A glance at the spring breeze

One day, Director Zhang came to visit Ruan Lan under the order of Yin Zhen, and the eunuchs brought the best dried honeydew melons from the Western Regions to Ruan Mansion, saying that they were rewarded by His Majesty the Emperor.

The autumn wind is lingering on the red leaves, and they float all over the ground in a bend, sprinkled on the hijab containing the fruits.

Ruan Lan stared at the small rewards in the courtyard, and became dazed.

Manager Zhang ordered the people to move all these rewards into the house.When there was no one around, Manager Zhang pulled out a golden scroll from his sleeve and stuffed it into Ruan Lan's sleeve.

Ruan Lan was still in a trance when she heard Manager Zhang whispering in his ear: "Your Majesty is reluctant to part with Your Excellency, and he is afraid that he will regret it when he sees Your Excellency, so he sent a servant to tell Your Excellency."

Holding the imperial decree in her hand, Ruan Lan opened it slowly, and saw that the emperor ordered him to join the army to assist General Li Quanfeng in investigating the tragic death of General Fu, and immediately set off for Linzhou with the army.

The so-called joining the army is a kind of civilian position in the army. The most important staff in the army is the counselor of the emperor and the general.

"Thank you Lord Long En." Ruan Lan held the imperial decree in both hands, knelt down in the direction of the palace, and kowtowed three times.

Manager Zhang was still puzzled, so he asked, "Lord Ruan, if you don't go to the border, His Majesty will send someone else. Why do you have to go against His Majesty's wishes and go to the cold and dry northern border?"

Ruan Lan shook her head: "Mr. Zhang still remembers that a few months ago, the North Kingdom paid me a tribute to the Spring Wind Scroll."

Manager Zhang thought for a while, and said, "My lord is talking about the picture scroll depicting the fairyland Jiagong Mountain. This servant remembers that it is now hanging in His Majesty's imperial study."

Ruan Lan said: "It's exactly that scroll. The Spring Wind Scroll was originally collected by the Ruan family, but just over nine years ago, it suddenly disappeared from the Ruan Mansion and was never found again. Moreover, since then, my father has been terminally ill and bedridden. Since then, there has been a bloody struggle in the court..."

Since then, the Ruan family and the prince have lost power.

The prince was even imprisoned for witchcraft.

Manager Zhang nodded, he knew what the "struggle" Ruan Lan was talking about.It was in that struggle that his master, Yin Jian, won the crown prince.

Ruan Lan went on to continue: "But this time, Chunfengjuan reappeared in the world, and he appeared as a tribute from the North Kingdom. It's hard not to remind me of the bloody storm many years ago, and what happened in recent days. , has something to do with this Spring Wind Scroll."

Manager Zhang's expression froze: "My lord means..."

"Is Director Zhang aware of the Wuxian incident in Linzhou?"

"I remember. Your Majesty once told the servants that there may be a case of favoritism and fraud among officials and officials in Wu County of Linzhou. But it was later discovered that there is no Wu County in Linzhou, and it was made up by the escaped man."

Ruan Lan shook her head and said, "No... I guess, maybe it's not that there is no Wu County, but that Wu County, like that Qiumang Mountain, has been quietly erased from the official records."

Yin Cheng erased the record of Qiumang Mountain, so if Wu County did exist, who erased it?

Yin Jian once told him that there were no bones in Yin Cheng's coffin, so he speculated that the pile of moving bones in the mountain behind Qijia Village was Yin Cheng, so the one who made a contract with the big tree planted by Chenxi was Yin Cheng .

But...if it wasn't him who formed the contract, Yin Cheng is not dead?

General Fu died in Linzhou, and the vanished Wuxian County also belonged to Linzhou. Cui Hong who came from Wuxian deceived Ah Shan. Ah Shan sneaked into the theater troupe and was killed by a mysterious person who pretended to be him Killing Wei Wanpin and putting the blame on him... Everything started from this.

He decided to go to Linzhou in person to find out the truth about this matter.

For his mother, and all the innocent people who lost their lives.

If Yin Cheng is really not dead... If Yin Cheng was responsible for all the right and wrong, he would have to make a final settlement with him.

But Ruan Lan knew in her heart that he couldn't tell Yin Jian this idea, otherwise, with Yin Jian's position and temperament, he would definitely not let him go.

Ruan Lan smiled politely at Manager Zhang, and said, "Eunuch, this time I went to Linzhou, one is to investigate General Fu's affairs, and the other is to find out whether there is Wu County in Linzhou. , it must be helpful to some recent cases. What's more, this Chunfengjuan was originally owned by my Ruan family, if these things really have any connection with Chunfengjuan's reappearance, Ruan is also to blame."

Director Zhang knew that Ruan Lan had already made a decision in his heart, so he stopped giving verbal advice, and only said: "Your Majesty, please do what you can. If you encounter any difficulties in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, just send a message, and His Majesty will definitely send someone to help you. Your Excellency sent the things you need. Also, Your Majesty said that you must bring enough clothes. The north is very cold and the conditions are harsh. It will be very uncomfortable to freeze your body during the march. In addition, Your Majesty also said—"

Ruan Lan couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion in her heart, why didn't he find Yin Jian and Manager Zhang chattering so much before.

