cabinet first lady

Chapter 74 See you in the capital

Under Yin Ji's governance, the situation in Jinling City improved.Not only were the victims resettled, but the construction of riverside dams was much faster than before.Yin Ji seems to have become the "Master Qingtian" in the mouths of the victims. In contrast, Qiu Ran, who has occupied Jinling for a long time and is really in charge of Jinling's economic lifeline, is scoffed at by the people.

Yin Ji and Qiu Ran haven't seen each other since the happy banquet that night.

It is certain that Qiu Ran will not be reconciled, and there will be actions next. After waiting for a long time, Yin Ji and Ruan Muyang finally arrived.

Looking at the post in Yin Ji's hand, Ruan Muyang said with a bit of joy in his voice: "I didn't expect Qiu Ran to want you to be his son-in-law." After the cold was cured, after a period of recuperation, she didn't look so weak anymore. The face is not as thin as before.

Yin Ji raised his eyebrows and smiled.

At the banquet that night before, Qiu Ran revealed his intention to get married, and he went along with it without objecting.

But now, although they seem to be in harmony with each other, they are actually in the same situation, and it is impossible to get married.

This is a Hongmen banquet.

"Qiu Ran is so enthusiastic, I have to consider whether to go or not." Yin Ji smiled.

Ruan Muyang said: "Qiu Ran is a treacherous person, and he will definitely not let you go. If you go, you will be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and you should not be arrogant at this time."

Yin Ji thought about what Ruan Muyang said, and felt that it made sense, nodded and said, "It makes sense, I'm a life-saving person, so naturally I wouldn't throw myself into a trap."

After finishing speaking, he called someone and said: "Return this post for me, and tell Mr. Qiu that there are still many messes to be cleaned up in the city. I can't get rid of it. Thank you for your kindness."

This Hongmen banquet was rejected, and at the same time, Yin Ji also expressed his firm position.

But at the same time, Yin Ji also got into trouble.

On the second day, Ruan Muyang still got up at the right time as before. After taking porridge and anti-fetal medicine, he was supported by enamel and accompanied by Ershui. He walked along the corridor in this other courtyard, admiring the scenery.Since Zheng Lu was taken down, she no longer worried about things in the city, and tried to adjust her mentality all day long, so as to raise her baby with peace of mind.

While walking, Ruan Muyang heard a loud noise, as if something happened. "what happened?"

Er Shui immediately said: "I'll go and have a look."

But before Ershui could come and go, the voice of the quarrel approached.

"Miss, Lord Yin is really not here." It was Heyue's voice.

"Get out of the way, even Miss Ben dares to stop me, do you know who Miss Ben is?" The clear and clear girl's voice came menacingly, full of anger.

The girl walked all the way in, and finally stopped when she saw Ruan Muyang.

Fearing that this aggressive girl would be unfavorable to Ruan Muyang, Fang Fang stood in front of Ruan Muyang, looked at Heyue dissatisfied and said, "Why do you let anyone in here to disturb Madam's closeness?" Fangang seems to have always been dissatisfied with Heyue.

Heyue didn't speak.

The girl was so angry that her eyebrows stood upright at Fang Fang's words: "Is a servant girl so courageous? My name is Qiu Han! Believe it or not, I have someone sell you now?"

Qiu Han, the seventh lady of the Qiu family, is the queen mother's sister and the youngest daughter of Qiu Ran.

Qiu Ran and Yin Ji are in the same situation now, what is the meaning of Qiu Han's coming here to find Yin Ji?Or is it Qiu Ran's scheme?

"It turned out to be Miss Seven." Ruan Muyang signaled Fang Fang to back away.Qiu Han's savagery disliked her very much.

The quiet voice immediately attracted Qiu Han's attention.Seeing Ruan Muyang's appearance, Qiu Han immediately showed hostility and asked, "Who are you?"

Because of running all the way and suffering from the wind and cold, Ruan Muyang's body was weak, and his body did not become round like many women who became pregnant at once, and his stomach was only slightly protruding, which could not be seen unless he looked carefully, so Qiu Han didn't find out that she was pregnant.

Ruan Muyang smiled and said, "I'm Yin Ji's elder sister. I don't know why Miss Seven is here?"

Qiu Han's face softened a little, and then said: "This lady is here to find Yin Ji, what about others?"

