Lanting prelude

Chapter 53 The Orphan
Suddenly, as if a bolt of lightning flashed across his mind, Chu Lisang was stunned by a sudden thought.Xiao Junmo!It turns out that the person who I have been thinking about so hard to look exactly like my aunt is Xiao Junmo!
The Qingming Canal draws from the water in the south of Chang'an City, flows into the city from Anhua Gate, flows through Jiufang, and finally flows into the Imperial City and Miyagi.Under a wooden bridge in the northwest corner of Chongdefang, the water surface of Qingming Canal is covered with a thin layer of ice, reflecting the lights of people on the other side.

At the beginning of the shift, Wang Hongyi stood by the canal with his hands behind his back, staring at the ice in a daze.

A carriage rolled over the snow on the bridge and creaked across the bridge.A moment later, a figure came to the dark place under the bridge, looked at Wang Hongyi's back, and said in a deliberately concealed voice: "The first teacher has Mingzang."

Wang Hongyi came back to his senses: "Anyong Jishiluo."

Even though this signal has been corrected countless times, they still have to follow the rules every time they meet.

"You asked me to come today, why?" Wang Hongyi didn't look back.

"Mr. Xiao, Xiao Junmo has returned to court."

"Oh?" Wang Hongyi's eyes flashed, "As a hero?"

In the last meeting, Xuanquan had already told him the news that Xiao Junmo was pardoned by Li Shimin for his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion in Qizhou.

"Yes." Xuanquan said, "And the saint... and Li Shimin was promoted to his official position."

"What officer?"

"Xuanjiawei Zuo General."

"How is it possible?" Wang Hongyi was a little surprised, and turned around, "Isn't General Zuo from the third rank? Li Shimin actually promoted him five ranks in a row?"

"Yes, the subordinates are also quite puzzled by this. The strength of this extraordinary promotion is unprecedented since the founding of Li Tang."

Wang Hongyi frowned slightly: "In addition to making contributions in suppressing the rebellion, did Xiao Junmo do anything else to please Li Shimin?"

"This...subordinates have not heard of it."

Except for a few insiders, Li Shimin did not disclose the authenticity of "Lanting Preface" to anyone, and Xuanquan naturally had no way of knowing.

"Try to find out."

"Yes."

Wang Hongyi pondered for a while, then changed the subject: "As for King Wei, what's going on recently?"

"Since the case of Li Feng last year, King Wei has lived in seclusion..."

"That's not what I asked." Wang Hongyi interrupted him, "I still need you to tell me about his own situation? What I want to know is, has Li Shimin given up on King Wei?"

"My subordinates believe that it is too early to draw this conclusion."

"Hasn't Li Shimin not summoned him for half a year?"

Xuanquan hesitated for a moment: "Yes."

"Has this ever happened before?"

"No... no."

"Isn't that obvious?" Wang Hongyi sneered, "A prince who can't even see the emperor, a prince who has completely fallen out of favor, what hope is there for him to win the heir?"

"Sir, King Wei just fell out of favor temporarily, which doesn't mean he's out of the game." Xuanquan hurriedly said, "This subordinate believes that he still has a chance to come back."

What Wang Hongyi was thinking: "The Shangyuan Festival is coming soon. It is said that this year Li Shimin will have a banquet at the Wei Palace. If you make good use of it, this is an opportunity. Have you given him a good idea to curry favor with Li Shimin?"

Xuanquan was silent for a while, and said after a while: "I'm sorry sir, this subordinate is about to report this matter to you."

"Report what?"

"According to the latest information obtained by my subordinates, this year's Lantern Festival, Li Shimin did not intend to go to Wei Wangfu, but to hold a banquet in the palace."

Wang Hongyi was startled, and then laughed: "Wei Wang has already fallen to this level, you still say he has a chance?"

"This is just Li Shimin's beating method. As long as Wei Wang handles it properly, it will not affect the overall situation."

"Then tell me, what else can King Wei do to turn things around?"

"The method is eight words."

"Which eight characters?"

"Advance with retreat, brake with stillness."

"What if Donggong also uses this trick?" Wang Hongyi snorted coldly, "Everyone is so exhausted, isn't Donggong the one who wins in the end?"

