XXVII. Xuanshu: Misconspiracy
I don't know the battle ahead, the land of Chunyue in the south, in the Huangcheng, outside the dazzling glazed palace in the center of the city, in the Yuyu Qionglou that surrounds the royal palace, on the orderly streets and bridges, and on the waterways where boats and boats are endless, it is still full of spring and a prosperous scene.
In the bustling market, Li Ni, who was dressed in the beautiful skirts of the rich and noble, looked at the dazzling objects in the various shops on the street in a novel way, picked up this to see, picked up that and looked at it, and then turned his head to show it to Xuan Ming beside him, and laughed with her. After a while, she was attracted by the juggling that was being performed on the street, and she jumped and ran over. Since Yu'er and Uncle Wang left, she has been depressed and sad day by day, and she has not been so relaxed and happy for a long time, and the girl has always been unable to resist such a scene.
Xuan Ming followed her closely, a relieved smile on her face.
Li Ni leaned into the crowd, stood on tiptoe, and saw a stout man holding a fire stick in both hands, rolling all over his body, swallowing the fire into his mouth for a while, and then spewing out a long flame from his mouth, causing the onlookers to applaud incessantly. The petite Li Ni drilled into the crowd again, and Xuan Ming also squeezed in.
After the stout man finished the fire-breathing performance, he picked up a slightly larger and narrow-mouthed urn jar from the side, and began to flip and kick it up and down, left and right, or tossed it high and caught it steadily, and the urn jar moved freely in his hand, which was dazzling to see. Li Ni couldn't help but admire again and again with the others.
The stout man placed the urn on the ground, and the onlookers thought that was the end of it. Unexpectedly, the urn on the ground shook on its own, and then a black cloak and hat, with dark and thin cheeks and a wrinkled face, poked out from the mouth of the jar, and frightened everyone into exclaiming.
The head turned and looked around, his expression seemed to be slightly forced, and somehow, he stretched out his left and right arms, then leaned out of his upper body, then put one leg out of the can, and finally stood up completely, lifted the other leg and stepped out. So from the urn that the stout man had just played with at will, a living man wearing a black cloak and a slightly thinner figure came out, and the onlookers were already dumbfounded, and they didn't even make a sound.
The thin man took out a bundle of hemp rope from his bosom and threw it into the air, and the rope stretched straight into the air, and there was no end in sight.
The thin man looked up, grabbed the rope as if he were climbing a pole, and climbed up with his hands and feet. After climbing for a while, he looked down, and continued to climb higher, and crawled and crawled, and the people who were leaning their necks below saw that his figure was getting smaller and smaller, until he was out of sight, and then the straight rope weakened and fell alone.
Just as the people were still looking up and marveling at the sight of the gods, there was another exclamation from the crowd, and some people moved out of the way, and a thin man in black appeared among the crowds, and the hood had faded behind him.
He walked forward slowly, people consciously moved out of the way for him, and after a while, he came to Li Ni, a wrinkled smile on his thin cheeks, and his deep-set eyes staring at her.
Li Ni couldn't help but be scared when she saw him staring at her. The Xuan Ming beside her was immediately alert and blocked in front of her.
But the thin man took out a slightly larger bronze mirror out of nowhere and stretched it out in front of them.
Li Ni timidly looked into the bronze mirror behind Xuan Ming, at first there was nothing in the mirror, not even her reflection, and then there was a burst of fog in the mirror, and when the fog gradually faded down, he suddenly saw the military horses running wildly and the sergeants fighting in the mirror, and it was bloody for a while. The people around were amazed.
Then the image in the fog in the mirror suddenly changed, and then turned into a splendid palace with carved beams and paintings, in the hall, there was a slender figure standing on his back, it was the emperor wearing a golden dragon robe and a crown, the emperor turned around, and then looked carefully, it was actually a woman with good looks, luxurious makeup but a powerful expression, and then distinguished, the woman was clearly the appearance of the more mature Li Ni.
Li Ni was startled, and a few people next to her noticed that the woman in the mirror looked similar to her.
Xuan Ming immediately reached out and grabbed her, grabbed her and ran out of the crowd, and when she looked back, the others were still pointing and looking at the same place, and the thin man in black was staring at them, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was very weird.
