in spring

Chapter 78
Chunying almost thought that they had been exposed, and her heartbeat almost stopped, but then, the tip of the gun and the blade pierced through several other gaps made her hope again.

Those guns and knives stabbed a few times, and then changed to other stabs, and the sound of metal rubbing and colliding with rocks kept coming and going.Hou Ye was startled at first, seeing that the knives and guns had not stabbed any foreign objects, he laughed angrily: "It's really an eye-opener! The people brought by the grand master not only stabbed my house, but even the mountains in the garden. I dare say that the person you are looking for has become a mountain in my family, and you will scream when you poke it?!"

The grand master looked at the actions of the soldiers with a serious face, then looked up at the bamboo house that had been dismantled to pieces, and forced a smile on his face: "Lihou is joking, you know that your mansion has been beautiful for hundreds of years. Yes, I often hear that those old people always like to build secret passages, secret rooms and so on at home, especially in rockery or bedrooms, where important belongings and documents are placed...Of course, this is all outside It’s just that I am interested in looking at this mountain, so I came up with this idea. Don’t misunderstand Li Hou! I am also wholeheartedly sharing the worries of the emperor!”

"Hahaha——" Hou Ye laughed mockingly, "Our Hou Mansion has always been loyal to the emperor, and those secret chambers that are specially used to store secrets... are built by people with ghosts in their hearts! But... the grand master seems to be very familiar with it? Could it be that the grand master also built this kind of thing at home? Yes! I heard that there is also a large rockery in the garden of the grand master's mansion, and it is the Taihu stone that was specially transported from thousands of miles. It's beautiful... there must be some unspeakable mysteries in it?"

"Haha." Grand Master Liang laughed dryly, "Li Hou really knows how to joke..."

"Who's joking?!" Lord Hou suddenly darkened his face and interrupted him, "According to what the Grand Master said, if you can't find anyone here, you're going to stab your knife and gun into my bedroom?! Hmph ... If I really let you do this, I will have no face to go out to meet people tomorrow! My grandparents will disturb my peace under the spring!" He turned to the officer and said coldly: "Have you finished the search?! Search When you're done, bring your soldiers and leave me! Leave your name, and I'll ask your Shangfeng tomorrow how he disciplines his subordinates!"

The officer smiled contemptuously, and gestured to the soldiers: "Get some torches! I don't believe it, where can he escape!"

Hou Ye's face turned dark. At this time, Li You stepped forward and whispered something in his ear, and he sneered and said, "So... Grand Master, this is your nephew? I heard that he He just took a job in the Ministry of War, but I don’t know when he became a general? He even ran to my house and set fire to it? How majestic!”

"Hehehe..." Grand Master Liang stroked his beard, but his expression was a bit reluctant, "Shan'er is young and vigorous, so he must be negligent in etiquette, which makes Marquis Li laugh." He glanced at his nephew, implying that he should not do it. Take it too far.But Liang Shan hesitated, as if he didn't want to listen, walked to Grand Master Liang, whispered in a low voice: "Uncle, we have already made it this far, if we can't find anyone, we can't explain to him The spies have confirmed that before we came, he was in the house at the bottom of the mountain, and the spies guarding the other door just now also reported that he did not go out, and he has no other place to hide except this mountain!" Grand Master Liang fell silent.

Hou Ye was a little impatient, since Zhou Nian could not be found, he must have gone to hide in a secret room in the mountainside.It was originally a secret place dug by an ancestor to store belongings in the early years. Later, he found a better place and abandoned it. He told Zhou Nian there, just in case, But he didn't know if it would be wrong to hide there, if it would make people bored, and even more worried that if Liang Shan really set people on fire, would Zhou Nian be forced out, he had to find a way to drive these people away as soon as possible!

He glanced at another officer following behind him, and suddenly had an idea: "General Tantai... If I remember correctly, your duty seems to be to defend the capital and protect the royal family... I didn't expect you to become Taishi Liang's personal , As soon as he gave an order, you abandoned the trust of the emperor and brought troops to my mansion to set fire to kill?"

