"Prince...Prince, don't leave! How can I have money now? Ten million taels, even if you sell me! Prince!" Zhao Xuanyi cried and shouted, bursting into tears, looking very miserable. The people on the side couldn't bear to see it. They thought that a dignified Lord Protector had lived a really honest life!
That's right. When you see the couplet at the door, you know what kind of person Zhao Xuanyi is. He has been a pure magistrate for three years and paid one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver, but this Lord Protector was actually forced to this extent by the prince. Ten million taels, let alone taking it out, no one has ever seen that much money!
A commoner shook his head, "Isn't this prince going a little too far? The proprietress of the grain store was kidnapped, and he asked the Lord Protector to search for her. But when she couldn't be found, he even asked him to pay back his military pay. How can you do such a thing?"
"Hmph! The most ruthless people in the world are the royals. When they use you, they will do well no matter what. If you don't handle things well, nothing will happen! This is using people to go forward and not using people to go back!" said another commoner!
Shen Wei and Tang Tianli hurriedly came over, pulled up the crying Zhao Xuanyi, and took him back to the mansion. The others also returned to the mansion, and the door of the mansion was closed, leaving only a group of people watching the theater!
After Zhao Xuanyi entered the mansion, he shouted loudly, "Bring me a basin of water, quickly!"
A maid hurriedly took a basin of wash water. Zhao Xuanyi took out a silk handkerchief and hurriedly wiped his eyes. At this moment, Zhao Xuanyi's eyes were red and swollen, and tears kept dripping. Tang Tianli came over and said, "My lord, don't be sad, don't you just want military pay?" ?Our military camp...?"
Zhao Xuanyi kicked Tang Tianli down with a kick. "Shut up, you idiot!" Zhao Xuanyi washed his eyes, but they were still red. "This pepper is really strong. Apply less next time. It hurts too much!"
Only then did everyone realize that Zhao Xuanyi actually put chili pepper on his hands in order to cry. If this thing touches your eyelids, you don't have to cry. It hurts so much that you can't even hold back your tears!
Shen Wei took a towel and Zhao Xuanyi wiped his eyes, "Brother Shen, ask the military camp to use a carriage to transport empty boxes to the mansion every day. No need to put money in them. Just pretend to be in a hurry to raise funds!"
"Yes!" Shen Wei nodded and said.
"This should last for another three days. After three days, the fake pictures will come out, and everything will be easy to say!"
Li Hanyan came over, "Husband, there are more than one or two people who want this map now. Although our house is safe, I feel very uneasy. How about we mobilize some Qilin Guards back!"
"Well, Madam is right, Brother Shen, I leave it to you!"
"yes!"
"The Lord Protector accepts the order!" a father-in-law shouted loudly standing outside the door.
"..." Everyone.
Zhu Zhelin was currently in a small village outside the capital. When he heard the news from his servants, he couldn't help but feel strange, "What did you say? Zhao Xuanyi and the prince had a falling out?"
"Yes! This morning, just because Zhao Xuanyi failed to find Qin Jinyi, he was beaten and scolded by the prince, and he was asked to pay back ten million taels of military pay!"
Zhu Zhelin laughed after hearing this, "What? Do you want to do this cruel trick in front of me? Are you not taking me seriously?"
"It doesn't seem to be an act. The people below saw the Qilin Guards constantly transporting entire boxes of silver back to the Protector's Mansion in carriages!"
"Huh! It's all fake! Don't believe it!"
At this time, another servant ran in from outside, "Your Majesty, the people below have just received news that the imperial edict has arrived at the Protector's Mansion, asking Zhao Xuanyi to repay the military salary!"
"What?" Zhu Zhelin's eyes widened, wondering if this was true or false? He even issued an imperial edict? It shouldn’t be! The national treasury is not short of money now, is it? And how can the court ask the general for money?
Then Zhu Zhelin immediately had a guess, that is, what the court wanted from Zhao Xuanyi was not money. It might be because Zhao Xuanyi had a treasure map in his hand and did not hand it over. The court was deliberately making Zhao Xuanyi look bad. In addition, Qin Jinyi was kidnapped, and the prince I simply made this deal!