Xuan Ming pulled Li Ni and hurriedly walked back with a worried expression, she didn't know what was going on with the scene just now, but she strongly felt the danger, she shouldn't have taken Li Ni out of the palace at will like this. And Li Ni was also immersed in what she had just met, and didn't know why, so she followed her silently.
The two of them walked for a while when they suddenly heard a noisy scolding from the side of the street. Xuan Ming ignored it, just took Li Ni's hand and walked, and a girl's mournful cry came from his ears.
Li Ni couldn't help but stop and turn her head to look for it, and saw several big men beating and scolding a dark-skinned girl on a moon. The girl begged for resistance, but her clothes were torn, and blood was pouring from the corners of her mouth, and the people passing by were indifferent, not even stopping to take another look.
"Boom. Li Ni called and wanted her to go and relieve the girl.
Xuan Ming beside her didn't move, they went out of the palace in private, there was no one else except the two of them, she was still worried about what happened just now, if she made a move for this, it would be even more difficult to ensure Li Ni's safety.
"Loud Ming!" Seeing that several big men let the girl cry and resist, dragging and kicking to catch her, Li Ni screamed anxiously again.
This is clearly what Xuan Ming said she had encountered before, and she couldn't be indifferent.
"Hey, put her down!" two teenagers appeared in front of them, one in a narrow-sleeved green robe and the other in a gray and white cloth robe.
It was the young man of the Nangong family and his young servant who he met in the flower field of Chaoge before.
Several wicked men looked at them with disdain, laughed disdainfully, and one yelled at them viciously: "Little brute, fucking begging for a beating, get out of here!"
The parrot brother took a step forward, pointed at those people and shouted, "You vulgar sluts, you know that our son ......"
He didn't finish his words, but was stopped by Nangong Jingyan raising his hand. "How much I bought her. ”
The wicked men looked at each other, laughed and scolded again, "Little brute, don't show off to Lao Tzu here, is there still a shortage of money in the land of Chunyue! This slut has hurt our master, it is not something that gold and silver can solve, why don't you get out of the way, and delay the affairs of Lao Tzu again, no matter who you are, I will beat you to death!"
Chunyue had long been forbidden to be lynched, and if he injured someone, he sent it to the government for conviction. Nangong Jingyan's expression was calm.
Those people didn't want to bother talking anymore, so they surrounded them one by one, and Brother Parrot couldn't help but hide behind Nangong Jingyan when he saw this.
Fists and feet flew sideways, Nangong Jingyan had more than one enemy, but he was also extraordinary, he moved and dodged for a while, and flew out of his fist for a while, his movements were fast and powerful, and he dealt with them freely, and it didn't take long to knock two people to the ground, and the children of the nobles often underwent rigorous training since childhood, and it seems that the Nangong family is even more so.
However, the parrot brother on the other side was difficult to parry, because seeing that he was weak, more people moved over to deal with him, seeing that he was forced into a corner, only to be beaten, Nangong Jingyan had to be distracted, so he also seemed to be out of order, and he was overwhelmed.
Seeing that the young Nangong was becoming more and more difficult, and many evil men were becoming more and more courageous, Li Ni became even more anxious, turned his head to look, but found that there was no longer a loud sound beside him, and when he turned back, a delicate figure flashed into the chaotic crowd to join the fight. The situation changed immediately, the side that was in the right place turned abruptly, Nangong Jingyan got help, and finally freed his hands and feet, and made a move with all his might, and the move hit the opponent's vital point with lightning speed, and soon, many evil men had been knocked to the ground, and one or two were left to run away in a hurry when they saw this.
Nangong Jingyan stood still, solemnly bowed to Xuan Ming, who reached out to help in front of him, and then he looked for Li Ni, who was standing not far away, and saluted in place to show his gratitude.
A group of guards towards Huangcheng shouted belatedly, and the leader led by him saw Nangong Jingyan, and hurriedly asked, and confessed again and again.
Seeing that it was no longer in the way, Xuan Ming ignored it, and took advantage of the gap between Nangong Zheng's cooking, came over and pulled Li Ni, and hurriedly walked back.
"People from the Nangong family, the princess should have less contact. Xuan Ming reminded her.
Li Ni followed behind Xuan Ming without making a sound, she looked back and saw Nangong Jingyan also turning her head to look at her while explaining to the guards, and the eyes of the two briefly touched each other in an instant.