Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 187 Rescue

"Female? Hahaha, brothers, send it!"

A group of people howled with excitement, and their eyes shone like a beast in heat.

"Second brother, there were three water fishes that escaped at that time. This one is female. Could the other two be female too?"

"Second brother, maybe the other two women are hiding in that carriage!"

The second elder brother said sharply, "You guys, get that woman away, you guys, search for a carriage! Remember Lao Tzu's rules, whether it's gold, silver, treasures or women, I have to enjoy it first. If you dare to touch it first, I will chop off your heads immediately!"

"Yes, Second Brother, I must honor you first!"

The sound of fighting continued, Qingtong was determined not to allow anyone to get close to the carriage, but due to limited skill, he was forced to leave the vicinity of the carriage.

The curtain of the carriage was thrown back, and the light of the fire came in.

The disgusting man's breath mixed with the smell of blood rushed into Lu Xinyan's nose.

She retched twice.

"Second brother, there is only one in the car, I don't know if it's a man or a woman!"

"bring it here!"

A big hairy hand stretched out, and by the light of the fire, one could see the black stains between the nails and the blood that hadn't dried up on the back of the hand.

That hand was like a pliers, grabbing Lu Xinyan's arm, dragging her from the carriage mercilessly, and dragging her to the second brother.

A cold light flashed, and blue hair covered most of his face.

Immediately afterwards, her jaw was pinched by two icy fingers, and Lu Xinyan was forced to look at the person who came.

The second elder brother was disappointed at first, the appearance of the woman under him was really ordinary, but when he met those dark eyes, his fierce eyes suddenly became interested, "Ordinary appearance makes people tasteless, but these eyes are very vivid." Well, if this figure is born well, it can be regarded as the best! Hahaha!"

He opened his mouth and laughed, saliva flew all over his mouth, his yellow teeth were full of stench, and Lu Xinyan's stomach was churning.

She forced herself to calm down, "Master, I'm from the capital city, and my family has a lot of wealth. If you let me go, I'm willing to give all of my wealth."

"It turned out to be a lady from the middle of the capital! Look at this thin skin and tender flesh, it seems to be real!" The second brother stroked her chin, and said viciously: "I heard that this lady is the most chaste, if she loses her body, Either commit suicide or marry that person! Miss, you said that if I take over you, will your father accept me as his son-in-law? When your father accepts me as his son-in-law, I will kill your whole family again , doesn’t your family’s property all belong to me?”

Lu Xinyan shuddered, "Master, my family has a strict family style. If I am not innocent, I will only die! My uncle arrests people and sells them for money. Wouldn't it be more cost-effective to exchange me for more money? If you have With a lot of money, why don't you have a lot of beautiful women? There is no need to miss the opportunity to have a lot of money for me, an ordinary-looking person!"

"You are right, but the risk of kidnapping for money is too high. If you are not careful, you will be targeted by the government. Like what I am doing now, if you catch someone, you sell it. There is no return. It is clean and tidy. There is no joy at all!"

"I promise not to report to the government, nor to let my family members report to the government, don't worry, sir!"

The second brother suddenly laughed wildly, "Little girl, do you think that I will believe your nonsense when I just came out to play around? But in this situation, you dare to negotiate terms with me, you are quite courageous, it is really against my temper! You, I'm going to decide!"

He stretched out his hand to grab Lu Xinyan's chest, but before he touched it, he suddenly let out a scream and took two steps back.

At the same time, a severed palm fell in front of Lu Xinyan, blood splashed and stained her clothes.

"Who is it? Which bastard dares to sneak up on me? Come out, get out of me!" The second elder brother shouted hissingly, his face disfigured from the pain.

The rest of the people were frightened and stupid at first, and then raised the knives in their hands one after another, but before the knife was raised, they screamed several times, and all fell to the ground, including the second brother.

The torches were extinguished, leaving only the cold moonlight in the whole world.

The accident happened so fast that Lu Xinyan was completely stunned.

Dressed in the color of a crescent moon, she walked out of the moonlight, like a savior, and walked slowly in front of Lu Xinyan.

