Chapter 20: The Assassins
The weather in Hequan has been getting worse and worse these days, the wind and rain are heavy, and when Lin Xiaoyou changed his clothes and went out, he was almost overturned even with an umbrella.
It's just that I entered the painting building, but it was a different scene.
It is not an exaggeration to be drunk and golden.
It seems that the selection of the Oiran the day before yesterday made the reputation of the painting pilou even worse, and many people came to admire it, and the so-called prosperity of the people and the suffering of the people of death have nothing to do with the privileged class.
The storm outside the building did not make the nobles wrapped in brocade clothes and sitting in incense carts feel a little chill.
At this time, it was only in the evening, and the building was already full of people, all of whom were either rich or expensive, Lin Xiaoyou had just sat down when a maid stepped forward to pour her a glass of light wine, revealing a fruity fragrance, shaking it, you can see some fruit grains.
After taking a sip, it is refreshing but does not burn the mouth, it is a good wine.
Because she bought a seat in the back, after sitting down, she was able to see most of the scenery.
At this time, there were gorgeous curtains hanging in the flower hall, falling with complicated tassels, which did not look so elegant, Lin Xiao sat quietly and observed, she wanted to see who the Oiran would be that day, but soon a loud groan, a figure came in from outside the door, like the bright moon breaking through the clouds, firmly attracting the attention of the whole hall.
Lin Xiaoyou couldn't help but look at it.
The man was dressed in a Zhuzi deep coat, luxurious and traditional, with a silver silk pendant on his waist and a long spike palace silk, and his hair crown was also correspondingly matched with a silver crown inlaid with tired silk, in the full hall of stunning eyes, his lips were lightly hooked, the jade pendant on his waist was hung on the short sword, and there was a tinkling sound between actions, he seemed to look at everyone, but he didn't, after looking around the audience for a week. Lowering his dark eyes nobly, Shi Shiran walked to his seat.
"Your Highness, let's go here, ......" The person on the side was Nan Jing with a solemn face, but at this time, he was obviously respectful and did not have any disagreement with Zhu Jingcheng.
Lin Xiaoyou's brows furrowed, why did Zhu Jingcheng be so swaggering?
She kept staring at the other party, but the other party didn't look at herself, withdrew her gaze, raised her head and drank the glass of wine, Lin Xiaoyou actually felt that the faint fruity fragrance was difficult to swallow.
He was a distinguished guest, and went straight to the front seat and sat down. After a while, it returned to its usual idle appearance. Leaning back in his chair, he looked very laid-back, completely oblivious to anyone looking at him.
Suddenly, he coughed.
Lin Xiaoyou was startled and immediately turned his gaze away from the two of them. Look at the stage.
At this time, the joy rises.
I don't know when. A group of women dance from the fog. They are generally tall and fat, and their upper bodies are covered with a light veil as thin as cicada wings, and their jade arms are faintly visible. Yubai's wrist is wrapped with a long and thin ribbon, and the waist is tied with a ribbon with a bow, and the fan in his left hand is half hidden from his face, bringing a full fragrance of fat powder......
It's beautiful.
But Zhu Jingcheng didn't seem to care, just watched sideways.
"There is a beautiful woman in the north, peerless and ......independent" A melodious female voice from nowhere is like a filament, low at first, and gradually winding up little by little, sweet and soft, making people feel numb.
The girls sang and danced at the same time, their arms dancing enchantingly seemed to be butterfly wings, their eyelids were coated with gold dust, and they were particularly scorching, many of the men in the audience were stunned, and Lin Xiaoyou could only shake his head.
Men, men.
But these girls are really charming.
The girl jumped for a while, and suddenly pulled the ribbon around her waist away, and instantly it was like breaking into a cocoon into a butterfly, and the gauze faded off to reveal snow-colored skin, like a porcelain doll, and the jade snow was lovely, which made people's blood gush.
Sure enough, the audience began to commotion.
"Look at the city, and then look at the country......" The women swirled and converged into a flower, and then dispersed, and a woman appeared in the center, she was dressed in an exotic style, and the green veil covered her face to reveal only a pair of cat's eyes like paint.
