Southern Qi Fenghua Record

At night, after everyone had fallen asleep, Xia Houshu lightly changed into night clothes and sneaked out of the house over the wall.

Before going out, she deliberately went to Yunxi's room to take a look. Seeing that she was unconscious, she added a lot of spices to the incense burner, and estimated that she would not wake up for a while.

Last time, due to the appearance of the man wearing the fox mask, her plan was disrupted, and she also lost the map of Xiangfu that Xia Houyi helped draw. Find Yi Wu's house.

It has been several days since I first came to Xiangfu, the security around the Jade Pavilion has been removed, and it is so quiet that there is not even a cat out for a walk.

The night is dark and the wind is high, and the surroundings are lonely. This kind of eerie silence makes Xia Houshu hesitate to take this risk. After all, sometimes the calmer the sea, the more dangerous it is.

But she thought about it, the longer the time dragged on, the fewer clues Yi Wu left behind, and the harder it was for her to find out the cause of Yi Wu's death.

She simply broke her heart, jumped off the roof briskly, and sneaked into Yi Wu's room through the side door.

The room was very dark. Xia Houshu came in for the first time and was not familiar with the layout of the room, so she had to squat behind the door to listen to the movement outside, and after making sure no one was approaching, she took out the Ye Mingzhu and borrowed the faint light of the beads Look around.

The furnishings in the room are still the same as before, there is no dust on the finely polished furniture, women's hairpin jewelry, rouge lipstick, brocade clothes are all neatly and orderly placed where they should be placed, as if its owner never Never left.

In the dead of night, time seemed to slow down.Xia Houshu searched the house patiently, even carefully opened the interlayer of the dowry, but she didn't know whether Yi Wu was too cautious in dealing with the world, or the house had been searched carefully by Wang Chonghou's people long ago. All corners also failed to find any useful clues.

Looks like it's been a busy day again.

Xia Houshu sighed in frustration, and was about to put away Ye Mingzhu and leave when she heard a loud "bang" that made her eardrums ache - a big iron cage that seemed to fall from the sky tightly covered her.

In an instant, she was like a prey caught in a trap, with nowhere to escape.

Xia Houshu rubbed her eyes, but before she could figure out the situation, the room was suddenly brightly lit, and a team of well-dressed guards surrounded her in an instant.

It took a while for her eyes to adapt to the change of light here, and then she saw a tall man with neat and luxurious clothes striding towards her position.

Although Xia Houshu was a female family member, she had seen this famous Nanqi chief and assistant minister at a banquet, and recognized him at first sight.

Although Wang Chonghou is over fifty years old, he is still handsome and full of energy. The high-quality clothing and gorgeous dark patterns further set off his noble status.He has been in the officialdom for many years, and he seems to have his own aura. Just standing there, people can already feel his inner majesty.

Xia Houshu recalled that Yinxiang said that Yi Wu once lamented that time is ruthless and beauty is fleeting when he asked a painter for a portrait, so this time is too kind to a man like Wang Chonghou, except for adding some wrinkles on his face, What's more is the calmness and demeanor after precipitation.

Looking at the situation, Wang Chonghou seemed to have known that she was coming.

Xia Houshu's heart suddenly "thumped", and he suddenly realized that Wang Chonghou was like the farmer who was waiting for the rabbit, and he was the stupid rabbit.

Wang Chonghou walked around the iron cage at a gentle pace, carefully looked at Xia Houshu, who only showed a pair of eyes, with great interest, and finally stopped in front of her, while playing with the jade ring finger on his thumb, slowly He asked, "I don't know what you can do for a strong man to visit late at night?"

Xia Houshu glanced at the guards surrounding him, and then walked along the open gate to look at the dark roof opposite, and suddenly lost his temper.She was careless.Not to mention that she is trapped in a prison now, unable to fly with her wings, even if she has great powers and can escape the iron cage, she will be shot into a hedgehog by the archers lurking on the opposite roof.

When Wang Chonghou set up this game, he must have made a perfect plan.However, he trapped her here now, instead of killing her directly, maybe he just wanted to keep her alive.So no matter what she said, it seemed inappropriate. If she was not careful, she might fall into the other party's trap and lose her chance of survival.

Wang Chonghou couldn't wait for her answer, and lost his patience. He looked at her with regret and said, "I thought she was smart at first, but it seems that I overestimated it."

"..."

Wang Chonghou turned his face to the attendants beside him and said, "If you are a useless person, then kill him!"

"Wait!" Xia Houshu was shocked. She counted her pros and cons, but she never expected that Wang Chonghou, who usually looks dignified and dignified, claims to be kind-hearted, and said the three words "kill it" The time was so casual, as if saying "this cup of tea is cold, please pour it out".

Wang Chonghou was very satisfied with Xia Houshu's reaction, and continued to look at her.

While Wang Chonghou listened quietly, Xia Houshu sorted out his thoughts and collected clues a little bit.If she guessed correctly, the relationship between Wang Chonghou and Yu Wensheng, the king of the mausoleum, is extraordinary, and this relationship cannot be put on the surface. That's why they publicized Yi Wu's origin and used a romantic affair to cover up their truth. friendship.

