Chapter Seventy-Seven: Beheading
"Girl, it's morning!"
I let out a roar similar to that of an angry beast from my throat, and my hands flapped the futon indiscriminately, but the maiden aunt outside obviously did not hear these suggestive sounds, and froze for a long time, still pulling her throat and slamming the door.
"Banner Master, or... You'll just get up first......? β
A cold male voice, although it lowered his voice lightly, was really startled. I almost convulsed and jumped out of bed, grabbed the bed tent, and looked at the source of the sound in the roomβ
"Yuyue?" Tianlinggai was cold for a while, and I subconsciously pulled the quilt tightly to my chest with my hands that had lost my strength, "Why are you!" β
I saw Yu Yue, dressed as a housekeeper, kneeling in the distance at the moment, with the screen of the inner room beside him, and he almost stepped into the outer room one step back.
He hesitated to reply, and as soon as he looked up, the soft sunlight shone on his face through the window, but he caught only a glimpse of my bare head, and his rough angular face turned red.
It was the first time I had seen him, but before I could see it, he buried his head in the depths of his head, as if he had done some heinous crime, leaving me with only two red ears and an inch of sun-tanned nape of his neck.
"Girl! Are you ready to get out of bed? The little ones are going to go in and freshen up for you! β
Yu Yue subconsciously raised his head again, but halfway up he quickly drooped down.
Although I am not a boudoir lady who was raised in a feudal society since childhood, I also understand his concerns in my heart. But the last time we met, I still remember the cold image covered by a black scarf, and then I looked at the man kneeling down in front of me with an embarrassed face, and my heart became more and more funny.
"I talked to Aunt Hua late last night, and I want to sleep a little longer." I shouted outside, "Go back first, and come back in an hour!" β
The mother-in-law outside stopped knocking on the door, answered, and the footsteps faded away.
I pulled open the bed tent and stood up, but I saw that my head was hanging down even more and more as I saw Yu Yue twitch slightly, and almost hit the ground.
I didn't feel anything, but seeing him so restrained, I couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Silently opened the cabinet and grabbed a big piece of cloth and draped it on my body, I broke the strange silence: "Okay, this time you can talk." β
"Yes." Yu Yue finally straightened up, but his eyes were still fixed on the carpet in front of him, "A few days ago, my subordinates were unable to be summoned by the flag lord to come due to something, and today I found some news in the Three Princes' Mansion, and I came to report to the flag owner. β
"It's hard for you, you are still safe in the palace curtain, and you are not suspected by him, right?"
"Subordinate..."Yu Yue was stunned, as if he didn't expect me to ask about his situation, "My subordinates, thank you for your concern, everything is fine." β
"That's good." I didn't want to make him uncomfortable anymore, so I had to restrain my concerned tone, "It's okay else, what do you find out about Ji Sarong?" β
"Back to the Banner Master, last time I got your order, my two brothers asked friends who are familiar with each other in the Western Regions to investigate carefully. Three months ago, the Wangxian Tower in the Tianshan Mountains once brought out an Oiran girl, who was also famous in the local area at that time, and the response was good. This Oiran girl is now Ji Sarong in the peach sales building in this city of Kazhou. Listening to the head of Wangxian Lou, this Ji Sarong was originally a member of the Huoxun country, his family was ruined when he was young, and he was bought by Ya Po for a deed, and when he grew up, he gradually became charming, because of his delicate appearance, he was sold into the west of Daxin, and he had no background to speak of. If you want to investigate deeply, you can't do it. β
"Tianshan Wangxian Tower... "Three months," I said slowly, frowning, "I've been a in the brothel over there for three months, and the manager must know a little bit about her." In this way, I was suspicious, but she was really a simple dusty woman......"
"Yes, the other side handed over the news, and the subordinates of this head inquired and investigated in the city of Kazhou. In this peach sales building, there is only one benefactor named Meng Linfeng, who has some to do with the Eastern Wa Kingdom, and his father Meng Qingxiang is a member of the Kazhou Chamber of Commerce, and the father and son often have the opportunity to go to sea to trade. It's just that his subordinates have also checked the father and son of the Meng family, and the upper three generations of the family are all wealthy businessmen, and they occasionally do some business with the imperial court, but they are all innocent and innocent in the political party. β
Are there only benefactors who come and go to Dongwa to do business? In this way, the clue is broken again.
"It turns out that she really has nothing to do with Gong Wei, it's me who is too careful......" I suddenly realized that I was talking to myself, and then said to Yu Yue, "What about Gong Wei, what has he been busy with recently?" β
"Back to the banner master, the five princes in the palace have a stubborn temperament, and half a month ago, they escaped from the prince's mansion when they went out of the palace to visit the sick prince, and the prince was ordered to pursue it, but there has been no gain. A few days ago, the three princes recommended the four princes to the emperor to search in the city, and the Huan Prince's Mansion also privately allocated a lot of manpower to the four princes. β
Did Gong Wei hand over the errand to Gong Hao?
