bastard returns

"After being so schemed by others, you can still say good things about her. You really feel relieved. Could it be that after staying in Huajing these days, your temper of vengeance has changed?" Zhao Mo teased.

"Of course we have to report, but before that, we have to find out what kind of person the other party is." Ning Yuan thought for a while and said, "Since Ning Yicai and Princess Wanyi have made a marriage contract, the wedding date Has it ever been settled?"

Zhao Mo nodded and said: "Princess Princess is impatient, and the Ning family is not too late, so they set the date for the first day of the next month."

Ning Yuan pinched his fingers and calculated, "Isn't there only five or six days left? In such a short period of time, they are also afraid of long nights and dreams, and accidents in their marriage."

"It's hard to say, sometimes there will be accidents, and it has nothing to do with night long dreams." Zhao Mo chuckled, "It depends on what you plan to do?"

"What can I plan." Ning Yuan smiled, "After all, it's people who sing operas and sing lively. If we watch operas, if we don't send some flowers to express our hearts, it will make people think it's too mean, right?"

That night, an uninvited guest visited Huajing Sky Prison.

At the lowest level where some criminal officials and noble children had been imprisoned, the head of the prison who guarded this place had benefited Ning Huayang a lot. He asked him to keep an eye on Ning Zhongkun who was imprisoned here, and he was not allowed to let anyone in to visit.But the prison chief thinks that Ning Huayang is purely overwhelmed. Ning Zhongkun is usually the grandson of Ning Guogong, and he is very arrogant in his life. Somebody came to visit, so the cell boss collected the money diligently, but he was very leisurely.

But this time, he obviously couldn't be free, because the one who came to visit the prison suddenly was really not very easy to stop.

"This son and brother Zhongkun have been friends since childhood, why can't we visit? The emperor just sent brother Zhongkun to the prison for trial, because he has not been convicted, you old man repeatedly finds reasons to prevent this son from going in, but What's the reason?" Jing Yi put his hands behind his back and stared fiercely at the old man, which made the old man's legs go weak.

"Little one, how dare you obstruct your way, son...it's just...just..." The old man was about to cry. With his status as the son of Duke Jing Guo, it is reasonable to visit a prison, but if he lets go People went in, and when the matter got to Ning Huayang's ears, they would definitely say that the old man took money and didn't do anything, so it would be nice for Ning Huayang to trouble him.

"I don't care what your reasons are, if you dare to stop me, tomorrow I will enter the palace and present a booklet to the emperor, and ask the emperor what the reason is!" Get out of the way, Jing Yi snorted, and walked in grandly with the two attendants behind him.

After all, it is the place to detain officials. The lowest level of the dungeon is much faster and quieter than the upper level where the civilians are detained. Jing Yi walked all the way to the deepest place before stopping at the door of a cell and knocked on the door of the cell. chain.

On the straw bed in the prison cell, a young man slept with his back to the outside. His hair was disheveled and his clothes were filthy. When he heard the knock on the door, he shook his body. He was startled and almost fell off the straw bed.

"Don't look at me, I didn't come here to see you, I just brought someone in." Seeing that Ning Zhongkun seemed to be about to speak, Jing Yi made a sound first, and took a step to the side, and will follow behind him The entourage let out.

"You are..." Ning Zhongkun's voice was extremely hoarse, and it seemed that he was not comfortable in the prison. Seeing the entourage slowly raised his head, his eyes widened the moment he saw the other person's face clearly. up.

"You... aren't you dead..." Ning Zhongkun looked as if he had seen a ghost, shaking like a dustpan, and said to himself: "It's over, it's over, it seems that I'm not far from the time of death, and even Seeing a ghost, it's over, it's over..."

Jing Yi shook his head, clicked his tongue a few times, and said to Ning Yuan who was disguised: "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have come here. Tell him yourself, I'll go outside to help you guard." Bar led another follower away.

Ning Yuan squatted down, and said to Ning Zhongkun with a half-smile, "Cousin is really strange, we haven't seen each other for some time, but how do you know if I'm dead or alive?"

When Ning Zhongkun heard this sentence, the expression of fear on his face finally faded, and he stared at Ning Yuan's face for a long time with trepidation, and asked uncertainly, "Are you a living person?"

Ning Yuan turned his eyes sideways and looked at his shadow hanging on the ground through the torch on the wall. When Ning Zhongkun saw the shadow, his tense body immediately collapsed on the ground as if deflated, and murmured: "I will I knew... I knew... how could you die so easily... that Meng Zhifan must have lied to me... that kid really didn't want to die..."

"Meng Zhifan?" Ning Yuan frowned slightly, "What are you talking about, cousin?"

"Forget it, you came just in time!" Ning Zhongkun didn't answer his words, but crawled to the edge of the prison door in a panic, and said in a tone almost tearful: "I was framed, framed, you have to save me!" I'm going out, save me out!"

