bastard returns

It is not unreasonable for Han Tao to suddenly fight against Pang Chunyan. He was leading troops in the eastern suburbs to help the emperor clean up the hunting grounds, drive out harmful beasts, and put some harmless elk and hares in. He has been busy all day. After finally loosening up, he and his subordinates grilled some meat and drank some wine in the overnight tent, but an arrow flew in mid-air and completely smashed the originally jubilant atmosphere.

At first they thought it was an assassin, and they almost searched the nearby woods, but Han Tao soon found a bound letter on the arrow. After seeing the contents of the letter, Han Tao Tao jumped into a rage, ordered his men casually, jumped on the horse, and rushed back to the city overnight.

What was written in the letter was concise and to the point, saying that her wife took the opportunity to have an affair with the Fourth Prince Sikong Xu while he was not at home.

At first glance, this matter is extremely absurd. How can a married woman commit adultery with the prince, but in Han Tao's eyes, this matter is not impossible. You must know that Pang Song will not prevent Sikong Xu from crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. The two were closely tied together, and it was the same reason for Pang Qiushui to marry him as the official concubine, but now that Pang Qiushui was disfigured and lost such a big face on the day of the wedding, it seemed useless , so if Pang Song wants to repair the relationship, what else can he do besides replacing Pang Qiushui?

Pang Song only has two daughters in total, and he is very good at using his daughters to benefit himself. The purpose of marrying the eldest daughter to him was to win over himself, the commander of the Imperial Guard, and even though Pang Chunyan was older than Pang Qiushui Some, but not inferior in appearance, if Pang Song intends to let Pang Chunyan serve Sikong Xu...

Of course hearing is deception, seeing is believing. In order to prove it, Han Tao did not immediately go back to the house to scare the snake, but quietly came to the back door of the fourth prince's mansion, and just happened to bump into the scene where Pang Chunyan was led in by Sikong Xu's personal guard Gao Feng , immediately exploded his lungs.

He got to where he is today purely by working hard all the way, because he has no family backer, so he is always ridiculed. This is the case with his former wife Ning Ruier, because his father is Wu Anbo, he does not give him face as a husband. He only used his husband, who is the commander of the imperial guards, as a slave, so that this tough man always felt like a slave, and his dignity was trampled. Later, he married Pang Chunyan, and Pang Chunyan's behavior was as soft as water. Taking her husband as the guide has helped him regain his glory for a long time. He thought he had got rid of the nightmare of being ridden on his head by a woman, but now, Pang Chunyan actually put such a big green hat on him!

This is even more humiliating than Ning Ruier's ridicule before!

So after Han Tao returned home angrily, he had been waiting for Pang Chunyan to come back, thinking that his wife was having trouble with other men, and his anger had already reached the critical point, so when Pang Chunyan entered the door, he immediately Like a ignited firecracker, you can fight without saying a word.

Pang Chunyan's delicate skin and tender flesh, how can she withstand the beatings of a strong man like Han Tao? She screamed all the way, but couldn't break free. She wanted to tell, but her swollen cheeks made him unable to utter a decent word. , Han Tao didn't stop until he passed out from the beating.

Seeing that Pang Chunyan was dizzy, Han Tao regained consciousness a little bit from the bout of anger, and found that Pang Chunyan's condition seemed to be not good, so he called for a doctor again in a hurry, causing the entire Commander's Mansion to be in a commotion.

This toss is a night.

When Pang Chunyan woke up the next day, she didn't say much, and she didn't judge Han Tao's reprimand. Instead, she packed her luggage and went back to her mother's house neatly.

Then, Pang Song ruthlessly read Han Tao's book in the court hall, saying that he ignored the sacred order to clean up the eastern suburbs for the emperor, left his post without authorization, and criminals deceived the emperor.

"You didn't see how lively the hall was this morning." Zhao Mo played a black stone, and said to Ning Yuan who was sitting opposite the chessboard: "Han Tao is Pang Song's son-in-law, but now he is fighting in a nest. After reading a copy, even the emperor is extremely curious."

"Later, the emperor will punish you." Ning Yuan's expression didn't change, and he made a move.

"Pang Song's words are convincing, and Han Tao did leave his post without authorization. Although the emperor was surprised, he was punished for his mistakes. He cut off Han Tao's rank as a general, and only kept the post of commander. Let him take the post and think about it." Zhao said. Mo asked curiously, "It's also strange that Han Tao is so unnatural, but he just didn't defend himself, and received the punishment dully."

"How should he justify? The reason why he left without authorization is because his wife stole someone behind his back?" Ning Yuan pursed his lips and smiled, "Not to mention the embarrassment of saying this, the only object of his wife's 'stealing' is him I can't afford it, if he reveals that the prince seduced his wife, the emperor will not punish his own son, let alone, but he will definitely make the crime worse in order to bear the emperor's anger."