Now that the matter has come to this, Xia Houshu doesn't think that he can still pretend to be a Jiangyang thief like last time to fool him, so he might as well use his tricks and cheat him once.So she mustered up her courage and pretended to be calm and said, "Maybe the Prime Minister has forgotten the gentleman's appointment with King Ling?"

"King Ling?" Wang Chonghou was stunned for a moment, his eyes were deep, as if he was thinking about the credibility of his words, or he was thinking of a real agreement between them.

Xia Houshu thought he had guessed right, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chonghou's expression suddenly changed, and he said with a sneer, "What does the truth have to do with King Ling to kill an assassin who sneaked into the mansion?"

This is to make it clear that you have to pretend to be confused.Xia Houshu rolled his eyes in his heart, and continued provocatively: "What about Mrs. Yi?"

"How is Mrs. Yi?" Wang Chonghou asked back.

Xia Houshu's mind turned, and he immediately said ambiguously: "Ming people don't say dark words, so do you want me to remind the Prime Minister about Mrs. Yi's affairs?"

Wang Chonghou showed a strange look, and said, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Probably because the words "Mrs. Yi" touched a soft spot in his heart, or because Yi Wu's death was too sudden and strange, he finally became angry and his volume increased a lot.

Finally got it right once, Xia Houshu secretly rejoiced.

She swallowed nervously, and then said seriously: "Mrs. Yi is a beauty trained by Prince Ling's mansion. She was handed over to the Prime Minister like pearls and jade, but you broke her. Do you think King Ling will come back again?" Do you trust me?"

Xia Houshu spoke forcefully, but he didn't have a bottom line in his heart.She originally only guessed that Yi Wu was a pawn placed by King Ling in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Yinxiang told her that Yi Wu had a fierce quarrel with Wang Chonghou before his death, so she made a bold assumption, and there was no Conclusive evidence is hard to guarantee that it will not be dismantled in front of the parties.

She secretly prayed that she could run into a blind cat and a dead mouse!

Wang Chonghou was silent for a while.

Xia Houshu couldn't see what he was thinking, so he had to quietly observe the changes in his expression in order to guess his next plan.

"Pretending to be smart!" Wang Chonghou said suddenly, with a trace of slyness in his cold eyes, and his tone became serious, "The truth about Mrs. Yi, is it something that you and my son can talk about?"

Before Xia Houshu could react, he looked at the big iron cage again, his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and he said coldly, "Who sent you here? What's the purpose of breaking into my mansion again and again?"

As he spoke, he got a little closer, and suddenly raised his voice: If you are smart enough, just tell me honestly, maybe I can leave your whole body. "

Three times?But this is obviously the second time for her!Is there any misunderstanding here?

Could it be the one wearing the fox mask last time...

Xia Houshu thought it was really over this time, Wang Chonghou put all the blame on her, so why not tear her apart?

Xia Houshu thought about it in a mess, and suddenly he was blessed. Since Wang Chonghou felt that she was being ordered by others, what if the King Ling stood behind her?

Xia Houshu insisted that he was the king of the mausoleum.

"It seems that you are unwilling to tell the truth." Wang Chonghou became impatient when he saw her so stubborn, and waved his hand, "Kill it! Drag the corpse out and feed it to the dogs!"

hello... dog?

In Xia Houshu's mind, the hounds with strong stature, sharp teeth and fierce eyes that he had seen last time instantly appeared, and he couldn't help but shuddered.

"Wait a minute!" Xia Houshu stopped again.She would rather be shot to death by random arrows than be bitten and devoured by the hounds.

Wang Chonghou frowned slightly, thinking that this person was really interesting, did he really think he was trying to scare him?

Xia Houshu stared at the guards behind Wang Chonghou with one-third of their swords drawn, fearing that they would all pounce on them.

Even if they stabbed each other one by one, she couldn't get out alive.

Xia Houshu was both nervous and angry, she stared at Wang Chonghou and said sternly: "Your Prime Minister, as the head of all officials, is so reckless about human life, it really shames me!"

"So what if people's lives are ignored?" Wang Chonghou chuckled, and when he raised his eyes, his eyes were filled with sternness, "Then you can leave alive to prove that the truth is true."

The dead can't speak, and she really has to find a way to leave first.But now she is like a trapped animal, her life and death are in the hands of others, how can she leave?

Xia Houshu thought for a while, then Fang looked firmly at Wang Chonghou, and said, "I also know a secret about Mr. Ling. If I die here tonight, this secret will spread throughout the capital tomorrow. At that time, not only Mr. Ling If you have to suffer, the prime minister's life will probably not be easy."

"Small tricks!" Wang Chonghou scoffed.

"That's wrong!" Xia Houshu did not show weakness, and continued to pretend to be calm, "Since I dare to come here alone, I put my family and life at risk. But people are always greedy for life and afraid of death, so no matter when , You have to leave yourself a way out, don’t you? If the prime minister thinks I’m scaring you, even though you can kill me immediately, the secret you want to cover up won’t be able to hide.”

Wang Chonghou finally looked at her, and made a curious look: "Then I want to hear what kind of secret it is."