At midnight, a bright moon hung high in the sky. Outside Tiannan Village under the Cangshan Mountain in the northwest of Ningcheng, dozens of men in black were lurking in the shadows where the moonlight could not reach.

Lu Jiu waved his hand, and everyone, like night elves, jumped into Tiannan Village without a sound, and soon disappeared.

Lu Jiu looked up at the sky, looked for the direction, and went straight to the house that Ji Linglan had mentioned at the east end of the village.Coming outside the gate, Lu Jiu walked around the house cautiously, listening carefully to the movements in the house.When he came to a big tree on the east courtyard wall, he jumped onto the tree.

Lu Jiu stood on the tree trunk and looked into the courtyard by the moonlight. The two-entry house was not too big, and it was divided into the front yard and the back yard. His position was just near the walls of the front and back yards.The house was very quiet, it was pitch black, there was no light on, and there were no people in sight.Contrary to what Ji Linglan said, Lu Jiu frowned slightly, and did not rush forward, but stood quietly on the tree and observed.

An hour passed, the moonlight slanted westward, and the original shadow was illuminated. Lu Jiu keenly looked at the corner of the flower bushes. There was a person squatting there. As soon as he moved, his body would become numb, and he instinctively wanted to move, but just a slight movement could not escape Lu Jiu's eyes.Looking at the flowers, the corners of Lu Jiu's mouth curled up slightly, and he jumped down, leaving without a sound.

When Lu Jiu returned to the agreed place outside the village, everyone had arrived one after another.

"How's it going?"

"Return to your lord, everyone in the village is sleeping peacefully at home, and no abnormalities have been found."

"Sleep well?" Lu Jiu sneered, "I don't think so."

"Did your lord find anything?"

"There is an ambush in the courtyard, it seems that they are already alert."

"My lord, what should we do next?"

"Wait." Lu Jiu turned his head to look in the direction of Cangshan Mountain, and said, "Ling San, you lead people into Cangshan Mountain to search, remember to be careful, and don't startle the snake."

Hu Shan replied: "Don't worry, I know what's going on in my heart, and I won't ruin the master's affairs."

With a wave of Hu Shan's hand, the two teams split into two and headed towards Cangshan.

At midnight on the second day, Lu Jiu jumped onto the big tree again and waited patiently.Sure enough, not long after, those people who had hidden their whereabouts were exposed in front of his eyes.

On the third day, the fourth day, and until the fifth day, the courtyard returned to its usual appearance. The courtyard was brightly lit, and the patrolmen patrolled every half an hour, and rested in a small room at the gate for the rest of the time.

Lu Jiu jumped from the tree onto the courtyard wall, landed in the shadow of the courtyard, and carefully searched the courtyard.The lantern in the courtyard was on, but the room was pitch black. The first room he entered was the room next to the main hall, which was usually set up as a study.

Gently pushing the door open, Lu Jiu stepped in and closed it gently.He carefully observed the layout of the room, the furnishings in the room proved his guess, this is a study room.He didn't dare to light a lamp, lest people outside would find out, so he could only grope around with the faint light outside.

Half an hour later, Lu Jiu still found nothing. He was about to leave when he heard footsteps. He came to the door, held his breath, pushed the door open, and looked outside.I saw a man in black hurried across the yard, walking towards the moon gate in the backyard.

Lu Jiu waited for him to walk away, opened the door and walked out, looked in the shadows, jumped onto the courtyard wall, glanced at the man who was sprinting in the backyard, and then jumped onto a big tree in the backyard .Standing on the branch, Lu Jiu took in all the actions of the man, and his eyes moved with the man's walking.

The man came straight to the door of the East Wing, looked around, and after making sure there was no one there, pushed the door and walked in.Immediately afterwards, the lights in the room were turned on, and after about ten breaths, the lights went out, and the room became dark again.

Lu Jiu waited for a while to make sure that no one was ambushing around, then jumped down from the tree, came to the door in two or three steps, pushed the door open and walked in.With the light from the window, Lu Jiu carefully looked at the room. There was a table near the door, four round stools, and a set of tea sets on the table.On the right side of the table is a screen, behind the screen is a bed, and on the opposite side of the bed is a wardrobe.

The tables and stools were arranged neatly, the tea set showed no signs of being moved, and the quilts on the bed also showed no signs of being moved.Lu Jiu looked at the wardrobe opposite the bed. He walked closer and found that the door of the wardrobe was not closed tightly.His eyes lit up, he opened the closet door neatly, took out a torch and ignited it, blocked the light with his hand to make sure he couldn't see outside, and then carefully inspected it.