The officer's face was a little ugly at first, but he was even more solemn when he heard the words: "Li Hou don't want to lie, the general is only ordered to escort the imperial envoy to announce the decree, why did he kill and set fire?" He glanced at Liang Shan: "Lord Xiaoliang The last general didn't know about the replacement of his military post, let alone why he brought people here... But Lord Xiaoliang didn't kill anyone."

Hou Ye sneered: "If it wasn't for the cowardice of my servant, wouldn't you think he wouldn't kill? General Tantai, let's see! There is no one in my family that he is looking for, but he wants to search, and he can't find it here. If I meet a man who is tall, short, fat, and thin, even if it is my nephew, he will grab me and say he is a criminal, and then accuse me of harboring. He will claim that the man is a traitor! Before the emperor knew, he said that the traitor was going to escape. Now there is no proof, and my whole family is guilty of conspiracy! I don’t understand When the Grand Master entered the door, he clearly said that he was here to make amends, but he wanted to pay for the lives of more than 500 people in my family...Maybe it was just to let my nephew add credit to be a general?" He glanced lightly at General Tantai One glance: "The general is young and promising. I thought you could resist the temptation and serve the emperor faithfully... I didn't expect you to be nothing more than that... The grand master gave the order, and you brought the sergeants to serve him, and sat back and watched the helpless If a person with no achievements leads the army, if one day, the order of the grand master and the order of the emperor go against each other... I don't know how the general will choose?"

These words were too harsh, Grand Master Liang's face turned black: "Li Hou said carefully! My whole family is loyal to the emperor, how can there be a day when I will go against the emperor's order?!" I couldn't help but cursed in my heart.

"Oh? Is that so?!" Master Hou turned his head and smiled at him, "Today the grand master came to announce the decree, and the emperor rewarded him with countless rewards, which shows his heart. The grand master told me how much the emperor valued me in Qing Guohou's mansion. , and at the same time ordered people to break into the inner courtyard of my house and set fire to search people... Isn’t this against the emperor’s orders?”

General Tantai looked at Li Hou, then at Liang Taishi and Liang Shan, then at the devastated bamboo house, and sighed in his heart, he was being used by others, but he didn't know if it would affect his future, only hope Can you make up for it: "Grand Master, the imperial decree has been read out and the rewards have been distributed, so it's time for you to go home, right?" He cupped his hands at Grand Master Liang, "The general will have to go back to the guard for a change of shift."

Grand Master Liang frowned slightly, Liang Shan sneered and said, "Tantai Minghao, are you afraid? Don't lead troops if you have no guts!"

Tantai Minghao was extremely angry in his heart, but because of the grand master's power, he suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Yuanwailang, please be careful with your words!"

Hou Ye's heart moved, and he said to Liang Shan: "General Tantai has killed countless enemies in the frontier, and his achievements in battle are outstanding. Mr. Xiao Liang is used to the prosperity of Beijing. If you want to say such words to General Tantai, you might as well go to the frontier to experience a few times. What about next year?"

This time it was Liang Shan's turn to be furious: "You..." Master Liang stretched out his hand to block him, glanced at the soldiers holding torches waiting for orders, then at the calm-faced Lord Hou, and even the angry face behind him The youngest son in color just looked at the bamboo house distressedly, thinking that this kid just said that this bamboo house and the house at the bottom of the mountain were cleaned by him for the summer, and he was preparing to move in for a short stay. It seems somewhat believable.Their expressions all suggested that they didn't worry about burning the mountain at all, they just felt ashamed.This made him uncertain.I'm afraid he really made a fool of himself this time. Didn't he say that the spy exposed his whereabouts?The Li family must have moved Zhou Nian elsewhere!

He has been in the imperial court for many years. Although there are many times when he goes well, there are still some city mansions. He immediately showed a kind smile: "This is all a misunderstanding... a misunderstanding! Don't be angry, Lihou, everyone is only thinking of the emperor." Then Then he turned around and called his nephew: "Let's take the team back..."

"uncle!"

"Don't talk about it!" He lowered his face, feeling that this nephew is useless for the first time, "If you make such a mess, you can't find anyone, what else do you want?!"

