Yangcheng

"...So why didn't Lu Lan's heart come that night?"

When Shi Ruzhuo went to Tong's mansion and met Tong Shaoxuan and Bai Erniang and the others, he talked about the turmoil at Dongxiaomen that night, Tong Shaoxuan told them the big events of that night, his mouth was dry I drank two cups of tea.

After reviewing the game with two friends, Tong Shaoxuan discovered this crucial matter.

If Lu Lanxin appeared that night with an official talisman, the guards at the east gate would have no reason to stop the mission.

It was precisely because of the disappearance of Lu Lanxin that a series of tragedies followed.

This matter is definitely led by the Lan family. It is really unreasonable that Lu Lanxin, the most important figure, did not show up.

There were too many things piled up together before, and Tong Shaoxuan felt pain all over his body, so he couldn't think about it carefully.Now when I was talking to Shi Ruzhuo and Bai Erniang in detail, I went through it again myself, and the core problem naturally surfaced.

Tong Shaoxuan asked Shi Ruzhuo thoughtfully: "Gongyu, has Lu Lanxin troubled you recently?"

Shi Ruzhuo said: "That's not true, I've been with Sister Fan and the others recently."

Tong Shaoxuan did not continue Lu Lanxin's topic: "Well... Ah Shen often talks about you, afraid that you will not eat well outside, and asked me to tell you that day, the weather is cold, it is better to go home and live. She also I have prepared winter clothes for you, and I have always wanted to see you."

"I also miss Sister Tang very much." Shi Ruzhuo said, "Sister Tang's belly is getting bigger and bigger, right?"

"Isn't that right? The birth is less than two months away." Tong Shaoxuan sighed, "Recently, I finally know to take a break. I was running around a few days ago, and I couldn't stop it."

Shi Ruzhuo smiled and said, "I'll go see Sister Tang in a while. I also have Changsi, your elder sister and sister-in-law. I brought them some gifts."

"Huh? What other gifts do you bring? They are all from your own family, so don't be polite."

Tong Shaoxuan knew that she had been fined for one year's salary, and the transportation expenses for sending Yangon to Mengzhou probably drained her money, so why did she still buy things?

Shi Ruzhuo guessed her concerns: "When I came back, Yang Guang gave me all the silver on her body. She said that she lived in a yamen in Mengzhou, where she had food, drink, and salary, and there was no barren land. I was afraid that it would cost me too much to go back to Boling, so I hid it in my luggage and found it when I got to Boling. Actually, I don’t need it, as long as I have two clothes that can be changed and washed on weekdays, the money is in the I can’t spend it here either.”

Tong Shaoxuan: "Then you also save some, just in case!"

Shi Ruzhuo laughed: "Why is Changsi like my aunt, long-winded. Well, hurry up and take me to see them."

Shi Ruzhuo visited the Tong's Mansion, and left a lot of supplements for his body, and the hand stove thoughtfully prepared a pile according to the number of people in the Tong's Mansion.

Tong Shaoxuan really feels sorry for her when she sees her spending money like this, but she also understands that Gongyu's temperament is like this.

It's hard to say much about her kindness, so I told her that it's better to come back and live.

"Sister Tang specially prepared winter clothes for me, so I took them away. Don't worry, I will definitely come back to see you, and I don't think you can do without you. It's just..." Shi Ruzhuo's eyes sank slightly, "I have There are very important things to do, and I will come back to see you when I finish."

Tong Shaoxuan wanted to ask her what she was doing, but her thoughts just came up and fell back again.

What Gongyu wanted to say should be said directly, and if he didn't mention it directly, it would be futile to ask, it would only be embarrassing.

Tong Shaoxuan and Bai Erniang sent her out of the house, Shi Ruzhuo said: "Don't send her off, I will call a carriage outside by myself."

Before Tong Shaoxuan could speak, Erniang Bai said, "Anyway, I'm fine, so I'll send you Gongyu. Changsi, you should go back first, Sister Tang seems to be looking for you just now."

Tong Shaoxuan knew it well, so he left.

Bai Erniang and Shi Ruzhuo walked out of the workshop side by side.

There are special guards in Chongwenfang Dongqu, there are no idle carriages here, you have to go to Zhongqu to find them.

The two of them walked out together, Shi Ruzhuo waited for Bai Erniang to speak.

Bai Erniang still said: "I know you haven't been to Fan Yu's for a while. I had dinner with Zhu Liuniang yesterday, and she said that you and Sister Fan broke up."

Shi Ruzhuo didn't say yes or no.

"I also heard that you went to find Lu Lanxin."

Bai Erniang stopped, took Shi Ruzhuo's hand, with a worried expression on her face: "Gongyu, what are you doing?"

Shi Ruzhuo didn't struggle, just let her hold hands.Shi Ruzhuo really likes the feeling of being missed.

Shi Ruzhuo didn't answer her question immediately, but instead asked, "Changsi, Sister Tang, Sister Azhao and the others know about this?"

Bai Erniang: "I... didn't tell them. I want to ask you for proof first."

"Don't tell them. You will definitely worry if you tell them. I know what I'm doing. And only if they don't know about it, can I persevere."

