Chapter 11 Chapter fifty-seven

"Is there no news yet?" At noon the next day, in Shen's mansion in Chang'an, Shen Zhenzhu was so worried that holding her chopsticks was tasteless, so she simply waved her hand to ask the maid to leave.In order to communicate with Feng Shengyi and others, Shen Zhenzhu did not return to the palace, but temporarily lived in Shen's old house in Chang'an.Since the Shen family returned to Wuxing, only one old family member was left to take care of the house. Fortunately, An Lushan was not disturbed after entering Chang'an City. Feng Shengyi said: "We have followed Wangfei's order to spread the word in Chang'an City. As long as Xue's father and daughter are still in the city, they will hear about it sooner or later. Wangfei, please rest assured."

"Feng Yi," Shen Zhenzhu suddenly called him by his real name, Feng Shengyi was a little dazed, thinking he heard it wrong, and heard her say: "In your opinion, can my plan succeed?" Her strategy was to cast Xue Song's love of officials and love for power, and sent her confidants to spread rumors in the taverns, tea houses, Dongfang and West Markets in the city, saying that the current emperor knew that Xue Song had been wronged, and intended to reinstate Xue Song. If Xue Song was really concubine Zhang Shu's instigation to falsely accuse Li Chu, then Xue Hong's robbery in prison should have been unexpected by her.However, with the development of the situation, no matter whether Xue Song can be found or not, it is beneficial to Concubine Zhang Shu. At this time, even if she got the news from He Lingyi, she would probably stand still.And if Xue Song got the false news, he would think that Concubine Zhang Shu was pardoned. Although Xue Hongxian was very skilled in martial arts, if Xue Song couldn't bear the power, he probably wouldn't listen to Xue Hongxian, and would definitely take action. .

"The Xue Song that Feng knows will never abandon his official position easily, but when he will show up, it is really hard to predict." Feng Shengyi replied after thinking for a while.It's not the first time he's been so close to her, today I think it's because of the dark sky, she sits in front of her, her eyes are quiet, but her face seems to be covered with a layer of mist, her joy and sorrow can't be seen clearly.Perhaps, it was the reason why he never dared to look up.He was startled suddenly: he was thinking about something, and hurriedly restrained his mind.

"That's right," Shen Zhenzhu sighed, "We only have three days, three days..." She stood up sideways and contemplated for a while, then turned her head to look at Feng Shengyi, said "Hey", and said: "Your eyebrows are bright, Do you seem quite confident?" Feng Shengyi bowed his head and said with a smile: "Feng just has confidence in His Highness and Wangfei. If the sky is like my Tang Dynasty, His Highness will surely survive this calamity." Shen Zhenzhu was a little surprised: "I have known you for such a long time, and I never thought that you, a person who learns martial arts, have a saying of destiny! In fact, what you have done to help His Highness over the years, can't you do your best? If there is no one, how can there be destiny?" !"

Feng Shengyi said: "Because of this, today Feng believes that His Highness is destined by destiny, and no one can hurt him." After a slight pause, he continued: "So the princess does not need to worry too much. His appearance is getting haggard...I am very worried!" When he said the last four words, his voice was low and inaudible. Shen Zhenzhu first smiled lightly, "Are you consoling me?" Feng Shengyi was about to say no, but Shen Zhenzhu's voice changed, and he said quickly: "Feng Yi, can you tell me if your Highness has anything to do?" Hiding from me?!"

Feng Shengyi's heart was pounding like a boulder, seeing that Shen Zhenzhu was staring at him without blinking, although that gaze was not burning, it was as bright as the moon, as if it could see through his internal organs.Even if his martial arts are amazing and he has been an official for many years, he has practiced the kung fu of not changing color before the collapse of Mount Tai. At this time, he can only adjust his inner breath secretly, and breathe a breath of air into his dantian. At the same time, his mind has already passed Thousands of thoughts. He said: "The princess is extremely intelligent, although His Royal Highness has state affairs that cannot be reported to the princess one by one, but as far as my subordinates know, there is absolutely no intention to hide anything from the princess."

