Chapter 187: "Haunted Roof"
King Lanling's methods are direct and ruthless. 56 Stacks
On the third day of the heavy snow closure of the city, Yu Shangshu was thrown out of the Red Mansion naked, and in the heavy snowfall, he was not only naked, but also bloody, saying that someone had a dispute in the Qinglou, and in the end, I don't know what happened, and it became a big fight of more than 100 people. Then this Yu Shangshu was very unlucky, and he was fighting with the Red Mansion Yan Qingqing, and he was suddenly knocked unconscious with a stick. When I woke up again, I was so naked and frozen, and my lower body was crippled.
On the fourth day, in Yu Fuzhong, who was in trouble because Yu Shangshu was ill, several wives and concubines made a fuss. In the chaos, a fire broke out in the courtyard of the fifth lady, and she hurried back to save her gold and silver, but was knocked unconscious when she passed through the garden. When she woke up again, a long and deep scar appeared on her face, the wound was bloody, deep and bone-visible, the left and right eyes were directly blinded, and her right hand was also disabled.
This is still the second, she woke up after losing her wealth and hurting her body, heard another news, and also moved to Chang'an, and her hometown suddenly caught fire. The fire broke out so suddenly that several nieces and parents who had learned how to embroider died in the fire. Of course, the treasured secret book of Zhang's embroidery was also burned in that fire.
Overnight, the fifth lady Qian and her family completely fell from the clouds to hell. The fifth lady, who was disfigured and lost her wealth, was completely excluded. Over the years, she has harmed many people, both openly and secretly, and those people are lurking around her. Although she had a daughter who was well married, and she was not driven out of the house, her good life was over, she could not move the needle, she could not see embroidery, and she could not let the rest of her hometown make a fortune from it, and the most important thing was that those whom she hated were making her and her two loyal servants taste life worse than death day by day.
And the third day. The two loyal servants of the fifth lady accidentally fell into the well and died one after the other.
The daughter of the fifth lady is also suffering because both parents have encountered such a tragic incident. Especially with her father's injury, the DPRK will no longer use such disabled people, and as her father loses power, her daughter will gradually not be able to keep her position as the eldest "wife".
It is difficult to protect herself, and the new "woman" who has just been married for less than a year is in no mood to pay attention to her mother's pain. Yu was running in a hurry. Less than a month later, she heard the news of her mother's sudden death.
And with the death of the fifth lady Qian, all these grievances have come to an end. Even the fact that the Qian family once got embroidery work from Zhang Xun's hands was completely submerged in history. Of course, that's an afterthought.
Needless to say, Zhang Qi has heard these news from the chatter of diners every day in the past few days that Zhang Xun has lived in the restaurant.
After she burst into tears. Zhang Qi saw that the weather was clear, and she didn't know when she would leave, from the burden of King Lanling. After taking a night pearl and a jade pendant, and ordering the guards to fold them into four hundred and ten taels of gold, Zhang Qi helped Zhang Xun buy a courtyard in the suburbs of Chang'an.
With this courtyard, and then take the remaining more than 300 taels of gold, and then cautiously consign her embroidery, Zhang Xun can basically live a healthy and stable life in the future. It's enough to give her daughter a good dowry.
…… In fact, this is also taken for granted. Zhang Qi remembered that after Zhou Guo had a good life for more than ten years, he also fell into chaos and disorder because of the incompetence of the faint monarch. It's just this, Zhang Qi is also difficult to protect herself, so naturally she can't help her.
In the past few days, Zhang Qi quietly went to the place where Ah Lu had appeared to look for her, but she didn't find her. A servant girl asked. Only then did Zhang Qi learn that after Ah Lu knew that she had lost her trace in Wuwei City, he had "forced" He Zhiqian to take her to look for her.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Qi found the king of Lanling and asked him to send a carrier pigeon to inform Ah Lu that he was still alive, and then put the matter down.
Seeing that the sky was clear, and I heard the people who were proficient in climate change in the guards say that this time it would be sunny for five or six days, and at that moment, King Lanling and his party hurriedly moved.
The two horses took turns riding, day and night, and five days later, the knights came to Shangzhou.
Shangzhou is close to the Yangtze River Basin, looking at the gradually familiar roadside scene, Zhang Qi is a little stunned.
At this time, one of the guards approached and said, "King of the county, it will snow again tonight." ”
King Lanling nodded and ordered, "Let everyone enter the city." ”
"Yes."
"Tell Yang Shoucheng to have a courtyard in Shangzhou and settle down first."
Suddenly hearing this, Zhang Qi turned her head in astonishment, she looked at King Lanling in a daze, and her mouth opened. She wanted to ask, why do you want to have a yard? Ready to stay here?
The group entered the upper state. Shangzhou is a city, in fact, it is not prosperous, especially compared with the capital cities such as Chang'an Yecheng, it is even more ordinary.
Seeing Zhang Qi looking at Shangzhou, King Lanling asked, "Don't like it here?" ”
Zhang Qi lowered his head, looked to the south, and said, "It's okay." ”
That's not very much to like.
King Lanling stopped Yang Shoucheng, who was about to go to the Pan Courtyard. The group stayed in the restaurant.
The snow only fell for one day, and the next day it cleared again. After asking the celestial guards, the five hundred knights set out again, this time galloping day and night.
