Jiaochu

After arriving at the martial arts training ground, the two competed in archery.

The first arrow shot by Ye Lingxi hit the bull's-eye.

Ruan Zhu was a little impressed that the pampered little princess could have such archery skills. Ye Lingxi was also a little complacent in her heart. She still showed a calm expression on her face, "This is nothing to this princess." However, her eyes were still unconsciously looking in the direction of Yan Fei, hoping to get some praise and recognition. Seeing that he had not Looking at herself, she felt as if some cold water had been poured on her heart. She lowered her head and kicked her toes, walked over and said to Ruan Zhu, "It's your turn." Her tone was a little unkind, as if she was angry.

Ruan Zhu was confused about this. When he fired the arrow, he seemed to be modest and missed.

"If you lose, you have to answer my question truthfully." Ye Lingxi said.

Ruan Zhu looked a little surprised, as if he didn't expect that there would only be one game, and if he lost, he would have to answer questions. However, a gentleman was willing to admit defeat, so he held his hand and said, "Princess, please speak."

"I heard someone said you disappeared before. What happened?" When Ye Lingxi asked this question, Yan Fei also turned his attention to Ruan Zhu, who was a little surprised, as if he didn't expect it. Such a question. Ye Lingxi continued, "If you say you got lost on the mountain, I don't believe it." Ruan Zhu replied, "Wei Chen saw the beautiful scenery on the mountain, so he visited for a few more days." Ye Lingxi stared at it without blinking. He looked like "I don't believe this princess."

The atmosphere was deadlocked for a few seconds.

Ruan Zhu cupped his hands and said, "Princess, if there is nothing else to do, I will leave first."

"We haven't competed on horseback yet," Ye Lingxi said. "If I win this time, you have to tell the truth." She raised her finger and pointed to the competition platform in front of her. "Whoever gets there first will win."

Ruan Zhu obeyed.

The guards brought two horses, one of which was the maroon pony that Ye Lingxi often rode. They stood together with the big brown horse next to them. There seemed to be no doubt about the outcome.

Ye Lingxi asked the guard to get her a big horse, but Yan Fei stopped her. She didn't know which one of her tendencies had gotten the better of her, so she wanted to take a gamble with the other party. She insisted on changing who asked him to ignore her, but Yan Fei refused. She squatted on the ground and sulked. Then she heard a sentence and felt in her heart. A joy.

"I compete on behalf of the princess." Yan Fei said to Ruan Zhu, who had no objection.

The guard brought in another big brown horse. The two horses were of the same size and had the same length of limbs. Which one ran first depended on the individual's ability.

After the two were ready, Ye Lingxi shouted loudly to start. Yan Fei took the lead to rush out of the starting point. Ruan Zhu's reaction was a little slower and fell behind temporarily. He could not catch up with this gap along the way. In the end, Yan Fei won the game. Contest.

When Ye Lingxi asked again, Ruan Zhu told the two of them the real person he saw after leaving the city that day and the real thing that happened.

Someone sent him an invitation that day, signed by layman Qingshan. He said that he lived in Zuiweng Mountain outside the city. He heard that Ruan Zhu liked bamboo, and he happened to have a bamboo forest planted at home. Ruan Zhu was specially invited to come and enjoy it. Ruan Zhu went with pleasure.

After going up the mountain, he met a woodcutter and asked him about the residence of the layman Qingshan. The woodcutter happened to know the layman Qingshan and said that he lived on the mountainside and offered to show him the way. Ruan Zhu followed the woodcutter there. Went deep into the forest. A gust of mountain wind blew on the road, and Ruan Zhu suddenly shivered, as if waking up from a dream. He felt something was not right, so he said he was not feeling well and would come to visit another day. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, an ax struck him. .

The woodcutter who was warm and talkative just now suddenly turned into a sinister and cruel executioner.

Fortunately, he had some martial arts skills and managed to escape.

After hiding in the mountains for a few days, he quietly returned to the city to inquire about the news. He heard that Xu Zilin, a great talent in Qingzhou, had been robbed by bandits and lost his life. The incident was such a big deal that even the emperor was alarmed.

He went back to the mountain to think about it for two days, and felt that hiding like this was not an option. Then he returned to the city, saying that he was playing in the mountain. He guessed that the person who killed him knew that he was still alive and would not take action easily. After all, The emperor has been alarmed, who dares to act rashly?

As soon as Ruan Zhu finished speaking, Yan Fei tested his martial arts. The other party responded quickly and his martial arts should not be low.

Ye Lingxi guessed that the killer disguised as a woodcutter probably thought that the other party was just a weak scholar who could be killed with one axe. How could he have expected that the other party not only knew martial arts, but also had high martial arts skills? This unexpected situation disturbed the people behind the scenes. plan of.

Then Guo Huaizhong Li Hunxiang hanged himself, and this Li Hunxiang implicated the green jade sword Tao Bi, who in turn implicated Mr. Gu. After going around in a circle, Su Shangshu was involved, and he also wanted to separate the Gu family and the Su family. They were dragged into the water together, but she didn't expect that her father had noticed it already, and then Rongliang jumped into the trap. Thinking of this, she always felt that Rongliang's rash attack was a bit strange, and she felt that there should be someone else behind it...

Yan Fei glanced at Ye Lingxi, who was immersed in thought, and asked Ruan Zhu, "How is that woodcutter's martial arts?" Ruan Zhu replied, "He's good at it, but I just escaped by chance." He held his hand and said, "Princess, I'm a humble minister. I have said what needs to be said, there is still something to do with the Ministry of Revenue, so Wei Chen will leave first."

Ye Lingxi knew that the household department had changed people and the affairs were complicated, so he asked people to go back first.

After Ruan Zhu left, Ye Lingxi walked up to Yan Fei and stared at him without saying a word. Yan Fei turned his gaze slightly sideways and said nothing. The two of them just stood there.

But standing still and not talking won't solve the problem.

"Brother Yan, are you avoiding me on purpose these days?"

Yanfei's expression moved slightly and he denied that he didn't. Ye Lingxi took a step closer and stared at his face and asked, "Really?" Yanfei didn't say anything. She deliberately said angrily, "Brother Yan has a sister from the Su family, so he doesn't want to Ignore me, okay?" Yanfei opened her mouth, but still didn't speak. She walked away angrily, and stopped when she heard the person behind her talking before she was even one meter away.

"Is the princess being nice to me because of His Highness?" Yan Fei's voice sounded a little low. He hoped to hear a different answer but was afraid that the answer would be what he expected. This question had been hidden in his heart for more than a day or two. Sometimes, He felt that his thoughts were a bit despicable, but he was a determined person in his bones. He would rather be pricked all over by thorns than have a false rose.

Where is this? ! Ye Lingxi took a deep breath, turned around and asked, "What does this have to do with my second brother?" A thought flashed through her mind, and she suddenly realized that it was no wonder she had been having trouble these past few days. It turned out to be because of this, and she just took this opportunity to sort things out. To be clear, her sudden change of attitude overnight will indeed cause people to have such doubts, "Brother Yan, don't you think that I want to help the second brother to win over the General Mansion and Longying Guard, so I am good to Brother Yan? Then if I am good to Brother Su, do I also want to help the second brother win over Su Shangshu?"