Seeing that Qiu Han frowned when he mentioned Yin Ji, and there was an indescribable shyness in his anger, Ruan Muyang made a guess, and his heart sank when he mentioned it, and said: "Yin Ji went to the government office and didn't come back. .”

"Nonsense, Miss Ben has been to the government office, and he is not there at all." After Qiu Han finished speaking impatiently, she continued to look for it, as if she would not stop until she went through this other courtyard.

He Yue wanted to stop him, but Ruan Muyang shook his head at him.

Seeing Qiu Han leaving his back to them defenselessly, the smile in Ruan Muyang's eyes slowly faded, replaced by coldness.If she is more ruthless, it is also a very good opportunity to hold Qiu Han down as a bargaining chip to threaten Qiu Ran, or to keep her for other purposes.

But she was not so cruel.

Qiu Han came here specifically to find Yin Ji, probably not what Qiu Ran expected.

"Ma'am, what should we do now?" He Yue asked.

"Follow her, if you can't find Yin Ji, she will leave naturally." After finishing speaking, Ruan Muyang raised his heels and followed her.

"Yin Ji, Yin Ji! You come out to this lady!" Qiu Han's savagery was on par with Luo Yu back then.

Ruan Muyang followed behind her, watching her looking everywhere, her wayward look, he was very moved.

Seeing that she had almost found Yin Ji, Ruan Muyang said, "Miss Seven, Yin Ji is really not here."

"Then when will she come back?" Qiu Han sat down and said, "In that case, I will sit here and wait for him to come back! I must see him today."

Ruan Muyang didn't know how to persuade her, so he sighed slightly.Let her go, she is doomed to be sad.

"Ma'am, let me help you go back to rest." Fang Fang said.

Ruan Muyang nodded.When she was about to go back to rest, a guard rushed in and said to Ruan Muyang and Heyue, "Madam, Commander, people from the Qiu family are here, saying they are here to find Miss Seven."

Judging by the look of the guards, there must be more than one person here.

Could it be that their purpose is to surround this place by looking for Qiu Han to go back?
"How did they come here?" Qiu Han stood up angrily.

Ruan Muyang looked at Qiu Han's expression and found that it was not what she thought.

Even if it wasn't what she thought, she still had to prevent the people from the Qiu family from having such thoughts temporarily.She persuaded Qiu Han: "Miss Seven, people from the Qiu family have come to look for you, please come back. Yin Ji is probably in the city to resettle the victims, or is supervising the river work. I don't know when he will come back."

Qiu Han remained silent, her brows still frowning.

"I'm afraid a lot of people have come to your house looking for you. If you don't leave, they won't leave either. It's not an option to block the gate of the other courtyard." Ruan Muyang sighed softly, walked up to her and whispered, "Actually, Miss Seven You should also understand that your matter is not that simple, there are too many involved in it..."

Qiu Han didn't understand anything.She gritted her teeth and said unwillingly to the following servants, "Let's go."

Ruan Muyang breathed a sigh of relief: "Send Miss Seven."

Qiu Han ran out privately today. When Qiu Ran heard the news, she was very angry. She was afraid that Yin Ji would do something wrong to her, so she asked her eldest son to take someone to bring Qiu Han back.

But to their surprise, Qiu Han came out safely.

Qiu Han's elder brother, Qiu Bai, heaved a sigh of relief.

"Brother, let's go!" Qiu Han's face was full of displeasure.

Qiu Bai opened his mouth but didn't bother to teach her a lesson, he just said: "Go back and see how my father taught you like this!"

When he turned around, he faintly saw a slender figure standing in the dark inside, because the face could not be seen clearly due to the dim light.

"Brother, what are you looking at?" Qiu Han asked.

Qiu Bai withdrew his gaze and said, "It's nothing. Is there a woman in this other courtyard?"

Qiu Han nodded: "It's Yin Ji's sister."

There was deep thought in Jober's eyes.

After returning to Qiu Mansion, Qiu Ran gave Qiu Han a hard lesson and grounded her.

It turned out that Qiu Ran did intend to marry Qiu Han to Yin Ji, so he gave them a chance to get in touch, and even asked Qiu Han to go to the theater with Yin Ji, but after he saw Yin Ji's true face, he He dismissed the idea.But who knew that Qiu Han was actually deceived by Yin Ji's appearance.Yesterday, Qiu Ran set up a Hongmen banquet in the name of marrying Yin Ji, and tried to see if there was any room for redemption, but he refused.But who would have thought that Qiu Han actually took this matter seriously, and sneaked out of the house today to settle accounts with Yin Ji.

