Chapter Seventy-Two: Tracking
For a moment, Bai Yi felt that the world in front of him was a little blue.
It was only after a while that he realized that his whole heart was beating wildly—because he finally realized that people can't make any sound when they are really frightened.
What to do.
Report to the officer?
In the past few days, he knows the situation in Jingzhao Yin's yamen too well, and Zheng Mi has no manpower to send him to this matter......
Chaise!
Bai Yi felt that he could almost feel the pulse on his forehead.
Yes, concubine, look for concubine!
Even if it's three feet into the ground, you have to put Bai Ling-
"Brother Bai!" A familiar shout suddenly came from behind him, Bai Yi turned his head and saw Ah Li standing not far away waving to him.
Bai Yiden remembered - if you are looking for someone in the city, how can you forget Ah Li!
He ran over quickly, but before he could speak, Ah Lixian panted and said, "So you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time, and Sister Bai Ling also said that you should be in the Tai Hospital at this time, which will make me ......."
"Boling?" Bai Yi's eyes lit up again, "Have you seen Bai Ling?" ”
“…… Uh, yes. ”
"Where is she now?!"
"In the camp camp south of the city, I am with the prince of Prince Gong's mansion." Ah Li replied earnestly word by word.
Bai Yi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that his hands and feet were a little weak.
He caressed his heart as he slowly sat down on the stone steps of the roadside pavement.
"Brother Bai, are you okay? Why is your face so pale...... Sick? Or is there something uncomfortable? Do I need to find you a doctor? ”
Bai Yi waved his hand in a complicated mood.
It turns out that Bai Ling is with Shizi now......
He thought of the young man who came to the door in person not long ago, and his heart finally relaxed a little.
If Bai Ling was with him, there was really no need to worry.
Those soldiers who protect the son of the world will also become Bai Ling's support.
"Tell me about it," Bai Yi grabbed the vegetable basket in his hand and looked at Ah Li on the side, "What the hell is going on?" ”
……
After Ah Li told Bai Yi all the things that happened this morning and in the past few days, Bai Yi's brows had locked up again.
"Chengnan Camp ......" Bai Yi also repeated the name of the place, "When did it happen?" ”
"Everyone doesn't seem to know," Ah Li said softly, "because these days have been the night arresting people and driving people out, and those arresting officials seem to have suddenly changed their minds this morning, and suddenly drove the rest of the people into it this morning." ”
Bai Yi was about to ask something more, when a familiar figure suddenly appeared in the crowd.
He was shocked, and the whole person fell silent.
“…… Big brother? ”
Bai Yi folded his fingers in front of his mouth and motioned for Ah Li not to speak.
His face suddenly turned horrible - he saw not far away, the county lord of Yikang had changed into a woman's coarse cloth regular clothes, and was walking sneakily in the crowd.
Bai Yi suppressed his strong anger and slowly stood up.
Ah Li got up silently and followed, and the two walked about a street, Bai Yi probably understood that Yikang seemed to be following someone.
She stopped and walked in the direction of Chaotian Street.
Bai Yi and Ah Li crouched against the back of a stone wall, and the crowd bustled in front of them.
"Ah Li, where are those friends of yours?" Bai Yi asked in a low voice.
"Sister Bai Ling told us not to come out these days, so I asked them-"
"Don't you have any clean clothes there, let them change into them?" Bai Yi said softly.
Ah Li thought for a while, "What does Brother Bai want to do?" ”
"It's hard to say now," Bai Yi covered his heart, thinking about the loss he suffered when he started this morning, "You go back and call a few clever ones to come over with the kind of small cannons you used to fry fish on the riverside, and I'll mark you along the way." ”
As he spoke, Bai Yi took out two charcoal pens from his pocket, drew an "X" on the ground in front of Ah Li, and then drew an "O" outside.
"Okay." Ah Li nodded, "Brother Nabai has to wait for a while, before we come back, don't act rashly." ”
Ah Li flew away.
Bai Yi looked at the sky, and then looked at Yikang, who was still squatting in the distance.
It seems that Bai Ling's former colleague will not be able to drink today's happy wine......
At this time, an official messenger raised a gong and swaggered by.
The huge sound of the gong shook Bai Yi's ears, he pressed his ears tightly with both hands, and turned his head to look at the source of the sound-
"The Queen Mother passed away, the whole country mourned, and after the time, the Beijing division will be under martial law!"
"Bang ——!"
"The Queen Mother passed away, the whole country mourned, and after the time, the Beijing division will be under martial law!"
"Bang ——!"
The official errand gradually walked away, and Bai Yi, like many people on the street, was stunned.
For a moment, he didn't know how to digest the information.
It's like every day there are countless butterflies stirring their wings, and you know that they have a chance to converge into a distant storm, but you don't know when, where, and what kind of storm will sweep over.
Bai Yi clenched his fists slightly.
He turned his gaze and resumed his careful attention to Yikang not far away.
- Then let's do it one by one.
……
Little by little, the sun was sinking in the west, and the palace was already full of vegetarianism.
The palace people exchanged all the red candles with snow candles as quickly as possible.
From Prince Gong's Mansion to Tai Hospital, everyone was sitting in danger and did not dare to rest. The funeral of the Queen Mother is a major event, although there is no new news in the palace, but everyone is waiting and holding on, for fear that something will happen to this juncture, and they will not react in time.
Bai Shijun listened to the sound of the immortal bell from Donglin Temple, and couldn't help sighing - I don't know how the girl who got married today is doing now, and she encountered such a big disaster on the first day she entered the door, I don't know if she will suffer from her mother-in-law.
He sighed softly and stood alone in the courtyard looking at the comet in the sky.
It had already reached the southwest corner of the sky a few minutes again, and it was still as dazzling as it had been a few days ago.
Bai Shijun faintly remembered that there seemed to be a similar celestial phenomenon a hundred years ago - the so-called comet hitting the moon, the white rainbow crossing the sun, and the goshawk hitting the temple...... Almost always there were signs that an assassin was about to assassinate the Son of Heaven.
Thinking of the eccentric Emperor Jianxi in the palace, Bai Shijun couldn't help but shudder.
I just hope that everything is safe.
And at this moment, under the same sky, Bai Yi had already followed the footsteps of the county lord of Yikang and came to an abandoned tower.
Bai Yi had never been to such a place as south of Pingjing - he had heard of the ruins in the south of the city, and the last time he went to Xiaoman's house, the low slums had already frightened him.
And this area where Yikang comes is even more south than Xiaomanjia, and it is even more inaccessible.
Yikang disappeared silently into the shadows of the towers not far away.
As the sky gradually darkened, Bai Yi took a deep breath and immediately followed.