Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Dry Well in the Night—There Is a Mystery
Qingxi was in a hurry, and suddenly saw a masked man flying to the roof in the distance, and took a closer look at the courtyard that Ji Xue'er had just entered. Qingxi was curious, so he stared at his heart and said, "Isn't there someone like me?" I saw the man lying on the roof of the house for a long time before getting up, but he ran towards the hidden place where he was.
Qingxi was a thief, and there was no more hidden place to hide at the moment, so he had to turn around and pretend to be calm as much as possible, and walked forward with flying steps. But although he walked fast, he still felt that the masked man was getting closer and closer, and he was anxious and wanted to shout 'help'.
Suddenly, at this time, I only listened to the masked man: "Girl, go slowly, bring a word to your young lady, today the fourth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion sees that it is King Rui." Yuan Ling'er asked Qingxi to investigate Ji Xue'er's whereabouts in front of the restaurant, and he was already seen by King Heng, so he sent someone to help Qingxi.
When Qingxi heard this, he couldn't help but stop, and when he turned around, he found that the masked man had already swept away and flew away. I couldn't help patting my chest with my hand and sighed softly, "Fortunately, it's a false alarm." Thinking of the masked man's words again, he couldn't think of anything after careful consideration, so he planned to go back and tell the young lady what he had seen today.
After the three of Ling'er finished eating, Baili Xin'er already regarded her as her own sister, and she didn't care about Wang Heng, but just asked Ling'er, "Sister, where are we going to play?" Who made Ling'er a self-cooked, his father in his previous life was a university professor, and he went straight from the kindergarten attached to his father's university to the affiliated high school like a fart. For more than ten years, I have been mixed up in those big brothers and sisters, and I have always been the master who coaxed individuals to death.
Ling'er was thinking about Qingxi in her heart, and she was anxious to go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion at this time, but it was difficult to refuse Baili Xin'er. As soon as the inspiration moved, he said: "Xin'er, my sister won't accompany you to play around today, my sister has been doing things for a day, and she can't walk when she is tired at this time." Baili Xin'er heard Ling'er say this, and she couldn't help but feel lost, but she also knew that it was the truth, so she just stood silently and didn't speak. Ling'er smiled again: "Why don't you go to your sister's courtyard to have a look, my sister has planted a few good flowers, and my sister will also make delicious food, I don't believe you asked your senior brother."
King Heng heard Ling'er use himself as evidence, and saw the look of expectation in his heart, so he nodded in agreement.
Seeing this, Xin'er hurriedly said: "Then I'll go to my sister's place and go back, senior brother, can you go with me?"
King Heng said lightly: "Senior brother still has things to do, Xin'er only needs to go with the second lady, and the senior brother will have someone pick you up later."
Xin'er happily followed Ling'er to the Xiangfu, and when the two arrived at the Xiang's Mansion, Ling'er reported to the person in charge that Senior Sister Hengwang came to visit, and no one asked.
Xin'er went to the Delingxi courtyard this time, only to find that although the yard is small, it is clean and warm, the flowers and plants on the wall are very fresh, and a few grapevines are planted in the corner, presumably for summer coolness. This Baili Xin'er has no mother since he was a child, and was brought up by his father, and later his father accepted Ning Yiheng as an apprentice, and he regarded King Heng as a close relative. It's not so much that she loves King Heng, but that she loves her brother, she is afraid that others will snatch her brother, but this simple girl herself has not figured out the situation.
Nuoer saw that Miss Nuo brought back a guest, and hurriedly prepared tea and snacks to entertain her. Ling'er asked quietly, "Xi'er hasn't come back yet?"
Nuo'er was stunned and said, "Didn't Qingxi go out with Miss?"
As soon as these words came out, both of them began to worry. Ling'er regretted asking Qingxi to follow Ji Xue'er on a whim, Nuo'er didn't know what happened and didn't dare to ask, but silently read the blessing of the Buddha in her heart. Only a heart jumps up and down, looking inside and out, everything is fresh, and it's uncomfortable to play.
Seeing that the sun was already setting in the west, Nuo'er couldn't help but go outside the courtyard to guard. Ling'er was perfunctory while looking out of the door from time to time. Just when Ling'er was thinking about whether to ask King Heng to send someone to find Qingxi, this girl finally came out of the door. Ling'er saw Qingxi coming in, and said with a smile: "You dead girl, where have you been in the past half a day, you have all died in a hurry."
Qingxi saw that Miss was in a hurry to scold, and said with a smile: "It's too late to go around casually, I hope Miss will understand, and I won't dare to do it in the future."
Nuo'er accompanied Qingxi to freshen up for a while, she was indeed a little embarrassed at this time.
