bastard returns

In the Sixth Prince's Mansion, Yan Fei, who was brought out by Zhou Shi, saw Ning Yuan, and immediately explained the situation Huyan Yuanchen was in, making Ning Yuan and Sikong Xuan beside him frown.

"I've seen Lao Chi before. He is indeed a good player. I didn't expect him to be violent in Huajing. It's better for me to tell my father about this matter, and then..." Sikong Xuan saw that Ning Yuan was in a dilemma, and planned to help, but Ning Yuan interrupted him before he could finish speaking, "No, other people close the door to deal with the Xia people's affairs, how can you rashly meddle with you as the prince, Maybe it will be used by someone with a heart, saying that you are so close to Prince Yongyi, you will not hesitate to help, maybe there is some shady trick, if the emperor becomes suspicious of you, it will be self-defeating."

Sikongxuan knew that what Ning Yuan said was reasonable, so he fell silent for a while. The fourth prince, Sikong Xu, was punished and contemplated in the mansion because of Pang Song's incident. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was difficult to make a comeback, and now there is only the sixth prince in the court. Competing with the eldest prince, the eldest prince is older and born of the empress, so he should have some advantage, but Concubine Shu Hui is favored by the emperor, and the sixth prince is also smart, so it is a situation of two courts fighting against each other for a while.

Concubine Shu Hui had told Sikong Xuan long ago that they were unwilling to compete with others, but the empress is powerful, and now she must be cautious in her words and deeds, so as not to be taken advantage of by others and cause trouble to her upper body.

"Young master, my young master has been keeping these things from you, just because he doesn't want you to get involved in these disputes." Yan Fei said: "That Lao Chi is very powerful, and there are a group of dead men under his command, and the Queen Mother is the backer. The rich and powerful in Beijing are rarely willing to offend him. If they really want to be unfavorable to the young master, I am afraid that the young master will be very dangerous immediately. This is what the young master is worried about. The villain is not trying to tell the young master's plight Let the young master help, but I hope that the young master can be calm after knowing the whole story, and I believe that the young master can also have a countermeasure."

"His countermeasure is really the same as Jinyu Princess' raw rice and cooked rice." Ning Yuan said with a half-smile: "They can even take care of you directly, which shows the predicament of Huyan. If Lao Chi waits People want the overlord to fight hard, and the two sides will tear each other apart, how much chance do you have of winning?"

"This...Lao Chi doesn't dare to offend so blatantly, especially here is Huajing..."

"It's because they are in Huajing that they dare to do anything wrong. As long as they don't cause trouble, they will fight in their nests. Apart from watching jokes, don't people in Huajing also meddle in their own business?" A little annoyed, Huyan Yuanchen is still hiding it from him after everything is like this, maybe he treats him as an outsider.He walked a few steps in the house, and then looked up at the sky outside the window, "You have been out for a long time, they must have sent someone to watch you all the way, if you go back too late, you must be suspicious, It would be difficult to startle the snake, so I will ask Zhou Shi to send you back first."

"Then you, young master." Yan Fei hesitated to speak.

"I have my own opinion, you don't have to worry about other things." As soon as Ning Yuan finished speaking, Zhou Shi had already pushed the door open, and Yan Fei also knew that he couldn't stay too long, so after thinking about it, he followed Zhou Shi and left .

Afterwards Ning Yuan also bid farewell to Sikong Xuan, left the Prince's Mansion through another door, and thoughtfully returned to his residence.

For several days, Ning Yuan had no other movements, and his daily diet and daily life were the same as usual, but there was one difference. He began to send things to the post house intermittently, specifying that he would give them to Princess Jinyu to make up for the loss. There are many offending places in the Confucian Academy.

As for the things that were sent, they were not common things such as gold, silver and jewelry, but were all amazing and ingenious things, such as jade biscuits that change color according to the strength of the sun, and you can turn the rubber band to change the color. The wooden figurines that walk on their own, and the stone balls that can make a cracking sound when tapped lightly, these things have been carefully inspected by Lao Chi, and after they can't find any problems, they are all sent to Princess Jinyu .

There are no such novelty things in Daxia, Princess Jinyu has never seen these wonderful things, and he was very interested at first glance, especially when one day, Ning Yuan sent a large box of illusion kits, and immediately fell in love with them. Unable to extricate himself from it, he even invited Ning Yuan to meet him regardless of Lao Chi's dissuasion.

Murong Yu was arrogant and domineering since she was a child, and she also had a personality of vengeance. When Ning Yuan provoked her in the Confucian Academy, she was upset and planned to trouble Ning Yuan long ago, but she just didn't expect that Ning Yuan would be so sensible. Sending so many fun things to her made her anger towards Ning Yuan dissipate for a while, and she also wanted to quickly find someone to ask where she got these fun things from.

