Jiangshan is hired [rebirth]

At that time, Huo Lan was listening to Yun Miaoqing's lecture in Yun Miaoqing's room. Uncle Wang, who was in charge of guarding the door, knocked on the door and came in. He said that there were two guests who claimed to be from the capital asking to see Miss, Young Master Wen and Mr. Huo Lan.

"They said they want to see Huo Lan?" Yun Miaoqing took the invitation from Uncle Wang, her brows slightly frowned.

Huo Lan's heart skipped a beat, and she turned her head to look out the window, only to realize why she didn't show up in the town this time, and the co-author planned to go directly to Yun Miaoqing!

I am so stupid!She has been so close to Yun Miaoqing in her life, no one knows who she asked around in Songluan County.Since she wants to use her, there is no reason to let the Yun family's great help go.

"Miaoqing, I..."

After Uncle Wang went out, Huo Lan grabbed Yun Miaoqing's sleeve, wanting to say sorry but felt that a word of apology was not enough to drag the whole family into trouble.

She herself was used when she was used by others, as long as she could get some F for Yun Miaoqing, that would be fine.But now the benefits have not yet been reaped, and Yun Miaoqing was put in danger first, Huo Lan dare not beg Yun Miaoqing to forgive her now, only pray that he will not become Yun Miaoqing's reminder, and never let Yun Miaoqing die Can't die again!

Praying... For more than two years, Huo Lan thought that he had held his destiny in his own hands through day and night hard work, but in the end it still depends on God's face...

The great irony was like an iron claw strangling Huo Lan's throat. She looked at Yun Miaoqing and choked up, not knowing what to do.

"I'll talk about it later." Yun Miaoqing patted the back of her hand, her expression seemed calm.But the more this happened, the more flustered Huo Lan was, feeling ashamed of Yun Miaoqing.

Yun Miaoqing stopped talking, changed her clothes and went downstairs with Huo Lan F.Downstairs, Wen Taicang has been invited by Uncle Wang to wait here.

The three walked around the wall at the back of the lobby.In the hall, two guests took the incense on the altar, bowed three times in front of Yun Zhimiao's altar, and then inserted the burning incense into the incense burner in front of the altar.

While they were doing this, Yun Miaoqing and Wen Taicang held their hands together and bowed to return the gift for their father, after the two had finished offering incense, Yun Miaoqing stepped forward to give a blessing.

"Uncle Du."

Behind Yun Miaoqing, Wen Taicang and Huo Lan also bowed their hands together to salute.

Du Shouming gave Yun Miaoqing a hand, looked at Yun Zhimiao's spiritual seat and sighed: "I think your father and I were the new scholars in the same year, and your father was the youngest of our group. , I didn’t expect that after more than 30 years, he would walk ahead of us old men.”

When Du Shouming was an official in the imperial court, Yun Zhimiao had the same Shang Shu Ling and Zhong Shu Ling, and they were both prime ministers. They were often summoned by the emperor and discussed many important military and state affairs together. It was inevitable that there would be disagreements. But it's not too harmonious.

But at this moment, Du Shouming's exclamation was extremely sincere, and there were even tears in his eyes. Maybe he saw his middle-aged son who died suddenly through Yun Zhimiao's spiritual seat.

Yun Miaoqing listened silently to Du Shouming, and asked him to sit down with another F guest.

Xiao He brought a tray to serve tea to the two guests, Du Shouming took a small sip from the teacup, and put it on the table after Xiao He retreated, and said to Yun Miaoqing: "The brother next to me must be Niece Yun and Wen Xian. It’s the first time I’ve met my nephew, but your father knew him. His name is Xu Yan, and he is now a county captain in Feng’an County, Yuanzhou.”

Xu Yan, who was named, bowed slightly to Yun Miaoqing and Wen Taicang, and Yun Miaoqing and Wen Taicang also returned the half-respect.

Du Shouming paused at this point, only drinking tea without speaking.

Yun Miaoqing said: "Uncle Du came all the way from the capital to this small rural place, probably just to offer this incense stick to my father and introduce a county captain to us, right?"

Du Shouming smiled: "Since niece Yun is so direct, then I won't waste time going around in circles. The two of you must be wondering why your father knew F, a small county lieutenant. It depends on what Prince Pingzhang said. Lieutenant Xu, speak for yourself."

Hearing the words "Prince Pingzhang", Yun Miaoqing's heart sank.

Although she still didn't know exactly why Du Shouming came here, but a former prime minister called him to meet a country boy by name, there must be something strange about it.As for the other thing, once it is related to the abolished prince, things will become very difficult.