"My lord!" Eunuch Yu suddenly trotted towards Ruan Lan, and said in a panic, "My lord, Mr. Qi rushed into the pile of honeydew melons, and even said that he would sing if he was not allowed to eat them!"

Ruan Lan said: "That's great, then let him eat."

"My lord!" Eunuch Yu frowned, his big eyes stared brighter than anyone else, "That is a honeydew melon bestowed by the emperor, it was given to you by His Majesty, Mr. Qi is a commoner, how can he eat it whenever he wants!"

Manager Zhang glanced at Eunuch Yu, and said: "My lord, the servants His Majesty mentioned have already given your lord the words, and the servants will leave now."

Ruan Lan said: "Boss Zhang, go slowly." As she said that, she was about to take a step to send Boss Zhang to the gate.

Eunuch Yu followed behind Ruan Lan, and waited to bid farewell to Mr. Zhang before he hurriedly said, "My lord! If you don't go, Mr. Qi will finish eating them all!"

Ruan Lan turned around, raised her hand and knocked hard on Eunuch Yu's forehead.

"Ouch!" Eunuch Yu cried out in pain, "Why did you hit me, my lord?"

"I can't finish it, so leave it to him."

"But……"

"No buts."

"Okay..." Gonggong Yu almost cried, "My lord, you beat really hard."

Ruan Lan turned around and walked back.

Eunuch Yu followed up again, leaned next to Ruan Lan's shoulder, and said secretly: "My lord, in fact, I just listened a little bit, did your majesty send you to go to Linzhou with the army..."

"En." Ruan Lan looked down at the imperial decree in her hand.

"How could this happen, my lord, His Majesty loves you the most, so why would you want to go to such a poor place where nothing like shit happens?"

Ruan Lan didn't speak, just stared at him.

Eunuch Yu then restrained himself: "Your Excellency, this servant just doesn't say anything. I will definitely not tell anyone about this matter, and keep my mouth shut for my lord."

"Okay." Ruan Lan continued to walk forward, "I'm going back to my room first, if you have nothing else to do, don't bother me."

"Okay, my lord."

In a blink of an eye, night has fallen.The servants of the mansion lit candles for the house.

The smell of food slowly wafted over, and Eunuch Yu shouted: "My lord, it's time to eat."

A gust of cool wind blew, and Eunuch Yu shouted again: "My lord, it's windy, put on more clothes."

As soon as Ruan Lan sat at the dinner table, she heard Qi Mo, who had been waiting at the side early, say to him, "Ruan Lan, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor asked you to lead troops to fight? Didn't I say, you are so strong, can you fight?"

Ruan Lan turned her eyes and looked at Eunuch Yu.

The cold eyes seem to be asking: What about keeping your mouth shut?

"It wasn't the servant who said it." Eunuch Yu covered his mouth and faltered, "It was the servant who accidentally slipped his mouth..."

In fact, Ruan Lan wasn't surprised at all, she knew that Eunuch Yu couldn't control his mouth.He said to Qi Mo, "It's not that he leads troops to kill the enemy himself, but he is advising on military matters, so his body is thinner than ordinary soldiers, but it's okay."

Qi Mo asked again: "Then you are gone, what should I do?"

Ruan Lan blinked her eyes twice, and said in thought: "If Brother Qi wants to continue living here, then wait here for me to come back."

Qi Mo was a little unhappy: "If you leave, I will be bored..."

Ruan Lan smiled: "When I find out the truth of some things, I will come back. It won't take long. Compared with those generals who are stationed in the frontier, I am already very lucky."

Qi Mo frowned, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Not to mention the bad conditions over there, maybe you still have to fight there. How can military matters be as easy as you say? What if you are killed by the enemy? Arrows shot to death—"

"Bah, bah, what are you talking about!" Eunuch Yu interrupted Qi Mo, and shouted at Qi Mo in his shrill voice, "My family is blessed and blessed, and His Majesty the Emperor is blessing, how can it be as unlucky as you said? , bah bah bah, what a bad luck!"

Qi Mo said: "Oh, I'm telling Ruan Lan, let him not forget the lightness kung fu I taught him, if you really can't beat it, Ruan Lan, don't follow those soldiers to die, 36 tactics is the best strategy, If you keep the green hills, you don’t have to worry about running out of firewood. The emperor’s blessing, the heaven’s blessing, the emperor’s blessing, in the end, it doesn’t matter what you use, lightness kung fu is the best way to save your life.”

"You!—" Eunuch Yu's eyes were red and his cheeks were puffed up by Qi Mo, and he was so angry that he couldn't say anything.

"Okay, okay, stop arguing." Ruan Lan knew that Qi Mo was doing it for his own good, so she said to him, "Hurry up and eat, the food won't taste good when it's cold."

Such a restless day finally came to an end. After eating, Ruan Lan returned to her room and stared at the golden imperial edict placed in the brocade box for a long time.

"Your Majesty..." Ruan Lan called softly.

The door of the room suddenly opened with a creak, and Ruan Lan hurriedly looked towards the crack of the door.

Outside was a vast expanse of darkness, and there was no one in sight.

"It turns out that the wind is blowing..."

Then came a sigh.