Chapter 36: The Rebellion in the Pavilion (2)
I was very encouraged and felt as if there was a little hope in life. I looked at Xu Ruoxiu, her long eyelashes and big eyes fascinated me a little, and it wasn't until Xu Ren came out of the back hall that I realized that it was not early.
When I came out of the medical hall, I began to think about another question, Bian Xu said that I can't let people know that the owner of Qingyu Pavilion is me, and I can't let people find out that Qingyu Pavilion has something to do with the imperial court, but I will meet with the important people of Qingyu Pavilion tomorrow night, how can I do these two things? I thought about it.
The next day, when I walked into the Drunken Hung Teahouse, I found that there were already many people inside, but it was the same as the first time I came in, it was very solemn, no one spoke, and no one noticed me at all.
I slowly went upstairs, stood still in the small hall where the piano case was placed, bowed deeply to the people below who were looking at me with strange eyes, and said in a deep voice, "You are polite. β
When the people in the hall heard me speak, they all started pointing and pointing, and someone said, "Who are you?" β
I smiled and said loudly, "Below is Yu Ke, the new pavilion master selected by Zen Master Huitong. β
"Do you have a certificate?" The same voice was asked.
I looked in the direction from which the voice came, and saw a white-clothed showman standing in the corner, alone looking coldly at this side, his fair face very clear even in the darkness - another handsome man than me.
I raised my hand, and with a "poof" sound, there was an extra thin sword in my hand, and I looked at the blade and said, "The order of the Qingyu Pavilion has been issued, do you still have any questions?" β
The white-clothed showman seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then arched his hand and said, "In that case, I have seen the pavilion master." Then he continued to stand with his hands in his hands, and did not ask any more questions.
Another human: "How can we trust you?" "I followed the sound and saw directly below me, a young man in fine clothes looking up at me, looking very unkindly.
I said: "Childe still doesn't believe in the Qingyu Pavilion Order, and there is no other way to convince Childe." β
The young man snorted and said coldly: "It's very simple, if you find the culprit who killed Mr. Bian, I will obey you." β
I nodded, "Childe has a point. Since this is the case, please set a deadline for the son, and he will do his best to find the murderer. I paused, and then said, "If you can't even find the murderer of Mr. Bian, then you are not worthy of being the master of this pavilion." β
The young man nodded coldly and said, "Okay, just for a month." A month later, I asked the pavilion master to give us an explanation. β
I looked at the young man's raised eyebrows and felt as if he had said something big, but what if he didn't? That was the case, and I couldn't back down, so I just nodded. I looked over again, and over the young man's head, I found behind him a preoccupied Xu Ren, his gray beard unusually thin in the dim candlelight, and his eyes were looking in my direction, but they were not looking at me.
The summer nights were just as hot, and my sweaty face was a little unbearable behind the slightly hot mask, but there was no way, I knew that someone in the hall below must be beating me up on the idea of this pavilion master's order, maybe more than one.
In the quiet air, someone suddenly laughed out loud, which was very harsh and very inappropriate. Because I have come today to preside over the ceremony, no matter who it is for, according to the tradition of "the dead are greater", I should not be so presumptuous.
Sure enough, before I could speak, someone next to him said angrily: "Crazy Bian, your brother was killed, and you are still embarrassed to laugh here?" β
The laughter of "haha" was still endless, and it took a long time for the person called "Bian Maniac" to say: "Hahahaha, everyone here is going to die, and you are going to die too!" Hahahaha......"
I looked at the man closely, and he had a messy head and not much beard, indicating that he was still very young, but his eyes seemed to be not fully open, half-closed, and he looked down at the ground after saying that crazy sentence.
I was stunned when I heard his words, and before I could understand what was going on, someone said, "Oh no! There was a fire, there was a fire...... and then there were a few "whoosh" sounds, and several arrows were fired indiscriminately into the crowd, and some people screamed "ah" and fell to the ground, and the people in the hall immediately became a mess, and then a rain of arrows flew in, and another group of people were shot, and the rest of the people were looking for cover everywhere, but the arrows flew from all sides, and there was no place to dodge.
I stood on the second floor, watching the smell of blood permeate the entire teahouse, but there was nothing I could do, I just felt that the back was very dazzling, when I looked back, the red fire had already rushed up, and the carved window lattice on the north side of the small hall was on fire, and the mask on my face was a little hot, and I realized that although the place where I was standing would not be hit by arrows, if I didn't go downstairs, I was afraid that I would inevitably die in the fire.
Just as I was wandering, a person in the hall jumped up and landed beside me and whispered, "Pavilion Master, go!" "I took advantage of the firelight to see that it was Xun Yi.