"Xiao Shizi?" Lu Xinyan looked up at him in disbelief.

With the moonlight behind his back, the man is condescending, unable to see the expression on his face.

Lu Xinyan pulled the hem of his robe, wept with joy, "Shizi Xiao, woo woo, I thought I would never see you again, woo woo~"

The imaginary comfort and hug did not come, and a bone-chilling voice sounded above his head, "Did you dare to come out alone, did you never expect to encounter such a situation?"

"Ah? What?" Lu Xinyan's red lips parted slightly, staring at him blankly.

"If I'm late, do you know what will happen?"

Lu Xinyan dodged her eyes and whispered, "Didn't you come here?"

The man sneered, "It seems that you don't know what will happen next, so let me tell you!"

The arm was pulled hard and walked forward, Lu Xinyan whispered, "You hurt me, what are you doing, let go!"

As soon as the words finished, she was thrown onto the carriage, and when her back touched the floor, she gasped in pain, and said angrily, "Xiao Yichen, why are you crazy?"

With a cold snort, the tall figure held her down.

"Well, what are you doing?"

The man grabs her hand.

"Hiss, why are you biting, it hurts!"

"Are you still biting!?"

Lu Xinyan was so angry that she beat him desperately.

"Bastard, are you trying to bite me to death!?"

"Xiao Yichen, don't go too far!"

The man stared at her fiercely, as if he wanted to eat someone.

Lu Xinyan bit her lip, "Don't be angry, I'm just worried about your injury, I want to try my luck, I asked Bai Zhi to prepare a lot of medicine for self-defense."

"What about the medicine? Why didn't you use it just now?"

Lu Xinyan said with a guilty conscience: "There was an accident before, accidentally... it's used up."

She secretly glanced at Xiao Yichen's complexion, and sure enough, he saw that his complexion became even darker.

Being bitten hard again, Lu Xinyan didn't dare to cry out in pain, and looked at him aggrievedly.

He asked viciously, "Do you still dare to make up your own mind and run out in the future?"

"Don't dare, don't dare, I promise!" Lu Xinyan blinked as if asking for credit, "I found Sanshenghua!"

The man looked at her dangerously, "So, make up for it?"

"..." Why is this man so difficult to deal with?Ji Xinyan rolled her eyes, "Ah, Qingtong was lured elsewhere by those people!"

"With Qi Fei and Wu Ya here, I can't die!"

"I am easy, how did you recognize me?"

"I recognize you even when you turn into ashes! Don't try to change the subject!"

Lu Xinyan curled her lips, "Xiao Yichen, enough is enough! Sanshenghua found it for you, and you took advantage of it, what else do you want?"

He grabbed her hand and took another bite, "Are you aware of your mistake?"

"Ah, you bastard!"

The man snorted coldly, and was about to bow his head again. Lu Xinyan hurriedly begged for mercy, "I know I'm wrong, I know I'm wrong, I'll listen to you from now on, I'll go wherever you let me go, and I won't go where you don't want me to go." , is it all right?"

"That's what you said, otherwise..."

"I keep my word!" Lu Xinyan blinked, "I'm so tired, can you get up?"

"I heard that Sanshenghua is good to eat raw after washing. You should eat it first to heal your wounds."

The man stared at her, Lu Xinyan let out an "ouch" and said pitifully, "I'm so hungry, I haven't eaten all day."

"I'm really hungry~ I'm almost starved," she bit her lip, looking so pitiful, "In order to return to the capital quickly, I gave you Sanshenghua, I really didn't eat all day, don't believe me Go ask Qingtong."

Xiao Yichen was defeated and sat up, "Qi Fei, go get some food!"

Oh my god, I finally coaxed this uncle!Lu Xinyan hurriedly sat up and adjusted her clothes, "By the way, get some water, these Sansheng flowers can be eaten after washing!"

"Qi Fei, fetch some more water." Xiao Yichen raised her chin with one hand, "That person touched your place just now, so you have to wash it well."