"Since I'm here, I definitely won't leave my cousin alone." Ning Yuan said a word of relief, "But I haven't been in Beijing these days, and many things are just hearsay and don't know the actual situation. I was really taken aback by what happened to my brother, since my cousin insisted that he was framed by someone, why don't you tell me in detail, so that I can avenge your injustice."

"Okay, let me tell you! Let me tell you!" Ning Zhongkun kept nodding his head, "What do you want to know?"

"You seem to have mentioned...Meng Zhifan just now?" Ning Yuan raised his voice slightly, "Brother Ning, you were only involved in the housework of the Duke's mansion, how could you have anything to do with Meng Zhifan? inside……"

"Why can't it be related!" Ning Zhongkun suddenly became excited, "I was killed by that kid!"

It turned out that since Ning Shanshan's inexplicable accident, Ning Zhongkun also felt a threat to his status. He always felt that his sister was premeditated and framed, but he couldn't find any evidence. He wanted to behave himself, and depressed, for two out of three days, Ning Zhongkun wanted to go to the boat by the river to have a drink.

One day Ning Zhongkun was drinking in the private room, when Meng Zhifan came suddenly, he just thought the other party was a coincidence, and invited Meng Zhifan to drink together, the so-called telling the truth after drinking, come and go, when three or four times drunk, Ning Zhongkun Zhong Kun vomited out the depression in his heart to Meng Zhifan.

In fact, what Ning Zhongkun was worried about was nothing more than his future status.He has never been canonized as a son, and Ning Huayang has all the glory, so he has always had a sense of crisis. Fortunately, the wife of the Duke, Mrs. Wu, has always stood by his side, and he has a beautiful younger sister. The initial idea was that as long as Ning Shanshan could find a good husband's family, it would be better if she could be a powerful prince. Having a younger sister who is a concubine would be of great benefit to Ning Zhongkun's becoming a prince, so Although Ning Zhongkun felt that it was a crisis, he didn't take it too seriously. He predicted that he would become the son of the prince sooner or later.

But now Ning Shanshan's sudden accident was nothing more than a cannonball exploded on top of his head, waking him up instantly.

Now Ning Shanshan has become a poisonous woman in Huajing, and she was sent to a nunnery. I am afraid that she will never be able to marry in this life. Even if she is a small family, who would dare to marry a "heart like a snake" Ning Zhongkun's life was placed at home, without Ning Shanshan's help, Ning Zhongkun suddenly became struggling. He knew that although he was a grandson, he was not as capable as Ning Huayang's two concubine sons. Ning Guogong has always disliked him. If this continues and Ning Huayang really becomes the heir, then he, the heir, will become the laughing stock of the entire Huajing city.

Ning Zhongkun vomited bitterness frequently, and Meng Zhifan also became a good listener. Originally Ning Zhongkun just wanted to vomit bitterness, but after listening to it, Meng Zhifan told him that it is actually not that difficult to become a prince Anyway, Ning Guogong has not yet asked the emperor who to enshrine. If Ning Guogong suddenly passed away at this time, then the rules of the emperor's canonization of the sons can only be in the order of the concubines, and it will definitely not be cheap for Ning Huayang.

After hearing this, Ning Zhongkun only thought it was funny, saying that although Duke Ning had been ill for a long time, he was still in good health, how could he suddenly pass away, but at this moment, what Meng Zhifan said scared Ning Zhongkun alive. With a big jump, he lowered his voice and said, Grandpa Guo, the old man himself did not return to heaven, so why don't you send him to heaven?

In the eyes of all the princes in Beijing, Meng Zhifan has always been a gentle and elegant gentleman. Seeing him say such words suddenly scared Ning Zhongkun into a panic. He waved his hands repeatedly and said that Meng Zhifan was crazy. Which Meng Zhifan Not only did his expression not change, but he also analyzed logically with him, saying that Ning Zhongkun is the grandson of the Duke's mansion, and in the absence of a canonized heir, as long as the Duke dies, he is the logical heir, which is beyond doubt At that time, the whole Duke's mansion will respect him, even if others know that the old Duke was sent away by him, so what.

Speaking of this, Meng Zhifan also cited many examples of emperors who killed their fathers and usurped the throne in history, and kept instilling in Ning Zhongkun the so-called truth of "seeking wealth in danger". Ning Zhongkun's mind is not very bright. Seeing Meng Zhifan's eloquent words, the thought that this matter was absurd was gradually shaken, and he felt that it might be feasible, and because Ning Guogong had long favored the concubine and left his grandson in the cold, he never asked to be canonized as his son. It also turned into a kind of resentful hatred for Ning Guogong. After bidding farewell to Meng Zhifan, he used the strength of wine to order the servants around him to buy arsenic.

