After the loud noise, Yangmingju experienced chaos, and the servants who had calmed down rushed into the main hall.
They were dumbfounded, looking at the broken bricks and tiles plaque in front of the house, which was shattered on the ground, and there were still flames burning on the wooden door frame.
The furnishings in the hall had fallen to pieces. In the smoke and dust, three figures were supporting each other and about to stand up. Their coughs could be heard in the distance.
People outside the hall were talking one after another about the rolling thunder. In their opinion, it was caused by lightning hitting the roof.
Manager Cao asked several women to burn incense and pray, and asked several male servants to clean up the scattered rubble, while he walked into the house to apologize to the young prince.
Xiao Yu asked him to step back, and waved his hand to drive away the dust and smoke that had not yet dissipated in front of him. The smell of saltpeter and sulfur was still filling the air.
Liu Boxuan had just recovered and could not stand the smoke and dust. He coughed twice and asked: "Is this explosive? This thing looks scary, but if it is put on the battlefield, the damage will still be limited. It can only hurt a few people. It's scary." The frightened horses caused some confusion."
"Haha, sometimes having something new is enough to change the situation of the battle."
"Ahem... This can only be regarded as an oddity rather than a right one. After all, it's just a small trick."
"It's too choked here, let's go out and talk!"
The three of them arrived outside the courtyard, where servants were busy cleaning up the mess everywhere.
The banquet was not interesting, so the three of them walked towards Fengming Pavilion.
Xiao Yu didn't mean to blame Shi Hu, but Shi Hu seemed to realize that he was wrong, and followed quietly like a child who made a mistake, hunching his shoulders.
But along the way, the topic of Xiao Yu and Liu Boxuan still remained on gunpowder.
"This thing is small in size. What I got must be a test product or a semi-finished product. When making this thing, the ratio of saltpeter and sulfur was wrong. Fortunately, the power of the explosion just now was not great. Otherwise, the whole house would have been destroyed... I think the grenade that caused the fire in Tongxiali should be an improved one, and the power there is much more powerful than this grenade."
"Thunder... gunpowder..." Liu Boxuan stroked his beard, "The young prince seems to be very proficient in strange and ingenious things."
Xiao Yu didn't make any attempt to hide it: "I only know a little bit about it, but it's just theoretical, so I can't count it. I happened to see this thing in that house, so I made some guesses."
"That house seems to have a lot of secrets..."
"There's more shady stuff."
As Xiao Yu spoke, he glanced at Liu Boxuan quietly. Seeing the heavy rain approaching, Liu Boxuan was stomping his steps and walking slowly, as if he was worried.
"Uncle Liu Shi, what should I do with She Quli... and those barbarians... They are all old, weak, women and children..." Xiao Yu asked carefully.
Liu Boxuan looked at Xiao Yu and said: "Everyone is determined by their destiny. If they can't be saved, they can't be saved. There's no need to take such a big risk for them. Don't get involved in this matter. If God has eyes, they will be in trouble and become auspicious." "
Xiao Yu repeatedly said yes and did not express any further opinions.
Finally, before the raindrops started pouring down, they returned to Fengming Pavilion.
Outside the gate, they saw Manager Cui.
Manager Cui didn't know when he came back. He was standing outside the door with several servants who were traveling with him. They all looked uneasy, as if they were waiting for the young prince here.
Manager Cui did not show any surprise that Liu Boxuan was walking freely in the mansion. He just looked at his young prince in fear.
A few people were about to kneel down, but they heard Xiao Yu say: "What are you doing standing here? Let's talk after we go in!"
Xiao Yu took Liu Boxuan and Dendrobium into the gate first, and said goodbye to them in the corridor. Liu Boxuan mentioned tomorrow's classes again, and Xiao Yu curled his lips and had to agree.
Looking back, Manager Cui was following him with his arms hanging down. The mask covered his face, but his eyes showed uneasiness.
"No need to follow me, I'm fine."
"You deserve to die, little people, for not protecting the young prince."
Xiao Yu frowned and looked at the few servants who went out with him. These people could stand in front of others or do some hard work. If they were to risk their lives to fight against the Jianghu assassins, it would be pushing them into the fire.
"I don't blame you. I just went out in a hurry today. Next time, I will bring some martial arts guards with me. Okay, everyone, stop blaming yourself. Didn't I come back safely? Is everyone okay?"
Everyone nodded together, but it seemed that some of them were injured and had bandages on their bodies, but a few of them still stood there and refused to move.
Xiao Yu was confused: "What's wrong? Did I say that I have forgiven you?"
"My young prince, those people are not ordinary robbers who block the road. They come here with a purpose." Manager Cui said.
"I know that."
"My young prince, Han Laoliu is dead."
Xiao Yu blinked, Han Laoliu was the driver who drove for him tonight.
