Devil’s Advent

In Litian City, it is raining lightly;

The peddlers on the street dare not yell for business loudly these days, and in the fenced teahouse, there are no longer storytellers tantalizing "please listen to the next chapter";

Even the red curtains, which have always been crowded with customers, have subsided these days, and the bustards who are usually chaotic don't dare to go out to scold right and wrong.

The city is still the same city, and the people are still the same people, but this city and the people here have become cautious.

Teams of soldiers appeared more than usual, with white cloths tied on their left arms, and they were patrolling the city at a steady pace. Many people had red eyes, staring at the people who appeared on the street from time to time, as if they wanted to make a gesture and go up and kill people. .

They are all elites who have seen great battles. They have seen mountains of corpses and seas of blood. When they really want to get angry, they really have such a strong evil spirit, so strong that people dare not look directly at them.

Litian City, as the lair of people who have heard about it, can be regarded as the "capital of a country" in disguise. The people in it are not rural peasants, and they can be regarded as having seen the world, but the more they are like this, the more cold everyone feels Son, it is already midsummer, but there is always a chill on the neck.

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In an inn, Xiao Er had just brought up a plate of food and drink. A man in a black coat stood at the door.

Logically speaking, at this moment Xiaoer should have shouted:

"Thank you for the reward!"

At the same time, the amount of the reward was announced loudly, and the counter and other staff on the first floor would also shout "Thank you" in unison, supporting the master who gave the reward.

But this time, Xiao Er just bowed his hands to the man, thanking him with a flattering smile on his face, but didn't dare to shout out.

At this juncture, any celebration and noise is very uncomfortable.

The man didn't take it seriously, and opened the door with the food.

At the small table in the room,

Sitting two men,

One was dressed in a blue long gown, and looked to be in his early thirties, with a very tender face and a very thin voice;

The other was dressed in a Confucian uniform, over fifty years old, stroking a goat beard with his hand, his face was old but his eyes were extremely transparent.

The man put the food on the table, and after saluting, he walked out silently, closed the door, and stood on the corridor outside to resume his previous posture.

inside the room,

Li Yinglian picked up the jug, first poured wine for the old man on the opposite side, and then poured it for herself. After putting down the jug, Li Yinglian sighed,

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"The miscellaneous family is also suffering from bad luck. For the first time in many years, I received an errand out of Beijing. Who knew that I would encounter such a thing. Oh, how can I explain to the prince when I go back?"

The old man smiled slightly. Instead of drinking, he reached out and grabbed a handful of fried peanuts, threw a few into his mouth, chewed and said:

"Eunuch, why should you be so worried? Where did such a big incident have anything to do with you, Eunuch?"

Li Yinglian pointed at the old man,

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"You, you, you don't know the spectrum in the minds of the masters. A slave like a miscellaneous family, on the outside, seems to be a slave to the master and has a good reputation, but in the final analysis, if the master likes you, he is willing." use you.

One day, if the master really doesn't need you, even the little eunuch who has just entered the palace will dare not look at you! "

"Huh?" The old man obviously didn't understand.

"It's just bad luck, think about it, the prince sent me on a business trip this time, and I just encountered this kind of thing. Next time, even if it's for the sake of good luck, I guess he won't dare to use me again, ouch Hello."

Li Yinglian continued to complain about herself.

"Heh." The old man finally understood, and could only sigh in his heart that life in the palace is not easy, eunuchs are born to act;

The old man immediately said again:

"Elder-in-law, even though you say that, how do you know whether the crown prince will feel sad or happy when he finds out about this?

Thus, how do you know whether the prince will see you as unlucky or lucky in the future? "

Li Yinglian just picked up the wine glass, when she heard the words, she flicked her wrist, and the wine spilled out, she hurriedly glanced at the old man in front of her, and scolded:

"Bold!"

The old man continued to "hehe", and continued to eat peanuts at the same time, not paying attention.

"You old man, do you know where this place is? Do you know that Jingnan Hou returned to the city last night? The Jingnan Army soldiers all over the street, their eyes are so red that they stare frighteningly!"

The old man remained calm and said:

"They are all dogs under the feet of the master, why is it so difficult for our family to speak our own words behind closed doors?

Could it be that you, Li Yinglian, entered the East Palace with your master, and your status has changed from that of Wei Zhonghe in the future, and now you have become more noble now, and you look down on me, the old brother who licked the dog bowl together back then? "

"Old Wen, you have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, and you are used to being undisciplined. I don't blame you."

"I also want to live in peace and stability, and I also want to buy a small yard in Yanjing City, and three maids will take care of it for the elderly, but can I?

I, Wen Yin, dare to tell my master that I am old and I don’t want to do it anymore. Do you believe that the next day my few taels of meat will have to be thrown into the stinky ditch outside Yanjing City to float? "

Li Yinglian drooped her eyelids and said:

"Success, you can say whatever you want. There are not many chances for Zajia to come out on weekdays, but I really want to hear your opinion. After I go back, I will have something to talk to the crown prince."

"That's right, you, don't be so brazen, you, Li Yinglian, were not so timid when you killed your godfather and came to power."

"Off."

"No way, let's start with your matter this time. What is the relationship between our master and Jingnanhou?"

"Uncle and nephew."

"No, in the eyes of outsiders, they all look at it this way, saying that the Marquis of Jingnan is a big backer behind our prince, and with Marquis Jingnan, our master can sit securely as the prince;

But outsiders can't see clearly, you and I, can't you still be unclear in your heart?

