Chapter 43: The Homicide
The weather is getting better, the crowd outside the Octagonal Pavilion is bustling, the street is full of vendors, selling sugar cubes and villain crisps, bean halva, sesame halva, sesame money cakes, and steaming fritters steamed buns wonton spicy soy sauce tofu, all boiling.
Nalan Rong stood beside the pavilion and looked at the lake with deep eyes, "Chase the wind, go and invite Miss Xia to come and sit." ”
Glancing out of the corner of the wind's eye, I saw a huge painting boat rippling in the lake, which was particularly conspicuous among the other painting boats, and the faint sound of music floated out of the boat.
The sandalwood on the painting boat was lightly fluttering, Xia Liangxue sat beside the guzheng and gently plucked her fingers, and the sound of the piano was clear and exquisite, echoing in the spacious painting boat.
Huan'er walked into the painting boat with Chafeng, "Miss, this son said that he was looking for you for something." ”
He walked to the screen and stopped, and said, "Miss Xia, my prince is invited." ”
Xia Liangxue didn't hear it, but when she was impatient, she heard her answer, "What if Miss Ben doesn't go?" ”
"Then you can only forgive the rudeness." Chase the wind draws his sword and aims it at the screen.
"You dare, do you know who my young lady is?" Huan'er glared at the wind.
When the guards in the painting boat saw that Xia Liangxue was in danger, they all ran in and drew their swords to chase the wind.
"Stand down." Xia Liangxue got up, walked out from behind the screen, and looked directly at the wind, "Let's go." ”
Xia Liangxue followed the wind to the pavilion and walked to Nalan Rong's side, "I don't know why you want to see the little girl, prince?" ”
"Haha, this king naturally wants to invite Miss Xia to come over and enjoy the scenery together." Nalan Rong smiled and took in Xia Liangxue's expression.
"The beautiful scenery needs to be enjoyed by those who understand it, and the little girl has no intention of seeing it."
"Then let this king guess where your mind is?" Nalan Rong lowered her voice and blew in her ear, "This king guesses that you want the position of the queen who is high above." ”
Xia Liangxue was slightly shocked in her heart, and then said without changing her face, "Prince, you are laughing, the little girl is short-sighted and does not have such a big ambition." ”
"No, you have." Nalan Rong blinked dissatisfiedly, "A woman who doesn't want to be a queen is not a good woman, how can Miss Xia not have such lofty ambitions?" ”
Xia Liangxue looked at the lake quietly, her heart was turbulent, could it be that her thoughts were becoming more and more obvious, "If you have anything to say, just say it, the prince doesn't have to beat around the bush." ”
"This king likes smart women, such as today, headed by Nanyue, a few years ago, when the old emperor was still in power, he had a strong army, and he had been restricting other countries for many years, and he had been peaceful in the world."
"And now that the new emperor of Nanyue has not long ascended the throne, his means are shallow, his ambition is not strong, and he cannot convince the public, which has led to other small countries secretly coming and going, it can be seen that the world will be in chaos in a short time, I believe Miss Xia can understand what this king means." Nalan Rong threw bricks and jade, and analyzed the current situation for her.
"The little girl doesn't understand, what do these things have to do with the little girl." Xia Liangxue asked puzzled.
"Heh, you know, why don't Miss Xia go back and think about it, and then come back to this king."
"Do you want the little girl to be your woman, and let the Xia family support you not to be an enemy of the Turks?" Xia Liangxue thought, although this person's tone was too arrogant, what he said did make sense.
"Don't speak too bluntly, this king will give you time to think about it, and this king will come to you in three days." Nalan Rong's eyes showed affection, indicating that he was not in a hurry and had time to wait slowly.
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On the street, a crowd of people gathered around and watched the circus show with great interest, and the watermelon clown made everyone laugh with funny and humorous language and movements.
The watermelon clown walked at the front, mysteriously pointing to a man in the crowd and motioning for the man to come in and perform with him.
The man walked over, and the watermelon clown made a demonstration of having another performer in the circus lie down on a bench, and his head rolled to the ground, and the man on the bench got up just as the people closed their eyes.
"Okay, okay." The people cheered, and bursts of applause rang out in the streets.
The watermelon clown asked the man to lie down on the bench as well, and the man lay down on the bench with interest, his expression of fear as the knife fell.
Blood splattered on the people standing at the front, he touched the blood on his face, sniffed, and trembled his body, "He killed someone." ”
The watermelon clown took the opportunity to hide in the crowd, his lips smiling, his laughter getting more and more funny, as if watching a farce.
The foreman of the circus, Ersheng, looked at the chaos on the field in shock, and said angrily, "What's the matter?" ”
"Master, we don't know." The people in the group were also full of confusion.
At this time, a person came running out of breath, "Master, it's not good, that person is not from our group." ”