Chapter 35: The Dragon King of July
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Jiang Xiaomo went to Liufu, the sedan chair stopped at the door of Liufu, the little slave who was waiting helped him get out of the carriage, the coachman went to knock on the door, and when the door opened, Jiang Xiaomo said to the little slave and the coachman, "I ...... today." No, I don't know what, when will it be back...... Go back, no, you don't have to wait, go back...... Let's go back to Tianqin Pavilion. β
The little slave said, "What should I do if the boy wants to come back?" β
Jiang Xiaomo smiled, "Yes...... There is a willow ...... Horse ...... in Liufu Carriage, you don't ...... No...... Picul...... Lose sleep over something. β
The slave said, "The slaves and maids went back first." β
Jiang Xiaomo nodded, watched the coachman and the little slave leave him before entering the door, as soon as he entered the door, Ding Huai, who was waiting on the side, bowed his head silently at him, and looked out of the door a few times, then closed the door and said to him, "The little boy is here." β
Jiang Xiaomo said, "I'm looking for my sister." β
Ding Huai responded, led him to Jiang Xiaodai's Mei Transfer, and when he passed by the compound, he collided with Liu Shaoqi, who had just gotten up in the morning after a hangover and was about to go to dinner, Liu Shaoqi's eyes squinted, hugged his arms and snorted, and he stood there still.
Ding Huai hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Second Young Master." β
Liu Shaoqi didn't look at him, and asked Jiang Xiaomo directly, "When did Song Xiaoliu leave you yesterday?" β
Jiang Xiaomo said, "Late ...... After dinner. β
Liu Shaoqi asked in a deep voice, "What have you all done?" β
Jiang Xiaomo said, "No...... No, I didn't do anything, just listen...... Listened to the piano, and finally, Song ...... Six, Miss Six asked me to ...... again It's done, Liu Xiao...... Portrait of Miss. β
"Portrait?"
"Hmm."
Liu Shaoqi raised his eyebrows, "Song Xiaoliu asked you to draw a portrait of my sister?" β
Jiang Xiaomo nodded, "Yes, yes." β
Liu Shaoqi's uninhibited eyes narrowed, he snorted again, threw his sleeves and hugged his arms and left.
After he left, Jiang Xiaomo raised his head and glanced at his back, then lowered his eyebrows again, and went to Mei with Ding Huai.
Mei Tioli, Jiang Xiaodai is sitting in front of the door of the main living room embroidery, the silk thread is gorgeous, the embroidered cloth is white, she is wearing a big red flying phoenix skirt, the skirt is wide, the sleeves are like the wind, squatting in front of the round garden, the black hair hangs down to the ground, the face is hidden behind the cloth, looming, at a glance, the figure of the red ribbon is like a mirage, beautiful and illusory, so real.
Ding Huai was shocked every time he saw Jiang Xiaodai, and now it was the same, he looked at the woman in the door, and he was stunned and didn't react.
Jiang Xiaomo stepped forward and shouted, "Sister." β
Jiang Xiaodai's hand embroidered stitch by stitch paused and raised her face. Thin eyebrows, long dai, and Jiang Xiaomo's white and thin face, which is six points similar, came into view, she saw Jiang Xiaomo, and said with a smile, "Little brother is here." β
Jiang Xiaomo smiled, "Hmm." β
Jiang Xiaodai turned her face to Ding Huai and said, "It's nothing to do with you, go down." β
Ding Huai didn't dare to look at her, nodded hurriedly, stepped back with his legs, and left Mei Transfer, as soon as he left, Jiang Xiaodai put away the smile on her face and said to Jiang Xiaomo, "Come in." β
Jiang Xiaomo walked into the hall.
Jiang Xiaodai rolled up the long cuffs layer by layer, inserted the needle into the embroidered cloth, stood up, and went to close the door of the hall.
