Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Drunken Smoke Building
Hearing the shouts from behind, more than a dozen guards gathered, Ding Ruoyu didn't look back, stepped on the horse and rushed out.
The guards also mounted their horses and followed her closely.
The effect of the medicine is dissipating little by little, and the power is also passing quickly. Ding Ruoyu galloped on his horse and deliberately led them to a brightly lit night market in Xiangyun City.
Before midnight, although there were fewer people outside than during the day, there was no shortage of people who came out to drink and have fun. The streets were lit up and bustling, and the streets were filled with drunks carrying wine jugs, and she had to shout "get out of the way" to avoid hurting the horses' hooves.
The drunks were stained with dust by the raised hooves, and before they could scold, they chased after several horsemen and guards, and this time they simply didn't even say hello.
Ding Ruoyu scurried in the willow alleys of the flower street in all directions, and quietly abandoned his horse at the turn, and he hid by a restaurant that looked quite luxurious and had the most people under the cover of the wine flag tea stall. I don't know who bumped into the male guests crowded in at the door, pushed her straight into the building, and took her to the lobby.
There was a long staircase in front of her, and she couldn't find the shopkeeper anywhere, and she heard the voices of the guards in the street outside asking the shopkeepers aloud, so she ran upstairs without hesitation, and pushed open a window with no light to get in.
A short time later, the guards came to the restaurant where she was hiding.
"Jin Niang! An official is coming! She heard the woman in the next room open the door and shout loudly in the hallway.
"Ouch, it's coming!" Then, the voice of an extremely sweet middle-aged woman sounded, and she hurried downstairs with hurried steps.
Ding Ruoyu touched the table, lit the candlelight, took off a colorful skirt from the hanger next to him and put it on, and just took off his hair, a drunk man broke in at the door.
"Little Tsubaki girl, the master is here!" The man stumbled over with a slurred speech, and Ding Ruoyu flashed, causing him to fall on his heels.
"Hey, don't run!" The visitors chased after each other around the table, their outstretched hands waving wildly, and laughing so much that they could not see their teeth.
In the lobby, there was the laughter of the Jin Niang: "Official, you have to check the room, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right?" Aren't we going to do business tonight? ”
"That woman has a noble status, if there is a mistake, you will not be able to lose your head ten times!" The guards replied rudely, "Get out of the way, we'll just take a look, she'll go naturally if she's not there!" ”
"We are a Qinglou here, how can a woman from a good family ......" Jin Niang didn't finish speaking, she screamed in pain, and was pushed to the ground by them, unable to stop it at all, and then the guards stepped on the stairs.
"Search for me! Every room must be searched carefully, that woman is extremely cunning, and she must not let go of any corner! The guards who took the lead shouted, and the rest of the people dispersed, one by one, and the building suddenly jumped and scolded, and the guests in several rooms were obviously senior officials of the court, and these guards did not dare to be too presumptuous, so they had to leave with a quick glance.
Hearing these noises, Ding Ruoyu no longer dodged, dragged the drunk man to the bed, and pulled the brocade quilt to hide his head.
"Little Tsubaki girl, can't you wait?" The drunken man was still smiling flamboyantly, and he couldn't wait to take off his shirt, and was about to lift the quilt, when the half-hidden door suddenly opened.
The room was in a mess, several colorful women's dresses fell on the ground, and the scene on the bed was even more amusementary, and the guard at the door coughed awkwardly and closed the door for them.
"Chief, no."
"We didn't find it here."
The guards reported one by one outside the door, and the leader said, "Go, go to the next house!" ”
Ding Ruoyu listened to their sound and gradually moved away, knocked the drunk man lying outside the brocade quilt to the ground, stepped over his painful body and came to the door, and opened a small slit slightly.
The door was suddenly kicked open, and a big girl with heavy makeup twisted her waist and came in, pushing her and saying, "Where are you a wild girl?" How dare you wear my dress! Take it off for me! ”
"Little Tsubaki girl?" Ding Ruoyu doubted.
"You know me?" Tsubaki blew on her painted nails and stared at her coldly.
Before Ding Ruoyu could answer, the drunk man who fell to the ground stiffened and pounced quickly: "Uncle, I naturally know Miss Xiaochun!" ”
A valuable golden hairpin fell into Xiao Chun's hands, and Ding Ruoyu said, "Is this enough to buy a dress?" ”
"Enough, enough!" Xiao Chun hurriedly laughed with her, and by the way, pulled her to dodge the drunkard's sneak attack.
"Get him out of here, let me stay here for one night, there are so many hairpins like this." Ding Ruoyu seduced her.
The little girl nodded again and again, dragged the drunk man out, and said with a flattering smile: "Girl, don't worry, I promise that no one will disturb you!" ”
Ding Ruoyu nodded, and when they went out, they suddenly felt that something was wrong, and changed their clothes again.
She covered the door, wore a veil, and followed behind Tsubaki, and when she saw that she quickly sent away the drunk, she looked around sneakily for a while, and summoned a little maid.
"You go to the next building and ask those officials who just came, if you catch that woman, will there be a bounty?" Tsubaki commanded softly.