Xiao Yu vaguely remembered that at the critical moment, it was this brave coachman who drove the car at full speed and got rid of most of the assassins.
It seems that an assassin later boarded the carriage. He fought with an assassin and both fell off the carriage. He should have been seriously injured and died after falling off the carriage.
Xiao Yu was silent for a moment: "Prepare some gold and silver to support his family, and prepare a coffin on his bed to bury him properly!"
But several people present remained still and turned their attention to Manager Cui.
I saw Manager Cui taking out an object from his arms. Xiao Yu had seen that object before, but seeing it again at this moment shocked Xiao Yu's heart.
That is a wolf-head iron medal, which is the token of the Northern Dynasty official Cao "Egret". Why is it in the hands of Cui Guanshi?
"Where did this come from!" Xiao Yu asked hurriedly.
"On Han Laoliu's body." Cui Guanshi said. He immediately knelt down, and several other people also knelt down.
Xiao Yu finally knew that something must be wrong with them here, and at this time he couldn't be as friendly as usual.
His eyes were stern as he stared at the servants kneeling in front of him.
"Tell me clearly, how could he have such an object?" After Xiao Yu said this, his eyes suddenly narrowed, "Manager Cui, you recognize this iron plate, right! Tell me how you recognize it? Or maybe ...You should tell me who you are! And who is the person behind you? Is it from the palace...or from outside the palace..."
Manager Cui trembled and kowtowed a few times: "I don't know what the young prince is talking about. As for this iron plate, I have indeed seen it before."
"Where did you see it?" Xiao Yu asked sharply.
"Right...in Mr. Liu's room, I once saw the same iron plate on the table. The old servant thought it was strange, so he brought it to the young prince."
The sharpness in Xiao Yu's eyes was reduced by half at this time. He knew the origin of the iron plate in Liu Boxuan's hand. It was when he was attacked in Jilong Mountain a few months ago.
As for Manager Cui, he still doesn't trust him, but he must use him. This is where he is conflicted.
Now is not the time to discuss Cui Guanshi's loyalty or disloyalty. What we are talking about now is the groom Han Laoliu. How can the iron plate have anything to do with him.
"Why did Han Laoliu have this iron plate on him...how did he die!" Xiao Yu asked coldly.
"The old slave accidentally brought him into the palace." Manager Cui kowtowed again.
Xiao Yu lost some patience and looked at a rather smart servant next to Manager Cui.
"you say."
The servant looked horrified, and after thinking for a moment he said, "My young prince, this is what happened..."
After listening to the description of the servant, Xiao Yu couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
At that time, just a few streets away, the carriage was about to return to the palace. Suddenly, someone pushed a flat cart and rushed over from the diagonal, and suddenly hit the carriage.
Everyone present panicked, and at this moment, more than a dozen men in black came from all directions, and their target was Xiao Yu on the carriage.
In panic, Cui Guanshi organized everyone to protect the car and resist, but they were no match for the men in black.
At this time, Han Laoliu, who was driving, suddenly threw off his whip and was about to flee with the carriage.
Everyone present thought that Protector Han Laoliu was eager, so they tried their best to block the men in black and give the carriage a chance to escape.
In the end, the carriage did escape. Although two men in black chased it, most of the men in black were still entangled by the servants for a while.
Seeing these men in black chasing the carriage, Manager Cui and a group of servants hurried after them.
In the end, he was thrown away by the men in black because of his weak legs.
So the group of people searched aimlessly on the street, but accidentally saw Han Laoliu beside a stone bridge.
Someone wanted to call him, but Manager Cui covered his mouth.
At that time, Manager Cui felt strange that if he abandoned the car and fled, Han Laoliu should be with the young prince. He could not stand alone on the bridge and look around.
Just when everyone was watching from a distance and falling into suspicion, four men in black suddenly appeared and came to Han Laoliu.
The few people seemed to be familiar with each other, and they gathered together to figure something out. Han Laoliu finally pointed in a direction, and the four men in black ran in that direction.
This is a thief who has become a monk. Everyone thought bitterly that the young prince was so kind to everyone, but there were still people who dared to take advantage of their master.
At first, they thought these people were ordinary thieves who wanted to kidnap the young prince and use them as meat tickets. How could these thieves succeed?
Seeing Han Laoliu still standing there and watching, two young servants couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to step forward to deal with the thief.
Han Laoliu doesn't talk much on weekdays, he is honest and honest, and he has always been regarded as a softie.
At this moment, he saw two servants of the palace walking out of the darkness. They suddenly looked fierce and threatening to kill people if they were violent.
In just a few strokes, he knocked down the two young servants, and at this time several other servants rushed out with shouts.
When Han Laoliu saw that he was no match for the crowd, he turned around and ran away. For some unknown reason, garlic suddenly stirred under his feet and he fell down.
