Chapter 22: The Uninvited Guest (1)
Sending the emperor out of the Yanying Palace, and waiting for Wei Chang to draft an edict sent to the front army, the edict was sent to Zhongshu Province for the record, and it was already early afternoon when Xing'er returned to the accommodation.
He was worried about telling Furong the place where Empress Zhang's body was buried as soon as possible, so as to fulfill his promise, and since then he has no entanglement with them, even if he has not eaten a grain of rice since he got up in the morning, he has not felt hungry.
Opening the door and walking into the house, Lai Xing'er suddenly noticed that there was something strange in the room, as if someone had come in. He stood by the door, nervously scanning everything in the room, only to notice a basket covered with cloth under the opposite wall. He first turned around and ran to the door, and saw that the small stones by the door were still placed side by side, and then re-entered the room, walked over and ripped off the cover cloth on the basket, only to see that the basket was neatly stacked with incense, candles, paper money, and other things used in the memorial service. However, the person who came took advantage of his absence to sneak into the room, this is not like the consistent style of the forbidden army!
He was secretly wondering, only to hear a pleasant voice from outside the room: "I put the basket in, in broad daylight, there is a pile of paper money outside the door, how unlucky!" ”
Lai Xing'er Huo Ran turned around and saw a woman with a beautiful figure standing outside the door, wearing a curtain hat on her head that the women in the palace had worn from time to time, covering her entire head and face, so that people couldn't see what she looked like.
"Where is the girl in the palace on an errand? We don't usually allow people to come in here. Lai Xing'er had a hunch that the masked woman in front of her was the palace eyeliner sent by Furong to take away the news, and her heart jumped excitedly.
"You've already guessed what I'm coming from, so why bother?" The woman giggled, and spread out a slender jade hand to Lai Xing'er, and in the palm of her hand was a green jade plaque that Lai Xing'er did not look at, "Say, where is it?" ”
"On the east side of Daming Palace, next to a big bluestone on the side of the Longshou Canal in the city, there are arrows on the stone indicating the location where the body is buried." Although the woman's voice was particularly tactful and unforgettable, Lai Xing'er couldn't wait for her to disappear from her eyes immediately after getting the news, so she didn't say anything more, and directly said the location of Empress Zhang.
"Thank you, farewell." The woman obviously didn't want to stay here for a moment, and as soon as Xing'er said the location, she said goodbye to him, turned around and left.
Lai Xing'er watched her leave, saw her take a few steps, and suddenly turned back, she couldn't help but be nervous, and asked, "Didn't I make it clear?" What else is the matter with the girl? ”
"No, it's very clear. It's just that I'm a little curious: today is the death day of my little father-in-law's family, what do you want so many paper money incense candles for? ”
"No, it's nothing, it's really my family's business, it has nothing to do with others, and the girl doesn't need to know." Lai Xing'er couldn't find a better excuse for a while, so she had to lie to her words.
Seeing that Lai Xing'er's expression was different, the woman suddenly became suspicious, and asked, "The little father-in-law won't burn paper next to the Yanying Hall to worship, right?" I have never worshiped the ancestors of my family since I entered the palace, so I would like to ask the little princess to announce where the worship is allowed in the palace, and then I will do some filial piety for the ancestors. ”
Lai Xing'er was anxious by her question, so she had to say indiscriminately: "I have only entered the palace not long ago, and I worship my ancestors in private, so I can only be here, how do I know where else there is?" Girl, let's go, be careful of being bumped into. ”
The woman was willing to believe what he said, and said coldly: "Since the little father-in-law doesn't want to say it, I have to come again tonight to see what happened." With that, he turned and drifted away.
Lai Xing'er secretly complained to herself, thinking: If she really came back and was unfortunately caught by Wu Bi, wouldn't it be her own fault? He put out a stone in the middle of the night last night, wanting to report the news to Furong in advance, all because of a good thought in his heart, and he didn't want her to fall into the trap laid by Wu Bi and be slaughtered. Now seeing that the woman was about to enter the urn, he didn't have time to think about it, and chased after the woman.
Lai Xing'er entered the Daming Palace as an errand for more than a month, and the usual range of activities was limited to the radius from Yanying Hall to Zhongshu Province, and was bent left and right by the woman, and lost her way after a while.
He saw the woman dodge into a courtyard from a distance, hurriedly quickened his pace to the door, looked up at the plaque embedded in the door with the inscription "Shangfu Bureau" three gold lacquer characters, he raised his foot to break in, but he thought again: The hibiscus he saw before entering the palace was dressed in Taoist attire, and he should not hide in the palace. Thinking so, he stopped, looked around, and saw that there was a Taihu Lake stone erected on the edge of the forest about a dozen steps away from the courtyard gate, which could not only provide shade, but also hide, so he ran over and hid behind the stone, wanting to wait for the rabbit and move when he saw the opportunity.
The afternoon sun is poisonous, Lai Xing'er has not eaten or drunk since the morning, standing behind the Taihu Lake Stone for half an hour, I feel dizzy for a while, some can not support it, but when I think that if I can't warn Furong in time, after tonight, I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground, so I have to grit my teeth and persevere.
At this point, he began to regret that he had only thought about fulfilling his promise, and that he had not warned the woman of the danger in person, but had made her suspicious. He even wondered if he would see the woman come out in a while, or if someone came, should he break into the Shangfu Bureau and directly find her to warn. Thinking about it like this, he couldn't help but secretly recall the woman's posture and voice in his mind......
Just as Lai Xing'er was full of anxiety and tiredness, hiding behind the stone and secretly peeping at the movements around the small courtyard of the Shangfu Bureau, from far to near, there was a group of women's talking and laughing.
"Cailuan, you take a few of them in and have a look, Sakura and I are waiting outside the door." In an instant, he could tell that the person who said this was clearly Jinping, which surprised Lai Xing'er.
"Don't mind, the dress of the two mothers, we can't be sloppy. If my sister gets tired of walking, I'll go in with them. "Sakura has always been cautious in doing things, not as big as Jinping.
"Isn't it just two pieces of clothes, if it weren't for the emperor's banquet tonight to meet the newcomers, the ladies would be in a hurry to wear them, and Ming'er would have asked them to send them to the palace, which would have saved us from running this leg." What did you ask me about before you came? While they go in and get their clothes, I'll tell you? Jinping seemed to be deliberately holding back something to avoid everyone, and said to Sakura alone.