Ning Yuan seemed to have expected that Murong Yu would find him sooner or later, so he came to the door without any shirk, and bluntly said that he bought those things from small shops selling rare things in Huajing. If the princess likes it, Then he can still do it on his behalf, and help the princess continue to collect novelty things to make up for his fault of making the princess lose face when he was in the Confucian Academy.

Seeing that Ning Yuan was so knowledgeable, Murong Yu was so happy, she didn't bother to pursue Ning Yuan's mistakes, and even said that if Ning Yuan could really help her find something more interesting, then all kinds of rewards would definitely be there. of.

Since then, the number of times Ning Yuan entered and exited the post house has increased significantly, and he ran in almost every three days. His actions naturally attracted the attention of some interested people. After all, the place where foreign guests live must be densely covered with Beijing. The eyeliner of various forces, but because Ning Yuan is an official of the imperial court, he is only the head of the Confucian Academy, a seventh-rank official position, and has no real power. In addition, he is related to the Ningguo government. No one cares about it anymore. After all, a seventh-rank civil servant, even if he gets close to the foreign guests, he can cause some troubles. If he really wants to pursue his responsibility, let alone making a fuss, he might offend the Ningguo government, which is thankless Things no one wants to do.

Lao Chi, who was in charge of the guard of Jin Yujun, also felt that it was inappropriate for Murong Yu and Ning Yuan to get too close. He always felt that this scholar with good martial arts was a bit evil, but they were in Huajing. You can't blatantly investigate other people's details, not to mention that every time Ning Yuan brings something that can make Murong Yu happy, for this reason, in order not to touch Murong Yu's brow, even if Lao Chi doubts it in his heart, he still checks carefully every time. Apart from everything Ning Yuan sent, he couldn't do anything else.

On this day, Ning Yuan came to the door again carrying a glazed box.

He entered the post house with ease. Although the Xia guards at the gate of the post house were Lao Chi's subordinates, they were already familiar with Ning Yuan, so they didn't stop him and let him in without seeing him. However, Ning Yuan had just entered the post house. In the front yard, he frowned, watching the two guards walking past him carrying a bloody girl's body, and they were about to walk towards the back yard.

Walking beside the guard was Lao Chi's adjutant. Seeing Ning Yuan, he thought that Murong Yu liked him a lot recently, so he arched and said, "Master Ning came very early today."

"Brother, what's the matter with that girl?" Ning Yuan said with a flattering expression.

"You mean her?" The adjutant turned around, glanced at the girl's body contemptuously, and said disapprovingly, "This stinky girl is so useless that she actually broke the enamel vase that the princess bought two days ago, and she cried for mercy afterwards." It made a lot of noise and disturbed the princess, so the princess dealt with it."

Ning Yuan nodded expressionlessly, "Brother, it's hard work."

"The princess is waiting for you now, you should move quickly, so as not to offend the princess." The adjutant snorted again, and continued to lead the two guards to carry the corpse away.

Ning Yuan didn't move, instead, he kept looking at their backs, and his eyes gradually became gloomy.

Most of the servants serving in this post house are ordinary Zhou people. Seeing that the girl was only fourteen or five years old at most, but she died so tragically, it reminds me of the Jinyu Princess who was almost blind at the gate of the Rulin Pavilion that day. Qiao Miao's life was taken away without blinking... Ning Yuan pursed the corners of his mouth and let out a mocking sneer.

This Princess Jinyu looks so youthful and beautiful on the surface, probably no one would have guessed that she is actually a person whose heart is more vicious than snakes and scorpions.

Even if a dude like Ning Zhongkun might be inferior to her, it's a pity that Ning Zhongkun was a little timid. After getting Qiao Miao's blood splashed on his face that day, he got sick when he went back. It means to come in front of Princess Jinyu to do something good, otherwise the two of them would be considered a good match.

It wasn't until those people disappeared with the girl's body that Ning Yuan regained his composure and walked towards an exquisite attic in the courtyard behind the post house, which was Murong Yu's residence.

Ning Yuan has been in and out of the posthouse many times, not without the thought of meeting Huyan Yuanchen, but if they meet rashly, Lao Chi will be suspicious, and now he is also relying on Lao Chi not knowing the relationship between him and Huyan Yuanchen The relationship can be so generous, this secret cannot be broken, and secondly, Huyan Yuanchen has never shown up in the post house, not only being guarded like Yan Fei, but also braking quietly, looking for opportunities.

The lower part of the attic was also guarded by Lao Chi's subordinates. Seeing Ning Yuan coming, he took the initiative to let the door out. There were no other servants in the room except Murong Yu's personal maid. She led Ning Yuan to the attic. I saw Murong Yu holding a flower in his hand, standing in the middle of the room dancing.

