Advise you not to be arrogant

Wisps of light smoke rose from the incense burner, exuding a faint fragrance, lingering around the four of them.

They stared at Yang Xigui intently, only to hear him continue: "When Concubine Yun arrived at Cangyun Mountain, it was already empty. She still did not give up and continued to Luoyan City. At that time, General Jiang used this The soldiers and the soldiers in Luoyan City wiped out all the people in Linshui, and only a few people left Luoyan City alive. Concubine Yun, I ran into them."

Jiang Shu took a breath, "Under such circumstances...how can one survive alone?"

"No, she survived." Yang Xigui said solemnly.

"No one knows how she returned to Luoyan City alive, and no one has a chance to ask her."

At the end of the sentence, the room was as calm as a stone sinking into the sea.

"How did she die?" Lin An rubbed Jiang Shu's hair at the temples, pondered for a moment, and sneered, seemingly carelessly.

"Recognized by Yan people as Linshui people, shot and killed outside Luoyan City."

"Ridiculous," Lin An raised the corners of her lips, her eyes were filled with a faint chill, "Shot and killed outside the city gate by the Yan people? You might as well tell Ben Hou that she died of dystocia, which is more credible."

"Luoyan City may not have received the news of Concubine Yun's rescue alone. It is impossible for Concubine Yun to die at the hands of the Yan people."

Yang Xigui's face turned pale, his hands under the toga trembled uncomfortably, the sweat seeping from his palms gradually flowed to his fingers, the sticky sweat made his whole body numb, and he didn't dare to breathe a little bit harder.

"It's written in the secret case, I don't know if it's true or not." Yang Xigui's eyes wandered, and he calmed down after glancing at the harmless Jiang Shu.

Lin An curled up one corner of his mouth, and said inexplicably, "Yang Yanwei is so daring, he dares to keep a secret case with no real or false information by his side."

"Squeak."

The half-open window shook back and forth, as if a hand was pushing and pulling it.An Xingchuan jumped up against the crime, "Someone is eavesdropping!"

Before An Xingchuan could approach, another person came in from the window.He was leaning against the window lattice contentedly, with a wine gourd in his mouth, his cheeks were flushed, as if drunk.The robe on his body was loose, and a sheathed dagger and a transparent black jade hung from his waist. The overwhelmed belt seemed to be about to collapse immediately, making people feel sweaty about it.

The overly wide robe covered his well-proportioned torso, showing a bit of rebelliousness inexplicably.As if he finally noticed the weight around his waist, he frowned and lifted the belt up, wiped off the wine that overflowed from his lips due to drinking too quickly, tied the wine gourd back around his waist, and drunkenly people come.

"Where did you read the barnyard official history? My mother died so useless? Stop talking nonsense, hiccup..." He sat down slowly supporting Yang Xigui's shoulder, "This is a shitty place! A lot of people are crushed to death I can’t even get in, I think so too. A threshold is so high, if it weren’t for my uncle’s strength, I wouldn’t be able to get in today.”

Jiang Shu sat up abruptly when someone reported himself, "He is..."

"Second prince of Yan, Yan is pregnant." Yang Xigui frowned.

Yan Youhuai looked at a few people, "Why haven't I seen you before? Oh, I remembered. I haven't been to that crappy place of Tai Academy a few times."

Never knowing that he had a cousin, Jiang Shu was both curious and excited, pointing to his nose and asking, "Do you know me?"

"Ah? You?" Yan Youhuai blinked innocently twice, got up on hands and feet, staggered to Jiang Shu, bent down, and looked at Jiang Shu's face carefully.

He seemed to be very confused, his brows were tightly furrowed, and while he was muttering something, his dark eyes rolled around in a daze, looking very harmless.

Suddenly, he suddenly realized: "You are the little brother in the tavern... How did you come here? I don't seem to have given you any money... Come, take it," he said while taking out a large handful of money from his pocket. The ticket was stuffed into Jiang Shu's hands, "Since we're here, why don't we two have another drink?"

