Chapter Seventy-One: Escape
Wen Xiang was really scared at this time.
The man in black took her and did not leave the city immediately, but led her into the best inn in Kyoto.
At this time, he had already removed the big black cloak, although the silhouette was much deeper than that of the Great Zhou people, but it did not attract the attention of many people, after all, there were not many foreign people who came to trade in the Great Zhou.
The shopkeeper of the inn was very familiar with him, and when he saw him, he greeted him with a smile: "Boss Tong, are you back from talking about business?" Is everything going well? β
The boss Tong smiled heartily and happily: "Thanks to the shopkeeper, this trip went very smoothly." β
The shopkeeper congratulated him: "In this way, Boss Tong is afraid that he is going back again, right?" β
"Exactly." Boss Tong said with a smile: "Our caravan has been in Beijing for more than a month, and the goods have almost been purchased. Speaking of which, I have to thank the shopkeeper for introducing me to a lot of good partners, so that I spent a lot of money. Tonight, I'll have to ask the shopkeeper for a drink. β
When the shopkeeper heard this, he naturally smiled from ear to ear, he introduced merchants to Boss Tong, who often came to Dazhou to do business, which naturally made a lot of money, and immediately nodded and said: "Okay, I'll wait for Boss Tong tonight." β
The two laughed for a while, and the boy boss said goodbye and went back to the room.
Although Wen Xiang was imprisoned in his finger by his strange talisman and couldn't move, his eyes were still very good. She looked at the room, it was shining with gold and silver, which was indeed very in line with Boss Tong's businessman status.
As soon as he closed the door, the warm smile on his face that belonged to a businessman disappeared.
He didn't pay attention to Wen Xiang, and immediately after closing the door, he walked to a huge Penglai Wonderland map, raised his hand and pressed the tip of the Banshan Pavilion that was not looked at carefully and could not be found at all, and the next moment, the wall hanging with the Penglai Wonderland map was divided into two, revealing a black hole.
Wen Xiang: "......"
Is this the legendary secret room not to be?
Wen Xiang thought that he was going to escape from the secret room, but who knew that he came out of the secret room, this person was very ordinary, and he did not have the high nose and deep eyes of this Tong boss, he was an ordinary Da Zhou person.
He knelt down respectfully, put his right hand on his left shoulder, and bowed to Boss Tong.
Boss Tong took Wen Xiang out, put her into a purse that looked inconspicuous at all, and was even quite shabby, in front of this person, and handed it to him directly: "Take this thing, quickly leave the Great Zhou and return to the Western Regions." Give it to the Great Witch. Be careful not to let anyone take it away! β
The man respectfully answered, carefully took the purse, and bowed back to the secret passage.
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Wen Xiangyuan thought that he was going to be tortured, but he didn't expect to be transferred in a blink of an eye.
Wen Xiang was not so panicked at this time, the boss Tong handed himself over to his subordinates to take back to the Western Regions, and wanted to hand her over to the Great Witch, who was most likely the old monk - the old monk deceived her back to the Western Regions, and then let someone snatch her away?
Whatever the reason, Wen Xiang was not interested in exploring it.
She doesn't want to go to the Western Regions, she wants to stay in Da Zhou, stay with the little brother of the prince and wait for her uncle!
Just now, Boss Tong seemed to be very confident in the talisman paper attached to her, and didn't explain to his subordinates that he wanted to guard against her, don't let her run away, or anything like thatβof course, it is also possible that he didn't tell his subordinates about the strangeness and peculiarity of this wrench.
He only asked his subordinates to leave quickly, and didn't let people snatch the wrench away, was he afraid that Song Nanzhou would send someone to catch up and snatch the wrench? So what did he stay in Da Zhou for?
Wen Xiang couldn't figure it out, so she simply didn't want to, and only looked at the person in front of her who was going to take her away from Da Zhou, who had a very honest and honest face when she looked at it. At the other end of the secret passage is a room that is not big or small, this room is the difference between heaven and earth compared to the one where Boss Tong lived just now.
The man went back to the room, found a baggage, and quickly changed into a dusty short-cut robe, and with his unremarkable and honest face, the man became an honest farmer everywhere.
