Chapter 55 Chapter 4 Encounter in Yufu

Lu Yuanqing lay on the ground in the alley at the back door of Yu Mansion furtively, rummaging back and forth with his hands.Ah, yes, it is still there. Lu Yuanqing watched with satisfaction that the dog hole he dug with Yu Bolan's fighting spirit was still there after so many years, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. If people have good thoughts, God will bless them.Fortunately, this dog hole is still there, otherwise he would really have to spend some more brains on how to enter Yu's mansion without anyone noticing. The dog hole is naturally not that big, but fortunately, he is thin enough to climb in. It shouldn't be a problem, just to go through the dog hole... Even my young self is so proud that he has never thought about it, if someone dared to give up in front of him before. If he drills a dog hole, then this person will definitely not see the sun the next day.

However, when Lu Yuanqing climbed into Yu's mansion from the dog hole in embarrassment and looked back at the dog hole strangely, he still felt incredible, but he didn't feel the slightest sense of humiliation in his heart, and he really didn't have any. Lu Yuanqing suddenly felt a little horrified, is he still the same person he used to be?Many things that were unshakable in the past began to be gradually forgotten by him now, and then became a certain blank in his memory, and eventually disappeared in this world along with him one day. Lu Yuanqing was familiar with the seemingly complicated courtyards and pavilions in the Yu Mansion. He could walk without a hitch even with his eyes closed, so all he had to do was to avoid the Jin Yiwei who occasionally patrolled the guard.

Lu Yuanqing frowned and thought about which courtyard Shen Bai and the others would be in.The third courtyard in the west is the ancestral hall of the Yu Mansion, where the ancestors of the Yu family are enshrined. Of course, there will be General Yu Shaochun who died in the fight against the Tartars and served the country. He is Yu Bolan's father and also his One of the people I admired the most when I was young. To the north is the main house of Yu's family, which is Yu Bolan's residence; to the east is a garden. At that time, Yu Bolan had just moved into the new house. Looking at the deserted and empty house where he lived alone, Lu Yuanqing also yelled on the spur of the moment. I planted a garden full of flowers for him, just to make him smile; the south courtyard is where the guest room is, so it should be in the south courtyard, right?Lu Yuanqing thought to himself, and walked slowly towards the south courtyard.

In the dead of night, Yu Mansion also appeared serene because of the silence.Lu Yuanqing walked all the way in the dark without seeing a few candles, and he couldn't help but rejoice that the dark night had become his best cover.Walking in the Yufu mansion where Jinyiwei appeared from time to time, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, Lu Yuanqing couldn't help but be extra cautious. There are not a few guest rooms in the south courtyard, where will Shen Bai be?It was pitch black all around, and every room looked the same in the dark night, making it difficult to distinguish.Could it be that one room is opened to see?Might be a good idea.With Yu Bolan's unfathomable temperament, I'm afraid he won't invite a bunch of cronies back home for a short stay like Zhu Donglou and his like, so most of the house should be empty, maybe only Shen Bai and the others live there. people.

However, Lu Yuanqing thought again, it would be bad if he happened to get into Shao Ying's or Song Yutang's room, especially Shao Ying, seeing him sneaking into Yu's mansion late at night wearing night clothes, would definitely get up again suspicion. While thinking about it, he groped along the doors of the first room on the left hand side one by one, and all the doors were locked, indicating that there was no one living there.Lu Yuanqing gently pushed it worriedly again, um, it couldn't be pushed away. He slowly turned to the second row of rooms, thinking that it should still be locked, but as he pushed the door, the door opened in response to the sound, which made Lu Yuanqing slightly startled.The oncoming smell of dust indicates that this room has been unoccupied for a long time... no!

Lu Yuanqing touched the position of the door lock and the overall frame of the door again, and then he was sure that someone must have opened the door in an abnormal way just now, because the edge of the door was very dusty, but it was close to the door lock. The location of the door is as smooth as new, which means that someone opened the lock of this room first, so the other party inevitably wiped off the dust near the lock, and the normal unlocking will not touch the door lock so far Therefore, the person coming must not be using a key to open the door lock, and therefore this person is most likely not someone from Yu's mansion, that would be...

Just as Lu Yuanqing was thinking to himself, he suddenly stretched out a pair of hands from the dark room and quickly attacked his face. He was startled and just wanted to dodge, but he heard the sound of orderly footsteps coming from far and near behind him. it is good!It's Jin Yiwei. Before he had time to think about it, Lu Yuanqing didn't dodge the attack of the man in the dark, instead he stepped further into the room and quickly closed the door, just as he was about to turn around to face the sneak attacker behind him, he was turned around by the man's counter pressure on the door.

