Ye Qing on the shaft of the car was startled and a cold sweat broke out. He saw a black shadow flashing from the corner of his eyes. Before he could think about it, he heard a bang coming from his ear, as if he was about to deafen his ears.

He quickly turned around and saw an arrow three-pointer, inserted into the back of his head only ten centimeters away. The tail of the arrow was buzzing and trembling, and the brim of Fan Yangli, who was wearing, was actually shot by an arrow and nailed into the side wall of the carriage.

"Continue to go forward." Ye Qing shouted and jumped down from the shaft. Almost at the same time, Ye Qing had just jumped off the carriage, and the shaft where he was sitting just now seemed to have two arrows with buzzing arrows out of thin air.

"Helping!" Li Heng waved the whip again. After Li Heng was missing next to him, his side was exposed to the person who was shooting in the dark, so at this moment, Li Heng almost jumped out of the carriage when the arrow shot Ye Qing in the place where he was sitting.

But he did not jump out of the carriage like Ye Qing, and immediately rolled to the grass to hide. Instead, he followed the carriage quickly and ran forward with the carriage.

Just as Ye Qing and others were attacked, they were preparing to host a banquet for Yan Hongyuan from the palace in Yipin Building. In shock, they stood up in the best private room in Yipin Building: "You are the truth about this?"

"It should be a bad idea. The palace can still get some news. However, Yan Shiwai doesn't need to be in a hurry. They use these methods secretly, but they are just jealous of the current Yan family, and they dare not hurt Ling Yan. So for the sake of the current plan, the queen means that she also hopes that Yan Shiwai can think of a compromise. After all, this is just a loss of some money for Yan Shiwai. Ling Yan and the safety of your servant are more important." Wang Deqian looked at Yan Hongyuan, whose face was pale and kept trembling after standing up, and hurriedly comforted him.

I don’t know if Yan Hongyuan heard Wang Deqian’s words of comfort. Yan Hongyuan slowly turned around, looked at Wang Deqian with a blank look, and murmured: “The little girl left the city early this morning. If it is true as the noble man in the middle said, then at this moment, I’m afraid the little girl is already in danger.”

"Ah? How could it be such a coincidence? But..." Wang Deqian was also shocked when he heard Yan Hongyuan's words, and he didn't know what to say in an instant.

But after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly comforted him again: "Don't worry, Mr. Yan, don't be in a hurry. I just got the news today, so even if they want to force Ling Yan to submit, they need to prepare some time, right? It is unlikely that I happened to meet today. Mr. Yan, please relax. It is better for Mr. Yan, to go home first..."

Yan Hongyuan came to his senses and looked at Wang Deqian's smiling face. His heart suddenly became entangled. He was just a small businessman. Even now, he felt that he was a little neglecting the noble man in the palace.

He had just met with Zhonggui Ren, so he left him and hurried home. He didn't dare to make a decision for a while.

Fortunately, Yan Hongyuan was also a person who had been "born and dead" in the mall for several times. He calmed down and thought about it, so he hurriedly saluted Wang Deqian and said, "I would like to ask for a large number of nobles in the year. Yan went out and gave a brief explanation and returned."

"Okay, please contact Mr. Yan." Wang Deqian stood up and said.

In fact, he still doesn't quite understand what the relationship between the queen and Yan Hongyuan is. For the sake of Yan Hongyuan, he would rather offend Tang Situi, the right prime minister who is now at the peak of his life in the court.

What puzzled him even more was that it would be fine if he was just a queen, but even Concubine Cai and even the Empress Dowager liked the Yan family quite a bit, which made him even more strange and he had to treat Yan Hongyuan with courtesy.

Although the silk and porcelain sent to the palace every year are extremely exquisite and are quite liked by His Majesty, isn’t it a bit of a treat for the Yan family so well?

But no matter what, through these days of interactions with Yan Hongyuan, Wang Deqian found that this person was quite worthy of intercourse. Not only did he not have the smell of a merchant, but he also revealed a literati and scholarly atmosphere, wisdom and cheerfulness everywhere.

What is even more commendable is that this person is extremely experienced in dealing with things, especially being able to take into account the overall situation, deal with details that are difficult for ordinary people to notice, and grasp them well. In this way, no matter who they deal with, such a person will give people a very comfortable feeling.

The reason why Wang Deqian was able to make such a precise judgment on Yan Hongyuan was not only because of his long time dealing with Yan Hongyuan, but also because of his unique sensitivity and insight that he had gained a foothold in the palace.

After all, he himself gained a foothold in the palace by grasping the form of things, the atmosphere and other details, as well as his understanding of the holy heart and meticulous service. Otherwise, he would not have been able to break through the siege in the palace and then serve in front of His Majesty.

However, based on his observations over the years and the attitude of the queen or Concubine Cai towards the Yan family, he still made him understand the relationship between the queen and the Yan family.

