Poor monks do not break the precepts

The torrential rain that lasted for many days caused severe flooding in the south, and the large number of victims inevitably led to the appearance of rioters. Emperor Meng was furious in the court for two consecutive days, dismissed many useless officials in the south, and sent Anguohou to suppress them. In the capital city, every house is closed at night.

The curfew in the capital became more and more stringent, the empty carriage drove in the deserted streets, and the sound of horseshoes.

Before turning into the workshop, a person suddenly sprang out from the darkness, and the carriage neighed and stopped.

Xu Sheng opened the curtain and looked out, said with a smile: "It's you."

The amorous young man handed in the invitation card from the window of the carriage, nodded and said: "Mother has heard how much you have taken care of me, so let me invite you and Huai Mingmo to my house as guests."

The font on the invitation card is beautiful, Xu Sheng took a rough look at it, and leaned his nose to the post to smell it carefully, but he didn't smell any peculiar smell, so he closed it and put it aside, "I will definitely go tomorrow noon if there is nothing to do."

"En." Young Master Amorous didn't move away, and hid in the darkness, making it difficult for people to see his expression clearly.

The horse grunted in dissatisfaction, and the horse's hoof kicked slightly. Before the coachman drove people away, the amorous young man said without thinking, "Wan... Is your mother okay?"

"Ask Huiji Lianxin and you'll know. Come and ask me what I'm doing." Xu Sheng said coldly, reaching out of the car to let the coachman chase her away.

The amorous young master flinched, pondered for a long time and said, "She won't tell me."

Xu Sheng withdrew his hand, closed his black eyes slightly, and said calmly: "She is fine, so you don't have to worry."

"She asked you to tell me, tell me the truth, what's the matter?" The amorous young man seemed to understand Wan Xin very well, so he didn't believe Xu Sheng's words at all, he held the reins with one hand, and didn't give the coachman a chance to drive.

Xu Sheng picked up the empty cup at his elbow and threw it, hitting Young Master Passionate on the shoulder, knocking him back two steps, "When you sent her to the palace, you were not qualified to ask. Maybe you forgot, but I haven't forgotten what you said back then, go back."

The amorous young man still didn't give up, and planned to jump into the carriage, but he suddenly found a dark figure behind him, bit his lip for a moment, turned and left.But when Xu Sheng brushed his body and walked past the car window, he heard Young Master Amorous whispered: "Take care of Wanxin."

"Hmm." Xu Sheng snorted and hummed uncomfortably.

The Marquis of Anguo's Mansion is on the east side of the imperial city, and it happens to be in two directions from the Prince of Liang's Mansion. Most of the city squares here are populated by civil and military courtiers, and the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion is located in Anxingfang. General's Mansion.What's interesting is that the residences of these three military officers have an elegant layout, not a bit rough and casual.

As soon as Xu Sheng and Huai Mingmo got out of the carriage, they hadn't stood still outside the gate of Hou's mansion, the stewards of the mansion rushed out and invited people to the mansion.

In the side hall, Mrs. An Guohou was talking to her children. When she saw people coming from a distance, she hurriedly greeted them with a smile, "Mr. Xu, Mr. Huai, please, I just mentioned you to Brother Hui, and Cao Cao will be here soon." , what a coincidence."

Apart from Yong Hui, the eldest lady of the Hou Mansion, Yong Yunwan, came out with Mrs. An Guohou. Xu Sheng was quite surprised when he saw it at first glance, but fortunately he restrained his emotions in time, and said with a smile: "I heard when I came to Beijing that the eldest lady of the An Guohou Mansion The lady is very beautiful and beautiful, if I saw her today, she is really like this, Madam is very lucky."

Hearing that her daughter was being praised, Mrs. An Guohou covered her mouth and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu's ridiculous praise, please come inside."

Mrs. An Guohou enthusiastically led people into the house, and was busy entertaining for a long time. Only then did she have time to sit down and chat with the guests about the customs of the capital, the suburbs of Beijing and even the scenery of Beimeng.

"Madam seems to have traveled all over Beimeng." Xu Sheng seemed to be listening very interestingly, so he didn't interrupt to add a few words.

The amorous son replied: "Mother used to accompany father to fight in the north and south in the early years. It's pity that my sister and I were left in the Hou's mansion without anyone to take care of them."

Xu Sheng looked at Mrs. An Guohou who was dressed gorgeously, with a just right smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a light smile: "Mrs. It seemed that he was also in the barracks when he was there."

Mrs. An Guohou can't be called glamorous, but she has the demeanor of a lady with every frown and smile, which is completely different from Lianxin Huiji.

"It was because she was born in the military camp that she became so careless today. I don't know what she will do when she gets married in the future."

Yong Yunwan stomped her feet shyly when she heard the words, and said coquettishly, "Mother."

Mrs. An Guohou said with a dignified smile, "Mother won't tell." She turned her head and said to Xu Sheng, "How long does Mr. Xu plan to stay in the capital?"

"A few months or a year." Xu Sheng sipped his tea slowly, looked at Mrs. An Guohou's eyes a little lazily, and said slowly: "I'll leave after the chaos settles down."

