Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Mask
Late at night, west of the city.
The moonlight is cold and quiet. There is no one in the quiet streets. The occasional rooster and dog barking are exceptionally clear. Beside the road, at the end of a deep alley, a dilapidated thatched hut flashed with flickering lights.
In the room, two people dressed in black night clothes stood quietly in the dilapidated hut. Silver moonlight shone in through the broken windows, and Xiao was deserted.
"I've inquired about it, Angou's staff Fan Zeng will appear in the food fairy tonight." The old woman, who was a little rickety, sat on the clay kang without straw mats, and said in a low voice.
She raised her head and looked coldly at the woman sitting across from her, dressed in a black nightdress. The cloudy old eyes were full of hideous murderous intentions: "He is one of the accomplices in the murder of your Abba!" ”
The beautiful woman sat on the edge of the kang, her eyebrows lowered and she was silent, and there was no expression on her beautiful face. As she listened, she wiped her autumn sword with the white cloth in her hand.
Fingers occasionally stroked the blade, the sharp sword, and let out a soft chirp.
During the whole process, her expression was so calm, without a trace of fluctuation.
After the old woman finished speaking, she quietly put the three-foot Qingfeng into the Cambridge. raised his head, glanced at the old woman in front of him, and said lightly, "I know!" ”
"Tonight, he must die!" The old woman stared at the woman and said in a deep voice. The crutches in his hand slammed heavily on the ground, making a clanging sound.
"I know!" The woman still spoke in such an indifferent tone, as if nothing could make a ripple in her heart.
The old woman looked at the woman quietly for a long time before withdrawing her gaze. I don't know when she began to be unpredictable.
At this time, seeing her indifferent and casual face, the old woman was full of suspicions in her heart.
"Alright, I'll be waiting for you at the mountain temple outside the city! Be careful! After saying this, he turned around and limped out of the dilapidated hut with a cane.
After watching the old man disappear into the silver moonlight, the woman pulled out her sword with a sigh and looked at her own face on the sword. He smiled faintly, then with a flick of his wrist, he plunged his sword into its scabbard.
"I know!" The woman whispered to herself, and then she covered her veil. Gently walked out of the room.
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At midnight, a bright moon hangs high in the night sky. At the door of the food fairy, the bright lanterns move slightly in the wind.
The noise coming from inside filled the street.
Tonight is the bidding meeting of the Great Zhou military uniform suppliers, and all the merchants in Jiangning are gathered here. Moreover, there are some outsiders in fancy dress.
Tonight, Fan Zeng and Fan Guanying of the Ministry of Rites also came to Jiangning. This time, Fan Zeng, as a representative of the imperial court, came down to decide the bidding.
After all, the matter of bidding is related to the appearance of the Great Zhou army. This is related to the face of the Great Zhou court. In the face of this matter, it is also quite concerned.
And the Ministry of Rites, as a full-time department of etiquette and moderation in the imperial court, naturally belongs to its subordinates. This time, Lord Fan Zeng came to Jiangning, firstly, on behalf of the emperor to inspect Jiangning, and secondly, for this bidding.
However, anyone with some eyesight knows that he came this time so that the Liu family could successfully bid for success.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the Hall of Food for Immortals is like a strong smell of gunpowder.
The Liu family and the Wang family are-for-tat, as if they will not give up.
"You, you guys are a**naked plagiarism! Shameless! After Wang Liye saw that the Liu family easily took out a sample of silk soft armor, he immediately became furious, patted the table and stood up, pointing at the nose of the head of the Liu family and scolding.
The head of the Liu family glanced at him coldly, and said with a smile: "Second prince Wang, pay attention to your words." This time, the old man is only young and ignorant, if you are like this, if you make unreasonable accusations against my Liufu, hum, my Liufu is not to be kneaded! ”
"You ......" Wang Ergongzi trembled angrily, looked at the head of the Liu family with a pale face, but was speechless.
"Shameless!" The acting skills that have been in contact for a month have finally been vividly displayed today. Although the second prince of Wang was full of iron, he was nervous to death in his heart. I'm afraid that I will accidentally expose my stuffing and leak the secret of heaven.
