Chapter 12: Dark Tide
At night, after Mu Qing bathed, he was dressed in a medium coat and ready to sleep. In an instant, the candlelight flickered, and the cool night breeze blew behind her, causing a shiver, Mu Qing turned around in panic, only to see a man in black sitting at the round table, unscrupulously crossing Erlang's legs, this person is not out of nowhere, who else can there be in the unruly Lingshan Gang?
Qiu Feng's sudden intrusion really scared Mu Qing a lot, and she was dissatisfied: "Breaking into the concubine's dormitory in the middle of the night, are you crazy or stupid?" ”
"I'm neither crazy nor stupid, is that self-confidence?" Qiu Feng proudly bared a mouthful of white teeth.
Mu Qing smiled helplessly and shook his head, sat down opposite him, and asked, "Have you seen King Rui?" Was he angry? ”
"Hmph, what else do you say! I am a dignified Lingshan Gang Qiu official, and I have never suffered this kind of anger in my life!" Qiu Feng muttered dissatisfiedly. "He doesn't want to think about it, if it wasn't for the little master and I kindly saved him, he would have died a long time ago, where is his turn to point fingers at the little master! I haven't had a stable life since I met you, and I don't know how much I have suffered, did I owe you a lot of money in my last life? ”
Mu Qingying smiled, "He has a deep relationship with the Queen Mother's mother and son, and it is natural for him to be angry, if he offends your Qiu Da gang leader in his words, I will compensate you here." ”
"Don't do this!" Qiu Feng replied nonchalantly, and nibbled on the apple on the table again, "I have already told him what you asked me to say, and it is up to him whether he can open his mind or not." ”
Mu Qing was still a little worried, and frowned: "He has always been upright and upright, and he disdains to do some things like flies and dogs, and it is unlikely that he will completely believe in us for a while." ”
"Yes, it's also a dumbfounded." Qiu Feng rolled his eyes disdainfully, "By the way, he is clamoring to see the person who is manipulating the overall situation behind him, although he was reluctantly fooled by me this time, but he can hide from the first year of junior high school, but he can't hide from the fifteenth, but I'm afraid it won't last long." ”
"Naturally, he will not give up, and who is willing to be at the mercy of others?" Mu Qing said lightly, "Don't worry, next time I will arrange for Taowu to meet him." ”
Qiu Feng chewed an apple in his mouth and asked vaguely, "Why don't you go to see him yourself?" ”
"The palace is heavily guarded, and it's too risky to do so." Mu Qing said in a deep voice, and her delicate side face looked a little blurry in the dim light, so that people couldn't see her feelings.
Qiu Feng asked disdainfully, "Heavily guarded?!" You're kidding? ”
"I'm not as good as your Qiu gang master, and I can't be that gentleman." Mu Qing laughed and said, "Besides, do you really think that the palace guards are like a fictitious thing?" If it weren't for the Forbidden Army Commander's blind eye, I'm afraid you wouldn't be so lucky every time!"
Qiu Feng looked at Mu Qing deeply, as if he wanted to see her soul through her burning eyes. After a while, he asked meaningfully, "Are you unable to see him, or are you afraid to see him?"
Mu Qing's eyelashes flickered, and he said in a flat tone: "It's that I don't need to see him yet." ”
"Hey... Say whatever you want! Qiu Feng took a deep breath, unable to distinguish between persuasion and ridicule, "The saddest thing for people is not to deceive others, but to deceive themselves." ”
Mu Qing seemed to be deaf, slowly got up and came to the window, leaning on the railing and looking out of the window. "The sky is really fast, and it is still Haoyue at the head, and it will thunder again at this moment."
Qiu Feng also walked to her side, his eyes were like stars in the dark night, and he said, "It looks like it will rain for a few days." ”
After a while, pee-like raindrops began to pound on the roof and window lattices. Mu Qing looked out the window intently, listening to the rain by the window, as if all her thoughts had melted into the rain, leaving her alone, and the hustle and bustle was gone.
After a while, a wicked smile curled into the corner of Mu Qing's mouth, as if he said casually: "I believe that soon, the news will reach the Prime Minister's Mansion!" ”――
It rained heavily for two days, and the rain slid down the eaves like a column of water, forming a curtain of water. There was a quick knock at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the housekeeper in the mansion held an oil-paper umbrella and asked loudly, "Who?" ”
As soon as the door opened, I saw Tong Yuan, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, standing at the door panting, his boots had been soaked by the rain, and he looked very wolf. The butler beckoned, "Yo, it's Lord Tong!" ”
"Quick! Go and inform your master, saying that Tong Yuan, the secretary of the Criminal Department, has something important to report! ”
Seeing Tong Yuan's anxious look, the housekeeper didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly nodded yes. "Okay, let's report the little one."
The rain outside today was too heavy, and Huo Pei'an didn't plan to go out, he just wanted to stay in the house and flip through idle books. Seeing that Tong Yuan was soaked, he hurried over and asked uneasily, "What's wrong?" It's raining so hard and you're still running over, isn't there something happening to your criminal department? ”
"Something happened." Tong Yuan said anxiously, "The Kyoto Prefecture has reported that there has been a theft in the capital!" ”
Huo Pei'an's heart was almost in his throat, but then when he heard that it was just a small theft, he pursed his lips impatiently, "I still know what is the big deal." It's just stealing, what's the fuss? Just let the Kyoto government handle this kind of thing, and what are you doing with me? ”
"If it were normal, I wouldn't care about this kind of trivial matter, and I wouldn't have come to talk to you, but this time it's different, it's King Rui's old mansion that was stolen!" Tong Yuan said mysteriously.
"Rui Wangfu?" Huo Pei'an was slightly startled, but after a moment's effort, his face relaxed again. "That's not a big deal, this Rui Wangfu was sealed five years ago, and there is nothing valuable in it. You have caught the thief, and the trial will be over at will! ”
"My lord, listen quietly to what the official has to say." Tong Yuan brushed his rain-soaked robe, only took a shallow sip of hot tea, and said, "Although this thief didn't succeed, he found a few boxes buried in the soil in the backyard of King Rui's mansion!" ”
"Boxes?" Huo Pei'an was surprised, and then his eyes rolled, "Could it be that it contains the gold and silver jewelry that King Rui kept privately?" ”
"Nope! Rarer than gold and silver, the chest is full of weapons! Tong Yuan whispered, undisguised the gloating look in his eyes.
"Weapons?!" Huo Pei'an was shocked, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his heart. "Are you sure?"
"It's true! After the Kyoto Prefecture came to report, just in case, the lower official also personally went to the Ruiwang Mansion to check, and there were a total of five large boxes buried in the backyard, which were full of all kinds of weapons, from swords to spears, from bows and arrows to shields, and they were all new. ”
Huo Pei'an paced back and forth nervously, puzzled: "What is he doing burying those guys in the backyard of his house?" ”
Tong Yuan said again: "What's even more strange is that the lower officials have carefully inspected those blades, but none of them are engraved with the unique seal of the imperial court, obviously the origin is unknown!" ”
"Our dynasty has always been strict in the control of weapons, except for the unified forging of the imperial court and the engraved seal unique to the imperial court, the people are not allowed to make zuò at will. Where did these weapons come from? He deliberately buried these weapons in his old sealed mansion, apparently not wanting to be discovered. Huo Pei'an frowned, and suddenly as if a thunderbolt exploded in his brain, his eyes jumped, "Could it be him?"