I only heard the county lieutenant named Xu Yan say: "Before I became the county lieutenant of Feng'an County, I worked in Zhaorong Palace."

Zhaorong Palace is the residence of the successive princes of this dynasty, and Prince Pingzhang has also lived here for more than ten years. Since this Xu Xianwei is a person close to Prince Pingzhang, it is no wonder that Yun Zhimiao and Wen Zhengliang know each other he.

Prince Pingzhang was abolished back then because he practiced witchcraft in the palace, and at that time Xu Yan happened to be sent to another place, not in Zhaorong Palace.When he came back, the prince had already died in prison, and all the hundreds of court ladies and eunuchs in Zhaorong Palace were executed, and none of the prince concubine, side concubine, children, etc., survived. Officials like Yan who were not directly involved in this matter were relegated from Beijing, and there was no hope of returning to Beijing to serve in this life.

"...Before Prince Pingzhang's accident, he ordered me to deal with a private matter, and this private matter was related to Mr. Huo Lan next to Miss Yun."

Prince Pingzhang's accident occurred in the 13th year of Taihe, that is, 18 years ago, and Huo Lan is just about to be full this year... Yun Miaoqing suddenly turned to look at Huo Lan, but saw that Huo Lan lowered his head and did not dare to look at her .

Facing the two of them, Xu Yan's story continued: "In the autumn of the 12th year of Taihe, Prince Pingzhang was ordered by the emperor to inspect Suzhou. Ge Zhen, the governor of Suzhou at that time, received him and arranged several women to serve him. A month later, Prince Pingzhang returned to Beijing, and after that, more than half a year later, he learned that one of the women serving him in Suzhou was pregnant and was about to give birth."

Needless to say, this person is Huo Lan's mother.The governor of Suzhou at that time was also daring. After realizing that some of the women were pregnant, he didn't report to Prince Pingzhang immediately. Instead, he secretly hid the person, hoping to get a hush money from Prince Pingzhang.

Prince Pingzhang's concubine was the daughter of Ning Pengfei, who was the great general protecting the country at the time. Prince Pingzhang often had to rely on the Yue family to help him, so he couldn't afford to offend the concubine.And the princess heard that she is extremely jealous. Prince Pingzhang had a good time with other women in Suzhou and left heirs. Don't think about it for a while.

Prince Pingzhang was unwilling to be threatened by others, so he sent Xu Yan to settle the matter for him.As for how to end it, it is natural to get rid of the few women who served him during that time, and it is best to let the governor of Suzhou also have some "accidents".

"I rushed to Suzhou that day and met the mother of Mr. Huo Lan. She didn't know that the person she had served was the prince, and thought she was a wealthy businessman. The governor of Suzhou coaxed her to say that when the child was born, the child's father would marry him They will pick up their mother and child to the house. When she talked about this, she looked like..."

Xu Yan paused for a moment, as if he couldn't find the words to describe it, or maybe he didn't want to express this thought, so after pondering for a while, he directly stated the result: "In short, I didn't have the heart to do it for a while, thinking that people would run away anyway. If not, it is better to let her live for a few more days, at least until she meets her unborn child. As a result, the child was just born, and there was news that Prince Pingzhang was in prison."

Hearing that Prince Pingzhang was arrested, Xu Yan didn't dare to go back immediately, fearing that he would run into His Majesty's anger this time, and instead of saving the prince, he would put himself in it instead.He originally wanted to wait for His Majesty's anger to subside before pleading for mercy, but who would have thought that the Crown Prince died in prison before His Majesty's anger subsided.

Now Xu Yan was faced with a new problem - the prince was dead, and he dared not get involved with the prince even with the ten courage of the governor of Suzhou, so should the woman and the child be killed or not?

Xu Yan didn't say what he thought, but in the end he chose to let Huo Lan's mother go, and sent her and her baby who was only a few months old back to her only living relative, which was her younger brother's house, late at night. before, and then left.

Yun Miaoqing didn't say a word to Xu Yan's words, but said calmly: "I've finished listening to the story, what do you two want to say?"

"Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the prince was wronged in the case of witchcraft back then. Now that the incident has passed 18 years ago, His Majesty is old, and he thinks about Prince Pingzhang every day. It's a pity that people can't be resurrected after death." Du Shouming said here, showing F mocking smile.

Yun Miaoqing was still young when Prince Pingzhang's accident happened, and Yun Zhimiao was still working in the local area at that time, so I didn't remember it even more.But afterwards, she heard her father discuss behind closed doors that the matter of Prince Pingzhang was completely a cover put forth by His Majesty the Emperor.

