The four drums sounded, and the dull sound of the wheels echoed on the Qingxing Street where there were few people.

Lord Lu, the new prime minister who has been in office for less than half a year, has to rush from the old house in the west to the east of the city to go to the court. Because of his age, if he wants to go out late and sleep more, he will inevitably have to take a shortcut - Qingxing Street, where Fengzi and Longsun live.

Although it is a settlement, there are not many mansions where owners stay.

The old people in Beijing all know that on Qingxing Street, where bluestone is paved with magnificent luxury, most of the gorgeous houses that were once full of people are now only a few gatekeepers and guards.

"Faster, more steady!"

Prime Minister Lu's entourage instructed the coachman, but closed his eyes and pretended to sleep while there was no star and no moon.

The entire Qingxing Street is very deserted during the day, not to mention when ordinary people are sleeping with their heads covered.

Therefore, there is nothing to worry about when you get here, just let the horse go straight for about two moments and you will arrive at the destination - the Jinshui Bridge of the Baiguan Dynasty.

If you don't take a nap when you can rest at the last time, how can you be worthy of yourself?

But when he leaned on the side wall, there was a gust of cold wind that suddenly blew down from above.

The attendant was so excited that he instinctively shrank his neck, and he didn't even bother to open his eyes. And in the next moment, the carriage was also lively, shaking back and forth unsteadily.

"Tsk, be steady! It's not a cold winter, what kind of slippery are you playing? If you wake up the old man or alarm the guard behind the car, you won't be able to eat and walk around. ”

The lazy complaint and reprimand fell, and another gust of cold wind accompanied by a white light suddenly split. As soon as the servant realized this, before he could open his mouth and open his eyes, his body was already in a different place, and blood was splattered three feet.

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Hurried knocks on doors, shouting, chaotic footsteps and the sound of burning torches could be heard in the distance.

Even in the inner room of the deep mansion compound, this sound and the uneasiness that pervades it can still easily wake people from their dreams.

Not to mention, in a place as few people as Qingxing Street, it is such a quiet time in the dead of night.

"What's going on? In the middle of the night, the three watches did not stop. ”

Zizhu, the servant girl of the county lord of Danyang, rubbed her sleepy eyes and sighed beside her, wrapped her clothes around the screen, and went to the bed.

Today is her vigil, and the county lord is sleepy and hasn't woken up, but she needs to see it with her own eyes to rest assured.

Who called the master timid, and although he was fast, he was still pampered by the eldest princess like a child, in case he was really scared......

Zizhu was thinking about it, and raised his hand to gently lift the curtain of the Shu embroidered gold silk bed.

Bang Dong –

In an instant, what he saw in front of him was so shocked that Zizhu's eyes widened, and with a shake of his hand, he fell to the candlestick and almost hit the bed.

was supposed to sleep on the bed of the county lord of Danyang, but now it is empty, and there is still a blood stain scattered on it!

If it weren't for the other hand that lifted the curtain of the bed and withdrew in time and covered his mouth tightly, he was afraid that the screams would have lifted the roof at this moment.

County, did the county lord be killed?!

"Yes, there is ......"

Thinking of the chaotic sound he had just heard in his sleep, Zizhu intuitively felt that there was an assassin.

This thought just shook through her mind, and not only did she have a bad mouth, but even her legs were soft into two noodles.

In a hurry, he could only get on all fours, and crawled straight to the door with his hands and feet.

Call for someone!

Maybe the county lord hasn't been robbed too far!

But who knows, before she could bypass the screen, the back collar was grabbed.

Zizhu was so frightened that his internal organs were crumbled, only to feel that it was the assassin who went and returned to kill people.

Just as he was stiffening and thinking wildly, the sound of heaven suddenly came into his ears.

"Zizhu? What are you crawling on the ground at night? ”

"Shire, Shire, Shire?"

Zizhu turned her head in shock, only to see the pink and delicate face of the county lord of Danyang with a slight frown on her eyebrows, and her tears came out at this moment.

"Great, well, well! Woowoo...... You're fine! Woohoo......"

Danyang looked at the ground quietly, and fell down in an instant, from crying with joy to incoherent little girl, her eye sockets also began to heat up.

But in just one breath, she had calmed down.

Pulling up the purple bamboo, he handed over Supa, and said a little hurriedly:

"I'm sleepy, but now under the rule of Emperor Xuande, three minutes on the eighth day of April in the ninth year of Yongcheng?"

