Chapter Twenty-Eight: Leaving the Plain (I)
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During the Dragon Boat Festival this year, the fifth brother ate a lot of zongzi, and he was so busy that the people of the Xiangfu were turned over on their backs, and it was easy to stop, and a word came from the palace, asking me and the third brother to discuss the peony Niangniang festival. Because the date set for this year's festival is May 31, which happens to be a dark nine, His Majesty means that this year's festival will be bigger, and for the first time, let Wucheng, Yushu, Changge and other big towns in Chenguo hold a festival together.
On the side of King Yuwen, although the battle is to be fought, but the festival is also to be passed, and the people of Chenguo are like this, and they will not let go of any festival. The two sides also seem to have a tacit understanding, that is, there will be no war at the end of May, and they will send off the peony lady with peace of mind.
When I came out of the Beichen Palace, I remembered to ask Sun Yuji again for a few pills to prepare at home, but I went to the Tai Hospital, and they said that Sun Yuji was called away by the national teacher. So I had no choice but to go to the Purple Pavilion.
The Purple Gold Pavilion was still as usual, quiet and quiet, but the fragrance of medicine wafted away. I walked in and saw that the national teacher was not painting, nor was he playing with honeysuckle, but playing chess with Chen Daochang, and Sun Yuji was sitting outside the house boiling medicine, leaning against the door and drowsy.
I looked up at the sky and it was indeed a good day.
"National teacher, Taoist chief." I said in my heart that I knew what kind of friendship Daochang Chen had with the national teacher, otherwise the national teacher wouldn't have asked me to go directly to the Taoist last time!
"Yulan, I know what's going on in your head, I'll just tell you, don't think about it." The national teacher said leisurely, "Do you want this?" ”
"Why don't I?" Chen Daochang smiled, "I want to ask you, do you want that kid." ”
"All of them." The national teacher fell unhurriedly, "Originally, the interest was quite high, but Yulan told me to distract me, but now I am not interested." ”
"That's really wrong with me." I rolled my eyes in my heart, "If it weren't for your old man encircling Sun Yuji, I wouldn't have bothered you." ”
The national teacher smiled and said to Chen Daochang: "Listen, Zhou Yulan's courage is getting bigger and bigger, and it's to blame me." I still wanted to refute, but the national teacher said again, "How is the matter with the Peony Niangniang Festival?" ”
"It's all set, and I told the Ministry of Rites to do it. This year is different from the past, and the measures in other cities still need to be implemented, so it will take some time. I said.
"Peony, peony... Speaking of which, I have something for you to do. The national teacher turned to Sun Yuji and said, "Yuji, you go inside and bring the sandalwood box on my desk." Sun Yuji was sleepy for a long time, and he woke up immediately when he called the national teacher, turned around and trotted in, and soon took out a sandalwood box, and with Sun Yuji's movement, the sandalwood box also made a sound.
"Guess what's inside." The national teacher smiled.
I took it, shook it, and listened carefully: "Beads? ”
"This fool can also hear that it is a bead, you only say it in detail." National Teacher's Road.
"Pearl of the Night?"
The national teacher raised his eyebrows and asked me to open it, the moment I opened the box, I almost flashed to my eyes, there were six night pearls in the box, all of them were as big as the eyes of the evening cherry blossoms, and the whole body was translucent, I grew so big, only one year, on Princess Xiaoxiang's birthday, I saw King Ping give her one.
"Six, six?" I was so surprised that I stammered, and I saw that Chen Daochang's face also changed, only Sun Yuji seemed indifferent to these.
"You take one and go to Dongcheng Lane to find a person named Li Weicao." The national teacher said lightly, "Ask him to come to see me." ”
I swallowed: "How can there be so many night pearls?" "I couldn't help but take one out and look at it in the sun.
"I've lived for so many years, what's wrong with some of the collectibles." The national teacher raised his eyebrows, "You have to take care of it for me, if you dare to swallow my night pearl privately, you just wait and see." ”
"National teacher, can you lend me one and go back for two days?"