In such a hurry, finally four days later, the group came to the Jingzhou area. And here, it's not far from Jiankang.
The similar scenery and different accents of the south of the Yangtze River made Zhang Qi a little distracted when he saw the flow of people coming and going outside Jingzhou City.
Lanling Dynasty glanced at her and nodded at Yang Shoucheng.
When Yang Shoucheng hurriedly went to the courtyard, the group stayed in the restaurant. Zhang Qi subverted for a few days, and he was already so tired that he fell apart, and this relaxation made him sleep for a few nights.
Four days later, Yang Shoucheng had disposed of a huge courtyard on the outskirts of the western district of Jingzhou City. Although the courtyard is large*, but because it is in a place like Jingzhou, and it is not the central urban area, the price is much cheaper, covering an area of more than 100 acres, more than a dozen wells before and after, the garden is exquisite, the rockery is everywhere, and the courtyard with bedding utensils is readily available, but three or four hundred taels of gold.
On the day the courtyard was arranged, King Lanling and others moved in.
Looking at Zhang Qi's figure, Yang Shoucheng walked over and asked, "King Jun, do you want to keep some of the original servants in this courtyard?" ”
King Lanling knew what he meant, he was worried that Zhang Qi would have no one to serve.
Glancing at Zhang Qi, King Lanling said lightly: "Let's go through the battle." ”
Passing the battle? Why do you have to go through this battle?
Just when Yang Shoucheng was puzzled, the guard surnamed Cheng with a broken mouth hurriedly pulled him and whispered: "Commander, this matter can't be rushed. He glanced in the direction of King Lanling, and said with a wink: "Our county king and Zhang Ji are the one" He pointed his fingers with both hands, and said in a small voice: "You haven't lived together yet, you can arrange everything now, doesn't this disturb the wishful thinking of the county king?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Yang Shoucheng suddenly realized. He glanced at the kid surnamed Cheng, and then turned his head to look at the king of Lanling, seeing the cold-faced county king who was becoming more and more majestic and calm, and Mount Tai collapsed on the top and his face did not change his "color", he nodded and said: "No wonder the county king has changed so much." It turned out that they were all instigated by your kid! ”
As soon as these words came out, the guard surnamed Cheng immediately widened his eyes and argued: "You can't say that!" I don't care about that. Who is the old man? That's a smart person, the commander I'll tell you, in terms of cunning, I'm driving horses and catching up with the king of the county now! ”
Zhang Qi came to the main courtyard.
There is only one entrance to this main courtyard, the one next to the main room of King Lanling, which he has set as a study. Her own room was arranged in the fourth room at the far side. The trees and shrubs next to it are forested, and it is conceivable that in spring and summer, there must be green leaves and flowers blooming, Zhang Qi likes it very much.
In her room, the king of Lanling had already arranged it, and the bedding and tiger skins she was used to sleeping in along the way were all stacked on top of the collapse. In the room, the fragrant bamboo charcoal has begun to burn, and with the rising incense burner, it is as warm as spring.
Sitting on the side of the room, spreading out the black and white chessboard, Zhang Qi yawned slightly.
It's a long journey, and it's really uncomfortable.
In the blink of an eye, it was night.
As soon as it got dark, two guards strode up with a birdcage. They went straight to King Lanling and said loudly: "King Jun, I found that kind of bird that likes to peck wood. "I heard that this kind of bird doesn't like to chirp when it's cold, but just likes to peck at some wood repeatedly.
King Lanling nodded, he looked at it, and said, "Yes, it's this bird." Under the light in the study, his eyes were bright, "Zhang Ji should come out to eat, feed some food and put it on." ”
"Yes."
After Zhang Qi took a big turn in the courtyard, it was so dark that he couldn't see his five fingers. Looking at the fire fluttering in the snowflakes in the cold wind, Zhang Qi walked towards the room while holding his hands.
Walking into the room, looking at the empty surroundings, Zhang Qi missed Ah Lu a little. But in the blink of an eye, she put this extravagant thought aside. She had already washed up, and began to crawl on the bed to sleep.
The quilt is warm and thick, and the hometown is hundreds of miles close, Zhang Qi is very down-to-earth.
Falling asleep, in the dark, Zhang Qi's eyes suddenly widened.
Slowly, slowly, she looked up at the roof.
On the wooden roof, there was a constant stream of "peck!" Peck! Peck! The sound of wood knocking, as if something was pounding on the roof!
In the middle of the night, something knocked on the roof like a person knocking on the door, repeatedly, and incessantly knocking on the roof, and it was so gloomy!
Slowly, slowly, Zhang Qi's eyes widened and widened.
As she listened with bated breath, the pecking sound was accompanied by a stubborn and eerie crawling sound. Something seemed to be slowly hooking open the roof with its claws, again and again, and then, breaking through the hole......
Zhang Qi's face turned pale in a blink of an eye.
Gritting her teeth, she crept out of the bed, and after putting on a fox fur, she rushed out of the room.
The snowflakes in the sky reflected the white sky.
Zhang Qi buried his head and rushed to the main room, which was only three rooms apart. She had just rushed to the door of the main room, only to hear a "squeak" The door opened, and the tall and tall King Lanling walked out wearing only a single coat. In the snowlight, he looked into her eyes, bright and quiet.
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