Holding a rabbit's lantern in his hand, when he passed by a mask stall, Jian Xiaozhu saw the blue-faced and fanged demon mask again. This led her to walk over to the mask stand and pick up the mask.

On the side, Zhang Ruohe was puzzled: "Third sister, you don't want to buy this mask, do you?" I think this mask looks scary. ”

"I ......" Jian Xiaozhu just saw this mask and remembered the scene when she first met Rong Xiuyuan in front of the mask stall. Time flies, but for a few months, she almost forgot about this person.

The stall owner saw that Jian Xiaozhu was silent with this mask, so he asked, "This girl, do you want to buy this mask?" ”

Jian Xiaozhu came back to her senses and remembered that the mask she had bought before no longer knew where it had been placed. So she nodded, bought the mask, and put it on her face.

Cheng Yu looked at Jian Xiaozhu and asked puzzledly: "Miss Yunzhu, why do you like such a mask from a girl's family?" ”

"Because it's cool!" Jian Xiaozhu looked at Zhang Ruohe and Cheng Yu who looked confused, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I can't explain it to you." By the way, the lighting ceremony of the prayer lamp is about to begin, right? ”

"Yes, let's hurry up to the teahouse and make peace with the second brother and the first cold."

By the time we got back to the teahouse, the crowd had become crowded. Around the Wangjiang Tower, there are soldiers on duty.

Jian Xiaozhu looked at the crowded crowd and wondered, how could Murong Yi find her from so many people?

Beside them, Zhang Ruohe took Jian Xiaozhu's hand, while Cheng Yu protected them behind them to prevent the crowd from washing them apart. Looking at Cheng Yu's smiling face and his tense body all the time, Jian Xiaozhu only felt that this person really liked Zhang Ruohe.

So Jian Xiaozhu pulled his hand out of Zhang Ruohe's hand, and by the way, he pretended to be about to fall and pushed Zhang Ruohe towards Cheng Yu, which made Cheng Yu quickly catch Zhang Ruohe. Jian Xiaozhu smiled at them: "Cheng Gongzi, help me take care of Cousin Ruohe." I remembered that I had something to do, and I'll come back to you later. ”

"Third sister, where are you going? Third Sister ......"

Soon, the crowd dispersed Jian Xiaozhu and Zhang Ruohe. Jian Xiaozhu saw that Zhang Ruohe could no longer be seen, so he began to look for Zhu Yan in the crowd. Just as they were talking just now, the figure that looked very similar to Zhu Yan appeared in the crowd again. Only this time, Zhu Yan seemed to be wearing the same demon mask as Jian Xiaozhu.

"Zhu Yan, didn't you go back to the Imperial City? How did he suddenly appear here? ”

I don't know why, Jian Xiaozhu had a bad premonition in her heart. She didn't know what such a premonition came from, but at this time, she just wanted to find Zhu Yan. Because, in the novel, Zhu Yan received a bento because of the failure to assassinate the Empress Dowager.

Jian Xiaozhu remembered the plot in the novel.

Since she did not appear in the novel, according to the original plot of the novel, Jianghu Langzhong, who had cured the poison of the hemp cockroach Gu for Bai Ningshuang, was given the position of imperial doctor and entered the palace. In the follow-up plot, he helped Bai Ningshuang poison Su Moxue, but Su Moxue was saved by the shadow planted by Su He. And Bai Ningshuang's conspiracy was also exposed by the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager thought that Bai Ningshuang had a vicious mind and insisted on asking Murong You to give her a death. In order to keep Bai Ningshuang, Zhu Yan had to assassinate the Empress Dowager, but was counter-killed by the secret guards around the Empress Dowager.

Although the plot of the novel has been changed by Jian Xiaozhu, Bai Ningshuang has still been beaten into the cold palace. And now, Jian Xiaozhu, who left the palace, didn't know what was going on in the palace. It's just that, judging from Zhu Yan's temperament, he is obviously not interested in such a ceremony as lighting the prayer lamp for the Empress Dowager.

Well, maybe there's only one reason he's here.

Thinking of this, Jian Xiaozhu's back was cold. She didn't want to see Zhu Yan go to death, so she had to find Zhu Yan.

And at this moment, Jian Xiaozhu suddenly heard a commotion in the crowd. Then, she heard someone say: "The Empress Dowager, it's the Empress Dowager who is here!" ”

Following the direction pointed by the crowd, Jian Xiaozhu saw that on the top floor of Wangjiang Tower, the Empress Dowager was looking at the pedestrians downstairs with a smile. And next to her, stood Murong Yi and Su Moxue.

It seems that Murong You, as the emperor, did not go out of the palace with the empress dowager to light the lamp.

The Empress Dowager looked kind and smiled slightly at the crowd. At this time, the empress dowager looks like a kind grandmother, not the previous palace fighting champion who can stir up bloody storms in the harem.

When Jian Xiaozhu raised her head, she suddenly found that Murong Yi's gaze seemed to be looking in the direction where she was. This made her stunned. And Murong Yi showed a smile in the direction of Jian Xiaozhu at this time. Jian Xiaozhu didn't know if Murong Yi saw her in the crowd, which made her want to wave at Murong Yi. And the Empress Dowager turned her head at this time and said something to Murong Yi, so Murong Yi did not look at Jian Xiaozhu again, but walked into the room behind him.

After Murong Yi left, the Empress Dowager was taking over a Kong Ming lantern made of colorful light yarn on all sides from the hands of the palace maid. And Murong Yi also walked out at this time, with an extra candle in his hand. The Empress Dowager took the candle in Murong Yi's hand, lit the lantern in her hand, and wished loudly to the crowd: "May the wind and rain in Dongyuan be smooth, and the country and the people will be safe." ”

After saying that, the Empress Dowager raised her hand and let the lantern in her hand gradually take off and float into the night sky. Everyone's attention drifted up with the lanterns. Jian Xiaozhu also raised her head, looking at the Kong Ming lantern that was gradually drifting upward, thinking that in the real world, because she was afraid of causing a fire, she didn't seem to have let go of the Kong Ming lantern.

Just when Jian Xiaozhu's attention was attracted by the rising lantern, he only heard a scream. Immediately afterwards, Jian Xiaozhu saw the roof of Wangjiang Tower, and the Empress Dowager seemed to have fallen to the ground. And behind her, Gonggong Xu screamed at the top of his voice: "Assassin, there are assassins!" ”

Jian Xiaozhu only felt that her brain suddenly stagnated, as if a basin of cold water was poured on top of her head. It wasn't until the crowd of people who were being pushed that Jian Xiaozhu reacted, and her bad premonition turned out to be a reality.

Because of the news of the assassination of the Empress Dowager, the already crowded crowd suddenly began to push each other directionlessly, and some people wanted to leave this place quickly, for fear that they would be injured by mistake. There is also a small group of people who want to go and see the excitement.

So, in such a chaotic scene, the crowd began to get out of control. Jian Xiaozhu wanted to turn back to see what was going on upstairs in Wangjiang, but the pedestrians who were pushing her didn't dare to look back. I'm afraid that if I don't pay attention, I will be pushed into the crowd and encounter an accident of stampede.

Behind him, there was a sudden exclamation: "It's on fire, Wangjiang Tower is on fire!" ”