Chapter 082: Tanabata Banquet
After the murder case of Caofu was solved, Xia was over, and it was Tanabata in a blink of an eye.
Qixi Festival, also known as the Qiqiao Festival, on this day, women can dress up and travel, invite friends to play freely.
Every Qixi Festival, it is the happiest day for Wen Wan'er and Nangong Yan, because on this day every year, they will meet to play, but now the two are married to the same husband and are together every day, so going out to play can't arouse their interest.
On the sixth day of the seventh month, the wind and the sun were beautiful, and Su Wuming stayed in the house to read because he had nothing to do.
Nangong Yan and Wen Wan'er were bored in the house, so they took turns to persuade Su Wuming to go out to play, but Su Wuming had nothing to do with the two of them, so in the end they had to put down their books and accompany them to play.
It's just that as soon as he put down the book and was about to leave, the door of the mansion rang, Su Wuming walked to open the door, and saw a servant standing outside the door, the official was dressed a little differently from the costume of the Qiantang County official, so Su Wuming felt a little strange, just as he was about to ask, the official spoke first: "This is Lord Su's mansion?" ”
Su Wuming nodded: "It's Su Wuming down there, I don't know who Your Excellency is?" ”
The official was a little surprised, thinking that he didn't expect Su Wuming to open the door in person, only to see that the official hurriedly saluted and said: "The humble position is under Lord Ding Weiding of Hangzhou Thorn Assassin, because tomorrow is the Chinese Valentine's Day, Lord Ding is going to entertain guests in Hangzhou tomorrow night, so I specially asked my subordinates to invite Lord Su." ”
Su Wuming has been coming to Qiantang for a few months, and he has never visited the Hangzhou Assassin History, and now Ding Wei has come to invite him personally, and he is not easy not to go, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Ding invited, this official must go, you go back to Lord Ding, tomorrow night, this official will definitely go." ”
The official received the order, said yes, and hurriedly retreated.
The official left, and Wen Wan'er stepped forward and said: "I heard that this Lord Ding Weiding is a military general, and he likes to dance with guns and sticks the most, and he is very disdainful of civil officials. ”
Su Wuming's brows furrowed slightly, and then he smiled lightly: "Maybe I want to meet me, Su Wuming, who has repeatedly solved strange cases!" ”
"Cut, not ashamed at all, really boastful!" As soon as Su Wuming finished saying that, Nangong Yan hurriedly teased him.
Su Wuming didn't feel embarrassed, and still smiled: "What, Miss Nangong doesn't think that's the case?" ”
"Of course not!"
"In that case, it's better for the husband to stay at home and read!" Su Wuming said, picked up the book he had just put down again, Nangong Yan saw it, and immediately became anxious, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Su Lang, you are the best, you have repeatedly solved strange cases, the entire Qiantang and even the entire Tang Dynasty are unmatched, can we go out and play now?" ”
"Look at the lady, you praise your husband so much, and the husband will be reluctant to accompany you to play!"
The two flirted and scolded each other, Wen Wan'er was not angry, and when she saw that the two of them had played enough, she said, "Let's go!" ”
The day before the Chinese Valentine's Day, Qiantang County has been very lively, and there are stalls selling all kinds of things, the strangest of which is that there is a stall selling spiders, Nangong Yan has always regarded herself as a woman, although she has a begging festival, but she does not know some customs of the begging festival, so when she saw someone selling spiders, she felt very curious, so she pointed to the stall and asked: "They are really strange, they are selling spiders, this kind of thing grabs a lot of things!" ”
Wen Wan'er smiled: "What my sister said is very true, but there will still be people who buy it, because the spiders of these people weave a round web." ”
"Is there any explanation for that?"
"Naturally, there is, tomorrow is not the Qixi Festival, some women will catch spiders and put them in the box, and when they open the next day, if the spider weaves a web that is round, it means that they have succeeded, and they will be a clever girl in the future, but if the web is not round, it is another matter!"
"Has that sister ever played with this?"
"Of course I did!"
"My sister has always been ingenious, and my sister's spider must have made a round web!"
After Nangong Yan asked this, Wen Wan'er only smiled lightly, and then said, "Let's go over there and play!" ”
There were too many interesting things on the street, and Nangong Yan didn't want to just talk about spiders, so she hurriedly followed.
Su Wuming saw the two sisters talking about this, and said with a light smile in his heart: "The web woven by the spider is round or square, what does it have to do with a woman's ingenuity, these ancients are really boring!" ”
The day before the Chinese Valentine's Day, several of them had a lot of fun and were very happy, and the next day on the Chinese Valentine's Day, the sky was dark, which seemed to indicate that the meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl tonight would be in the light smoke and rain.
Because Hangzhou City is quite far from Qiantang County, so after lunch, everyone set off, and Su Wuming set off at the same time, as well as Qiantang County Commander Qian Sheng, Qian Sheng was very positive about going to Hangzhou City to participate in the banquet, and was also very happy, so he specially ordered someone to buy a bunch of gifts.
