still time, and it does not appear to be too hasty, so that we will be exposed before leaving. As for why I didn't kill this thief with a knife, I wanted to catch his exact collaborator Evidence of treason, invite him to eat a tiger stool in Dali Temple."

Zheng Nan crossed his arms and bumped into Liancheng: "Look, it's still such a poor image."

"He must have something that connects the northern Li and the southern barbarians. What I value is whether I can get this thing smoothly. It is a matter of great danger and death, so I have to be cautious."

Zheng Nan frowned: "Do you still have to catch someone alive?"

The three of them were eating in a small restaurant near the government office, Qiu Sheng was about to reply, but when he heard the sudden unexplained confusion there, he immediately gestured and said: Follow and see.

A pair of bamboo chopsticks was gently put down, and with the help of the east wind blowing along, Liancheng was nowhere to be seen.

Zheng Nan calmly took out a pair of bulky lenses from the package and pasted them on his face. After a few movements of picking up vegetables, his eyes were already facing the government office opposite through the translucent glass.

These two people are his right-hand men when they go out to do errands. Qiu Sheng has nothing to do except listen to the movement with his ears in a daze. Just as he was about to raise his wine glass to dip his mouth, Zheng Nan stretched out a chopstick. After dipping it a few times, he wrote on the table with the wine: Guan Yang.

This man, Qiu Sheng, has not been seen for several lifetimes. He was suddenly mentioned by Zheng Nan, and he was a little strange. After thinking about it for a while, he recalled it, and he couldn't understand it: "Is Dali Temple releasing him? Then this kid is free." What kind of trouble did you come to the government office to create? Do you still think that those big boards were not enough last time?"

"Guan Yang seems to have come out of the secret passageway... That's why Jiedushi was taken aback."

"Secret passage?"

Hearing this, Zheng Nan turned his head again and put the lens on the bridge of his nose. This time, the person who was aiming at Liancheng saw the short and clear gestures of the other party: "That's right, he came out of there. Inference, this is the unlucky ghost for Wang Jiusi as a backup, right?"

"Wait, why is Guan Yang still in the capital? Didn't you let him go back?"

Zheng Nan: "After he got those boards, he was imprisoned. His family members came to redeem him time and time again. Dali Temple Minister Fu Ren ignored all temptations regardless of money and power. This person should be treated even today. It has been closed for a year or two."

Qiu Sheng: "...It seems that Dali Temple is also in their pocket. Zheng Nan, together with Liancheng, keep an eye on this mouth, Huadu's army will use it, and throw out all those Jiedu envoys who are eating vegetarian food. Not a reptile can come out of it without my order."

Zheng Nan stood up and pulled him back: "What if Wang Jiusi still doesn't know that the situation in Huadu has changed? What if this time it's a surprise? Wouldn't it be more obvious to go back to Beijing?"

Qiu Sheng put two fingers together, stuck between his lips and blew a long whistle, and the sound of light horse hooves came from a distance. He pushed open the window of the small restaurant, and answered without hesitation at the moment before jumping down: "At this time, he must be on the way to flee in a hurry."