And the flowers in her hand, accompanied by her dancing movements, strangely changed from one to two, then to three...four, and finally she held a total of six flowers between her fingers, and shook them again. , In a flash of fire, all the flowers in her hands disappeared, and her hands became empty.

Seeing this scene, the servant girl was a little dazed, Ning Yuan bowed respectfully and said: "The princess's illusion skills have been practiced even more superbly. I believe that after returning to China, if she performs in front of the Empress Dowager Xia, she will definitely make the Empress Dowager happy."

"I love what you say, but it's also thanks to the incomparably mysterious illusion kit you sent up that it can produce so many changes in the manipulation. I'm afraid that when I go back this time, Sister Zhang will be shocked when she sees it." " Murong Yu happily took out a fist-sized bag from her sleeve robe, put it away on the dressing table at one side, then sat down and looked at Ning Yuan and said: "You are here now, but you are looking for something good again ?”

"Princess Mingjian, today's treasure is not unusual, but the princess should like it." Ning Yuan said while taking out the glazed box that he had been carrying all the time.

The glazed box is about half a foot wide, quite wide, because it is made of glazed glass, the whole body is transparent, and you can easily see the contents inside. Murong Yu took a closer look, and found that the glazed box was actually filled with a box of glue-like The frozen items looked a bit like a snack called panna cotta, but they were colorless and transparent.

"What is this? Could it be something to eat?" Murong Yu asked curiously.

"It can be regarded as food, but it's not for people to eat." After Ning Yuan put the glass box away, he took out a small jade box the size of a palm from his arms, opened the lid of the jade box, and handed it to Murong. In front of Yu, said: "The princess will look at this again."

Murong Yu fixed her eyes on the jade box, her eyes widened, she took a step back with a frightened expression, and immediately yelled at Ning Yuan: "Presumptuous guy, are you trying to scare the princess on purpose!"

It's no wonder that Murong Yu is so pale, it's because the contents of the small jade box are a bit scary, it turned out to be a box of densely packed ants, those ants are big and strong, the size of an adult's fingernail, even if Murong Yu kills people without blinking, he is used to it Seeing a lot of ants huddled together and crawling around, I can't help but feel my back go numb.

"Forgive me, the princess. I don't have that intention. These ants, together with the glazed alley, are what I donated today." Ning Yuan said with a low eyebrow.

"It's really strange what I want these ugly bugs to do." Murong Yu glanced at Ning Yuan, "Is there any other way here?"

"Princess, don't be impatient. I'll show you the demonstration here." Ning Yuan said as he lifted the top cover of the glazed box, and poured all the ants in the jade box into it without thinking. , and then close the lid.

A group of ants fell into the glass box, and immediately began to scatter and crawl away, making people's scalp tingle, but soon, Murong Yu's eyes became strange, because those ants made something in the box that she had never seen before. strange behavior.

Those ants actually swarmed and dug holes in the jelly in the glass box under the leadership of some strong ant leaders.

The box is made of colored glass, and the jelly is transparent, so you can see the movements of the ants clearly, watching the tunnels of those ants digging longer and longer, extending in all directions in the box, and even building many tunnels. The "room" seems to have built a small ant kingdom in a box. Murong Yu stared at it with great interest for a long time, and it took some time before she came back to her senses, and said strangely: "This thing is really interesting, I don't know yet." An ant that can be easily crushed to death can have so many ways, is this what you did?"

"Where does Xiaguan have such abilities? This is what Xiaguan accidentally bought from a small shop." Ning Yuan said: "The owner of the small shop also likes to collect and make all kinds of wonderful things. I made it myself, saying that I was curious about how ants live underground, so I made such a glass box, and it was really interesting to observe the movements of ants that I can't see in normal times. I thought the princess would like it, I brought it."

"That's right, the princess really likes this thing, and it's more interesting than the previous ones, so I accept it." Murong Yu continued to look at the glass box, and waved to Ning Yuan, signaling him to give something away , you can leave.

If it was normal, seeing her doing this, Ning Yuan would definitely leave with interest, but today is a little different. Not only did Ning Yuan stand still, but his expression was eager to try. He bowed to Murong Yu and said, "About The shop where the lower official got the glazed box, the lower official has something else to tell the Princess."

"What's the matter?" Murong Yu raised her head impatiently.

Ning Yuan said: "The shopkeeper of that store is really a strange person. When I bought this glazed box, I learned that the shopkeeper of that shop made a new thing."

"What thing?" Murong Yu asked immediately.

"It is an exquisite pagoda. This pagoda is really strange. It is made of gold and silver. There is a windmill attached to it. If the pagoda is placed in a place where the wind blows, when the windmill turns, there will be a clear and pleasant music inside the pagoda. When it came, the princess said it was not unusual."

