Chapter 13: The Night Scout's Pavilion
Mu Lingkong touched his cheek in a daze, and he hadn't recovered from this shame.
After the black-clothed man who was entangled with Bei Shuo also withdrew, Bei Shuo silently knelt in front of Mu Lingkong, "My subordinates are derelict in their duties!" ”
Mu Lingkong took a deep breath, "Get up, the kung fu of the people who come is far above you and me, and there is no way to do it, let's withdraw first!" ”
Zhuang Chong quietly followed behind his master, seeing that he was obviously in a good mood with his hands behind his back, he recalled the scene he had just seen in his mind, and shook his head, fake! Master, master, he actually touched the face of other girls, so handy, like a hooligan!
I was silently slandered in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it, but I was a little curious about the identity of the girl, just now the master lifted the veil, he glanced at it from a distance, some familiar, where have you seen it?
The next day, Mu Lingkong was dug out of the quilt by Dongxue, and Qingli told the second master and Mrs. Rong about coming to the house early in the morning to propose marriage, and now everyone in the house knows, Aunt Wan was very happy, and rewarded the maid and mother-in-law in the yard, and finally, she couldn't help muttering, "Why did Gongzi Rong suddenly change his temperament!" ”
Mu Lingkong yawned lazily, raised her face and let Dong Xue gently wipe her face, her eyes glanced at Qingli, "And then, when is the wedding date?" ”
"It's strange to talk about this, Gongzi Rong seems to be in a hurry, and actually set the wedding date for half a month later, and the lord and wife also agreed, and now the house is also busy with happy events."
Mu Lingkong sat down in front of the dresser, thinking to himself, this is probably not a good match. She always felt that Meng Ruyun would encounter this incident, which had something to do with her. That day, she went to visit Meng Ruyun, Meng Ruyun categorically said that she would marry Rong Tao, otherwise she would die, since this is the case, then she will fulfill her, as for what the result is, she can only bear it herself.
The old lady was originally going to go back to Lingyin Temple in the past few days, but when she met a happy event in the house, she had to stay for a while, seeing that the youngest granddaughter in the family was about to get married, she inevitably had to comfort Mu Lingkong a few words.
On the day of marriage, although the time was pressing, the house was also dressed up in a similar manner, with red silk and red lanterns hanging all over the courtyard, beaming with joy. And General Weiyuan's mansion is also unambiguous, and the eight-lift sedan chair with a gold roof gives Meng Ruyun enough face.
In the lobby, Meng Huai'an and the eldest lady sat in the high hall in auspicious clothes, while the evening aunt sat on the bottom with a handkerchief, her eyes were red, as if she had cried, but when she saw Meng Ruyun who came in to say goodbye to her parents, she still pulled out a smile, watched her kneel and bow to Meng Huai'an and the eldest lady, and then knelt sideways to herself, hurriedly stepped forward to help her up, and advised, "Go to Rongfu, you have to serve your in-laws well, don't worry about your aunt ......" said and choked up again.
Meng Huai'an got up and said, "It's not early, let's go!" ”
Mu Lingkong looked at Aunt Wan and Meng Ruyun looking at each other, and suddenly thought of the mother concubine he had never met, I don't know if if she was still there, would she also hold her hand like this when she got married, and there were endless worries about the words she couldn't tell...... Thinking about it, her bright eyes darkened a little.
Outside the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Rong Tao sat on a white high-headed horse with a blue face, without the slightest joy on his face, and did not have the intention of getting off the horse to greet the bride, looking at Meng Ruyun being helped out by the bride with a phoenix crown, he turned his head very indifferently and did not look at it, and when he glanced at Mu Lingkong who followed behind, his eyes were as if they were glued to her, without blinking.
Meng Ruyue frowned, took a step forward to block in front of Mu Lingkong, and then raised her eyes and stared at Rong Tao fiercely, until he turned his head away.
According to the folk customs, the married daughter is sent to the man's house by the bride and the dowry maid, and the woman's parents and brothers and sisters want to entertain the guests of the woman's house in the house, so at this time, there is an endless stream of people in the prime minister's mansion who come to say goodbye, and the house is full of friends, which is no worse than the general's mansion.
The usually empty courtyard is full of tables, red lanterns are hung around the courtyard, and guests push cups and change lamps, which is very lively. And in the hall, the singing and dancing girls raised in the house are dancing in colorful clothes, and the skirts are fluttering like clouds, which is extremely graceful.
Mu Lingkong didn't like this kind of scene, and after eating, there was no place for her to help, so she took the maid back to her yard.
Not long after she left, the little maid at the door sang loudly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived~His Royal Highness King Chang has arrived~"
Everyone in the court hurriedly stood up to greet the two highnesses. In my heart, it was strange, the old general Rong of the General's Mansion had a great relationship with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Feng Mingzhen, no matter how you looked at it, it should have been to the General's Mansion for a banquet, but I didn't expect to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion. And His Royal Highness King Chang Feng Minghao has always been quite close to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is expected that he came to the banquet today.
