When the sky is not yet dark, you can see the long mountain in the fog and faint, if there are green trees in the mountain, and there is no mud after the flood in the dammed lake under the mountain. Rather, it was as clear as jasper, like a calm mirror, surrounded by mist on the water, like a fairyland.

It's another place to pass by, you don't need to change cars tomorrow, you can go directly along the road. It's so convenient

And this merchant was a big family in the city, and later the merchant made a lot of money, so he opened a small mountain in this secluded village and built a courtyard that was more spacious than the courtyard of the official family.

So this great crowd can all live.

In fact, there are not many delicate people in this group, and the absence of the saint greatly reduces the degree of vigilance. In addition, the high-status and powerful ones returned to Hokyo as early as the first batch. The rest are either low-ranking concubines or maids-in-law.

The most noble ones here, except for Li Ke, probably belong to Wen Qingwu and Gao Yang.

So there's not much special protection. But a heavy army guarded in front of the courtyard of the rich merchant.

The courtyard of this rich merchant is really large, and it almost occupies half of the mountain. There weren't many forbidden troops, and they couldn't enclose the entire courtyard. So he left fifty percent of the forbidden army in front of the door, and the remaining five formed eight teams, which took turns patrolling the southeast, northwest, and corners of the courtyard for the night.

Fortunately, there are also nearby counties who came in a hurry. It's not a big deal for Li Ke, but for a small county who has served in the county all his life, it's a big deal than Tiandu.

Don't say that the princess is the princess, it is the talented person in it, Baolin, who is a high-ranking existence for him like a lady in the palace, how dare he be negligent? So he directly took the soldiers of the whole county, hurried to the outside of this courtyard with torches, and guarded it with the forbidden army.

Li Ke will not stop him, and he will be guarded by the county.

Wen Qingwu was assigned to a courtyard, which was very close to Li Ke's. There are two full orchids in the middle. A branch stretched into the courtyard where Li Ke was, and a branch stretched into the courtyard where Wen Qingwu was.

After settling down, Wen Qingwu walked to the courtyard and stood under the tree and looked up at the full orchid. The magnolia tree is very tall and not very luxuriant. The night was dim and unclear, and the lanterns near were also hanging under the eaves, and they couldn't be seen here at all.

The evening wind was a little strong, blowing through the trunks of the trees but there was no sound.

Wen Qingwu raised his head and looked at the tree, but he was actually looking at the moon behind the tree. I don't know what to think about when my mind is far away.

Looking at the bright moon, I suddenly remembered the song "Sheng Chazi" by the Ou family.

"On New Year's Eve last year, the flower market was lit up like daylight.

The willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk. She muttered to herself, and suddenly there was a gust of wind, and the trunk of the tree moved.

Wen Qingwu's eyes narrowed, and his distant thoughts were suddenly pulled back by the movement, and the half-chanted words in his mouth continued to be spoken aloud, but the voice was a little louder, "The willow tops on the moon, people are about after dusk." ”

She stared earnestly at a dark shadow on the tree, thinking that it was not a shadow of many lush branches, but it only moved strangely. I realized that it was not the shadow of a branch.

"On New Year's Eve this year, the moon and lights are still the same.

I didn't see last year's people, and I was full of tears. ”

As she finished speaking, she heard a rush of footsteps behind her.

"What is the master looking at?" Ruyoshi's voice was a little loud, not as careful and whispering as he usually did by his side.

Ruyoshi also found out. Wen Qingwu's heart fell, and his voice became calmer. She stretched out her hand and pointed to the dark shadow on the tree, "I'm looking at the moon." ”

Ruyoshi looked at it along the way, "This month is really beautiful, speaking of the rainy season for days, I haven't seen the moon for a long time." ”

"Yes." Wen Qingwu responded, "It's not unusual to look at this moon for no reason, but it looks a lot better among the treetops." It's like growing on a tree. As he spoke, Wen Qingwu didn't wait for Liuji to echo, so he withdrew his eyebrows, turned around and walked towards the house, "Is the bathing water ready?" ”

"Well, it's ready." Liuji responded, looked up at Wen Qingwu's expression, and saw that she looked fine, but just glanced at him lightly.

Liuji knew that this was the master's order, so he followed Wen Qingwu into the house.

Closing the door, "Can you order an outside lamp?" Liuji asked, "Then go and tell the prince?" ”

With the exterior lamp lit, the light and shadow in the room will not be so obvious. When the outside is lit up, and then the candles in the house are moved, this silhouette will not fall on the doors and windows, allowing people to peep into the movement.

Wen Qingwu detoured behind the screen, nodded and commanded to Liu Ye, "Go and light the outside lamp." Then he looked at Ruyoshi, walked to the window and pushed it open, "Go from behind the window and tell the prince." ”

Ruyoshi answered, and quickly turned over and jumped out of the window.

Shortly after Ruyoshi left, he heard a knock on the door.

"Bang bang bang, bang......" with a hurry.

Wen Qingwu's heart jumped, and he stepped forward to open the door himself. Standing at the door was Li Ke's personal servant Chunsheng, his face was very serious, "The prince sent a slave to inform the talent, I'm afraid"

"Alright!" Wen Qingwu suddenly spoke, interrupted Chunsheng's words with a coquettish smile, and in Chunsheng's suspicious gaze, he laughed twice and took Chunsheng's hand, "Lord Wang is really, this midnight scene should be to avoid suspicion." ”

After saying these inexplicable words, she took Chunsheng's hand and pushed the person out.

Chunsheng lowered his head and looked at the hand he had just been holding by her. The marks on the hand are still clear.

Chunsheng frowned, then snorted. He said disdainfully, "What the hell," and then turned around and strode out of the courtyard.

Li Ke was pacing in the room, the windows were open, and he could see the bright moon in the treetops outside.

Chunsheng pushed the door in, Li Keqian suddenly turned his head and looked at him, "Tell her?" ”

Chunsheng didn't reply, but walked quickly to the window and closed the window, and then approached Li Ke and said, "Master, just said that there is only one in her yard!" I'm squatting on top of the orchid tree! ”

The voice fell, and as soon as the door opened, a person flashed in.

Li Ke and Chunsheng were both startled, and they were relieved to see that it was Ruyoshi.

"Not only on the trees, but also in the whole courtyard." Ruyoshi had a serious face and strode over.

Just now, he followed his master's instructions and turned over the window, and as soon as he went out, he saw a figure running away. I glanced at it. I was shocked to realize that the whole yard was not very peaceful.

Li Ke's face collapsed when he heard this, "Xia Sheng! He called.

As the words fell, Ruyoshi turned his head and watched a figure come out of the darkness, "Go and touch the situation in the courtyard, and at the same time inform Vice General Yu Linwei of the situation." ”

"Yes!" Xia Sheng responded, and disappeared into the darkness again.