The queen was born in a poor family. When she first entered the palace, she served the palace maids next to the empress dowager with the deceased Empress An Gong. Later, the two were given to the current emperor by the Supreme Emperor.

Two years ago, Empress An Gong died of illness, so the queen was promoted from the original concubine to the queen.

It is said that the queen lost her parents since she was young and was fostered at the home of Zhai Yu, a senior official of the fifth rank of literary officials. So did she have any interaction with the Yan family before the empress entered the palace? Or did she receive any favors from the Yan family since she was a child?

Wang Deqian was just making random guesses in his heart. Even in front of Yan Hongyuan, he couldn't ask about it rashly, let alone ask about the queen in the palace or the concubine Cai who also came from a poor family.

Yan Hongyuan, who quickly walked out of the room, turned his head and saw Situ Song guarding the door. So he immediately pointed at Situ Song's chest and said in a deep voice with a serious expression: "You should immediately take those imperial guards to our workshop outside the city. You must be quick. After seeing the lady, you should immediately protect the lady with Ye Qing and the others to go home, so that she would not be allowed to go anywhere. If you have any questions, wait until I go back."

Situ Song rarely saw Yan Hongyuan so serious, so when facing such serious Yan Hongyuan, Situ Song felt a little nervous. So after listening to Yan Hongyuan's instructions, he did not dare to ask more questions. He nodded immediately and prepared to go downstairs to greet the imperial guards and immediately rushed to the Yan family workshop outside the city.

Just after walking a few steps, Yan Hongyuan, who was about to enter the room, called out: "Wait a minute..."

After watching Situ Song turn around, Yan Hongyuan coughed twice again, walked up to him and said, "You will take them and rush to the workshop outside the city immediately and send someone to the mansion to see. If the lady comes back, let them inform you that you don't have to go again. If you don't come back, you should go find the lady as soon as possible, and then pick her up the lady back home immediately. Do you understand?"

"I understand, sir, don't worry, I'll do it now." Situ Song nodded repeatedly, and then saw Yan Hongyuan let out a long sigh, and immediately ran downstairs.

Yan Hongyuan, who entered the room again, had slowly disappeared from the solemnity and anxiety on his face. He changed into a rather stiff smile. He remnants of anxiety and apologized to Wang Deqian: "I am neglecting the noble person. Yan is really uneasy. Thank you for your reminder today..."

"Your Madam Yan is polite. Our family is also acting under the imperial edict. As long as you can make peace with each other, Wang Deqian said with a smile, and then Yan Hongyuan held his hand, and a stack of thick silver notes changed hands from the hands of the two people who were holding in their sleeves.

After Yan Hongyuan handed over the silver notes in his hand, it seemed that nothing had happened just now, so he started to look faintly anxious, coughing from time to time, and talking to Wang Deqian softly.

This time, Wang Deqian notified Yan Hongyuan that someone in the court wanted to force the Yan family to separate from the Lin'an merchants, it was about purchasing silk.

In short, in Wang Deqian's words, there is a strong competition among cloth merchants nowadays. If the Yan family can produce better fabrics with better colors than other fabrics in terms of dyeing or brightness, then this year will naturally be able to firmly hold the position of the first imperial merchant as in previous years.

But if it is just comparable to the quality of other businesses, combined with the current passive form of the Yan family, it is probably possible that the silk and silk will be taken away by those who are interested.

Yan Hongyuan, full of worries, repeatedly said, while remembering Yan Qingcheng's safety, he lamented that the color of this fabric was not so easy to make more outstanding dyes, and it was bright and bright, and it would take a long time to fade. The quality is excellent, but now it is too difficult for them.

Ye Qing was unable to get close to the enemy shooting in the jungle for a while, and could only go with Pili San and Zhao Qier, leaning against the grass beside the road, lying or kneeling to avoid arrows.

Zhao Qier had a long grass in his mouth at some point. Now he was bitten by him only less than his fingers. His eyes were flickering with fierce murderous aura. The Yan Ling Knife was unsheathed in his hand, but he could never break through the enemy's shooting defense in the dense forest.

Fan Yangli, who was splashing Li San, was also thrown high into the sky at Ye Qing's instructions, trying to attract enemies in the dense forest, and then taking the opportunity to create a chance to get close to him and Zhao Qier.

But the enemy's archery skills exceeded Ye Qing's imagination. They were fierce and accurate, and they reacted very quickly. As soon as Fan Yangli was thrown over his head, the arrow flew to the small ditch on the other side of the road with a whoosh.

The carriage that I thought would be able to get out of trouble was stopped after running forty or fifty steps forward. The best Xixia horse was already lying on the loess road and twitching. The four hooves pedaled on the ground from time to time, stirring up yellow earth fog.

The shaft of the carriage was broken as the horse fell down. At this moment, it was parked in the middle of the official road, and Li Heng hid on the side. For a moment, facing the precise and cruel arrows of the enemy in the dark, he could not rescue Yan Qingcheng and You'er from the carriage.
Chapter completed!