"Gongyu, are you using yourself to restrain Lu Lanxin? Is it because of you that Lu Lanxin didn't show up that night?"

Shi Ruzhuo smiled and said, "Ah Bai has guessed it, I'm afraid Chang Si has also guessed it."

Bai Erniang was extremely anxious: "Shi Gongyu! Tell me the truth, are you betting on yourself again?! How can you do this!"

Shi Ruzhuo saw Erniang Bai frowning so anxiously that she was about to jump up, and laughed.

"you……"

Shi Ruzhuo held her hand instead: "Abai, I know you're worried about me, but I understand what I'm doing. Lu Lanxin is a very important person, and controlling her is good for the overall situation. My abilities are limited, and this is the only thing I can do. Not much can be done.”

"Is it worth getting close to the wicked in order to restrain the wicked? Maybe there will be a better way to punish them..."

Shi Ruzhuo responded quickly, as if he had an answer in his heart: "There will be, I naturally believe that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, but the price may be very high. I don't want any of you to be hurt. Go dirty, why can't that person be me?"

Bai Erniang couldn't answer for a moment.

"Go back." Shi Ruzhuo said, "I heard that you are painting recently. I put a box of coloring materials in your room. You can use it to see that the colors should be enough. I'm leaving, and I will come back when I have time." Look at you."

Without looking back at Erniang Bai again, Shi Ruzhuo waved to stop the carriage, and immediately sat in it.

The carriage drove her away from Chongwenfang and away from the wings of her friends. She gradually calmed down and began to think about some things.

Why Lu Lanxin followed her, Shi Ruzhuo understood after thinking about it.

That night, Lu Lanxin didn't go to escort the Hu country mission, and then there was such a big trouble, Lu Lanxin was the culprit. Looking at her injuries, she might have been punished by the family.

Their family must have a lot of eyeballs for daring to seek something as big as Jiangshan.Whether it was Lu Lanxin who recruited it herself or the eyeliner in return, the master behind her must know that Lu Lanxin did not go to Dongxiaomen but to Lingnan Restaurant, and he must know why she made a mistake.

As the most important reason for Lu Lan's misunderstanding, Shi Ruzhuo probably has become a thorn in the side of the master behind the scenes.Put yourself in the shoes and think about it, if Shi Ruzhuo was the master behind this scene, he would definitely get rid of the stumbling block as soon as possible.

Therefore, it seems that Lu Lan has no other purpose in saying that he wants to protect her.

but……

When Shi Ruzhuo came to Tong's Mansion and left again, he paid attention to his surroundings the whole time, and found no suspicious person, even Lu Lan's heart disappeared.

In the deep alley, two corpses fell at their feet, and the other was slashed in the back and was about to escape when Lu Lan slashed his heart with a long knife, knocking the man to the ground.

"My lady, it's me..." The man turned his head in complete confusion. It was the servant of the Lan family, Hu Si who grew up by Lu Lanxin's side since she was a child.

Lu Lanxin didn't even blink, and plunged a knife into his neck with one hand, killing him on the spot.

Blood splattered all over her body, and Lu Lan felt a little disgusted.He took out the handkerchief and wiped it. After walking halfway down the alley, a man came out of the back door to pour water. Seeing her blood stains, he was frightened and immediately closed the door.

Lu Lanxin used a knife to carve a fork on the door as a mark.

Walking into the alley, he pushed a secret door to enter, and the door was connected to a card hall.

When the people in the card hall saw Lu Lan's heart, they immediately came up to him.

"There is no need to move the corpses in the alley, just throw the corpses of Cao Long's minions who came to the store to make trouble a few days ago."

"Yes."

"The family with the cross on the door is gone."

"Yes!"

Lu Lanxin went to take a bath and put on a clean skirt. When she was walking through the corridor, a cat jumped out of the yard and meowed at her.

Lu Lan glanced at it heartily, and left expressionlessly.

On the day that Li Like and more than 100 members of the Shen family were beheaded, 220 people from the other six branches of the Shen family hurriedly left Boling, and the Shen family was in a state of disintegration.

There are even rumors that the Shen family met the Lan family in the gambling house, and the two gambled against each other, and the Shen family lost again. The two sides fought so hard that the gambling house was almost demolished.

Wei Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, and went to Tomorrow Villa to tell Wei Ci about it.

"The Shen family is nothing to be afraid of, the remaining Lan family and Wu family, let me slowly tear them apart."

While Wei Xi was happy, he drank a lot of wine. In addition to being in a good mood, Wei Ci's wine was really delicious. Much more delicious.

Wei Xi chatted with his sister all night long, drank so dizzy, and didn't want to leave, so he just stayed here in the villa, insisting on sharing a bed with Wei Ci.

Wei Ci has nothing to do with her: "Your Majesty has been in court for more than ten years, and he still likes to cling to me just like when he was a child."

Wei Xi was so drunk that he couldn't hear what Wei Ci was saying, but Wei Ci's touch on her forehead was very familiar.

"Ache?" Wei Xi didn't open his eyes, raised his hand to hold Wei Ci, and called her wife's name.