The national teacher smiled: "My night pearl is not for you. ”
I was depressed, and I said that I didn't know what kind of powerful character that Li Weicao was, but he could actually let the national teacher invite him with the night pearl, and the six night pearls in this box, the national teacher must have other uses, but he refused to tell me. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, sure enough, the national teacher is unfathomable, and there are still too many things I don't know.
I took the night pearl and took the autumn tea to the now desolate Dongcheng Lane, and inquired from house to house, and the people who remained here said that they never knew that there was such a person as Li Weicao. Qiu Ming and I searched for a long time, but we didn't even find a person surnamed Li, so we turned around twice, planning to rest first. Out of Dongcheng Lane, there were many people surrounding at the mouth of Dongcheng Lane, I asked Qiu Ming to see what happened, Qiu Ming smiled: "It seems that it was only a few years ago, there is a person who will tell a story here, it is not bad, there are many people who listen." ”
"Someone is telling a story in Dongcheng Lane, how come I don't know?"
"I also found out when my grandfather asked me to buy wine, and I heard the regulars here say that this storyteller sometimes comes to read, sometimes he doesn't come, it's not good."
"No wonder you went for so long to buy wine, and I waited for half an hour." I stabbed him in the eye, "Go and see." ”
Qiu Ming opened the way in front, and I squeezed into the crowd, only then did I see the true face of this storyteller, his face was bloodless, he looked haggard, dressed in a gray cloth robe, his hair was not tied, he held a fan in his right hand, and there was a table in front of him, just talking slowly.
“…… Let's talk about the story of our prime minister. ”
As soon as he said this, Qiu Ming immediately glanced at me, I raised my eyebrows, and said in my heart This storyteller is amazing, under the roots of the imperial city, my family lives in the inner city, and he dares to set up a stall in Dongcheng Lane to talk about me?
"I don't know if you still remember, back then, when Wucheng was stolen for a month, the big thief Ni Yuyu was caught by the current prime minister, Zhou Yulan." After the storyteller finished speaking, the people below said, "How can he catch the thief?" ”
"Our prime minister, it turns out that the youngest son of the old prime minister, and the Marquis of Chenqi, grew up as a childhood sweetheart. These two partners have their own strengths, the prime minister is smart, has a lot of ideas, and the Hou Ye is good, but this Ni Yujiu fell into the hands of the two of them. Then the storyteller began to tell the story of how He Yunsheng and I caught Ni Yujiu that night, which is not bad at all.
I said to Qiu Ming, "It's like he's there." ”
Qiu Ming was surprised: "Xiangye, did you really catch Ni Yujiu?" ”
I raised an eyebrow: "This... I'm a bit of a doorman. ”
Qiu Ming said excitedly: "Xiangye, how did you guess that Ni Yujiu was a thief?" Everyone can't think of it, how can you think of it? ”
Then the storyteller said: "Do you want to ask, why does the prime minister know that Ni Yuyu is the thief?" This is the prime minister's cleverness, Ni Yujiu's light work, it is rare in the world, I am afraid that only the moon can be compared with it, since the thief cannot be the moon, how can Ni Yujiu not be caught? The reason is that the thief is Ni Xuanjiu himself, and Ni Xuanjiu himself, naturally he will not catch himself. ”
There was a cheer below, and suddenly someone said, "Could it be Li Guning?" ”
I was stunned, when I was a child, Li Guning was the world's number one light master in my mind, and later he was the person who killed He Yunxi in my memory, I have heard many stories of Li Guning, but I have never seen him.