The closet was clean, nothing but a few sticks on which clothes were hung.Lu Jiu raised his hand and knocked in the closet, listening carefully, but found nothing unusual.He set his sights on the only sticks in the closet.He found a little gap between the first wooden stick and the closet. He tentatively held the wooden stick and turned it around. There was no movement, and he pulled it out forcefully. He pulled out the wooden stick with almost no effort. Immediately afterwards, the sound of a mechanism starting was heard.

Lu Jiu backed away, watching the closet in front of him move away, revealing the secret door behind.He looked at the dark passage behind the door and waited patiently, but there was no sign of the secret door closing.He frowned slightly, and walked in with a torch.

Lu Jiu looked at the secret passage in front of him, then turned to look in the direction of the secret door, and found a round hole on the left side of the secret door. He took a look at the wooden stick in his hand, and inserted it in.The mechanism was activated again, and the hidden door slowly closed.

Lu Jiu was walking cautiously in the dark passage with a fire bag. After walking for about half an hour, he heard a voice.

"Aha, I'm so trapped."

"Aren't you sleepy? It's been a few days, and I haven't seen a single person."

"I think it was that kid who was cowardly and escaped by himself. It must be said that someone broke into the house, which caused us to stay so long for no reason."

"That is, if I want Lao Tzu to catch that kid, I will definitely kill him!"

"Hey, have you heard? It is said that Ningcheng sent people to search around the village, and I don't know if they found us."

"You don't know about this, they are just pretending, there are people above our lord."

"Yo, you fucking know a lot, come on, tell me about it."

"I just listened to it by chance. Don't talk nonsense to others. If you think I know something, I won't know how to die."

"Look at how cowardly you are, don't worry, my mouth is very strict."

Lu Jiu quietly exited the secret passage, returned to the east wing, closed the secret door, and left the house quietly.

On July 21th of the [-]st year of Zhaoming, just as Ji Linglan got up, Fu Nanling appeared on time.If it wasn't in ancient times, Ji Linglan would have thought that Fu Nanling installed a pinhole camera in his room.

"Alan, I want to eat custard this morning, can you teach me?"

Today's Fu Nanling is wearing a light green round-neck gown with dark green bamboo leaves embroidered on it, making his already fair complexion more transparent, coupled with his delicate facial features and bright smile, no matter how you look at it likable.

Ji Linglan nodded, and said with a smile: "It's just that there is nothing left and right now, and I will teach you, just to pass the time."

Hearing this, Fu Nanling smiled and narrowed his eyes, and said: "When I learn it, I will make it for Ah Lan."

The two didn't say any more, and went to the kitchen together.There are all kinds of ingredients in the kitchen, but there is no one. Ji Linglan knows in her heart that it must be Xiao Lizi who sent people away in advance to avoid being disturbed.

Ji Linglan took two empty bowls, kept one for herself as a spare, and handed the other to Fu Nanling.He took four more eggs from the egg basket, and handed two of them to Fu Nanling.

"Crack the egg against the side of the bowl, and then break it into the bowl." Ji Linglan's movements slowed down so that Fu Nanling could see clearly.

After breaking the two eggs, Ji Linglan looked at Fu Nanling and said, "Just do as I said just now."

Fu Nanling took the egg and imitated Ji Linglan and knocked it on the side of the bowl, making his strength weak, and the egg didn't even have a crack.Fu Nanling wrinkled his nose slightly, and amplified the strength in his hands, but the egg was smashed and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Ji Linglan laughed lightly, and said, "A Ling, you have a blood feud with this egg, why did you exert such great strength?"

Fu Nanling blushed and complained: "Alan, you are making fun of me!"

The originally pale face was stained with a blush, and Fu Nanling's appearance was even more attractive, matching his appearance at this time, he was a proper little milk dog.

Ji Linglan couldn't help but praised: "A Ling, your looks are really good! When you grow up in the future, you will definitely please girls."

Fu Nanling was startled, the blush on his face became even worse, and he asked tentatively, "What about Ah Lan?"

"What?" Ji Linglan was stunned, and then said: "I like it, everyone has a love for beauty, and no one should be disgusted with beautiful things."