Back then, not only the concubine, but the empress was also surnamed Ning. The Ning family was in the limelight during the first emperor's time. Several of them held important positions in the imperial court in the capital, and countless local officials were involved with them.

This kind of power has greatly contributed to the ascension of the current emperor on the dragon chair, but after the new emperor is firmly seated on the throne, it has become a needle under his pillow and a grain of sand in his shoe, making him Always in fear and restlessness.

On the one hand, he courted the Ning family superficially, and let the princes marry the Ning family, but on the other hand, he secretly cultivated his own power, waiting for the day when the Ning family would be brought down.

Finally, the time was right, and there was only one excuse left to do it, an excuse that was only aimed at the Ning family and would not put all the courtiers at risk and force the courtiers to form an alliance with the Ning family to overthrow him.

Empress Ning was a cautious character, the emperor couldn't find fault with her, so he could only focus on the prince.

It took less than three months from the discovery of the witch-gu wooden figurine in Zhaorong Palace to the collapse of the Ning family tree and the scattering of the monkeys.At that time, everyone may have been shocked by His Majesty's thunderous means, but after that, many people gradually came back to it, but no one dared to say it.

And such an unspoken matter, now that Du Shouming clearly stated that "the prince is wronged", then his position and what he did when he came here this time are clearly revealed.

Yun Miaoqing understood, but said: "Uncle Du's words are very confusing to me, what does the old story of Prince Pingzhang have to do with us? Just now, the story of the county captain Xu is wonderful, but he got the wrong person. I Chao Guo's surname is 'Zhong', while Huo Lan's surname is 'Huo', her mother gave her this name, presumably her father must be a man surnamed Huo."

"Niece Yun knows whether it is true or not, so why deny it?" Du Shouming was not in a hurry, "Even if, as you said, Huo Lan is not the blood of Prince Pingzhang, it doesn't matter to the old man. There are so many princes, except him The old man can still find someone else.

But you, niece Yun, are different. If the news about your friendship with the orphan of Prince Pingzhang reaches His Majesty's ears, do you think His Majesty will find out for you whether this person is really related to the Prince, or whether he will kill you first regardless of indiscriminate The Yun family took it? "

"Du Xiang is threatening me?" Yun Miaoqing said coldly. She stopped calling Du Shouming "Du Uncle" and completely tore off the "friendly" camouflage between the two, bluntly said, "Today you If the matter discussed reaches His Majesty's ears, is Du Xiang so sure that His Majesty will let the Du family go?"

Du Shouming caressed his beard and smiled: "Niece Yun is serious. You can be praised by His Majesty at the age of 16 as "excellent talent". Marriage. Although the old man has not met you many times, I believe that the daughter that Brother Yun values ​​so much must be a smart person. How can a smart person need to get caught up in a situation when doing things?"

Yun Miaoqing fell into silence again, and asked after a while: "The Du family has been loyal for several generations, is it really going to be like this?"

"Isn't the Ning family loyal and good for several generations, did His Majesty let them go? Brother Yun was in good health in the past, but suddenly fell ill and passed away. Niece Yun doesn't suspect him?"

Faced with Du Shouming's instigation, Yun Miaoqing remained unmoved: "My father did die of illness."

"I heard that niece Yun once practiced the art of rejuvenation with a famous doctor, but there are tens of thousands of poisons in this world, and niece Yun can guarantee that Yunxiang didn't die from some unknown poison?" Du Shouming changed the subject here, and looked To Wen Taicang on the other side, "Leaving aside the death of Yun Xiang, don't you feel any hatred for the death of the old general Wen Wenxian?"

When Wen Taicang was imprisoned, Wen Zhengliang knelt outside Qiankun Hall for half a month.He was already old, and he suffered from F body injuries when he was young in battles all over the world. He couldn't stand it, he relied on his F breath to hold on, and died within two days of Wen Taicang's release.

"That's because I caused trouble first, and I'm sorry for my father." Wen Taicang replied blankly.

Du Shouming sneered: "You can ignore it, but I can't let Wen Yao's death be exposed like this! Think about what the old man told you today. Two months later, the old man will be waiting for you in the capital. "

After saying that, Du Shouming and Xu Yan got up together, Yun Miaoqing hesitated and called out: "Since the county captain Xu has seen the baby born by that woman back then, he should know the baby..."

"It's a daughter." Before Yun Miaoqing could finish speaking, Xu Yan took up her words.

