Chapter 118: A Narrow Encounter
Xiang Kang saw Li Zhuoran's frowning appearance, and asked cautiously: "Who is it, is it related to our current affairs?" Li Zhuoran patted his head twice, shook his head and said, "I really can't remember, Jinshu, do you have any impressions?" Ou Jinshu also thought about it for a while, but it seemed that there had never been such a person with a gloomy expression in his memory, so he said: "I don't recognize, Zhuo Ran." ”
Zhao Qingzhou walked in the front, and when he heard the words, he turned around and said: "Maybe Zhuo Ran saw it in Guoyun Pavilion, don't think about it, let's find the child first." While speaking, several people had already gone down to the corner of the second floor, and were about to turn around and go down to the lobby. Li Zhuoran suddenly stopped and said: "Oh no, this person seems to be an uninvited guest who broke into Qingpingzhai that night, I have to find an excuse to go up and have a look." ”
After he said that, he was about to turn around and go upstairs, but was grabbed by Xiang Kang and said, "Don't worry, even if it is, I'll wait until I come back." Rest assured, ten taels of silver a day in Wanghailou, since he asked the girl to come, he will never stay for a while and leave. Li Zhuoran shook his head and said, "You also saw it, where does his look look look like he's here for fun?" I can't rest assured, go up and see what he wants to do here, you go first. ”
Ou Jinshu saw that Li Zhuoran insisted on going upstairs, and hurriedly comforted: "After all, you have fought with the person who was that night, and when he saw you, his expression should have changed, but the person's gaze just now was no different when he looked at us." Besides, I heard Brother Yunhua say that the thief had a scar on his face, but that person didn't have anything on his face, didn't he? ”
Speaking of the scar, Li Zhuoran muttered: "That's right, it's indeed missing a scar, no wonder I couldn't remember it just now." After that, he smiled bitterly and said, "It's that I'm too nervous, let's go quickly." Everyone was about to turn around and go downstairs, but suddenly heard the earnest voice of the shopkeeper Mao downstairs: "Yo, Prime Minister, you can come, the villain has been waiting here for a long time." ”
Several people looked at each other when they heard the voice, and Xiang Kang quietly asked Zhao Qingzhou: "Who is it?" Zhao Qingzhou's expression was a little serious, and he already had an ominous premonition in his heart, but he didn't respond, and continued to listen. At this time, Shi Miyuan's voice came from below: "Have they arrived?" His voice was arrogant and old, and the man had already walked from the outside into the lobby.
Shopkeeper Mao seemed to lead Shi Miyuan towards the stairs, and several people quickly turned around and hid upwards so that they would not be seen from the lobby. Xiang Kang hurriedly asked: "Brother Qingzhou, let's not be afraid, go down head-on, and say that we are here to have a party and drink." Zhao Qingzhou pondered for a moment and said, "It's not proper, we have to go back and take shelter for a while, so as not to be framed for forming a party for personal gain, and then come out when he enters the guest room." ”
Li Zhuoran said: "Then you go up first, Jinshu and I haven't seen him, let's go down to find the child." Ou Jinshu seemed to be more worried about Xiang Kang, and asked: "However, if Shopkeeper Mao knows that Brother Xiang is here, will he tell Shi Miyuan that there are other court officials living here." Xiang Kang said: "It shouldn't be, Shopkeeper Mao is not a talkative person, as long as Shi Miyuan doesn't take the initiative to ask, he won't reveal the identity of the guest at will." ”
"Prime Minister, be careful of the steps." Shopkeeper Mao smiled honestly, and had already led Shi Miyuan to come up. Li Zhuoran nodded to Xiang Kang and Zhao Qingzhou, signaling them not to worry, and then took Ou Jinshu's hand and walked towards the stairs below the corner. Xiang Kang and Zhao Qingzhou didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly took Ah Feng, turned around and strode up the stairs, the three of them put their steps very lightly, and went up to the third floor before Shi Miyuan was about to turn to the second floor.
Fortunately, the Hanshan Pavilion where several people lived was at the third door next to the stairs, Ah Feng stepped forward and pushed the door open, and turned sideways to let Xiang Kang and Zhao Qingzhou walk in. Just as he was about to close the door, Zhao Qingzhou heard a sentence from the staircase, "Prime Minister, I don't need to send two people to guard the door later." But it was Xia Zhen's voice. Shi Miyuan said: "No need, don't attract attention." ”
After the three of them came in, they found that Zhang Yunhua was not in the room, and they thought that they had already gone to the Four Seasons Pavilion to visit Su Mengtang. Xiang Kang walked to the window, saw Li Zhuoran and Ou Jinshu under the window looking up anxiously, hurriedly clenched his fists slightly, and made a gesture of thanks to them, Li Zhuoran nodded, put his mind at ease, and walked briskly to the west with Ou Jinshu.
Xiang Kang looked left and right, and saw several of Shi Miyuan's subordinates, with swords at their waists, guarding the steps of the main entrance of Wanghai Tower. He was busy closing the window, but suddenly saw a woman wearing a silver-white multi-canvased Luo skirt, carrying a Qin Zheng, walking out of the door not far from the west.
Xiang Kang took a few more looks, he knew that the door over there was the entrance to Shengge, and the girl who came out there should have come to Wanghailou here to sing and dedicate songs, but he had never seen this girl. "Brother Xiang, what's wrong?" Zhao Qingzhou saw that Xiang Kang stopped closing the window, and hurriedly asked, "Oh, Zhuo Ran, they have already gone to find it." Xiang Kang closed the window as he spoke.
Suddenly there was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, and the shopkeeper Mao took Shi Miyuan to pass through the corridor, and said: "This Wanzhou Pavilion is the most secluded guest room on the Wanghai Tower, which is specially prepared by the villain for the prime minister." Knowing that Shi Miyuan was going to live next door to Su Mengtang and other girls, Xiang Kang and Zhao Qingzhou both gasped and became inexplicably nervous.
The footsteps quickly walked towards the Wanzhou Pavilion at the end of the corridor, and the silence outside the door returned. Ah Feng put his ear to the door and listened to the movement outside, listened for a while, then raised his head and said, "Childe, there is no sound, when will we go out." Xiang Kang said: "Brother Qingzhou, there are Shi Miyuan's people guarding below, let's go out, I'm afraid we will be recognized." ”
Zhao Qingzhou sighed, sat on the chair, and said, "I'm a little worried now, whether the two children saw someone and hid." Or, was it discovered by Shi Miyuan's people and arrested? "No, no." Xiang Kang said twice in a row when he heard this, and he didn't know if he was comforting Zhao Qingzhou or comforting himself. ”
Zhao Qingzhou put his elbow on the arm of the chair, held his forehead and pondered for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and said: "Now I want to know if the child is in Shi Miyuan's hands, we can only listen to what they are talking about, and we will naturally know." When Xiang Kang heard this, his eyes shone brightly, and he seemed to see hope: "Then let's ...... Let's go to Ning'er and them, the Four Seasons Pavilion is next door to Wanzhou Pavilion, think of a way, you will be able to hear it. ”
Ah Feng stepped forward and opened the door of the Hanshan Pavilion a crack, confirming that there was no one in the corridor outside, so he rushed out, walked quickly to the door of the Four Seasons Pavilion against the wall, and knocked on the door knocker quickly and softly. Zhang Yunhua's voice came from inside the door: "Who is outside?" Ah Feng said softly: "Zhang Gongzi, I'm Ah Feng, you open the door." ”