"That's not what I mean." Zhao Mo waved his hand, "Pang Song will play Han Tao, it's just that he beat his daughter, but why his daughter was beaten by Han Tao, Pang Song should know the reason Well, it was her daughter who was lured by you to quietly go to the fourth prince's mansion first, and then discovered by Han Tao, which caused all these misunderstandings. If they clarify each other, they know whether Pang Chunyan has entered or left the fourth prince's mansion. For the sake of cheating, the matter will be clear, maybe you can guess that all of this is because you set up a trick in the dark, so why did you make such a fuss today."

"The reason why I dared to play this trick is that they will not be able to clarify each other." Ning Yuan said: "It is extremely bad for a woman to go out alone in the middle of the night, not to mention that Pang Chunyan is worried about her sister. Suspicious of the father who sent his sister to the tiger's mouth, in order to save Pang Qiushui and not disturb Si Kongxu, he will definitely not tell the truth to Pang Song in order to leak the news; as for Han Tao, even if he tells the truth to Pang Song and wants to ask I have to make an excuse, but if Pang Chunyan killed Han Tao, he made a fuss out of nothing, and Han Tao has no other evidence, and he can't prove whether what he said is true or not, let alone what he can do if he says it, he won't say it without embarrassment, Si Kongxu couldn't afford to offend him, he would only lose face and not please him, not to mention that he beat Pang Chunyan in a fit of rage, anyway he would be punished by Pang Song, so it's better to take a step back for a while, and leave Qingshan calm. Settle the bill later."

Zhao Mo shook his head, "Your scheme of alienation is really calculated from the front to the back. Han Tao thought he was betrayed by Pang Chunyan, and because Pang Song lost his military rank, there must be a gap in his heart, and he will not treat the Pang family well." No matter how close they are, the relationship between Pang Song and his daughters has been gradually annihilated because of his desire for power, father and daughter are separated, and husband and wife are separated, so it seems that the day when the Pang family falls apart is not far away."

"Yeah, the only difference now is the timing." Ning Yuan made the last move on the chessboard, "My big dragon has been completed, and my brother lost."

Zhao Mo threw away the remaining pieces in his hand, rubbed his shoulders and said, "Then what are you going to do next?"

"Brother will find out soon." Ning Yuan made a fool of himself.

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Pang Qiushui found that his chance to escape from the Fourth Prince's Mansion seemed to have come.

After she learned to be good, she lay on the bed every day and pretended to be weak, but she got a lot of news from the mother-in-law who guarded her. The most important point was that she knew that the emperor was about to go hunting in the eastern suburbs. If they are going to accompany, Sikong Xu will definitely be on the list, and at the same time, most of the guards in the mansion will be dispatched to accompany them, and by then, it will be her chance for Pang Qiushui.

So when the mother-in-law was not in the house, she got out of bed to practice her legs and feet, and at the same time observed the routes of the guards in the yard outside through the window, silently memorizing them in her heart, preparing for her escape all the time.

And the mother-in-law has already relaxed her vigilance against the well-behaved Pang Qiushui. Except when delivering meals, she will come to stroll around to see if Pang Qiushui is staying safely. Lazily taking a nap in the room, it seemed that he was not worried at all that Pang Qiushui would run away.

In this way, on the day of hunting, as expected early in the morning, Pang Qiushui heard a large number of people leaving the Prince's Mansion in neat steps, and the number of guards patrolling outside also decreased accordingly.

But she didn't act immediately, but waited patiently. At noon, the mother-in-law who guarded her came to deliver a meal. Seeing that everything was normal, Pang Qiushui was still lying on the bed and yawned. Back to the room to take a nap.Pang Qiushui waited for another half a quarter of an hour, and after confirming that there was a slight snoring sound coming from the woman's room, she immediately got up from the bed and quietly opened the window.

She knew that although the mother-in-law relaxed her vigilance, she would not make mistakes in some details, and she had to be careful to lock the door every time she entered and exited, but the mother-in-law didn't know that Pang Qiushui had quietly broken the outer latch of the window a few days ago, Make the window open and close enough for her to escape.Enduring the pain, Pang Qiushui dragged his not-so-flexible legs, stretched hard, and finally jumped out of the window and rolled onto the stone pavement outside.

Her injuries were not fully healed yet, this fall immediately brought back old injuries, and the pain made her gasp, but she knew the time was right, she still endured the pain and staggered up, limping towards the outside At the same time, she calculated in her heart that the guards patrolling around at noon should all be eating, and the guards at the back door of the Prince's Mansion will also change their guards. As long as she can seize the opportunity and rush out while the guards are changing, as long as people from outside come On the crowded street, it is convenient for her to escape.

