Chapter Seventy-Nine: Peace, Joy, and Danger
The fiery red sunset is fading, and the dark night is approaching. Day after day, the good times are quietly passing.
Is it to consume life while waiting, or to keep waiting in life? Sadness and loss are a day, and happiness is also a day, and the time required is the same.
But why do people always think that the latter passes so much faster than the former? The reason for this may be your psychological effect.
For example, the same is to give you half a day, the first half of the day with your lover, and the second half of the day with your enemy.
Although the time taken is objectively equal, there is a big difference between the two in your subjective consciousness.
The former is comfortable and sweet, and the beautiful time flashes by like flowing water; The latter, disgusted and angry, pierced the heart and lungs like a sword. And so on and so forth.
In this taste, Qiu Pengyun, who was in prison, can be said to have a deep experience, and the three days in prison are even more difficult and difficult than the three years in the world. However, now that he is in this situation, he really can't blame others, so he can only eat the consequences.
Just as Qiu Pengyun sighed for this, he suddenly heard someone outside the door calling his name.
Qiu Pengyun looked up and saw that it was the emperor's Praetorian Guard. Looking at their dusty appearance, I think they have just returned from an errand outside.
Seeing this, Qiu Pengyun suddenly became timid, isn't it his own limit?
However, what Qiu Pengyun didn't expect was that these people were not here to ask for his life, but to take him out of prison.
Seeing this, Qiu Pengyun was a little overjoyed, but he was worried because he didn't know why he was released from prison.
Walking out of the prison gate, and then seeing the familiar scene and the long-lost light, Qiu Pengyun cried with joy.
As he walked, his gaze suddenly sharpened, as if he was still unwilling and was likely to repeat the same mistakes.
So why did Tang Xuanzong release him from prison and promise not to investigate his responsibility for the time being?
The reason for this remains to be further explored, but it is certain that Qiu Pengyun escaped this time.
On the other hand, Mei Jiaxing, who had not stepped out of the mansion for a long time, was already a little unable to hold back at the moment. But Mei Chengye was very strict with him, so he really didn't dare to make any big moves. However, Mei Chengye has a heavy workload, and he can't take care of him all the time.
As long as Mei Jiaxing doesn't cause a big mess, let him go. After all, Mei Chengye has already "lost" Mei Yuchen, if Mei Jiaxing has another mistake, how will the husband and wife survive?
However, there is a way of blessing and misfortune, not alone. Sometimes, it's not like you want to settle for the status quo.
Sure enough, a few days later, one morning, the Mei Mansion, which had always been stable and calm, also quietly rose up, so that the entire Mei family fell into crisis one after another.
On that day, the bored Mei Jiaxing was pacing back and forth in his back garden.
At this moment, Mei Jiaxing suddenly saw a maid in the house holding a large bag of things nervously, and hurriedly walked out.
Mei Jiaxing was very surprised when he saw this, so he hurriedly turned around and chased after her, and then asked her about the situation.
Under careful questioning, Mei Jiaxing learned that the maid was holding a large bag of embroidery.
Among them, there is a light blue purse with the most outstanding embroidery and style, so that Mei Jiaxing wants to take it for himself at a glance.
But the maid was very embarrassed by this, because Mei Chengye had repeatedly told her that none of these embroideries had to be burned.
After Mei Jiaxing heard this, he immediately laughed a few times. The heart said, my dad is really inexplicable, isn't this a waste of things?
In the end, Mei Jiaxing saw that the maid still refused to back down, so he simply took out a few taels of broken silver that he carried with him and quietly stuffed it to her.
Seeing this situation, the mercenary maid finally changed her previous attitude, and then secretly opened the cloth bag and gave the purse to Mei Jiaxing.
Afterwards, the maid repeatedly told and begged Mei Jiaxing not to leak this matter, especially not to let Mei Chengye know, otherwise her life may not be guaranteed.
Seeing this situation, Mei Jiaxing couldn't cry or laugh, but still agreed to her.
A few days later, just when the two of them felt that everything was fine, and then relaxed their vigilance, Tang Xuanzong's Praetorian Guards suddenly came to Mei's house to search aggressively, as if something big had happened.
There is no doubt that this incident must be inextricably linked with Zhu Jingqi and others. This person is amiable on the surface, but in fact, he hates Mei Chengye and others, and he has long wanted to get rid of him.
In this regard, Tang Xuanzong already knew it in his heart. But he didn't intervene too much in this matter, after all, the court also needs a balance. In this way, his throne can be more secure and stable.
Now Liu Xinyu is supervising the war in Youzhou, and only Mei Chengye, who has little courage, is trapped in the capital.
In addition, Qiu Pengyun was crooked before, and then discovered the inseparable secret relationship between Qin Menglan and these people. This time, they just took advantage of the topic to strike while the iron was hot, in order to completely defeat Liu Xinyu and others.
It turned out that Qin Menglan's identity was really extraordinary, and Mei Chengye and others had indeed used the purse she made as a contact code.
But even so, these people have absolutely no intention of collaborating with the enemy. On the contrary, what Tang Xuanzong should be most wary of and vigilant at this moment is Zhu Jingqi and Jiang Xinghe.
