I rely on the collapse of people to set my life in the hands of the male protagonist

At the gate of Annanhou's Mansion, everyone did their superficial work well.

"Master Hou, don't worry, the concubine has already made arrangements for getting back the dowry." Mrs. Ru handed over the list in her hand to the steward of the mansion.

A person who is in charge of affairs is like a wife, and when she gets the list, she goes up to An Nanhou and asks for instructions: "Master Hou, the eldest lady has been married for more than three years, and it may not be possible to get back all the items on this list..."

Marquis An Nan also wanted face, so he couldn't make it too ugly, so he said directly: "When the time comes, you will see..."

"Presumably the Ying family wouldn't be so shameless, otherwise it would be their family who would be ashamed. After all, returning the dowry with He Li is an expressly stipulated matter." Suddenly, Lin Qingyang's voice came from behind.

Now when she heard Lin Qingyang's voice, Mrs. Ru felt her head hurt.Turning around, he saw not only Madam Ding standing behind Lin Qingyang, but also six people dressed as warriors.

An Nanhou also looked at the people behind Lin Qingyang suspiciously.

Lin Qingyang stepped forward and said: "Father, these are my newly hired thugs. They are strong and thoughtful. Let them help out together. The elder sister's ten-mile red makeup is just like the people sent by my aunt. These people have to move back and forth several times to get rid of it." Let's finish moving."

An Nanhou was stunned for a moment, seeing that except for one woman among those few people, the arms of the others were thicker than the legs of ordinary servants, and they did have some strength.He said, "What are you doing and looking for so many thugs?"

"I can't help it. I've been a villain recently, so I don't feel safe." Lin Qingyang smiled and waved his hand.

Nurse Ding stepped forward respectfully, holding a list in her hand, "Back when the eldest lady got married, all the dowry went through the hands of the old slave, so it's better for the old slave to go. Some good things are the treasures of the county mistress, so it's not good to let mermaids see them like they are." go."

This is naturally about Ying Jia, but Mrs. Ru's face burned.

An Nanhou didn't have any idea, said: "Okay, you know better, go."

Mrs. Ru finally lost her composure, "Isn't that bothering Nanny Ding?"

"Of course it won't be troublesome. The old slave is very happy and energetic." Nanny Ding said with a smirk, no one is stupid, saying that the dowry can't be found, is it the Ying family's ambiguity, or is it a substitute for the management? If the wife peels off a layer, it will be hard to say, even if there is no shortage of those, but let the villain take advantage of it, it will be disgusting.

After Madam Ding finished speaking, she bowed to Marquis Annan without waiting for Madam Ru to open her mouth, and walked away arrogantly with the people. As for the people in Marquis Annan's mansion, they followed behind like little chickens.

Lin Qingyang smiled lightly and turned to go to her mother. Lin Qinglan was naturally there too. After getting the letter to release his wife, her whole body changed, as if the dark clouds covering the stars in the sky had finally moved away. There was a glimmer of light.

"All gone?" Yawen County Lord asked Lin Qingyang when he came back relaxed.

Lin Qingyang nodded.

"It's still you ghost, how do you know about those things in the back house, and you think about it with Nanny Ding." County Lord Yawen laughed.

Lin Qinglan also looked at him curiously.

Lin Qingyang couldn't say that he had read too many ancient novels in the past, and there must be similar routines to some extent.

"The Ying family has been able to toss so many times, I always feel that they are the ones who can do this kind of thing, so be careful." Lin Qingyang said relaxedly.

"By the way, why did you bring a group of thugs to greet us just now? In order to get back the dowry, you even hired thugs?" Lin Qinglan asked suspiciously.

Lin Qingyang's face changed slightly, and he said slowly: "They are not thugs, but masters of the bodyguard."

The two people on the opposite side looked puzzled.

Lin Qingyang explained: "Five days ago, I corresponded with Jiangnan."

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the two changed.

"I told my big cousin and my little uncle that I don't have any manpower here, and I need some good people to come and help me. My big cousin quickly wrote back to me and said to send these people to help me. They are doing business in Jiangnan. , the manpower is naturally enough."

"You... why are you bothering them, they are already in a difficult situation there, we can't help you..." County Lord Yawen's eyes turned red as he spoke.

Lin Qinglan's face turned pale.

"Actually, I have troubled them before looking for things. They...have a good life and are very happy to be troubled by us. Mother, do you understand? They are very willing."

They were close relatives, but because of the disaster that separated the two places, the Jiangnan side was afraid of hurting the capital, so they didn't dare to contact more, but the capital side felt ashamed of not being able to help the Jiangnan side, so they didn't dare to contact.Both of them think that the other's life is not easy, and they dare not easily cause trouble for each other, but they are worried about each other and want to re-establish contact.

Lin Qingyang asked for a gift unreasonably once, and they all tried their best to satisfy it. It can be seen that their thoughts were not cherished by the original body, but after Lin Qingyang received the inkstone, he immediately let Shuncai He prepared the best and latest jewelry in the capital and sent it back to Jiangnan for the female relatives of the Liu family.

