Painting Doctor Jinhua

Chapter 104: Leading Troops to Build the Embassy at Night

Lu Yu almost choked to death on his saliva!

At this time, Ah Yuan's extremely curious voice was heard asking, "Who can actually grow three legs?"

Oh my goodness, there's a child here!

Yuan Rujing quickly covered Ayuan's mouth and hid aside.

Fenghuang's face turned even redder: You all told me to say this. What else can I say if I don't say this?

The entire hall suddenly fell silent, and no one could describe the expressions on everyone's faces.

Only Lu Yu covered his mouth and laughed so hard that he fell backwards, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

"Brother Qing, what should we do? Will that beastly King Shixing lead his troops to search our house?"

Just as Fenghuang finished her words, there was a sound of loud and chaotic footsteps outside the embassy. It was known that there were hundreds of soldiers surrounding the embassy.

Could it be that King Shixing sent troops?

Everyone was shocked, but Lanling Wang was calm and soothing:

"Nothing, just stay here and don't move. I'll go out and take a look!"

After saying that, he glanced at Xiao Jinyu, gave her a look that told her not to worry, and strode out of the embassy.

Lu Yu was stunned for a moment, then quickly followed.

"Phoenix, help me send a message to Ling Ye, tell him to take everyone in the yard and hide first!"

"Yes!"

Fenghuang knew what Xiao Jinyu meant by "message". Xiao Jinyu had taught him how to use bamboo tube fireworks to transmit messages before. This had almost become a tacit understanding between them.

Phoenix always carries these important things with him.

Phoenix quietly walked out of the back door of the embassy, ​​found a secluded open space, and launched a bunch of gorgeous fireworks into the air.

"Don't worry, Uncle Xian. Ling Ye will protect them!"

After seeing Xiao Xian's worry, Xiao Jinyu comforted him.

At the same time, Lanling Wang walked out of the embassy and saw a middle-aged soldier in a green robe with a group of soldiers lined up in an orderly manner in front of the embassy.

But before he could say anything, another man's voice was heard in the darkness, shouting, "General, do you think too little of our Qi's Lanling King? Are you bringing troops to build an embassy at night to make an enemy of our Qi and start a war between the two countries?"

The person has not arrived yet, but the voice has arrived, and the question is already full of momentum.

It was Li Mi and Cui Heng who came with the voice.

The general's face darkened, and he immediately clasped his fists towards Lanling Wang and said, "I'm sorry, Your Highness Lanling Wang, we didn't mean that. We brought the troops here to capture the assassin who tried to kill the prince in the Shixing Palace. I brought the troops here because I saw that the assassin had fled into the embassy. I hope Your Highness will not blame me!"

"Oh, your prince is really good at making complaints first. Today, the people of Jiankang City are saying that His Royal Highness Prince Shixing brutally beat an eight or nine-year-old child to death by the Qinhuai River in order to abduct the genius doctor. The genius doctor followed your prince into the Prince Shixing Palace to save the boy's life. Obviously, the girl and the boy were the victims, so how come your prince has become the victim now?"

The general was not good at speaking, and faced with the eloquent Li Mi, he could not utter a word. He could only turn to Lanling King and plead:

"I hope Your Highness Prince Lanling will give me some convenience. As long as we find the assassin, we will take him away immediately and will not disturb Your Highness's rest!"

"I have already led the troops to search the embassy, ​​but you still don't call it a disturbance. This is already a great disrespect to Lanling King. What if they don't find the assassin?"

The general was so anxious that his face turned red. He suddenly shouted, "I guarantee with my life that the assassin is in the embassy right now. I saw it with my own eyes!"

"Tan Qi, you are only an eighth-rank military cavalry attendant. Do you really want to lose your head for your prince? Someone has already sent a letter to the slanderous Mu Han, and it will soon be reported to the emperor. The right and wrong of the matter will be judged by the emperor. Instead of catching the assassin here, you might as well go back and report to your prince and tell him how to deal with the emperor's wrath."

This slanderous wooden box was one of the boxes set up during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, in order to widely accept advice and listen to public opinion. It was specifically used to redress grievances of ordinary people. Today, Chen Xu still retains this way for the people to redress grievances or make advice, although it is just a form of display of wisdom by the king.

