Chapter 229: Lost and Found
As soon as the prince of Xia Guo shouted like this, many guards gathered around him, Mei Xiaoren glanced back, and hurriedly rounded the corner and walked to a dark and uninhabited place.
Fortunately, the people of the Drifting Fire Gang all wear red clothes, and the clothes on her body are the best disguise for the time being.
Suddenly, the sound of gongs sounded everywhere, and they began to beat the gongs and shout to catch the spies, and there were hurried footsteps behind her.
"The prince said that there are spies in Zhuangzi, and he ran over there, search quickly!"
The people behind were chasing closer and closer, at this time it was on the cusp of the storm, and it was not appropriate to go anywhere, Mei Xiaoren saw that there was a secluded courtyard in front of her, she quickened her pace and ran into the courtyard, pushed open a door at will, and hid in the house.
She poked a small hole in the window paper and looked outside, and saw a group of guards just passing by the courtyard gate. The prince of Xia also followed, looking for her traces everywhere.
Mei Xiaoren turned around, leaning his back against the door, his heart beating extremely fast.
It turned out that the leader of their Flowing Fire Gang came here to entertain distinguished guests, and the distinguished guests were the princes of the Xia Kingdom whom they rescued from Shangjing.
She closed her eyes, flustered, this place was not easy to escape, it was easy to save her life before, but who knew that tonight she actually bumped into that plague god.
Mei Xiaoren rubbed the corners of his forehead, and felt that his hands were very clean, indicating that there was no dust on the door, could it be that there were people living in this remote house?
She felt anxious again, took out the fire fold, and took a picture as she walked into the house.
This is a spacious bedroom with an inside and outside room. When she entered the inner room, she saw that the bed was covered with clean bedding, and the basin beside it was filled with water, and everything was extremely clean...... Sure enough, there are people living there.
This place should not be stayed for long.
Mei Xiaoren heard that there was no movement outside, and guessed that those people had gone away, and she planned to find another place to hide.
When she went out of the inner room, she saw a potted plant in front of the window, the branches of which were bare, and something hung from the branches.
Mei Xiaoren frowned slightly, approached with a fire fold, and saw a piece of jade tied by a rope. The moonlight is reflected on the jade through the window, reflecting the warm brilliance.
She stretched out her hand and held the jade in her palm, and at a glance she could tell that this was the jade dice that had been taken away by the two mountain bandits, her thing!
She untied the rope and took it off and tied it around her neck, and turned around with the jade pendant in her fingertips, and looked at the potted plant, and saw that the soil was covered with some withered petals, and recognized that it was a pot of plum blossoms, just after the flowering period.
Mei Xiaoren walked back to the door, opened the door, and made sure that there was no movement outside before leaving the house.
The things she cherished were lost and regained, and her heart was overjoyed, which may be called a place of misfortune and blessing.
Mei Xiaoren was about to be discharged from the hospital, when a light suddenly appeared in front of him.
Several women in red walked to the gate of the courtyard with lanterns, and were shocked when they saw her: "Who are you, why are you in the courtyard of the helper?" ”
Mei Xiaoren was stunned for a moment, and explained with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm new here, and I don't know the way." ”
The two women in the back began to mutter: "I heard that there was a spy in Zhuangzi tonight, he can't be a spy, right?" ”
"Why are you all here?"
The voice of another woman came from behind, and the girls began to spread out in both directions, making way for them.
Someone cowardly said: "Hall Master, there is a person of unknown origin here, we suspect that he is the spy we are looking for!" ”
Mei Xiaoren was anxious, and when he looked up, he saw a woman walking out behind them, who was also dressed in red, but there was a pattern embroidered with gold thread on the clothes.
The surrounding lanterns illuminated the woman's face and Mei Xiaoren's figure.
Mei Xiaoren frowned. The woman also frowned, and the corners of her lips quivered, as if she wanted to shout something.
But in the end, the woman did not say anything, and said to the others: "He is not a spy, why don't you go in and take charge of the lamp." ”
The other women left, and when they entered the house, Qingying whispered, "My lord, come with me." ”
This Qingying was instructed by Gao Jingshu to infiltrate Lao Li's house and helped Gao Jingshu to frame the blame for Lao Li, but Qingying also left her evidence against Gao Jingshu......
Mei Xiaoren couldn't distinguish the good and evil of this woman for a while, and didn't dare to follow.
Qingying took two steps, and when she turned around, she saw that Mei Xiaoren was still hesitating, and she said, "Do you remember, Qingying said that Qingying will not harm adults at any time." ”
Mei Xiaoren nodded slowly, she remembered this sentence, and a kind of trust was inexplicably born in her heart, prompting her to move and follow.
Qingying walked beside her and said, "The identity of the adult has been exposed, staying here will be a worry about your life, I will lead the adult out first, but tonight the helper is here, there are guards everywhere outside, the adult will stay on the mountain for a day first, and I will try to send the adult away tomorrow night." ”
Mei Xiaoren was puzzled: "Don't you ask why I'm here?" If I'm really a spy, you're going to let me go? ”
"An adult is an adult, Qingying is a Qingying, and I have nothing to do with the Flowing Fire Gang between me and the adult, and the adult is just Qingying's benefactor."
Qing Ying had the waist card in her hand, and led her out of Zhuangzi through the back door and climbed up a nearby hill.
Mei Xiaoren stood on the top of the hill and looked out, and saw a dignified wave in the distance, it was a lake, and where she was was on a desolate shore.
Qingying said: "When we came, we heard that the lake was full of officials, so we didn't take the waterway, but the adults don't know the way, and it's not easy to get out by land. ”
Mei Xiaoren looked back at Qingying and said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”
Qingying walked up to her, looked into the distance with her, and asked, "Is the adult here for the people of the Xia Kingdom?" ”
"Yes, but I came here by mistake."
"The helper has some friendship with the people of the Xia Kingdom, and the helper should just be by the way to set up a rudder here to save the prince, what he wants to do is to lay his hand in the entire Daning, so that the court will never dare to act rashly."
Mei Xiaoren asked again: "I heard that you have people from the imperial court as backers?" ”
Qingying was silent for a while before responding: "Yes, yes, but I think although the gang leader hates the court, the Flowing Fire Gang has not yet grown, and he needs people from the court to be a life amulet. She looked at Mei Xiao Renyan, "But I don't know who that person is, some people say it's the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the officials in Jiangnan think that we are doing things for the Prime Minister's Mansion, but they just tacitly understand it." ”
Mei Xiaoren was taken aback, turned his head to look at Qingying, "How could it be ......?"
Qing Ying lowered her eyes, "We don't know, every time we negotiate with the Xia Kingdom and the imperial court, the Great Elder comes forward, and I am just a maid beside the master." ”
Mei Xiaoren didn't ask any more questions, she was only surprised in her heart, the Prime Minister's Mansion was a dictatorship in the eyes of the world, and he would do whatever it took to consolidate his power, so that Gu Xiang's father and son couldn't wash away the name of traitors on their backs, why did they fall into the quagmire of the Flowing Fire Gang again?