After Feiyun said the words, he felt relaxed. He gritted his teeth and said slowly: "It's true." Luohua suddenly fell into a trance and burst into tears.
Luo Hua stood quietly for a while, then suddenly jumped up, jumped over the side wall, and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Feiyun was stunned and wanted to catch up, but his feet seemed to be in a critical position and he couldn't move. Feiyun looked at the place where the fallen flowers disappeared, feeling lost and sighed involuntarily.
Seeing this, Tianxiang said displeasedly: "If you can't bear to let her go, you can chase her back!"
Feiyun thought to himself, what would happen if he caught her at this time? With Luohua's personality, she would definitely ignore him. We can only wait a few days until her anger subsides.
Feiyun shook his head and said: "The matter is now over, and there is no point in pursuing it. How about we discuss what happens next?"
Liangchen was worried about the rift between Feiyun and Tianxiang, so he hurriedly added: "What the eldest brother said is that the situation has changed now, and we really need to reconsider our plan. Tianxiang did not object.
The three of them came to Feiyun's room and sat down. Liangchen first said: "Our original plan was to ask Luohua for help to find out the news. Now that she has left in anger, we can only rely on our own strength. Brother, what do you think?"
Feiyun finally convinced Luohua just now, but he never expected that the result would be like this. For a moment, he had no other options. Besides, it was his first time coming to Xanadu, and he only knew Luohua. Facing a strange city, Feiyun felt at a loss what to do. After hearing Liangchen's question, Feiyun could only shake his head.
Liangchen then asked Tianxiang if she had any ideas. Tianxiang thought for a moment and said: "I want to know that the only people who know about this matter are some important figures in Khitan. We can ask who have high positions in Khitan and may know about this matter. If there are people in Xanadu Man, we can try to capture him and ask him where the ashes are."
Feiyun heard that Tianxiang wanted to use a tough method and immediately objected, saying: "Sister, what you tell through forced questioning may not be the truth. If he makes it up at will and talks nonsense, we have no way to verify the truth. In this way, there is also The Khitan may have been alerted. They will definitely be on tight alert, and they may take advantage of the scheme and set a trap. We must proceed quietly and not let the Liao Kingdom notice at all."
Tianxiang was a little unhappy after hearing this. She was indifferent to the matter of finding ashes. If it weren't for Feiyun, she wouldn't be interested in participating in this matter. Tianxiang then said: "Since there is no way to look for it, let's just go back and treat it as a wasted trip."
Meimei said: "If we return empty-handed, how can we explain to the prince?" Tianxiang knew that Meimei was a stubborn and straight-forward person, so she said, "Don't worry about this. This matter is not easy to handle. The Zhang family spent so much money. Aren’t we just as unsuccessful with our time and energy? Even if we can’t find it, nothing will happen to the prince.”
But Liangchen said: "Sister, since we are here, we should try our best to do this. What you just said is not wrong. There must not be many people who know about this, and there must be relevant records. We can go to these people's homes secretly, Search slowly. I have inquired and found out that the Khitan King does not live in Xanadu. There are two important ministers in Shangdu who may know this. One is Li Xiezhen, the prince of Shangdu, and the other is Xiao Da, the king of Lanling County. "
Meimei said: "Since they are princes, they must have many guards. But it is difficult for us to have a chance to see them, let alone capture them alive!" Liangchen shook his head and said: "I said, there is no need to capture them alive. We You can go to the Khitan King's palace in Xanadu and these two people to look for clues. I think after lunch, we will split up to inquire and learn about these three places. In the evening, we will split up and go to these places. Check the relevant records. What do you think?"
Feiyun and Tianxiang both felt that Liangchen's words made sense and immediately agreed. After eating, Tianxiang went out first, and Liangchen asked her to find out where Li Xiezhen lived. Feiyun was about to leave the restaurant with Liangchen and Meimei when he saw the shopkeeper bringing someone in.
As soon as the man saw Feiyun, he raised his hands and saluted, "Young Master Lin, I haven't seen you for a long time. Do you remember me?" Feiyun saw that it was Xiao Fu, one of Xiao Da's subordinates that day. Feiyun thought that shopkeeper Xiao knew Luo Hua, and he probably had a deep connection with Xiao Da's family. Therefore, Feiyun was not surprised, and returned the greeting with his hands raised: "It turns out to be Brother Xiao Fu! It's disrespectful to greet him from a distance, disrespectful to him!"
Xiao Fu quickly responded: "Young hero is too polite, I don't dare to take it seriously. I am following the order of my master, please come to see the young hero." Feiyun pretended to be surprised and asked: "What did you say, your master?" Do you also know that I live here?"