Thinking in this way, she cautiously touched the back of her memory all the way, and the facts were as she expected. Not only were there very few guards patrolling along the way, even the few scattered ones she met were mostly hiding because Sikong Xu was not in the mansion. Being lazy saved her a lot of effort, she was frightened all the way, and she managed to reach the back door safely.

That's it.Pang Qiushui bowed his body, moved to a flower bush closest to the back door, and waited there quietly, counting the time in his mind.

She knew that she only had this one chance, and there was not much time left for her, because in a short time, the mother-in-law who guarded her would wake up from a nap, and then go to her room to confirm her condition. Once she was found to be gone, It is bound to tell the patrolling guard immediately.

Finally, after holding back their temper and waiting for a while, two personal soldiers came not far away, opened the two back doors that were much narrower than the main entrance, and began to change shifts.

At the same time, on the way Pang Qiushui came, there was a very obvious noise, as if the guards in the mansion were looking for someone.

It seemed that she had already been spotted, but Pang Qiushui had no time to care about the situation behind her. She fixed her eyes on the two half-open back doors, and finally seized an opportunity to rush out.

The sergeant guarding the gate changed shifts and was about to close the gate when suddenly, out of nowhere, a crippled woman who was extremely ugly and stinking all over was about to rush out of the gate without saying a word. An old woman shouted from behind: "The porter! Catch her! Don't let her get away!"

Although they didn't understand the identity of this ugly woman, but they could blame her. The two gatekeepers still stretched out their hands towards Pang Qiushui, but they were about to catch her, but Pang Qiushui took out a handful of sand from nowhere and pointed at them. The eyes are just a sprinkle.

The two were caught off guard, their eyes were covered with sand, and they couldn't see anything for a while, let alone stop people. At this moment, Pang Qiushui rushed out of the door with all his strength, and ran towards the street on one side without looking back.

"Quick! Grab her!" Seeing this, the guards who were chasing after her immediately chased her out of the mansion.

Pang Qiushui's legs were lame, and he couldn't run fast at all, so he could only stagger and move ahead on the street. Those nimble pursuers were about to be overtaken. Pang Qiushui was so anxious, she thought to herself Ask passers-by on the street for help, not to mention those vicious pursuers and ordinary people who dare not provoke them, just look at Pang Qiushui's appearance, with disheveled hair, he is extremely ugly, and there is a stench all over his body, pedestrians can't avoid it, how could he Come help her.

Is this going to be taken back... She is a dignified daughter of the Prosperity Marquis Mansion, the prince and concubine who is marrying from a famous family, but now she has changed into this appearance, she is under house arrest, but she can't even see her family , While thinking about it, just when all her thoughts were lost, a man in black suddenly appeared out of nowhere, grabbed her arm and dragged her away.

Pang Qiushui was startled, could it be that God is caring for her and sent her a hero?

The man in black was athletic, obviously a man, but his body was covered so tightly that no one could see his face at all, but Pang Qiushui didn't care about it, as long as someone could help her get rid of the pursuers right now.

The man in black is very fast, but Pang Qiushui's bad legs and feet are a drag, and the person chasing them is a guard carefully trained by Sikong Xu. , and said to the man in black: "This strong man, please send me home. As long as I come to my house, my father will definitely send those lunatics away and reward you heavily. My family is prosperous in the east of the city..."

But before Pang Qiushui could speak, the man in black stopped suddenly, slapped her on the back without thinking, and pushed her out forcefully.

They have fled to an alley now, and in front of them is the most prosperous East Street in Huajing. After being pushed by the man in black, Pang Qiushui couldn't hold back, so he rushed out naturally, staggering all the way to the middle of the street. In the center, he fell and stopped.

Pang Qiushui was furious, and wanted to ask what the black-clothed man was doing, but when he turned around, the backside was empty, except for the pursuers who followed all the way in the alley, there was no black-clothed man anywhere.

She wanted to get up and continue running, but she turned her face to see the scene in front of her, and then stayed where she was.

At this time, the East Street was quiet, and the people passing by were kneeling quietly on both sides. In the center of the street, towards the direction of the imperial palace, a large number of guards of honor were marching. The bright yellow canopy umbrella proves incomparably that this is the guard of honor of the Great Zhou Emperor.

How is this going.The second monk Pang Qiushui was puzzled. Didn't the emperor take his officials and relatives to hunt in the eastern suburbs? He only went out in the morning, so why did he come back now?

The emperor was dressed in a hunting suit and was riding on a tall royal horse. He was also in a depressed mood. The weather was bright and clear today, which was originally a good weather for hunting. He was a taster of wild game, but when he first arrived at the place, he shot two or three arrows and didn't even catch a rabbit, but the queen mother's order came from the palace, asking him to lead everyone back to the palace immediately.

