Chapter 413: Flower Lantern (3) (2-in-1)
The messenger was a man, wearing a mask on his face, and his skills were very good, and he would stop the door of the Anguo Mansion with one move, and how could that doorman dare to stop him.
Mama whispered, "Why don't you read the letter first." ”
Da Wu took the letter and sneered: "I'm here to see who ate the bear's heart leopard gall, it's been so long, and I dare to take it out to catch the wind." ”
That grandmother was an old man beside her, and she had faintly heard about the events of that year.
At that time, Da Wu was still a little girl, and the maid and wife around her suddenly changed, and she was arranged by the old lady to serve Da Wu, and later helped her to fool the matter of the candle night in the cave room, and I didn't dare to say much when I heard Da Wu say this.
She also felt strange, the drama in Xiangchunyuan had already died, I heard that it was cut by the eldest prince with a thousand knives, and the bits and pieces were thrown out to feed the dogs, and no outsiders would know about it, how could it be involved again?
The letter is written in hairpin letters, although the hand of the letter writer is a little shaky, but the words are well written, the tone is euphemistic, and it can be seen that the letter writer is well-educated.
After reading the ten lines at a glance, Da Wu's face turned iron-blue, and his fingers were forceful, and he crumpled the letter into a ball.
"Madame......" Mama wants to remind the Da Wu clan that this letter is likely to leave clues about the other party, and it is best not to destroy it easily.
The truth is not the same as the grandmother guessed.
Tong Baishuang's letter did not contain insults and curses.
The letter was not long, and at the beginning it was just a brief recollection of the year, so that Da Wu knew who wrote the letter. Later, I talked to the Da Wu family about the hardships of the Dazhen Nunnery. He also said that when she finally escaped, the Tong family had been ruined, so she lived helplessly for more than ten years.
Now she's back. If the Da Wu clan didn't want to make public the murder of people who had fornicated with others back then, they had to agree to her three conditions.
First, she understands that the big Wu family was a little girl back then, and she couldn't help herself, I don't know if Wu Taishi and his family were involved, anyway, Wu Feng, the initiator, couldn't escape, although Wu Feng was seriously injured. But it was not enough to repay the debt, and Wu Feng's wife Zhou had to resist her life.
Second, Jiang Xianyan ruined her home. She can't make him feel better, so Jiang Wu doesn't want to live.
Third, after completing this major event, she estimated that she would not be able to stay in Nanchong. To facilitate the escape. The Great Wu clan wanted to hand over Lin Shinan's family to her as a hostage.
She asked the Da Wu clan to rush before the second watch, and invited Wu Zhou, Jiang Wu and Lin Wu to the lantern viewing pavilion alone.
As long as Da Wu can help with this little favor, the old accounts will be written off, and she will make a lifelong agreement with the play, and Tong Baishuang will definitely be tight-lipped.
If not, when the second watch day comes, then the "Eight Sages of Great Chong" will be replaced by the ugly things of the Great Wu clan in an instant, which is not counted. She will write out the original thing and post it all over the streets and alleys of Jiatong City. Seeing that the Anguo Guild will not endure such a humiliation, what kind of face does Empress Wu have in the world.
The Da Wu clan was so angry that he couldn't agree to any conditions.
Originally, it had been so long, and Tong Baishuang couldn't come up with any real evidence, if she helped her to bring people to the lantern viewing pavilion, wouldn't it be equivalent to sending another handle to the other party?
Not to mention that Wu Zhou's family is her sister-in-law, Jiang Xianyan's wife was not there at all tonight.
It's all to blame on my brother, why didn't he cut the grass and eradicate the roots in the first place, so that the slut came back alive to stir up the wind and rain?
Da Wu wanted to tear the threatening letter to pieces, but because of Mama's call, he woke up, tore the letter again, folded it, put it in his sleeve, and said to Mama: "Go to Wutai, ask him to bring a few doormen, a team of guards, surround the lantern pavilion, dig three feet into the ground, and be sure to find out the thief!" ”
The grandmother answered, looked for the steward, and the two of them looked around, and sent the people below to look for it, and they were busy for a long time, but they did not find the first-class guest Wutai, who should have been waiting nearby.
Not only him, but even the few guests of the Anguo Mansion who were still dangling in front of him just now were gone.
The grandmother secretly screamed badly, and quickly called the steward to dispatch people, and she came back and quietly reported to the Da Wu family.
As soon as Da Wu groaned, he understood why the other party's letter was so arrogant.
Tong Baishuang escaped from Dazhen'an that day, and he didn't know which force he had taken refuge into.
can stab the eldest brother under the protection of many masters on the street, and under the noses of so many forbidden troops, he unknowingly changed the picture of "The Eight Saints of Great Chong", which is by no means an ordinary master. Compared with these two, quietly getting rid of the doormen in his house is nothing.