Someone at the bottom retorted: "Many years ago, Lin Zhonghe was martyred, and Li Guning is dead!" ”
A child shouted: "You are talking nonsense, Li Guning is not dead!" ”
The man immediately said, "What does the little doll know?" If Li Guning hadn't died, why did Mr. Xing remove his name from the list of light merits? ”
The people below began to talk about Li Guning, and the storyteller said, "That's all for today." ”
When the people at the bottom dispersed, the storyteller was collecting things, and I approached and said, "Mr. is very big, and I know really well about the affairs of the master." ”
The storyteller smiled: "It's good to make the guest officer happy to listen to the storytelling." ”
"Honorific name?"
"Under the surname Li, Li Weicao."
I thought to myself that it was really hard to come by, and after listening to a book, I found someone I hadn't found all morning.
So I took out the Night Pearl and handed it to him: "Mr. Li, take it." ”
Li Weicao was puzzled: "What do you receive?" ”
Qiu Ming said behind me, "Master, he, he seems to be a blind man." ”
I just realized that when Li Weicao spoke, his eyes kept looking into the distance, as if he had no focus, and he didn't look at others, and his hands were groping when he just collected things, he, he turned out to be a blind man?
Li Weicao didn't seem to mind this, and said, "I'm blind." ”
I felt even more strange in my heart, why did the national teacher want me to come to him? A blind man, what does the national teacher need him to do? Or is there something unknown about him? A blind man who can tell a story can actually get the night pearl of the national teacher?
"What is Childe looking for me?"
"The national teacher asked you to go to him." I'm straight to the point.
Li Weicao was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "I can't be free recently." ”
I said in my heart, this blind man is indeed a bit powerful, and he dares to refuse the national teacher?
"The national teacher asked me to give you the pearl of the night." I shoved the Night Pearl into his hand, and he suddenly seemed to be frightened, and stuffed the Night Pearl back into me, and kept saying, "I don't want it, I don't want this pearl." ”
I frowned: "The national teacher asked you to keep this bead and go into the palace to find him." ”
Li Weicao muttered: "It's been six years, and it's the night pearl again, and it's the night pearl again......"
I've been listening to him repeat something for six years, six years, it seems that six years ago, the national teacher asked him to do something, and he is still uneasy. It seems that the Night Pearl is a token, but why does Li Weicao have to help the national teacher when he sees the Night Pearl?
I was about to ask, when I heard someone call me from behind: "Yulan! ”
As soon as I heard that it was He Yunsheng, I turned my head and said, "Why are you here?" ”
"Soft Qing wants to go back to the Midnight Tower to see, I'll send her over, Sister Orange will leave me for dinner, I'm going to go back to the house at this time, but you, what are you doing here?" He Yunsheng got off the horse and walked over.
"It's not that the national teacher has entrusted me with a task, let me come to ......" I turned my head, and Li Weicao was gone.
"What about others?" I asked Qiu Ming.
Qiu Ming shook her head. I looked at the Night Pearl again, it was gone, and I thought that he had already taken it, so he would naturally go to find the national teacher.
"Looking for whom?" He Yunsheng's face was inexplicable.
"I didn't look for anyone, I'm going to find Du Duzhen for a drink." I smiled and said, "My fifth brother was not in good health before, and with the peony Niangniang festival, I was so busy that I was dark." ”
"Let's go." He Yunsheng immediately said, "What about the horse? ”
"I didn't ride a horse, I came with Qiu Ming."
He Yunsheng pulled me on the horse and said to Qiu Ming: "Qiu Ming, go back and tell Dong Lai that I will send Yu Lan back in the evening." Then he raised his whip and galloped away. I only heard Qiu Ming shouting in the back: "Phase-master-early-o'clock-back-come-"
He Yunsheng said with a smile: "Even if Qiu Ming has been with you for more than ten years, he is really conscientious to you and will never leave." ”
"Even if the two of us have known each other for more than ten years, you can take good care of me." I laughed, "You always ask me to borrow money, and I never pay it back." ”
"It's vulgar to mention money, Zhou Yulan." He Yunsheng pretended to be serious and said, "Sit tight, I will let you see the power of the sweat and blood BMW." ”