"If Li Chengqian is so smart, then his subordinates have nothing to say."

"Even if Li Chengqian is not smart enough, isn't there a wily Wei Zheng beside him?"

"Yes, it's a pity that Li Chengqian won't listen to Wei Zheng at all."

“How come you see?”

"Just the day before yesterday, Wei Zheng went to the East Palace due to illness, but had a fierce quarrel with the crown prince, fainted on the spot, and almost lost his old life."

"Is there such a thing?" Wang Hongyi was a little surprised, he chuckled, "It seems that our prince of the Tang Dynasty is really a dou who cannot be supported!"

"Because of this, the subordinates said that King Wei has a chance."

"According to what you mean, King Wei just needs to keep a low profile, be a man with his tail between his legs, and wait for Donggong to make his own mistakes?"

"Yes, so to speak."

Wang Hongyi pondered for a while, then turned around again, looked at the dots of light on the ice, and said to himself, "If that's the case, then give King Wei some more time."

Xuanquan took a step forward: "Sir, please forgive me for having the audacity to ask, are you...are you planning to give up King Wei?"

Wang Hongyi smiled silently: "To tell you the truth, I have this intention."

"However, if you give up King Wei, who else can you choose? Could it be the King Wu who was born out of a concubine?"

"I can't rule out this possibility." Wang Hongyi thought thoughtfully, "However, maybe I have other choices."

"Other choices?" Xuanquan was quite puzzled, "Although Li Shimin has quite a few sons, apart from these few, the only remaining son is the cowardly and incompetent King Jin, and the other sons are even more insignificant. What choice?"

Wang Hongyi laughed: "Who told you that I can only choose among Li Shimin's sons?"

Xuanquan was stunned for a moment, and became more and more confused: "What do you mean, sir, my subordinates really don't understand."

"You will understand." Wang Hongyi stared at the ice surface, but his eyes seemed to fall far away, "I will solve that mystery in a short time, and then you will understand."

Xuanquan is like falling clouds.

He frowned and thought sharply, and suddenly realized something, and blurted out: "Sir, are you referring to..."

"Okay." Wang Hongyi interrupted him, "When it is necessary to let you know, I will naturally tell you. That's all for today, you can go."

"Yes." Xuanquan had no choice but to bow, "This subordinate will leave."

It was not until Xuanquan left for a stick of incense that Wang Hongyi slowly walked onto the bridge.Wei Laoliu and several attendants led the horses and came over.Wang Hongyi got on his horse.Suddenly, he felt something, turned his head suddenly, and scanned the street behind him and the roofs of the houses on both sides.

"What's the matter, sir?" Wei Laoliu was startled, and followed his gaze to look around.

It was dark all around.

On such a cold night, most people have already turned off their lights and gone to bed.

Wang Hongyi's eyes patrolled the darkness for a while, then shook his head, patted his horse and galloped towards the east street.

In the deep night, a lean black shadow flew across the roof ridge of the street.

Soi Ying's lightness skill is really amazing, I saw him up and down on the high and low roofs, and he kept a close distance from Wang Hongyi and his party who were galloping in front...

Seven sandalwood tablets were lined up on the long table, with the words: Biancai, Hua Linger, Mi Mancang, Cai Jiande, Meng Huairang, Meng Erlang, and Meng Sanlang written on them.

With a solemn expression, Xiao Junmo burned incense on the seven memorial tablets one by one, and then stood silently for a long time, his eyes became moist without realizing it.

He Chongjiu walked in quietly, and said softly, "Erlang, Mr. Xi is here."

Xiao Junmo secretly wiped the corners of his eyes: "Understood, please invite him to the study, and I will come."

He Chongjiu looked at his back, sighed lightly, turned and walked out.

After Xiao Junmo calmed down, he quickly came to the study.As soon as he entered the door, he saw joy written on Xi Yan's face, obviously following Wang Hongyi had a result.

"Any eyebrows?"

Thinking of seeing Chu Lisang soon, Xiao Junmo became anxious.

Xi Yan nodded heavily: "This subordinate has been with Xuanquan for two days, and he finally meets Wang Hongyi tonight."

"Where does Wang Hongyi live?"