Qiu Ran was very angry at Qiu Han.

Afterwards, he asked if anything else happened when Qiu Bo went to bring Qiu Han back.

Qiu Bai shook his head and said, "Yin Ji wasn't there at that time, no one wanted to harm Seventh Sister. But——I look familiar to Yin Ji's sister."

"Oh? Have you seen it?" Qiu Ran asked.

Qiu Bai recalled in detail and said: "I only saw a rough figure, and didn't see the face, but it seemed like I had seen it before. If it was Yin Ji's sister, I would never have seen it, unless——she wasn't Yin Ji's. elder sister."

"According to the eyeliner, this woman is very mysterious, and other servants are not allowed to approach her where she lives." A smile appeared in Qiu Ran's eyes, "I also suspected it before, and I have sent someone to investigate it. There will be results."

On the other side, originally Ruan Muyang wanted to watch Qiu Han leave, but unexpectedly saw a familiar person at the door, so he subconsciously walked into the dark place.

That person must be from the Qiu family.

After going back, she thought about it carefully, and then she remembered that when Queen Mother Qiu was still a queen, she happened to meet that person when she went to Oasis Palace.

That man was the Queen Mother Qiu's older brother, Qiu Bo.

She didn't know if Qiao Bo had seen her clearly or recognized her, but she felt a little uneasy.

As Heyue said before, Zhang Anyi is now a stumbling block to the expansion of Qiu's relatives, and they are enemies.If they knew that she was Zhang Anyi's wife, they probably wouldn't let her go.

Yin Ji was out all day today, running around in and out of the city, and only came back at night, and only then did he hear about Qiu Han's coming to make a fuss.

When he came back, Ruan Muyang hadn't rested yet, so he went to find Ruan Muyang.

"What are the members of the Qiu family doing?" Yin Ji asked.

When he came to find Ruan Muyang, He Yue was present most of the time.After all, one of them is a young man and the other is a married woman, so they need to avoid suspicion.However, because it is in Jinling, coupled with the special circumstances, the etiquette is already much less than in the capital.

Ruan Muyang shook his head, and then said what he was worried about: "I once met Qiu Bai in Oasis Palace, but this time I don't know if he recognized me."

Yin Ji frowned.

"I've discussed it with Heyue. The guards in the other courtyard need to be rearranged. They need some people you brought." Ruan Muyang said.

"Of course there is no problem." Yin Ji said, "But they are in the dark and we are in the open. If they recognize your identity, they will do whatever they can. You'd better go back to the capital as soon as possible." Having said that, he There is a trace of loss in my heart.

A frivolous smile wiped away the emotions in my heart. Although it can’t pass without a trace, it’s not a bad thing to leave some shallow traces. At least I can take it out to savor it in my spare time, whether it’s happy or bitter. , don't have a taste.He looked at Heyue and said, "Your wife should have passed the news to the capital before the incident in Jinling, and someone from the capital will come to pick her up soon."

He Yue subconsciously wanted to ask, how did he know?

Ruan Muyang nodded, and reminded: "Everything you do now is against Qiu Ran. I'm afraid he will attack you if this continues, so you should be more careful."

Yin Ji looked at Ruan Muyang and smiled.The frivolous eyebrows and eyes are full of the color of Jiangnan.

What is he laughing at?
Ruan Muyang frowned, feeling that Yin Ji's blunt and dishonest behavior was about to come up again.

Yin Ji suddenly looked away, and said, "Madam Zhang cares about Xiaguan so much, Xiaguan suddenly feels uncomfortable."

Ruan Muyang didn't bother to talk to him.

This kind of person really can't give a good face.

"Mrs. Zhang rested earlier, and I will take my leave." After finishing speaking, Yin Ji left the room.

Looking up at the rain as thin as silver threads under the lamp, he hooked his lips.He is indeed still used to Ruan Muyang treating him dignifiedly and invincibly, so that at most he would be a bitch, and he would be happy to be a bitch, but if she showed him a little tenderness, a little bit of concern or affection for him, he might not be able to continue. Cheap.He will go after her desperately and take her away, even if she is already married.