Compared to Qian Sheng, Su Wuming was a little shabby, because he didn't think of bringing a gift at all, and in the end, Wen Wan'er mentioned that they took a few pieces of fabric as a gift in a hurry.
The fabric is not very valuable, and it is not uncommon to think about it, but everyone has no time to prepare, and Su Wuming doesn't value it, so he only took a few pieces of cloth.
The official road is very smooth, and at their speed, they will probably be able to reach Hangzhou City around the time of Shen.
About before Shen Shi, the sky was more cloudy, and the black clouds did not disperse, Nangong Yan glanced at the sky on horseback, and said: "In this weather, I'm afraid I will have to add a few more lights to the banquet tonight!" ”
It often rains on Tanabata, so adding a few lights is a must.
And just as Nangong Yan finished saying that, more than a dozen bandits suddenly rushed out from the side of the official road, the leader of these thieves had a scar on his face and one eye was blindfolded, looking like a wicked person, these people suddenly appeared on the road, which startled everyone, but after seeing that it was a bandit, Qian Sheng suddenly snorted coldly: "You bandits, you really don't have long eyes, and you actually grabbed us!" ”
At this time, Su Wuming was calm, and after glancing at those thieves, he said to Qian Sheng: "Lord Qian, I didn't expect that there would be such a group of people outside Hangzhou City, do you think we should arrest them or not?" ”
Qian Sheng naturally understood what Su Wuming meant by asking this sentence, now that they have reached the boundary of Hangzhou, if these people are arrested, won't it embarrass Lord Stinweiding in Hangzhou, but if they are not caught, it will be too much to say, the thieves took the initiative to come to the door, as a person in the official government, wouldn't it make the people of the world laugh if they were not arrested?
Just when Su Wuming said these words to Qian Sheng, those thieves seemed to notice something unusual, and saw that the leader waved his hand, and those thieves immediately wanted to flee, but Jiang Ying, Lin Yun, Tang Xiong and others would let them escape easily?
Just as they were about to flee, they had already rushed forward, but there were too many of them, and they didn't have enough servants, so in the end, only five or six were caught, but the scar leader fled.
Nangong Yan was quite angry and said: "These bandits, even if they know each other, they can escape quickly, otherwise they will suffer." ”
At this time, Tang Xiong stepped on a thief and asked Su Wuming, "Brother Su, how to deal with these bandits?" ”
"All of them are tied up, and they are brought into Hangzhou City and handed over to Lord Dinwidding, so that he can see the situation in Hangzhou."
As soon as Su Wuming finished saying this, a cold sweat suddenly broke out on Qian Sheng's forehead, and he said, "Su ...... Master Su, I'm afraid this is a little bad, we are here to attend the banquet, if we bring these bandits, is it too bad? And Lord Ding, should we save some face for him? ”
Qian Sheng was very prepared for this banquet, but he brought so many gifts, was it just a simple gift? Of course not, Qian Sheng doesn't want to be a county magistrate in Qiantang County for the rest of his life, and he naturally wants to stammer with the officials above him, and now Su Wuming wants to bring these thieves to Hangzhou, isn't this to make Ding Wei angry?
If Ding Wei is angry, it will be useless for him to take more gifts!
After Qian Sheng finished saying those words, he wiped his forehead, and then stared at Su Wuming tightly, but Su Wuming only smiled lightly: "Lord Qian is too worried, if Lord Ding is so ignorant, we won't go to this banquet!" ”
After Tang Xiong heard Su Wuming's words, he immediately called a few officials to tie up those bandits, and then marched towards Hangzhou City, Qian Sheng followed behind, with a sad face, thinking about how he happened to go the same way as Su Wuming, if it diverged, even if Su Wuming escorted more than a dozen bandits to Hangzhou, it had nothing to do with him!
When thinking like this, Qian Sheng couldn't help but slow down, wanting to distance himself from Su Wuming.
When you enter Hangzhou City, it is already after the unitary time, Hangzhou City is much larger than the county seat of Qiantang, but on the night of this Qixi Festival, the excitement is almost the same, and the group walked through the crowded streets and went straight to the Thorn History Mansion.
People come and go in front of the Assassin's Mansion, it's not lively, some officials greet the guests, and they are even more busy, Song Jingtian stood at the door of the Assassin's Mansion to greet the guests, when he saw Su Wuming and others, he immediately came over, and said with a smile: "Lord Assassin has been waiting for Lord Su for a long time, please come in!" ”
Su Wuming smiled lightly, and then ordered Tang Xiong to escort those thieves up, Song Jingtian was a little shocked when he saw this, and asked again and again: "Master Su, is this ...... What's going on? ”
Before Su Wuming could speak, Qian Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Song Zhutou, that's the case, on the way here, I met a few thieves, so we arrested them by the way, you are tired, put them in prison first!" ”
Song Jingtian didn't think much about it, and nodded again and again in agreement.
(This chapter seems prosaic, but it is actually useful, please read it again, hehe!) )