After the door closed, she asked Jiang Xiaomo, "What's the matter?" β
Jiang Xiaomo whispered, "The jade slip Danqin that Zhao Huaqing wanted to give to Tianqin Pavilion was bought by Duan Xiao, and that jade slip contained the names of all the informants in Hengzhou City, although that name is not a real name, but according to Duan Xiao's ability, even if it is a pseudonym, he will definitely be able to find it." β
Jiang Xiaodai asked unfazedly, "Is the piano obtained by Duan Xiao?" β
Jiang Xiaomo said, "According to Zhao Huaqing, the piano was given to Song Fanhua by Duan Xiao. β
Jiang Xiaodai slowly hooked her lips, "Song Fanhua? β
Jiang Xiaomo nodded, "Yes." β
Jiang Xiaodai pulled her lips and smiled, Shi Shiran shook her hair, her long hair flew away, she said, "Since it was sent to Miss Song Liu, it will be easy to do, your identity is unknown in Hengzhou, it is not easy to go to this matter, so as not to be exposed, Song Fanhua will arrange it, if you are not at ease, you can keep an eye on Duan Xiao, as long as the qin is not turned out of the jade slip in his hand, then in the hands of Song Fanhua, it will definitely not be turned out." β
Jiang Xiaomo thought of the painting that Song Fanhua asked him to make yesterday, and he was confused for a while, as if a sense of uneasiness was faintly growing, he frowned for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "I think Song Fanhua is a little different." β
Jiang Xiaodai smiled and asked, "What's the difference?" β
Jiang Xiaomo told her about yesterday's events, Jiang Xiaodai listened to it, groaned slightly, but she didn't take it seriously, she said leisurely, "Song Fanhua hates Liu Xianxian This is known to everyone in Hengzhou, she suddenly asked you to make a portrait of Liu Xianxian, either to take it home to be angry, or to vent her anger, you just said that before she let you paint, she met Liu Shaoqi, and had a conflict with him, then, her purpose of letting you paint is obvious." β
Jiang Xiaomo propped his chin and said, "It always feels wrong." β
Jiang Xiaodai asked, "What's wrong?" β
Jiang Xiaomo said, "Song Fanhua." β
Jiang Xiaodai smiled when she heard this, her smile was bright and fragrant, and there was a faint color of Guan silk lingering in the fragrance, she said to Jiang Xiaomo, "Don't care about her." β
Jiang Xiaomo frowned, turned around and sat in the chair on the side, closing his eyes and recuperating.
Jiang Xiaodai squatted in front of the nursery again, embroidering seriously.
At noon, when it was almost time to eat, Jiang Xiaomo said goodbye and left, Jiang Xiaodai didn't leave him, let him go, after he left, he didn't go back to the Tianqin attic, but hid his tracks and went to Duanfu.
Duan Mansion is the Taishou Mansion, located on one side, quiet and solemn, there are two government soldiers guarding the door of Duan Mansion, other than that, there seems to be no one, but Jiang Xiaomo can feel the hidden and restrained sword aura around this mansion.
He didn't dare to approach, so he hid under a tree far away, waiting for Duan Xiao.
Jiang Xiaodai had lunch in Mei Diaoju, and after eating, she took Suyin to Liu Yuankang's study, in the eyes of outsiders, Jiang Xiaodai is Liu Yuankang's little Jiang, but the actual situation is not the case.
After Jiang Xiaodai and Su Yin entered the study, they shouted at Liu Yuankang, who was sitting behind the bookcase, "Liu Gong." β
Liu Yuankang looked up at them and lowered his head silently.
Jiang Xiaodai said, "There is something that needs Liu Gong's assistance. β
Liu Yuankang didn't raise his head, but said in a low voice, "I can't help you with your business." β
Jiang Xiaodai said with a serious face, "Liu Gong is loyal to the prince, I and Miss Suyin are loyal to Miss, although they are their own masters, but they have the same purpose, today our informant came to report, saying that the jade Jian Danqin in Zhao Huaqing's hand was bought by Duan Xiao, I don't care how Zhao Huaqing is, but the things hidden in the jade Jian Danqin, presumably Liu Gong knows very well, if that thing is taken away by Duan Xiao, you and other informants will be exposed, Duan Xiao has been trying to get rid of Liu Mansion in the past few years, if he is caught this time, then, you and Liu Mansion, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape death." β
Liu Yuankang's chin raised slightly, and he looked at Jiang Xiaodai, "The information is conclusive?" β
"Conclusively."