Steady, steady, steady. Wang Liye, you are a victim now, and you must make the appearance that your father is dead. There must not be a trace of abnormality.
Wang Liye's face was pale, and he looked at the eyes of the head of the Liu family, as if he was an enemy of life and death. However, he has been silently reciting the self-created mantra in his heart.
The official of the Ministry of Rites who had been sitting with Su Fu Yin, Fan Zeng put down the teacup at this time, looked at Wang Liye suspiciously, put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Wang Liye, do you know what you are talking about?" ”
Wang Liye's body stiffened, and he looked at Fan Zeng with disbelief.
"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, O Enlightened Knowledge! The people of Jiangning don't know that silk soft armor is the top secret of my palace. Let's ask, how could the Liu family have such a top-secret secret recipe? Isn't this stealing? Wang Liye's whole body was trembling, and his tone was pleading. looked at Fan Zengdao.
"Heh, what the second prince said, does it mean that the official is partial to the Liu Mansion?" Fan Zeng's eyes flashed with cold light, staring at Wang Liye, who was trembling with anger, his face was extremely ugly: "What's more, regarding the theft of the secret recipe of your palace, Yin of Jiangning Mansion has already made a decision. What you say now, are you suspicious of the imperial court? ”
Wang Liye's face was stunned, he hurriedly knelt on the ground, and explained in a panic: "The villain doesn't dare!" ”
However, Wang Liye raised his head, glanced at Su Guangyi next to Fan Zeng, lowered his head again, as if he had made a lot of determination, took a deep breath and said: "The adults are above board, and the villains believe that the adults will never do anything to cover up and destroy people." But others can't tell! ”
"Wang Liye!" Su Guangyi leaned forward, looked at Wang Liye who was kneeling on the ground, narrowed his eyes, and said with a sneer: "What you say, are you referring to your own official?" ”
Today's Su Guangyi has been hit hard. His expression was already a little gloomy, but at this time, he was even more ruthless because of his dissatisfaction.
"Adults know in their hearts, why bother villains to talk too much!" Wang Liye raised his head, gritted his teeth, and responded with a sneer.
He is also a master who is not afraid of things, after all, as the real helmsman of the palace, he can't achieve great things if he is afraid. And the father Yu Wei threw it in. It is expected that he Su Guangyi, the mansion of a small weaving mansion, can't help himself.
Not to mention...... There are still people who haven't appeared!
Wang Liye was a little apprehensive in his heart, and secretly glanced at the audience, thinking so in his heart.
Mocking Su Guangyi's risky move is a must-go.
In the words of the Folding Willow Record, this move is an extremely important part of the entire strategy.
Although he didn't understand why this sentence in the Oriyu Ji was so important. Why did the mysterious man have to let himself say this? However, at this time, it may be really too deep into the play. He didn't think about it, he just said it, and he said it through gritted teeth.
After saying this, his heart suddenly relaxed. It was as if he had unloaded a thousand pounds of heavy burden, and his whole body was relaxed.
Then, he stole a glance at the expressions of everyone present. Finding that they were all looking at him in disbelief, Wang Liye was relieved.
Sure enough, as predicted in the Tale of Ori Liu. The weight of this sentence is really heavy enough.
"Wang Liye, do you know what crime you should be guilty of insulting the imperial court officials?" Su Guangyi's face was gloomy as if he was about to squeeze out water, he looked at Wang Liye, who was stalking his nose gloomily, looked at his own Wang Liye, took a sip of the teacup, and asked with a sneer.
Recently, because of a series of accidents at home, I lost both my daughter and my money. Su Guangyi was already very unhappy, and at this time, he just took Wang Liye to vent his anger.
With Su Guangyi's eyes, a family member stepped forward to arrest Wang Liye.
At this moment, Ouyang Yi, the head of the Ouyang family, who had been watching from the sidelines, coughed and stood up slowly.
With this cough, everyone's eyes were drawn to him. Even the Su family members who were about to come forward to arrest Wang Liye stopped their hands.
