Chapter 51: False alarm
After listening to her, General Li glanced at General Zhou Lang's soft bed, although his expression was subtle, Ming Yi also faintly felt a kind of disgust, and his heart suddenly felt a little more steady. I'm afraid that the superior in General Zhou Lang's mouth is General Li, and this is really hitting the edge of the knife.
Wu Qianping's gaze stayed on Ming Yi, although he still had a little smile, but it made her chill more than General Li with a solemn face, as if any bit of careful thinking in every corner had been seen through by him.
General Li also wanted to ask, but Wu Qianping had already walked over to Ming Yi and Kwai Niang, stared at Kwai Niang for a while, and asked, "Where did the thief hit you and make you faint?" ”
Kwai Niang scooped up her long hair and turned around. Wu Qianping took a look at it and reported to General Li: "There are indeed traces of being beaten behind Kwai Niang's neck, and it must have been done by a man with greater strength. ”
He took Kui Niang's hand again, looked at the scars on his hands, and asked, "This is also caused by thieves?" ”
Kwai Niang looked in the direction of Zhou Langjiang, the wicked man looked half-dead, three points like a human, seven points like a ghost, hearing Wu Qianping's question, he also turned his head to look. Mingyi speculated that he was very nervous because he knew that General Li hated his penchant for beating women.
Kwai Niang glanced at Ming Yi again, and when she saw her blinking, she nodded and said, "It was caused by that thief." ”
Wu Qianping took out a portrait from his arms and unfolded it in front of the loss mother, and when Kwai Niang saw it, her face suddenly turned pale.
Ming Yi glanced at it, the man in the portrait was handsome and handsome, with raised eyes and thin lips, obviously the eldest brother of Kwai Niang. Afraid that Kwai Niang would show an inappropriate look, Mingyi interjected: "Have you seen his face in the alley?" Today, the moonlight is ignorant, have you carefully written down his appearance? ”
Kwai Niang was not stupid, and hurriedly waved her hand: "I didn't see it clearly, but it didn't seem to be very similar to this person, I only felt scared at the time, and I didn't dare to look at it more." ”
Wu Qianping seemed to say to himself: "It's a pity that General Zhou Lang was also stunned by his palm, and he didn't have a chance to see it clearly." ”
Ming Yi was also extremely curious about this big brother Cheng: "Whose portrait is this?" ”
Wu Qianping put away the painting: "It's the flower thief who has made people panic recently, you two can see it clearly, and if you meet this person, you must call for help to protect yourself and inform the government." ”
Mingyi dragged Kwai Niang, afraid that she would show her feet, Kwai Niang lowered her head and said nothing.
General Li lost his patience: "Since you can't ask anything, don't waste your efforts." Chang'an City does not tolerate Xiao Xiao's reckless behavior, and the eight achievements are this flower thief, who takes revenge for the sake of his children's private affairs. But there must be an explanation for the fact that the Xinglu Courtyard allows the madmen to come and go freely. ”
Yin's mother opened her mouth at this time: "There is negligence in Xinglu Hospital, and I am willing to compensate for the cost of soup and medicine." It's just that there is a flower banquet today, this is a good event in Chang'an City, everyone in the courtyard must participate, when will General Li's soldiers and horses be withdrawn? ”
Mother Yin was neither humble nor arrogant, and asked Ling'er to take the silver taels, and General Li bowed his head slightly and let his subordinates accept it.
Wu Qianping made a round: "Since this thief can hit Zhou Lang with one blow, he must be strong in martial arts, and it is impossible for him to stay in the Xinglu Courtyard, my subordinates have asked, and no one has seen him come in and out." For the sake of the present plan, additional men and horses were sent to patrol the gates of the city, so as not to let suspicious people easily leave the city. ”
General Li nodded, and raised his hand lightly: "Then it will be bothering the Yin Yamen of the Mansion to cooperate." ”
General Li and his entourage withdrew silently, taking General Zhou Lang, who was carried away on a stretcher. When she passed by Mingyi's side, she glanced at it, and her handsome face was covered with gray and colorless. The eyes are bloodshot, but the eyes are like dead fish eyes, they don't roll, they have no brilliance, and the eyes are swollen like walnuts. Probably before they came, he had cried, he was angry, he was crazy, and now he was desperate.