Liu Yuankang pursed his lips, and he said, "I see." β
Jiang Xiaodai leaned over him and said with a smile, "I am relieved that this matter will be handled by Liu Gong." Before leaving, she said again, "That piano was bought by Duan Xiao and given to Song Fanhua." β
Liu Yuankang squinted, but ignored her.
Jiang Xiaodai left with Suyin again, and as soon as the two of them left, Liu Yuankang called Liu Shaoqi, Liu Shaoqi sat down in the wide-backed chair, and asked Liu Yuankang with a smile, "Dad, what's the matter?" β
Liu Yuankang said, "Change a piano from Duan Xiao's hand." β
Liu Shaoqi squinted, suddenly smiled, he held his foot with one hand and put it on his thigh, his body was slightly slanted, he looked uninhibited, and raised his eyebrows, "What kind of piano has to be snatched from Duan Xiao's hands?" He's not easy to mess with. β
Liu Yuankang said, "If it's easy to provoke, I won't let you go." β
Liu Shaoqi laughed, "The more difficult it is to mess with people, the more my son likes it, Dad said, what kind of piano is that?" β
Liu Yuankang said, "Yu Jian Danqin." β
Liu Shaoqi heard the words and said, "It turned out to be Yu Jian, no wonder my father wanted me to go, it just so happened that now it is rumored outside that he Duan Xiao gave her a bride price at Song Xiaoliu's banquet, and went to the Song Mansion the next day to hire him, whether this matter is true or not, I have to meet him for a while, my son has worked hard for so many years and is full of scheming to protect the woman in his arms, he said to rob it, it's too unreasonable!" β
Liu Yuankang sneered at him, "Get down to business." β
Liu Shaoqi snorted, "It's also a matter of time to destroy the enemy of love. β
Liu Yuankang laughed in a low voice, and he said, "Duan Xiao bought that qin to give it to Song Fanhua." β
Liu Shaoqi was stunned, and in an instant, all of his frivolous and uninhibited bodies were transformed into a black storm, and with a dazzling and cold atmosphere, he stood up suddenly, "My son has gone." β
Duan Xiao stayed in the office for a day today, handled the daily state official business, and when he was free, he opened the cloth bag, took out the jade jiandanqin and put it on the case, like a jade's slender hand lightly teased the silk strings, but did not play.
He looked at Naqin, and what appeared in his eyes was Song Fanhua's smile, turning his head to bloom in the streets and alleys in peach blossom clothes, laughing like a song, and her charm was amazing, which was simply ...... before her. If it's two!
He thought of what Wufang said to him in the mansion, and the corners of his mouth hooked coldly, and he smiled coldly.
Is it hidden?
Scold!
Duan Xiao pointed to the peak flipping, and in an instant, a song of mountain water slowly poured out, the jade Jiandan piano strings were soft, it was the piano that women and fireworks loved to play, and men were not very compatible, after all, the sound of the piano was too soft, there was no masculinity, Duan Xiao only plucked the strings and stopped playing.
He handed the piano to his attendant and said, "Wrap it up." β
The attendant answered, wrapped the piano and put it aside, and then retreated.
Duan Xiao continued to bury his head in reading the official document, and when he saw that the night was falling and the twilight was faint, he closed the official document, put down the brush, supported his waist, rubbed his neck, and asked his entourage, "What time is it?" β
The attendant said, "It's nearly three quarters of the hour. β
Duan Xiao said, "It's so late? β
The attendant said, "Yes, every time you come to the office, you will be busy and forget the time." β
Duan Xiao dusted off his robe, stood up, glanced outside, and said, "Since it's already dark, then go back, you go and bring me the piano." β
"Yes." The entourage responded and hurriedly went to hug the qin.