Yun Miaoqing raised her eyebrows: "Then you?"

Du Shouming waved his hand slightly: "Shouldn't this be something that niece Yun has to worry about? Niece Yun was able to hide from the examiners to take the scientific examination back then. She must have done a lot of research on the way of dressing up as a man. She can give this Huo Lan 'son' good advice." Your Majesty F. As for the palace, I just said that His Majesty is getting old, and now his eyes are not as good as before, and I will take care of the rest of the place for you."

After the two left, Wen Taicang frowned and looked at Yun Miaoqing: "Father, he..."

"It is true that he died of illness." Yun Miaoqing said, "Du Shouming, the old fox, and that Xu Yan can't believe half-truths. Do you think Du Shouming did this for Du Wenyao? It seems that Du Wenyao's death is related to the two princes. The relationship between them is almost inseparable. No matter who ascends the throne in the future, the good days of the Du family will come to an end. Rather than sit and wait for death, he might as well choose an obedient puppet, but the matter of the Ning family is still vivid in his mind. What if the puppet breaks free from the string and bites him in the mouth one day? Unless—"

Speaking of this, Yun Miaoqing's eyes paused slightly, and she looked at Huo Lan and said, "This puppet has something in his hands, which is enough to be easily shaken by him at any time."

Huo Lan, the prince's orphan, is actually a woman, and this is her biggest clue, and it is also the reason why Du Shouming would rather abandon the many princes in the capital, and come here from a long distance to choose her.

Since ancient times, emperors have always been men, and there has never been a precedent for women as emperors.No matter how powerful Huo Lan is in the future, as long as this news gets out, most of those who were originally loyal to her will be shaken, not to mention other people with ulterior motives.

Wen Taicang followed Yun Miaoqing's gaze and glanced at Huo Lan: "Then what should we do now?"

Yun Miaoqing shook her head: "You guys go do your own thing first, let me think about it."

After she finished speaking, she went upstairs, and Huo Lan followed her all the way to the door, looking at her anxiously.

"That's the end of today's class. You take the book and go back to your room to read." Yun Miaoqing's tone was exhausted, and Huo Lan took the book and stood at the door of Yun Miaoqing's room, wanting to say something However, Yun Miaoqing closed the door first.

Behind the door, Yun Miaoqing pinched her brows, and secretly scolded Du Shouming, that old fox again, for daring to enter her house so brazenly, she was not afraid that the people in her house would tell about it!

According to Du Shouming, this is also something she has to worry about. After all, if someone leaks the news, she can't afford to go around.Fortunately, everyone in the Yun family is very strict with their mouths, and they will never talk nonsense outside.

Yun Miaoqing couldn't sleep well that night, thinking over and over what Du Shouming and Xu Yan had said.

It turned out that Huo Lan F's straight girl disguised herself as a man for this reason.Yun Miaoqing was a little angry when she heard it at first, Huo Lan dared to hide such a big matter from her, but after going back to her room to calm down and think about it, she could understand Huo Lan's actions.

There may not be any evidence for this matter from Huo Lan.Xu Yan said that Huo Lan's mother didn't know that the person she was serving was the prince, but Huo Lan obviously knew it, so Xu Yan had lied.But Huo Lan's mother is crazy, even if Huo Lan knows, she probably doesn't know much, how can she tell people about such things without evidence.

Just thinking that she was so kind to that brat and that brat still had reservations about her, Yun Miaoqing felt itchy fingers, wanting to poke that brat hard on the forehead a few times.

No matter what purpose Huo Lan approached her at the beginning, but she was not stupid, the growing love in Huo Lan's eyes could not be hidden, how could she not know Huo Lan's thoughts for her.

That girl probably never thought that this day would come.Yun Miaoqing recalled the night when Ginkgo's mother first arrived, the meaning of Huo Lan's words was now very clear. She had studied so hard for more than two years, most likely because she wanted to leave alone to make a difference, and then Come back to her again.

If you are so stupid, where does your confidence come from?

Yun Miaoqing poked Huo Lan's forehead again in her heart, and taught the little Huo Lan in her fantasy: "Can you go to that place in the capital by yourself? Look at these old ghosts who eat people and don't spit out their bones. It’s just your half-baked level, if you go there, you won’t even get your skin peeled off!”

Thinking of this, Yun Miaoqing turned over a little annoyed.

Regardless of F, it is best for the Yun family not to get involved in this matter. Although Du Shouming said it seriously today, he might not really dare to expose her.