Although he knew that the liking that Ji Linglan said was not what he wanted, Fu Nanling couldn't help but feel joy in his heart, raised the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Alan's liking is the most important thing, hehe."

Ji Linglan looked at Fu Nanling, as if a child was happy to get candy, she couldn't help shaking her head amusedly, took out another egg from the basket, and said, "Come on, let's continue."

After wasting five eggs and breaking two bowls, the custard of the two of them finally went to the cage.Ji Linglan stopped Fu Nanling, who wanted to help start the fire, and said with a wry smile: "Well, you should rest on the sidelines, I'm afraid you'll burn the kitchen down."

Thinking of the result of the battle just now, Fu Nanling's face became hot. In his previous life, after Ji Linglan's death, he also learned from the imperial chef, but he couldn't do it well. Not only himself, but also the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room couldn't cook Ji Linglan. The taste of custard made by Ling Lan.

Seeing that Ji Linglan was sweating on his forehead, Fu Nanling picked up the fan beside him and said, "Then I'll fan Alan."

Ji Linglan smiled, but she didn't stop her. It's really not a good job to light a fire in the kitchen in this hot weather.

Ten minutes later, Ji Linglan lifted the lid of the pot, wrapped the bowl with a clean handkerchief, and took out the two bowls of custard.There is no harm if there is no comparison. The bowl made by Ji Linglan is as flat and tender as tender tofu, while the bowl made by Fu Nanling is full of pits, like soaked gluten, which looks far worse.

Fu Nanling said aggrievedly: "Alan, why do we do the same thing, and what I do is so different from what you do?"

Ji Linglan said amusedly: "This kind of situation means that you didn't beat the eggs well and put in too much water."

"Then what should I do? Should I do it again?"

"Don't, it's too hot here, you sweat too much, I'm afraid you'll get dehydrated, how about this, I'll eat this bowl you made, and you eat that bowl I made." Saying that, Ji Linglan cut the meat The shallots are sprinkled on the egg custard and drizzled with sesame oil.

Fu Nanling frowned, and said: "How can it be, I can't let Ah Lan eat this kind of food."

"It's just ugly, why can't you eat it? Could it be that Ah Ling has forgotten how many people in Liaoyuan have starved to death, and how many people can't even eat such custard?"

"Alan, I want to give you the best. I make custard and eat it myself."

After Fu Nanling finished speaking, he reached out to take the bowl, but was stopped by Ji Linglan with sharp eyes and quick hands, and said helplessly: "Why are you so irritable, you just took it out of the pot, aren't you afraid of getting burned?"

"I didn't think about it that much."

"Okay, you stay here, I'll fry a few more scallion pancakes, it'll be ready in a while."

Ji Linglan fried a few more scallion pancakes and made a pot of vegetable tofu soup.Even though it was morning, he was still sweating profusely from the heat. He asked someone to fetch water and washed his face again before he went to the table to eat.

"Alan, you are really good at cooking. This cake is crispy and delicious, and it tastes delicious. And this soup, I have never tasted it before. It is delicious to eat with cake." To Ji Linglan, Fu Nanling has never been stingy with praise.

"It's delicious, you can't eat too much, you can only eat one, but you can drink more soup."

When Fu Nanling heard this, his face immediately sank, and he said pitifully: "Ah Lan, just eat an extra piece, a small corner will do."

"No, you can't eat greasy food because of your illness. I didn't think carefully just now. One piece is the bottom line, and there can be no more." Ji Linglan's attitude was firm and there was no room for negotiation.

Seeing this, Fu Nanling said dejectedly, "That's fine."

Seeing this, Ji Linglan laughed for a while, pushed the custard in front of her, and said, "This custard is a reward for your obedience."

Seeing Ji Linglan bring over the custard beside her, Fu Nanling hurriedly stopped her and said, "Alan, that's not tasty, don't eat it."

"Don't forget my previous identity. This kind of food is very good for me. You are different, you have a delicate body, so you must pay attention to what you eat."

Ji Linglan completely raised Fu Nanling as a child, and at this time he was looking at his child with the mentality of an old father.

Fu Nanling couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: "I knew Alan was the best for me!"

Ji Linglan smiled and said, "Eat quickly."

After the two had finished eating, they were about to clean up when Xiao Lizi said, "Master, Ling Jiu is back."

"Brother Lu?" Ji Linglan's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile, "Finally you're back."