After such a back and forth, the connection was established. Whether it was Lin Qinglan's matter or the matter of addictive substances, Lin Qingyang didn't trust the people in Annanhou's Mansion anymore, so he urgently needed people who needed to do things, and there were people who could help him. People, so they asked for help from those who sincerely treated them well.

It's just that at the time, I really didn't expect that the eldest cousin and the elder sister had such a relationship. Now that the elder cousin sent someone to help the elder sister get back the dowry, even Lin Qingyang himself felt strange.

After listening to Lin Qingyang's words, Lord Yawen finally couldn't help crying, "They still think about us after suffering. Brother Chen has been as good and capable as his elder brother since he was a child. I think he will be able to take care of his sister-in-law and the others." Very good. Blame me for being useless, and let them remember."

Lin Qinglan hurriedly comforted her mother with red eyes, then looked at Lin Qingyang, hesitating to speak.Lin Qingyang naturally knew how she felt, but this was really an accident.

Lin Qingyang coughed, and said: "Mother, don't be like this. Although they can't come to the capital, they will feel relieved to send someone they trust to see us. When mother recovers, we can find time Go down to Jiangnan to see them."

Although Lin Qingyang was not optimistic about Lord Yawen's condition, he still felt that as long as a sick person had more motivation to live and stopped thinking about his condition all day long, he would have more hope of living.

When Lord Yawen heard what Lin Qingyang said, he couldn't help but said, "I also... miss them very much."

Lin Qingyang smiled, and then took out a letter from his arms and put it in his mother's hand, "This is what those people brought when they came over. It is a letter from my aunt to my mother."

Lord Yawen's eyes lit up, and while blaming Lin Qingyang for not taking it out quickly, he opened the letter excitedly.

The content of the letter was very simple. It talked about their situation in the south of the Yangtze River, so that the county master should not worry, and was concerned about their situation in the capital.It is said that the elder cousin is doing business everywhere, and the younger uncle is obsessed with practicing martial arts. Both of them are over twenty, but none of them wants to get married, which makes the elder aunt quite worried. I hope that Yawen can help scold them together when he writes back. They have always been very supportive. Listen to Yavin's words.

Lord Yawen watched, crying and laughing, recalling the past and pulling Lin Qinglan to talk.

Lin Qingyang was reading outside, and it was still the book that Chu Lishu sent last night. Until lunch, the three of them ate at the Lord Yawen's side.

Lin Qingyang looked outside from time to time, Yawen County Lord thought he was worried about the dowry, and said it would not be so soon.

Lin Qingyang smiled awkwardly. In fact, he was looking at why Chu Lishu hadn't come back. He kept telling Shuncai to keep an eye on the gate and report any movement, but there was no news.

He left early in the morning without even showing his face, it's already noon, it's been several hours, where is he?

At this time, Chu Lishu was knocking on the door of a house.

The doorman came to open the door and looked at the visitor suspiciously.

Chu Lishu saluted respectfully, "This is Chu Lishu, a student of the Taixue University. I have an appointment with Mr. Cao to deliver the book. Please pass it on for me."

The doorman quickly saluted, turned around and ran in.

Mr. Cao was thinking deeply in his study with a small jade gourd pendant.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door, Mr. Cao answered, and the housekeeper walked in. "Master, a young scholar who claimed to be a student of the Taixue, Chu Lishu, suddenly came outside, and said that he had an appointment with you to deliver books."

Old Cao was taken aback.

The housekeeper asked, "Do you need to send him away?" Who among the world's students doesn't want to come to make friends, especially now that Mr. Cao has a lot of say in the matter of entering the palace as a companion, but not many people dare to come directly to him Yes, after all everyone knows Mr. Cao doesn't like to be disturbed.

As a result, Mr. Cao thought for a while, then raised his hand and said, "Please come in."

The butler was quite surprised, but he turned around to invite someone.

Soon, Chu Lishu was brought in.

"Old Cao." Chu Lishu saluted.

"When will I have an appointment with you?" Elder Cao was full of doubts, so he went straight to the point.

Chu Lishu didn't say much, and took out three collections of books directly from the book bag, but the words on them were not from the Great Zhou Dynasty, but from the Tianheng Kingdom.

Tianheng Kingdom is the greatest enemy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which is the country that caused Yuan Ran to suffer a disastrous defeat three years ago.

Cao Lao read the three books, and his memory immediately returned to the scene where they bid farewell to the wine under the plum tree before the prince went out three years ago.

At that time, the high-spirited young man was as dazzling as a morning star in the sky, as if he could lead the Great Zhou Dynasty to the brightest future.

"Sir, you have always said that you like the long story books of Tianheng Kingdom. How about I bring you a few books as a birthday gift when you come back from this expedition?"

"As long as His Highness can return safely, it is the greatest birthday gift for the veteran."

Elder Cao still vaguely remembered the confident smiles of the crown prince and the heroic youths following him after he finished speaking, as if they were just going to fight the easiest battle.

But after all they did not come back.

Cao Lao groped for the three books with trembling hands, looked up at Chu Li and said, "You... who are you?"