You domineering ghost!Lu Xinyan rolled her eyes speechlessly in her heart.

The next moment, the whole person was embraced into a warm embrace, and Xiao Yichen's slightly trembling voice sounded above his head, "Do you know how worried I was after I knew you had sneaked out? Worried that you would be cheated away, Worried that you will be arrested, worried that you will be hurt, even a little bit, it is like being stabbed in my heart! You know that I dare not even close my eyes these days. Once I close my eyes, I am afraid that you will be in danger , I didn't have time to save you..."

Lu Xinyan sniffed, put her arms around him and buried her face in his chest, "I'm sorry for making you worry, I won't do it again in the future."

Then the tone changed and he gritted his teeth, "I thought at the time, when I find you, I'll bite you to death, so as not to make me worry every day and have trouble sleeping and eating! But when I saw you, I couldn't bear it..."

Lu Xinyan muttered softly, "I can't bear it, I was bitten to death by you."

"Then I thought, why don't you go to justice, let you have a child, and you can only stay at home in the future, and you can't go anywhere..."

Lu Xinyan shuddered, so this bastard still had this idea!Pregnant with a child, bah, you have a good idea!
He murmured: "But I can't bear to wrong you like this..."

"Yes, yes, otherwise, I will feel very wronged!" Lu Xinyan quickly agreed, and began to worry in her heart, why did he seem to have completely forgotten the marriage agreement she signed with him?It seems that we need to find a time to remind them, but it is written in the agreement that after the two get married, they only have the name of husband and wife, not the reality of husband and wife.

"Zhuzhu, promise me, don't make me worry anymore, okay?" His domineering yet gentle voice was full of pleading and fear.

Lu Xinyan's heart suddenly softened, "Okay, I promise you."

-

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, An Lehou's family went to Qingyan Temple to offer incense.

Wen Ruxiang supported her mother, Mrs. Wen San, "Mother, I have an appointment with my uncle the day after tomorrow, so I won't be watching the lanterns with you."

Mrs. Wen San smiled brightly, "Master Long's side is important, you don't have to worry about Mother and Father here."

The daughter took the lead of Master Long, and she and Master Wen San also had good faces.

Wen Ruchun from Wen's family room heard the words and sneered disdainfully, "Fourth sister, when did your maternal ancestor's family name change to Long?"

"Fifth sister, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb! I just climbed a high branch, unlike others, I can't climb it even if I want to!"

Wen Ruchun's face was flushed red, once when she met Long Tianxing and Wen Ruxiang outside, she hurried forward and obediently called her uncle, but was coldly stopped by Long Tianxing, telling her not to shout.

Mrs. Wen's majestic voice came, "What are you arguing about?"

"Mother~" Wen Ruchun said aggrievedly: "I was joking with my fourth sister, but she told me not to talk."

Mrs. Wen glanced coldly at Wen Ruxiang, her little hooves, thinking that if she climbed Long Tianxing, she would be able to climb to the top of the big house? "Third brother and sister, please go and ask, is the noon meal ready?"

This kind of thing used to be done by maids and mother-in-law. Mrs. Wen asked Mrs. Wen to do it, clearly because she wanted to slap Sanfang in the face.

The wives and ladies in the other rooms secretly laughed, Wen Ruxiang turned pale, and was about to go forward to argue, but was held back by Mrs. Wen San, who shook her head slightly, "Yes, sister-in-law, I'll go right away."

After speaking, he was afraid that Wen Ruxiang would cause trouble, so he dragged her away together.

Walking out of the hall, Wen Ruxiang had to shake off Mrs. Wen's hand, "Aniang, why didn't you let me tell you just now? With uncle here, they dare not do anything to me!"

"Forget it, we can't compete with Da Fang now! Bear with it."

"Be patient, you will be able to bear it, how many years have you endured!" Wen Ruxiang was furious, "You go by yourself, I will go elsewhere!"

Third Mrs. Wen shouted from behind, but Wen Ruxiang ignored her and ran forward faster and faster.

