Chapter 258: The Storm Rises
Xie Jingyi finished a plate of snacks, looked at the familiar sound of horses' hooves below, and then went downstairs, shaking a fan and going to the shop in Wenjin Lane.
The eldest nephew of the shopkeeper Zhao got up to greet him, and when he saw that this little boy had a white face and red lips, he was so familiar, but it was not the familiar customer Xie Sanniang, so he sat back lazily, took out a book from under the cabinet, and read it hungrily.
"You go up and drink tea by yourself, and I won't say hello."
Xie Jingyi shook his head speechlessly, Shopkeeper Zhao's shop has not been closed to this day, and it all depends on his own blood thickness.
"How?" Xie Jingyi entered the house, didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly.
"As soon as you left on your front foot, General Wu Xiao came to pick up people on your back foot, and you didn't wear armor. With two bangs, Yao Mama and Zhao Jue were knocked unconscious, stuffed into a sack and packed away. Oh, by the way, and I gave you a knife of meat. ”
Xie Jingyi nodded, always feeling that something was wrong, and looked at Guan Huizhi suspiciously, "No, for no reason, what are you doing with meat for me?" Although I am a good person, I am also embarrassed to accept gifts casually. ”
"How do I know he's crazy? Recently, my skull seems to have entered water, and when I see people, I salute them, and when I go home every day, I don't pull out my pants...... Hum every day! My aunt said, I'm afraid I haven't met a happy little lady! ”
"But make me happy, which girl is so hob meat and likes my fifth brother!"
Xie Jingyi's eyes rolled, I am afraid that it is not Guan Huizhi who said in the same family that he doesn't want to marry Huo Qingxiu, so this guy is so happy. But big brother, you go to the ghost street with a knife of meat, and you are not afraid of seeping panic!
"That's right, it's true that only hob meat dares to marry him." Xie Jingyi echoed.
Guan Hui knew that it was a hob meat, and he didn't know if Wu Wuhu had the life to screw her home!
"I told you to keep an eye on King Zheng's Mansion, but what did you find?"
When Guan Huizhi heard this, her eyes lit up, "I don't see who the master is, how can I return empty-handed?" The grandmother surnamed Yao is gone, and there are many cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods in King Zheng's mansion. I listened to you, chose the corner gate closest to the main courtyard, and squatted all the way. ”
"Sure enough, in the middle of the night, when the third watch came, a mother-in-law came out, thin and tall, although she changed into coarse linen clothes, but my lord and I have such fiery eyes, just with her face, she can't be a night incense!"
"And that hand, it's almost the same as my aunt, eighty percent of it is a close servant. But it wasn't enough to beat her to death. I smell a smell in her, a scent, you know? ”
Xie Jingyi frowned, "Are you talking about that kind of poisonous incense, which will poison into the body as soon as it is hot?" Someone in the palace used it. ”
Guan Huizhi was taken aback and a little frustrated, "Why do you know this?" I'm going to show it off in front of you! That's what I'm talking about, I've seen it in my grandmother's storeroom. said that my ancestors had an aunt and grandmother who once entered the palace...... My grandmother was a very good storyteller, better than a storyteller. ”
"I followed her, and she went to a Goolan courtyard called Tianxianglou, and when I came out, I found that her feet were stained with nitrate."
Shopkeeper Zhao smiled thoughtfully, "Ah, Huizhi has taken the lead." ”
Guan Huizhi raised his chin, "If you change someone else, you naturally don't recognize it." But what does my family do? A military general, can you ever see a firearm? That day, Xianglou was a place that sold meat, how could there be something to make gunpowder. ”
"Now it's not a New Year's Day, and it's not a festival, and it can't be a firecracker, right? Ha ha! ”
Shopkeeper Zhao poked Xie Jingyi, Xie Jingyi frowned, "Huizhi, where did that grandma go later?" ”
Guan Huizhi was stunned for a moment, "I got the clues of Tianxianglou, so I went in to investigate, and sure enough, I found saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur...... That grandmother had a poisonous fragrance on her body, and she wanted to kill someone, so I went in and saved a flower girl named Jin Cui......"
Guan Huizhi said, slapping his head violently, "Oh no, didn't I fall for the plan to divert the tiger from the mountain?" ”
Xie Jingyi frowned, "How much gunpowder did you see?" ”
Guan Huizhi shook his head and scolded, "Damn, I'm self-righteous, I looked at the gunpowder, and subconsciously thought it was a firearm for rebellion." But they can also say that they are engaged in fireworks acrobatics in puppet shows......"
"I messed up, it's my fault. What to do now, we have broken the clue. ”
Xie Jingyi patted her on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.
Although Guan Huizhi is talented and smart, she is from a general's background, and she doesn't have many eyes, where is the opponent of the old fox of Concubine Cai.
Xie Jingyi lowered his eyes, "It's not completely useless." Obviously, Concubine Cai knows us very well and knows that you are staring at King Zheng's Mansion. After all, except for the daughter of the general, if I went with the shopkeeper Zhao, I might not be able to find those, and then I was tripped by Tianxianglou. ”
However, the trail did not break. There are so many places to go, why do you go to Tianxianglou, why do you want to perform a puppet show in Tianxianglou? Even if you go to Goolan Temple, it will make people feel strange. She is a grandmother, why no one thinks it is strange when she goes? ”
"And the incense...... If Jin Cui didn't know her, why did she get poisoned with incense and be saved by you? Mama Yao was arrested, and it was impossible for Concubine Cai to expect it, it was impossible for Tianxianglou to prepare in advance, so it could only be said that this was a stronghold that they had reserved a long time ago. ”
"It's just that it's probably a marginal character...... Tianxianglou is about to end, however, our clues are not broken. ”
Xie Jingyi said, holding Guan Huizhi with one hand and Zhao Shopkeeper with the other, and the three of them muttered.
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It's been a long time since it's rained so heavily in the capital.
On the whole street, there were hardly one or two passers-by, and even those who had not had time to return home hurriedly took a detour, walking as far as they could from those fierce and vicious people.
Although they are all good-looking and lively, few people want to see the excitement with their heads hanging on their waists.
At the beginning of the day, the sun will probably not rise today.
Around King Zheng's mansion, surrounded by Praetorian Guards with spears, they only heard that the military master was rude and arrogant on weekdays, but they rarely saw it. The city of Tokyo is as peaceful as a paradise.
It is not until today that the people remember the chaos of the Shangyuan Festival. The dense forbidden army, like a human wall, stands there.
"I don't know what the official family means? The old woman is old, and her son is dead again, so she has to have a grandson who is not angry, and he has not made any mistakes. How can you work so hard to mobilize the people. ”
Concubine Cai looks like she is about sixty years old, and she is not like other concubines, who are well-maintained. She was wearing a plain shirt and holding a whisk in her hand, and she looked as if she was already a desireless outsider.