"In Qingmei Lane in the northeast corner of Chongdefang." Xi Yan was very excited after completing this important task, "If the leader wants to go, my subordinates will take you there now."

"Let's go!" Xiao Junmo didn't think twice.

When Wang Hongyi returned to his new house in Chongdefang, he accidentally saw that the light in Su Jinse's room was still on. After thinking for a while, he walked over and knocked on the door: "Jinse, are you still asleep?"

After a while, the door opened, Su Jinse's eyes were reddish, and she lowered her head: "Father, you... are you back?"

"Why are you still up so late?" Wang Hongyi looked at her with concern.

"Oh, no...it's nothing, I became a female celebrity on a whim, and I'm going to sleep now."

Wang Hongyi sighed in his heart.He knew that ever since Chu Lisang came, the adopted daughter had a grudge in her heart, and he also neglected her intentionally or unintentionally, no wonder she was sad.

"Jinse, our father and I have not talked for some days." Wang Hongyi said softly, "If you are not sleepy yet, then will father chat with you?"

Jinse was a little pleasantly surprised: "Father, please come in."

At the same time that Wang Hongyi entered Su Jinse's room, Chu Lisang was walking from the backyard holding a brocade dress in his hand.

This dress was sent by Su Jinse when Chu Lisang was away during the day, but the green sleeves couldn't resist, so he had to keep it.When Chu Lisang came back and took a look, he found that the brocade clothes were made of high-quality materials and exquisite workmanship. Obviously, they were expensive, so he wanted to ask Lu Xiu to bring them back to her.Afterwards, after thinking about it, she had good intentions after all, and it would be more appropriate to send it back by herself, and say a few polite words, so as not to quarrel with her again when the green sleeve meets her, and it seems that I don't understand etiquette.

Wang Hongyi and Su Jinse entered the room and sat down, then smiled and said: "Jinse, what happened to Xu Wanniang last year caused you to suffer a lot and suffer a lot. It seems that Dad...hasn't apologized to you yet?"

Su Jinse was quite surprised, and hurriedly said: "Father, look at what you said! Your daughter was raised by you alone. It is only natural to help you do something, but what is it to suffer? Don't say such things, it makes you How can my daughter bear it?"

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about it." Wang Hongyi chuckled, "But about Xu Wanniang's matter, after all, Dad will tell you the truth."

At this time, Chu Lisang happened to walk to the door of the room, and when he heard the word "Xu Wanniang", he couldn't help being startled, and quietly put his ear to the door.

"Father, if your daughter shouldn't know about this, you don't need to say it..."

Wang Hongyi stopped her with a wave of his hand: "Father has kept anything from you for so many years? Besides, you are not only my daughter, but also one of the few confidantes of my father in Mingzang Ruo. You should know more about it.”

Hearing this, Su Jinse felt a warm feeling in her heart, and the grievances of the past few months disappeared in an instant, and her eyes turned red immediately: "Father, I can hear you say that, even if my daughter loses her life for you, it is worth it!"

Chu Lisang was listening outside, and couldn't help being moved.It seems that Wang Hongyi has a deep relationship with this adopted daughter, no wonder Su Jinse has such strong hostility towards him.

"Jinse, you are not allowed to say such things." Wang Hongyi said angrily, "Your life is your own, you have to live well for yourself, so that your father has raised you for so many years."

"Yes... what dad said is true." Su Jinse couldn't stop the tears from streaming down, and at the same time burst into a smile, "You should talk about Xu Wanniang, in fact, my daughter has always been very curious about her."

"Look, is this what you really mean?" Wang Hongyi teased her.

Su Jinse smiled narrowly: "It's the first time in many years that you suddenly want to find a singer, which makes people wonder whether this person is your confidante when you were young?"

Wang Hongyi laughed, but the smile quickly faded from his face: "You guessed wrong, this singer named Xu Wanniang is not my father's confidante, but someone else's."

Seeing his serious expression, Su Jinse stopped interjecting and waited quietly.

Wang Hongyi was silent for a moment, and then said: "This person is the Prince Yin back then."

Chu Lisang outside was startled.She never expected that this "aunt" of Doris would have such a big background.But since she is Prince Yin's lover, why did she commit herself to a gravedigger later?
Su Jinse in the room was also surprised: "The hidden prince?"