"There is such a thing!" After Ning Yuan's indoctrination during this period, Murong Yu has been completely fascinated by these things, and immediately became interested, "Since there is such a treasure, why don't you give it to the princess today?" come over."

"The princess misunderstood the official, and the official wanted to bring the things over, but firstly, the boss said that the Linglong Pagoda had not been completed and could not be sold for the time being, and secondly, the boss also regarded it as the peak work that must be born, After the completion, the price must be quite high, and the lower officials are ashamed, so..."

"So that's what happened." Murong Yu nodded, and she could naturally hear what Ning Yuan meant, "It doesn't matter, as long as I can get something that the princess likes, the princess can afford it. The pagoda is truly miraculous, and it happens to be brought back to the country by the princess as a gift for the eldest sister's birthday, plus the illusion show by the princess, it's hard for the elder sister not to be happy." Murong Yu thought eagerly, and said: "Then Did the shopkeeper tell you when the things will be finished and sold?"

"Just three days later." Ning Yuan bowed.

"That's good." Murong Yu said: "After three days, I will send someone to go with you to buy that thing. This princess must get such a novelty thing, and I can't be snatched by others."

"The villain will come back in three days." Ning Yuan immediately bowed and retreated, but Murong Yu was busy admiring the newly acquired glass box, so how could he see the fleeting smile on the corner of Ning Yuan's mouth.

In the evening three days later, on Huajing South Street, two figures, one tall and one short, were walking casually on the street.

The East Street is the most prosperous in Huajing City, followed by the North and South Streets. The North Street is mostly restaurants and restaurants, while the South Street is biased towards North and South groceries.

It was getting late, most of the shops on the South Street were closed, and there were not many pedestrians on the street, and it was a little cold. The two people walking side by side, the short one was wearing a blue gown, with a handsome face, and a scholarly look. The tall one is a strong man with a thick back and a waist. He walks steadily and vigorously. It can be seen that he is a master of the rivers and lakes. However, this strong man is wearing a linen shirt that doesn't fit well. The kind of style that I often wear looks a little funny.

As the big man walked, he whispered to the man who looked like a scholar beside him, "Aren't you lying to me, what kind of shop does it open at night?"

The short scholar smiled wryly, "Commander Lao really misunderstood the official, the shop only opened at night, and the official didn't make any fakes at all, and the shop itself sold all strange and obscene things. It's also quite weird, Commander Lao just treats it like a weirdo with eccentricities, and he will take care of it." After a pause, the scholar continued: "Not to mention Commander Lao's high martial arts skills, is he still afraid of the dark?"

"Joke!" The big man snorted, Xu felt that what the scholar said made sense, so he stopped talking nonsense and continued walking forward.

These two people are Ning Yuan and Lao Chi who was sent by Murong Yu to buy things with Ning Yuan. When it comes to Murong Yu actually sending Lao Chi out, Ning Yuan is also quite surprised, because this disrupted his plan a bit , but he remained calm and prepared to respond to all changes with the same.

As for the clothes on Lao Chi, it’s because Ning Yuan told Murong Yu earlier that the owner of that store doesn’t like foreigners very much, and doesn’t like to deal with princes and nobles. Nine times out of ten, he would be rejected, so he was made to dress up as an ordinary citizen.

Ning Yuan took Lao Chi almost across the entire South Street, and finally appeared in an alley when it was completely dark. There was no one in the alley, only a fairly delicate lantern hung. There is a small door below, and a plaque with the words "odd house" written on it is erected beside the door.

"Commander Lao, this is the place. Now that the lantern has been lit, the owner of the shop must be... Ouch..." Ning Yuan bent down suddenly as he spoke.

Lao Chi said coldly: "Lord Ning, what's wrong with you?"

"To tell you the truth, Commander, I ate some crabs tonight, and now it doesn't seem right, and I feel a little upset." Ning Yuan's face turned pale, and there were a few beads of sweat on his cheeks, "Xiaguan wants to go to make it easier. , if Commander Lao doesn't want to wait for a long time, go in first, since the shop is open, it's better to get what the princess wants earlier, otherwise..." Speaking of this, Ning Yuan seemed to be unable to bear it any longer , looking at Lao Chi inquiringly.

Lao Chi squinted his eyes and couldn't tell whether Ning Yuan was real or pretending. In fact, he could feel that the atmosphere was a bit unusual, but as the number one warrior in Great Xia, he was bold and not afraid Ning Yuan was playing some tricks, and waved his hand impatiently, Ning Yuan immediately confessed.

But Lao Chi looked back at the small door again, chuckled lightly, and strode in.