Shen Zhenzhu stood there motionless, waved her sleeves after a while and said: "Okay, you can go back." Li Ruo came to visit in the evening.Because Li Ruo lives in the Daming Palace, Shen Zhenzhu specially sent the maid nearby to invite her out, just for her to pay attention to the movements of Concubine Zhang Shu and others.When Li Ruo learned the whole story, she naturally agreed. On this day until the shift, there was still no news of Xue Song.Shen Zhenzhu guarded the map of Chang'an City and meditated hard, waiting for the news, until she fell asleep at the desk due to lack of energy.The deadline for the first day passed like this.

On the second day, Yan Ming came to report: Someone had seen a person who looked exactly like Xue Song passing by outside the imperial city in the early morning; almost all post houses in Chang'an City had been checked, and no one like Xue Hongxian and Xue Song had been found yet. People with good looks stay at the house; there are no abnormalities in the gates of the various cities.Yan Ming was very anxious, his beard turned gray in several strands within two days.Li Ruo brought out the news that Concubine Zhang Shu, Dugu Jing and Li Puguo seemed to have nothing to do with each other, just talking and laughing in the palace every day.

In the evening of the second day, Feng Shengyi, Chen Zhou, and Yan Ming all gathered in Shen's residence. At this time, the deadline for the second day is approaching. If Xue Song cannot be found tomorrow, it will be too late.Everyone has not slept for two days and two nights, and they all look anxious under the exhaustion.Feng Shengyi said: "If Xue Song doesn't come out again, Feng can only ask Marshal Guo Ziyi tomorrow." . Chen Zhou was so anxious that his teeth itched, he only hated himself for not being able to turn Chang'an City upside down.In fact, with Xue Hongxian's ability, even if he turned Chang'an City upside down, Xue Hongxian could still escape with Xue Song.

Shen Zhenzhu said: "Now there is only one thing to be lucky about." Fortunately, Xue Song should not have left Chang'an City yet!The news that was spread did indeed play a role. Chang'an City is too big, it is too easy for Xue Hongxian and Xue Song to hide without being noticed.Chen Zhoudao: "Someone found out that Xue Song once bought a private house in the city, but no one knows the exact location." Shen Zhenzhu said: "Xue Song is greedy by nature. A greedy person will love to show off. I don't believe it. He never mentioned the location of his private house to anyone!" He Yanming said: "Take my letter and go to Cheng Yuanzhen quickly, and ask him to do me a favor and ask all the flying dragon envoys one by one to see if anyone knows about that private house."