Everyone present couldn't help but hold their breath, and in this impatient anticipation, the woman stepped forward slowly, walked to Zhu Jingcheng and knelt down, looked up at him and smiled slightly.
Zhu Jingcheng's expression Lin Xiaoyou couldn't see clearly, but she could still hear him say in a hoarse voice: "Rather you don't know the city and the country? It's hard to get a beautiful woman! With that, he picked up the woman horizontally, and walked in the direction of the stairs on the second floor, where there was a guest room.
Soon, the maidservants and servants of the Qinglou came forward to serve, and Lin Xiaoyou also heard someone in the crowd whispering: "Now the Qingzi girl is one step to the sky." ”
The girls on the stage showed envy, but they knew that the bruises were specially trained by the boss, and they were a lot higher than them in every aspect, so they were just envious, but not jealous.
Lin Xiaoyou also knew from the discussion that this woman was the Oiran of the Yanbo River election that day, and sure enough, the scene of Qingtong appearing at that time did not leave any traces at all.
There was an uproar in the audience, but no one dared to speak out, Zhu Jingcheng's identity was self-evident.
On the stairs, the purple-clothed boy hugged the beautiful singer, bruised as if she couldn't look up by the hot eyes, she turned her face shyly, and her singing voice became more and more graceful, "The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming." The son is home, and his family should ......"
Zhu Jingcheng understood, the corners of his lips were raised and kissed lowly.
At this time, Lin Xiaoyou could see his eyes very clearly, because he was very close to her seat, shiny, and did not look obsessed with beauty at all...... There seemed to be a hint of cunning, and the woman was fascinated by his attack and waited shyly.
"Shame on you!" Suddenly, a loud shout sounded in mid-air, and a woman in red appeared like that, and before everyone could recover from the shock, they heard a careful sound, and saw such a scene.
At the staircase, the woman in red looked at the man in purple with angry eyes, the bruise had been thrown on the ground and covered his waist and frowned, as if he was very hurt, and the man in purple looked at the other man who fell to the ground with a shocked face and guilt.
The man was dressed in very ordinary scholar's clothes, but there was a knife stuck in the lower part of his chest, and there was some blood all around, and he closed his eyes tightly and was speechless in pain.
"You ......" The man in purple squatted down to look at the man, got up and gave the woman in red a slap.
"You hit me?" The woman in red covered her face, looking incredulous.
The boy in purple did not refute, but said sharply: "There must be a degree of arrogance, if she has something, I will not let you go!" With that, he gently picked up the scholar man and walked away.
Nanjing frowned and seemed displeased, but quickly followed.
"Don't, don't move!" Lin Xiaoyou closed her eyes and wailed, her eyelids were completely powerless, she regretted it a little, why did she rush up with a hot brain at that time, obviously Zhu Jingcheng had Nanjing's protection, didn't he? And judging by the way he looks, he obviously knows the assassin......
I'm so stupid.
She bared her teeth and lamented, but at that time she thought that if Emperor Zhu had something to do, her family would not be protected, Zhu Jingcheng was ordered by the emperor to go to Hequan to practice, if something happened, Hequan's parents and officials had a heavy responsibility, maybe even the thought of being born for less than 100 days would have to sit together, alas, if you are willing to take a knife, it can be regarded as minimizing the danger.
When I arrived at the Yamen, I heard that Mrs. was stabbed by an assassin, and the entire Yamen was turned upside down, and Feiyan even said that she wanted to catch the assassin, Zhu Jingcheng pressed her hand and said in a deep voice: "I'll deal with that person, Madame is to save me from being injured, I have no shirk, Nanjing, go and bring the pills." ”
Nanjing hesitated: "Lord, it's obviously her ......" Nanjing was a little aggrieved, obviously this person intervened in the sabotage, and didn't let herself catch the woman a long time ago......
"Say no more!" Zhu Jingcheng was rarely serious and interrupted his speech.
Nanjing was helpless and clenched his fists and obeyed. (To be continued......)
PS: It's been a busy few days, and the work is going to be implemented, so I'm very happy, En, I'll work hard to update the drop, don't abandon me