Zizhu was still in a mess, nodded stunned when he heard this, and replied with a sob:

"You're right. But the hour will come and go, and the slave and maid will go ......."

As he spoke, he went to the outhouse where he had a leak.

Danyang waved his hand, turned around and said:

"Forget it, don't worry. Go and put on a dress and hold the lamp for me, and I'll go to my mother's place to see." ”

As she spoke, she wrapped up her robe and lifted her feet around the screen.

Zizhu only realized at this moment that the county lord of Danyang was dressed neatly, even his hair was simply tied up, and he even wore a thick cloak!

And when she was stunned, there was a "squeak" door knock, and the person had already walked out of the house in three or two steps.

“…… Ay? Shire, Shire! Wait for you, slave! ”

The master and servant braved the cold wind before dawn, and before they had walked long, their faces were already flushed and frozen.

"County Lord, are you okay? This year's inverted spring cold is also too long. ”

Zizhu, who walked in front of the palm lamp, shrunk into his sleeve with one hand and held the glass palace lamp, and rubbed his left and right cheeks back and forth with the other hand to complain.

In fact, what she really wanted to ask about was the inexplicable blood stains on the bed.

can see that the master's brows are slightly locked along the way, the momentum is pressing, and she doesn't know whether to hurry or hurry, and the crystal beads of sweat on her forehead are already decorated with beads of sweat, she intuitively feels that she shouldn't talk too much at this moment.

But I didn't expect it in a panic before, how can I not ask when I remember it now?

After a few entanglements, Zizhu finally held back such a vague sentence.

It's a pity that Danyang didn't hear it at all. She only looked ahead, her feet did not stop, and even the flush on her face did not look like it was frozen, but more like she was walking too hot.

At this time, the master and servant had entered the cloister that connected the courtyards. Then go around the small garden and walk less than half a cup of tea to arrive, the courtyard of the main mother of Danyang County, the eldest princess of Qinghe.

Zizhu's whole mind was on the Danyang County Lord, and he didn't pay attention to his surroundings at all.

It wasn't until a corner that Danyang suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm and pulled it behind her, that she realized that she had almost collided with someone just now.

Zizhu stood firmly, and the old woman on the other side, who was startled and scolded in a low voice, suddenly shouted.

"County Lord?! How did you get out! What a system this big night! ”

"Is the county lord shocked? Madame said that you must be frightened by the noise, and let the old slave come and see. It's really the right time, it's just late, let's go, let's go back quickly. ”

Almost at the same time, it was the leader of the group of people who met head-on with the master and servant of Danyang, Mama Feng, the director grandmother sent by the grandmother of the lord of Danyang, and Mama Zhou, the nurse of the eldest princess of Qinghe.

And behind the two, there were five or six maids and daughters-in-law with a hand full of things.

Except for Mama Feng and Mama Zhou, the rest of the people were either holding lacquer boxes decorated with snacks or holding puppets to coax children.

Danyang swept it at a glance, and his heart was instantly filled with sweetness and sourness, and his eyes were suddenly sparkling.

It's just that in the next moment, she pursed the corners of her mouth, and suddenly stretched out her hand wrapped in the cloak, poked it under the eyes of Mama Feng and Mama Zhou, and spread her palms upwards at the same time.

"I accidentally scratched my hand, and I'm going to see my mother!"

"Yikes! Your hands! Go, take the princess's post, and ride a fast horse to ask for a doctor! ”

The moment Mama Zhou saw it clearly, her distressed face changed greatly. wanted to hold Danyang's hand, but was afraid that it would hurt her, so he could only tie his hand and hurriedly give orders with his head sideways.

"Tsk, this hand hurts ......" Mama Feng saw it at the same time, but she only pursed her lips and muttered, leaned back without a trace, and shouted sideways:

"The subordinates in the county lord's courtyard are too careless. Someone's coming! The county lord's attendants, as well as the maids on duty tonight, were all locked up in the firewood room and waited for the fate. You two, and you......"

After hearing Mama Zhou's instructions, without waiting for Mama Feng to finish ordering the manpower, Danyang didn't say a word, grabbed the stupid Zizhu and quickly rushed down the corridor, straight through the small garden and rushed to his mother's courtyard.

When everyone noticed, they saw the shadows of the trees in the small garden in the dark night, and the lights were like beans, but they couldn't even find the blurred backs of the two people.