What to do?
Da Wu's heart was like a mess, and he sneered with the grandmother: "Xu'er is so old, I will be afraid of her?" ”
Having said that, she thought about Tong Baishuang's family being ruined at this time, there was really nothing to be afraid of, if she said in her letter, even if she could stop them from continuing to change the map of the "Eight Sages of Great Chong", it would be too easy to publicize it in the city.
But her father drove away, her brother was injured and bedridden, and there was less than half an hour before the second watch, who else could she discuss with?
The grandmother hesitated and reminded: "Madam, could it be a trick set up by the Chen family?" Why don't you talk to the old lady? ”
If the Chen family did it, it was to implicate Empress Wu by fixing her.
At the same time, Emperor Tianyou, accompanied by Empress Wu, wandered around the Yudao Street to enjoy the lanterns.
The noble ministers followed and walked.
The only exception is Mrs. Wu.
Emperor Tianyu sympathized with his father-in-law's old age, and specially allowed him to ride in a small sedan chair carried by two people.
Since it is an accompaniment, the courtiers can't get close to it, and their group of more than a dozen people is protected by the forbidden army led by the loyal general Qi Suqin, and the innermost circle is the Son of Heaven guard.
Like the Di brothers, they no longer worry about Jiang Xianyan, so they had to follow other families in person, dozens of feet away, hundreds of heads, protecting their own adults, secretly praying that Young Master Lu's crow's mouth would not work, and that nothing would happen tonight.
Empress Wu, who was walking beside Emperor Tianyou, did not feel noble, and was secretly complaining.
Coming out of the imperial city, I have been walking for more than an hour.
She walked more tonight than she usually walked in a month.
She got the news of Chen Guifei's pregnancy a few years ago. Angry and unwilling, I also had a small illness, just Lisuo, I thought that the cheap girl would not come out tonight. No one is in the way, you can have a good visit with Emperor Tianyou, who knew that Emperor Tianyou's interest was so high.
There was the emperor's foot behind, but Emperor Tianyu was like a bird out of the cage, look here, look around, and send the guards to buy some small lanterns. Everyone is carrying it one by one, and they are not tired at all.
"Your Majesty, the concubines are tired. Shall we sit in the car for a while? Empress Wu felt that she was too stupid, anyway, Emperor Tianyou didn't favor her, so she tossed herself so much to please him.
Sure enough, Emperor Tianyou seemed to have just found out that the queen had accompanied him for such a long way, and waved his hand: "You go and sit." Be a companion to your father. In a while, we will go to Santai Street, and I heard that An Guogong also built a lamp tower there. ”
Empress Wu complied, she naturally knew that her mother would take her family to enjoy the lanterns near there tonight.
Chen Guifei is pregnant and can't sleep, she is thinking about taking advantage of this time to save her relationship with Emperor Tianyou, maybe she can also get pregnant, and then she will get a man in one fell swoop, that is the concubine of the middle palace, who expected that Emperor Tianyu would be silently obsessed with a little goblin of unknown origin. That momentum is even better than when I first met Chen Guifei.
It's hard to whisper to my father, and I'll wait to see my mother. She wants to ask who came up with this idea, if she wants to deal with Chen Guifei, she can't kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred.
Emperor Tianyou sent the queen into the car, and was about to call a few important ministers to him, when he listened to the applause not far ahead.
He followed the sound and stopped to watch, only to see that the street in front of him was a three-storey restaurant, the door of the building was facing this side, and the lanterns on both sides of the plaque were hung high, reflecting four strong golden characters: painting corners chasing the wind.
Emperor Tianyu had been to this place many times before, so he naturally knew that it was the property of his uncle Ping'an Hou Weiming.
So he turned around and looked for Wei Ming first, and asked, "What are you doing in front?" ”
Wei Ming bowed down and smiled: "Back to the emperor, there are many big and small talents gathered together tonight to guess lantern riddles and fight talents. ”
Emperor Tianyou became interested when he heard this: "This is good, let's go, go and see what talented people are on the seat tonight." ”
Before the group reached the bottom of the building, they heard another cheer from upstairs.
As soon as the window on the second floor opened, a long scroll hung down from the upper floor, the long scroll was cut from cloth, and it fell on the horizontal axis, although there was a cold wind, but it did not move.
The words on this long scroll are too small to be seen clearly, but what is painted is faintly visible by the light.
