Chapter 40: Night Watch
Gao Qinqin seemed to be stunned, but she didn't expect Wen Qingwu to suddenly mention the matter of Ziyu Pavilion. After reflecting it, he coughed embarrassedly: "Sumire, I didn't know that the emperor went to check the three armies that day." Gao Qinqin said, looking innocent: "I'm also good for you."
If you weren't careless, you wouldn't have fallen into the lake! ”
Sure enough, it was her.
This poisonous woman has drowned her original body, and she can still talk nonsense with her eyes open like this.
"Will you come with me tomorrow night?" Wen Qingwu asked.
Gao Qinqin didn't expect Wen Qingwu to ask like this, and was stunned: "Go, Ming'er, I'll go with you to control the wind." At least I won't find an accident like Falling Lake. ”
Wen Qingwu nodded: "That's good." ”
"By the way, and that ginseng! I soaked some and drank it, which was to regulate qi and nourish blood. When you drink it, your complexion will be better, and you can't cover it with beauty! Gao Qinqin pointed to the ginseng on her dresser.
Wen Qingwu didn't say a word, and waved his hand to let the willow leaves cut the tea. Then I poured it in front of Gao Qinqin.
Gao Qinqin watched Wen Qingwu drink it, and said goodbye with bright eyes.
After Gao Qinqin left, Wen Qingwu took out a washed paulownia root from his arms and chewed it slowly.
Ruyoshi walked in from outside the house, his face serious.
Wen Qingwu looked at Liuji's face and chewed on the roots of the tree as he approached.
"Master, I found this on our window." Ruyoshi pulled a letter out of his sleeve.
Wen Qingwu stopped chewing on the tree roots, and frowned at the envelope that Ruyoshi had placed on the table.
She picked it up and took it apart.
Tonight, Hou Qing is in his hometown.
Wen Qingwudai's eyebrows furrowed.
There was only that line on the whole page. I turned it over and over again and didn't see the payment.
Old haunt?
Wen Qingwu's brows furrowed even deeper.
"See who put it there?" She used the paper to click on the ash on the table.
Ruyoshi walked to the table and lit the ash and put down the lampshade: "I haven't seen it." When I came back, I saw only a letter tucked into the window.
However, the slave and maid should not have gone out half a quarter of an hour ago. ”
Wen Qingwu, who put the paper in the lampshade, heard this, got up and walked to the window edge outside the house, looking at the side and back of the house. Empty.
Walking to the stone slab next to the house, she looked down at the ground.
"What's the matter, master? But someone is coming from here? As he spoke, he looked at the wall of the Dafu Palace, which was neither high nor low. This is not the wall of the imperial city, nor is it the wall of the imperial palace, although it is not high, but who dares to climb the wall of the courtyard in broad daylight?
He didn't know who it was. But someone must have flipped it over.
Liuji now firmly trusts Wen Qingwu. Even more than herself.
"I don't know." Wen Qingwu said hesitantly: "It's too difficult to leave footprints on the stone slab on a sunny day. ”
After going around and not seeing it, Wen Qingwu returned to the house, and the paper in the lampshade had been burned to ashes. Fly over the flames.
"Cleaned up." Wen Qingwu said. Ruyoshi walked over to the table, snuffed out the fire, and went out with the lampshade.
At the beginning of the day, it was cold, Wen Qingwu and Yi sat on the edge of the bed, holding a book in their hands. After reading the book for a while, I looked up at the open window again.
At this time, everyone in the Dafu Palace has fallen asleep, the evening breeze is blowing, and the flowers and trees in front of the court are rattling. After sitting quietly for a moment, Wen Qingwu yawned.
Ruyoshi walked in from outside the house with a cup of tea: "Talent still doesn't sleep?" He put the tea in Wen Qingwu's hand.
"What time is it?" Wen Qingwu put down the book, took a sip of tea, and looked out the dark window.
"It's gone." Liuji stood aside with his hands down, glanced at Wen Qingwu, and followed her out the window.
"Who is the master waiting for?" He asked. After bathing at the end of the unitary dinner, she sat on the edge of the bed with her clothes for more than two hours.
Wen Qingwu opened his mouth, his lips closed and then closed. Then he spoke: "Is Liu Ye sleeping well?" She hadn't thought about hiding anything from Ruyoshi. It's just that the letter came too strangely.
Even though Ruyoshi is credible, she still has to be careful.
Now she doesn't know her original background, nor does she know Ruyoshi's background. Although she has never stepped into the harem of the Ming Dynasty, she also knows that there are many dark lines in the harem.
It may be buried by a prince outside the palace, or a secret chess piece by someone in the palace. The latter kind will not stay in a dark court prison for seven or eight years.
"Back to the talented people, Liu Ye fell asleep at the beginning of the year. When the slave came over to make tea, he took a look and slept well. "Thinking of the willow leaves, Ruyoshi's language is gentle.
At first, he was not very optimistic about the heartless and scheming girl serving by the master's side. But the master who never thought that he had a last resort would be extraordinarily tolerant and protective of her. So he let down his guard against Liu Ye. When I got along again, I thought that the girl was innocent and cute.
Although the innocence in the treacherous harem is deadly, there is such a master who can break alive in the dead place to protect it. What are you afraid of?
"That's good." Wen Qingwu took another sip of the teacup: "When are you going to sleep?" ”
"The slave and maid are here to accompany the master, and the slave and maid will leave after you sleep peacefully." Ruyoshi stood aside and replied.
According to the palace system, there should be two palace maids and one eunuch. Now there is only one useless willow leaf, but there is not even a night watch.
"If you have the permission of the talent, the slave and maid can also stay outside for the night." Liuji thought about it, looked at Wen Qingwu and added in a low voice.
Wen Qingwu put down the teacup and turned to look at Ruyoshi.
Ruyoshi's face is slightly longer and has single eyelids. Compared to Yuan Li's round-faced kindness, he actually looks a little mean. The figure is long, and now it looks like about twenty-three or four. When you don't smile, your serious face is a little stereotyped and ugly, but when you laugh, the single eyelid bends slightly, towards a small moon. But it's a different story.
Now he asked Wen Qingwu, with solicitation and undisguised trust in his eyes, which made Wen Qingwu look back.
"You're on duty?" She asked rhetorically.
Liuji was silent for a moment, and replied: "Slave... Actually, there will be some tricks. If someone comes at night, it won't be a problem to protect the master. ”
Will you put the formula?
"Do you know martial arts?" Wen Qingwu turned his head to look at Liuji again, and raised his eyebrows.
Ruyoshi lowered his head and hesitated, "There will be some." ”
When Wen Qingwu wanted to stay in Ji at that time, it was only because there was really no helper in this lone palace. He expressed his heart to himself again. I thought about staying by my side and not saying helping myself, but at least I could have someone who was convenient and not afraid of being betrayed.
I didn't expect to catch someone casually, and he would be able to do martial arts.
Wen Qingwu faced Liuji, sat up straight, and looked at Liuji with sharp eyes: "Compared with other eunuchs in the palace, you are not lacking in resourcefulness. And now there are martial arts that they don't have. With your ability, it is not impossible to sit in the inner chamberlain. Why did he spend seven years in the dark court prison as a small teacher? ”
Ruyoshi's face hesitated, he opened his mouth, and suddenly his face changed, and he turned around and jumped out of the window! When the steps were lifted, there was no shadow outside the window in a blink of an eye!