After he put the purse containing the warm incense into his arms, he opened the door with his head down. Outside the door was a nondescript wheelbarrow with several empty frames, like the equipment of a farmer who had come into the city to sell something.
He went out, skillfully pushed the wheelbarrow and walked out, outside is a bustling street, this street is a bit like the ancient version of the vegetable market, many small vendors gather here, selling all kinds of food or use, chicken, duck and fish.
Someone even recognized this person, greeted him and asked: "Jiao Da, the food you sent today is very fresh, and you will send two baskets to my restaurant tomorrow." β
The man immediately laughed, nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll send it to you on time tomorrow morning." β
Wen Xiang, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but be a little frightened, even if this person was not from the Great Zhou, he must have been living in the Great Zhou for a long time. For such a long time, no one has noticed anything abnormal, which shows how well it is disguised.
How likely is it that she will escape from such a person?
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Song Nanzhou rushed to the palace before the Jiang family entered the palace and went to the palace to ask to see Emperor Jing.
Before ordering someone to inform the Jiang family, Song Nanzhou also asked people to quickly invite Mu Shizhong and let Mu Shizhong come to the Wuxiang camp first. Mu Shizhong restrained himself and knew the truth of the matter first, maybe he could help stabilize the Jiang family and not let them make it too ugly.
Emperor Jing met Song Nanzhou and learned about the murder that occurred in the mountain behind Wuxiang's camp, and he was also embarrassed for a while.
"The Jiang family is such a lone seedling, and it is the queen's mother's family, this time I am afraid that it will be uneasy again." Emperor Jing said as he rubbed his forehead with a headache, "Who committed the murder in the Wuxiang camp, can you find out?" β
"It's being tracked, but this person is very powerful, and he hasn't left a trace along the way." Song Nanzhou had a bitter face and sat cross-legged on the floor: "Uncle Huang, I heard that the Praetorian Guard commanded Master Shi Mo to track the traces very well, otherwise, you will let Lord Mo help me?" β
Seeing that Emperor Jing was groaning, Song Nanzhou said again: "Now that the Wuxiang Camp is my territory, I don't know who dares to spread wild on my territory, if I don't arrest this person, how can I explain to the brothers of the Wuxiang Camp, how to explain to the Jiang family - then the Jiang family may still think that I am the murderer of Jiang Xinghuai, after all, the idea of personal grudge between me and Jiang Xinghuai is well known, if I can't catch the murderer, wouldn't I be guilty of this black pot?" β
Emperor Jing glared at him: "Okay, this will let people pass on Master Mo and let him cooperate with you to catch the real murderer." But monkey cub, you tell me honestly, but what is there to hide from me? β
When he said this, he squinted slightly and smiled.
But Song Nanzhou could see that Emperor Jing had become suspicious of his statement.
"When things come to this point, I won't hide it from Uncle Huang." Song Nanzhou sighed: "The wrench that Jiang Xinghuai stole from me may be an extremely rare spirit jade wrench. β
"Lingyu?" Emperor Jing raised his eyebrows.
"Written by ancient books, Dao Lingyu raises people, and can also recognize the Lord, pray for the master to prevent disasters or something." Song Nanzhou scratched his head, "I don't know if I can raise people, and I don't know if I recognize the Lord or not, but that wrench is very much in line with my heart." I like it now, and I don't know how Jiang Xinghuai likes it, so he sneaks into my room to steal it - if he really likes it, tell me, I'll give him it, but a wrench, what a rare thing, and the prince of the Gongfu Mansion is like he has never seen the world. Stealing? I'm blushing for him! β
Emperor Jing squinted his eyes again: "That's it?" β
Song Nanzhou spread his hands, with a straightforward and calm look: "That's it!" Uncle Huang, let me tell you, my missing wrench is actually a gadget bought casually on the side of the road, and Tang Shaozong also said that the wrench is probably a funeral item stolen from the grave, stolen from the hands of the dead. I bought it when I saw that she was quite peculiar and very pleasing to the eye. β
"Is it really for a wrench?" Emperor Jing asked again.