Wang Hongyi nodded: "Back then, Crown Prince Yin and this Xu Wanniang had a good relationship, and the two were close friends. However, due to Xu Wanniang's identity, it was impossible for Crown Prince Yin to marry her back to the East Palace, let alone let the world know. As far as I know, the two of them It has been in secret for two or three years. Although I knew about it at the time, I didn't think much about it. I was neither interested nor understood much about this Xu Wanniang. idea……"

"what idea?"

"I always wonder, this Xu Wanniang has been with Prince Yin for so long, will she... leave him a flesh and blood?"

Su Jinse suddenly realized, and only then did she understand Wang Hongyi's purpose for asking her to find Xu Wanniang—it turned out that he wanted to find the illegitimate son of the hidden prince Li Jiancheng who was unknown to the world!However, even if Xu Wanniang did give birth to Prince Yin's flesh and blood back then, even if he can still find this illegitimate son now, what can he do?

At the same time, Chu Lisang outside was also lost in thought.

She heard her adoptive father Biancai talk about the change of Xuanwu Gate, and she knew a little about this incident. Last year, she heard Biancai told about the history of Tianxing League in Yuezhou, and she also knew that Wang Hongyi had assisted Prince Yin in the last years of Wude.Now, hearing Wang Hongyi say that he wanted to find Prince Yin's orphan, Chu Lisang couldn't help being curious about his motives.

In the room, Wang Hongyi fell into the memory of the past, feeling dejected.

"Father..." Su Jinse said cautiously, "There is a saying, I don't know if I should ask it or not?"

Wang Hongyi smiled desolately: "You want to ask, what do I want to do to find Prince Yin's orphan, right?"

Su Jinse nodded.

Wang Hongyi was silent for a while, and then slowly said: "I think back then, I had a close relationship with Prince Yin, we were like-minded, and we wanted to create a great cause together. Unfortunately, everything was ruined by that ruthless Li Shimin later on. My son was brutally slaughtered! But I am powerless to undo all this, and I have been deeply regretting it for many years..."

Su Jinse finally realized something, and said in amazement: "Father, in addition to assisting King Wei, do you...do you also intend to avenge Prince Yin when you come to Chang'an this time?"

"Yes, there is no need to deny this point!" Wang Hongyi's eyes showed a gleam of hatred.

Su Jinse frowned: "Then, if you find Prince Yin's orphan, what are you going to do?"

"That depends on whether it is a daughter or a son."

"What about the daughter? What about the son?"

"If it's a daughter, I'll adopt her as a righteous daughter, and then I'll make the decision to marry her to the future emperor and make her the queen of the world." Wang Hongyi paused, "If it's a son..."

"If it's your son," Su Jinse took his words, "Are you planning to embrace him as the successor and let him regain the imperial power that originally belonged to Prince Yin?"

Wang Hongyi smiled lightly: "This possibility is not ruled out."

When Chu Lisang heard it outside, he couldn't help but gasped.She always thought that Wang Hongyi's purpose of causing chaos in the world was just to take advantage of the chaos to realize his power ambitions, but she never thought that he had such a deeper plot!I am afraid that even Biancai and Xiao Junmo would never have thought of this point!
Su Jinse was thinking about something, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes: "Father, if you do this, where will you leave King Wei?"

"King Wei?" Wang Hongyi sneered, "He is just a chess piece, use it if it is valuable, and discard it if it is worthless, why bother?"

Su Jinse became more and more sad when she heard the words, and she was speechless.

Wang Hongyi looked at her: "Jinse, father told you a long time ago that you should only play tricks on the occasion with Wei Wang, and you must not touch the truth, but you..."

"Father, don't worry." Su Jinse forced a smile, "My daughter just regarded him as a friend, and she didn't really feel her. It's just that she was a little... a little surprised when she first heard that she was going to give up on him."

"Father didn't say to give up on him right now. If he strives for himself and doesn't affect Dad's overall plan, Dad will still assist him." Wang Hongyi said, standing up, "Okay, it's getting late, you should go to bed early .”

