CHAPTER XXII
Mama Yue groaned in pain and slid to the floor under the tea table, curled up together, and began to spit out dirty blood from her mouth.
Grandpa Wei looked at the few drops of dirty blood sprinkled on his instep, kicked Mama Yue away in disgust, and took out the fire fold from his sleeve to light the curtain on the side.
"If you can come out of that cannibalistic palace and live in peace for more than sixty years, you can be regarded as worthwhile, go with peace of mind."
The fire suddenly burned, and the Qingyue Pavilion Embroidery Tower was quickly engulfed by the sea of fire.
After the ghostly figure of Gonggong Wei disappeared from the back street, Xu Baoru, who was supposed to follow Gu Nanye into Beijing, appeared on the corner of the street and rushed into the sea of fire.
In the midsummer of June, two major events occurred in Jinling.
The first is that the Jinling Taishou was dismissed and investigated, and the second is that a fire broke out in the city, which burned more than ten shops around the city, and the merchants suffered heavy losses.
Mrs. Gu took this opportunity to order the shops of all industries to carefully investigate the fire hazards, and the whole life was rectified.
After the steward's meeting was dispersed, Mother Xin brought a basin of watermelon that had been cooled with well water to Mrs. Gu, and said, "Madame, take a break, I'll tell you an interesting story." ”
Qu Muge came over from the side and said, "I want to listen to any interesting things." ”
Xin's mother's face was full of joy, and she said with a smile: "I heard from the mother-in-law who bought vegetables in the kitchen that the storyteller wrote down the general's courage to kill the enemy in a book and told it in the teahouse, but many people listened!" ”
Mrs. Gu asked in surprise, "Really?" It's all good, didn't say he was bad, right? ”
Mother Xin shook her head and said: "No, the general is written in the script like a god of war, defending the family and the country, and he is extremely brave!" ”
Mrs. Gu got excited and said, "In which teahouse did you talk about it?" I'm going to hear about it too! ”
"I want to hear it too." Qu Muge snickered in her heart, she asked the maid to take the playbook to the teahouse, and Mother Xin heard about it so quickly.
Xin's mother arranged to go down and asked Fan to wade into the water to prepare for the trip.
Fan Washui found Qu Muge alone and discussed, "Miss Xuan'er, don't go out with Madame." ”
Qu Muge's eyes widened and asked, "Why aren't you allowed to go?" ”
Of course she wants to listen to the script she wrote!
Fan Washui said: "Since the Qingyue Pavilion was burned, our clues have been broken. If the people in the capital want to kill people, then the girl's situation is very dangerous. ”
Qu Muge said: "But I can't go out for the rest of my life?" Besides, when Madame goes out, Commander Fan must personally accompany me, leaving me in the house, it is also dangerous, it is better to take me and Madame together, I promise to follow you obediently, do not run around, and do not eat indiscriminately. ”
Fan wading in the water was right to think about it, so he brought a few more plainclothes guards and accompanied them to the teahouse in the afternoon to listen to the book.
In the hot summer, the afternoon is a time of exhaustion, and the small vendors on the street choose to spend a few pennies to go to the teahouse to cool off, and there are many people sitting under the table of the storyteller.
When the Gu family and his entourage came, the storyteller was talking lively, and he had already talked about the life and death situation in front of Gu Nanye's army, and led a cavalry to go deep into the uninhabited area of Chaha, intending to sneak attack the Qiu Qiong Royal Court.
They sat down in the private seat on the second floor, and Mrs. Gu was quickly attracted by the storyteller, and there were many things in the book that Mrs. Gu had not heard her son say.
How difficult and dangerous the quicksand in the uninhabited area of Chaha is, how fierce the beasts in the Gobi are, and how the sudden storm on the flat land takes people's lives, the storyteller told them one by one.
The enemy soldiers of the Qiu Dome took the eleven cities of the Yong Dynasty on the front line, slaughtered the people, and approached the throne, it seemed that all hope was hanging on the body of the strange soldier, and for a while, the hearts of the storytellers and the people who heard it were raised to their throats.
With a "snap", the storyteller slapped the board and said: "Qiu Qiongqiang broke through the Guangming Pass, the Xiling Army was trapped in the Devil's City, how General Gu led the troops to get out of trouble, please listen to the next decomposition!" ”
The listener shouted noisily below: "Speak quickly, talk quickly, don't break it down next time, finish it today." ”
The storyteller smiled and said, "Next time, I've talked about it five times today, and I want to rest." ”
Mrs. Gu was also hung with appetite, so she called Fan Washui and asked, "How did you get out of trouble when you cut off water and food in Devil City, and you encountered a sandstorm?" ”
Fan wading recalls the experience of crossing no man's land, and he remembers it vividly.
He said: "The brothers thought that they were at the end of the road, but the general led the big guys to find the entrance to the ancient city of Youdu, where there was an underground river, and the lake of Saigus that floated out of the river was the dome. ”
Mrs. Gu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "You are lucky people who march and fight, how can you be so reckless?" You also let him come and dare to entrust your lives to him? If you don't find the ancient city of Youdu, wouldn't you have lost your life in vain? ”
Fan Shishui explained with a smile: "Before leaving, the general had already found the ruins of the ancient city of Youdu from ancient books, and found out that the people of Youdu had built a canal to divert water, but no one in the army believed him, so not many people knew about it. ”
Mrs. Gu is a scholar and likes to study ancient books.
She was relieved: "Youguo has disappeared for thousands of years, and the historical materials that record the Youdu are not complete, and he can find the ruins, and it is not in vain that he has read the book for more than ten years." ”
Mrs. Gu felt sorry for her son's suffering for a while, and then she was proud of her son's courage and resourcefulness, and talked a lot with Fan Washui.
The atmosphere in the private room was harmonious, but there were people in the corridor outside who scoffed at the storyteller's story.
"It must be a trick played by the Gu family, it's really shameless and boastful!" A woman's shrill voice said resentfully.
Another person scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, don't you know how ruthless Gu Nanye is?" Your uncle was killed by him, your father was exiled thousands of miles by him, the situation is stronger than people, if you want to take revenge, you can only be a man with your tail between your legs now! ”
Everyone in the private room looked at each other, and Mrs. Gu hesitated and said, "It seems to be Miss Zhao's voice?" ”
Fan Washui had already gotten up to investigate, but after a while, he came back and reported: "It's Zhao Huiyuan, the eldest lady of the Zhao family, and a master under Zhao Taishou." Zhao Taishou was dismissed and exiled, and something happened to the Chen family, and the Zhao family thought that it was our general's hands and feet, and hated the general. ”
Mrs. Gu's head hurts, and her son's black physique is really incomprehensible.
A few days later, Gu Nanye, who was far away in the capital, also heard a report from his subordinates, saying that someone was talking about their Xiling Army's war in the Jinling Teahouse, and there was a singer by the Qinhuai River who wrote the words of "General's Order" and was singing their story.
Gu Nanye frowned and asked, "Have you found out who is doing it behind your back?" ”
It was Feng Hu who passed the word, and he said with a little embarrassment: "Commander Fan said that the story was told by Team Leader Xu, and the book and words were written by Miss Xuan'er......"
Gu Nanye was speechless for a while, threw the letter in his hand on the table, and said two words after a long time: "Nonsense!" ”