The Yun family is different from the Du family. The Yun family is now gradually becoming marginalized. If she took the initiative to plead guilty to His Majesty, saying that her acquaintance with Huo Lan was completely unintentional, and handed them over, His Majesty may not punish them severely. It is not unacceptable for them to cut the title and remove the official.

But for the Du family, although Du Wenyao is dead, the Du family is still a big tree in the court, and if Du Shouming is willing to let the Du family decline, there will be no such visit today.

Du Shouming can't afford to lose more than she does, which is why she is sure that Du Shouming dare not act rashly.

But... Yun Miaoqing opened her eyes in the darkness, and in front of her eyes were Huo Lan's figure from the past two years.

In the beginning, she picked Huo Lan back purely on a whim. If it wasn't for the fact that this rural place was boring and she moved to another place, even if she found a good seedling, she might not have the leisure to pick it up and cultivate it.

But this little girl she picked up on a whim has such tenacious vitality, just like a cactus in the desert, even if the water source is buried far, far away from it, as long as there is this thread, I hope it will grow up It will take deep roots and bloom beautiful flowers.

Yun Miaoqing has not seen the cactus in the desert with her own eyes, but she has seen the paintings in the book.Probably it was this exuberant vitality that attracted her deeply. She took extra care of the little girl she picked up, even knowing that she had ulterior motives for her, but she was not willing to drive her away. Instead, she pampered her time and time again. The other party is playing around with himself.

Yun Miaoqing's feelings in terms of love have always been very indifferent, and she has never been tempted by anyone in so many years. She can't say she is in love with Huo Lan, but she definitely has a good impression, and she doesn't need to deceive herself on this point.

How long this favor can last, she herself does not know.It's just that when I think of the flowers that I have taken care of for more than two years, and finally grow beautiful and lovely, before smelling the fragrance for a few days, they will suddenly be taken away by others, and maybe they will be rubbed and ruined by others, Yun Miao Sunny was out of breath.

This group of people, when her father is gone, will their family be easy to bully?

She tossed on the bed for half the night without falling asleep, got up and put on her clothes and planned to go for a walk in the garden downstairs, when she opened the door, she saw Huo Lan sitting at the door of her room with her knees hugged, like an abandoned puppy Sample.

Yun Miaoqing's heart softened all of a sudden, and she hurriedly pulled the person in: "What are you doing, why didn't you knock on the door when you came!"

She said to pull Huo Lan's hand. Sure enough, it's autumn now, and it's cold at night. Even if Huo Lan is in good health and can resist the frost, his hands are cold after squatting outside for most of the night.

Huo Lan's eyes and nose were red, and he didn't know whether it was from crying or from the cold.Yun Miaoqing rubbed her hands for a while and said, "You wait here, I'll get you some hot water to drink."

"Are you angry..." Huo Lan held Yun Miaoqing's hand with a low voice.

"Yes!" Yun Miaoqing replied with a firm voice, "Are you trying to piss me off, knowing that I hurt you and still making yourself like this, if I hadn't come out just now, would you still plan to squat until dawn?"

Huo Lan was stunned, staring blankly at Yun Miaoqing.

Is she angry because of this?Could it be that he was angry that he had kept her secret for so long...

Seeing Huo Lan's stupid and pitiful appearance, Yun Miaoqing had no temper at all, she sighed, hugged Huo Lan, and coaxed softly in her ear: "Okay, okay, don't be afraid, I won't be angry with you Alright, good."

Huo Lan sniffled and said, "I'll go and tell them, if they let you go and don't bother you, I'll go with them. I'm sorry...I didn't expect this to happen...I told you before Those words you said are not lying to you, I really want to be with you for the rest of my life, can you wait for me. "

Yun Miaoqing let go of Huo Lan and said with a straight face, "Not good."

Huo Lan was taken aback, and Dou Da's tears began to fall down again.

Yun Miaoqing originally wanted to tease her a few more times to vent her anger, but now she couldn't help it anymore, she wiped away the tears on her face, and said with a light smile: "You still owe me a lot of debts, what if you run away ? I have to keep an eye on you, I can't just let you go."

Huo Lan blinked his eyes, a bit confused about Yun Miaoqing's meaning.She was sad all day, and in the middle of the night the cold wind was blowing outside, she was really a little unconscious.

"Silly girl!" Yun Miaoqing leaned over and pressed a kiss on Huo Lan's forehead, "I mean I'll go with you, and I won't let you face them alone."

The author has something to say: I have a lot of content today, sorry for the lateness.Congratulations to Huo Xiaolan for mentioning a kiss~