Zhu Zhelin smiled when he thought of this, "Notify everyone not to approach the Duke Protector's Mansion for three days, and we will make a decision after three days!"
"Yes!" All the servants nodded.
On the official road outside the capital, two thin figures stood in the snow.
Walking slowly on the ground, there was a [creep] under my feet...! 】The voice sounded very harsh. The cold weather was biting and freezing. Even wearing a heavy leather jacket could not withstand the heart-wrenching chill. Read the book
"Miss, is this the right road? How long have we been walking? We haven't seen the village yet!" Ye Zi looked around, it was completely white and couldn't even see the shadow of a village!
Zhu Qing was also a little confused, "I gave you all the gold, that blind man shouldn't have lied to me!"
"It's hard to tell! How can you be so down-to-earth? You haven't even said a few words and you just give me money!"
"Don't believe it, he is really powerful. He just bought the news, so there must be nothing wrong. Let's go for a walk!" After Zhu Qing said that, he pulled Ye Zi and continued to move forward!
Two short figures moved forward slowly in this white world. From a distance, they looked like two tiny grains of sand, so small that they were almost invisible. I don’t know how long they had been walking. Zhu Qing? Used his nose to He took a breath of air and said, "Leaf, do you smell it?"
Ye Zi took a deep breath, "I smell it, it's the smell of cooking smoke!" The two hurriedly began to search. After looking for a long time, Ye Zi pointed to the distance with his finger, "Miss, the smoke seems to be coming from over there!"
Zhu Qing looked carefully. Although he couldn't see the village, he could see the black smoke floating in the air. The two looked at each other and then quickened their pace. After crossing a curved intersection, they saw a village in front of them. .
It is said to be a village, but in fact it is not very big. It looks like a few small houses placed there, like those models on the sand table. "Miss, let's go into the village and have a look?"
Zhu Qing shook his head, "No, our identity is too obvious. Now that we have found it, there is no need to worry. Let's go back first, and then let the people below come over to explore. If we can really find it, let's talk to Zhao Xuanyi." How to cooperate!"
"Since you don't want to enter the village, what are we doing here? Why don't we just ask our people to come over? Why do we have to come over in person?"
"How can I safely leave such an important matter to those people who are not doing well? If this is done, there is hope for us to get the map. Let's withdraw!"
"Yes!" Ye Zi pulled Zhu Qing?, and the two figures slowly disappeared on the white road!
In the Duke Protector's Mansion, Zhao Xuanyi was sitting on a chair, looking at the imperial edict in his hand. In fact, this was not an imperial edict, but an edict given by Zhu Yuejun. This was all for outsiders to see, so that they could scare those people. As long as you find a way to delay it for three days, you'll be fine!
Lan Chuyin came to the hall and saw that Li Hanyan and Zi Yuan were there. She did not speak and sat quietly aside. Lan Chuyin has not left Zhao Xuanyi's house in the past few days. Zhu Wenyu comes here every day to ask questions. In such a situation, there is no need for him to leave. He can eat when he is hungry and go to sleep in Zhao Xuanyi's room when he is sleepy. It is as if he is at home!
Zhao Xuanyi looked at Lan Chuyin, "If you feel bored, you can go out and get some fresh air!"
Lan Chuyin shook her head, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine!"
Zhao Xuanyi really doesn't have time to worry about Lan Chuyin now, and he doesn't know how Du Xinyu and Qin Jinyi have become after so many days?
Tang Tianli came from outside and looked at Zhao Xuanyi with a dodge in his eyes. Zhao Xuanyi stared, "If you have anything to say, just tell me!"
"The eldest son came to the palace gate and asked the Duke when he would be given the map he needed."
Zhao Xuanyi sighed, "Tell him that I am raising money now and have no time to care about his affairs. Let him come back in three days!"
"Yes!" Tang Tianli said and turned to leave.
Zhao Xuanyi stood up slowly and looked at Li Hanyan, "Go and rest when you are tired. All you can do is wait!"
"You should also pay attention to your health!" Li Hanyan said with a worried look on her face.
"Yeah!" Zhao Xuanyi came to the backyard and walked into Tang Rou's room. He saw Tang Rou and two sisters coaxing their children. Seeing Zhao Xuanyi coming, the two sisters hurriedly stood up and said, "Brother-in-law!"
