Chapter Seventy-Four: The People Look for Him
"What about these sisters and brothers, why did they disappear in a blink of an eye?"
Watching the lively crowd move forward with the push and shoving of the group of Jianghu artists. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Cheng Jinzhi stood on tiptoe and stretched his neck to look for traces of Cheng Sujin and Cheng Yu in the crowd, but there were some unfamiliar faces at a glance, and even the few guards who accompanied Cheng Fu all the way were drowned in the sea of people and could not be found.
"It's weird, just for a while, it won't be so far away from the flow of people. ”
Cheng Jinzhi muttered in his heart, helplessly being caught between the crowds on both sides and unable to move, and his steps were particularly difficult. Just when she didn't know what to do, she suddenly felt someone take her hand and pull her in the opposite direction of the crowd.
"You... What are you doing?"
Cheng Jinzhi subconsciously wanted to shake off his hand to break free, but his hand was still firmly held in the palm of the hand by that person. Although the man in front of him was turned sideways with his back to him, and he was still wearing a copper-colored ghost mask on his face, it still gave Cheng Jinzhi an unusually familiar feeling.
Coupled with his figure and clothes, and the cold and arrogant temperament around him, Cheng Jinzhi quickly guessed the identity of this man.
"Your Highness......"
However, before she could shout, she was instantly overshadowed by a noisy voice.
"Is it really him? But he's a person who doesn't fit in with the atmosphere here?"
Cheng Jinzhi pouted suspiciously, and silently followed Gao Heng through the crowd and hustle and bustle. After walking for a short distance, seeing that there was still a crowd in front of him, Gao Heng suddenly reached out and grabbed her to him, protecting her left and right, lest she be hit or squeezed.
Cheng Jinzhi glanced at Gao Heng's hand on his shoulder, intentionally or unintentionally looked up at the seemingly terrifying face within reach, the tension in his heart gradually dissipated, and even Cheng Yu's matter was left behind by her for a while, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily raised under the mask.
At this moment, it seemed that everything around him was quietly silent in an instant, and the crowded crowd flowed silently, only Gao Heng's figure swayed in front of him, and the bright Chinese lanterns reflected around him, both warm and bright.
After some time, the flow of people in front of them began to decrease, and the two finally broke through the encirclement and stopped under a pear tree on the corner of the street.
"I'm so tired, I've never felt that Nagato Street is so difficult to walk. ”
Cheng Jinzhi leaned against the tree and gasped heavily, only to feel a sultry feeling on her face, and was about to reach out and take off her mask, but after catching a glimpse of Gao Heng on the side, she suddenly stopped the movement in her hand and put the half-lifted mask back on.
"You... How did you end up here? How did you recognize me?"
Cheng Jinzhi straightened up and looked at Gao Heng, and said tentatively with puzzlement.
Gao Heng looked at Cheng Jinzhi's face, and knocked on the hard mask on Cheng Jinzhi's face with his hand: "What about you, how did you recognize me?"
"Don't knock, don't knock, it'll crack. Cheng Jinzhi leaned on his face and teased, "Because as soon as you came, I suddenly felt so cold, so I recognized it." ”
Gao Heng heard Cheng Jinzhi's words, and then watched her pretend to exaggerate her hands around her chest, and was quietly stunned for three seconds. But since he couldn't see the expression on his face, Cheng Jinzhi didn't care about his reaction, but continued to ask, "You haven't told me yet, why are you here?"
"I'm afraid of you doing bad things, so I came to you. Gao Heng said and looked up, "By the way, let's take a look, what's so beautiful about this annual winter solstice festival?"
"Whoever is bad, I call it prudence. Cheng Jinzhi said solemnly, staring at Gao Heng for a while, and couldn't help but show a strange smile on his face, "But I see that His Royal Highness King Yan even bought a mask, it seems that you are having a good time." ”
Gao Heng was stunned for a moment, as if Cheng Jinzhi had said something, and after a pause, he replied: "I'm afraid of many people." ”
"It's fun, it's fun, why be embarrassed. ”
Cheng Jinzhi couldn't help but smile and patted Gao Heng, then took off the mask on his face and let out a sigh.
Seeing this, Gao Heng also took off the mask on his face, and when he saw Cheng Jinzhi looking at him gloatingly, he pursed his lips with a little embarrassment.
"Today, His Royal Highness King Yan is not annoying at all. ”
Cheng Jinzhi smiled, feeling more and more that Gao Heng in front of him was different from before, although he looked awkward, he was not as close as before, but gave her a feeling of being easy to get close to.
Seeing that Cheng Jinzhi had been staring at him intently, Gao Heng, who had always been calm and calm, showed a little unnaturalness on his face, but before he could speak, Cheng Jinzhi suddenly turned his face and shouted in shock: "Oh no, I've forgotten about business!"
"Do you mean your brother Cheng Yu's business?" Gao Heng was not infected by Cheng Jinzhi's panic at all, and said calmly, "Don't worry, the people of Yuyin Villa have already succeeded." ”
"But... But my second sister and they were next to me just now, and I just took a few looks at the excitement, but in a blink of an eye, the two of them disappeared. Cheng Jinzhi was still a little anxious, "And you've been with me since just now, how do you know that they succeeded?"
"Do you remember the old man at the mask stall just now?" Gao Heng said calmly, "He is from Yuyin Villa." ”
Cheng Jinzhi was taken aback and said in disbelief: "No, I think he is very old." Yuyin Villa is also really, why is it that even the old people who are old and have difficulty moving have been sent out? It's too rash. ”
Gao Heng saw Cheng Jinzhi's resentful look, and couldn't help laughing: "Stupid, this old man is a young man pretending. They've set up barricades all over the street, and you've been followed by people since your brother stepped into Nagato Street. ”
Cheng Jinzhi said with a straight face when he heard this: "So what you mean is that my second sister and that fat boy were not dispersed by the crowd, nor did they suddenly disappear, but were ...... by the people of Yuyin Villa."
Gao Heng nodded and said, "That's right, the mask stall where your brother is standing happens to be in the middle of the market, which is just right for the people of Yuyin Villa to attack from both sides, and it is naturally suitable for them to choose this place to do it." ”
After listening to Gao Heng's general explanation, Cheng Jinzhi realized that the two Jianghu artists he had seen before who were performing fire blowing and throwing fire sticks were also one of the moving roadblocks, and the cold fireworks released by the "old man" at the mask stall handed over to Cheng Xuan were the signal for the start of the action.
As soon as the artists appeared, everyone would naturally focus on the hot performance, and the crowds on the streets at that time were surging, so they had no time to care about who left and who stayed. The people of Yuyin Villa took advantage of the chaos to surround Cheng Sujin and Cheng Yu when the guards of the Cheng family were drowned in the crowd, and hit their brain acupoints that can temporarily cause people to faint.
Behind the mask stall happened to be an alley, and because every household was crowded into the street, it was rarely frequented. At the other end of the alley, a carriage had already been prepared to meet them, and as long as those people passed smoothly, they could leave quietly and safely.
"I didn't expect these people from Yuyin Villa to be quite powerful, and they could rob people under everyone's noses. ”
Cheng Jinzhi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Then it seems that tonight, the Cheng family can't sleep. ”