He didn't want to ruin her reputation, and drag her into the abyss of eternal doom.So it's appropriate to treat him coldly and with a lesser attitude.

A few days later, the person Qiu Ran sent to Yangzhou to check on Yin Ji's news returned.The reply he got was that Yin Ji did not have such a sister at all.

Yin Ji did have two older sisters, but those two had never left Yangzhou in recent days, let alone stayed in Jinling to recuperate.

Qiu Ran called Qiu Bo and told him the matter.

Qiu Bo said: "Father, I went back and thought about it carefully. That figure looks really familiar. I should have seen it in the capital."

"The capital?" Qiu Ran's eyes flashed strangely.

Qiu Bo nodded: "I only remember that I saw it when I went to the capital, I can't remember anything else."

Qiu Ran murmured: "Since that woman is not Yin Ji's sister, but came from the capital, so mysterious, what is her identity?"

Jober couldn't answer.

Afterwards, Qiu Ran smiled and said, "Maybe if you control this woman, you can handle Yin Ji. Come here and find some people..."

After Qiao Bo finished listening, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and he immediately said, "Father is wiser."

The drizzle that lasted for many days in Jinling City gave many people a chance to relax, but in the past few days, the rain has become heavier again, which makes people feel uneasy.

"Madam, if it rains heavily, the road will be difficult." Fang Fang has already started making clothes for the child in Ruan Muyang's stomach.Because it was about to rain heavily, she seemed to have no interest in sewing, and her eyes were full of worry.

Ruan Muyang stood at the door, her back was outlined by the front light outside.

If it rains heavily, I am afraid that even if the people from the capital come to pick her up, they will have to stay in Jinling for a few more days.

That night, when everyone fell asleep, in the silence, a group of people dressed in black flashed past like ghosts, and the sound of light footsteps was swallowed by the sound of rain and became silent.

"Come here! There are assassins! Protect your lord!"

A scream broke the tranquility of the other courtyard. After the first light came on from the place where the sound came from, the other lights gradually turned on.

The people in black realized that they were exposed, and they no longer concealed it. They glanced at each other, and then drew their swords and rushed straight into Yin Ji's room.

Around Yin Ji, there are cronies brought from the capital.They immediately fought with the man in black and guarded Yin Ji's room.

His cronies are very strong in martial arts, and the man in black was forced to retreat from the corridor into the rain.

Immediately afterwards, the officials guarding the other courtyard also rushed over. There were only five men in black, and they immediately gained the upper hand in terms of numbers.But they fought with Yin Ji's cronies and officials as if they would not give up unless they killed Yin Ji.

Yin Ji came out with his clothes on, stood at the door and looked at the situation in the courtyard, with a cold face on his face: "The one who was caught alive by this officer, this officer wants to see who is so bold!"

Because Yin Ji gave the order to catch the alive, even if the man in black was gradually lost, he was only injured.

After another man in black was injured, one of them gave them a wink and whispered, "It's almost time."

The other four men in black understood, nodded, and then flew out of the battle together and disappeared into the rain.

The sudden withdrawal of the man in black gave off a strange feeling.Coupled with the fact that they were fighting blindly but did not get close to Yin Ji who was standing not far away, it can be seen from these that they were delaying time.

People like Yin Ji can naturally react.But there was no panic or surprise in his expression, he was very calm, with a confident look.

On the other side of the other courtyard, outside Ruan Muyang's residence, the sound of sword clashing was more intense than Yin Ji's, and even the air was filled with a bloody smell.It turned out that while those men in black were assassinating Yin Ji, some of them came to Ruan Muyang.

There are twelve men in black here, more than twice as many as Yin Ji's.

But there are more guards and officials here.

Ruan Muyang and Yin Ji had expected that if Qiu Bai recognized Ruan Muyang, Qiu Ran would definitely send someone to harm her, so they had already made preparations.

When Yin Ji rushed over with his people, almost all the men in black were dead.

The door of Ruan Muyang's room was closed, Fang Fang, Er Shui, He Yue and two other guards were all guarding her.The faint smell of blood coming from outside made her feel sick and retched.

Pregnant people really can't watch bloody scenes, after sending someone to clean up the yard, Yin Ji knocked on the door.

After entering, seeing Ruan Muyang's pale face, he asked, "Is it okay?"