He just sat down, and habitually tried to put Jiang Shu's shoulders on his shoulders. He stretched his hand up a few inches and was photographed vigorously. He turned his head and looked, "Little brother, why are you still growing on your back?" one hand?"

Jiang Shu held the bank note dumbfounded, "Your eyes are dazzled."

Drinking pays attention to an atmosphere, shoulder to shoulder is the best atmosphere.Yan Youhuai shook his head, "Don't care about him. Come, let's drink!"

He took down the wine gourd, opened the stopper and took a sip, then held the gourd in front of Jiang Shu, "Brother, you drink too."

Lin An wrapped Jiang Shu's shoulders with one hand, pulled him into his arms, and said provocatively, "This Marquis will drink with you."

Yan Youhuai raised his eyes to look at Lin An, the look in his eyes was intriguing for a moment, then he returned to his drunken appearance, hiccupped, and said, "You are the little brother in the tavern, right? Come, let's have a drink!" "

"Benhou rewards you for your face today. Jiang Shu, change your seat."

This cousin was so drunk that he couldn't tell whether he was a man or a ghost, and Jiang Shu didn't expect him to recognize him, so he got up and changed seats with Lin An, and Yan Youhuai said again: "Hey...give the wine money to that little brother!"

"..." Jiang Shu threw it into Lin An's arms with a straight face, and Lin An grinned, "Be gentle! I won't let you in next time."

"I don't care." Jiang Shu retorted, and when he got back to his seat, An Xingchuan immediately leaned over and whispered in his ear, "Why is your cousin so virtuous?"

Yang Xigui also came in after hearing the words, Jiang Shu said depressedly: "How would I know."

An Xingchuan raised his eyebrows, "That's right, Ah Shu doesn't even know him."

"nonsense."

Lin An took the wine gourd, drank the tea in the cup, filled it up, raised it to the tip of his nose and sniffed it lightly, and said with a smile, "Good wine."

"Little brother has eyesight, cheers!"

The two clinked glasses and drank heavily.

I don't know if Lin An has a ulterior motive or is really drunk to the fullest, chatting with Yan Youhuai, talking about wars and wars for a while, and talking about love affairs for a while.

"I'm going to visit the elder tomorrow morning, so let them drink like this?" An Xingchuan said.

Yang Xigui was also very worried, but Lin An and Yan Youhuai couldn't persuade him, so he turned to Jiang Shu, "Ah Shu..."

"Sigui, tell me where the toilet is first, I want to go to the toilet." Jiang Shu said with a wrinkled face.

"Outside the wing."

"Thank you!" Jiang Shu moved his body, and found that half of his robe was trampled under his feet by Lin An. He was in such agony that he pulled it a few times and remained still. He said in desperation: "Master Hou, you stepped on my clothes."

Lin An ignored it.

Helpless, Jiang Shu leaned into his ear, "Master Hou, you stepped on my clothes."

Yan Youhuai poured some more into Lin An's cup, and Lin An grabbed it and drank it down.

Feeling that his body was about to explode, Jiang Shu begged, "Master Hou, I want to go to the toilet, and I'll be back soon."

"Lin An, I know you're not drunk!" How many glasses of wine can Yan Youhuai's broken gourd hold?Lin An didn't know what tricks he was playing.

Lin An turned her head, and lightly closed her eyes to look at Jiang Shu, "You are talking nonsense, I am drunk."

"Okay, okay! Move your feet away first, I'm going to the toilet."

Jiang Shu talked about it, but Lin An finally moved his foot away.He jumped up from the ground immediately, and rushed away like an arrow leaving the string.

Yan Youhuai laughed and said, "Little brother is too unstable."

An Xingchuan and Yang Xigui looked at each other, feeling that Yan Youhuai, who said this, was very introverted.

"Brother Youhuai was joking," Lin An shook his head and said, "In Benhou's opinion, he is very stable."

"I can't tell." Yan Youhuai tilted her head and asked seriously, "Are you drunk?"

"Not drunk."

"Coincidentally, I'm not drunk either."

