I, who disguised myself as a woman, turned out to be a queen! ?

Chapter 865 Fortunately
Last year, this year, and next year, spring comes and goes, flowers bloom and fall, and the God of Spring always calls the shots in all affairs of the world.

Xia Tingyu remembered that when he passed by this town a few months ago, it was covered with a layer of snow. Now it was spring, flowers were blooming, and the sun was rising.

The last time she went to Beijing, she was in a hurry and did not take this route, so she did not have the chance to taste the red tofu. Now she was walking in the town, holding a handful of red tofu skewered on bamboo sticks in each hand, with some red oil on her lips.

After Xia Tingyu ate a mouthful of tofu, her foxy eyes raised, and she smiled charmingly at Wu Qinhu, one of the top ten people in the world, who was walking beside her. "Grandpa Wu, how about I write a letter to Da Mengzi to tell him how delicious this tofu is?"

Wu Qinhu didn't say much, just glanced at the tofu in Xia Tingyu's hand and said, "There are some in the capital, but they are not as good as the ones we have here. But if you mix in the spicy oil and sauce made by the Queen, it will taste very good. Even if you write it, the child won't be greedy and miss it."

Xia Tingyu puffed up his cheeks, looking a little bored.

On the way here, I teased the little fat girl out of boredom. On the way back, the child stayed in Beijing to study and there was no one to tease.

It cannot be said that the trip to the capital was a complete failure. At least, he did not see his grandmother, which made Xia Tingyu feel helpless.

But what could I do if the old man didn’t want to see me? And I had no choice but to go back, so I had to leave.

But I remembered that before leaving, Da Mengzi cried and said, "It's okay, I can be alone!"

She looked reluctant, and not only Xia Tingyu, but even Wu Qinhu was reluctant to keep her in the capital.

But when Su Wan'er brought over a chicken leg, Da Mengzi turned around and started eating the chicken leg.

What can I say about this.

Xia Tingyu has a habit. When eating, he doesn't like to think about random things, and he doesn't like to listen to things he doesn't like.

So the Shu official who had been waiting here for a long time just followed the princess.

Xia Tingyu looked at the tofu in his hand and said, "My mother used to like it very much. Before she died, she told me that the red tofu here was the best. It's a pity that no one at that time could make the oil-splashed chili sauce like Su Changan did."

Wu Qinhu didn't say anything. He had heard Su Wenqing and Mu Xu mention Xia Tingyu's mother several times.

She's a poor woman.

Wait until Xia Tingyu finishes eating.
Xia Tingyu turned around and looked at her, "Tell me, what's the matter."

Upon hearing this, the female official immediately spoke respectfully: "Old Sect Master Yi Zixuan almost killed the prince at the banquet."

Xia Tingyu looked back with foxy eyes: "Almost?"

Wu Qinhu tilted his head and asked, "Has the old blind man arrived in Shu?"

The female official immediately told him everything that had happened that day.

This female official was at the banquet that day, so she saw it clearly and heard it even more clearly.

"Old sir, are you here to look for Lushan, or are you here to kill me because you would rather kill the wrong person than let him go?"

At the moment when the prince finished speaking.
boom!
Just behind the prince, on the stone wall, a chessboard seemed to appear, running through the carved stone wall, with faint black and white chess pieces appearing on it.

The female official had some knowledge of chess and could see clearly that it was a game in which the black pieces would surely die. The key points were completely blocked and there was no way out. The prince's head was right on the black piece's fatal move.

After that moment
All the generals in the hall and the guards in the dark appeared one after another, and the guards drew their swords and faced the old blind man.

But he did not take direct action only because the prince raised his hand to stop him.

The old blind man raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, what you are asking is not very honest. I want to kill you, it's just a matter of convenience. Why do I need to sit here and chat with you?"

The King of Shu suddenly laughed when he heard this, and then waved his hand to let everyone leave. He then looked at the old blind man and picked up the wine glass. "Then I would like to thank the old gentleman for not killing me. However, it seems that the old gentleman knows that I am not Lushan."

The old blind man smiled and picked up the wine glass. After drinking it, he remembered something and turned to face the generals who were clenching their fists and looking at him vigilantly. He said loudly, "The one who just said, if you all rush forward, I will kill all your generals."

The old blind man laughed and said, "Not counting the troops outside, if everyone in the hall rushed forward, I, the old blind man, could really kill them all. But fortunately, I, the old blind man, am not that murderous. Fighting and killing is not decent. I can't bear to destroy such a good ancient Shu ruins, so you don't have to be so vigilant against me. I am here to clean up my apprentice's mess."

Zhang Zi just smiled and said nothing.

When it comes to strategy, I always present it to you directly and expose my cards to you, which is the most unsolvable.

