Chapter Seventy-Five: The Mask
The emperor looked very disappointed when he saw Su Wanyan's frightened look.
Su Wanyan hurriedly said, "The concubine will persuade the prince." ”
The emperor didn't believe that she could convince Duanmu Rui, and Duanmu Rui had never been so interested in women, so this matter could only be put on hold for now.
Su Wanyan returned to the mansion, feeling a little depressed, the emperor even wanted to arrange a concubine for Duanmu Rui, but she remembered what Duanmu Rui said, and in the future, there will only be her as the hostess in the palace, so she felt a little comforted in her heart.
She suddenly received a letter from Su Heming, inviting her to an auction, and she learned that Xiao Shi did not take him out of the capital.
She wrote back to Su Heming, saying that the emperor had been staring at the palace very closely recently, and she was afraid of exposing his whereabouts.
The next day, Su Wanyan was practicing swords in the courtyard, moving her muscles and bones, and when she saw Lingxiu coming in from outside, she didn't care at first, and after making a few movements, she felt as if something was wrong.
By the way, the weather is getting colder and colder, and Lingxiu was still checking her winter clothes in the house just now, how could she suddenly come in from the outside again.
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, so she took her sword and walked into the house, and when she saw that Lingxiu was indeed busy, she thought that she was not dazzled.
She asked Lingxiu, "You went out just now?" ”
Lingxiu thought something was wrong, and quickly stood up, "The maid has been here all along, and she hasn't gone out." ”
"Strange, I saw you come in just now."
Su Wanyan groaned and lifted the curtain and entered the bedroom, and the maids outside looked at each other.
"Lingxiu? Who are you? ”
The maids heard Su Wanyan screaming in the house, and immediately ran in, but saw another person who looked exactly like Lingxiu standing in front of the window and looking at them silently.
Lingxiu was even more shocked and frightened, and kept touching her face, as if her face had been stolen.
Su Wanyan also beat the drum in her heart, but she didn't expect such a strange thing to happen in the blue sky, so she asked again: "Who are you?" Why don't you speak? ”
She looked at this person who looked the same as Lingxiu, although she was wearing the same dress as Lingxiu, and her hair and hair accessories were the same, but she seemed to be a little shorter than Lingxiu, and her standing posture was a little strange.
"Sister."
Just when everyone was about to be scared to death, and Su Wanyan was about to call Duanmu Rui, the man finally spoke, Su Wanyan was very familiar with this voice, and called her sister, so she seemed to understand.
The man stretched out his hand and wiped it on his face, and immediately changed his face, and everyone exclaimed in unison, "Young Master!" ”
But there were also maids from the palace who didn't recognize him, so they whispered to ask who he was, and then learned that this was Su Wanyan's younger brother.
I didn't expect to be able to change my face, the maids were shocked and surprised, and looked at Su Heming curiously.
Su Wanyan asked the maids not to go out and talk nonsense, so she sent them all out, and then asked Su Heming what was going on.
Su Heming smiled and said, "This is what Mr. Xiao taught me recently. ”
He took out the face of Lingxiu that he had put away just now and showed it to Su Wanyan, "Look, this is the ninja skin mask, in order to sneak into the palace to see you, I specially made a Lingxiu." ”
"Oh my God! I didn't expect anyone to make such a thing. Su Wanyan was amazed, took the mask with a light and soft texture that looked like skin, looked over and over again, and smelled it again, feeling that it didn't seem to have any taste.
She whispered to Su Heming, "This can't really be made of human skin, right?" ”
Su Heming couldn't laugh, "Where, of course not, it's made of pigskin, the process is very complicated, and you can only make one in three days." ”
Su Wanyan seemed relieved at this time, and handed the mask back to Su Heming.
"Sister, I made a mask of yours." He took it out of his arms and showed it to Su Wanyan.
Su Wanyan was still amazed when she saw it, and compared it before taking it to the mirror, "It's really exactly the same as me." ”
"Isn't my sister afraid of the emperor's surveillance? Why don't you let the maid dress up as you and stay in the house, and you disguise yourself and go out with me. Su Heming encouraged her.
"Why do you have to go to the auction, what's the fun about that?" Su Wanyan felt that her younger brother had been gone with Xiao Shi for a while, how could he become playful.
"I'm just curious, I heard that there are a lot of treasures at the auction, and I want to open my eyes." Su Heming also lied to her.
Su Wanyan had to agree, "Okay, my sister hasn't taken you out to play, even if I accompany you." ”
The sisters and brothers changed into the costumes of the little maids and secretly left through the back door, while Lingxiu wore Su Wanyan's mask and stayed at home.
The two of them left the palace, Su Wanyan deliberately glanced at whether there were any suspicious people around the back door, she glanced at it, and knew that the jujube seller next to the gate must be watching, and there were also on the roof.
It's really cold outside today, she didn't show her face, she was hot in her hands, put her hands into her sleeves again, lowered her head with Su Heming, talked in a whisper, and walked slowly to the main street like a little girl.
"Sister, you shouldn't recognize us, right?" Su Heming let out a sigh, and now he still felt a little nervous.
"Probably not." Su Wanyan glanced around, "Let's go, go around again, let's go change our clothes again." ”
It is definitely not possible to wear the clothes of this subordinate to the auction, and the subordinate auction without the master is probably not allowed to enter the door.
Two quarters of an hour later, Su Wanyan and Su Heming, sisters and brothers, walked out of the ready-to-wear shop with a new look and became two handsome young masters.
When I arrived at the auction, I found that there were quite a lot of people, and at a glance, judging from the way they dressed, there were many rich people, and some were dressed ordinarily, but they all looked shrewd, which was not quite the same as they imagined.