Mingyi didn't expect this matter to be so simple, and he was afraid that the unfathomable Wu Qianping would stop Kui Niang to inquire again, and drove her upstairs to rest for a while.
Yin's mother reminded: "After resting for an hour, you have to put on makeup and change your clothes, and the flower banquet can't be delayed." Then he retired to Wu Shaoyin and was busy arranging the flowing water banquet.
Wu Qianping waved his hand and let a few of his relatives go back to the house first, approached Mingyi, and whispered, "What? Is there anything to hide from me by taking that girl away so quickly? ”
Ming Yi squeezed out a stiff smile: "How could it be, I met her in Pingshui, and I was in the same boat as Brother Qianping." ”
The corners of Wu Qianping's mouth raised, and his eyes were not smiling: "I am bound to win this flower thief, if Ming Yi has news, don't hide it from me." ”
"Catch the flower thief as soon as possible, so that the women in the city can live in peace." Ming Yi said perfunctorily, although I don't know if someone is a mysterious person who secretly cares for her, after all, she is Kwai Niang's life-saving benefactor, and there is no reason not to maintain it.
"I don't think that General Li seems to want justice for General Zhou Lang, why did he pull out such a big pomp to scare people?" Mingyi asked the question in his heart, so as to change the topic.
Wu Qianping saw that there was no one around, so he explained Mingyi's confusion: "Zhou Lang will be so arrogant, relying on being the son of a general. General Li and General Zhou are both from the third grade, and they have long been extremely disgusted with this disobedient General Lang, but they are not allowed to attack. This time, General Zhou Lang learned a big lesson, General Zhou was out on a campaign, and General Li had to come forward for him, but in his heart, I am afraid that he secretly applauded. ”
Ming Yi figured it out: "Wouldn't the camp prostitute who Zhou Lang tortured to death happen to be General Li's good friend?" ”
"How can outsiders know these things? But even so, how could a character like General Li be interested in a mere prostitute, it was just to punish Zhou Lang for disobeying discipline and not taking him seriously. "Wu Qianping is well versed in the minds of people in officialdom, women, but playthings that can be changed every day.
Ming Yi felt awkward in his heart, a life, in the eyes of these people, it was not as good as mustard. With such a disagreement, she has an intuition, and sooner or later she will break with Wu Qianping, looking at his handsome appearance, and there is a little wonderful reluctance. Let's talk about it later.
Ming Yi was upset, thinking about going upstairs to visit Hong Yi, and asked Wu Qianping what his plans were for today, and whether he wanted to participate in the flowing water banquet.
Wu Qianping naturally shook his head in denial, and Ming Yi smiled: "Wu Shaoyin dislikes the food used by us civilians?" ”
He replied seriously: "The dishes on the table are rich, how can I dislike it, it's just that I don't eat meat." ”
Mingyi was surprised: "Brother Qianping is a member of Buddhism? ”
Wu Qianping glanced at her deeply: "Mingyi forgot, I never dared to be full, let alone anointed, for fear that I would forget that my life was hanging by a thread." ”
Mingyi had a cold war, this man, not lustful, not good at drinking, never squandering money, starving himself so thin, really like a monster, a beast that keeps hungry and sober.
At this time, the guests on the second floor who were not allowed to leave because of General Li's closure went downstairs one after another, with different expressions, some with anxious faces, some with swollen eyes and weak legs. Wu Qian hurriedly said goodbye to Ming Yi: "I'm afraid that my colleagues will be embarrassed to see me here, so I'll go first." ”
Ming Yi looked at his back as he hurried away, and couldn't say what he felt, this person was so tired and upset with every step and every sentence, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to grow meat after eating and drinking every day.