miscalculation

Ji Lan looked at Xiao Jue, who was extremely anxious, and persuaded him: "King Qi, it is useless for you to be anxious now. In my opinion, there is something strange about this matter. The big man and the young man in Xinghualou should be people who fold flowers. In other words, it is impossible for Xiao Guan to be lenient and help the King of Yue block the poison. It is said that he said something to the King of Yue before he died, I am afraid that it has a lot to do with it. "

After hearing this, Xiao Jue called Meng Ke to wait in the side room.Meng Ke then recounted everything that happened in Xinghualou that day. The young man did say something before he died, but he didn't know what it was.Xiao Jue was a little discouraged, so he waved him back.

This time they were sent to protect Xiao Qian, all of them were killed or injured, only Meng Ke remained.Xiao Jue couldn't help feeling suspicious, suspecting that this Meng Ke was also sent by his concubine mother, but it was inconvenient to deal with him right now, so he planned to wait until he returned to Beijing before doing anything.

Meng Ke carefully observed Xiao Jue's expression, then took out some calligraphy and paintings and handed them over.Xiao Jue opened it up and saw a pond, the bamboo leaves beside it were withered and yellow, and the carp in the pond faintly wanted to jump out of the water.He unfolded another picture, only to see a green dragon floating on the water surface, showing signs of flying away.

Xiao Jue asked: "Is this the most recent painting by King Yue?"

Meng Ke replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, it is true. The King of Yue only painted a few portraits of this kind, so his subordinates only took two of them at random."

Xiao Jue held the picture scroll and pondered for a moment, then asked: "Have the identities of those two assassins been found out?"

Meng Ke said: "This subordinate is incompetent."

Xiao Jue asked: "Who owns Xinghualou, do you know?"

Meng Ke said: "It is said that it is owned by the wealthy Pei family."

Xiao Jue said: "The Pei family? Could it be Pei Zhongyu?"

Meng Ke replied: "Exactly."

Xiao Jue slapped the table suddenly, and said angrily, "That's unreasonable. What a Pei family!" He knew that Pei Zhongyu and Concubine Liu Chen's natal family, Pei Guojiu, were very close and had many in-laws.Concubine Mu chooses to attack here, with the intention of framing Concubine Liu Chen, but it can also make it more difficult for her to find out the identities of those assassins.The mother and concubine never expected that she would solve the puzzle she set up in advance, and Ji Lan would peek at the secret letter in the grandfather's room, otherwise, it would be really difficult to find out that it was written by the dead man.

Xiao Jue snorted softly, and said, "I heard that the Xinghua Building has three floors. The king of Yue didn't want to show off that day, so he chose the second floor. Those who can go to the third floor are either rich or expensive. How can there be no news?"

"As for Xinghualou, the information was given, but it seems to be deliberately concealed. Only the appearance of the young man was found, and he seems to be from Xiliang."

Xiao Jue asked, "How do you know?"

Meng Ke said: "Reporting to Your Highness, it's because there are only people from Xiliang in the world, and some people have slightly lighter hair, and occasionally have slightly curvy hair. I guess from this subordinate, he is from Xiliang."

Xiao Jue was puzzled, so he didn't ask any more questions.Folding flowers to attract dead men from all over the world, the young man must also be a flower folder, but since he received the order to attack the elder brother, why did he suddenly help the elder brother block the attack?

Meng Ke said again: "There is one more thing, I don't know if it should be said or not."

Xiao Jue frowned and said, "Is this king very patient?"

Meng Ke shuddered inexplicably, and said: "After the assassination that day, the heads of the young man and the big man were hung in the city for three days before being thrown into the mass grave. The young man's body and head were put together and buried properly. He did it without telling his subordinates, but his subordinates overheard it."

Xiao Jue glared at him, as if he was very dissatisfied with his eavesdropping.Meng Ke secretly smiled wryly, he was ordered to protect him, so naturally he had to follow closely.

But since they are flower-folders, what kind of method is not good, but let the dead man pretend to be a young lady in Xinghualou to be ridiculed in public.Thinking of this, Xiao Jue couldn't help but secretly become ruthless, it must be that the concubine mother wanted to humiliate her eldest brother, so she accused Sang and scolded Huai.In this way, when the elder brother heard those words, he might have already guessed that they were the killers sent by the mother concubine.