"..." An Xingchuan pursed his lips.Not convincing at all.

"Do you recognize Jiang Shu?" Lin An asked.

Yan Youhuai hiccupped, "The grandson of a hero," he buried his face in Lin An's ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "The son of a sinner."

"It's a pity that Jiang Yanxing is not Dayan's sinner, otherwise my father would not let him live until now. The only person who hates him is my father."

Lin An lowered his eyes calmly, "What do you know?"

"Be careful with Yang Xigui. Jiang Shu is innocent and shouldn't be involved." After speaking, Yan Youhuai lay down on the low table, smashed his mouth and fell asleep peacefully.

"Thank you." Lin An whispered.

Seeing that Lin An's expression was not quite right, An Xingchuan said tentatively: "Yan Youhuai has been traveling all year round, not to mention Jiang Shu, I don't think he even knows all about the emperor's son."

He abducted Yang Xigui with his arm, and Yang Xigui agreed, "Yes."

"Why hasn't Ah Shu come back? Could it be that he lost his way?" An Xingchuan forcibly changed the subject.

"Maybe, Ben Hou will go and have a look." Lin An patted his robe and stood up.

"I'll go too." An Xingchuan said immediately.

"I..." Yang Xigui was stunned for a moment, "I won't go. After General Jiang leaves tonight, my father will also return to Beijing. I will go down the mountain with him later."

Lin An looked sideways at him, nodded after a while, and left the room with An Xingchuan.

Light smoke rose slowly from the censer, and the snoring boy, Xu Shi, woke up after smelling the fragrance.

An Youhuai didn't look up, she fumbled for the wine gourd and carried it into her arms.

"Don't be smart, Marquis Ding'an is not as easy to fool as Yan Junren. From then on, Marquis Ding'an should be on guard against you and won't let you approach Jiang Shu unscrupulously." An Youhuai laughed happily, "But this is not the case. Well, let him think that we are all on Yan Junren's side."

Yang Xigui knelt and sat on the spot upright, lowered his eyebrows and said in his ear: "Yes."

After Jiang Shu came out of the latrine, he looked up at the sky, and left Rongxi Courtyard with a heavy heart. He just wanted to go for a walk.

The night sky is clear, and the scimitar-like moon casts a large amount of silver-white light, which sparsely illuminates the path, and the shadowy trees are like monsters with teeth and claws, one after another, rushing to Jiang Shu's feet impatiently .

Jiang Shu walked forward aimlessly, sometimes looking up at the sky.

"It's almost Haishi." Jiang Shu murmured in a low voice.

"Father...have you left Kuo Mansion?"

Jiang Shu sighed melancholy, "Why doesn't he want to go back to Luoyang? He would rather wait for me in Kuofu than Luoyang."

"Even if he came to me, I can't let others know. What exactly does he want to do?"

His lonely shadow slanted among the mottled tree shadows, and gradually, a shadow followed closely behind him.

Jiang Shumin turned around sharply and said sharply, "Who is it?"

A bright shadow flashed in front of her eyes, and she sat on the top of a tree in a blink of an eye. The hazy moonlight reflected on her body, suppressing her sharp nature for no reason.

Seeing that this person was Ye Wenling, Jiang Shu said in surprise, "It's you? I thought it was..."

"Who do you think it is? That brat Napo Yunqiang?" Ye Wenling lowered her head, and Ye Feng happened to pass by, lifting the black hair on her forehead, revealing her unassuming eyebrows.

"Yes." Jiang Shu replied shyly, "Young lady and Lord Hou have many similarities."

Ye Wenling raised her head lightly, and Jiang Shu vaguely caught a glimpse of her tightly pursed lips, so he comforted him: "Master Hou has always been outspoken, Miss Ye doesn't need to pay attention."

Ye Wenling was stunned for a moment, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help curling up, "Ms. Ben listens to these stories a lot."

"You, your father is leaving, why don't you go see him off?"

Jiang Shu raised his eyebrows in surprise, "You know I'm Jiang Shu?"