It was at this moment that the iron medal fell out of Han Laoliu's arms, and Han Laoliu's head seemed to hit the railing of the stone bridge and he was killed.
"He died on the spot! Little prince, what a coincidence!" said the servant.
Xiao Yu remained calm and nodded slightly.
Obviously he felt that things were not that simple. At least Han Laoliu's death was not as easy as the servant said. Maybe someone was watching him secretly and wanted to kill him to silence him!
Manager Cui said: "I originally thought that Han Laoliu was a habitual thief who stole things into Mr. Liu's room."
Xiao Yu shook his head and played with the iron plate in his hand.
"No, this iron plate is badly worn. The iron plate in Liu Shishu's hands is quite well maintained."
"This old slave feels strange, especially after seeing this token, I feel that there may be something behind it..."
Xiao Yu suddenly stopped him: "Okay, stop talking nonsense. A useless iron plate can't mean anything. It's not that you were assassinated tonight, but that you were robbed by thieves. Go back and rest!"
Everyone looked at each other. They definitely didn't believe the young prince's explanation, but the young prince deliberately downplayed the matter. As servants, they could only act according to the master's orders.
Just as everyone was about to turn around, Xiao Yu suddenly said again: "This matter has passed, don't mention it again, as for the iron plate..."
Everyone already understood what the master meant and nodded in agreement.
At this time, there was a strong wind and heavy rain outside. The two servants had already closed and bolted the door.
Xiao Yu weighed the wolf head iron medal in his hand and thought for a while that he should go find Liu Boxuan tomorrow!
He suddenly thought that Hongxiao was here, and he felt indescribable excitement in his heart. But he suddenly remembered Qingxue's sad eyes when he left today, and he was a little sad.
For a moment, I fell into a strange entangled contradiction.
Listening to the sound of rain outside, Xiao Yu sat on the porch in a daze. He had to admit that he was passionate, but he was not very good at dealing with these feelings. He felt that people like him were called scumbags!
Xiao Yu was in a daze for a while, and suddenly felt a figure appear beside him.
He raised his eyes and saw Qingxue standing in front of him, but the surrounding light was very dark and he couldn't see the girl's appearance clearly.
"Qingxue, sit down!" Xiao Yu said lightly, his eyes still lingering in the rain and fog outside the corridor.
Qingxue put a snow-white cloak on Xiao Yu's back, sat on one side and watched the rain silently with him.
After a moment, Qingxue turned her face and looked at Xiao Yu.
"Little prince, these days...little prince must be very hard. There are many things distracting you. You are much thinner than before. Qingxue wants to share the worries of the little prince, but she doesn't know how to do it. Qingxue It’s really useless.”
Xiao Yu also looked sideways at Qingxue: "It's nothing, it will be fine after a while... If Qingxue wants to share my worries, just smile at me more..."
Qingxue smiled, but there was no joy in her laughter, and she sounded a little worried.
"If you can't laugh, then don't laugh. It's not good to force a smile."
"Little prince, before meeting the young prince, Qingxue would not laugh, nor would she smile when serving the eldest princess. Sometimes someone would tell a few jokes to make the eldest princess happy, and everyone would laugh. Qingxue Still can't laugh, some people say that Qingxue is a solitary person, self-pitying, aloof and aloof relying on the love of the eldest princess, but Qingxue is not such a person."
"Yeah, I know!"
"After leaving the eldest princess's mansion, Qingxue felt a little disappointed at first, but after meeting the young prince, Qingxue remembered how to laugh and smile at the world. Qingxue likes this feeling and spends it every day. It’s very practical, maybe it’s because of the young prince that there is so much sunshine in Qingxue’s world.”
Xiao Yu shook his head and smiled silently.
"Qingxue knows that she has a low status, so she shouldn't expect too much from the young prince. As long as the young prince doesn't dislike Qingxue, Qingxue will serve the young prince all her life... Little prince, one day, Qingxue will become old and lose her beauty. , will you dislike Qingxue?"
Xiao Yu was disappointed. He seemed to have heard a sentence somewhere, and he didn't know whether to respond to it at this moment.
"Suddenly, I have an old friend's heart. Looking back at the mountains and rivers, it is already autumn. The two places miss each other and are showered with snow. This life can be regarded as the same."
Qingxue looked at Xiao Yu, with tears shining in her eyes.
"The young prince has such thoughts, Qingxue will be content even if he dies... Just now, Qingxue met the girl from Hong Kong. The smell on her body is the same as the smell on the young prince. She also likes the young prince... Qingxue knows , I can't be selfish, I can't dominate the young prince alone..."
Xiao Yu sighed, and he put his arm around Qingxue's thin shoulders. The two of them cuddled against each other in the rainy night, enjoying the rare peace in the world.