The emperor was surprised, and asked the eunuch who came to pass the decree the reason, but he couldn't laugh or cry. It turned out that this morning, He Xiangu, who had been with the queen mother, told her that it was a divination today. Killing is too much, otherwise it will offend the heavens and bring down the guilt. At least it will damage the emperor's body, and at the worst it will affect Guozuo, and persuade the queen mother to let the emperor return to the palace.The queen mother didn't believe it at first, but not long after He Xiangu finished the calculation, news came from the Hall of Huanqing that Concubine Shu Hui saw a rare butterfly flying in the yard while admiring flowers, and wanted to use a fan to kill it on a whim. Pounce, but the butterfly didn't pounce, but twisted his foot.

Now the queen mother can't sit still, the old man is getting old, and he has many suspicions, He Xiangu divination first, and then Concubine Shu Hui just fluttered a butterfly and twisted her foot, if the emperor went hunting in the suburbs, it would hurt the lives Therefore, he immediately decreed to invite the emperor back to the palace, and go hunting again another day.

Although the emperor thought the empress dowager's reason was absurd, he thought that the empress dowager cared about his own comfort after all, and it was okay to hunt another day, it was just a bit more troublesome, so he led the crowd out of the camp and came back again.

Which one had just walked to the East Street, and was about to enter the gate of the imperial palace in a short time, when a woman with disheveled hair suddenly appeared in the middle of the road, blocking the way.

Out of vigilance, the accompanying imperial guards only thought that the person in front of them was an assassin who did not know where they came from. They immediately drew out their weapons and lined up in a row to prevent anyone from harming the emperor.

Seeing the guard of honor stopped, the people kneeling on the side of the road looked up and saw the woman in the middle of the road. Not to mention a face that was almost completely rotten, pus was still dripping from the pits, it was terrifying to look at.

The emperor was also curious how a dirty crazy woman would suddenly appear to block the guard of honor, and just about to wave her hand to let the guards drive them away, unexpectedly, the crazy woman suddenly yelled "Father!" Then he stumbled and ran towards the guard of honor.

"My God, even if you're ugly, you're still a cripple!"

"She called Daddy to Long Jia just now, could it be the daughter of some high-ranking official?"

"Don't be stupid, let alone high-ranking officials and nobles, even the daughters of our ordinary people probably don't have such virtues. I think she is a beggar who has lost his mind. Call everyone Dad."

Naturally, the guards protecting the emperor couldn't let Pang Qiushui come forward, and immediately blocked him with a long spear. Pang Qiushui couldn't rush through, so he stretched out his hand and called in the direction of the team: "Father! I'm Qiushui! I'm Qiushui! Ah! I just escaped from the prince's mansion, father, save me! Help me!"

Pang Song rode in front of the team. When he saw Pang Qiushui just now, he was a little suspicious of that scarred face. Now that he heard the other party calling to him, he immediately widened his eyes, showing some disbelief, and turned his head. He looked at Sikong Xu beside him.

It's just that before he asked a question, there were already small voices of discussion reaching his ears.

"Oh my god, she said her name is Qiu Shui, and she came out of the prince's mansion. Could it be that she is the concubine who just married into the fourth prince's mansion not long ago?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? If the princess looks like this, then my daughter is not a fairy in the sky!"

"Not necessarily. The princess has never been out of the house since she married into the fourth prince's mansion. There have long been rumors outside that she hurt her face and shamed others. I still take it as a joke. Could it be true?"

"It's not easy to verify the authenticity. Isn't it easy to see if the father and daughter will recognize each other?"

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"Your Highness, why my daughter has become like this, you have to give this old man an explanation." Pang Song did not respond to Pang Qiushui's shout, but spoke to Sikong Xu with his voice suppressed.

"Your daughter? You must be joking." Si Kongxu was really startled when he saw that Pang Qiushui was not locked in the mansion, but suddenly barged into the street, but he quickly calmed down, " Mr. Pang Da, your daughter is as beautiful as a flower, she is my concubine, and now she is thinking about Qingfu in the mansion, how could she become an ugly, crazy woman with a limp, and run to the street to shame her?"

"You..." Pang Song said angrily, "If you are blind or deaf as an old man, even if my daughter's face is ruined, her voice can't fool me. That's clearly my daughter Qiushui!"

"If Pang Da people think so, then so be it." Sikong Xu's face was full of indifference, "But Pang Da people, please think twice, and don't blame this hall for not reminding you, this is the most prosperous place in Huajing. Dajie, if you recognize such an ugly and lame crazy woman as your daughter on this street, then your daughter's reputation, the reputation of the prince and concubine of the palace, and even the reputation of you, me, and the emperor, will be nothing. They were all thrown down by you, is Pang Daren really going to do this?"

"I..." Pang Song immediately turned gloomy and said nothing.