However, the two royal highnesses came to attend the wedding, which can be regarded as giving enough face to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
When Aunt Wan heard about this in her yard, she was overjoyed, and she felt that she had given Meng Ruyun enough face.
And Mu Lingkong didn't pay much attention to it when she heard about it, what she was more concerned about was that now that the people in the mansion were immersed in the joy and excitement of the wedding banquet, could she take the opportunity to spy on the Jinge Pavilion at night?
In the middle of the wedding banquet, when the atmosphere was warm, she acted, and she didn't change into night clothes, she wore her own dress, thinking that she could still say that she missed her mother and went to the former residence to see, and she was caught wearing a night dress, and she wanted to cover it, but she couldn't tell it.
Pushing open the wooden window, she jumped out of the window at the back of the house and walked out of the yard in a circle.
On the way to Zijin Pavilion, it was really a lot cleaner, although there were still patrols in the courtyard, but the frequency was much lower, and she almost easily arrived outside the courtyard of Zijin Pavilion all the way.
After looking around, she resolutely climbed over the courtyard wall and entered the courtyard.
Zijin Pavilion has been abandoned for a long time, and no one seems to take care of it, and the yard is full of wild grass. When I arrived at the pavilion, the vermilion pillars and snow-white walls looked like they had been newly repaired, and they were incompatible with the desolation of the courtyard.
She only looked at it for a moment, then pushed open the carved wooden door and entered the pavilion.
The first floor of the attic is the hall, four vermilion pillars stand in the four corners of the hall, purple curtains hang around it, on both sides of the attic, there are two small bedrooms, in addition to the basic bed, table and chairs, it is a black wardrobe, very simple, it seems that it should not be Meng Ruqing's mother's room.
Mu Lingkong was just about to go upstairs to have a look, when she heard the sound of the copper lock unlocking the gate of the courtyard, her heart sank, her eyes scanned the room, only the bottom of the bed and the wardrobe could hide, she decisively chose the wardrobe.
As soon as I opened the closet, I saw that there was already a person hiding inside, wearing a night coat and a masked black scarf, I couldn't see the appearance clearly, but I saw that he was tall, and he should be a man.
After a moment of hesitation, footsteps had already sounded in the courtyard, and it was getting closer and closer, Mu Lingkong did not hesitate any longer, quickly flashed into the wardrobe, and closed the cabinet door by the way.
The wardrobe is just a normal size, and it is already very crowded for two adults, and Mu Lingkong is almost lying on top of the man in black.
She glanced outside through the gap in the closet, "Don't make a sound, or neither of us will be able to get down," and after speaking, the golden hairpin in her hand poked the carotid artery of the man in black as if threatening.
The man in black didn't say anything, as if he was shocked by her, so she continued to look outside.
The person who came in didn't know who it was, but instead of going upstairs, he walked into this small room.
Before anyone could reach the room, there was another sound at the gate of the courtyard, and the door seemed to have been pushed open by someone, and the visitor paused.
There was another sound of slow footsteps in the courtyard, and after a while, he stopped in front of the pavilion, and then an old voice sounded, "Today is the big day of Yun Yatou, you don't entertain the guests in the front yard, what are you doing here?" ”
It was actually Mrs. Meng who came, and the person who opened the door and came in earlier was Prime Minister Meng Huai'an!
Sure enough, Meng Huai'an's voice sounded in the hall, "Mother, there are a lot of people in the house today, you can go back and rest first, I just want to come and see." ”
"People can't be resurrected after death, you don't treat her well when you're alive, and no matter how much you remember after you die, it won't help!"
Meng Huai'an was silent.
The old lady sighed again, "Huai'an, you and I actually don't have the face to see her, I know what you did to her, but I have been pretending to be deaf and dumb, after the tragedy, I woke up, but everything is late, you should also wake up early!" After saying this, the old lady seemed not to want to stay here any longer, and walked out of the courtyard slowly.
Mu Lingkong listened to the movement in the courtyard, and he didn't know who they were discussing? But since it's in Aunt Lin's yard, it's time to talk about Aunt Lin! She never asked too much about the reason for Aunt Lin's death, but it was a natural death, which sounded like there was something else hidden.
Meng Huai'an stood in the hall for a long time, just when Mu Lingkong thought that he would leave, who knew that after a while, the footsteps started again, and he still walked towards the small room.
The room is very small, Meng Huai'an should have been here many times, familiar with the door to grope to the table against the wall, blow the fire fold, light an oil lamp on the table, and then raise the lamp with his right hand, came to the bed, groped at the head of the bed, and saw the black bed bottom turned over, revealing a three-foot square hole, the hole has a stone step leading to the ground, Meng Huai'an held the lamp, step by step.
Just when Mu Lingkong was hesitating whether to follow Meng Huai'an now, or find time to find another day to find out again, the black-clothed man next to her who was restrained by her suddenly made a lightning shot, and slapped it on the acupoint of her right hand holding the hairpin, her wrist was numb, and the golden hairpin fell involuntarily, and the man in black copied it in his hand, pushed open the cabinet door and followed Meng Huai'an into the hole, Mu Lingkong followed closely behind, and in a hurry, he remembered to turn around and close the cabinet door.