Tranquility

Tangning felt bad from the moment he fell, but fortunately, his eyes were sharper than ordinary people's. Even if he fell into a black hole all of a sudden, he could quickly tell that there was a passage ahead.

There was a sound of falling behind. Tangning didn't have time to look back. His instincts made him run forward. He was a literati, so even if he knew a few taekwondo skills, compared to someone like Shu Hongyu who had martial arts in this time and space, what he knew was pure physical fitness. Body.

Tangning wasn't sure about the martial arts skills of the person behind him, he didn't dare to take risks, not to mention the injury on his back was still not healed, after running, he felt that some of the wounds on his back had opened, and the pain was burning, so he didn't dare Stop and wrestle with the man.

He could only keep running forward, although he didn't know what was ahead.

The people behind were getting closer and closer. Tangning was already out of breath, and her lungs, which had been injured by the smash, suddenly felt sharp pain.Suddenly a faint yellow light appeared in the distance. Tangning gritted her teeth, endured the severe pain, and rushed over with her last breath.

Whether it's an enemy or a friend, we can only gamble!

When Tangning turned around the entrance of the cave, he saw the tall figure standing in the middle of the cave - it was Fengju!

At that moment, Tangning felt as if all the strength in his body was exhausted. He fell to the ground and couldn't get up again.

Because at the same time, he saw the rows of gleaming weapons behind Fengju, complete with knives, guns, bows and crossbows.The soldiers around didn't expect a person to jump out of the cave, and they all stared at the person coming.

A few seconds later, several knives were attached to Tangning's neck, and the people who were chasing Tangning also followed in. After seeing everything in the cave, they knelt down without saying a word, "I have seen Your Highness!"

Feng Ju looked at the situation in the field, but smiled, and said: "Tell me, what's going on?"

"The villain is a craftsman, and he has been following Mr. Cao to supervise the survey and digging of the diversion pond for the past few days. It was raining outside, and the villain escorted Mr. Tang to the construction site. He didn't want Mr. Tang to discover the entrance of the underground passage halfway. The villain was worried about Tang. My lord will leak this place after I go back, so I have to capture Lord Tang first and hand it over to His Royal Highness."

"Oh, I remembered. You are the craftsman who followed Cao Yong. You designed these caves in this life, but they are the center. It seems that Cao Yong has some reason to keep you." Feng Ju said and walked to Tangning near.

The craftsman trembled twice, tried to calm down and said: "The whole family of the villain has been greatly favored by the son, and will follow His Royal Highness to the death!"

Feng Ju stared into Tangning's eyes, waved her hand casually and said, "I know your loyalty, so go down first, you all go down."

With an order, a few seconds later, only Fengju and Tangning were left in the huge stone room.

Feng Ju raised Tangning's chin, and the corner of his mouth slightly curled up, "Seeing the reserves of my son, how does Mr. Tang feel?"

"You want to rebel!" Tangning's lips twitched. Now that he knew what he shouldn't have known, he would surely die, so he simply broke the pot and threw it.

"Hahahahaha, rebellion! That person should belong to my father! This son is just taking back what belongs to him!" Feng Ju laughed.

"With my lord's wisdom, I think you should understand that there is nothing wrong with winning or losing. It's meaningless to say these things. You have learned from no one, and you are rebelling." Tangning knew that at this time, people were using swords and I was fish and meat. Even if he is subdued, Feng Ju may not let him go, and he will simply praise and criticize secretly, which arouses Feng Ju's temper, but there is a glimmer of life.

"That's right, if you win the king and defeat the bandits, who will say that this son is a rebel after I kill him in the capital and ascend to the Ninth Five-Year seat?" Feng Ju is not a brainless person, and he is not fooled.

"No, if the name is right, the word will be right, and the word will be the heart of the world. When things are done, naturally you can do whatever you say, but if you want things to happen, you can get twice the result with half the effort, otherwise, you will be in danger."

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that besides your good looks, you also have a lot of things in your stomach. Then tell me, how can this son become famous?" Feng Ju became interested at this moment. Originally, he only thought Tangning was a stunning beauty. , I just wanted to be taken into the inner house, but I didn't expect that when I met Tangning twice, the other party could tell what he wanted. This is not something ordinary people can do. Such a person is definitely the best candidate for a counselor.

"I guess, His Royal Highness wants to take advantage of this severe drought and flood to rise up, saying that the ruler is stupid and immoral, that he angered the gods and brought disasters, and that you raised your troops to do justice for the heavens," Tangning said, looking at Fengju Still smiling but not smiling, his heart sank. It seems that the idiot he saw a few days ago who was complacent after being praised for a few words was just pretending. But he became the one who was played.

Thinking she's smart but not knowing it, Tangning has tasted the bitter fruit this time. Knowing that she can't fight against the opponent when she is scheming, and now that death is imminent, she has no choice but to bite the bullet and go on. It’s okay for the disaster victims to listen to it, and sensible people who have really read the book know that this is just an excuse.”