Tired from running, her gloom dissipated, Wen Ruxiang raised her head to look around, and inadvertently saw a familiar figure walking into a small courtyard.

With a thought in her mind, she quietly followed, and saw the maid Shuyun next to Lu Xinyan in the yard carrying a food box, and another maid guarding in front of a room.

Then the room opened a crack, Bai Zhi came out from inside, whispered a few words to the two of them, took the food box and went in.

Wen Ruxiang felt very strange, what was in that room that made it so mysterious?

She pretended to be curious and asked a passing young monk, and learned that Lu Xinyan was fasting and praying inside, and it had been several days, and she would come out the day after tomorrow.

Will Lu Xinyan fast and pray?Based on what Wen Ruxiang knew of her when she was a child, she was someone who couldn't sit still in the Zen room for even an hour, let alone come out for several days in a row!
Although the current Lu Xinyan is somewhat different from before, Wen Ruxiang believes that no matter how much a person changes, there are always some things that cannot be changed.

After Wen Ruxiang went back, she quietly found the person Long Tianxing sent to protect her, and asked him to find an opportunity to secretly check the situation in that room.

In the evening, when the man came back, there was only a sickly white-skinned woman in the road.

Wen Ruxiang immediately understood that when they were young, they followed A Niang to Qingyan Temple to offer incense, and would sneak out to play when they couldn't sit still, and Lu Xinyan must be the same now.

She frowned, and immediately thought about it.

Years ago, Lu Xinyan took away her three most profitable shops, and she had to close the rest of the loss-making shops. Except for the five that Long Tianxing gave her later, she had to make a living at a loss!Thinking of this, Wen Ruxiang felt angry. It took her three years to make Tianxiang Pavilion famous, but Lu Xinyan's Suyifang only took three months, and she was completely helpless!

Whether it was because of the previous old grievances or to stabilize the high branch of Lord Long, Lu Xinyan had to find a way to get rid of it no matter what, otherwise she, Wen Ruxiang, and her third wife of the Wen family would never have a bright future!
Early the next morning, Wen Ruxiang went to Zhang Shangshu's mansion to find Zhang Ruomei.

After the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Zhang Ruomei saw that Wen Ruxiang hesitated to speak, and asked, "Miss Wen, what can you do with me?"

Wen Ruxiang said sadly: "Sixteen is about to enter the palace to assign tasks. I am worried that there will be insufficient manpower, and there will be troubles at that time. I have neglected Princess Wacha, what should I do if the emperor blames me?"

Zhang Ruomei wondered: "Why is there not enough manpower? Could it be that someone is not feeling well and cannot enter the palace? If so, the queen mother and empress should arrange new candidates."

"If you don't know, Ruomei, I'll tell you alone, don't tell anyone else." Wen Ruxiang said: "I went to Qingyan Temple to offer incense with my auntie, auntie and the others yesterday, and I ran into Zhuzhu by accident. The maid of the princess, I inquired out of curiosity, and heard that she fasted and prayed for her deceased mother there! My mother and her mother had a relationship before, so I wanted to go in and talk to her, and put incense on the way, but her maid He stopped us with a pale face, refused to let in, and refused to report! My mother and I had no choice but to leave, and then I sneaked a peek, and found that there was no one inside!"

Zhang Ruomei's eyes widened, "No one? Where did the princess go?"

"Before that happened seven years ago, the Princess and I were good friends when we were young, and we knew that she couldn't sit still! I guess she must have sneaked out to play."

Zhang Ruomei looked puzzled, "If she wants to go out to play, let alone fast for her dead mother, why dig a hole for herself?"

"This..." Wen Ruxiang hesitated and hesitated, "When the Princess was still the wife of the Marquis of Guangping, her reputation was not very good... Some people said that she was promiscuous... Maybe it was because she had an appointment with someone in a wrong way to let people know." hang out with people, so..."

She said and quickly covered her mouth, "This kind of thing is not something that we serious ladies should talk about. Ruomei, just pretend I didn't say it! There will be insufficient manpower at that time. Let's work harder and make sure there are no mistakes. gone."

