Song of Peach Blossoms: Alluring Princess

Chapter 57

Meishan is in the suburbs, and it takes two sticks of incense in a carriage to go out of the north gate. At the foot of the mountain, take the steps to the mountainside, you can go to Meian to eat flower cakes and drink plum tea. The plum blossoms used for flower cakes are Meishan specialty tea. In the falling snow on the sky, eating and drinking are all elegant things.

There are also plum trees all over the mountain, which are even more beautiful when they are lined with snow in the blooming season.

On weekdays, there is an endless stream of people who come to play, but since this morning, there have been many more guards at the foot of the mountain, and ordinary people are forbidden to enter.

The fourth prince Xiao Quan distributed the invitations long ago, so quite a few people came early in the morning.

The melodious sound of the piano and the melodious singing floated from the depths of the plum grove, and the people sitting around were also fascinated by it, and there was continuous applause at the end.

"Ms. Miaoyin's song really corresponds to that sentence. This song should only exist in the sky. It's rare to hear it in the world!"

The eldest prince Xiao Yan smiled and applauded, "Fourth Brother, I'm bothering you today."

"Brother Dahuang was joking." Xiao Quan poured a glass of wine for Xiao Yan, and said in a low voice: "Brother, there is someone else who organized today's event, and the main reason is to ask Brother to come over and say a few words."

"Who?"

"Mr. Ruyi."

"Fourth brother, it's not that big brother is talking about you. You know that Shen Yu is staring at Ruyifang now, but you still move forward?"

"Brother, please meet Mr. Ruyi first. After meeting, you can reprimand and scold me. I will bear it, okay?" Xiao Quan begged in a low voice. Xiao Yan looked at the others and listened attentively. No one paid attention to Qu.

"First of all, how much benefit did Ruyifang give you?"

Xiao Quan looked around, turned his body sideways and made a gesture. Xiao Yan was startled when he saw it, and then he collected himself and nodded, "Let's go."

The two got up and walked out of Meilin, crossed the mountain road and walked into the opposite forest.

Not long after the two of them entered the forest, a slope appeared in front of them. Below it was a platform protruding from a huge boulder. There were stone tables and benches, and a man in white with elegant eyebrows.

"You are Mr. Ruyi?" Xiao Yan was a little puzzled, the person in front of him was completely different from the rumored fierce person, this person was more like a teacher in a private school.

"It's not like that?" Mr. Ruyi smiled, "The eldest prince is an honored guest, and it's hard to invite him. I entrusted many people and failed to meet the eldest prince, so I had to ask the fourth prince to be the messenger."

"If you want to ask me to intervene in this case of Ruyifang, I'm afraid you have the wrong person. Because Ruyifang is involved in many incidents of embezzling real estate and hurting people's names in the capital, this prince also participated in the case in front of the father. Played Ruyifang."

"The eldest prince is really quick to talk. What I want to talk about today is the case." Mr. Ruyi glanced at Xiao Yan after speaking, "Speaking of which, Ruyifang was also tricked this time. Those two people actually stole from Ruyifang. One thing was gone, we have been secretly tracking down the two of them, but who knew they were dead."

"The stolen item has also disappeared. I said this today in the hope that the eldest prince can help me find this item."

"what?"

"An account book, the secrets of the rivers and lakes, and the unknown things behind many officials in the current dynasty."

"Have they ever gambled in Ruyifang?"

"More than that, Ruyifang operates a gambling shop on the surface, but in fact we do a lot of things, such as assassinating liaison officials in Jianghu to establish a fellow villager's association, helping each other in court, and lending money."

"I will record these things in the account books, which can be regarded as a way out for myself. But now it is gone and there is a life lawsuit. I am being watched closely, so I can only ask for help."

"I believe you two also understand what the consequences will be if this account book is used twice by someone with a heart."

"Is the official involved in it up to Gongqing?" Xiao Yan asked sullenly, Mr. Ruyi nodded, and both of them were surprised.

"Why did you find the prince?"

"The eldest prince is deeply favored by the emperor, and he is an upright person who can't rub the sand in his eyes. I believe that you will not use it to do bad things when you get back the account book. This can be regarded as a good thing that Ruyifang has done."

Xiao Yan saw that Mr. Ruyi did not speak, he was weighing the authenticity of his words, if such an account book existed and was used by others, the entire imperial court would be shocked.

And worse, if one of his brothers got it.Xiao Yan shook his head, not daring to think further.

"I guarantee with my life that everything I said today is true. If the account book is recovered, I will burn it on the spot and close Ruyifang and go away."

"Brother, it has been seven days since the account book was lost. The person who stole the account book is dead. Who knows what will happen next."

As soon as Xiao Quan finished speaking, a scream came from the woods when he came two times, Xiao Quan shrank his neck in fright, something really happened!

"I trust you, my prince, but you can't leave the capital until you find the account book."

"Yes!"

Mr. Ruyi walked up the hillside and looked at the backs of Xiao Yan and the two, paused for a moment, turned around and walked into the forest.

The two of Xiao Yan hurried back to the forest, the scene was already in chaos, the silk cloth wrapped around the plum tree to keep out the wind had been trampled into the mud, and the cups, plates and bowls were scattered all over the floor.

I saw a man lying on the ground, covered in bruises, bleeding from his mouth and nose, he was already dead.The Tianyin girl who was singing with her pipa in her arms was already pale, and she sat on the ground with disheveled hair.

"Fourth brother, arrange everyone else to Mei'an, and then send someone to the Ministry of Punishment to find Shen Yu."

At this moment, Shen Yu was chasing a man in the plum grove. A man in white was wearing a white scarf with only two nostrils exposed. He couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman. He looked thin and short like a half-old child .

Shen Yu came to Meishan with Mr. Ruyi all the way, and saw the plot of the three.When the screams sounded, he rushed to the scene, just in time to see a person standing on the plum tree outside Sibu who was about to escape, so he chased him all the way.

The white-clothed man in front ran desperately in the woods, cutting off the left and right branches to buy himself time, Shen Yu chased after him and was about to grab the other's collar.

Phew, a dart was nailed horizontally towards Shen Yu's neck.He quickly turned his head, and at this moment, another dart pierced through the temple of the man in white, and the blood it brought out stained the man's headgear red. Pfft, the man in white fell to the ground without even struggling to die.

Shen Yu raised his head and looked in the direction the dart came from, except for the shaking of the branches, he didn't see anyone.

When he returned to Mei'an with the body of the man in white, Xiao Yan had already sealed off the scene, and Miao Yin followed him weeping.

"Murderer?" He pointed to the body that Shen Yu had brought back. He wasn't surprised why Shen Yu was also in Meishan, after all, Mr. Ruyi was here.Also, although he saw that he was with Mr. Ruyi, he didn't hear the conversation between the three of them, so he wasn't afraid of Shen Yu's suspicion.

"More than one." After speaking, Shen Yu looked at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan also glanced at Shen Yu calmly, even if there are more than one, what does it have to do with him?
(End of this chapter)