Wei Ci said to Tao Wanzhi: "You can sleep in the north room tonight. I think the emperor will have nightmares again, so I will stay with her here."

Tao Wanzhi was reluctant to leave: "I can sleep on the ground."

"The weather is getting colder, sleeping on the ground is not afraid of catching cold? Go."

Tao Wanzhi was not very happy, but she never went against Wei Ci's wishes. Since Wei Ci said so, she had no choice but to go to Beiwu.

Before going to bed, she brought stomach nourishing soup for Wei Ci to drink.

Wei Ci sniffed it, and even though some sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that she liked were thoughtfully put into the nourishing stomach soup, the original bitterness was still difficult to completely cover up, which still made her frown: "It's really too bad to drink."

"You have to drink even if it's hard to drink. Last time you drank so much wine, how long have you forgotten the headache? Drink it obediently if you don't want to suffer."

Wei Ci is getting older, but his appetite is still the same. He still searches for the top quality wine. Once she finds the wine he likes, he must enjoy it to his heart's content and drink it all. The next day headache is inevitable.

Wei Ci also wondered, with his own drinking capacity, he wouldn't have a headache after drinking such a small amount.

Tao Wanzhi didn't have the nerve to talk about his age, so he kept an eye on her, and when he saw that she drank too much, he made sure to prepare a stomach-soothing soup, as long as he drank this soup, he wouldn't have a headache the next day when he kept it, but it was a bit unpalatable.

Since Tao Wanzhi became an official, he has become more confident in front of Wei Ci, and he has become much more confident in managing Wei Ci's basic necessities of life.

Although Wei Ci had a lot of retainers around these years, most of them just admired the beauty of the young lady, looked more at the appearance of the young man, and completely dilute the aura of a certain person—the most intimate one, the one who can say a few words is Tao Pull it.

Wei Ci knew Tao Wanzhi's sincerity, and she drank the stomach nourishing soup no matter how bad it was.

Seeing Wei Ci finish drinking in one gulp, Tao Wanzhi was very satisfied, took away the bowl and left, leaving only Wei Ci and Wei Xi in the room.

Wei Xi is nine years younger than Wei Ci, and she is also a sister born to a mother. When he was a child, Wei Xi liked to cling to his sister, and he had to tell her something to fall asleep, even if he read a piece of "Thousand Characters".

Wei Xi always likes to tell Wei Ci what's on his mind.

As for the affair with Ah Che, the No. 1 Wei Xi told was also Wei Ci.

"Emotional?"

At that time, Wei Xi was only six years old, and Wei Ci was fifteen years old. At the time when he was troubled by the feelings of the eldest grandson Yin, he did not expect that the six-year-old little sister would also mention the relationship with her.

Wei Ci smiled and touched Wei Xi's little head, and called her small characters: "Chengcan, you haven't read much all day long, and you still have a lot of things to think about. Why do you think you are emotional for that little stutterer?"

Wei Xi slid up and sat up: "Why did Huang Jie say that about her! She doesn't stutter! She rarely stutters!"

"Oh? Are you starting to defend her? Then tell me what you like most about Ah Che?"

"She is willing to give me whatever delicious food she buys."

"Promise. You, Princess Da Cang, are you still greedy for other people's snacks?"

"It's different. What Ah Che gave me was different. Everything she gave me was delicious, and she couldn't bear to eat it herself."

Wei Ci looked at his sister and sighed.What a pure feeling, not mixed with any other emotions, no possession, no contest, and no insurmountable troubles, it's great.

I thought it was just a little love in Wei Xi's childhood, but when she grows up, she will soon realize that her identity is completely different from that little stutterer from a humble and noble family, and she will gradually become estranged.

Unexpectedly, in Jiji's year, not only did Wei Xi not alienate Ah Che, he even married her, wanting to spend his whole life lovingly with her.

Little stutterer has become a "son-in-law". Although this name falls on the weak Ah Che, it is a bit nondescript, but as long as he can grow old with Wei Xi, Ah Che feels that it doesn't matter what status he is.

At this time, four years have passed since Wei Ci's crown prince was abolished. During these four years, Wei Ci only stayed in Boling for the first two years, and then went to a temple in the west to practice. It has been many years since I saw my elder sister.

Another year later, the emperor passed away, and Wei Xi inherited the Datong.

That is to say, from this year, the traitor party headed by Lan Kan, the patriarch of the Lan family, targeted the lonely and weak emperor.

After Wei Xi came to the throne, he wanted to have a wife as the queen, but the ministers strongly opposed it in the early court. They thought that the Zhuang family was born in a poor family and was slow-spoken.

This matter caused Wei Xi to be furious, and despite the objections of the important officials, he insisted on making her the empress.

At that time, Liu Mao, the censor Zhongcheng, took off his official hat on the spot, raised his head and raised his eyebrows, and advised Wei Xi to put the Great Cang Guozuo as the most important thing, and not to destroy the foundation created by the ancestors and become the eternal sinner.

Then he slammed his head to death in Fengtian Hall, blood spilled all over the ground.

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