Ouyang Yi is already in the age of sixties, with pale white hair, and he looks very vicissitudes. It's just that this person's clear eyes show that this old man is absolutely clear in his heart.
People craned their necks and looked at him, not knowing what Ouyang Yi was going to do when he picked it out at this time.
However, even though he is a dying old man, no one jumps out to accuse him. After all, the noblewoman's name is too big, not to mention the other merchants present, even Fan Zeng dare not provoke.
Ouyang Yi coughed and stood up. First, he smiled and hugged his fists and said hello to Fan Zeng. Fan Zeng also smiled flatteringly and returned the salute.
Then, Ouyang Yi respectfully hugged his fists at Su Guangyi and said, "Master Su, let the old man say a word!" ”
"Ouyang Gong is polite, but it doesn't hurt for you to say it!" Su Guangyi hurriedly replied.
Ouyang Yi smiled, bent over and saluted back, "Lord Xie Su!" ”
After that, Ouyang Yi straightened up and glanced at Wang Liye, who was still kneeling on the ground. Shaking his head slightly, he sighed, smiled bitterly and whispered to Wang Liye: "The second child of the Wang family, don't apologize to Lord Fu Yin soon!" ”
Unexpectedly, Wang Liye's neck was stalked, but he was not convinced.
Ouyang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly, but there was a hint of appreciation in his squinted eyes.
Liye, this kid, is still the same as he was many years ago! Ouyang Yi praised with relief in his heart.
He pretended to be angry and raised his foot and kicked Wang Liye's buttocks. Then he turned his head and hugged his fists on the stage, Su Guangyi, whose face was gloomy and powerful, said: "Wang family boy, hey, just like what the head of the Liu family said just now, this kid, heh." This year is only twenty-five, and he is indeed young and vigorous. Talking, one intestine leads to the end. Your Excellency, you are an important minister of the court, and I hope you will not mind. This kid is just a stunned young man, why do you want to be like a little ignorant teenager like him, you say yes! “
Ouyang Yi looked at Su Guangyi with a smile on his face, and when he saw that the other party had a lower face, he didn't know what he was thinking. Ouyang Yi's eyes narrowed, he stroked his beard and said with a faint smile: "Hehe, besides, Lord Wang used to be a friend of the old man, I hope that Lord Su can look at the thin face of the old man and not worry about him in general, what do you think?" ”
Su Guangyi's face froze for a moment, and he squinted at the old man who was still smiling indifferently, and his expression was cloudy.
He didn't expect that Ouyang Yi, who had been far away from the whirlpool, would stand out for the Wang family.
What is he really for?
Could it be that he is really close friends with that Wang Jianfei?
However, the person behind this person is extremely difficult to mess with. Su Guangyi knew his own weight, so although he was unhappy. However, he didn't dare to tear his face with Ouyang Yi in front of him.
has been an official for many years, of course Su Guangyi knows who can be messed with and who can't be messed with.
And this Ouyang Yi belongs to what kind of person he can't be provoked.
When he raised his head, he was already free-looking.
He smiled, hugged his fists and said to Ouyang Yi: "Ouyang Gong, you are too outward. ”
Such a sentence already shows that he wants to stop there. And Wang Liye, who has been kneeling on the ground, also knows that enough is enough.
Under Ouyang Yi's kind reprimand, he was reluctantly sent out by the Ouyang family's family to eat as an immortal.
After watching Wang Liye being pulled out by a group of family members, Su Guangyi smiled coldly, with a hint of disdain in his tone, and said to himself: "Hmph, the mantis arm is a car, and you can't do it!" ”
At the same time, Wang Liye, who was sent out by a group of family members, no longer had the angry look on his face just now. He politely thanked Ouyang Fu's family.
Then he turned his head and looked at Su Guangyi, who was sitting in the hall and was talking and laughing with Fan Zeng. There was sarcasm in his eyes.
"Idiot!" Wang Liye said in his heart.
The moonlight is bright and the night is sultry.
Wang Liye, who let go of his worries, raised his head and looked at the full moon in the sky like a jade plate. Breathed a sigh of relief.
"Heh, it's finally time to remove this mask!"