"The thing, did you get it?" Chu Lishu asked without answering.

Mr. Cao thought of the small jade gourd pendant almost instantly, and couldn't help but take it out and grope carefully, his eyes trembling, "Did you lure me to Dongshi Tongfang Bookstore on purpose?"

Chu Lishu once said that he found the prince's words on water control that he had read in a Tongfang bookstore in Dongshi. Mr. Cao missed it in his heart and couldn't help but searched for it. As a result, during the reception process, he found that it was in that bookstore. The handyman actually had a jade gourd hanging around his waist, and that jade gourd was almost exactly the same as the gift he gave the prince back then.Cao Lao asked Xiao Gong excitedly.

But Xiao Gong said that he won it by gambling, and Mr. Cao had no choice but to buy it.

This is naturally not the one from back then, and the texture is much worse, but the appearance is the same, but this is almost impossible, because he carved the jade gourd himself.

"This jade gourd is also your masterpiece, why? You...what is your relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince?" Cao Lao's excited eyes changed.

Chu Lishu looked at the moved Mr. Cao, but his eyes didn't fluctuate much, "He is upright and diligent, loves the people like a son, sir, the student may be responsible for his trust in this life."

Cao Lao's pupils widened instantly.

"Uprightness and diligence, love the people like sons" are his words engraved on the base of the gourd.

"You...you are..."

Chu Lishu did a different gift than usual.

This is a half-courtesy, only emperors and princes can salute their husbands and teachers today, and Yuan Ran has always saluted Cao Lao in this way before.

With a sound of "Plop", the old man knelt straight down towards the young man in front of him.

Even if his appearance changed drastically, even if his identity was no longer there, even... no matter how unbelievable.

At the moment when Chu Lishu bowed his head, Mr. Cao shook his body and kowtowed in salute.

"Old minister...greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince, greetings...to greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince..." The old crying voice seemed to bring everything back to three years ago.

Chu Lishu slowly closed his eyes, but he could no longer feel the bitterness.

Cao Lao came to Chu Lishu on his knees, stretched out his trembling hands to hold the hem of Chu Lishu's clothes, as if he was afraid that the person in front of him was his own illusion, and said with tears, "Your Highness, Your Highness, you suffer gone."

Chu Lishu helped him up, "Sir, I am now a person without identity, so you don't have to kneel down to me."

"No, in the eyes of the veteran, you will always be the most honorable crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

"Sir, don't you blame me for the disaster I brought to Da Zhou?"

"The old minister doesn't believe it!" Elder Cao was supported by Chu Lishu to sit down, and he still held his hand tightly. "The old minister doesn't believe in those evidences. The old minister only believes in His Highness. Your Highness is the old minister's student. I know what kind of nature he is, but I only know that His Highness must have suffered, and he has suffered a lot before..."

Seeing that face that didn't look like Yuan Ran at all, Mr. Cao was really irritated.

Chu Lishu touched his face, "My master's Tianxuan Pill."

Although Mr. Cao didn't know what Tianxuan Pill was, he knew who Chu Lishu said the master was. Mr. Cao has been in contact with him once or twice about the art of door-to-door armor, and that person always has some strange things. If he said that the medicine that can change people's appearance came from him, Mr. Cao would not find it unbelievable.

"Your Highness, why didn't you recognize me as soon as possible?" Cao Lao had just finished speaking, but he asked himself and replied: "Yes, Your Highness has experienced a lot of difficulties, so naturally you can't easily trust anyone anymore. I must have passed His Highness's approval." Only through the test can we recognize His Highness."

Chu Lishu didn't hide anything, and told Cao Lao about some of his deeds and plans in Taixue.

He went out this morning to determine whether the two chess pieces played that day had taken effect.

"I prepared something in advance that would make people doubt my identity, and I deliberately lost to two people. One was a long-term worker that the husband could meet, and what I gave him was naturally the imitation of the jade gourd that the husband had given me. The gambler at the Cheng family's pawn shop gave him a replica of the jade ring finger given by the Cheng family back then."

"Sir, you didn't disappoint me. You just bought the jade gourd. The long-term worker is still alive and well, and no one is investigating the bookstore."

Cao Lao immediately understood who the second party Chu Lishu wanted to test was, "Then the Cheng family..."

"The person who went to pawn was arrested the next day, and that person's Golden Armored Army secretly dispatched to investigate the gambling shop frequented by gamblers, but they probably soon discovered that the jade finger was different from the original, and finally regarded it as a coincidence. "

Old Cao's face was ugly, "The Cheng family reported it directly to the emperor." The Golden Armored Army, the emperor's personal guard.

Although on the surface the emperor may treat Prince Yuan Ran leniently, everyone knows in their hearts that as long as Prince Yuan Ran is still alive, the emperor will definitely not allow him to enter the palace. The Cheng family is one of the four major families and Queen Cheng's How could the natal family, the ancestral family of the current prince, not know the pros and cons of it.

But they actually chose to report directly to the emperor, that is, they were on the same side as the emperor, and wanted Yuan Ran's life.

"Why did they do this?!" Cao Lao excitedly said.