I still said very calmly in my panic: "At present, it seems that the drunken Hongjian teahouse is surrounded on all sides, and I am afraid that I will be killed by random arrows before I go out." Even if you are lucky enough to avoid the rain of arrows and the fire breaks out on all sides, you will inevitably be buried in the fire. β
Xun Yiyi: "Follow me." β
He pulled me back a few steps, stood still next to the piano case in the middle of the small hall, and gently turned the teacups on the next few cases, and the piano case moved away with a "whoosh", revealing a flight of stairs.
Xun Yiyi: "But in a moment, this staircase will also turn to ashes, and the pavilion master will go quickly." β
I was startled, pulled him and said, "What about you?" β
"Everyone in the cabinet can be saved." After he finished speaking, he pushed me down, and the case moved back, and I groped my way down in the darkness, speculating that it should be a secret passage in the teahouse. After walking down for a short time, I found that the wooden staircase had become a stone staircase, and after walking for a long time, I felt that the downward trend was gradually flattening, and when my feet finally stood on the flat ground, I actually felt a chill slowly rising from the soles of my feet.
This feeling is like going to hell, I feel both terrifying and a little exciting, I groped around for a while, I touched a wall, I couldn't push it at all, I patted it again, the other side of the wall was obviously empty, and when I touched a brick on my right hand that felt a little different, the wall in front of me suddenly moved to the side, and a dim light shot into my eyes, although it was not strong at all, but it still made my eyes not open for a long time.
There was an oil lamp lit in this chamber, and nothing else. I looked everywhere - because of the small of course, I could see the whole picture at a glance, only a table and a chair with a thick layer of dust on it. I continued to walk forward, through a long corridor, to a hall with a pool in the middle, and in the middle of the pool stood a large stone tablet with three large characters engraved on itβQingyu Pavilion. Now I knew that I had come to the headquarters of the Qingyu Pavilion, and I looked at this stele and felt that this stele was a little strange, because there was a very thin crack in the center of the vertical on the right side of the word "ι", perhaps because of the age.
I didn't have much of an eye to appreciate the furnishings of the Qingyu Pavilion headquarters, I just sat on the edge of the pool, looking at the clear water, thinking about what had just happened to the Drunken Hung Teahouseβ
The other party obviously came prepared, and wanted to catch us all, so that the careful arrangement can only be done by knowing the news in advance, so as to exclude the people who were called temporarily by the cabinet who are still young, that is to say, most of those who died by arrows died for no reason. I remembered what Xu Ren said, in fact, so far, I only know Xu Ren and Xun Yi and two sword protectors, Bian Xu gave his life as soon as he met, and the death of all these innocent people is only for the Qingyu Pavilion Order in my hand.
I think of what "Madman Bian" said, his words were said before the fire was discovered, that is, he probably knew that we were in ambush, so how did he know? I wish he hadn't died and given me a chance to ask him.
It was already the afternoon of the second day when I returned to the Tang Guogong Mansion, and my father, a person who had always been calm, was as happy as if he was coming back, and I knew from his reaction when he saw me that the Zui Hongjian Teahouse must have been destroyed.
As I expected, my dad told me that the Drunken Hung Tea House was destroyed by a fire, which implicated nearby shops and turned the entire street into ruins.
"That's all?" After listening to my father's story, I asked with trepidation.
Dad was silent for a long time before he said, "There are many dead and wounded, but no one mentions them. β
I kind of wanted to cry and I don't know why. Standing in front of the railing on the second floor last night and looking downstairs, I was still thinking about how powerful I could protect so many people, but this idea was broken before it lasted ten minutes, and not only could I not protect them, but I slowly realized that it was I who caused their deaths.
I held the Qingyu Pavilion Order in my hand, and I only felt that the deep sorrow was like boundless water drowning me, and I was not even qualified to struggle underwater.
The medical hall was as calm as the expression on Xu Ruoxiu's face. I don't want to find any worries and worries, only a reassuring calmness, I'm a little disappointed, but I'm just a little disappointed, fortunately, I don't pay too much attention to my own careful thinking, I care more about the loss of Qingyu Pavilion.
To be honest, I can't imagine how I would have escaped without that secret passage, but everyone in the hall, except for Xun Yi, I'm afraid no one knows about that secret passage, if that's the case, will anyone escape?
As I thought so, someone had already confirmed my judgment. When I passed by a tea shop, I saw the white-clothed Xiushi, who was sipping tea and talking to the person opposite, who was none other than Yang Xuangan. As soon as I saw it, my mind had already turned seven or eight hundred times, could it be that he was the traitor? Otherwise, how could he get mixed up with Yang Xuangan? Couldn't the people who besieged us last night not the "Seven Don't Kill" Villa, but the soldiers led by Yang Xuangan?