This person was tall, and the force of pulling and pressing had almost wrapped Lu Yuanqing into his arms.The movement of this person to suppress Lu Yuanqing by using his body shape was actually quite clever. It seemed that he didn't use much strength, but Lu Yuanqing was unable to move. The person hiding in the room seemed to have also noticed the Jin Yiwei who was watching the night. He hurriedly raised his hand to cover Lu Yuanqing's mouth, but was startled when he touched his cold skin. Jin Yiwei didn't notice the change in this room, and gradually walked away, only the two people hiding in the room were left silently looking at each other in the dark.

After a while, Lu Yuanqing moved his lips cautiously, reminding the man to let go.After feeling the touch of Lu Yuanqing's cold lips close to the palm of his palm, the man removed the hand covering Lu Yuanqing's mouth, but the figure that suppressed his body did not move at all. Lu Yuanqing's mouth was finally free, and he said slowly: "Jin Yiwei has gone far, sir, you can let go." The night raider called "Master" still looked at him quietly, as if he was thinking about something.Seeing this, Lu Yuanqing smiled slightly and said, "Are you going to kill me?"

The night sniper who was holding down Lu Yuanqing finally let go of Lu Yuanqing lightly after hearing the words, and smiled after a while, "Yuanqing, now I have no more secrets in front of you." Lu Yuanqing nodded in agreement, "It seems that I was too worried. My lord is not only safe, but also physically strong. He seems to be in a good mood. He didn't sleep in the middle of the night and came out to be a thief. It was useless to think that my lord was trapped in the prison. He couldn't get out of the Yu Mansion, and even sneaked into the Yu Mansion without his own strength, trying to save the Lord."

