Chapter 52: A Thousand Strange Pairs
Puffs of green smoke and water vapor spilled from the half-hidden windows, and the fire in the kitchen had been extinguished, leaving only the smell of the house full of messes and burnt wood.
"Your Highness, the fire has been extinguished, but the princess has not been found!" The butler replied with a shudder.
"Keep looking, the fire is not big, and it is impossible for people to find it." Li Ke's heart was pinched together, the fire was extinguished as soon as it was burned, even if it was possible to burn people, it was impossible for the bones to be gone.
"Your Highness, the house has been turned up and down, but there is still no shadow of the princess." Blaze added.
"Then why did the man disappear out of thin air?" Li Ke's teeth squeaked, he hated why he didn't stop her from going to the kitchen, he damn teased her.
"Your Highness, calm down, is it possible that the princess is no longer in the palace?" Blaze said again.
"Is there any change over there of the eldest grandson Wuji?" Li Ke's eyes instantly turned cold, if someone dared to touch his woman, he would definitely leave his bones gone.
"No, and according to the secret guards, no one has ever approached the palace!" Blaze also wondered, how could he let the princess have an accident under his nose when he was clearly well guarded.
"Could it be that she ran away on her own? Ordered to guard the city gate, all the suspects were taken down pending trial, and the entire Tanzhou City was also found out by the king! Li Ke slammed his fist on the table next to him, and the table collapsed instantly.
In an instant, Tanzhou City was surrounded by officers and soldiers, not to mention suspicious assassins, and even the people were checked one by one.
"I wonder what happened?" The people on the street were whispering.
"I heard that a prisoner escaped today, so I sent troops to investigate!" Passerby A looked left and right, covered his lips and whispered.
"I also heard that this fugitive actually did things that hurt heaven and reason, murdered people and extorted goods, raped and plundered, and did all kinds of evil." Passerby B added.
"Hey, it seems that these days will not be peaceful, I have to go home and lock the door, my daughter is not married yet, I must not let her be taken captive." After the passers-by finished their way, the people on the street dispersed like a swarm.
The noisy street market was instantly quiet, the melodious placket of the clothes, the clothes had been alternating between oil stains and ash charcoal to make a landscape painting, the hair was messy, and the white face was also covered by black ash and could not see the original appearance. She quickly took off all the hairpin jewelry, for fear of attracting the fugitive's attention. I still have lingering palpitations about being chased by the thief that day, and women's clothing is indeed not safe.
Melodious wanted to change into men's clothes, but he didn't have silver taels on his body, so he took away all the hairpin jewelry when he had an idea, and the silver taels who came to buy men's clothes and found an inn to live in. She washed off the smell of fireworks, changed into men's clothes, and cut a little hair to stick around her lips to ensure safety, which greatly increased her masculinity.
After living in the inn for a few days, she never went out of the door for half a step, one is that she is afraid of going out and spending silver, although her jewelry is expensive, but because of the urgency, the silver exchange is limited. The second is that she is afraid that it will not be safe to go out, and with her unlucky probability, she is likely to be targeted by fugitives. In the past few days, officers and soldiers have come to check from time to time, and Melodious didn't think much about it, anyway, the officers and soldiers just looked at it and left, and they didn't interrogate too much, she just thought that it was already popular in ancient times.
"Ah......h
Melodious put on men's clothes, glued a fake beard, and looked in the mirror to dress himself up a little uglier, like a middle-aged lewd man. “bingo!” She snapped her fingers and jumped out the door.
A store on the corner of the street is bustling with activity at this time, and men, women and children shoulder to shoulder successfully attract melodious attention.
"Consultation Hall?" Melodiously chewed the big characters on the plaque, raised his toes and looked in.
"Little brother, I'm afraid you don't come to the hall often?" An old man with huge eyebrows and crane hair next to him asked.
"Hehe, yes, I don't know what this museum means?" Melodious smiled awkwardly and asked questions.
"People say that if you cut and learn, if you grind, this study hall is designed for literati and scholars to learn from each other and improve their knowledge." The old man replied.
Melodious raised eyebrows, then this is the place where the dance and writing are inked, this door is crowded with people inside and outside, it seems that there are really a lot of people who love literature in Tanzhou.
The old man stroked his beard and smiled as if he had seen through the melodious thoughts. "There are not many ordinary people, and today a young man came to this study hall out of nowhere, set up a strange pair, and threatened to reward the decipher with a thousand taels of silver, everyone just watched the excitement."
Melodious head, oh, couplet, but I'm afraid that an illiterate person like myself can't even see the excitement.
Suddenly, a force pushed Melodious into the door, and she fell to the ground defenselessly, and her surroundings were instantly silent, and her eyes were focused, or surprised, or ridiculed.
Melodiously got up and patted the dust on her clothes, the literati Moshi has always had eyes above the top, and it is reasonable to have some contempt for her dress.
It's just that why is her purse bag missing?
The melodious and decadent sat on the ground again, the money bag must have been stolen by the pickpocket just now, and this time I am afraid that I will drink the northwest wind.
"Are you okay?" A young man from nowhere reached out to Melodious.
Melodiously raised his eyes, he was amazed for a while, only to see the man in white clothes and black hair, seven feet tall, handsome facial features looked very bright with his ruddy complexion, but compared with the vast majority of literati men, he was more tough.
Wow, it's another handsome guy.
"It's okay, it's okay." Melodious embarrassed smile, eyebrows and eyes crooked, completely forgetting the image of the lewd man she portrayed.
"Childe is here to deal with it?" The man's bright eyes were smiling, revealing a sense of ease and ease.
"Hehe, no!" Melodiously waved her hand, muttering in her heart that she couldn't even recognize the writing of the pair hanging in front of her, let alone deal with it.
"Since you're here, why don't you give it a try?" The man said again.
Before Melodious could reply, someone read this couplet again. "Looking at the river building, looking at the river flow, looking at the river on the river building, the river tower is eternal, the river is eternal."
"This is a strange thing! Strange Age: Right! I'm afraid that no one can take this thousand taels of silver today! The literati sighed.
Melodious was taken aback, this pair happened to be known to her, because there was a complete calligraphy and painting hanging in Li Ke's room, and she deliberately asked him for advice when she had nothing to do.
The melodious smile is unusually bright, it is really Huang Tian who lives up to his heart, it seems that this thousand taels of silver belongs to her, she cleared her throat and replied loudly. "Enjoy the snow ridge, enjoy the snow scene, enjoy the snow scenery at the head of the snow ridge, snow ridge in winter, snow scene in winter."
The noisy hall was silent again, and the eyes converged again, either thinking or surprised.
Melodious scratching her head, could it be that she remembered it wrong?
"Wonderful, wonderful!" Discussions and praises erupted, and the literati sighed to themselves, and no one thought that it was actually this little man with a bad image to deal with.
Melodious breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately not mistaken.
"It's yours!" The handsome man brought the tray with the silver taels.
"Is this your pair?" Melodious asked suspiciously.