"There is also such an anecdote, the royal family is the most decent, and the Fifth Highness actually went out to the people, but he really deserves the word stubborn." I thought about it carefully, and then sneered, "But the palace curtain will not be untargeted, I can hear what rumors, and I have a few points, but I really don't have the certainty of catching it, so I recommended Gong Wei to act for him." The two of his brothers have always breathed out from one nostril, if the younger brother finds someone this time, his brother who is the recommender will naturally have merit, if he can't find it, the emperor will not reprimand him. It's really thoughtful. β
"Banner master, depending on your subordinates, your guess may not be accurate." Yu Yue said respectfully, "The subordinates are the same as the banner master, thinking that the two sons of the banner are just gathering for profit and joining forces to fight against the prince. But in these days in Prince Huan's Mansion, his subordinates realized that these two people did not seem to be as weak as they imagined, but they seemed to be brothers and sisters, and they really regarded each other as brothers. It was Pei Shuiqing, the suspect of the Tail Sect who was detained in the mansion the day before yesterday, and the third prince was also transferred to the fourth prince's mansion, which shows that he is in his heartββ"
"βwhat did you say!"
Coldly interrupted by me, Yu Yue raised his head in some astonishment, but seemed to feel that such a look was inappropriate, so he lowered his head again.
"Forgiveness of the Banner Master." He knelt on his knees, but his tone was calm and respectful, "Did the subordinate say something wrong?" β
"-No! No..."I suddenly realized that my fierce tone was easy to misunderstand, and then I barely suppressed the frenzy in my heart, and said as calmly as possible, "You just said that Shui Qing has been caught by the palace curtain?" β
"Not bad." Seeing that I didn't make a request, Yu Yue looked up at me again, his eyes full of unconcealed curiosity, "It's just that listening to the tone of the flag master... Do you know that Pei Shuiqing? β
"Naturally acquainted, she is... She is a friend of mine who is outside the rivers and lakes, and she doesn't know martial arts. β
"That's it. When the third prince released the news of the capture of the spies of the Prince's Mansion before, his subordinates asked his colleagues who were familiar with Feiyanqi, and he didn't know that Feiyanqi had a dead soldier named Pei Shuiqing. At that time, the subordinates thought that this matter should be something that the three princes fabricated out of nothing to achieve some purpose. It's just that now that I think about it, I don't know why he acted the way he did... Isn't it, the sword is pointing at you? β
"Me? How could it be, I have nothing to do with Gong Wei, and he won't bother to deal with a stranger for no reason. "My heart is still full of anxiety," his mind is incomprehensible, and we have no need to speculate. Yu Yue, you only tell me, how is Shui Qing now, what punishment has she suffered, and why did Gong Wei move her to the palace mansion? β
"Back to the banner master, Miss Pei has been detained in the firewood room of Prince Huan's mansion since she was arrested, and she has never suffered any flesh and skin." Seeing that I was anxious, Yu Yue's tone became more and more supple and gentle, "As for why the transfer, it happened suddenly, and my subordinates haven't had time to investigate." I think it's because Miss Pei is talented and has a loud voice, and she is still clamoring for Prince Huan's mansion to live in peace, and the third prince is secretly detaining people to the end, and he is afraid that someone in the mansion will have a different heart and leak the secret, so he handed it over to the fourth prince who has always been at ease. β
Hearing this, the urgency in my heart gradually calmed down - Shui Qing still has the strength to shout, which means that the situation is not too bad, and everything is still in time......
"It's okay if there's nothing to do, I couldn't spare my hands a few days ago, Yu Yue, you and Yu Axe are most familiar with the palace curtain and the palace mansion, one day the two of you will come over again when you are free, let's plan together how to rescue Shui Qing."
"Returning to the banner master, as long as you tell me, as long as the two brothers have no extremely urgent matters to deal with, they will definitely be with you. It's just ...... "Yu Yue seems to be cowardly, it's the first time I've seen him spitter like this," It's just that the flag lord forgives his sins, and now he wants to rescue Miss Pei from the hands of the four princes, I'm afraid it's not so easy." β
"What...", I was a little surprised, I never thought that the always obedient and respectful Yu Yue would reject my words, "What do you mean by that?" β
"Returning to the banner master, according to what the axe said, the four princes did not take Miss Pei back to their mansion, but handed it over to a mysterious doorman to take care of until the day of the heavy snow..." Miss Pei was beheaded. β
The heart suddenly contracted, and the blood in the whole body seemed to coagulate for a moment. My body went straight and limp, but luckily I stepped forward and helped me to the stool. In a trance, I watched him retract his arm in panic, knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, trying to stop it, but my mind was like thunder, and I couldn't organize a word.