Yan Ming hesitated and said: "This Cheng Yuanzhen is very close to Concubine Zhang Shu!" Shen Zhenzhu spoke quickly: "Don't underestimate that Mr. Cheng. He handles things meticulously and always leaves something for himself. I believe that he will help with this. Hurry up, don't delay." Speaking Here, with a slight smile, he said: "You had a dispute with him before, so you must apologize to him." Yan Ming promised "I can save it", and the man has already rushed out. As soon as the three of them left, Zhang Hanruo came to visit him suddenly. He entered the room and said, "Sister, why is she staying here instead of in the palace? Don't you quarrel with His Highness? Let me find it easy!" Although there was a large-scale search for Xue Song in Chang'an City in the past two days, But the real reason is kept secret. Except for a few important people in front of the imperial court, the princes and ministers don't know that Li Chu is temporarily detained in Daming Palace, and the situation in the court may change drastically in an instant. The corners of Zhang Hanruo's mouth turned up slightly as she spoke, and her eyes flowed. Her bright beauty was already astonishing. At this moment, she seemed to be smiling but not a smile. The candlelight half-reflected on her cheeks was truly radiant and shining.Shen Zhenzhu secretly sighed in her heart. Zhang Hanruo saw that Shen Zhenzhu's complexion was dim, and his heart skipped a beat. He stopped laughing and said cautiously: "Don't tell me what I said!" Changing the subject, he said, "My sister came to my house the day before yesterday to look for the Xue family sister. Let’s talk about Xue Song being robbed. Speaking of Xue Song’s matter, it’s all my fault!” Shen Zhenzhu was surprised: "How to say?" Zhang Hanruo frowned and said: "That day I accidentally mentioned that Xue Song was imprisoned in Dali Prison. I think it was the sister of the Xue family who had the intention of robbing the prison after hearing about it. Now the whole city of Chang'an has been turned upside down. Although the sister of the Xue family is skilled in martial arts Fortunately, I don't have a deep heart in the end, I don't know if there is any danger. If she comes to vote for me, I will definitely find a way to protect her." Shen Zhenzhu acquiesced to Yan Ming secretly monitoring the people coming and going in Zhang Hanruo's mansion, and was somewhat worried that Zhang Hanruo would secretly collect Xue Hongxian, but judging from today's situation, Zhang Hanruo didn't know it at all, and the original hope in his heart was a little bit slim. It was past Haishi to send Zhang Hanruo away, and it was less than twelve hours before the deadline.Shen Zhenzhu knew that she could no longer sleep peacefully, so she ordered her maid to remove the map of Chang'an city, and only served a piece of rice paper to spread on the table. Maybe there is something she didn't think of, or she didn't want to do it. Perhaps, that is the most critical point of this matter. what is that? Her strategy is still "a little bit". Just like a flying dragon without eyes, just a little, and the flying dragon is in the sky. She opened the west window, the wind was blowing, and the snowflakes were flying.This world is so clean and pure, but every step is dangerous.Enemies and friends, closeness and estrangement, are always changing.How much can she control, and how can she persist? Her steps are feeble, and all the strength in her body is exhausted, but she must pull herself together, she must not fall down. She stood in front of the window like that, for an hour, two hours... What is she thinking?Maybe I didn't think about anything, maybe I have been thinking about it for thousands of years. She watched the night fade away, and watched the dawn light up inch by inch. She finally pushed open the door and said, "Master Feng Yi, please!" When Feng Shengyi stood in front of her, she said decisively: "I don't care what method you use - you have to spread the news in Chang'an City as quickly as possible: Princess Guangping is in Shen's mansion." At Haishi, there was only one hour before Suzong gave Shen Zhenzhu the deadline. Feng Shengyi's face was pale, and Chen Zhou kept pacing and cursing.Shen Zhenzhu's whole body was soaked in cold sweat layer upon layer, her eyes turned black, but she still sat upright, gritted her teeth and said word by word: "Wait a little longer, maybe—" Feng Shengyi stepped forward, bowed and said: "For the sake of today's plan, Feng will go to invite Marshal Guo Ziyi first—" Before Shen Zhenzhu could answer, Chen Zhou grabbed Feng Shengyi's saber and blocked the way: "I beg others to do it." Worse! Your Highness is a person waiting to be killed, why not..." Feng Shengyi stared fiercely with his eyes, and stopped Chen Zhou's words: "Stop talking nonsense!" That formation tried to prevent Chen Zhou from going forward. words.Seeing it, Shen Zhenzhu felt even more sad, waved her hands and said, "I