It's just that I don't know what the little boy said. Could it be... the eldest brother thought that he sent someone to assassinate him, so he fell asleep and wanted to die?Xiao Jue immediately vetoed this inference, it is impossible for the elder brother to be so easily swayed by him.He thought about it, but he couldn't see clearly, so he simply sat in Xiao Qian's room and didn't come out to eat.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Liang personally delivered the food, and said: "Fifth brother, don't do this, elder brother wakes up and sees you like this, I have to worry."

Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "Xiaoqi, did you find out the history of those assassins yesterday?" He was worried that his mother and concubine would attack Xiao Qian before he arrived, but he asked Ji Lan to carefully observe the assassin's body , obviously they are not dead soldiers.What's more, before he left the palace, he had already stolen Concubine Ji Shu's Sanhua secret order, so she might not be able to mobilize so many people for the time being.

Seeing that he was deep in thought, Xiao Liang didn't ask anymore, so he said again: "Fifth brother, I want to go shopping in the city, and bring back some fresh fruits and vegetables by the way."

After hearing this, Xiao Jue nodded and said, "That's fine, but it's better to let Ji Lan go with you, otherwise Fifth Brother won't be at ease."

Xiao Liang shook his head and said: "The assassin's target is Big Brother, it doesn't matter if Xiao Qi goes out, it's better to let them stay here."

Xiao Liang wanted to say more, but he heard a fight outside the door, and rushed out, only to see Yun Zhao and Ji Lan fighting again in the courtyard.Annoyed in his heart, he shouted: "Yun Zhao! How dare you leave the palace privately."

Seeing that he was angry, Yun Zhao quickly stopped, and said, "Your Highness calm down, it was the holy order that I bring another 200 people to protect him."

Xiao Liang's trip this time was to secretly bring Xiao Jue out, he was afraid that Yun Zhao would be exposed when he accompanied him, so he ordered him to stay at the Prince Qin's residence.Unexpectedly, the father sent him here, so he didn't dare to say anything, and could only nod in agreement.

Xiao Liang said: "It's fine if you're here, accompany me to the city. As for Jingbo, stay here to protect elder brother." After he finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Qian's room, and then at Ji Lan Make a color.

Ji Lan understood and nodded.Most of the guards here are Ji Lan's people, so it's not likely to reveal their whereabouts to Xiao Yi, but Yun Zhao is different.If he sees Xiao Jue, there are [-]/[-] out of [-] he will inform the news.When Xiao Yi knew about it, he would definitely commit the crime, so the two cooperated to hide Yun Zhao.

Seeing that Xiao Liang did not commit the crime, Yun Zhao readily agreed to go with him to the city regardless of the tiring journey.Xiao Liang saw that he had a hard journey, so he didn't say anything more, let him ride in the carriage with him, but complained in his heart: "Jing Bo hasn't even rode with me yet, it's cheaper than Yun Zhao."

Thinking of this, he asked, "Why did you fight Ji Lan just now? Didn't this king say, don't fight with others at will!"

Yun Zhao bowed his head and clasped his fists and said, "I saw that Young Master Ji was practicing with a spear, and my subordinates felt itchy for a moment, so I stepped forward to fight him. For some reason, my subordinates were a little excited when they saw his marksmanship. I hope Your Highness will forgive me." What he didn't dare to say was that every time he saw Ji Lan wielding a gun, he felt murderous in his heart, and he still doesn't know why.

Xiao Liang said: "Anyway, don't provoke him, do you hear me?"

Yun Zhao nodded in agreement.

The group walked for two hours before arriving in the city. Xiao Liang was anxious to see Zhang Huaimin, but he was afraid that Yun Zhao would find out.He was worrying about how to get rid of it, but he saw a nobleman walking out of the inn gate waving a fan.

He bumped into Xiao Liang head-on, but he didn't apologize, and looked at him with two eyes, which seemed to be a disciple.When Yun Zhao saw it, he said angrily, "Bold! How dare you be rude to the young master."

Xiao Liang said: "Yun Zhao, teach this person a lesson for me, I'll go up to the inn for a drink first."

As he spoke, he was about to turn around and go into the inn to look for Zhang Huaimin, but he didn't expect that Deng Tuzi suddenly turned around and stopped in front of Xiao Liang again.Yun Zhao saw that he had done a great job, and immediately became worried, fearing that he would be unfavorable to Xiao Liang, so he drew his sword to face him.