"You say this is a bad excuse, do you have a better solution?" Feng Ju rubbed her thumb against Tangning's pale lips as she spoke.

Tangning tilted her head and said with a sneer, "The best way is to stop in time, and you can still keep the title of King Zhong."

Feng Ju's face suddenly turned cold, she snapped back Tangning's head, and said coldly, "You really are strong enough. You know, I can crush you to death with one finger now. If you don't want to die, just follow me obediently. In the future, you will have the title of servant king. If you don't want to be trapped in the deep palace, this son will let you be a cabinet minister and let you show your talents. When the time comes, this son will share this prosperous world with you. Wouldn't you be happy! "

Tangning narrowed her beautiful eyes, looked at Fengju, and snorted coldly.

Feng Ju took a deep breath, and was about to get angry, when she rolled her eyes, she suddenly sneered and said, "Come on! Lock him up in the dungeon!"

After Tangning was dragged down, a confidant soldier approached him and said, "Your Highness, since he refuses to surrender, why don't you just silence him, and it will be bad if news gets out."

"Little sister will be here in two days. As long as we join forces with Kunnan, we can start an incident in a few days. It's too late for him to tell the news. What's more, this person is very talented. It's a pity to kill him. Since this son has chosen this path , you have to endure infamy, and it is impossible to kill all those who oppose it. As a king, you must tolerate what others cannot. Famous," Feng Ju pondered for a moment, and then said: "You send someone to control his family, spend some time playing hard and soft, I'm not afraid that he won't obey."

"Little man, go do it now."

"Come back, lock him up with that bald donkey," Feng Ju snorted coldly, "Likes of a feather flock together, they will be able to chat, you send someone to watch, or there may be news about that thing."

"Your Highness is wise."

A heavy rain did not stop until evening.

Shu Hongyu was cooking, and when he set the dishes and chopsticks, he realized that it was already dark outside.

Tangning hadn't come back yet. Ever since she was able to get up, Tangning had been running outside every day from early to late. Shu Hongyu didn't think much about it. He thought that there was a heavy rain today, and Tangning must be busier than the previous few days.

Shu Hongyu lit the lantern and walked all the way to the study.

In the study room, Tang Yu and Xi Rui sat at the same table, practicing calligraphy quietly.Shu Hongyu came in, looked at Xi Rui's handwriting first, nodded and said: "There is progress."

Xi Rui pursed her lips and said with a smile, "My lord gave some pointers two days ago."

Shu Hongyu picked up Tang Yu's words again, and tapped him on the head, "You've been playing like crazy for the past two days, and Ari will catch up with you if you don't work hard. All right, pack up and go eat."

Tang Yu pouted and said, "Where's Dad?"

"I haven't come back yet, I guess I got late with Governor Fu again."

After hearing this, Xi Rui put away his pen and ink, and said, "Let me go to the yamen and ask, don't forget the time again." Then he ran out quickly.

Tang Yu pursed her lips and snorted, "Sycophant."

Shu Hongyu was not polite this time, and knocked his head vigorously and said: "You, you don't know your blessings when you are in the blessings. You really think of yourself as a young master. Learn from others, this is the way to survive."

After Xi Rui left, Shu Hongyu took Tang Yu to set up a meal to cure his young master's illness.

Shu Hongyu was holding two dishes in both hands, followed by Tang Yu, who was holding a pot of soup with a cloth with grinning teeth. As soon as he walked into the yard, Shu Hongyu's expression suddenly changed, and the two dishes flew out quickly and smashed into the corner.

"Who is it!" Shu Hongyu picked up Tang Yu and ran out.

After running for a few steps, a circle of people was illuminated by a lantern on the corridor. There were over twenty people, all of them in black and masked, and Shu Hongyu was surrounded by them.

"I advise you not to scream, no one will hear you, just follow us obediently, or you can save your life!" One of them said darkly.

"Who are you waiting for? I wonder if this is the residence of the Tongzhi of Yongzhou. The Master Tongzhi has not returned yet, but it is related to you?" Shu Hongyu looked serious, but he was not panicked yet.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go." The man gave an order, and the others rushed up.

Shu Hongyu shouted coldly: "Hold me tight!"

As he spoke, he put his arm around Tang Yu, and with the sword in his other hand, he killed the nearest person casually.

The other men in black paused, they already knew that this man had high martial arts skills, so they sent more than 20 people just to capture this man alive.

After the attack just now, the man in black immediately became serious, and it was impossible for Shu Hongyu to kill so easily.Even if his martial arts are world-class, he has no way to face more than 20 top masters, let alone Tang Yu beside him.

Shu Hongyu gritted his teeth, tried to get injured, and looked for a direction to break through. Fortunately, the purpose of these people was to capture them alive, but they didn't dare to defend them to the death. After a lot of fighting, he finally let him climb over the wall and run all the way.