After Qin was hugged, Duan Xiao didn't answer it, so he let him take it and walked out of the office one after the other.
Walking on the road, Duan Xiao put his hands behind his back, while walking leisurely, while admiring the color of the sunset in the west, seeing that the sky was getting more and more colorful, he sighed softly, "Tomorrow is another day of fire." β
The attendant smiled, "After June, July is the light rainy season." β
Duan Xiao said, "Yes, the rain in July, the dragon king rises, this is the traditional custom of Hengzhou." β
The entourage smiled, "This custom has been passed down for thousands of years, and adults should not have seen the real dragon king rise when they were young, that scene is spectacular!" When I was a child, I didn't look forward to any other festival, but this festival, because this festival has the most food to eat, and it's all free. β
Duan Xiao glanced sideways at him, "That's not free, that's for the Dragon King." β
The attendant touched his head and smiled, "Anyway, I don't need money." β
Duan Xiao frowned, "You were often hungry when you were a child?" β
The attendant said, "Two out of three meals are not full." β
Duan Xiao was silent, turned his head and continued walking, and after walking for a long time, he asked again, "Why can't you eat enough?" Judging from your current age, ten years ago, you should have been seven or eight years old, and if you go back a few years, at that time, the entire Hengzhou was a dictatorship of the world, and it should not make the people of the city hungry. β
The entourage said, "It is true that I will not go hungry when the world lord rules, but at that time there were more bandits, and there were many robberies and robberies, and it was impossible to prevent it, and my family was poor when I was a child, but I would still be robbed by people, so later, when I grew up, I was determined to join the army, not necessarily how much I could achieve, but I must protect my family and home." β
After hearing this, Duan Xiao asked him, "What's your name?" β
There are many soldiers in the Duan Mansion, and there are many attendants, and the people who rotate every day are responsible for daily chores, registration, and the other person will act as Duan Xiao's entourage, serving around the day, these people are just people who serve tea and water for Duan Xiao, and do some simple things about laying tables and chairs, generally he doesn't take it to heart, and because of the daily rotation, he will change people once he rotates, yes, he doesn't remember the names of many people, or rather, these people who have not been officially organized as Duan Jiajun, he doesn't have so much energy to remember, yes, He didn't know the name of this person, although it was his government soldier, his face was familiar, but his name was unfamiliar.
The attendant said, "Lord Hui, my name is Feichi." β
Duan Xiao's eyes lit up and he praised, "Good name!" β
Fei Chi smiled and said, "I can be praised by adults, so you can see that the name my mother gave me is really good." β
Duan Xiao nodded, beckoned to him, and motioned for him to follow, and then the two of them chatted as they walked, occasionally laughing when they talked freely, and the hearty laughter pierced the night clouds and resounded in the streets.
Suddenly, the laughter stopped abruptly, Duan Xiao reached out to Fei Chi's shoulder and grabbed him behind him, as soon as the corner of his clothes was removed, an arrow was nailed to that place, Fei Chi's face turned pale suddenly, and he hurriedly shouted, "My lord, there are assassins!" β
Duan Xiao stood silently, his arm slapped him behind him slightly, his eyes looked straight ahead, and he said calmly, "Stand behind me." β
Fei Chi Dao, "No, I want to protect my lord!" β
Duan Xiao didn't move his eyes, and he didn't pay attention to Fei Chi behind him, but the hand that stopped him was like a mountain standing still in the dark, and it landed firmly on his shoulder, so that he couldn't act rashly and rashly, so as not to lose his innocent life, he stared at a certain point in the night sky, and sneered, "There are many people who want to kill me Duan Xiao, and there has been an intermittent interval since ten years ago, but after ten years, those who want my life have all died, and now, do you want to try the taste of losing your life in Huangquan?" β
No one answered in the darkness, and the arrow nailed to the ground bounced back with a whizz, and the next second, it shot like a swift soldier.