Xiao Fu said with a smile: "This restaurant originally belonged to my family, and the shopkeeper is my uncle. As soon as you moved in, my uncle sent someone to report it to the master, so the master sent me to invite you."
Feiyun secretly thought that he would take advantage of this opportunity to have a chat with Xiao Da, and maybe he could gain something from it. At the same time, I took the opportunity to inquire about Luo Hua's situation at this moment. He made up his mind and said to Liangchen: "How about you two go and play by yourself?" Liangchen shook his head and said: "Brother, that's not possible. Sister Luohua also taught us a lesson this morning, we must be by your side. Of course we have to go with you!"
When Xiao Fu heard this, he was a little surprised and asked: "Young Master Lin, has the little... girl been here?" Feiyun said doubtfully: "Yes. She went out to see me, didn't you know?" Xiao Fu said: "Hers We don’t dare to inquire about the matter. Since these two girls want to go, it doesn’t hurt for the young hero to take them with them.”
Feiyun then thought about it, Liangchen was eloquent, and having her by his side could indeed help him, so he nodded in agreement. Xiao Fu was originally worried that Feiyun would refuse, but when he saw Feiyun agreeing so readily, he was naturally overjoyed. Xiao Fu took the three of them to the door of the restaurant.
There was a very luxurious carriage parked at the door, with four strong men standing around the carriage. There was a middle-aged man sitting at the front of the carriage upright. It seemed that Xiao Fu had already prepared. Xiao Fu said to Feiyun: "Young heroes, please get on the carriage. I will ride with you."
Feiyun thanked him, got on the carriage with Liangchen and Meijing, and sat in the carriage. Liangchen asked quietly: "Brother, does this man know Luo Hua? How do you know him?" Feiyun said: "He and Luo Hua live in the same wealthy family. Luo Hua is the maid of his lady, and he is Mr. Xiao's attendant. ." Feiyun then told Liangchen and the others about Xiao Fu chasing Luo Hua.
Not long after, the carriage stopped, and Xiao Fu asked the three of them to get out of the carriage. Feiyun looked up and saw a large-scale mansion. Standing at the gate were burly men with scimitars hanging from their waists. The strange thing was that they were all dressed in military uniforms, like palace guards.
Feiyun looked at the door plaque and saw the five golden characters "Lanling County Prince's Mansion" written on it. Under the sunlight, it looked particularly clear. Feiyun was greatly surprised and asked Xiao Fu: "Brother Xiao, where is this?" Xiao Fu said with a smile: "This is my master's home. What you don't know, young knight, is that my master is the King of Lanling County of Khitan. Last time, because he was In the Southern Dynasties, it is naturally inconvenient to tell the truth."
Feiyun was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that he was really careless and ignorant. This Mr. Xiao has an extraordinary momentum, and he doesn't want to be a businessman in the first place. Luohua's speech and behavior were not like those of a maid from a merchant's family. But because I believed in Luo Hua too much, I didn't even have any doubts.
Xiao Fu then asked Feiyun to follow him in. At this time, Feiyun had no choice but to make peace with it as he came, and immediately followed Xiao Fu to the gate with good time and beautiful scenery. When they arrived at the door, the guards at the door saw that Liangchen and the beautiful scenery were all carrying swords, so they stepped forward, stopped Feiyun, and said: "You three, according to the rules of the palace, please leave the swords you carry with you."
Before Feiyun could answer, Liangchen said first, "I'm sorry, no matter where we go, our swords will never leave our bodies. If you don't agree, we have no choice but not to go in!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Fu said to the guards, "Your Majesty, yes Tell me, they are the guests invited by the prince, let them take them with you!" After Xiao Fu said this, the guard withdrew.
Feiyun and others entered the gate and came to a very spacious courtyard. Xiao Fu led the three of them through the courtyard and came to the living room. Feiyun walked in and saw Xiao Da sitting in the hall, with two tall guards standing behind him. Xiao Fu stepped forward hurriedly, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Tell the prince that Liu Shaoxia is here." Xiao Da nodded and asked him to step back.
After Xiao Fu and others retreated, Feiyun took a few steps forward, bowed his hands and saluted: "Lin Feiyun has met the prince!" Liangchen and Meimei followed Liu Shui and also bowed their hands. A strong man behind Xiao Da shouted: "How dare you, when you meet the prince, why don't you kneel down to pay respects! How can you be so rude!" Liangchen snorted coldly and said: "Sorry, we are ignorant and do not understand these red tapes. I won’t bow down to others.”