Ling'er then turned to Xin'er and said, "Sister made you something delicious today, I don't know what Xin'er likes to eat?"
Baili Xin'er looked at Ling'er at this time, and said with a smile: "My sister finally has time to pay attention to me, no matter what, as long as I take what my sister does, Xin'er likes it."
Ling'er smiled: "You are a ghost, you know that your sister is waiting for Qingxi, and you are okay to make trouble."
Xin'er pouted: "Sister doesn't say, of course Xin'er doesn't ask, this is what Daddy taught Xin'er." But my sister should have asked Xin'er to find Qingxi just now, but I know that Xin'er's martial arts are not inferior to my brother. ”
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Ling'er continued, "My sister just needs someone who knows martial arts to accompany me on the expedition, and I will make you the best food later, and we will go together after eating." After saying that, he made a mysterious grimace at Baili Xin'er, turned around and walked towards the kitchen.
Baili Xin'er followed behind and asked, "Sister, what's the matter?" Ling'er put her index finger to her mouth and said "shhhh The two girls tacitly agreed and happily went to eat.
Although Ling'er has been busy for most of the day, it is rare that everything is complete, and she can't help but be happy in her heart, full of energy, and randomly mess with a few girls' favorite dishes.
Baili Xin'er didn't know this, just stood by and watched, and saw that Ling'er was not only born delicate and lovely, but also skillful and methodical in cooking, and after a while, the fragrance of the dish came to her nose, and she really liked it even more.
In just half an hour, six dishes were served. Baili Xin'er circled around the table, and praised in her mouth: "Sister is really good at craftsmanship, even if you open a restaurant, this kind of technology is more than enough even if you open a restaurant."
Let's look at Ling'er's several dishes today, namely: rock sugar elbow, shrimp skin egg custard, stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, pumpkin pie, fried yam with fungus, eggplant pot, and another hot and sour soup. Although they are all home-cooked dishes, they are all not available in the Great Zhou, such as this fungus is still picked by Ling'er himself in the woods outside, and this dynasty does not know that the fungus can be eaten.
This meal was so uncomfortable to eat, and when I recognized Ling'er, my sister was happy; Second, these are indeed the delicacies that have not been found in the Great Zhou Dynasty or the Western Regions in the past few years. After eating, he said: "Xin'er will often come to see my sister in the future, but in the future, my sister will marry my senior brother, and Xin'er will not even have this trouble."
Ling'er saw that this snack was for food, and she even forgot that she was her rival, so she couldn't help but secretly say: "Foodies also have a realm." Seeing that Baili Xin'er was already full of food and drink waiting for him to speak, he couldn't help but hint to him: "Your senior brother will send someone to pick you up later."
What does this mean, Baili Xin'er can guess no matter how stupid she is, and she can't help but secretly say: "Sister, don't worry, Xin'er has her own way to send the person who came to pick it up."
The two of them had nothing to talk about, Ling'er asked Baili Xin'er some interesting things about the rivers and lakes, Qingxi and Nuo'er also came to listen, they are all girls of the same age, and they can talk to each other.
When he had already spoken, the people from the Hengwang Mansion who came to pick up Baili Xin'er had already urged him several times. At this time, Xin'er said, "Today, I will stay in the Lingxi Courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion to accompany the second lady, and I will not go back, so that the senior brother can rest assured." ”
The person who came was helpless, so he turned back and replied.
Saying that in the Lingxi Courtyard, it was the end of the year at this time, Qingxi and Nuo'er couldn't stay up, so Ling'er sent the two to sleep. Nuo'er and Qingxi felt that the master didn't sleep, and the slave went to sleep undecency, but they were reprimanded by Ling'er, "Everyone is sisters, why do you have to scream at the master and slave, and then send them out like this." The two of them hurriedly retreated, and I am afraid that Miss will lose her temper and be unhappy again. It's the first time she has seen that the master is not the master, and the slave is not the slave, but she feels that it is even better.
In the dead of night, Ling'er smiled mysteriously at Baili Xin'er. Baili Xin'er shook out a black veil casually, and Ling'er said in her heart, "Sure enough, he is an expert", and hurriedly found a handkerchief.
Although Ling'er said that she was curious, but after all, it was the first time for her to do this, and she didn't have the martial arts like Baili Xin'er, so she was stunned, and she held Baili Xin'er's hand tightly, and the two walked towards the deserted courtyard together.
Baili Xin'er has no fear, she has been practicing martial arts with her father since she was a child, and has traveled south and north for many years, don't look at her age, but she has seen very many dangerous things. But the little girl's family is curious after all, and she also wants to see what the mysterious thing in Ling'er's mouth is.