"I admit that I drank too much wine and was confused by lard. I actually took Meng Zhifan's nonsense words seriously, but although I bought arsenic, I didn't put it in my grandfather's soup! Grandpa Why I was poisoned, I really don't know at all!" Speaking of this, Ning Zhongkun was already in tears.

Ning Zhongkun indeed returned to the mansion with arsenic in his arms. He originally wanted to "send him away" by serving Duke Ning when he took the medicine, but when it came to the end, he became afraid again. After all, the fear in his heart overshadowed his ambition. No arsenic was actually mixed in, but for some reason, Ning Guogong still vomited blood after taking the decoction he presented. After that, things went smoothly. Ning Huayang found it from his room and bought it. Arsenic, a piece of paper went to the emperor, and his former eldest grandson was immediately imprisoned for the crime of murdering his grandfather and committing treason.

"I was originally unwilling to go to jail, thinking that I was instigated by Meng Zhifan after all, so I wanted to drag him into the water, but no one believed what I said. They all said that Meng Shizi is such a good character, how could he be instigated Others say that I want to slander that boy Meng Zhifan when others harm others. I still can’t figure it out. I have no grievances with Meng Zhifan, why would he come to harm me!” Ning Zhongkun wiped his face, “ After I was imprisoned here, Meng Zhifan also came to see me once. I thought he was going to see me as a joke, but how could he actually ask me about you and tell me that you are dead? That's why I just saw you coming over suddenly, can I not be shocked!"

"It turned out to be like this?" Through the cell door, Ning Yuan touched his chin, "It seems that cousin, you were really framed?" At the same time, he fell into deep thought. Originally, he thought that he would be tripped by the eldest princess. The person in charge was Sikong Xu, but now Meng Zhifan was brought in again. Thinking of the ridiculous Liangzi between himself and Meng Zhifan, it made sense that he wanted to put himself to death in order to get Huyan Yuanchen, but suddenly What's the point of meddling in Duke Ning's family background?

"Ning Yuan, you have to find a way to get me out. I've heard that Ning Yi is going to marry Princess Wanyi. Ning Huayang and the others are already in power. If this marriage comes to fruition, you also know that it will be very good for you. It's not good." Ning Zhongkun hugged the pillar on the prison door, and Baba said to Ning Yuan, "Seeing that Ning Huayang and the others are embracing Meng Zhifan, I see that Meng Zhifan seems to hate you very much. If he knows that you are not dead, and he doesn't know what he will do with Ning Huayang, then you may not even be able to stay in Huajing City!"

"Cousin, don't worry, since I'm here, I definitely won't just sit back and watch you get framed." Ning Yuan changed his expression, and said with a fake smile: "It's just that I still need your cooperation, cousin." " After finishing speaking, he explained such and such in Ning Zhongkun's ear, Ning Zhongkun's eyes froze for a while, before he said: "This...is this feasible?"

"Cousin just follow suit." Ning Yuan said, "If you want to get out from here."

Ning Zhongkun rolled his eyes, and suddenly gritted his teeth, "Okay, I'm going to fight!"

"Princess, you only used a little bit for lunch today, and you haven't touched dinner yet. You should eat some of this white fungus and lotus seed soup." The steaming soup looked at Princess Wanyi who was sitting in front of the dressing table.

Wanyi has already taken off her heavy robe, loosened her hair in a bun, and her black hair is beating on her temples, making her cheeks look even paler. If Ning Yuan is here, she will be able to find out that Princess Wanyi and Sikong Xuan were born on the same day. Compared with him, he was completely thinner, his face was not rosy, and the sides of his cheeks were sunken, giving him a completely sick look.

"Chunyu." Wanyi didn't take the bowl of soup, but brushed her hair and said, "How many days until we get married?"

"There are still two more days." The palace maid Chun Yu's expression was not very good-looking. After thinking about it, she still said: "Actually, princess, why do you agree? Although Mr. Ning's family is indeed a good-looking talent, the servant always feels that there is something in the corner of his eyes and eyebrows." Compared to Xie..." Seeing Wanyi suddenly cross her eyes and glared at him, Chun Yu also knew that she had made a slip of the tongue, and immediately shut up.

"If you are so careless again, and grandma hears about it one day, I won't be able to protect you." Wanyi sighed softly, "I have tried my best to keep him safe, but it is a pity that there is no fate in this life, but No matter what, I will never become someone else's wife. After all, I have a life on my hands, and after I obey my grandmother's wishes, I will definitely give my conscience an answer."

"Miss, you..." Chunyu actually knew Wanyi's plan a long time ago. Hearing her speak out, her voice immediately became hoarse. She wanted to persuade her, but there was a thumping sound from the window, followed by a A big bird flew from nowhere and landed on the window sill.