Duan Xiao stored internal force into the palm of his hand, and connected the arrow with his palm, and the person who controlled the arrow in the distance saw that Duan Xiao was restrained, and sent another arrow, which hit Fei Chi behind him, although Fei Chi was a soldier of Duan Mansion, strong and strong, and had force to fight with the master who controlled the arrow, it was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, but fortunately, there was Duan Xiao in front of him.
Although Duan Xiao protected him with one hand and received arrows with the other, he seemed to be dual-minded, but in fact, he was confident and calm.
After more than twenty rounds of fighting, the man in the darkness collected the arrow and disappeared without a sound.
Duan Xiao loosened the clamp on Fei Chi, his brows were deeply locked, his eyes were gloomy, he stared at the direction that the person left and meditated for a long time, then he turned his head and asked Fei Chi, "Are you hurt?" β
Fei Chi shook his head, "No." β
Duan Xiao said, "That's good." Seeing that Fei Chi was about to open his mouth to say something, Duan Xiao interrupted him and said, "You go back to Taishou Mansion first." β
Fei Chi immediately shook his head and said loudly, "No, I want to accompany the adults." β
Duan Xiao drank coldly, "This is an order." β
Fei Chi pursed his lips, and said with a look of not being aggrieved, "Today is my service to the adults, if something happens to you, I ......"
Duan Xiao interrupted him, his face was cold and thin in the night, his chin was cold and tight, but he pursed his lips and smiled, smiling like the snow wind in the cold winter, and asserted, "In Hengzhou, if you want to kill me, you have to depend on your ability." β
Fei Chi couldn't resist the words after all, and was sent away by Duan Xiao's envoy, which was originally Duan Xiao's kindness, because in his opinion, these secret killers were all coming for him, so as long as Fei Chi didn't accompany him, it would be fine.
He asked Fei Chi to take the piano to go first, and he was behind, but as he walked, he actually ran into Lu Zhiyan, who had said goodbye after dinner, one to the south and the other to the north, and it happened to be such a moment, which was really suspicious.
Duan Xiao squinted his eyes and asked him, "It's so late, is Mr. Lu still wandering the streets?" β
Lu Zhiyan said with a smile, "Today is really a good day, I actually met Duan Gongzi by chance." β
Duan Xiao put his hands behind his back and snorted in a deep voice, "I asked you, but you haven't answered yet." β
Lu Zhiyan said, "I just came out of the Song Mansion. β
Duan Xiao smiled on his face, but he snorted coldly in his heart, it was just such a coincidence, he had just been attacked by an assassin, and his back foot collided with him, was this really fate, or was it deliberate, or was it ...... He's an assassin himself?
Duan Xiao raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mr. Lu went to the Song Mansion today?" β
"Yes."
"What did you do in the Song Mansion?"
Lu Zhiyan glanced at him and asked funny, "Is the adult handling the case?" β
Duan Xiao smiled indifferently, "Ordinary question, does Mr. Lu think there is anything inappropriate?" β
Lu Zhiyan said lightly, "Yes." β
Duan Xiao asked, "Where?" β
Lu Zhi said, "Your Excellency's tone. β
Duan Xiao snorted in a deep voice, "Don't hide it from Mr. Lu, just before I met you, I encountered an assassination, so it is normal to interrogate you." β
Lu Zhiyan sighed and said, "It's a good thing to be cautious, but the object is the wrong person, this is not good, I did come out of the Song Mansion, and the reason why I went to the Song Mansion was because Miss Song Liu was sick, and I went to see her sick, and I ate in the Song Mansion after seeing the illness, and everyone in the Song Mansion can testify about this, and Song Shixian can also testify, so it should not be fake." β
When Duan Xiao heard this, he was stunned and said, "Song Fanhua is sick?" β
Lu Zhi said, "Hmm." β
Duan Xiao asked, "What disease?" β
Lu Zhiyan glanced at him and said, "Heat stroke plus fragrant fever is not a serious illness, just take a few medicines." β
Duan Xiao pursed his lips, frowned, stood in place for a long time, and finally said apologetically to Lu Zhiyan, "Duan didn't mean to doubt Mr., please forgive me." Then he said, "Since she is sick, can she rest now?" β
Lu Zhiyan smiled, "It's been rested early." β
Duan Xiao hummed lightly and nodded, originally thinking that he would wait to go back, he repackaged the qin, and then went to the Song Mansion to find Song Fanhua and give her the qin, although it was night, but this did not affect his "affection" for sending the qin at night. After all, she only said during the day, send the piano, send love, and buy the piano on the same day, give "love" on the same day, so that there is a beginning and an end, but now, she is sick and goes to bed early, so it will be too unseemly for him to go to the Song Mansion to disturb him again, he was silent, said goodbye to Lu Zhiyan, and went to the direction of the Taishou Mansion.