Chu Lisang outside heard the sound, turned around in a hurry, trying to find a place to hide, but there was only a long corridor in front of Su Jinse's room, and under the corridor was a small garden with no shelter and no barriers, there was no place to hide at all.In desperation, Chu Lisang had no choice but to jump up to the eaves of the corridor, and lay down on a narrow beam.

When Wang Hongyi opened the door and came out, he suddenly inhaled his nostrils, as if he smelled something.

Chu Lisang's heart immediately rose to his throat.

Wang Hongyi looked around vigilantly.Su Jinse came out and asked in surprise, "Father, what's the matter?"

"Oh, it's nothing, you go to sleep." Wang Hongyi didn't notice anything, waved his hand, and walked away along the corridor.

Su Jinse stood at the door of the room, watching Wang Hongyi's back disappear into the corner of the corridor.

Chu Lisang was secretly rejoicing, but when he didn't pay attention, the brocade robe in his hand slipped off.

It was too late to say it, but Chu Lisang quickly reached out to grab it, and finally grabbed a sleeve of Jinyi.At this time, the other sleeve of Jinyi was only three inches away from the top of Su Jinse's head.

Su Jinse looked left and right again, then entered the room, turned around and closed the door.

Just before she turned around and closed the door, the brocade clothes were put away.

Chu Lisang let out a long breath of relief, fine beads of sweat had already formed on his forehead and the tip of his nose.

Two black shadows climbed over the wall one after the other, and jumped into a courtyard without making a sound.

This is a three-entry mansion in Qingmei Lane, Chongdefang. There are dozens of houses, large and small.Most of the rooms are dark at the moment, and it seems that everyone in the house has turned off the lights and gone to sleep.

"Is it here?" Xiao Junmo in front crouched on the ground, observing his surroundings keenly.

"No mistake!" Xi Yan whispered from behind, "This subordinate saw Wang Hongyi enter this house with his own eyes."

Xiao Junmo looked at a few dim yellow lanterns on the corridor not far away, said nothing, bent his body and jumped into the diagonal stab, and touched into the backyard of the house.Xi Yan followed closely behind.

The backyard is quite large, with small bridges, flowing water, and rockery pavilions. If it is daytime, the scenery must be quite elegant.Since there are more than a dozen stone lanterns lit with candles in the whole yard, it feels much brighter than the front yard.Xiao Junmo and Xi Yan leaned down and circled around the rockery, basically seeing the entire backyard clearly.

There are a total of seven or eight rooms in the yard, of different sizes, but all of them are dark.The two quickly searched the house and found that the wing rooms on the east and west sides were all locked, only the main room on the north was unlocked, which was obviously bolted from the inside.

"Leader," Xi Yan said in a low voice, "Will Miss Chu live here?"

Xiao Junmo didn't answer, but his heart was pounding.

He took out a special iron wire from his sleeve, inserted it into the window slit, and with a light hook, he opened the latch inside, then carefully opened the window, and jumped in silently.Xi Yan also jumped in through the window.

Xiao Junmo signaled Xi Yan to open the window a little, so that the weak light from outside could come in, and then the two stood by the window for a while before they could see the layout and furnishings of the main room clearly.

The main room is divided into three interconnected rooms, the middle room is the main room, the small room on the right is the servant's room, and the largest room on the left is obviously the master's bedroom.

Although it was obvious at a glance that this was a woman's boudoir, the three rooms were empty - Chu Lisang was not here.

Xiao Junmo's heart suddenly sank.

Sonny, where the hell are you? !

Chu Lisang quietly went back to the boudoir in the backyard, and saw Lu Xiu and her clothes lying on the couch, obviously waiting for her to fall asleep, so she conveniently covered her body with the brocade clothes.

Lu Xiu woke up startled, and when she saw the brocade clothes, she immediately sat up and frowned: "Lady, why did you take it back?"

"People have good intentions, but it's hard to turn down the hospitality, and I don't want to be too condescending." Chu Lisang said casually.

"Is she out of kindness?" Lvxiu snorted coldly, "I think she is a weasel giving a New Year greeting to a chicken!"

Chu Lisang didn't answer, but was thinking about Xu Wanniang's matter in a daze.