"Princess, look, what a beautiful big bird!" Chunyu exclaimed, Wanyi also turned her head to look, and saw that the bird was not only white in color, but also had a tuft of bright red feathers on top of its head. .

"Hey, it's strange, there seems to be something tied to the big bird's feet." Chun Yu's eyes were sharp, seeing that the big bird didn't seem to be able to attack people, so he boldly leaned over and untied it from the bird's legs. A note, and when the note was taken off, the bird fluttered its wings twice and flew away.

Chunyu handed the note to Wanyi, Wanyi opened it, her expression changed drastically, she stood up without thinking, "Quick, Chunyu, let's go out of the palace!"

"Ah..." Chun Yu was taken aback, "You mustn't do it, Princess, you forgot that Her Royal Highness the Princess..."

"Grandmother is already asleep at this time, and since I agreed to the marriage, grandmother has removed all the secret whistles that stared at me. Now is the time to be safe. Let's go through the secret path so that no one will find out!" Wanyi Seeing the master like this, Chun Yu couldn't help it, so she stomped her feet vigorously and took out a cloak to put on herself. Step up to follow.

"What did you say? That girl sneaked out again?" The eldest princess suddenly stood up, looked at Eunuch Qi in front of her, "Could it be that girl..."

"That's why the servant came to ask Her Highness the Princess for orders." Eunuch Qi said without changing his expression, "His Royal Highness thought that His Royal Highness didn't send anyone to watch her anymore, so she didn't deliberately hide her whereabouts, and walked very quickly. Now He should have already left the palace through the secret passage, the servant wants to stop or follow, and I ask the princess to show me."

"I knew it!" The eldest princess punched hard on the soft cushion of the couch, "No wonder the girl was silent when I dealt with that boy surnamed Ning. I was so angry that I didn't think of this. Although I had some doubts, but seeing Wanyi's peaceful appearance, I didn't think much about it, I just arranged the secret sentry to be more secretive to watch her movements, who knew that there was really someone else... What a bold girl, unexpectedly Dare to embezzle another flower and replace it with another tree, and find a scapegoat to complete my term!"

Hearing what the eldest princess said, Eunuch Qi almost understood what he meant, saluted and was about to leave, but the eldest princess said: "Prepare the sedan chair! I also want to go and see, who is that apprentice?" How dare you be so brazen to seduce the royal daughter for a late-night private meeting!"

"This..." Eunuch Qi showed a embarrassed expression, "Your Highness, the palace gate has already been locked at this time, if you want to take the secret road...the secret road may not be able to pass through the sedan chair..."

"Let them open it again after it's locked. This kind of thing needs to be ordered by the palace!" The eldest princess is obviously impatient, "Let people keep an eye on Wanyi, and we must not let people run away!"

The eldest princess thought that she would be able to catch the serious "lover" of Princess Wanyi this time, but unfortunately, things didn't go as she expected. The sedan chair she was sitting in had just left the palace gate when someone came Report back, saying that they lost people.

Eunuch Qi’s expression changed, and the eldest princess also opened the car curtain with a look of disbelief, "What are you talking about, you are telling me that you Jinwu guards... were thrown off by two powerless women Already!?"

"The subordinates will die, but the subordinates encountered obstacles on the way to follow. The opponent has a lot of people and their skills are not weak. When the subordinates force those people back, the princess has long since disappeared!"

"This..." The eldest princess was taken aback, "Could it be that Wanyi has run into a villain..."

"Your Highness, don't worry, it shouldn't be." The man said: "Although the subordinates have lost the princess, they finally saw the princess getting into a carriage. Looking at the appearance of the princess, he seems to be very familiar with the owner of the carriage. , and when his subordinates came forward to investigate, they found this at the place where the carriage stopped." After speaking, he presented a jade pendant.

The jade pendant is exquisitely carved and is made of high-quality jade. On the front is the character "Ning" in seal script, while on the back is the character "Cai".

The eldest princess's complexion was not good-looking, "It turned out to be him!"

*****

An unremarkable carriage turned around and finally stopped in front of a very ordinary house. Princess Wanyi jumped out of the carriage with the help of her maid, Chunyu, and looked back at the driver.

The coachman driving the carriage was a handsome young man, he waved his hand to signal Wanyi to go in, then flicked the reins again, and drove the carriage away.

Wanyi pinched the note that was already soaked in sweat in her palm, and stepped forward to push open the half-hidden door.

The room is not big, and the furnishings are simple. There is only a small oil lamp lit on the table in the center. A young man in a blue robe is sitting with his back facing the door. His back is straight and his long hair is neatly tied behind his head. It is tied with an exquisitely carved jade tube.Looking at the jade tube, Wanyi felt familiar, but when she heard the sound of the door opening, the young man also stood up and turned around silently.

"You...!" The moment she saw the young man's face, Wanyi took a step back in horror, her face turning pale.