"That's what I guessed - Jiang Xinghuai may have been short of money recently, so he stole my wrench and wanted to sell it secretly, but the buyer he was looking for came to eat black." Song Nanzhou said with great interest: "That man saw that he was interested in money, killed Jiang Xinghuai, snatched my wrench, and then fled." β
"Nonsense." Emperor Jing reprimanded: "No matter how the Jiang family is, it has not reached the point of lack of money. β
He also said: "A bloody case that was triggered, I want to take a look at it, what is the mystery behind it." β
Song Nanzhou looked like he was not afraid of his investigation: "What Uncle Huang said is, I also want to know why Jiang Xinghuai stole my wrench, and where my wrench has gone now." When the wrench is recovered, if Uncle Huang is curious, I will show it to you, do you think it? β
Emperor Jing said casually: "I thought you were going to give it to me." Just such a wrench, are you still reluctant? β
"How can you be reluctant?" Song Nanzhou looked at him with a smile, "Aren't all these things I have now rewarded by the emperor's uncle?" If Uncle Huang likes it, I will definitely offer it with both hands - it is rare to be able to give Uncle Huang a gift, pat your dragon fart, this is a great opportunity I will not miss. β
Emperor Jing laughed amused by him, "You rabbit cub, what kind of bastard are you talking about!" Return the, and beware of any more nonsense, I tore your mouth. β
finally perfunctory Emperor Jing, Song Nanzhou breathed a sigh of relief.
"Uncle Huang, why didn't you see Grandpa Zhang today?" Gonggong Zhang, who usually never left Emperor Jing's side, didn't see anyone today, could it be that what happened in the palace?
Emperor Jing's faint smile was quite arrogant, "I asked him to go out of the palace to do something, and at this hour, he should come back." What, you're looking for him? β
"Every time I enter the palace, I see that Grandpa Zhang is not far from you, but I haven't seen it today, so I'm a little curious." Song Nanzhou replied with a smile: "You only lent him to me for three days before, could it be that you lent him out again today?" β
Emperor Jing glanced at him: "What nonsense, it's not that Concubine Yi in the palace is unwell, and none of the wastes in the Tai Hospital can see the reason, I think that the old host of Huangjue Temple is proficient in the art of Qihuang, so he let him go this way." β
Song Nanzhou made a blank look: "Concubine Yi? Why don't I remember that there is such a lady in the palace? β
"When you came to the palace to play when you were young, when you saw Concubine Yi, you pounced on her and called your mother, did you forget?" Emperor Jing recalled the past, his expression softened a lot, and he pointed at Song Nanzhou, who was dazed, and said with a smile: "Your mother, you scared Concubine Yi's face white. β
Song Nanzhou frowned uncomfortably: "There is such a thing? Why am I not impressed at all? β
"You were only four or five years old at the time, so it's normal not to remember." Emperor Jing smiled, I didn't know what to think, the smile on the corner of my mouth was slightly bitter, "Concubine Yi is not in good health, she rarely appears in front of people, after you returned to Beijing, you haven't seen her, so naturally you haven't heard of her." β
Song Nanzhou didn't ask anymore, but only didn't care about it: "Is Concubine Yi seriously ill?" The doctors of the Tai Hospital can't diagnose anything, and the old abbot of the Huangjue Temple is not even better than the doctors of the Tai Hospital? β
"Concubine Yi's abdominal pain is unbearable, in addition to the old abbot of Huangjue Temple here, I am also asking people to find a doctor who is proficient in medical skills outside the palace, I can't let her go on like this." He asked Song Nanzhou again: "You know more people outside, but do you know doctors with excellent medical skills?" β
Song Nanzhou heard him mention Concubine Yi's concern, and knew that this move was not wrong, and when he asked about himself, he immediately said: "This, Uncle Huang shouldn't come to ask me, but should ask His Royal Highness King Qing." β
"Huh?" Emperor Jing didn't understand the key to this for a while.