Ruan Muyang shook his head: "It's nothing."

"Fortunately, we have been prepared for a long time. There is no danger tonight. The men in black sent by Qiu Ran were wiped out." There was a trace of coldness in Yin Ji's voice, "It seems that Qiu Ran has at least doubted your identity , don’t relax your vigilance, it’s better for you to leave Jinling as soon as possible. When the people from the capital arrive, you should leave immediately.”

A few days later, one afternoon, Ruan Muyang had nothing to do, and took a Kunqu opera script to read.Fang Fang ran in from the outside, with an unconcealable joy on his face, he said, "Ma'am! Mo Wen and He Guang are here!"

Ruan Muyang's hand trembled, and the script almost fell off.

Zhang Anyi finally sent someone to pick her up.

As soon as Mo Wen and He Guang came in, they knelt down in front of Ruan Muyang and said, "Ma'am, I'm waiting for the second master to take Madam back to Beijing."

Relief, emotion, unreality, anticipation... All emotions were mixed together and turned into a sigh. "Get up." Ruan Muyang looked at He Guang and said, "I am relieved to see that you are fine. I was always worried that you would be killed by Sun Zhen by yourself."

"Thank you Madam for your concern!"

Mo Wendao: "Second Lord is very worried about Madam, originally he wanted to come to pick Madam with his subordinates, but he was so entangled in government affairs, it will be a few days late, and he should be able to meet Madam on the way."

Thinking of Zhang Anyi, Ruan Muyang unconsciously touched his slightly protruding belly, his heart softened.After all, he can't let her go. He should be happier when he sees her belly.

Mo Wen, He Guang discussed with He Yue, and after He Guang explained the perilous situation in Jinling City, the three immediately decided to leave for Beijing in the early morning of the next day in order to avoid complications.

Ruan Muyang naturally had no objections.

In the evening, when Yin Ji came back from the government office, Ruan Muyang told him that he was leaving.

Yin Ji seemed to have heard that Mo Wen and the others were coming, and he was not surprised at all. He agreed, "The sooner you leave, the better. Today the rain is less, but I met an old man in the outskirts of the city today." , he said that the rain will not stop, and it will soon be heavy."

Ruan Muyang nodded, thought for a while and said, "I won't come to say goodbye to you when I leave tomorrow." Mo Wen is Zhang Anyi's confidant, so it's not good for him to see that she is too familiar with Yin Ji.

"After I'm gone, you still have to be careful. Without me, Qiu Ran will target you even more. After all, it's his territory, so don't confront him head-on, and prevent him from uniting with other officials to deal with you—"

Yin Ji looked at Ruan Muyang's serious face, with a smile on his eyes and eyebrows, like a fox wagging its tail.

Ruan Muyang couldn't see his complacent look, raised his eyebrows, with dissatisfaction and warning in his eyes.

Yin Ji said in his usual frivolous tone: "Thank you Madam Zhang for reminding me, I must be careful, after all, I still have to go back to the capital to see Madam Zhang."

Then, afraid that he would really annoy Ruan Muyang, he put away his joking tone, and said with deep emotion in his eyes, "Be careful all the way, see you in Beijing."

I only regret that he was born a little bit later, and she was already a married woman when I met him.It's all luck, it's all because of fate.

"See you in Beijing."

Early in the morning of the second day, Ruan Muyang and the others embarked on their way back to Beijing.

Seeing such a big battle, Er Shui was dumbfounded.In the past, she only knew that her wife's home was in the capital, and that someone would come to pick them up, but she didn't expect so many people to come.

A few days after Ruan Muyang and the others left, it suddenly rained heavily in Jinling, the Qinhuai River overflowed a lot, and the water level of the Yangtze River rose again. What awaited Yin Ji was a tough battle, a battle against the sky and people.

Fortunately, the increased rain only slowed down Ruan Muyang's journey, but did not trap them.It will be fine when you arrive in Shandong.

The way back to Beijing was already halfway through, but Zhang Anyi did not show up.

Mo Wen said: "Perhaps the second master was delayed by something, we will meet the second master when we go all the way to the capital."

However, they walked for more than half a month, and Zhang Anyi still did not appear when they arrived at the gate of the capital. When the carriage arrived at Zhang's mansion and opened the curtain, what Ruan Muyang saw was white.

(End of this chapter)