After a while, the two of them had arrived at the deserted courtyard, and Ling'er lowered her voice and said, "Find a place to wait first, and see if anyone will come."
Baili Xin'er understood, and the two of them went to the corner of the grass to squat and wait quietly. It was about a stick of incense, and there was still no movement, Ling'er was anxious, so she wanted to stand up. Baili Xin'er grabbed Ling'er, who was about to get up, and quickly covered her mouth and nose with the other hand. Ling'er was so frightened by this sudden movement that she almost shouted, and then she saw that a little light suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and then the light became larger, and a lantern was carried out from the dry well in the courtyard. Through the faint light, it was faintly visible that Ji Qian was about to crawl out of the well, he got up, patted the dust on his body, lifted the lantern and walked out of the courtyard.
After waiting for Ji Qian, he felt that Ji Qian should go away, and Baili Xin'er put down the hand covering Ling'er's mouth and nose, and Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thanks to Xin'er's quick reaction, otherwise my sister would have died before she left the school today." Baili Xin'er smiled: "My sister is just less experienced than Xin'er."
Then the two of them got up from the grass and walked towards the dry well.
Before they arrived at the dry well, a white shadow suddenly flashed in front of their eyes, Baili Xin'er reached out to protect Xin'er behind him, and the other hand reached out to the purse on his body. Mu Chenfeng said with a smile: "Two little girls are so bold that they dare to go to the forbidden place of this prime minister's mansion late at night?"
Ling'er couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said jokingly: "Young Master Mu is not small, I don't know what happened when I visited the Prime Minister's Mansion late at night?"
Baili Xin'er withdrew her hand and said, "Brother Mu, I haven't seen you for a long time."
It turns out that Mu Chenfeng has been observing the Prime Minister for a long time, but the secret has not been discovered. He originally guessed that what he was looking for must be hidden in extremely tightly defended places, such as the study and treasury of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he never expected that it would be this inconspicuous abandoned courtyard. If it weren't for the fact that he went to the door of the Lingxi Courtyard on a whim recently, and saw these two girls sneaking out, he would have followed, and he didn't know when he would find out this secret. At this time, he heard Xin'er's greetings and replied: "Xin'er came back just in time, let's see what is hidden in this well today."
Ling'er wanted to get close to the well, but when she saw Baili Xin'er and Mu Chenfeng standing still, she couldn't help but wonder, "Why don't you go down yet?"
As soon as the words fell, Ling'er only felt that the black shadow in front of her flickered, and King Heng was already standing in front of her, and said lightly: "Ling'er should tell this king to do such a dangerous thing."
Baili Xin'er pouted and said, "With me here, my sister will be fine."
When Ling'er heard what she said, she couldn't help but look back, and her heart was warm. King Heng smiled faintly, pulled up Ling'er and walked to the dry well.
Several people gathered at the dry well, Mu Chenfeng took out the fire fold and lit it, and looked towards the well by the bright light, only to see a clump of dry grass exposed, which was obviously a dry well that had been filled. Ling'er was puzzled, only to see Mu Chenfeng stretch out his hand and gently grope for it, and then mention it casually. The withered grass was brought up with a pot, and a wooden shelf under the pot was embedded in the wall of the well, and it was retracted into the wall of the well by pushing it to the side. At this time, a cave that was not deep appeared clearly in front of several people, if it wasn't for the fear of people finding out, Ling'er almost wanted to exclaim, "Such an exquisite concealment method, if it is difficult for ordinary people to find it," he couldn't help but cast an appreciative look at Mu Chenfeng's wit.
Mu Chenfeng's body jumped into the cave first, and Baili Xin'er did not hesitate to jump in. King Heng thought that Ling'er didn't know martial arts, and he didn't know what the situation was in the well, so it was best to leave her outside. Raising his eyes and seeing Ling'er's expectant gaze, his heart moved, and he grabbed the beautiful woman in his arms with his big hand, clasped his iron arms tightly, and flew in. Ling'er was afraid that King Heng would abandon her just now, how could she miss such a thrilling thing. Now in his arms, he can faintly feel the temperature of the other party, and suddenly a sense of steadfastness and security suddenly arises in his heart. In just a moment, the two of them had reached the bottom of the well, and Ling'er was still in reverie, not noticing any changes. King Heng saw that the beautiful woman in his arms did not move, and he couldn't help but look down. Ling'er woke up at this time, raised her head suddenly, and her nose was meeting the thin lips lowered by King Heng, and she couldn't help but feel shy in her heart, and turned around and walked away.
It's not easy for p.s little demons to stay up late, please move your fingers to put them on the bookshelf when you read the book, and I'm grateful.