"Well!" Zhao Xuanyi came to Tang Rou's side, "Sister Tang, please hand the child over to them first. You go and see Master Liu and try to be as quick as possible!"
Tang Rou looked at Zhao Xuanyi, "That thing is time-consuming. Now don't rush it. If
If you damage something in a hurry, it will be more troublesome to redo it! "
After hearing this, Zhao Xuanyi became even more upset. Although he knew he couldn't push it, he couldn't let go until the fake map came out for a day!
Tang Rou put the child in Hake's arms, "Take it back and you and the wet nurse will take care of it!"
"Yes!" The two girls wrapped the child in a quilt and walked out of the room!
Ruotang gently held Zhao Xuanyi in his arms, "You, you have matured so much now, why are you still so anxious? Haste makes waste! And the people who are most anxious now should be the group of people who want to get the treasure map. If they can't get it for a day, they will be so anxious that they can't sleep, and they don't even dare to hurt Xinyu. You actually understand this, so don't worry about it in vain!"
Zhao Xuanyi sighed, feeling weak all over!
Tang Rou took off Zhao Xuanyi's shoes and took off his coat, "Stop thinking about it, have a good sleep and have a rest!" After saying that, she covered the two of them with quilts and hugged Zhao Xuanyi tightly in her arms.
Enjoying Tang Rou's warm embrace, Zhao Xuanyi closed his eyes with peace of mind, and then slowly fell asleep. He had not slept well for many days, so he fell into a very deep sleep this time. He patted Zhao Xuanyi's back gently, like It's like coaxing a child.
Zhao Xuanyi slept from afternoon to night. Even Tang Rou lay down to sleep, but he still didn't wake up because he was too sleepy! Within a few days, the physical and mental fatigue made him unable to support himself!
In the Duke Protector's Mansion, Shen Wei transferred another 200 Qilin Guards. Now all the Qilin Guards in the Mansion add up to almost 500 people, in order to guard the Mansion, fearing that bad guys will take the opportunity to sneak attack, etc.!
Especially at night, there is a post every three steps and a sentry every five steps! There must be a torch within every ten steps, illuminating the entire Duke Protector's Mansion very brightly. All the Qilin Guards have serious expressions and unified movements. Even if they stand in the biting cold wind, they do not move at all. Like wood carvings and clay sculptures!
The patrol team in the courtyard kept patrolling in each courtyard, and the Ziwu Yuanyang Yue in their hands also gave off a chilling air. However, this copper-iron bucket-like defense did not deter some people at all!
I saw five figures slowly climbing up the wall. Just as they came up, they saw that it was heavily guarded and there were several patrols from different parties. For a while, these killers did not dare to act easily!
"Boss, there are too many people here, it's hard for us to start!"
"Stop talking nonsense, if it's so easy to kill, why would anyone pay such a high price? In this way, the third and fourth brothers, you will jump in from the north and south, attract their attention, lure all the guards away, and then escape in a hurry , I took the other brothers straight to Zhao Xuanyi’s room and retreated after killing everyone!”
"Yes!" The other four people nodded.
After all the patrols left, as the leader waved his arms, the two black figures jumped directly off the wall, and then moved separately to the left and right against the wall!
Just after taking a few steps, I heard a loud shout, "Who is it?"
As the sound came, hundreds of Qilin Guards quickly gathered in the yard. Seeing these two men in black, the Qilin Guards immediately started to arrest them, and these two unlucky people hurriedly ran around, and Qilin Guards Wei started to chase madly!
The man in black on the wall saw a good opportunity and immediately waved. The three of them jumped off the wall and ran directly towards the backyard. But who knew that they had just run into the atrium and before they could find a hiding place, they only saw the inside of the atrium. There were hundreds of Qilin Guards standing, each holding a torch in his hand. Hundreds of pairs of eyes immediately locked on these three people!
One of the men in black saw this situation and couldn't help but pull the boss's sleeve, "Brother, are we short of people?"
"Run!" the leading man shouted, but how could the Qilin Guards let them go so easily? They immediately swarmed up and caught these three unprofessional killers!