"My girl has been waiting for six years, how could she not even ask for any news about you." Ye Wenling pursed her lips and chuckled.

"Unfortunately, I didn't recognize you at the time, and I almost hurt you."

Jiang Shu was ashamed and defended himself, "I can dodge that whip."

"Too hasty."

"Ok?"

"I underestimate him." Ye Wenling bent her eyes like crescent moons. In the light, her eyes were like sparkling lakes, calm but dazzling.

"Master Hou is very powerful." Jiang Shu's voice was softer, "I was able to stab the king of the mountain beast to death because Lord Hou and Xingchuan had already injured it, and it was itself injured. It's just a fluke. I'm sorry for the girl's wrong love."

The frightened bird passes through the layers of bushes, like a sprout that breaks through the ground, delicate and fragile, but still tenacious.

"There is no wrong love. Frankly speaking, I don't care who Jiang Shu is. The one I want to marry is Uncle Yan's son."

Jiang Shu's heart moved slightly, "Miss Ye doesn't hate my father?"

"Hate? Why does this girl hate him?"

"It was he who brought you back to Dayan, he should be your enemy."

Ye Wenling looked at him strangely, "Are you trying to get something out of my mouth?"

"... Not all of them, and I'm curious too. He refused to come back to Beijing to see me for so many years, but his relationship with you seems to be very good."

"It's not that he doesn't want to see you, it's just that he can't."

"Why?"

"I don't know either." Ye Wenling grinned, showing a row of teeth.

Jiang Shu was not disappointed either, he looked up at the sky, his eyes stained with thick ink, "He has already left."

"He'll be back soon, soon."

She said it very firmly, as if it was inevitable.

"Maybe, I don't want him to come back anymore." Jiang Shu said these words silently.

Ye Wenling stepped on the tree trunk with one foot, resting her elbows on her knees, resting her head on her palms, and slightly raised the corners of her mouth, like an innocent and ignorant girl.

"He won't let me marry you, so... as long as he dies, the promise won't count?" Her silvery laughter sounded, "Then I'll kill him and take you back to Dadu to get married."

Jiang Shu's face turned cold, "How dare you."

"Why don't I dare?" She rolled her eyes, "Or, you don't want to marry me?"

"no way……"

"Wait, don't talk too much. If you go back to Dadu with me, you will marry me willingly. Before that, I just need to bring you back to Dadu."

Ye Wenling touched the nine-section whip on his waist, smiling arrogantly, "If you don't want to, I will tie you back."

In the silent rice paddies, the bushes next to the two roads seemed to be blown by a hurricane, making bursts of noise, and rushed towards the two of them.

A thunder roared behind him: "How dare you!"

Jiang Shu looked back in shock, the Dragon Sparrow Sword had been snatched by this person.

"It's you?!" Ye Wenling exclaimed.

The silvery blade was already in front of her, and the murderous young man with red eyes leaped onto the tree trunk almost instantly. She was caught off guard and rolled down from the tree, avoiding the fatal blow.

"Master Hou! Don't be impulsive!" Jiang Shu shouted.

Lin An was a little drunk, coupled with his anger, he swung his saber hand and made fierce moves, not to hurt her, but to kill her with one move.

Ye Wenling didn't have time to get her weapon, so she could only retreat steadily under Lin An's flawless attack.

"You are crazy, you want to be expelled from the rich mansion?"

However, at this moment, Lin An only wanted to kill her.

However, Lin An's speed was so fast that Ye Wenling was dazzled, "Hiss!"

A knife tore the skin on her arm, and her defense was full of flaws. Lin An flew up, stepped on her shoulder and pressed to the ground, and the blade slashed at the back of her neck.

The Longque knife cuts iron like mud. When Jiang Shu was wearing it, the scabbard was wrapped dozens of times, and he was afraid that it would be unsheathed by accident. If Lin An went down with the knife, Ye Wenling would definitely be decapitated !

Just before the blade fell, Lin An heard Jiang Shu's voice.He raised his head in shock, his voice almost trembling, and asked, "What did you say?"