Liang Shan looked angry, but he didn't have the guts to disobey this powerful uncle, so he could only wave to the soldiers: "Let's go!" A soldier asked blankly: "My lord, what about this fire..." He kicked him. After walking a long distance, the torch in his hand fell into the weeds beside the mountain wall and caught fire all of a sudden.Li You's expression changed, and he took a step forward. Master Hou stroked his beard and turned around Shi Shiran, just blocking his youngest son.Li You immediately calmed down.

Grand Master Liang took another look at the Li family father and son, seeing that there was no sign of anxiety on their faces, and he was sure that they were no longer here, so he gave the spy a hard look, and left with his nephew and others.

Tantai Minghao clasped his fists to Lord Hou gratefully, and led the soldiers down the mountain.

Li You immediately turned around and ran towards the mountain wall, but was caught by his father: "Be safe and don't be impatient!" He glanced at the back door of the garden, and there were already several servants gathered there. chased away.He turned to the servant who came up the mountain: "Go and check everywhere, if anyone is injured, and what other places have been destroyed!" The two servants responded, and there was only one person left. How many things have been broken in the house!" The man asked: "Master Hou, this bamboo house..." "It's all broken down like this, I have to rebuild it later, you go, I will call someone to put out the fire later!" "Yes." The man also left.

Li You watched the fire gradually spread to the weeds next to the stone steps, and even burned to the bamboo house. He was extremely anxious, but he didn't dare to act rashly. After leaving the gate of Hou Mansion, he yelled at Sanqing: "Hurry up and save people!"

Chun Ying and Zhou Nian hid in the mountain wall. Originally, they retreated to the center of the secret room in order to avoid knives and guns. When the fire started, thick smoke poured in from the cracks in the mountain, quickly filling most of the space.Chun Ying hurriedly retreated to the place where the smoke had not spread, took a deep breath, and pulled Zhou Nian over again.

Zhou Nian raised her sleeve to cover her nose, but she couldn't help it. Chun Ying heard that the people outside hadn't left yet, so she quickly covered his mouth and nose with her hand.Zhou Nian also knew that it was a critical moment, so he suppressed the urge to cough, and after a while, his face gradually turned red, and when he heard the footsteps of the brigade leaving, he pulled Chunying's hand away and covered it with his sleeve. He coughed softly, choked the smoke into his nostrils, and tears flowed out.

Chunying was also having a hard time, her eyes were red from the smoke, she was still wondering why the Hou didn't ask people to put out the fire when everyone left outside?At this time, the sound of Lord Hou sending people away came from outside. She had some understanding, but she was also very impatient. After finally waiting for the entrance of the mountain wall to reopen, she hurriedly rushed over: "Brother Nian, come here, come here!" !” Quickly took a breath of relatively fresh air.

Sanqing's face appeared outside the entrance. Seeing that they were all right, he grinned and pushed the rock away.Chun Ying wanted to rush out first, but seeing that Zhou Nian was choked so badly, she hurriedly turned around and pulled him to the door, pushed him out of the secret room, and then followed.

When Li You saw Chunying, he was relieved: "You girl finally didn't disappoint me!" Then he supported Zhou Nian: "Are you choking badly? Father and I were afraid of being discovered, so we didn't save you for a long time. Please, please Don't blame me."

Zhou Nian coughed and said with a smile: "If Master Hou hadn't tipped you off, I'm afraid I would have lost my life. How could I blame you? I also want to thank you for saving my life."

Chunying curled her lips in the back, thinking that she was climbing the wall and running wildly, she was exhausted to death, how could Zhou Nian forget her?

As soon as she relaxed, she realized that there were several scratches on her body, which were burning hot. The original brand-new dress was scratched in several places and stained with plaster, which made her quite embarrassed.

Hou Ye looked down the mountain vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Okay, don't talk about gossip, Sanqing will put out the fire soon, and Zisi will hide in the bamboo house for the time being, and go down after the people on the mountain have dispersed. This happened. , I’m afraid the mansion needs to be rectified, and I’ll find another safe place as soon as possible for Zisi to move in. I’m afraid I can’t live in Shanju any longer!”

Li You and Zhou Nian nodded and took action.Chunying opened her mouth, wanting to ask herself what to do, Li You turned her head and smiled at her: "You come too, come back with me later, you have to talk to yourself first!"

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