The King of Shu smiled and said, "The banquet continues, everyone sit down. The old man is not here to kill people, so we should thank him even more."

The old blind man smiled, but turned to the King of Shu and whispered, "There is something wrong with the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince. If the Princess was here, she would have stood between you and me by now."

The person who said this has a malicious intention.

Zhang Zi almost spit out a mouthful of wine. It was too mean to say such things in front of him.

Fang Wenhe remained motionless. His master's style was different from his and his senior brother Zhuge Jia's, so all this was not surprising.

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Fang Wenhe glanced at the second and fifth brothers.

The second brother's previous injuries had not healed yet, and his face was still disfigured. Although he was sitting in his original position without moving at all, the problem was that his father was in danger of his life but he did not move.

As for the fifth one, he did move, but he hid behind the general.

When the two heard the old blind man's words, their expressions changed and they glanced at their father but didn't dare to look at him.

The King of Shu smiled and said, "If Ting Yuruo is kind and filial, he will run to me. These two children are timid and were frightened by the old man."

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Xia Tingyu narrowed his eyes and looked at the female official: "Did the old gentleman really say that?"

The female official bowed and said, "I dare not speak nonsense, for fear that I remembered it wrongly, and I wrote it down immediately after the banquet."

As he said this, he handed a booklet to Xia Tingyu.

Xia Tingyu didn't answer it, but chuckled: "Then, what happened to the second and fifth brothers?"

The female official replied respectfully: "The old master of Yizixuan was placed in the palace, arranged by Mr. Zhang and Mr. Fang. Afterwards, the second prince went to the prince to apologize, and the fifth prince contacted Mr. Fang but there was no movement."

Xia Tingyu smiled and said, "It's not fair after all. If it were me, I would have gone straight to that old gentleman with a knife and asked for an explanation. He had already attacked his own father, and as a son, I don't dare to ask him the reason with a knife."

Upon hearing this, the female official immediately said, "Your Highness, be careful with your words."

Xia Tingyu smiled charmingly: "I will do this when I get back! Ask my father for an explanation!"

The female official wanted to say something, but seeing that Her Royal Highness the Princess obviously had her own plans, she stopped talking.

Xia Tingyu looked at her and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Come back with us."

The female official bowed and left.

Xia Tingyu looked at Wu Qinhu and said, "You don't have anything to say?"

Wu Qinhu looked at Xia Tingyu and said, "The old blind man doesn't want to be the chess player, but to be the chess piece. It seems that your father is not Lushan."

Xia Tingyu said: "That person is my master, please don't be blind."

Wu Qinhu didn't dwell on this matter, but looked at Xia Tingyu: "He is a scholar with a bad temper, even worse than the old Taoist priest, so he dug out his own eyes in anger. After that, people called him the old blind man."

Xia Tingyu looked at Wu Qinhu: "Master said that our master's eyes were damaged by someone."

Wu Qinhu said, "When you see him, ask him yourself. But if you really want to show off in front of him with a knife, I'll accompany you."

Xia Tingyu raised her eyebrows and chuckled.

Arriving at this town, you have actually entered Shu.

On the third day when Xia Tingyu and his companions left the town and continued to head towards Yizhou, a group of people were apparently waiting for them.

It's from the Beast Forest.

That is Wu Qinhu's sect.

The leader is named Wu Mao, the son of Wu Qinhu and the father of Da Mengzi.

He brought more than ten people with him, and the weakest one was at the seventh rank.

After bowing to his father and Xia Tingyu, Wu Mao looked at his father and said, "Dad, where is Da Mengzi?"

Wu Qinhu said: "I stayed in the capital to study."

Wu Mao wanted to say something but stopped himself, but then he chuckled twice. It was good that his daughter was studying, but that little girl would fall asleep as soon as she saw the words, it was strange that she could not read.

But Wu Mao had something important to say, so he got straight to the point: "It can't be said that Zhuhai Wuzhuang is gone, but more than half of it was destroyed when the soldiers surrounded the mountain. When I led people there, although I saved a few people, most of them were rescued by another group of mysterious people. I didn't meet them, but I heard from the person I rescued that many things in Zhuhai Wuzhuang had been taken away by Owner Qin a long time ago, so the damage was not serious, only the house and other things were destroyed."

Wu Qinhu nodded, knowing that it was someone from the Shen Ce Palace sent by the empress. It was also the empress who told him at that time that Zhuhai Wu Manor might be attacked by people from the Shu Palace, so he wrote a letter to inform his son.

Xia Tingyu looked at him and asked with a smile: "Uncle Wu, did Lao Wu personally lead the team, or did he send someone to do it?"

