The landlady has good cooking skills, and when she saw that Shen Tong's face was not good, she killed a chicken and made chicken soup.

Shen Tong remembered that the big cake had said that the old Gao family where the woman stayed was not only a dilapidated house, but also the food was not good, so he left half a chicken and asked Fang Fei to send it to the woman.

Fang Fei was the most harmless among them.

"Remember not to call Auntie, she doesn't like it."

In less than half a cup of tea, Fang Fei came back happily, holding a tael of silver in her hand, which the woman had given her.

"Miss, the aunt said that it was the food money, and the slave maid didn't want it, but she said that if she didn't collect the money, let the slave and maid take the half chicken and roll out together, and the slave and maid had no choice, so they took the silver."

Shen Tong smiled: "That lady has a bad temper, but she is a kind person, and Huo'er and I were saved by her." ”

Hearing this, Fang Fei's eyes widened, and then she ran out in a puff of smoke, Shen Tong was confused, and she didn't know what was wrong with this little thing.

After a while, Fang Fei came back, Shen Tong asked her where she went, Fang Fei said: "The slave went to kowtow to that lady, she saved the young lady, if the slave didn't kowtow to her a few times, she would be retributed." ”

Shen Tong smiled, touched her head, and said, "Who did you learn this from?" ”

"Mrs. Jiang." Fang Fei's face was serious.

It may be that after eating well and sleeping well, after resting for a night, Shen Tong's face finally turned bloody, changed into clean clothes, and became the same radiant appearance as before.

Originally, Mrs. Jiang wanted to stay in Sanlizhuang for a few more days, and wait until Shen Tong fully recovered before entering Beijing, Shen Tong knew that the woman would definitely blow her away when she saw her, so she let the cake follow the woman and her party into Beijing first.

Da Bi was used to doing this kind of thing, so he left Sanlizhuang quietly with Han Wuji.

At noon, Han Wuji came back alone and told Shen Tong: "Brother Flatbread has entered the city." ”

Shen Tong asked, "What about the people who live in Lao Gao's house?" ”

"They're also in town." Han Wuji said.

Shen Tong became more and more curious, and said, "Didn't the standard-bearer guard guarding the city gate check the big box they brought?" ”

"I opened the box and checked it, but I didn't find anything, so I let them into the city." Han Wuji said.

Although Shen Tong also guessed that they would definitely do something on the big box and hide the search of the flag guards, he couldn't figure out what method they used.

When there was no one else in the house, Shen Tong asked Mrs. Jiang, who thought about it and said, "That box should be used by the trickster." ”

"Tricksters?" Shen Tongqi said.

"Yes, there are two kinds of trick boxes, one is the one with a thick bottom of the compartment, and the other is the one with a movable bottom. They should be the first type of Tibetans. This kind of box can't be seen from the outside, but in fact, the bottom is thicker than other boxes, and there are compartments, and the bottom of the box when you open the box is actually just a compartment, and people can be hidden under the compartment. If it is a camphor wood box, even if you knock on the compartment at the bottom of the box, it is difficult to hear the hollow sound with your naked ears, if you put something in the box that is clear but eye-catching, the searcher will not suspect that it is above the compartment, and it is foolproof to use this kind of box to hide people's treasures. Mrs. Jiang said.

Shen Tong patted his head and suddenly realized: "There are so many doorways on the rivers and lakes, I can't even think of it." ”

Mrs. Jiang said with a smile: "This kind of trick is not known to everyone, except for those who make a living by juggling, they are like our family." Those few people who are proficient in this kind of way will never be good. ”

This is also true, Shen Tong thinks about those people in the village, except for Lao Ke and Lao Guan, the others really don't seem to be good people.

Thinking of this, Shen Tong's heart moved.

She remembered Emperor Daxing.

Emperor Daxing is a young death, the imperial tomb has not yet been built, and now his coffin is still parked on Jingmei Mountain in the southwest of the capital.

Before the dragon body of the Daxing Emperor was sick, the people sent by the King of Qin to the capital once came with a news that the emperor disappeared from the palace at that time, and the Flying Fish Guard searched everywhere, and later found out that the culprit was a green (building) woman with red sleeves. Later, there was news that the emperor had returned to the palace.

However, according to the news from the spies of the Qin Palace, it is speculated that the emperor is likely to be taken out of the palace by a troupe, but there are many guards in the palace and outside the palace, how can that troupe take the emperor away?

Now listening to Mrs. Jiang's secret of breaking the box, Shen Tong understands that the box used to hold costumes and props in the troupe is likely to be this kind of double-layer thick bottom, as long as the emperor is hidden under the compartment, and then a few valuables are placed in the box, he can easily escape the inspection of the guards and take the emperor out of the palace smoothly.

Thinking of this, Shen Tong couldn't help but sigh, which startled Mrs. Jiang, she had known Shen Tong for a few years, and Shen Tong had never been a person who made a fuss.

"Miss Shen, is the wound painful again?" Mrs. Jiang asked, in her opinion, this was the only reason that would make the calm Miss Shen scream.

Shen Tong smiled apologetically and said, "It's okay, I just thought of one thing." ”

That Zhao Hongsleeve is just a scapegoat, and someone else really took away the emperor.

Could it be the woman?

Shen Tong thought of the woman, and thought of her expressionless face, her face was wearing a human skin mask, and the woman didn't want people to see her true appearance.

Are you worried about being recognized?

If she was wearing a human skin mask in the village, she probably didn't want the people in the village to recognize her, but the woman was still wearing a mask when she left the village, then the people she had to watch out for would not be from the village, but outside, probably from or near the capital.

In the capital, there must be many people who know her face, so she will carefully cover her true appearance.

Who could she be?

Shen Tong thought about it for a full hour, and he couldn't remember which troupe entered the palace to sing that day.

It's not that she has a bad memory, but when she learned about it from Xiao Ren at that time, she didn't take it to heart.

At that time, she, like everyone else, paid attention to Mao Yuanmei, who was good with the emperor.

At this time, the landlady knocked on the door and came in and asked, "Girl, what do you want to eat at night?" ”

Shen Tong said: "Can you make dumplings?" ”

"Of course you can, I'll make dumplings and eat them at night."

After the eldest lady finished speaking, she turned around to leave, but was stopped by Shen Tong.

"Auntie, which is the most popular troupe in the capital?" Shen Tong asked.

Sanlizhuang is close to the capital, and the people who come and go are people who come and go in and out of the capital.

Sure enough, the eldest lady said without thinking: "Last year, the most popular was the Hundred Flowers Class, who sang for the Queen Mother, but I heard that the class owner stopped doing it after making money, and after the Hundred Flowers Class was sold to the new class owner, it encountered a national funeral, and the play couldn't be sung, and now I don't know if it's still in the capital." ”