It's just that halfway through, he encountered another assassination, although this assassination still didn't hurt him in the slightest, but it also made Duan Xiao's heart very vigilantββββ Yun Dynasty probably couldn't tolerate him anymore.
And when he turned the corner and walked to the gate of the Taishou Mansion, he saw a person lying on the ground from a distance.
He was shocked, and immediately squatted down and shouted, "Fei Chi!" β
The people of the earth did not answer.
Duan Xiao stretched out his hand to turn him over, and as soon as he turned over, he saw a big blood cave on Fei Chi's chest under the light of the moonlight, and the big blood cave was full of blood, some of them were even crazy, and the ground was also covered with a layer of blood, and when it reached under his nose, it was already silent.
Duan Xiao clenched his fists angrily, and he shouted into the air, "Yechen! β
A dark shadow appeared behind itself, "Master." β
"Who did it?"
"Archers."
"Who's it?"
Yechen shook his head, "This person should know a lot about his master, and he uses long-range attack tactics, so I can't get a glimpse of his face." β
Duan Xiao sneered, "If you can't see it, you can guess it, except for Liu Mansion, there are no two others." β
Yechen asked, "What is the master going to do?" β
Duan Xiao squinted, looking at the person who had just talked to him on the ground, who was honest and loving the protector of the family, died unexpectedly, his body was cold, his heart suddenly hurt, but no matter how painful it was, he had to grit his teeth and survive, he said, "Let people give him a good life and bury him, and check out who else is in his family, send some materials and money, visit often, don't be short of food and drink." β
Yechen received the order and went down to summon people.
Duan Xiao picked up the jade Jian Danqin that fell to the side, and returned to the mansion with a heavy face, everywhere, Yechen appeared beside him, watching him sit alone under the moonlight and play the piano, Tsing Yi, Shiqiao, and the cold moon outlined the bloodstained world of this night.
Lu Zhiyan didn't stay after Duan Xiao left, and went back to the Baishuzhai where he lived, but after walking out of the ten-mile road, he was stopped by Huanzhu who came in a hurry, Huanzhu panted and shouted at him, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu...... Please stop. β
Lu Zhiyan was stunned for a moment, turned his head and asked her, "What's the matter?" β
Huanzhu said, "My young lady doesn't seem to be very good, Mr. Lu, go and take a look!" β
Lu Zhiyan's face changed, and the white robe of the cloth pulled out a streamer in the night, and said tightly, "Take me quickly." β
"Yes."
Huanzhu responded and immediately walked in front.
Lu Zhiyan followed, also walking like the wind, when he arrived at the Song Mansion and went to the South Courtyard, he thought that Song Fanhua's condition would change suddenly, and the masters of the Song Mansion would inevitably have another toss, and they would all come back, but he didn't want to, the South Courtyard was quiet, there was no wind and waves, and there was no voice.
Lu Zhiyan wondered.
Huanzhu had already pushed open the door of the hall, stood at the door and said to him, "Mr. Lu, come in." β