The amorous son's eyes flickered suddenly, but Mrs. An Guohou didn't seem to understand, and repeated: "A mess?"

Huai Mingmo said with a smile: "Didn't Master Hou go to the south for this matter?"

"Oh, that's what you're talking about." Mrs. An Guohou said hastily: "So, you'd better stay in the capital for a while, so as not to clean up the rioters and get into trouble sometimes."

It was time for lunch, and the conversation was very lively, but they forgot about having lunch. It was because the maid waited outside for a long time and did not see orders, so it was up to her to ask someone to set the meal first, and then come in to invite her.

After dinner, Mrs. An Guohou accompanied them around the Hou's mansion again, and welcomed them to visit the mansion from time to time. After staying with them for a long time, she took Yong Yunwan away, leaving the amorous young master to entertain them.

Mrs. An Guohou was worried that the amorous son would not be entertained well, so she deliberately left her big maid to serve her.

The passionate son asked the big maid to prepare some tea and fruits in the gazebo in the courtyard.The summer breeze is blowing, and it is refreshing to enjoy the coolness in the pavilion.

Watching the big maid go away, Xu Sheng quickly asked: "What do you want to ask?"

Young Master Amorous glanced cautiously around, and said in a low voice, "That day, you told me not to trust Lian Xin Hui Ji, were you suspicious of something?"

"What about you?" Huai Mingmo sniffed out the difference between the amorous young man and the past, and interjected curiously.

Young Master Amorous clenched his fists tightly, tried his best to restrain the anger that rushed from his heart to his throat, and said in a very low voice, "Neither you nor I are her son."

Xu Sheng replied with a half-smile: "So what? If not so what?"

Huai Mingmo swung his arms when he heard the words, almost spilling water on his body, and said in surprise: "How do you know? We just..."

Young Master Amorous is actually not sure, so he wanted to test Huai Mingmo. When he saw Xu Sheng glaring at Huai Mingmo angrily, he knew the truth of the words, and he couldn't help laughing: "The one who is close to ink is black, it seems that this sentence is not true." It applies to Young Master Huai."

Xu Sheng felt that it was extremely boring, and his tone was not very good, he said indifferently: "Tell me, how did you know."

The amorous young man's expression became colder with a little hatred, and he gestured with his hand on his wrist, "Lianxin Huiji has such a small bracelet. I heard her say it was given by her mother. Neither you nor I have this bracelet, but Meng Yinghuan Yes. And on the surface, I am in charge of Hehuanzhai, but the person who can really mobilize Hehuanzhai is Ding Zixu, and I found out a while ago that Ding Zixu is under Meng Yinghuan's orders."

"You're not stupid."

"Not stupid? I've been stupid for many years, and this is the first time I'm so sober." The amorous young man laughed at himself, "Now tell me, what's wrong with Wanxin?"

Xu Sheng said lightly: "She was poisoned, Lian Xin Huiji did it."

"Who is Lianxin Huiji?"

Xu Sheng's sharp eyes saw the gradually approaching figure early on, worried that the maid would overhear what he said, so he broke the palm of the amorous young man and wrote the words "your mother" on it.

Jumping up with both hands on the stone table, the amorous young man almost knocked over the stone table with his forward leaning body, but soon he noticed the empty eyes, and took advantage of the situation to see that the big maid had appeared in the gazebo, looking at him strangely.Young Master Amorous was quick to react, he stretched out his hand to grab Xu Sheng's hand, and scolded: "The wine that was promised was not brought to me, what do you think?"

Huai Mingmo accepted the fruit plate brought by the big maid with a smile, and said politely, "Thank you, sister."

Huai Mingmo looks very good, and his smile is as bright as the bright moon. The maid's heart stopped beating when she saw it, she lowered her eyes shyly, her cheeks were flushed, and she smiled back.

Having settled his expression, the amorous young man walked up to the two flirting people, picked up the fruit plate, and teased, "Sister Bi, sit together for a while?"

Bi Liu spat and scolded her young master, shamelessly cleaned up the desk that had been turned upside down by the amorous young master, and started a pot of tea again. During this time, she kept sneaking glances at Huai Mingmo, and only twisted her waist when the matter was over. leave.Huai Mingmo propped his cheeks with his fingers, as if watching Bi Liu leave, when he heard the sound of footsteps gradually disappearing, the expression that seemed to be warm just now disappeared, and he pinched his temples wearily.

"Sister..." Xu Sheng took a sip of his tea, and said with a taste: "Call me Brother Xu Sheng."

Huai Mingmo felt a chill in his tone, and didn't want to talk to Xu Sheng.The amorous young man had never seen such a false life, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

After being deceived for many years, when Bi Liu turned around, the amorous young master pulled down his expression abruptly, and said solemnly: "You mean that mother is Lianxin Huiji?" Seeing Xu Sheng nodding his head solemnly, the amorous young master clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were red, "Who am I?"

"When Mrs. An Guohou married Lord Hou, she brought a child with her."

