Chapter Fifty-Seven: Punching Down
Mo gently walked up to the beggars and said to them, "Spare your lives? I let you go today, and tomorrow you may not be able to bully any girl! ”
After saying that, he stepped on the hand of the leading beggar, and he exclaimed in pain.
"This should be your lesson, and if you do it again next time, look at this hand."
The leading beggar was holding his hand, and just now they all heard the sound of bones breaking, and it seemed that this hand was useless.
"Why don't you get out of here?" Hearing Mo softly, they were relieved, and the beggars left the temple one after another.
Mo was spared sleepy, yawned and fell asleep next to the Buddha statue.
The beggars ran away from the temple, and the leading beggar cursed angrily.
"Stinky girl, don't fall into my hands again, uncle, or you will be called every day and not the earth."
"Big brother, what should we do now?"
"Let's talk about getting out of here."
When a few beggars reached the city gate, they found it heavily guarded and did not know what was happening.
"Hey, you guys come here." Suddenly, one of the guards pointed to a few of them and told them to come over.
"This big brother guard, do you have anything to tell the little ones?" The lead beggar had a flattering smile on his face.
The guards pointed to a painting and asked if they had seen it, and the beggars looked in the direction of the guard's finger and saw that it was not the same person who bullied them in the temple!
The leading beggar had an idea in his heart: "Brother guard, we have seen this person. ”
The guard grabbed his clothes and asked, "Where?" ”
"Well, in that temple on the west side of the city."
Releasing the beggar, the guard led the crowd and ran towards the temple.
Mo gently felt that someone was watching him, so he frowned and beckoned the person in the face with a punch.
"I didn't expect to see you for a few days, and gently learned self-defense?" Zhang Liangyu joked with laughter.
Mo Qingrou heard this familiar voice, opened his eyes, and said in surprise: "Brother Zhang, why are you here?" ”
Zhang Liangyu turned out to be Zhang Liangyu disguised to look for Mo Qingrou, who knew that halfway to the road saw someone holding Mo Qingrou's portrait is also looking for her, so in order not to attract attention, he turned into a small road, but he looked for a long circle and did not find any trace of Mo Qingrou, until he saw a few beggars coming out of the temple in a panic, he came to take a look curiously, and really found Mo Qingrou.
Seeing that she was sleeping peacefully, he didn't wake her up, but he was afraid that the group of beggars would come back to take revenge, so he planned to wake Mo Qingrou up.
"Don't say much, it's not appropriate for a gentle girl to stay here for a long time, so leave here with me!"
Mo Qingrou knew that she would definitely be caught red-handed when she went out in this way, so she opened the package, took out the mask she made with fine clay in the palace, applied it to her face, and applied all the messy things on her face, and also applied some red spots on her face with lipstick, of course, her hands and neck could not be spared.
Zhang Liangyu looked at Mo Qingrou in shock, and couldn't believe that in a short period of time, she was disguised like this.
Mo gently grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground, wiped it on her body, and tore the corners of her skirt, turning it into a dirty and poor look.
"Let's go, Brother Zhang." Zhang Liangyu took Mo Qingrou from the small road to the main road, and was stopped when he passed the city gate.
"Who? Where to go out of town? ”
"Brother Guard, my lady is sick, I'll take her home to recuperate."
Zhang Liangyu told a lie, obviously the guard didn't believe it, so he asked, "What disease?" ”
Mo gently pretended to be weak, panting: "Pestilence, pestilence." ”
As soon as the people next to him heard that Mo Qingrou had the plague, they retreated, and the guard pinched his nose and told them to leave here quickly.
The other guards rushed to the temple after listening to the beggar's words, but they were all empty, and there was not half a figure.
The beggars who came to watch the show saw this situation and were shocked to look for it again and again in the temple.
"No way, she's still here!"
The guards were tricked, and the leading guards beat the beggars who deceived them to death at once.
They couldn't find anyone, so they had to go back and report to the queen.
The Praetorian Guards were also ordered to come to the General's Mansion to look for someone, but they did not find it, so they returned to the palace to report the incident to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, my subordinates didn't find Mo Qingrou in the General's Mansion, but they found a woman's clothes in a room."
The emperor looked at An Shuangchi and wanted him to explain why there were women's clothes in his house.
"Back to the emperor, those clothes are all owned by the minister's cousin Furong, she happened to go out to play today, so she is not in the house."
The emperor looked at An Shuangchi and Concubine Li suspiciously, Concubine Li's eyes were red and swollen from crying more pitiful than usual, but unfortunately there was only doubt in the emperor's eyes at this moment.
Mama Xi gave the queen a look, and the queen understood, "Your Majesty, the concubine guessed that Mo Qingrou must have escaped because of the rumors, why don't we open the coffin for an autopsy!" In this way, you can see if the person in the coffin is gentle! ”
The emperor also felt that the queen's idea was very good, and only by opening the coffin and letting the servants check it, the truth would be revealed.