Because all this happened because Qiu Pengyun, who had just been released from prison, maliciously planted the blame and reversed black and white. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Qiu Pengyun was instructed by others, or that others intended to "explore the way" with him.
It turned out that after Qin Menglan's family successfully escaped from Chang'an City, Qiu Pengyun secretly ordered his henchmen to conduct a secret and careful search of his home.
Then they found a large number of embroidery-related samples and drawings in a nondescript wooden cabinet, including the design of the pale blue purse.
It is worth mentioning that in the lower right corner of this pattern, there is also a clearly written word "plum".
You must know that in the entire Chang'an City, the only big family surnamed Mei is Mei Chengye.
All in all, Qiu Pengyun is to do everything possible to put Mei Chengye to death. As long as he could think of it, as long as he felt that he could pose a threat to Mei Chengye and the others so that they would die without a body, he would tell Tang Xuanzong without reservation.
After all, Qiu Pengyun is now guilty, so he is willing to try any means that can help him get out of the predicament. It can really be said that it is unscrupulous to achieve the end, and it has reached the point of doing everything.
And Tang Xuanzong was furious when he heard this, and he couldn't imagine that the person who was respectful to him on weekdays would plot rebellion behind his back, which is really unpunishable.
In the past, a mysterious person infiltrated the palace to place Liu Xinyu's secret letter of secret communication with the Khitan, and then there was Qiu Pengyun who added oil and vinegar to frame Mei Chengye's purse for plotting rebellion.
Although these charges sound a bit sensational, Tang Xuanzong, as the king of a country, has always preferred to believe in this kind of thing.
Once he is convicted, he will never condone and tolerate it, and his character really gives those with ulterior motives an opportunity.
However, after a search, no substantial progress was made, let alone the purse mentioned by Qiu Pengyun and related criminal evidence. In this way, it is inevitable that Tang Xuanzong will not be able to get off the stage.
Seeing this, Qiu Pengyun rolled his eyes, and thought of another person - Jiang Xinghe.
If there is anyone in the world who can find that purse, then this person must be Jiang Xinghe.
A few days later, the matter really came to an eyebrow.
It is said that since the Praetorian Guards left Mei's house, Mei Chengye has been worried and uneasy all day long, for fear that there will be chaos one day. So he repeatedly asked the maid whether he had burned all the embroideries as he had ordered.
Seeing this, the maid knew that blindly concealing it would lead to disaster, so she told Mei Chengye the truth.
After Mei Chengye learned the truth of the matter, he did not get angry with her, but hurriedly ordered someone to find Mei Jiaxing and retrieve the purse.
Unexpectedly, everyone searched all over the Mei family, but there was no trace of Mei Jiaxing. After careful questioning, he learned from his attendant that Mei Jiaxing was very irritable because he had been trapped at home for many days.
In his opinion, if Mei Chengye knew his thoughts, according to Mei Chengye's temperament in the past, he would definitely not let him go out, so Mei Jiaxing simply said goodbye without saying goodbye.
If it was just a simple runaway, it would not be a big deal, but what made Mei Chengye feel at ease was that what disappeared with Mei Jiaxing was the purse, which must have been taken away by him.
How good is that? If this purse accidentally falls into the hands of the gangsters and is used, it will inevitably implicate the entire Mei family.
Without further ado, we must find Mei Jiaxing immediately, and we must not let others take the lead, otherwise the general trend will go away.
So where will Mei Jiaxing go? Everyone invariably thought of a place - the Dustless Inn.
Sure enough, Mei Jiaxing really dared to take risks alone, and came to the Dustless Inn alone, and sat on his exclusive seat and drank stuffy wine.
At night, the weather gets cooler. However, at this moment, Mei Jiaxing's heart is as hot as fire, so that it burns his heart and decades his will. I only heard Mei Jiaxing, who was so drunk, that his mouth kept muttering - Yuping, Yuping......
When he was young, the strength of the wine increased, and Mei Jiaxing gradually became unconscious.
At this moment, in the deep alley outside the door of the dustless inn, a woman was walking slowly and thoughtfully.
Walking to the door, she looked around, as if she had doubts. Then the woman looked at the plaque of the inn and thought for a long time, and then sighed before quietly entering.
I saw the woman come to Mei Jiaxing's side with a solemn expression, first stood in place and looked at Mei Jiaxing for a while, and then carefully observed the surrounding situation.
After making sure that it was really safe and foolproof, the woman quietly took off the life-and-death purse that had been hanging on Mei Jiaxing's waist before, and then immediately turned around and left, not daring to stay for another moment.
On the way back, the woman remained silent. She walked alone in the quiet and deep alleys, and she kept thinking of all kinds of unforgettable scenes from the past, and she couldn't help but be afraid.
Thinking of this, she suddenly stopped, then took out the purse, and began to stare at it repeatedly and thought.
In the process of returning from the woman's order, she had more than once wanted to throw away or even destroy this harmful purse, but for various reasons she did not do so.
In the end, the woman resolutely decided to go to Mei Yuchen first to find a solution.
So, who is the woman who sneaked into the inn in the dark and took the purse?
That's right, she is the young beauty who makes the Mei family haunted by her dreams, so that she can't forget it for a long time - Murong Yuping.