The amorous young man looked at Huai Mingmo in confusion, nodded and said, "I know, she told her father that she is the son of a good sister, but her sisters and their family were killed, and the child had no one to rely on, and the father was also born as an orphan. At that time, he felt sorry for me, so he recognized me as his adopted son."

Xu Sheng nodded and said: "You were weak and sick when you were a child. When you were one year old, the people of An Guohou's mansion took you to Daxiangguo Temple to fast for two days. Daxiangguo Temple closed its doors to thank pilgrims for two days, because there are two people in the temple. There are two nobles, one is Mrs. An Guohou, and the other is Mrs. Zhen."

Young Master Amorous immediately understood the meaning Xu Sheng expressed, and dismissed it: "Impossible, it's so easy to secretly replace the prince?"

Speaking of this, Huai Mingmo pondered for a long time, thinking about Lianxin Huiji's means and style, guessed: "I'm afraid she has a plan, and she was already making this plan before marrying An Guohou."

Xu Sheng pressed down on the amorous young man who wanted to get up, "Don't be impulsive, whether Mrs. An Guohou is Lianxinhuiji or not has yet to be verified. Don't startle the snake, otherwise if Lianxinhuiji is running away, it will be really difficult."

After talking about the serious matter, it is inconvenient to talk more with the amorous young master in An Guohou's mansion. Several people discussed it and decided to go back first before making plans.

Probably because Xu Sheng was used to being restrained in the past, and when things are extreme, they will be reversed. Afterwards, all the way out of the house, Xu Sheng begged Huai Mingmo to call him brother.

Huai Mingmo couldn't bear to drag Xu Sheng over, and whispered in his ear, "After I go back, I'll let you listen enough tonight."

As soon as Xu Sheng stepped on the wooden plank of the carriage, his back foot immediately stepped on the ground, turned his head nervously, and said in a stiff tone: "No need, I don't want to hear it."

"I take back what I just said. It's basically close to Zhu Zhechi." The amorous young man watched the two flirting angrily, and said angrily, "Both of you go back early, close the door, and don't come out to provoke people."

Xu Sheng smiled elegantly at the amorous son, turned his back and said in a very soft voice: "Don't mention anything in front of Madam Hou, don't be suspected by her, remember." After speaking, he got into the carriage without looking back.

Huai Mingmo raised his brows and eyes slightly, stepped into the carriage, and bowed to the amorous young master to say goodbye before entering the carriage.

"Be careful on the road, and go well." The amorous young man moved a little from the corner of his eyes when he heard the words, and his expression was as usual, he clasped his fists to bid farewell, turned around and saw Mrs. An Guohou came out at some time, he hurriedly greeted her with a smile, helped Mrs. Hou, and said with concern: "Mother, how is it?" After coming out, you have been in poor health, and you have suffered from heatstroke."

Mrs. An Guohou looked at the carriage far away, and after a while she came back to her senses, she smiled and patted the hands of the amorous young man a few times, "It's only June, and the weather is still not hot. The dinner is ready, let's go in."

The carriage drove away for a long time, Xu Sheng dozed his eyes and rested tiredly, and sat against the carriage, relaxing his back that had been tense all day, his voice was a bit cold, "What do you think of that maid named Bi Liu?"

Huai Mingmo recalled carefully, but found no difference, "Martial arts are good, is there any woman in He Huan Zhai who has taken You Huan Cup?"

Xu Sheng simply explained: "Yes, not many. Most of these women join voluntarily, and their looks are average, so Lian Xin Huiji disdains to waste poison on them."

Huai Mingmo nodded in response, thinking that He Huan Zhai's deeds were insidious, and the woman who would voluntarily join her could see her heart, and felt disgusted, so she didn't want to talk more, and changed the topic: "Then what happened to Yong Yunwan? You first met Why is her breathing unstable for a moment?"

Xu Sheng slowly opened his eyes, his eyes were as dark as a dark night, and he said slowly: "She looks very much like Lian Xin Hui Ji. It's hard to say that she was carved out of the same mold, but it's [-]% similar."

Huai Mingmo doubted: "But even if she is Lianxin Huiji's daughter, it's hard to say that Mrs. Hou is Lianxin Huiji. In case she is also an adopted child, you have to know that this kind of thing is very troublesome. Perhaps Mrs. Hou played some tricks when she was young because she was afraid that she would not be able to catch An Guohou's heart because she had nothing to do, but I don't know."

"No." Xu Sheng categorically denied, and his voice became colder, "The way she looks at Yong Yunwan is completely different from the way she looks at Yong Hui, and Mr. Gong has already found out the situation in the capital. Yong Yunwan must be her child. It's a pity. , I have only seen Huiji Lianxin, and Mr. Gong has only seen Yong Yunwan, so I don't know how much they look like."

Huai Mingmo heard Xu Sheng's determination, couldn't help holding Xu Sheng's arm, and said worriedly: "Don't be impulsive, go back and discuss with Second Uncle and the others first, and then act."

Xu Sheng's arms were tense, and his fists were clenched extremely tightly. He calmed down for a long time, and he nestled himself into Huai Mingmo's arms. This time he was really tired. He closed his eyes and said, "I know."