"Presumptuous, mourning family to see who dares to disturb the gentle rest!"
Suddenly, the Queen Mother walked in from outside.
"The son asks the queen mother to say goodbye."
"The concubine/micro-minister visits the Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother was helped by Mama Chang to walk to Concubine Li, who was kneeling on the ground: "Good boy, I've worked hard for you, get up quickly!" ”
Then he walked up to the emperor and accused the emperor: "Emperor, Qingrou is dead, why do you still disturb her quiet?" ”
The emperor saluted the queen mother: "Queen Mother, it's really not that her sons want to disturb her peace, but Xi'er saw Mo Qingrou in General An's mansion." ”
"Oh? Is this really the case for General An? ”
"Back to the Queen Mother's words, there is no Mo Qingrou in Weichen's mansion, only Weichen's cousin Furong alone."
The Queen Mother nodded and said to the emperor: "Could it be that the emperor doesn't believe in General An, who is loyal to you?" Or is it true that you faked her death by softly faking her death, and disturbing her quiet? ”
The queen saw that the queen mother was about to persuade the emperor, so she spoke: "Queen Mother, you have wronged the emperor, it was Concubine Li and General An who teamed up to deceive the emperor. ”
"Shut up the mourners!" The Queen Mother was angry, and everyone in the room did not dare to speak loudly, "Look at what you have become?" Yes? Don't think that the ugly things you did don't know the mourning family, the mourning family begged the emperor to let you lift the grounding for the sake of you being in the palace for many years, and you didn't want to stick to the pile of people as soon as you came out, listening to the wind is rain, you are too much of a queen! ”
"The queen mother, the concubine knows her mistake and hopes that the queen mother will forgive." The queen was so frightened by the Queen Mother's words that she knelt on the ground.
The emperor glared at the queen, thinking that the queen mother was right, it was the queen who had been instigating him to investigate this matter, and it seemed that Xi'er was also taught by her.
"Queen Mother, don't be angry with her, be careful to get angry with your body." The emperor comforted the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother snorted: "The body of the mourning family has long been unwanted, so I simply went down directly to accompany Qingrou, in this palace, except for her own son, only that girl is really good to the mourning family, she is now dead and will be suspected by you, you are really going to be angry with the mourning family." ”
"The queen mother was angry, and the son ordered to go down, and not to mention Mo Qing's things in the future, so as not to make the queen mother sad."
The Queen Mother nodded and glanced at Concubine Li: "The mourning family heard that Concubine Li is pregnant?" ”
Concubine Li nodded shyly, the Queen Mother saw the pain in her eyes, and smiled with satisfaction: "It seems that it won't be long before the mourning family will be the imperial grandmother again." ”
Turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, can't you really see who is sincere to you and who is false to you?" You have been in the court for so long, and you still can't see who is using tricks against you in this harem? ”
The queen mother's words meant something, and the emperor nodded: "Erchen understands." ”
"Mama Chang, spread the will of the mourning family, the imperial dining room, the internal affairs office has good things for Concubine Li to pick first, if anyone is dissatisfied, let her come to the mourning family."
"Slaves and maids obey the will."
Concubine Li saluted gratefully: "Concubine thank the Queen Mother for her love." ”
An Shuangchi was happy to see Concubine Li favored by the Queen Mother.
The queen who was still kneeling clenched the handkerchief in her hand, why, why could Concubine Li be favored by the emperor and queen mother, why couldn't she?
is also from a famous family, she is the queen, she is just a concubine, why can she show off her power in front of her.
"Okay, it's been a day, Concubine Li hurry back and rest! Beware of tired babies in their stomachs. ”
"No."
In this way, a play without a protagonist ended the day.
The queen returned to the palace and asked Mama Xi why she didn't find Mo Qingrou.
"Niangniang, An Shuangchi seems to have foresight, except for those women's clothes in his house, he didn't find any trace of Mo Qingrou."
The queen clenched her fists angrily, just because of this Mo Qingrou, she was almost abolished, it was all this Mo Qingrou!
An Shuangchi comforted Concubine Li and left the palace, because he felt that things were not as simple as he thought, even if Mo gently listened to the housekeeper's words and hid, her room would not be left with only clothes!
An Shuangchi asked the groom to hurry back to the house, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the housekeeper waiting anxiously there.
"General, General, you're back, Miss Mo left with the package."
"What?" An Shuangchi quickly ran into Mo Qingrou's room, and found that her package was really not there, and her clothes were all taken away, leaving only the clothes he bought for her.
turned around and saw the hairpin on the dressing table again, this hairpin was given to her by her sister, and now she has kept it, does it prove that she has nothing to do with their sister and brother from now on?
Mo Qingrou and Zhang Liangyu didn't go far when they got out of the city gate, because Mo Qingrou still had one last thing to do in this capital.
So she saw the guards at the gate of the city leave, and returned to the city with Zhang Liangyu, found an inn, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, and then handed a letter to Xiao Er and asked him to send it to An Shuangchi's general's mansion.