Even though he knew that Ji Linglan's EQ was touching, it could be seen that he was so close to Lu Jiu, Fu Nanling couldn't help feeling sour in his heart, and the smile on his face faded a little, and said, "Let him in."

Lu Jiu came in from the door, bowed and said: "This subordinate has seen the master."

"Get up." Fu Nanling asked bluntly, "How is the situation?"

Lu Jiu replied truthfully: "Master, my subordinates have found the entrance to the secret passage, which is in the house that A Lan mentioned. It has also been confirmed that Cangshan Mountain has indeed been hollowed out, and all their people are hiding here."

"Can you find out how many troops the opponent has?"

"There are 500 people in Tiannan Village. Except for the old and young, women and children, they are all soldiers, and there are more than [-] people hiding in the mountainside."

"If you put it this way, the entire village of Tiannan Village is a rebel army."

Lu Jiu hesitated and said, "Yes."

The corner of Fu Nanling's mouth curled up into a sneer, and he said, "These people are really daring and foolish! Where is the mountain, is there another way out?"

"There is a house built on the top of the mountain, which should be the place where Sun Yi and his son live."

Fu Nanling looked at Xiao Lizi and said, "Is there any news from the capital?"

"Returning to the master, the emperor has returned to the capital safely. Gao Wei was also blocked by the eagle guards and fled injured. Only the other team sent by Sun Yi has not yet heard the news."

Fu Nanling nodded and said: "Eunuch Pang has been in the Liaoyuan Army for a long time, I miss him very much, let him come back."

"Yes, this servant is going to deliver the message." Xiao Lizi bowed and exited the room.

Seeing that the business was over, Ji Linglan asked aloud, "Brother Lu, outside the woods ten miles northwest of Ningcheng, have you ever found that corpse?"

"I found it, Ah Lan, don't worry, I have asked someone to arrange it properly."

Ji Linglan let out a long breath, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Brother Lu!"

Without waiting for Lu Jiu to speak, Fu Nanling said aloud, "If there is nothing wrong, then step back."

Lu Jiu was startled, then bowed and said, "Yes, this subordinate will leave."

Watching Lu Jiu leave, Ji Linglan frowned slightly, and said, "Why is Ah Ling dissatisfied with Big Brother Lu?"

Fu Nanling's heart tightened, and then he said with an innocent face: "No. Father said that you should not be too close to your subordinates, but treat your subordinates with kindness and power. Ah Lan, did I do something wrong?"

Ji Linglan thought for a while, and felt that there was some truth, and said: "I don't understand this kind of thing. Since the emperor said that, then you should listen to the emperor."

Fu Nanling couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, "Okay, listen to Ah Lan."

In the evening, as soon as Zhang Hanchen came out of the capital's yamen, he was stopped by an eagle guard and said, "My lord, Your Highness welcomes you."

Zhang Hanchen was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Do you know why Your Highness called me?"

"I don't know the humble position, my lord forgive me."

Zhang Hanchen didn't doubt him, followed Yingwei to Qingheju, and went straight to the main hall.

"Your Excellency, I will report to you later."

Zhang Hanchen nodded and stood waiting in the hall, and then a servant served tea.

"My lord, please have some tea." The attendant bowed and exited the door after finishing speaking.

Zhang Hanchen ignored it, and still stood in the hall waiting, but after waiting for almost half an hour, Fu Nanling was still nowhere to be seen, and he felt a little impatient.He came to the table and sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip, although it was a bit cold, but because it was summer and he was irritable, a cup of it was refreshing and refreshing.

Zhang Hanchen had just finished drinking tea when he heard footsteps, stood up quickly and went to the door, waiting for Fu Nanling's arrival.

Fu Nanling said with a smile: "Master Zhang, I have kept you waiting for a long time."

Zhang Hanchen said hastily: "Your Highness speaks seriously, but my subordinates dare not."

Fu Nanling walked to the table and sat down, while Ji Linglan stood behind him, serving as the background board.Fu Nanling pointed to the seat next to him, and said with a smile, "Master Zhang, please sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for giving me your seat." Fu Nanling's abnormal behavior today made Zhang Hanchen feel a little nervous, he walked to the lower seat hesitantly, sat down, and said, "Your Highness, I don't know why you summoned the officer here?"

Fu Nanling took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that Mr. Zhang sent people to search in the northwest of Ningcheng. I wonder if there is any gain?"

Zhang Hanchen was stunned, and then replied: "Your Highness, forgive me, all the soldiers under him returned without success, and nothing was found."