It seems that because Xu Wanniang was the former lover of Prince Yin, once Li Shimin and the court found out, his life would be in danger, so Dai Lisi and the "sir" in her mouth took great pains to protect Xu Wanniang.But, did Xu Wanniang really give birth to Prince Yin's child?If it is true, where is this orphan now?One of the purposes of Dai Lisi and the others to protect Xu Wanniang must also be to guard this secret and protect this orphan.Now Wang Hongyi is all about plotting against the descendants of Prince Yin, do Doris and the others know?

Thinking about it, Chu Lisang suddenly had a strong urge to go to Zhilan Tower to find Dai Lisi immediately, ask these things clearly first, and then tell her Wang Hongyi's plan, so that they should be careful.

Coincidentally, the Chongdefang where Chu Lisang lives now is just to the north of Huaizhenfang. There is only one street between the two squares, so it is easy to get there.

As soon as the thought came, Chu Lisang could no longer contain it.

After chatting a few more gossips with Lu Xiu, Lu Xiu yawned and went back to her bedroom to sleep.Chu Lisang didn't delay anymore, immediately changed into night clothes, jumped out from the back window, climbed over the wall, and ran quickly towards Huaizhen Square in the south.

Chu Lisang didn't know that as soon as she jumped out of the back window, a black shadow that had been dormant in the dark for a long time followed her closely.

Xiao Junmo and Xi Yan spent another hour to touch all the dozens of rooms in this three-entry mansion, and found that except for a room in the front yard that was lit and six or seven big men were playing in it, there were no other rooms. The room was empty.

This is basically an empty house, and the guys who play with Azalea are just here to take care of the house.

"Leader," Xi Yan was puzzled, "I clearly saw Wang Hongyi coming in, but why..."

"Obviously, this is Wang Hongyi's blindfold." Xiao Junmo said, "He is afraid of being followed, so he uses this house as a cover."

"You mean to say that Wang Hongyi doesn't live here at all?"

"Yes."

"Then how does he do it? He comes back here every day to cover up people's eyes and ears, and then sneaks out later, sneaking back to where he really lives?"

"What if the follower has been watching outside the door?" Xiao Junmo asked with a smile, "Wang Hongyi would never be so clumsy."

Xi Yan was taken aback: "Then how did he use his tricks?"

Xiao Junmo pondered for a while, and said: "If I'm not wrong, there must be a tunnel under this house."

Xi Yan was startled: "Authentic?!"

"Yes, the tunnel is likely to lead to another house, and this house is only used as an entrance. Another advantage of opening up the two houses is that if any one of them is discovered, Wang Hongyi can pass through the tunnel. Escape calmly from another house."

Xi Yan suddenly said: "This old boy is really cunning!"

Xiao Junmo smiled coldly: "Wang Hongyi has been making a living by licking blood with knives all his life. If not, how could he live to this day?"

"Then let's look for the authentic way now?" Xi Yan was swayed by Wang Hongyi, feeling annoyed.

"How do you plan to find such a big house?" Xiao Junmo looked around, as if asking him, but also asking himself.

Xi Yan scratched his head: "I can only search one by one slowly."

"If you look for it like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it for three days and three nights."

"what is it now?"

Xiao Junmo was silent, then looked up at a certain place, and suddenly said: "Come with me."

After a while, Xiao Junmo and Xi Yan touched the roof of the main hall.This is the commanding height of the whole house. If you look around, you can not only have a panoramic view of this three-entry mansion facing south, but also see the situation of the neighbors.

Xi Yan followed Xiao Junmo to look around, but he didn't see anything famous, so he asked: "Leader, what can you see when you look at it this way?"

"If you were Wang Hongyi, when you were digging the tunnel, would you try to avoid passing under other people's houses?" Xiao Junmo asked without answering.

"Of course." Xi Yan said without hesitation, "If you pass under someone else's house, you can easily find it when you dig."

"So..." Xiao Junmo pointed to the left and right sides of the mansion, "The east and west sides are adjacent to other people's houses, so the possibility of digging tunnels is very small, right?"

"Correct."

"Then look to the south. Outside the gate is Qingmei Lane, and opposite is a whole row of deep houses. If you dig to the south, will you encounter the same problem?"

"Yes."

"So, for this tunnel, Wang Hongyi will definitely dig to the north!"