After a while, the little maid returned with a few guards, and took the lead in saying to Xiao Chun: "You said you have a token on you, why don't you take it out quickly?" ”
Xiao Chun handed him the golden hairpin wrapped in a handkerchief and looked at it, and hurriedly put it back in his sleeve pocket as if he was afraid of being robbed.
"How?" The lead guard asked the others around him.
"It's indeed the one that the prince gave to Miss Li." The other guard nodded.
"What is the pestle doing here? Lead the way! The head of the guard said impatiently.
Tsubaki hurriedly walked upstairs to his room.
Behind the stairs, Ding Ruoyu looked at it coldly, ready to go out, but was pulled by a person and dragged into a plainly decorated room.
By the faint candlelight in the house, she saw that the person who pulled her was a half-aged in her thirties and forties, with a slightly fat figure, but she couldn't hide the charm in her bones.
"If the little girl wants to sell herself, this appearance is not qualified enough, and she is ...... You might as well go to the Caihua Building on Ningtai Street on the other side of the river and ask. The half-old's voice was also very charming, so that she knew that it was the woman who was called Jin Niang before.
"Thanks, I'll be leaving soon, don't bother the hostess." Ding Ruoyu said.
Jin Niang sneered, twisted the orchid finger and twisted a wisp of green silk that deliberately hung down on the sideburns and said, "How can I be a little girl who comes and leaves when you want to come and leave when you want to go in my drunken building?" ”
Ding Ruoyu guessed that she didn't have much kung fu, and although she didn't have much skill left, it would not be a problem to deal with her, and she also laughed: "The boss lady is afraid that she may not be able to stop me." ”
"You can't stop it, but don't forget, you're the fugitive that the officials are arresting!" Jin Niang squinted, and there was a hint of danger in her soft smile.
"Then why is the proprietress helping me?" Upstairs, there was another panic mixed with the screams of women, the guards continued to search, and Ding Ruoyu also lowered his voice and asked.
Jin Niang smiled mysteriously. The commotion outside was approaching, she turned to the bed, turned back to Ding Ruoyu and said, "Keep up!" ”
She pressed hard into one of the intricate intricate indentations of the bed rail, and the bed board flipped up, revealing the dark entrance to the secret passage. She pulled Ding Ruoyu down the stone steps at the entrance, and soon came to a huge secret room.
"The little girl will stay here for the night first, and I will come to see you tomorrow morning." Jin Niang said and walked back, going out to send the guards who went and returned.
The mechanism activated the bed board and closed it, and Ding Ruoyu only found out at this time that this underground dark room was illuminated by several huge night pearls on the top, and the ground was also covered with expensive carpets produced by Yanguo, and it was soft to step on without making a sound.
She looked around, and there was a small round table in the middle, with a futon under it, and a carved wooden bed at the back, and layers of light curtains as thin as cicada's wings. There was another wooden cabinet and a bookshelf diagonally behind, and when she opened the cabinet, there were two sets of plain white clothes neatly stacked inside, which looked like men's style. On the bookshelf, there is a jar of old wine, two stacks of paper, and another layer of pen and ink, and there is not a single book.
When she saw that there were words on one of the stacks of papers, she took them to the small round table opposite the Night Pearl and looked through them, and suddenly sat down on the ground in a daze.
This ghostly font can be copied by no one except Lihong.
He had written this large manuscript only for himself, and his handwriting was more exaggerated and sloppy than usual, and he could hardly recognize what was written.
After racking his brains to identify a few lines, Ding Ruoyu gave up completely.
Judging from the part she understood, all the experiments and inferences written on the paper were about spells and formations, but it had something to do with the content of the pamphlets she read some time ago.
It turns out that he also lived in this secret room? Ding Ruoyu put the manuscript back as it was, and a small colored image suddenly fell out of the manuscript.
Although it is only a painting, it paints the peerless style of the woman. Dressed in a delicate feather robe, her body danced gracefully, her green hair rose in the wind without any decoration, her facial features without the slightest flaw, her pure and beautiful smile, and her green eyes that were so clear that it made people feel distressed......
The small statue is marked with the word neon dress, saying the name of this stunning beauty, and there is a little watermark in the blank space next to it, as if someone accidentally left a tear stain.
Ding Ruoyu looked at the small statue quietly, and only put it back for a long time, moved to the carved wooden bed like stiff wood, and fell straight on it.
Probably only a fairy-like character like her can be worthy of him......
Although he was very reluctant, he couldn't help but feel sorry for himself.
The night was quickly over, and she tossed and turned, and it was almost morning when she was about to fall asleep, and was woken up by the sound of the mechanism turning on.
Jin Niang came down with the food box, and the smell of fat powder came to her face from afar, even covering the fragrance of the food.
"What's the matter, little girl? Look at your dark eyes, do you recognize the bed? Jin Niang set up breakfast, pressed it on the wall again, the wall panel was flipped, revealing the bathroom at the back, and sent her in to wash her face.
Ding Ruoyu washed his face with cold water, still didn't have any energy, dragged his heavy steps to the table, grabbed a steamed bun and said while nibbling: "Boss, did anyone else live here before?" ”