"Oh?" Fu Nanling smiled and said, "I heard that something happened to the Zhang residence the day before yesterday. I don't know what happened?"

Zhang Hanchen's eyes flickered, and he said: "Your Highness is worried, nothing happened, it's just that the child's diet is improper and his stomach is uncomfortable."

"Stomach discomfort? How did I hear that your son was poisoned? Could it be that the doctor deliberately deceived you?" The smile on the corner of Fu Nanling's mouth faded.

Zhang Hanchen quickly stood up and said, "Your Highness, I am guilty. Your Highness is honorable, so how dare you worry about children's affairs. Your Highness did not deliberately deceive you. Please forgive me."

Fu Nanling looked at Zhang Hanchen who was standing bowed, but did not let him get up, and then said: "Then it is true that your son was poisoned."

Zhang Hanchen frowned slightly, feeling a little uneasy, and said, "It's true."

"Who poisoned that person and why, Mr. Zhang might as well explain in detail."

"Returning to Your Highness, the lower officials have not caught the poisoner, and the doctor does not know what kind of poison it is." Since Fu Nanling has already arrested the doctor, if Zhang Hanchen lies again, it is purely looking for trouble.

"Since the doctors couldn't tell what kind of poison it was, how did Mr. Zhang detoxify your son?"

"Returning to Your Highness, it is the antidote sent back by the person who poisoned him. He was originally Gao Jin and Sun Yi's subordinates. What he did this time was to threaten the subordinate officials to stop chasing Gao Jin's remaining party." Zhang Hanchen said half truth Half false, the original intention is to make it difficult for Fu Nanling to judge.

Fu Nanling smiled contemptuously, and said, "I also heard that Mr. Zhang is secretly hunting down a woman. Why?"

"Returning to Your Highness, that woman belongs to Gao Jin's remaining party, so the lower officials will be searched for." Zhang Hanchen said without changing his expression.

"Oh? Mr. Zhang knows the identity of this woman, why is she involved with Gao Jin?"

"This girl's name is Baihe, she is a prostitute from Chunfengyuan, and she is the nail that Gao Jin buried outside to spy on her." Zhang Hanchen has been an official for many years, and he is an old fox who has become a master.

"Master Zhang's words are different from what I heard. Why don't you invite the person concerned to come out and confront Master Zhang to see who is telling the truth and who is telling the truth."

Zhang Hancheng raised his head subconsciously when he heard the words, and seeing Fu Nanling looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, he couldn't help but feel tense, and quickly lowered his head, saying: "I'm an upright official, so I'm not afraid."

Fu Nanling raised his voice and said: "Okay, come here, pass on Baihe."

As soon as Fu Nanling finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and then a woman came in, wearing a goose-yellow dress, with some simple makeup on her face and a few pearls on her hair, Unlike the usual heavy makeup, it looks even more pretty.

Baihe came to the front of the hall, bowed down slowly, and said: "Minister Lily has seen Your Highness."

Fu Nanling responded lightly, "Get up."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness."

Fu Nanling looked at Zhang Hanchen, and said, "Master Zhang, look, is she the Gao Jinyu party you captured?"

Zhang Hanchen turned his head to look at Baihe with sharp eyes, and then replied: "Your Highness, it is this person. This woman is in the brothel, and she can always speak sweet words. Your Highness, don't be deceived by her."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. Although I am young, I still have some intelligence. I can judge who is telling the truth and who is telling the truth." Fu Nanling paused, and then said: "Lily, Mr. Zhang said You are Gao Jin Yu Dang, can you recognize it?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Minnv doesn't recognize her, Minnv has no relationship with Gao Jinsu, how could she be Gao Jin's remnant party, Your Highness, please learn from me!"

"Oh? Then why did Lord Zhang hunt you down, do you know?"

Lily looked at Zhang Hanchen resentfully, and said, "It's only because Minnv has Master Zhang's handle in her hands that he couldn't wait to kill Minnv to silence her."

"Nonsense! I have never lived with you, but now I am slandering me like this. I must have been instigated by Gao Jin and others." Zhang Hanchen knelt down on the ground with a 'plop', and said: "Your Highness, this officer ruined Gao Jin. After many years of painstaking efforts with Sun Yi, they hated the subordinate officials so much, so they came up with this trick to frame the subordinate officials, their intentions are very vicious, and they hope that Your Highness will be the judge for the subordinate officials!"

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