Wu Mao looked at the princess and said, "They are the Fifth Prince's men, and there was a traitor in Zhuhai Wu Manor who was bribed, so this happened." Xia Tingyu smiled and said, "It seems that the Fifth Prince has bought a lot of people from the underworld."

Wu Mao nodded. "I inquired about it. The Fifth Prince even set up a place called Pin Zi Tang. It's full of people who have submitted to him. The strongest one is Liu Lao Gou, who has the strength of Zhijing. But a few years ago, Wu Lao Gou was seriously injured by the female swordsman of Zhuhai Wuzhuang, and his strength has been greatly reduced. The others are all fifth or sixth rank, and the highest is only two eighth rank people. They are not very powerful."

Xia Tingyu then asked: "Where's the second brother?"

Wu Mao had received a letter from his father before, in which he was asked to investigate these matters, so Wu Mao had already checked them.

As for why Her Royal Highness the Princess did not ask her own people in the Prince of Shu's Mansion to investigate, but instead handed it over to them, it is clear that the Princess did not trust those people.

Wu Mao replied: "The Second Prince doesn't have much contact with the people of Jianghu, so he only recruited two ninth-rank masters as his bodyguards, but the Second Prince has a good relationship with several generals. It's just that Li Yan, the governor of Yizhou, doesn't pay much attention to the Second Prince, but has a good relationship with the Fifth Prince."

Xia Tingyu said: "After all, Li Yan treats Lao Wu as his son-in-law. It is understandable that he treats his son-in-law like this."

Wu Mao said, "However, it seems that something happened at Pinzitang a few days ago. The Fifth Prince was furious and mentioned Yandi and Yuzhou. In addition, the people in the Western Regions had close contact with the Fifth Prince."

Xia Tingyu knew all this. After all, she had received a letter from her sister when she was in the capital, so she was not surprised to hear this. She just looked at Wu Mao and said, "Thank you, Uncle Wu."

Wu Mao immediately clasped his fists in return.

Xia Tingyu stretched lazily, as if knowing these things was enough.

Wu Mao looked at the princess who had been able to ask his father to come out of retirement. She seemed relaxed and lazy, like a real person. Occasionally, she seemed to be lost or thoughtful.

Xia Tingyu suddenly looked at Wu Mao: "They, should know that I'm here."

Wu Mao nodded: "I sent the message a few days ago, and they should have received it by now."

Xia Tingyu turned to look at Kun Ling: "Ling'er, which hand did Lao Wu use to hit Master Yao?"

Kun Ling was stunned for a moment, and immediately answered: "The left hand. He slapped Master Yao, and then it was Master Mi and Huang Shao who was beside the Fifth Prince who beat Master Yao."

Xia Tingyu continued to ask: "Wolf Gou, is he waiting for us?"

Kun Ling nodded: "He said he would wait for us at the city gate."

Xia Tingyu looked at the mountains and rivers from afar. There were too many things to do, so it would be better to relax in the capital.

Occasionally, I would find Su Changan to tease her and make my sister angry.

Shu land.
Not interesting.

……

Yizhou prison.

Yao Yuanzai was sitting on the ground, wearing dirty rough clothes and with messy hair, but the old man still had the Confucian spirit.

When you hold the pen, you will write something.
But he heard some noise outside the prison.

But it has no effect and I continue writing.

In the cell directly opposite Yao Yuanzai, Li Ziyu and several other students who followed Yao Yuanzai were imprisoned together.

Li Ziyu pleaded for his teacher that day, so Mi Wanjun naturally would not let him go. She immediately made up a crime and arrested Li Ziyu as well.

There were clear slap marks on Li Ziyu's face, and the same was true for other students. They were all tortured because they were unwilling to say bad things about their teacher Yao Yuanzai and disagreed with the frame-up and slander.

When they heard the noise of the arrival, Li Ziyu and others, like Yao Yuanzai, sat in their original places and recited the sages' books in their hearts.

"It will take half an incense stick of time. Come out as soon as you finish watching!"

"Okay, okay, thank you, sir."

The simple conversation reached the ears of Li Ziyu and others. Li Ziyu was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but look outside.

He was an old man, a farmer, holding a package in his hands, nodding and bowing.

When he saw Li Ziyu, the old man ran over immediately.

Li Ziyu frowned as he looked at the old man: "Uncle Wen, why are you here? It's dangerous here!"

The old man looked at Li Ziyu's appearance and the clothes he was wearing. His wrinkled face was filled with worry. "The county said that you had offended the city master and were locked up. We were worried, so we collected some money and thought of a way to come and see you."

Li Ziyu frowned, "Mang Ma Xia Mang, where did you get the money? These people are evil-minded. If you give them so much money, you might as well buy some food and store it at home for emergencies. I have everything fine here, I don't need you to come!"