The Marquis of Jingnan and our master, do you have the slightest affection for nephew and uncle?

No,

It can even be said that Jingnanhou is a person, but does he still have the slightest affection? "

Li Yinglian remained silent.

"The Tian family was destroyed on the night when the empress returned home after visiting her relatives. He, the Marquis of Jingnan, dared to kill himself in front of the empress. After returning to the palace, the empress has never been able to recover from illness. It is even rumored that she suffered from hysteria.

Our master doesn't mention anything else, there is one thing we all recognize, that is filial piety, the relationship between the master and the empress is genuine.

You said, after this incident, our master will still have a little affection for his uncle, regardless of the need to inherit the throne in the future?

Hehe, even if you say a thousand words and ten thousand, that old man Tian is also the grandfather of the master, Jingnanhou is a person who can even kill his own parents, so it is our majesty who dare to use him today, and we will wait for you in the future The master boarded the plane, hehe. "

Li Yinglian slowly closed her eyes.

"Okay, I know you are staying in the palace, there are many rules and rules, you feel uncomfortable listening to my words, okay, let's not talk about this.

Let’s talk about Mrs. Jingnanhou. You have been in Tiancheng for a while, but have you ever met Mrs. Jingnanhou? "

Li Yinglian opened her eyes and shook her head, "Mrs. Jingnanhou lives in the deep part of the Hou's mansion and is heavily guarded, and Jingnanhou left an order before he left for the expedition, and the Hou's mansion will not see any visitors until he returns.

Don't say that I was ordered by the crown prince, even if he, Wei Zhonghe, came with the emperor's order, he would not be able to enter this Hou's mansion, do you believe it or not? "

"I believe, I believe, he, the Marquis of Jingnan, is indeed qualified to not sell anyone's face."

"So, since the miscellaneous family entered the city, they have been living in the inn outside the city. They have never seen the marquis. They wanted to wait until after the birth, and then send the gift list up for the prince, and take a receipt back. It can also be considered a business deal.

After all, no one knows how long Jingnan Hou will be able to return from this expedition, so he won't be waiting blindly, who would have imagined that something like this will happen. "

"Do you know where the accident happened?"

"On the Tianhu Mountain road, the people in Litian City are all spreading the word. It is said that there was a lot of commotion that day."

"People often don't believe too much in what is passed on by the people. The people in Litian City all say that Jingnan Hou killed his wife and son in retribution because of excessive killing.

Said that his wife had a nightmare when she was about to give birth, and wanted to go to the Tianhu Mountain Taoist Temple to pray for Lord Hou. When she came back, the Taoist ancestor sent thunder and struck her to death.

At the end, let's make a comment on the so-called good will be rewarded with good and evil will be rewarded with evil. "

Li Yinglian smiled and said:

"That's what I inquired about."

"Do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it, the old man in the palace once told us that he has practiced all his life and never heard a fart from God.

So good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the sky has eyes, they are all ghosts to fool people. "

After hearing this, Wen Yin leaned back on the chair and said:

"You, you, it is true that after staying in the palace for a long time, there is something wrong with the human brain."

"What's wrong?"

"What thunder from the sky is, of course, is so fake that it can't be faked. How dare you think about it."

"Then what should the miscellaneous think about?"

"Think about it, Mrs. Jingnanhou, besides being the woman of Lord Hou, what other identity does she have!"

Li Yinglian's face froze for a moment.

Wen Yin continued to put peanuts in his mouth, while slowly saying:

"In these years, I have helped the prince recruit some people from the world to do some shady things in shady places, and more or less, I have also come into contact with people from the Secret Service.

They probably think that we are our master's people, and we have never done anything wrong, so they generally turn a blind eye to it.

But to be honest, it is said that Qianguo Yinjiawei is so pervasive, but our Dayan secret agent is by no means easy.

Let's just talk about the marquis. If she hadn't been pregnant, she would definitely have accompanied the Marquis of Jingnan on his expedition to the snowfield this time.

A woman like this, do you think she would lose her mind because her husband was away on an expedition and had a nightmare?

Then foolishly go to Tianhu Mountain to pray for the Taoist incense to keep you safe?

Doesn't she know how many enemies Jingnan Hou has outside?

Not to mention anything else, just in this land of the Three Jins, there are countless people who want to kill Jingnan Hou! "

Li Yinglian sipped her wine while listening;

"The key to this question is why our Madam Hou of Jingnan left the heavily guarded Hou Mansion and went to Tiantian Hushan."

Li Yinglian pouted and asked subconsciously:

"Why?"

Clinker, Wen Yin's next sentence was so frightened that the wine glass in Li Yinglian's hand fell to the ground and smashed to pieces. At the same time, the big man outside the door opened the door and rushed in after hearing the sound.

"Get out, get out!"

Li Yinglian immediately pointed at the door and said sharply.

The big man froze for a moment, saluted, and then exited the guest room, closing the door again at the same time.

Li Yinglian stroked her chest with her left hand, and instead of sitting on a chair, she squatted on the ground,

He looked up,

Staring at the old man Wen Yin,

Asked in a low and hoarse voice:

"How dare you, how dare you!"

Wen Yin continued to eat peanuts at ease,

And the sentence he asked earlier still lingered in Li Yinglian's ears, every word hurting the eardrum:

"Eunuch Li, you were sent by the Crown Prince to congratulate the children of the Marquis of Jingnan. Then, did His Majesty also send someone here?"