Upstairs laughed loudly: "Brother Yuncai's "Shangyuan Night Scene", is really a painting of my Jiatong City tonight's prosperous scene, in the bottom I feel that no matter the big layout, or small ink, it is impeccable, this painting is the first, it should be expected, no one has any objections." ”
Zhu Yuncai, a master of calligraphy and painting in Nanchong, is especially good at painting people, and there are two paintings he painted in the "Eight Verses of Da Chong" on Santai Street.
Emperor Tianyu smiled when he heard this, and said with him: "It turns out that everyone Zhu is here." ”
Emperor Tianyou became more and more interested, and ordered Qi Su not to clear the scene, and asked the forbidden army to raise lamps for lighting, and he wanted to stand downstairs and enjoy the "Shangyuan Night Scene" that had just been painted and was still hot.
At this moment, a flute suddenly floated down from the upper floor.
The sound of this flute is a little cold at first, but it is vague and tactful and affectionate when you listen to it again, like a cold wind suddenly rising, a sudden autumn rain makes the red leaves fall all over the mountain, and it is like a beautiful woman who has fallen into the country and the city has issued a helpless sigh.
Emperor Tianyu was stunned, and his heart was in a trance.
On Santai Street, the women are still waiting for the arrival of the holy car.
Da Wu had no choice but to confide in his mother about receiving a threatening letter.
Not to mention that it can't be done, in just a quarter of an hour, more than ten people have disappeared from the guards and doormen scattered around the Anguo Mansion.
Moreover, Tong Baishuang's comrades hiding in the shadows not only attacked the Anguo Mansion, but there were also cases of people in various prefectures being lost.
It's just that those women don't know it, and they can't imagine that there are thieves so bold, and they think that the people below are going to relieve them temporarily.
The old lady was startled when she heard this.
Da Wu gritted his teeth and said: "Mother, the thieves are so arrogant, otherwise they should disperse early, tell everyone to go back to the house, and don't make a bigger mess." Let's talk about what to do with our own people. ”
The old lady shook his head: "We must find a way to take down all the thieves before the second watch." ”
She turned around and squinted her eyes and looked at the women, the daughter-in-law and Lin Shinan's wife can't be in danger, but so many women are all dressed tonight, and they can't tell who is who at a glance.
If you really can't do it, find three to be substitutes for the dead ghosts, go to the lantern pavilion and wait, with the bait, you are not afraid that the thief will not be fooled.
After a while, a maid from Wu's Mansion quietly stepped forward and informed the three richly dressed wives, asking them to go to the lantern pavilion to sit down for a while, and the old lady would invite them to tea in a while.
The three ladies usually want to talk to the Wu Mansion but can't get stuttered, but when they heard that the old lady had an invitation, they did not doubt it, they were both flattered and uneasy, and finally took a look at the vacancy, saying that they were going to the pavilion to rest, and went to the pavilion together.
The Great Wu clan breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and ordered his subordinates to stare at each other, and they must not let go of the thief.
Even the forbidden army was silent.
The dispatch stopped, just waiting for Tong Baishuang to take the bait, but according to the next person, the three ladies were as safe as a mountain on the lantern viewing pavilion, and no assassins appeared.
Seeing that the drum of the second watch was about to start, the Great Wu clan was anxious, and he didn't know where things would go.
At this moment, a fast horse separated from the street and the crowd galloped in.
Immediately, a personal guard of the forbidden army, with the reins in front of him, flew off his horse, and said urgently to the general who heard the voice: "Deputy Commander Liu, the holy driver was assassinated on Yudao Street, the assassin has fled, General Qi ordered you to immediately lead people to block the intersection, don't let the assassin escape." ”
Deputy Commander Liu was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "How is the Holy Driver?" How many assassins are there, what do they look like? ”
The guard said: "The saint is fine, and the thief doesn't seem to have come up to the saint." Just ......"
Before the words fell, far away, the second drum sounded.
The sound of "crackling" firecrackers rang out in the distance.
Then there was the sound of gongs and drums beating closer and louder.
The lantern team is here again.
Deputy Commander Liu said hatefully: "Stop them, take them down and interrogate them." He has always felt that the reason why "Eight Odes to the Great Chong" was replaced was that these jugglers of the lantern troupe were inseparable.
Martial law began on the street, and the old lady and the Da Wu family couldn't help but lift their hearts when they heard the drum of the second watch.
At this moment, the drum sounded "bang" out of nowhere.
The drums beat rapidly, getting closer and closer, as if urging life.
I don't know who shouted first: "On the lantern viewing pavilion." ”
The guards of the Anguo Mansion had already received the order, and were about to rush up, when they heard several screams coming from the pavilion, which sounded hoarse, and it was obvious that the person who spoke was extremely frightened: "Snake! "Snake!"
The three women who had been led to the pavilion crawled out with their belts.
Behind them, hundreds of reptiles followed. (To be continued......)
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