It was Shen Bai who attacked Lu Yuanqing in the dark.He didn't make a sound at first when he heard the words, but after a while he laughed in a low voice, "It's so dark, Yuan Qing, how do you know it's me?" Lu Yuanqing explained: "My lord covered my mouth for some reason and obviously let go of my hostility, so I guessed that I must have met someone I know well, and my lord is worthy of being a son of an official from the capital. The smell of incense on my clothes All different." Shen Bai smiled slightly when he heard the words, and he didn't seem too surprised that he would say this, "This is not a place to talk, Yuan Qing will come with me." The two of them left this room. After Lu Yuanqing saw that Shen Bai had locked the door of this room again, he sneaked around two rows of courtyards, and carefully avoided the patrolling Jin Yiwei before arriving at The room where Shen Bai lives temporarily now.After entering the door, Shen Bai pointed to the inner room, "Yuan Qing, talk inside." As he spoke, he lit an oil lamp and held it in his hand, then entered the inner room.The inner room is the bedroom where the master rests, except for a bed, there is only a round table and a few round stools. Shen Bai put the oil lamp on the round table, and then sat comfortably on the round stool, and Lu Yuanqing sat beside him.At this moment, Shen Bai raised his head and looked at Lu Yuanqing carefully, and suddenly couldn't help laughing, "Could it be that Yuan Qing is also a thief tonight? Why is he in such a mess?" As he spoke, Shen Bai leaned forward and picked up the hair on Lu Yuanqing's hair. A blade of grass, "Yuan Qing must have spent a lot of trouble entering Yu's Mansion, right?" Lu Yuanqing patted the grass leaves and soil on his body nonchalantly, "Shen Xiao, everything is fine, don't worry, my lord." Before Shen Bai could ask, Lu Yuanqing had already told him. Shen Bai paused for a moment before nodding, "Yuan Qing, let's talk about the outside situation first. I have already met Shuntian Mansion Yin in Yu Mansion, and he has explained the general situation last night to brother Yu and me, but I still want to Listen to what Yuan Qing said." Lu Yuanqing said: "It is said that Tong Shaoyan, the son of Master Tong, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, Wang Renyun, the son of Master Wang, the household doctor, Fang Changhua, the son of Master Fang, the head of the Ministry of Rites, and Ma Qiansong, the son of Master Ma, the general envoy, died in the Forbidden City. Not far from the walls of the four towers in the east, west, south, and north, the cause of death was a sword wound on the neck with a sword sealing the throat. It is also said that this morning, Mr. Yu Bolan notified the governor of Shuntian, saying that the ancient sword in his mansion had been destroyed overnight. All of a sudden, the sword was stained with blood, and now the outside world is speculating whether this is related to the death of the four official sons." After hearing the words, Shen Bai pondered for a moment before saying: "Seal the throat with one sword? There are not many people who can do this. It is probably impossible for those who do not have advanced knowledge in swordsmanship. And it is still possible to kill four people at the same time quietly. It is really unimaginable that they were placed not far from the city walls of the four towers in the east, west, south and north overnight." Lu Yuanqing smiled and said, "If it is Song Huwei's swordsmanship, is it possible to seal the throat with one sword?" Hearing this, Shen Bai looked at Lu Yuanqing with a half-smile, "Is Yuan Qing suspicious of me now?" Lu Yuanqing replied: "Your Excellency is agile, but I don't know how to use swordsmanship?" Shen Bai smiled indifferently, "Brother Yu is now the son-in-law, a celebrity in front of the emperor, even if the ancient sword in his house is really a murder weapon, no one dares to question him, besides, he still took the initiative to report the case People, there is no reason to doubt him. On the other hand, such a murder happened just after I arrived in the capital last night, and there was no one else staying in the Yu Mansion last night except brother Yu and me, no matter whether it was time or opportunity. , I look more suspicious than Yu Bolan, so it's no wonder Yuan Qing is suspicious. As early as today, when Shuntian Fuyin made side attacks, I already understood the embarrassing position." Lu Yuanqing heard the words: "My lord, what happened last night?" "Last night, brother Yu, Shao Ying, and Yutang and I were drinking and chatting in the courtyard next to the garden of Yu Mansion. During the meeting, Shao Ying once proposed to see the famous 'male and female double swords', so brother Yu left the table for a while. It's time to go get the ancient sword in person; Yutang doesn't drink a lot, and after a few drinks, he gets a bit of a headache, so he went back to his room to rest early; Shao Ying drinks a lot, but it's just a convenience to go out once, as for me..." Shen Bai smiled slightly , "Probably I am the only one who has never left the wine table from the beginning to the end. Unfortunately, no one can prove it." Lu Yuanqing nodded, "So, none of the four of you can testify for yourself? Yu Bolan, Shao Ying, and Song Yutang have all left the wine table, and your lord is the only one who hasn't. It's a pity that no one can Testify, then there is no difference between leaving and not leaving. My lord, did Governor Shuntian ever mention when the four murdered officials died?" Shen Bai looked at Lu Yuanqing with a half-smile, "Does Yuan Qing still believe what I said so far?" Lu Yuanqing was stunned for a moment before he smiled slowly and said, "My lord just didn't 'murder' me, so I think he should be innocent." Shen Bai shook his head while laughing, "Yuan Qing, you are really the most interesting person Shen has ever met!" He paused and said, "But having said that, I always feel that this happened too much. Coincidence." Lu Yuanqing nodded in agreement, "It's a coincidence, so coincidental that it's almost like some kind of arrangement. It's a clever arrangement that puts your lord into a difficult situation." Seeing Shen Bai looking up at him, Lu Yuanqing said again: "My lord just arrived in the capital. , this murder happened, and it is almost impossible not to arouse suspicion, my lord. Last night in Yufu's mansion, except for Yu Bolan, the other three people including my lord can be regarded as adults. Such a disparity Proportionally, if it is confirmed that the ancient sword of the Yu Mansion was the murder weapon that killed Tong Shaoyan, Wang Renyun, Fang Changhua, and Ma Qiansong, then everything is really not good for adults. And the most important point is," Lu Yuanqing looked at Shen Bai's eyes were black and white, "Master Shen is not in Beijing right now." Shen Bai is a smart person, how could he not understand what Lu Yuanqing meant, the unfinished meaning in his words was: now is the best time to get rid of Shen Bai. Shen Bai nodded, "Last night, the four people died under a sword sealing their throats, so the murderer must be a generation with superb swordsmanship. Yutang's swordsmanship Yuan Qing has seen it before, and there are not many people who can surpass him; Shao Eagle uses a knife, but he is outstanding in martial arts, so it is not impossible; as for me, I am not an ordinary civil servant, and Yuan Qing must have seen it just now." Lu Yuanqing smiled gently and said, "Naturally." Shen Bai laughed and said: "Yuan Qing doesn't seem to be surprised that I know martial arts at all?" "Father Tiger has no dogs, and my lord was born in a general family. With the strict guidance of Mr. Shen, how can I be an ordinary weak scholar?" Lu Yuanqing thought for a while and said, "Furthermore, my lord has never said anything about myself. You don’t know martial arts, don’t you? My lord just acted to let everyone think you don’t know martial arts.” Shen Bai laughed heartily again when he heard the words, "Yuan Qing, you are really Shen's confidant!" After a pause, Shen Bai smiled slightly, "But the more this happens, the more unfavorable everything will be to the three of us. This morning Yin Dengmen of Shuntian Mansion has confirmed that the murder weapon that killed Tong Shaoyan, Wang Renyun, Fang Changhua, and Ma Qiansong was Yu Mansion's ancient sword "Male and Female Twin Swords", and the worst thing is that Yu Bolan doesn't know how to fight. "