The man waved his fan and said with a smile: "Oh, you're so angry, let me lower the fire for you."

He looked at Yun Zhao with a smile all over his face, but he stretched out his hand and touched Xiao Liang's acupuncture points, making him stand stiffly beside him.Yun Zhao was in a hurry and didn't dare to take it too seriously, he shouted: "Come on, everyone, let's go together!"

Xiao Liang wondered, Yun Zhao's martial arts were higher than Ji Lan's, how could this apprentice seem to be on a higher level.He stood there, watching the two wrestle for a stick of incense, and he could see that Deng Tuzi's martial arts were not good, but the magic was that Yun Zhao couldn't hit him.

Xiao Liang felt a little uncomfortable after being acupointed, and it became more and more difficult to breathe smoothly during this time of burning incense.He said with some difficulty: "Yun Zhao, hurry up, my lord... I can't breathe anymore."

When Yun Zhao heard this, he was very anxious, and he struck three points fiercely, and the apprentice retreated a few steps with a slash.He also stopped looking at that person, and quickly turned around and walked to Xiao Liang's side, wanting to relieve the acupuncture point.He used four sets of acupuncture point solutions in one go, but he couldn't solve it.

He looked at Deng Tuzi and shouted: "Unlock his acupuncture points quickly, or I will never let you go!"

That Deng Tuzi didn't care about the arm that was chopped by Yun Zhao just now, he kept looking at Xiao Liang and asked, "Little brother, are you really out of breath?"

Yun Zhao was furious and scolded: "Didn't you see our young master's face is pale, and he is about to lose his footing, so hurry up!"

The apprentice hurried up, and was about to stretch out his hand, but was stopped by Yun Zhao.Yun Zhao asked, "What are you going to do?"

Deng Tuzi said, "I'll help him untie the acupoint!"

Yun Zhao said, "Hmph, tell me how to untie the acupoints, and I'll do it. Who knows what you'll do."

Deng Tuzi said: "This acupuncture point is my master's secret method, how can I tell you so easily. What's more, if you don't get out of the way, this little brother will suffer a lot."

After hearing this, Xiao Liang said, "Yun Zhao, step aside and let him relieve the acupoint."

Deng Tuzi stepped forward and unblocked Xiao Liang's acupoints, but he saw Xiao Liang collapsed on the ground, extremely tired.He wanted to step forward to feel the pulse, but Yun Zhao quickly raised his knife to stop him.

Xiao Liang panted for a while before saying, "I'm fine."

Seeing that Xiao Liang was fine, everyone surrounded him one after another, surrounding the apprentice.But Deng Tuzi looked at Xiao Liang in astonishment, and asked, "Little brother...has he ever been seriously ill? Is it better to drink medicine for several days?"

Seeing his strange question, Xiao Liang said, "Who are you? How do you know this?"

Deng Tuzi was about to speak when he saw an old figure walking out of the inn and said: "Sinister, how dare you be rude to your son!"

The person who came was Zhang Huaimin, he immediately turned to Xiao Liang and said, "My lord, this is the only heir of the old man, Pei Shang."

Xiao Liang frowned, and asked: "Pei Shang? Dare I ask if your father is the wealthy Pei Zhongyu?"

Pei Shang clasped his fists and said, "It's my father."

Xiao Liang raised his hand and said, "Those who don't know are innocent. Yun Zhao, you stay outside and I will sit upstairs with this old gentleman, Mr. Pei."

Yun Zhao knew in his heart that Xiao Liang was afraid of himself, so he also nodded in agreement.He couldn't help thinking back to what he saw just now, that old gentleman clearly doesn't know martial arts, how could he be Pei Shang's master?Pei Shang's footwork just now was incomparably exquisite, if he remembered correctly, it was probably the world-famous Lian Dong Qing Ying.I don't know where he learned it from, but the most important thing is that the Pei family's wealth is only inferior to the Shen family's. Since Shen Lingjiao's death, the Pei family can be called the richest man in the world.Did Xiao Liang come here because he had an appointment with the Pei family?I have heard for a long time that the Pei family has a close relationship with Uncle Liu Guo, what is going on?

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic he became, he simply stopped thinking, and only thought about Pei Shang's method of acupressure just now, and secretly made up his mind that he must not be in such a mess today again.