"Uncle Huang forgot, the princess Qing who married Prince Qing is a living bodhisattva who is called a holy hand by the people of Kyoto." Song Nanzhou naturally mentioned Princess Qing, "I also heard before that Princess Qing also had a caesarean section to take her child, and the mother and son who were judged by the doctor and Wen Po to not survive survived both survived." The people of Kyoto have been talking about this for a while. Uncle Huang hasn't heard of it? β
Emperor Jing slapped the table and stroked his forehead again: "Yes, I forgot about her - come on, go to King Qing's Mansion and Princess Xuanqing will enter the palace." β
After that, he pointed at Song Nanzhou and smiled: "Good boy, this time you have made another contribution." β
Song Nanzhou had to ask inch by inch: "What is Uncle Huang going to reward me?" β
Emperor Jing was about to scold him, but when he saw Gonggong Zhang walking in with low eyebrows, he gave up and waited for Gonggong Zhang to come forward and reply.
"Your Majesty, the slave has brought the old abbot back, and is waiting outside the hall, do you want to see it?"
"It's gone, let him take him to the Yihe Palace, and give Concubine Yi a look first."
Father-in-law Zhang hurriedly responded, saw Song Nanzhou sitting cross-legged on the ground, and smiled and saluted, "The old abbot heard that the prince is here with His Majesty, and asked the old slave to take the words, and I want to see the prince." β
Song Nanzhou and Emperor Jing were a little surprised.
"What old abbot, I have never seen before, why does he want to see me?"
Emperor Jing also said: "Could it be that the old abbot has seen you somewhere?" This old abbot is said to be good at Buddhism, isn't it that you still have a little wisdom? β
The panicked Song Nanzhou hurriedly waved his hand: "Uncle Huang, don't scare me, I don't have any wisdom!" I am attached to Hongchen, the six roots are not pure, and I have no idea of taking refuge in Buddhism at all. I am a dignified relative of the country, and I haven't enjoyed enough glory and wealth, so I don't want to be the person who is outside the six pure roots! β
Seeing that he looked panicked and scared, Emperor Jing pointed at him, but he didn't know what to say. After a while, he seemed to be helpless and ordered Father-in-law Zhang, "You go, let the old abbot come in and reply." β
Father-in-law Zhang was busy, and after a while, he led an old monk with white eyebrows and beard to walk in.
The old monk looked kind and kind, with the appearance of a fairy wind and bones, he did not squint, and the palm wrapped around the Buddha beads stood in front of him, and made a Buddhist salute to Emperor Jing, "The old man greets Your Majesty, and may Your Majesty enjoy a prosperous life and live with the sky." β
Emperor Jing laughed, obviously the old abbot's sycophants were even more satisfying, and after he finished laughing, he looked meaningfully at Song Nanzhou, who was staring at the old abbot: "Stinky boy, you still have to learn from the old abbot." β
The old abbot also turned to Song Nanzhou at this time, raised his eyes slightly, and owed a debt: "Master Song, we meet again." But don't you remember the old man? β
"When have I seen you?" Song Nanzhou asked unceremoniously.
The old abbot smiled slightly, and finally raised his eyes to look at Song Nanzhou, his eyes that were still clear after the world seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, but at the moment he saw it, he thought he had no trace of a glance at Song Nanzhou.
"Song Shizhu still remembers that a few days ago you hunted a sika deer, the fawn is very lovely, Song Shizi had pity, planned to let her return to the forest, I don't want her to be injured, Lao Ke happened to pass by, Song Shizi handed over the sika deer to Lao Ke to take care of, and gave the sika deer a name, called her a little goblin." The old abbot said serious nonsense, "Now that the sika deer has recovered from its injuries, because it was entrusted to Lao Wei by Song Shizi, it is not easy for Lao Ge to make decisions without permission." When I met Song Shizhu today, I had to ask the last question, did the deer want to let her go back to the forest? β
When Song Nanzhou heard the words "little goblin", his heart jumped heavily - first he was puzzled by what an old monk threw at him, and then he finally understood.
For a while, I felt that my chest was loose, and I couldn't cry or laugh a little, why did she run into the body of this old monk again this time?
"It turns out that you are the old monk of that day." Song Nanzhou made a look of sudden realization, and explained to Emperor Jing: "I remember that I gave the fawn to a monk at that time, but I didn't expect it to be the abbot master of Huangjue Temple, which is really rude." β
After speaking, he asked Emperor Jing: "Does the emperor's uncle like sika deer?" If you like it, let the deer be sent to the palace to be raised and played. If you don't like to raise it, you can eat meat if you want to, let it be slaughtered, and roast venison to eat - Uncle Huang, I can roast venison, or I'll roast it for you? β
Emperor Jing had no choice but to reprimand him again: "In front of the old abbot, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, don't you hurry up and shut up?" β
Song Nanzhou closed his mouth aggrievedly, and seemed to be full of resentment to stare at the old abbot who was being trained by him.