Following Xiao Junmo's gaze, Xi Yan found that there was no house behind the mansion, but a small hill with a forest covered with pines and cypresses.

Xi Yan was convinced: "That's right, it is definitely the safest to dig the tunnel from the bottom of the mountain."

"Not only is it safe..." Xiao Junmo stared at the hill, "When the tunnel passes down the mountain, you can also dig a few more forks. First, it is easier to escape when you are hunted down, and second, it confuses the pursuers. The terrain here is unique. Look Come on, Wang Hongyi must have gone through some careful research before he bought this house."

"Leader, let's go to the backyard to the north and look for it?" Xi Yan rubbed his fists, "The tunnel entrance must be there."

Xiao Junmo was noncommittal, thoughtful, and said after a while: "There is no need to look for it."

"Why?" Xi Yan was puzzled.

"Even if we find the tunnel, we can't go down, because Wang Hongyi will definitely mark the entrance of the tunnel, as long as someone else moves, he will notice." Xiao Junmo frowned slightly, "Also, I guess there will be hidden weapons all over the tunnel. , It’s too dangerous to go down rashly.”

"Then what should we do?" Xi Yan was very anxious.

Xiao Junmo thought for a while: "If you don't find a tunnel, you may not be able to discover Wang Hongyi's hiding place."

"What else can the lord do?"

"North of the back mountain is Bird Clothes Lane..." Xiao Junmo squinted his eyes and looked at the hill in the distance, "there are fewer mansions there than Qingmei Lane, and there are only three or five houses near here. We would rather explore one by one and eliminate them one by one. , is better than taking the risk of going down the tunnel."

Chu Lisang hurried all the way, and after two quarters of an hour, he arrived at Zhilan Tower in the southeast corner of Huaizhen Square.

The small building stood quietly in the darkness, only a room on the west side of the second floor was lit.Chu Lisang knew that it was Xu Wanniang's room.Doris said that my aunt was afraid of the dark, and she dared not turn off the lights when she went to bed at night.

Dai Lisi's room is next to Xu Wanniang's.Chu Lisang deftly climbed over the courtyard wall and touched under the window of Doris' room.As soon as she jumped up, she grabbed the window sill with both hands, and a big hand suddenly grabbed her ankle from below.

Chu Lisang was startled, and immediately flipped back and broke free from the hand, but before landing, a strong wind hit the front door again.Chu Lisang had to turn back several times in succession to avoid the attack and stabilize his figure.

She took a closer look, and found that the person who attacked her was the uncle of the nurse.

"Uncle Fang, it's me, Yu Sang'er." Chu Lisang said hurriedly.

"You, Yu Sang'er, were the one who beat you!" Fang Bo said coldly, "Break the wall in the middle of the night, what do you want to do?"

"I'm here to find Doris, don't get me wrong."

"Since you are looking for someone, why don't you come during the day, but you have to be so sneaky in the middle of the night?!"

Chu Lisang was a little speechless: "I...I can't leave during the day."

"You don't even find excuses for lying. I think you have bad intentions and ulterior motives!" Uncle Fang couldn't help but rushed forward again with his fists raised.

Chu Lisang had no choice but to accept the move.

Just when the two were fighting together, Doris, who was woken up, ran down the stairs in a hurry and stood in front of Chu Lisang: "Uncle Fang, don't fight, she is my friend, not a bad person. "

Fang Bo had no choice but to hold back his fists, and said with a sneer, "Your friend always haunts the night, I doubt whether she is a human or a ghost!"

"If she's a ghost, I'll beg her to take you away!" Gui Zhi ran over cursingly, staring at Uncle Fang with her hips on her hips, "You old man, aren't you tired of being suspicious all day long? Miss Yu likes to go out in the middle of the night. , is it bothering you?"

Fang Bo could never straighten his back in front of his wife.He was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, but he didn't dare to reply, so he stomped his feet and went back to his room.

Dai Lisi thanked Gui Zhi, and took Chu Lisang's hand to the second floor.

"How did you come?"

Doris poured her a glass of water and said in surprise.

"Missing you and Auntie, why don't you come here?" Chu Lisang smiled.

