Chapter 13 Grasshoppers on a Rope
"How?" Chen Ju asked as he walked into the house.
"He went to Mochigetsu Pavilion, and then a person came, and the two of them stayed for a long time......"
"Who?" Chen Ju's expression tightened and interrupted Qian Mu.
The two had already entered the house, and Qian Mu helped Chen Ju pull out the chair while saying proudly: "The child was afraid that he would find out, so he didn't dare to get too close, because he didn't see the person's appearance clearly, but the person was wearing black clothes and was slightly fat." β
"Black clothes? Slightly chubby? Who could it be? Chen Ju didn't think about Wanli at all, frowned and pondered, but there were more than 10,000 eunuchs in the harem, and he couldn't get the gist after thinking about it for a long time, so he said: "I didn't even see my appearance clearly, so naturally I didn't hear the two of them talking?" β
"Hmm!" Qian Mu drooped his head, like an eggplant beaten by frost.
"Why don't you follow the man?" Chen Ju said with some hatred, and then sighed: "Forget it, let's talk about it next time, you go down first, remember, no one is allowed to tell this matter." β
Qian Mu cowardly retreated, and Chen Ju was the only one left in the room, the lonely lamp was like a bean, reflecting his shadow on the snow-white wall, and occasionally bursting a candle, and the shadow also danced, which looked quite weird.
"Did he steal the seal in the first place?"
Chen Ju reached out and rubbed his temples, put his hand on his forehead, and fell into deep thought again. Yes, although he killed Gao Lei with one knife, it was also because Gao Lei revealed his secret and had to do it as a last resort. In fact, he has always had doubts about whether Gao Lei stole the seal or not.
He does not regret killing Gao Lei, even if Gao Lei was wronged. He also wanted to believe that Chen Mo was indeed innocent, but he couldn't say why, he always felt that something was wrong. It's such a coincidence, it's unbelievable.
"If the seal was really stolen by Chen Mo, could the person Qian Mu see be the person in charge of contacting Chen Mo? Which side does he represent? Feng Bao? Zhang Hong? Zhang Cheng? Zhang Whale? Or is it the mother of which house? What's more, could it be Banzai? β
Gao Zhong has an upright personality and has offended many people over the years, and the people Chen Ju thought of had the motive to get rid of Gao Zhong, especially Feng Bao. It's just that who it is, Rao is Chen Ju prides himself on being smart, and he can't say clearly. After thinking about it for a long time, he could only make a decision: "Let's walk and see, there are really ghosts, sooner or later there will be a day when the horse's feet will be exposed!" β
Chen Mo was indeed a little hungry, and went straight to the kitchen, and when he arrived, he found that the light was still on inside, and when he calculated the time, he couldn't help but feel a little strange: It's too early to eat, it's so late, who will be inside?
Pushing the door in, I saw a person sitting on the ground in the corner, pouring himself a drink in front of a plate of peanuts, and couldn't help laughing: "Third brother, stealing wine again, believe it or not, let's tell our father-in-law to let him beat your board?" β
"You dare?" Zhao Pengcheng glared back at Chen Mo, sneered, and beckoned him: "Come here, I haven't eaten or drunk for a few days, and the bird is about to fade out of my mouth, hurry up and come over to have two glasses with my brother." β
"Drink it, you have to wait for your father-in-law to wash his feet later, do you want to kill us?" Chen Mo smiled and waved his hand and asked, "My father-in-law said that you left us food, where is it?" β
"It's hot in the steamer, and there is half a roast chicken, and my father-in-law eats the rest, so let's keep it for you...... is worthy of being the father-in-law's favorite son, and we are all red when we see this treatment. β
Chen Mo took out the vegetables from the steamer and placed them next to the peanuts in front of Zhao Pengcheng, and said with a smile: "Third brother, don't make fun of us, doesn't your father-in-law also take you seriously?" I heard that the inner palace supervisor's palm print Tian Gonggong is going to Nanzhili as a garrison, didn't my father-in-law recommend you to follow, that's a fat difference, don't forget your brother when the time comes. β
"The eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, how can you be good, study in the inner study hall, once you get the opportunity in the future, it is not impossible for the palm seal master of ceremonies."
As he spoke, Chen Mo had already sat opposite him with a steamed bun in his hand and followed Zhao Pengcheng's example, and the two looked at each other and suddenly laughed at the same time.
After laughing for a while, Chen Mo gradually suppressed his laughter, stuffed the steamed bun and said vaguely: "Don't praise each other, let's fall in love with the third brother, the third brother has a life-saving grace for us, and the brother will not forget his brother's great kindness if he succeeds in the future." β
"That's very good," Zhao Pengcheng picked up the bull's eye-sized wine cup and tilted his neck, put down the wine cup with a snort, smacked his lips, and his tone was suddenly a little weird: "The sage said, 'The grace of a drop of water should be reciprocated by a spring', you can remember our kindness, we are very happy." But," he suddenly lengthened his voice: "You only remember our kindness, but what about others?" β
"What?" Chen Mo grabbed his throat with a mouthful of steamed buns, choking on him and almost out of breath, he coughed violently for a while before he could recover his strength, but his heart seemed to be grabbed by someone, he looked directly at Zhao Pengcheng, and asked cautiously: "Third brother, have you drunk too much?" Why can't we understand what he said? β
"Don't understand?" Zhao Pengcheng smiled, got up and opened the door and looked left and right, sat back and looked at Chen Mo: "Don't pretend to be garlic, do you dare to say that the ancestor's seal was not stolen by you?" β
Chen Mo's heart was shocked, and a thought crossed his mind: What does he mean by this? Did Chen Ju let him deceive Lao Tzu?
With this thought in mind, Chen Mo suddenly mentioned twelve points of caution, and smiled: "Third brother, don't joke with us, okay?" Didn't Gao Lei steal the prison seal, didn't you testify to us! β
"That's to fool Chen Ju, you kid is about to show his stuff, if we don't pull you anymore, it won't be Gao Lei who will be sent to Jingle Hall," Zhao Pengcheng paused when he said this, and saw that Chen Mo still didn't want to admit it, so he simply made his words clear: "Don't deny it, how did you enter the palace in the first place?" Also, every month on the third day of the month, you go to a bluestone slab on the embankment of the Houmen River to pick up something, right? Don't look at us like that, that's right, we're just like you, grasshoppers on a rope......"
At this time, Chen Mo completely believed Zhao Pengcheng, but soon a question surfaced: "Didn't any instructions from the master be placed under that bluestone slab before?" We've never had direct contact with our owner, so why ...... now? β
"That was before," Zhao Pengcheng's face became gloomy, and he looked at the window, as if he could look out through the dim window paper: "It's going to change, and it's time to use our chess pieces." β
"Changing the sky?" Chen Mo was stunned for a long time, and asked: "Third brother, you are older than us, and you entered the palace earlier than us, who is our master?" It's a question he's been speculating about these days, and as Chen Ju has pondered, he can find a lot of people who want to put their loyalty to deathβwho is it? Is it worth dying for him?
This question was so important that as soon as he asked it, his heart was raised......
ps: Someone put forward an opinion that the name of the chapter is too Wenqing, then let's start from the good, start changing from this chapter, if everyone thinks it's good, let's change the one in front of us.