The old man said, "You have offended people for us, and now those people have made you like this. If we don't come, wouldn't we be worse than pigs and dogs? Besides, it's better to use this money to manage you than to let it be robbed."

As he spoke, the old man opened the package, which contained some food. He glanced at the people in the cell and said, "Master Li, these are all made by the villagers. You can keep them and eat them."

As he spoke, the old man glanced at the wet straw mat and the mice and insects running around.

Then he looked at Li Ziyu and said, "Erzhuzi and the others are thinking of looking for Lord Shen Yue. I heard that the official is a good person. Our village has jointly written a petition. You are here..."

Li Ziyu got even angrier when he heard this: "Nonsense!"

Then he immediately looked at the old man and said, "Go back immediately. Don't worry about me. They can only lock me up. They dare not do anything to me. As for you, don't go looking for Shen Yue, let alone help me. If you let Li Xu, he..."

When he said this, Li Ziyu looked at the old man as if he realized something.

Yes.

Mi Wanjun took the opportunity to send herself to jail.

The prince turned a blind eye.

Then, would Mi Wanjun and the others let go of the people they were protecting? !
Especially the county magistrate Li Xu. When I was there, I could not make him be punished because Li Xu was a member of Li Yan's family. Now that I am gone, there is no one to suppress that man.

So he immediately looked at the old man and asked, "Li Xu, did he take your land away again?"

The old man immediately shook his head when he heard this: "No, no, don't think too much. We are just thinking about rescuing you this time. Don't worry about other things. Erzhuzi and the others have already gone to Lord Shen's house."

Li Ziyu became anxious.

The people do not fight with the officials.

Especially for those people who have been severely bullied, there is nothing wrong with them going to Shen Yue, as Shen Yue will not make things difficult for them.

But what if Mi Wanjun and the others knew about this!
In the past, killing people was like slaughtering pigs and livestock. What will happen next?

"Zi Yu." Yao Yuanzai's voice reached Li Zi Yu's ears.

Li Ziyu looked at his teacher.

Yao Yuanzai looked at his student with a gratified look in his eyes. He thought that this kid was doing a good job as an official, as he could make the people like this. "Take the paper and write down my crimes. Saving people is the greatest thing."

Hearing this, Li Ziyu frowned: "Teacher! What crime have you committed? They just want to frame you and destroy your innocence, so as to use this to deal with the eldest princess."

Yao Yuanzai looked at Li Ziyu and said, "My reputation is more important than the land and life of this old gentleman. Just write it! If you don't know how to write it, compile some."

After Yao Yuanzai finished speaking, he looked at his students who wanted to speak and sighed: "It was me who caused you trouble. You shouldn't have to suffer for me."

Yao Yuanzai clenched his fists. Mu Xu scolded him for not knowing how to adapt, but he didn't know how to adapt.

That palace, that grandeur, but the prince's regulations exceed those of the emperor!

I really can't help but curse!

But looking at his students, Yao Yuanzai sighed.

Even if he knew, even if these kids distanced themselves from him immediately, they would still be attacked by those people in the end.

But in the end, I was the one who implicated myself.

Yao Yuanzai continued, "After you write it down, let this old gentleman take it to Shen Yue. Shen Yue will rescue you and will also make decisions for the people. This old gentleman must have been hinted by Shen Yue, so he came here. If you don't write it down, even Shen Yue can't rescue you. Only by taking that thing can he compete with the Fifth Prince."

The old farmer didn't understand all these things, but he did receive advice from Lord Shen. However, Lord Shen said that he couldn't tell anyone. If someone guessed it, then forget it, but he must not take the initiative to tell anyone about it. So the old farmer looked at Li Ziyu, but didn't dare to tell anyone, for fear that he couldn't save Li Ziyu.

There are many things and profound principles that these farmers really don't understand. They just know that Lord Li is a good man and should be saved.

Yao Yuanzai said with a smile, "They want my head or my reputation, let them do whatever they want. But you told me before that you read the books of sages, but you can't care about what's happening outside the window. You were the one who felt pity, and you were the one who stood by and watched. You thought you could change after becoming an official, but you found that there were more things you couldn't do. Ziyu, look at this old man, aren't these the results of your hard work? If it weren't for you, they would have been stuck in the mud and unable to extricate themselves."

Yao Yuanzai stood up and looked at Li Ziyu: "The people saved the officials, and the students they saved were my students, Yao Yuanzai. You are very good."

After saying that, Yao Yuanzai looked outside the door and said loudly, "Prison boss, go call Huang Shao and Mi Wanjun!"

(End of this chapter)