"You, too, really like going out in the middle of the night?" Doris' tone was soft, but there was already a trace of suspicion in her eyes.

Chu Lisang sighed inwardly.If I don't tell the truth, the following topic can't be expanded at all.After thinking about it, she finally confided all the truth to Doris: from her real name, family background, and experience, to being arrested and entered the palace with her adoptive father, then to being rescued by Xiao Junmo, she fled all the way, and was finally captured by her biological father Wang Hongyi. Captive back to Chang'an, etc., everything is said in detail.

Doris was dumbfounded.

What surprised her the most was that her enemy Wang Hongyi turned out to be her biological father!

After staying for a while, Dai Lisi said: "If I had a chance to kill Wang Hongyi that day, would you save him?"

This question was clearly beyond Chu Lisang's mind, so he couldn't answer it.

"I don't know." Chu Lisang could only tell the truth.

Doris was silent for a while, and said: "Thank you for telling me the truth. In all fairness, if I were you, I might not know what to do."

Chu Lisang was a little moved: "Thank you Doris, thank you for your understanding."

"I always thought that my life experience and experience were already bizarre." Doris smiled wryly, "Unexpectedly, yours is even more unbelievable."

The two looked at each other and smiled, feeling a sense of sympathy for each other.

"By the way, you must have something to do when you come over tonight?" Doris asked.

Chu Lisang nodded, told what he had overheard, and then asked: "Auntie and Prince Yin, in the end... did they give birth to flesh and blood?"

Doris shook her head: "Mr. never told me these things."

Chu Lisang was a little surprised: "What about my aunt? Didn't my aunt tell you?"

Doris smiled wryly: "I told you, my aunt has long forgotten the past."

Chu Lisang laughed dumbly, and said after a while: "Wang Hongyi is cruel, he can do what he says, you must tell that gentleman, and be careful. If Prince Yin really has an orphan alive, he must protect him. Don't fall into Wang Hongyi's hands."

Doris nodded gratefully: "Thank you Sonny, thank you for telling me this."

"Okay, okay, there's no need to be so polite between the two of us." Chu Lisang said boldly, "Anyway, we've counted our fateful friendship, haven't we?"

Doris smiled: "Yes, we are friends of life and death!"

"Is it Sang'er?" Following the voice, Xu Wanniang walked in.

"I'm sorry, Auntie, for waking you up." Chu Lisang felt relieved when she heard her call her name, because she was worried that Auntie would forget about herself again like last time.

"My aunt is getting old, and I can't sleep well at night. I can't blame you." Xu Wanniang took her hand and sat down on the couch, "Good boy, you didn't break your promise. You said you wanted to see your aunt, but you came so soon .”

"Yes, Auntie, Sonny is my good sister." Doris also came over and sat down. "She likes talking to you the most, just like me. How could she break her promise?"

"You are all good boys." Xu Wanniang looked very happy, smiling so much that her eyes were crooked.

Then, Xu Wanniang started a family routine with the two of them.

Chu Lisang listened quietly, and saw that Xu Wanniang's expression was still so gentle and kind, but her eyes were still so dazed and empty.

Especially her eyebrows and eyes always made Chu Lisang feel so familiar.

Isn't this like the old saying, a person who looks kind will always make people feel familiar?

Chu Lisang thought so, but quickly denied this idea.Because she clearly felt that Auntie's eyebrows and eyes did resemble someone she knew...

Suddenly, as if a bolt of lightning flashed across his mind, Chu Lisang was stunned by a sudden thought.

Xiao Junmo!
It turns out that the person who I have been thinking about so hard to look exactly like my aunt is Xiao Junmo!
This was the most impossible answer, so she had been searching her memory for other people she knew, but she would never think of Xiao Junmo anyway.

Since Xiao Junmo is so similar to Xu Wanniang, could he be the flesh and blood that Xu Wanniang gave birth to Prince Yin?Could it be the orphan of Prince Yin that Wang Hongyi wanted to find by all means? !

Just when Chu Lisang's heart was overwhelmed, no one knew that outside the open window, on a roof six or seven feet away, there was a black shadow crawling behind the roof from beginning to end, dying with wolf-like eyes. Stare at them.

This person is Wei Laoliu.

(End of this chapter)