Zhang Ruomei lowered her eyes, bit her lips and remained silent.

"It's almost time, Ruomei, I'll go back first."

After sending Wen Ruxiang away, Zhang Ruomei pondered for a long time, and finally called the maid, handed the sign and entered the palace.

Ganquan Palace.

Concubine Xiao Gui heard that Miss Zhang's family had come, and a two-part smile appeared on her cold face.

Zhang Ruomei was the first choice of the emperor's concubine that the emperor originally intended to point to Xiao Yichen. She had a dignified appearance and decent manners. She was like a home and a room. Concubine Xiao was quite satisfied, but Lu Xinyan was born out of nowhere and was given a marriage by the emperor. Concubine Xiao remembered her reconciliation status And appearance, my heart is very responsive.

Therefore, in the first year of junior high school, she specially called Zhang Ruomei, expressing euphemistically that she wanted to choose two noble concubines for Xiao Yichen, and immediately raise her as a second wife after giving birth to a child.

With Zhang Ruomei's background, not to mention being Xiao Yichen's concubine, even being a prince's side concubine would be aggrieved.

But in Concubine Xiao's mind, her nephew is the unparalleled No.1 man in the world, a good man that no one can match, even if Zhang Ruomei is wronged, she can't be wronged!If the eldest son is born and promoted to be an equal wife, and the eldest son is established as the eldest son, the mother will earn the title based on the son, and it will be no different from the main wife.

At that time, Zhang Ruomei didn't say anything, and Concubine Xiao didn't ask. Everyone knew this kind of thing well, and they couldn't tell the truth, they could only understand it.

Today, Zhang Ruomei took the initiative to come to the palace to find her, which shows that she has made a decision in her heart.

From Concubine Xiao's point of view, her nephew really had nothing that people could refuse, so her mood improved a lot.

"My little girl has met Concubine Xiao."

"Ruomei, come, get up, come sit down here and talk." Xiao Guifei said courteously.

"Thank you, Concubine."

Zhang Ruomei walked over in a regular manner, her every move was in the style of everyone, and she couldn't find any mistakes.

The more Concubine Xiao looked at her, the more satisfied she became. This is the grandeur of the ladies in the backyard. Although Lu Xinyan's manners are not bad, they are still a little worse than Zhang Ruomei who has deliberately trained in this area.

"Imperial Concubine, your proposal on the first day of the new year, my daughter has been thinking about it these days, and has been entangled. My grandparents, parents and parents have high hopes for my daughter. No matter how willing my daughter is, I can't ignore the wishes of the elders in the family."

Concubine Xiao's face froze, her voice turned cold, "You mean to say that the elders in your family look down on Yi Chen, so you want to reject Ben Gong's proposal?"

Zhang Ruomei hastily said: "The imperial concubine misunderstood, the young girl didn't tell the elders clearly about this, they didn't know about it."

Concubine Xiao Gui's expression softened a bit, "Then what's your idea?"

"The book says that fate is predestined, and the fate of two people is predestined by heaven! So my little girl wants to go to Qingyan Temple tomorrow to ask for a lottery, and leave everything to God!"

Concubine Xiao thought for a while, "How about this, I will accompany you to Qingyan Temple tomorrow and ask the Bodhisattva face to face!"

Zhang Ruomei was taken aback, "Young concubine, my little girl can't stand it!"

"I'm bored staying in the palace, I just want to go out to relax and pray for the queen mother, the queen, your business is just passing by, you don't have to think about it!" Concubine Xiao said: "See you at Qingyan Temple at Sishi tomorrow."

"The little girl is more respectful than obedient!"

After Zhang Ruomei left the palace, Wen Ruxiang, who had been secretly following her, turned her head into the palace to find Wu Wan, and told Wu Wan that Lu Xinyan was not praying at Qingyan Temple.