The general named Tan Qi hesitated for a moment, then finally clasped his fists towards Lanling King and said, "Sorry for disturbing your Highness, I will withdraw my troops now!"

"Let's go! Go to where the young lady lives and wait for her to come!"

A group of soldiers and horses rushed towards the Qian River, and Li Mi and Cui Heng's faces sank again.

After the soldiers left, the two men hurried forward to greet King Lanling.

"I heard that the young lady was brought into the embassy by His Highness. Is she okay now?" Li Mi asked first.

"Nothing." Lanling Wang replied, "Thank you both for helping me defend myself just now!"

Lanling Wang was not a man who was good at speaking, so Li Mi's verbal battle saved him from a verbal dispute.

"It's just a small favor, not worth mentioning. Your Highness, could you please allow the two of us to enter the embassy and meet her?" Cui Heng requested at this time.

Lanling Wang did not hesitate and raised his hand and said, "Please!"

The three of them walked to the hall. Li Mi was so surprised when he saw Xiao Jinyu, who was wearing a black dress and looked elegant and noble, that he opened his mouth wide. Cui Heng was the same. Neither of them spoke for a long time.

After a long while, Li Mi finally said, "Young lady, you really don't look like a mortal. You'd better disguise yourself in the future so that you can look more like a mortal. Otherwise, if I, Li Mi, look at you a few more times, I'm afraid you will be doomed!"

"Why is there no return?"

Curious A Yuan ran out, looked at Li Mi with wide eyes and asked.

"Sister looks so beautiful like this, A-Yuan likes to see it!"

"Little sister, you don't understand. If I look at you for a few more seconds, I will surely miss you. If I become ill from missing you, I will be doomed!"

"Oh, I still don't understand! What is lovesickness?"

Yuan Rujing looked embarrassed and held her daughter in her arms again.

Li Mi realized something and said shyly, "Sorry, I said something wrong, I said something wrong..."

Then he turned to Xiao Jinyu and said, "Young lady, you really have a kind heart. Just for a refugee, you are willing to follow Prince Shixing into the palace and sacrifice yourself as well?"

"No one is born lowly and unworthy of living, or unworthy of my saving..."

At this time Xiao Jinyu said something and everyone fell silent.

Lanling Wang looked at her thoughtfully for a long time.

Li Mi was silent for a moment, then he sighed: "Young lady is really insightful and a wise person. Li Mi is ashamed!"

"No, what Li Langjun said is not wrong. We just look at things from different perspectives. I know Li Langjun cares about me...but I won't save everyone."

The person who would not be saved was naturally the unforgivable man, King Chen Shuling of Shixing.

Li Mi smiled cheerfully, "I see." He turned his gaze to Yuan Rujing. If he had heard correctly, the woman seemed to be muttering, "No, it's not just that refugee, there are also us..."

"Aunt Rujing, if that family doesn't accept you, then just get a divorce?" Xiao Jinyu suddenly turned to Yuan Rujing and said.

Yuan Rujing raised her head suddenly, with a look of something unspeakable in her expression.

"Ayu, today's incident was caused by Aunt Rujing, but my husband treated me with respect, not too bad. I just didn't expect that he would collude with King Shixing. Today he said he would take Ayuan and me to the temple to petition, but who knew that when we arrived at the temple, someone would take Ayuan and me...

If I hadn’t heard what King Shixing said today, I really wouldn’t have believed that he would…”

At this point, his expression became a little sad again, and he shook his head and sighed,

"But then again, in this world, it is good enough for a couple to respect each other for a lifetime.

Ah Yu, I…I don’t want to leave that home yet…maybe…maybe he has his own reasons?”

Hearing this, Lu Yu's eyes widened and he angrily continued, "He is going to sell you and your daughter, and you still think he has his reasons. No matter how many reasons he has, he can't sell his wife and daughter, right?"

"But in Jiankang City, many families, even the sons of officials, were coerced by King Shixing to give their wives, concubines and daughters to him. Many were unwilling to do so, but they could not protect themselves under the power of the king!"

"So, Aunt Rujing, what are your real concerns?"