Xiao Da waved his hand and asked: "Young Master Lin, is this really the case? When you met the emperor of the Southern Dynasty, did you also salute like this?" Feiyun nodded and responded: "That's right! None of us in the world want to have anything to do with the imperial court. Too much contact. Please bear with me, Your Majesty!"
Xiao Da smiled and said: "In that case, I will dispense with the ceremony of kneeling. You three, please sit down." Feiyun thanked and sat down, but Liangchen and Beautiful View did not sit down, but walked to stand behind Feiyun.
Xiao Da asked strangely: "Young Master Lin, who are these two girls to you?" Feiyun said: "They are both my sisters, the one on the left is called Liangchen, and the one on the right is Beautiful."
Khitan was not very good at talking about etiquette, so Xiao Da had no objection and said: "They like to stand, so let them do it." Feiyun then asked: "I wonder if the prince has invited us here to give you any advice?" ?" Xiao Da said: "I can't talk about advice. But I have a suggestion. Our country is recruiting talents. I hope you will stay in our country in the future. What do you think?"
It turned out that Xiao Da became interested after hearing Luo Hua say that Fei Yun was a rare talent with great martial arts skills and integrity. Later, the Khitan King learned that he also intended to recruit Feiyun to surrender. However, given the special relationship between Feiyun and Wu Zetian and the fact that Feiyun was far away in the Central Plains, Xiao Da naturally thought it was impossible and forgot about it.
But Xiao Da didn't expect that Feiyun would actually run to Xanadu. Xiao Da thought it was God's will, so he said it directly. After hearing this, Feiyun felt funny and even more baffled that he had such unrealistic ideas.
Feiyun immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I am just a reckless person. I have never thought about interacting with the government, let alone entering the government as an official. Your Majesty has good intentions, and I understand it. It's just that I have no talent or virtue, and I will let you down." expectations!"
Xiao Da said: "What you said, young hero, was not true. As far as I know, you have been helping the prince of the Southern Dynasty. You have made great achievements, but the emperor of the Southern Dynasty did not give you any reward. Don't worry, if you If you have any requests, just put them forward and we will try our best to meet them. Glory and wealth are just around the corner. The emperor of the Southern Dynasties was ignorant and unethical, and he was not worthy of allegiance."
Feiyun replied calmly: "Luohua has probably told you all about my relationship with the Southern Emperor. Although I helped the Queen, I was purely entrusted by others. As for whether the Emperor is good or bad, it has nothing to do with me. .”
Xiao Da couldn't help but feel angry when he saw that Feiyun refused without giving him any face, and said, "You know, this is Shangdu. If you don't agree, you may not be able to leave Shangdu!"
Seeing that the other party actually threatened him, Feiyun said coldly: "When I was in Luoyang, a prince also said the same thing as you, but I still refused. Your Highness and the Emperor asked me to join the court as an official, but I didn't agree either. . If Your Majesty wants to use force, I’m afraid the fish will be dead and the net will be broken. Please think again, Your Majesty.”
Xiao Da originally wanted to scare Feiyun, but he didn't expect him to be so brave and unafraid of death. Xiao Da secretly thought that after all, this was his first time persuading him. If he agreed easily, it meant that this person had poor moral character and he didn't bother with him. Xiao Da knew that Feiyun would definitely think twice about such a big deal.
Xiao Da couldn't help but laugh loudly when he thought of this: "I just said it casually, don't take it to heart. Even for Luo Hua's sake, I won't embarrass you. However, if you have time, you should think more about me. suggestions.”
Feiyun saw him mentioning Luo Hua and asked hurriedly: "Luo Hua is in the house now. I want to see her, is it possible?" Xiao Da was surprised: "Didn't she come to see you in the morning? Didn't you guys meet?" Feiyun said: "We met. But something happened and there was a misunderstanding. She got angry and left. So I want to apologize to her in person and explain the matter clearly."
Xiao Da thought for a while, and if he wanted to convince Feiyun to join him, he would have to rely on Luohua, and said: "In that case, I will send someone to inform her. However, I am not sure whether she will come. Her personality , you know it very well." After Xiao Da finished speaking, he immediately asked Xiao Fu to invite her to come. Feiyun thanked Xiao Da and said, "Of course, I won't force her."
Xiao Da then asked: "Young Master Lin, did you come to Xanadu this time on the order of the Queen to inquire about the news?" Feiyun hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, I just said that I am concerned about the affairs of the court. None of them are interested. I came here this time, firstly because I want to see the fallen flowers, and secondly because I have never been here before and want to see the scenery of the North! If the prince doesn’t believe it, you can send someone to follow us!"
