Chapter 82: Cover-up
I was in a daze, something cool fell on the tip of my nose, and then more droplets of water began to fall on my face, it turned out that the rain that had been holding back for a long time was falling.
I only heard Granny Hua say in her still hoarse voice: "It's raining, isn't it time for my wife to go back to the house and have a good rest." ”
Chen Yi stood up, stared at Granny Hua with blazing eyes for a few seconds, and then walked to the side of the tree he had jumped on just now, and with a slight stroke, he immediately fell back to the ground, already holding something in his hand. I saw him slowly walk to Granny Hua's side, hold up that thing with both hands, and said respectfully: "I'm sorry to disturb my seniors, it's a lot of offense, this is my senior's thing, so I will return it." ”
Granny Hua didn't answer, but reached out to take the thing, and then she put her pestle on the ground, and it turned out to be her crutch.
I just understood a little, the reason why Zhang Yi came down from the tree just now was because Granny Hua threw her crutches at the tree, but he was not annoyed by being attacked, but was respectful to Granny Hua, what is the reason?
Chen Yi turned to the little Taoist priest Zeng Xianyi and said: "This little brother can have such a ability at such a young age, Chen admires, since today's opportunity has passed, why don't you ask for advice another day?" ”
Seeing that Zeng Xianyi just looked at him with a cold face and didn't say a word, he smiled like this and turned around and went back to the house.
Then Granny Hua and Zeng Xianyi also went back to their rooms, and no one paid attention to me, and I didn't even ask a word. After the catastrophe, there will be some short circuits in the real head, and it will take some time to digest.
The raindrops began to become denser and denser, falling on the head, face, and hands, and the coolness penetrated into the skin, and the pent-up and stuffy feeling that had accumulated in the air for a long time also dissipated at once, and the body and mind seemed to be much more comfortable all of a sudden.
Looking back, the room with the broken window can no longer be lived, but fortunately, there is a room in the courtyard, so I simply changed the nearest one.
But when I lay in bed again, my heart couldn't be calmed even more.
After the candlestick flew over just now, the lightning ball disappeared, and the two seemed to be related, could it be that the candlestick played the role of a lightning rod to guide the lightning away? The rolling mine has an amazing energy that can blow up a room of machinery, can a small candelabra make such a big difference?
Another question is, who exactly threw it over? There were a total of three people in the courtyard just now, Chen Yi and Zeng Xianyi have been fighting intently, even if they want to throw the candlestick, I'm afraid they don't have the spare strength, the candlestick is placed on the central round table, and the position of Granny Hua is the person who is most likely to come into contact with it, but she seems to have thrown a crutch to Chen Yi again, judging from the sound, the whole process does not take more than three seconds, and Chen Yi and I are almost diagonal, can a person throw two things at the same time at high speed and accurately in two opposite directions?
Of course, the weirdest thing is, why did she throw the candlestick? Could it be to save me? We're potential competitors, so why did she save me?
After thinking about it for a while, I began to regret that I didn't bring Rui Wei here, that girl knows a lot about Taoism, at least she can tell me some background knowledge! After watching tonight's battle, I began to feel that I was a little too reckless, I thought that the emperor was just playing, and the little money he gave and an idle job of serving people would not attract any top masters, but it didn't seem to be the case.
These three people are at this level, and the rest of them are not good at it. It's no wonder that as soon as it came up, he first threatened everyone with "the death of the loser", it turned out that there was also the meaning of not wanting too many people to die in vain.
At the time, I thought it was just a trick. Because Daddy Yan told me before, after all, if the participants want to enter the palace competition, no matter how great their ability is, they must be recommended by officials to participate, and ordinary people have no chance at all. Since it was recommended by the officials, and the relationship between the officials was either close to each other, or at least the relationship between sponsorship and sponsorship, the probability of holding the competition with a killing intention at the beginning was very low. There is no fundamental conflict of interest, what good is it for the emperor to kill the person recommended by the official? So I reasoned that that was just an excuse to brush down the excessive number of people. Unexpectedly, the killing machine did not come from the emperor, but from the players themselves.
I suddenly felt that among the players who couldn't do well in this competition, the most stupid and incompetent person was probably me!
However, this is the best opportunity to see the emperor, and it is really not my style to give up.
I don't know how long I thought about it before I fell asleep in a daze. When I woke up, I heard a sparrow chirping in the yard, and when I got up and opened the door, I saw that it had rained and sunny, the sun came out, the air was moist, and it was indescribably fresh and pleasant! As soon as he stretched out his arms and stretched his waist widely, he saw that two or three little eunuchs had already brought in a large wooden barrel from outside, and had brought a lot of food boxes to the table.
When I walked over, I saw that the wooden barrel was filled with water, which was originally used for us to wash. is worthy of being the person next to the emperor, and the service is really thoughtful, so you might as well enjoy the treatment of the emperor!
After a while, the rest of the room came out, and when they saw the miserable windowsill of my room, no one expressed surprise, and they didn't even take a second look, and it seemed that I was definitely not the only one who watched the battle last night.
After everyone had washed up and had breakfast, the old eunuch came, and when he saw the candlestick there, he frowned, and said, "Yesterday I have made it clear to you that it is forbidden to fight without permission, and it seems that some people have not listened...... and then his stern gaze began to wander through the crowd, as if waiting for someone to give him an explanation.
I didn't strike up a conversation right away, I didn't look at anyone involved in last night's fight, I just looked down at the ground and tried to keep a nonchalant expression.
Sure enough, otherwise there was no sound from the fight or the persuasion, and not only that, but the onlookers didn't say anything. To be honest, because both sides of the battle are masters, except for the burned window, there is no other evidence left, and coming out to report at this time not only does not necessarily make the person concerned be blamed, but it is very easy to be refuted, and then become the target of public criticism, which is obviously very unworthy. Obviously, this yard is full of smart people who don't make such low-level mistakes.
Of course, I would have done it at the right time, and then I looked at the windowsill as if I had just reacted, and then exclaimed, "Huh? Are you referring to that window? That was last night's thunderstorm! I'm sure you heard that, it's scary......"
"What about the candlesticks?" The old eunuch asked again.
"I couldn't sleep at first, I was not afraid of thunder, so I borrowed it and put it on the windowsill, listening to the old man, it is easy to have dirty things into the house on the night of thunder and rain, I don't want to be a companion with a female ghost or something, put a sharp thing on the windowsill can ward off evil spirits, my heart is steady, I didn't expect the thunder to be so powerful, I actually split it into the wall! ...... "It's so easy to tell a story, and it's all the essence of mixing well with the little nurse in the unit."
"What nonsense, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can there be any ghosts?" The old eunuch said angrily.
"Yes, yes, it's all my worries......" I hurriedly laughed.
This is obviously not an innocent little nurse, not so easy to fool, but he can't say anything without a witness, so he has to snort coldly.
I see that he seems to be thinking about something in his heart, thinking that today's game should officially start, but I have been looking forward to it, whether I can cope with it or not, since I have to do it sooner or later, it is better to come to Lisuo sooner!
Sure enough, with a wave of his hand, he asked the little eunuch to carry in a large box, and when he opened it, he saw that it was full of books.
His next sentence almost didn't make me spurt a mouthful of blood, and he said, "Your task today is to read." ”