don't care about how many things you guys are hiding from me, and you can do whatever you like, let me be quiet for a while!" "Boom", Yan Ming slammed into the room, staggered and couldn't stand, flashed his right hand, and "Boom" pulled out his sword and touched it to the ground. Then he stabilized his body and reported intermittently: "Princess, we have found Xue Song private house—" Shen Zhenzhu stood up: "What!" "But, when we arrived, the building was already empty." Yan Ming said this, his feet went limp, and he squatted down on the ground.Although Cheng Yuanzhen promised to help, but he questioned Su Ye last night and found nothing.At noon today, an internal flying dragon envoy suddenly remembered that Xue Song and another internal flying dragon envoy named Zhao Yong got along best recently, but Zhao Yong happened to be off duty for the past three days.Yan Ming inquired and searched several times, and finally found Zhao Yong's home. It was almost Xu time, and Zhao Yong led him non-stop around half of Chang'an City to find Xue Song's private house.However, it was a step too late. Although there were traces of living in the house, the person had already fled. Shen Zhenzhu sat down slumped, but before she could sit still, there was another sound of "reporting—" and a guard of Shujing Palace, covered in snow, entered the room and knelt down to report: "The news just came from the guards of the Golden Light Gate, Someone jumped the city gate from the top of the city, and has escaped from the city now!" Shen Zhenzhu felt a sharp pain in her heart, she only felt that breathing is so easy, but now it is so difficult, she heard someone urgently calling "Princess, Concubine" by her ear, the voice was approaching and far away at one moment, she was at a loss as if in a dream, She leaned on the back of the chair with one hand, the back of the chair was icy cold, her whole body shuddered suddenly, her sanity suddenly returned, some strength came from her whole body, and she stood up steadily. She looked at the anxious eyes of the three people in front of her one by one, tried her best to smile and said, "I'm fine." Her eyes moved slowly, then stopped suddenly, and asked, "What's the matter with you?" The three of them were all taken aback for a moment, following her gaze, they saw a servant standing in the corner of the room, Shen Zhenzhu was asking him something.The servant thought he was here to report the matter, but he saw the critical condition of Shen Zhenzhu's illness, and was frightened for a while, when he heard Shen Zhenzhu calling him, he still walked a few steps with trembling mast, knelt down and replied: : "Slave, this servant is here to report that someone outside has asked to meet Wangfei by name, Wangfei, do you see me or not?" Chen Yiyi slapped his thigh and cursed: "You eunuch, didn't you see that the princess is unwell? What irrelevant guests did you see?" Suddenly, he forgot his swearing, and hurriedly apologized to Shen Zhenzhu: "Princess, A certain slip of the tongue!" There was a gleam of light in Shen Zhenzhu's eyes, and she said "please" lightly. The waiter quickly ushered people in. The visitor was tall and tall, wearing a thick dark gray cloak that covered his whole body, the cloak hat covered his face, only his eyes were exposed.The three of Feng Shengyi looked up and down at the person coming, even holding their weapons secretly, for fear of unexpected accidents.The visitor entered the room and stood for a while, staring at Shen Zhenzhu's face, then took off the cloak, "dangdang" threw the sword at his waist to the ground, knelt on the ground and said to Shen Zhenzhu: "Please help me, princess! " Shen Zhenzhu let out a long breath of relief. It really is Xue Song.he came. Shen Zhenzhu tried to keep her tone dignified and calm, and asked: "How do you want my concubine to help you?" Xue Song kowtowed and said: "Your Highness ordered Xue to do, Xue will never dare to disobey. It is not Xue's intention that the little girl will be robbed. Please guide Xue to explain the truth in front of His Majesty, so that she can recover job." Shen Zhenzhu guessed in her heart, and it was all confirmed at this moment.All kinds of feelings were in his heart, seeing that both Feng Shengyi and Chen Zhoumu were shocked, he didn't want to say anything superfluous at this moment, he just waved his sleeves and said: "Okay, General Yan, just take Xue Song with you." Enter the Daming Palace. Xue Song, what His Highness taught you that day, you do as you say!" Then he said to Feng Shengyi: "You all go, secretly guard General Xue, and send him to Daming Palace safely." Xue Song was overjoyed and said yes. Yan Ming agreed again and again, and then asked suspiciously: "Why doesn't the princess enter the palace?" Shen Zhenzhu slowly leaned on the chair, waved to everyone: "I'm tired, it's not too late, you go quickly and don't miss the time. I will return to Shujing Palace in a while." "Princess," Feng