"Alright." Emperor Jing didn't see his grievances, turned his face to the old abbot and said kindly: "I know that the old abbot is proficient in the way of Qihuang, and there is a concubine in the palace who is unwell, so I ask the old abbot to go for treatment." β
"Don't dare to be." The old abbot pretended to owe himself: "This is the honor of the old man, the old man will go over?" β
Song Nanzhou jumped up from the ground, "Is it really that powerful?" I'm going to take a lookβUncle Emperor, you've given me permission to go and see." β
Emperor Jing immediately made a straight face: "You still think you have too little to do?" I'm afraid that the Wuxiang camp will be messed up at this time, why don't you go back to clean up your mess quickly? β
Song Nanzhou didn't dare to make a mistake, so he obediently agreed, and obediently retired and left.
Before leaving, he quickly glanced at the old abbot who was about to go to the Jardine Palace.
As if telepathically, the old monk also looked back at him.
Song Nanzhou understood and nodded almost invisibly.
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After Song Nanzhou left the palace, he rode a horse and left the palace gate.
After a while, an inconspicuous carriage was quietly parked in the alley not far from the palace gate. After waiting for a while, I saw the old abbot of the fairy wind bone slowly walking out.
The carriage immediately drove past, and a hand stretched out from the tightly shielded carriage.
The old abbot's eyes lit up when he saw the familiar hand, and he grabbed the hand and climbed into the carriage with his strength. The carriage immediately picked up speed and left the palace.
As soon as he got into the carriage, the old abbot, who was still holding the frame of a high-ranking monk, immediately collapsed his shoulders, and lay down on the cushion: "Lie in a groove, I'm almost exhausted!" β
Song Nanzhou, who was sitting in the carriage, had his eyebrows beating fiercely, but he suppressed the urge to raise his hand and rub the corners of his forehead, and only asked calmly, "What happened?" How did you become like this? β
This old abbot is naturally warm and fragrant.
Listening to Song Nanzhou's words full of disgust, Wen Xiang rolled her eyes at him, "Do you think I want to be like this?" I'm scared myself, okay? Is there any way, I'm waiting for you to come and save me, can you come? In the end, I had to figure it out on my own, and I had to take off a layer of skin to escape, do you know? I almost lost my soul, do you know? β
Talking and talking, I don't know what's going on, I can't do it, I can't even cry out: "I'm in the hands of the gangsters, I worked hard to escape, it's good for you, you are still playing treasure and funny in front of the emperor, and you haven't thought about saving me at all." I still think that you and I have a good relationship, and I can be regarded as an old iron. As a result, it really pierced my heart......"
"Shut up!" Song Nanzhou listened to the old voice saying these words, and always felt weird that made his scalp tingle: "What does it mean to take off a layer of skin?" Are you feeling unwell? β
"It's uncomfortable, I almost can't hold on." Wen Xiang said pitifully: "If it weren't for the fact that this old monk was profound, I would have felt a little better when I got to his body......"
It is also Wen Xiang's luck, at that time, seeing that the man was about to take her out of the city, Wen Xiang was very anxious, and at this time, she saw Zhang Gonggong sitting in the carriage.
She didn't know what to think at the time, her excited brain was gone when she saw an acquaintance, and she always felt that if she missed Grandpa Zhang, she would never be able to escape. Desperately slammed out, and as soon as she moved, the rune paper began to burn her again.
But Wen Xiang was like crazy at that time, and there was only one thought in her mind, rush out, rush out!
But she couldn't get out, and she was already dying of the invisible fire, and she was about to lose consciousness when she saw it. At this moment, she heard that in Zhang's carriage, the old monk who had been sitting peacefully suddenly recited a word of Buddha.
Immediately after, the golden light flashed in front of her, and the invisible shackles that had shackled her disappeared like this.
Wen Xiang bumped out in a dizzy state, and then, when she became conscious again, she found herself an old monk.