In fact, what they didn't expect was that the people who came here to shoot the treasures were all stewards of rich and noble families, how could the main owner come to such an occasion, so it didn't seem like they were all rich people.
It was very spacious, the size of the three main rooms of the palace, with a circular platform in the middle, and rows of chairs around it, which were almost occupied now, especially in the front row, where there were almost no vacant seats.
Su Heming rarely came out to play, and when he saw this big scene, he was so excited that he couldn't help it.
The two of them finally found a place on the edge of the third row, and just as they were about to sit down, Su Wanyan saw Duanmu Rui actually come over, he changed into a scholar's attire, and held a folding fan in his hand, which he couldn't recognize as a dignified prince at first glance.
He walked straight towards their siblings, as if their disguises were useless.
"Wang, Brother Wang, you are here too." Su Wanyan was about to call "Lord Wang", but when she found that it was wrong, she immediately changed her words.
Duanmu Rui's face darkened, and he turned out to be her eldest brother Wang.
Su Heming almost called the prince, but he didn't say anything when he saw this situation.
Duanmu Rui nodded and was about to sit down in the seat next to him, and said to Su Wanyan, "Brother Su, you can also sit." ”
Su Heming was in a hurry, he didn't care about his status, and said unhappily: "That's my location, I came with my sister, and I finally found here." ”
Duanmu Rui pretended to look around, "Where is your sister?" It's all men here. ”
Su Heming knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he became anxious, "Anyway, you can't sit here, I want to sit next to my eldest brother." ”
"Think about it, what is the relationship between me and Brother Su, of course I have to sit next to your eldest brother." Duanmu Rui looked at Su Heming, and he didn't want to back down for half a minute.
Su Heming also stared at him with anger in his eyes, and the two of them became more energetic.
Su Wanyan rolled her eyes, she couldn't stand it anymore, "Don't you two just quarrel as soon as you meet?" The auction will start right away. ”
"Then who would you like to sit with?" Su Heming was sure that his sister would choose him, so he wisely threw the question to Su Wanyan.
The young man next to him, seeing that they were arguing, was still tense, and carefully interjected: "You give me five taels of silver, and my seat can be given to you." ”
"Five taels?" Su Wanyan looked at him with wide eyes, "Then you should sit by yourself, and it is the same with Brother Wang standing next to him." ”
It's also too expensive, a seat, and he didn't buy it.
Su Heming glanced at it proudly, and said to Duanmu Rui: "Did you hear that, my brother said to let you stand on the side." ”
Duanmu Rui looked at Su Wanyan with a smile, but there was a warning in his eyes, and then took out a silver ingot from his sleeve pocket and gave it to the young man.
Su Wanyan coughed lightly, thinking to herself as if no one had money, she just didn't want to be the wronged leader.
Su Heming kept talking to Su Wanyan, talking nonsense, I don't know what to say, Duanmu Rui looked at them several times dissatisfied, but they still did not want to deal with him, as if they deliberately didn't want to deal with him.
He was bored with a fan and patted it on the palm of his hand, and finally couldn't help but speak: "Brother Su, why did you suddenly think of the auction today?" ”
Su Wanyan turned her head and said, "Heming wanted to come and meet the market, so he came." ”
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Heming called her again: "Sister, sister, ......"
Su Wanyan turned her head again, Su Heming said something in her ear, and the two covered their mouths and laughed.
Duanmu Rui frowned at them and coughed lightly, "You pay attention to your manners, whisper, and laugh uncontrollably, what kind of manners do you become." ”
Su Wanyan wanted to turn her head and talk to him, but Su Heming pulled her over again and asked her, "Sister, are you going to shoot any baby today?" ”
"It's just to see the fun, if you're not interested, don't shoot."
Su Heming whispered to her again, she turned to Duanmu Rui and said, "Heming asks you, why did you come to this auction today?" ”
This is also what she wants to ask, and with her understanding, Duanmu Rui has never had this preference.
"Of course I came with you." Duanmu Rui was blunt.
"It's really cheeky, sister, he actually stalked us." Su Heming said angrily.
Su Wanyan looked at Duanmu Rui, and just wanted to speak, Duanmu Rui spoke first: "I'm not worried about your safety, this kind of place is mixed, it's better not to cause anything." ”
Su Heming was about to reply, when he heard a gong, and he excitedly pulled Su Wanyan and shouted: "It's started, it's started." ”
At first, there were no good things, just some gold and silverware, or some good clothes from the rich and noble, ordinary jewelry and jade.
Su Heming was a little disappointed and muttered, "I thought they were all rare treasures, but I didn't expect them to be such things." ”
Su Wanyan didn't understand, she couldn't say anything, but she was also disappointed.
Duanmu Rui said: "How can there be so many rare treasures to be auctioned in this kind of place, I want to see the treasures, and when the prince and general are copied, it is estimated that there are still some rare things when the government auctions." ”
The two siblings stopped talking, watched silently, and didn't have the heart to buy anything at all.
Finally slapped a sandalwood fan out, everyone looked at the table, wanting to see what was next, and a purple clay pot came up, which looked very unsightly, dusty, and the mouth of the jar was still a little broken, but the shopkeeper above said that this was an old thing, hundreds of years old.
Everyone was not very interested, and no one offered an offer, Su Wanyan thought that in modern society, the more ancient objects are, the more valuable they are, so she took a few more looks, but this thing should not be in the market in this era, and she has no hobby of archaeology, so she stopped thinking.
But Duanmu Rui saw this scene in his eyes, and shouted the starting price that the shopkeeper just said.
Su Wanyan's sister and brother looked at him suspiciously, not knowing how he could have fallen in love with this thing, Su Heming also said sarcastically: "Brother Wang really has a lot of money and has nowhere to spend it." ”
Su Wanyan pulled him and motioned him not to say anything.