This is my home, Shu Hongyu is more familiar with the terrain than the man in black, dodging left and right, ran to the stable, carried Tang Yu on a horse, and killed another horse at the same time, rushing all the way scattered and intercepted The man in black rushed into the street and fled.

At this time, it was dark and there were few pedestrians on the road. Shu Hongyu found a deserted alley and got off his horse. He slapped the horse's butt and let the horse run wildly in the alley, while he climbed over the walls with Tang Yu in his arms.

"Uncle," Tang Yu asked tremblingly, "Where did dad go? Did something happen to dad? Why did they arrest us?"

"I don't know." Shu Hongyu's voice was very weak.

Tang Yu stretched out his hand to touch the back, and felt that his hand was sticky, and he was shocked: "You are hurt!"

Shu Hongyu's mind was in chaos, and he growled impatiently: "Shut up, do you want to attract others?"

This roar made Shu Hongyu calm down a bit, thinking about the way ahead, the city gate was closed at this time, the most urgent thing to do was to find a place to hide, fortunately he had traveled all over Yongzhou City when he first came, and the terrain was quite familiar.

Although he didn't know who the person who arrested them was, he could tell from the sneaky behavior of the other party that they didn't want to mobilize the crowd, so Shu Hongyu headed towards the brightly lit place.Only there are still many people there now, and there are many people who don't know each other. It's best to hide in a place full of people. Besides, he also knows that there are always powerful forces behind Dafan brothel, so it's not so easy to come in and search.

With his body full of blood, he would definitely not be able to see people. Shu Hongyu's mind turned very fast, searching every place he had run to, and soon he thought of a place, which was a wine shop, located behind the largest brothel in Yongzhou, Zuiqilou , exclusively for drinks in Zuiqilou.On the ground floor of this wine shop is a huge wine cellar that leads directly to the backyard of Zuiqi Building. It is very convenient to put wine here and get wine there.

At this moment, the wine shop was dark, and the guys had already gone home, so Shu Hongyu came in directly. Fortunately, it rained all day, and the ground was full of water, so there was no need to worry about leaving any traces.

The wine cellar is very large, divided into upper and lower floors, full of large and small wine jars in a winding way. Recently, the water in Yongzhou City has been serious, but the wine cellar has been well drained. Only the lower layer is covered with calf-high water. , so the large wine jars placed on the lower floor are more than enough to cover two people.

Moreover, the smell of alcohol is permeating here, which can cover the bloody smell all over Shu Hongyu's body.Shu Hongyu took Tang Yu to sit on a half-person-high wine jar in the depths of the wine cellar, took off the bloody clothes on his body, put away his belongings, looked around, and touched a one-person-high wine jar in the dark , He lowered his body and told Tang Yu: "I will push this wine jar open in a while, and you put your clothes in it. Be quick, I won't last long."

Tang Yu was yelled at by Shu Hongyu just now, and he was too stimulated this night, so he was very calm now, and said: "Okay, wait." He also took off his clothes and folded the clothes of the two of them. It was so flattened that he said, "I'll touch the bottom of the altar first." As he spoke, he plunged into the bottom of the water with his bloody clothes in his hands to feel for it.

"Ready." Tang Yu said after a while.

"Okay, one, two, three." Shu Hongyu pushed hard, and Tang Yu stuffed the clothes inside.

After doing this three times, all the clothes were stuffed in.

Then Shu Hongyu sniffed a jar of spirits with his nose, and after opening it, he handed Tang Yu a wine ladle beside him, and said, "Pour it on my back to wash the wound."

Tang Yu shook his hands, took a breath, and said, "Okay."

Shu Hongyu was used to carrying golden sore medicine with him, and after washing the wound, he let Tang Yu grope for a good medicine. Before he could take a breath, there was movement from the wine cellar.

"Heh, the smell of alcohol is so strong, how much good wine does this have?"

"You drunkard, you must be hungry. Hehe, this is Zuiqilou's wine. It's only a tael of silver for a small bottle. Can you afford it?"

"Wuyu, you are crazy, lighting a lamp in the wine cellar, I don't want to kill you!" the drunkard shouted.

"Boss, is it dark? How can we search it?"

"Hey, you can take a look at it casually, but they are just two thieves. I have stayed in Yongzhou City all my life and didn't know there is a wine cellar here. Can two little thieves who just entered the city have the ability to find this place?"

"That's right, what did you say they stole and let us search around in the middle of the night?"

"Who knows, for the sake of how many years you have been with me, if I tell you something from the bottom of my heart, don't know what you shouldn't know, don't even ask."

The two walked around the wine jar while talking, Shu Hongyu hugged Tang Yu and squatted on the wine jar that was taller than a person, held his breath, watched the two people go around and took a few sips of wine secretly, only to be satisfied leave.