"Princess, Zhang Ruomei just went to see Concubine Xiao. I heard that Concubine Xiao promised to go to Qingyan Temple with her tomorrow. Concubine Xiao saw Lu Xinyan's absence with her own eyes. Using this as an excuse to go out and fool around with other men, under Xiao Guifei's rage, maybe she will make a scene with the emperor and break the engagement between the two of you!"

Wu Wan sneered, "Zhang Ruomei is very scheming! She must have thought that if the father and emperor dissolve the engagement between the two, then she can become the justifiable wife of the Duke of Zhenguo! But she didn't expect that she was just used by the Palace to get rid of Lu Xinyan's knife! When Lu Xinyan is excluded, I will make up for the marriage contract. When will I get her? Not even a noble concubine!"

"Ruxiang wishes the princess her wish come true as soon as possible!"

"Ruxiang, you did a great job on this matter! Tomorrow you must witness all this with your own eyes, and tell Ben Gong about it when you come back!"

"Yes, princess."

On the morning of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Concubine Xiao Gui went out to Qingyan Temple after asking the queen for instructions.

Zhang Ruomei was waiting for Concubine Xiao Gui there early in the morning, and Concubine Xiao was supported by her to go in with satisfaction.

Concubine Xiao Gui has a noble status, but she has always acted in a low-key manner and did not travel with much fanfare. The host of Qingyan Temple prepared a separate Buddhist hall, and received her personally without leaving the left and right.

After Xiao Guifei finished kneeling and worshiping, it was Zhang Ruomei's turn. Zhang Ruomei knelt on the golden futon with downcast eyes. After praying sincerely for a while, she took the lottery from the host and began to draw the lottery.

With a bang, a bamboo stick fell to the ground, and the maid beside Concubine Xiao picked it up and handed it to the host.

"It's good that you don't need to plan for marriage, and you don't have to rush to rush if you want to. The past life is not destined to be today, and the result will be 500 years ago." The host said: "This lottery is the first lottery. It means that the benefactor's marriage was predestined in the previous life. What you want is yours, don't worry, when the fate comes, the two of you will definitely get married if you love each other."

For a lady of this age, the host doesn't need to ask for this kind of signature, as she knows that it is about marriage.

Zhang Ruomei's face flushed red after hearing this, Xiao Guifei beamed with joy, "Thank you, master!"

"Young concubine, please be polite!"

"Imperial concubine, my little girl wants to go out for a walk." Zhang Ruomei bit her red lips lightly and lowered her head, her demeanor and shyness were just right.

Concubine Xiao thought she was shy, "Ben Gong just kneeled for a long time and his legs were a little sore, Ruo Mei, you can walk with Ben Gong."

"Yes, noble concubine."

Zhang Ruomei stepped forward to support Concubine Xiao Gui, she lowered her brows, her movements were graceful and decent, she was an ideal candidate for niece and daughter-in-law no matter what!
The more Concubine Xiao looked at it, the more satisfied she became.

She doesn't like to socialize with others, she has always lived in secluded places in the palace, there are quite a few people offering incense today, in order to avoid being recognized and causing confusion, Concubine Xiao wore a white cap, her clothes were always plain and light in color. My lord, there are very few accessories on her body, it is hard to think of it as a nobleman in the palace traveling.

Along the way, many wives and ladies passed by, but no one noticed Concubine Xiao.

"Mrs. Zhang, Mrs. Li, have you heard?" A woman's low voice came from not far away.

"What did you hear, so mysterious? Mrs. Luo, this is not like you. You always have something to say!"

"I'm not talking right, what are you in a hurry for? I heard that there is a young lady who secretly went out to meet her lover in the name of coming to Qingyan Temple to fast and pray for blessings. She even has a child."

Hearing that Concubine Xiao was holding Zhang Ruomei's hand tightly, Zhang Ruomei realized that Concubine Xiao was probably a little unhappy, but if the two of them left rashly at this time, it would alarm the three people in front, so they had to stand there without moving.

"Isn't it?" An exaggerated exclamation, and then seemed to realize that he was exaggerating, and quickly lowered the volume, "Which lady is so shameless?"

(End of this chapter)