Shengyi took a step forward and seemed to have something to say, but saw that Shen Zhenzhu had closed his eyes, his expression was extremely tired, so he could only retreat together with Yan Ming and others. She is tired, very tired. That's how it happened. The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind. It turned out to be Li Chu's mastermind. Perhaps the whole story is like this: Concubine Zhang Shu designed Xue Song to falsely accuse Li Chu, but when Li Chu learned of the news, she secretly bought Xue Song and asked him to be a "rebel".Once confronted in court, Xue Song will definitely withdraw his confession, saying that Concubine Zhang Shu "forced" him to frame Li Chu.If this is the case, Concubine Zhang Shu is in critical condition. Even if she throws out a scapegoat, her vitality will be greatly injured, and she will no longer be trusted by Emperor Suzong. Only in this way can some things be explained: why Li Chu was not as surprised as she was when he saw Xue Song's confession that day, and even had a sense of composure in it; Suzong wanted to kill Li Chu in a rage, why did Li Chu forcefully hold her back , and Li Mi would rush to stop him so coincidentally, presumably Li Chu had discussed with Li Mi long ago. What a well-planned plan.Li Chu didn't tell her, probably because he was afraid that she would show his flaws.She was so anxious in the palace that day, she was helping him to cover up the truth. However, everything in the world is interlocking, and even a single pull can move the whole body.There was a change in this plan at the most critical point—Xue Song was accidentally robbed! Both Feng Shengyi and Chen Zhou knew about this plan.Feng Shengyi was in the Ministry of Punishment, so he must have "credited" for buying Xue Song, and Chen Zhoudang was the main planner of this plan.Therefore, at the beginning, the two of them were not particularly anxious, because buying Xue Song would definitely promise a huge high-ranking official and generous salary, and Xue Song would not give up.However, they all overlooked one point—even if Xue Song wanted to return to the palace for "reinstatement", he still needed someone to recommend him. He was a fugitive from Dali Prison, so how dare he break into the palace or surrender to the crime by himself, and he was even more afraid that the "rebellion" would be leaked. It was privately "resulted" by Concubine Zhang Shu. For Xue Song, the best referrer—since he was bought by King Guangping, the best referrer, apart from the detained King Guangping, is naturally none other than Zhengfei Wang. So, she finally waited for Xue Song's refuge at the last hour. What's next?She no longer wants to know how Xue Song will turn against Concubine Zhang Shu in front of Emperor Suzong. This battle, she fought too hard. She won, but lost the joy. With a smile on her face, she leaned against the chair in her original posture and remained motionless.I don't know how long it has passed, listening to the wind outside the window, the sound of snow falling, and the breathing of the servants, every bit of it penetrates into the marrow of my bones, and suddenly I feel my cheeks are moist, and when I wipe it lightly, tears are already streaming down my face. "I finally broke off the relationship between father and daughter with him." Five steps away, a childish and free and easy voice sounded like a piano playing. Xue Hongxian's lightness kung fu is very good, Shen Zhenzhu shouldn't be able to hear her footsteps entering the room, but she closed her eyes, and she heard it when Xue Hongxian entered the room.She seemed to be able to hear the slow and brisk flow of blood around her body, the trembling of the snow in the distant mountains, and the hearty laughter of Gongsun Erniang in Wu Xing's family... She still didn't want to open her eyes, so she slowly opened her lips and said, "I'm sorry, Hong Xian." Xue Hongxian sat on the window sill, shaking his legs rhythmically, and said, "I never knew why Master wanted me to come to Chang'an. It turned out that he wanted me to rescue Xue Song." "Did your master teach you to save him?" "No, it was me. When I heard that his life was in danger of being imprisoned, I suddenly couldn't help but go to rescue him." Xue Hongxian pouted and shook his head to look up at the sky, regardless of Shen Zhenzhu's eyes still closed. "That's because back then in Chang'an, even though you said you had no relationship with him as father and daughter, he still showed mercy to you after all." "However, today, since he insists on choosing to return to the palace, whether he lives or dies, it has nothing to do with me." "Hong Xian, your master is truly a peerless master." Shen Zhenzhu closed her eyes and smiled suddenly. "Sister Shen," Xue Hongxian exclaimed, "Your smile is so beautiful!" "But," Xue Hongxian lowered his head sadly again: "Why does my heart seem to be filled with all kinds of melancholy and sadness after seeing your smile?"