298. Dragon-shaped jade pendant
I heard the whisper above my head: "Ten miles of spring breeze is not as good as you, Lan, you said my heart." As far as I'm concerned, there is nothing in this world that can surpass you, to put it mildly, Yuan'er and Yue'er are not as good as you......"
I covered his mouth with my fingers to prevent him from saying something that didn't please me, "I know what you mean, but don't say it." We are a family, and we will be fine now and in the future. ”
stared at him for a long time, and finally saw him respond.
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, there was a flash of panic in my heart just now, the only thing he would hesitate about my affairs, as for the rest, he could make up his mind to give up, and he must not let that mind come out.
The first day of the Lunar New Year is a rare day for Ah Ping, and he doesn't plan to go to the imperial study or the dormitory, so he wants to stay in this house. Sometimes the pressure of government affairs is too heavy, and they will want to unload, and there is an unwritten agreement that they will not talk about official business when they arrive in this hut, and even if there is a real emergency, they will leave and deal with it.
It's also rare for me to have Aunt Yun and Xiaoxiao around me, so I have to do all the affairs of the family. Washing clothes in winter is really cold enough, and the children's clothes are frozen red after washing, Ah Ping lowered his eyes and swept my hands when he walked out of the courtyard after eating, and immediately leaned down to take the laundry tub, and scolded lightly: "Why don't you add some hot water to wash?" ”
I smiled and said, "Isn't this intentional to upset you?" ”
He pursed his lips and nodded: "It's distressing, wait for me to dry your clothes and apply ointment to you." ”
He has always carried the small bottle of green jade paste with him, at first he used to medicate when I was injured, and then he applied the ointment when Yuan'er and Xiao Yue'er had a bump. It seems to have been improved, the original green jade paste with a medicinal smell, now the medicinal taste is very light, more fragrant.
Looking at his back drying clothes, the sun was quiet, and I combed his hair for him, instead of meticulously pulling his hair in a bun on his head as before, but letting him leave some hair scattered on the back of his shoulders. Although he is thin, his skeleton is very upright, and even if his long hair hangs down his shoulders, he will not feel like a woman on his back. found that he liked to wear white and gold-threaded robes in private, which not only lost royal etiquette, but also matched his temperament.
Maybe the sun was too warm, maybe it was sleepless last night, or maybe the recliner under me was too comfortable, and I felt sleepy as soon as I closed my eyes. But as soon as I was in a trance, I was woken up by Ah Ping, and his frowning face appeared in my sight, and I muttered and asked, "What's wrong?" He said, "It's cold outside, so go and sleep in the back room." ”
I put my hand around his neck and asked coquettishly, "You carry me in." ”
He would not refuse such a request, and naturally put one hand around my shoulders and the other hand through the crook of my leg and hugged me horizontally. And I was very familiar with his arms, and I took advantage of the sleepiness to drill into his arms and find a comfortable position.
When I felt my body being put down, I let go of my hand, and I was about to turn inward, but I felt that there was a weight on my body, and I asked softly in my ear: "Why did you start to be sleepy early in the morning?" It can't be again, right? ”
"you, I won't give you any more babies. I didn't sleep until I was sleepy last night, you go take care of the children first, let me squint for a while. ”
Suddenly there was a pain in my ears, and I cried out in pain: "What are you doing?" ”
The deep voice reached the eardrums: "You are not allowed to speak foul language, why don't you give me a baby anymore?" ”
I snorted and continued to close my eyes and said, "Are you still thinking about having a girl?" It's better to die of this heart.,It's a son in my life.,Although I also want to have a daughter.。 ”
Isn't it logical that people in this era are patriarchal and like sons, why does this person always want a girl? After a moment of silence, I heard him say, "I will not be born in the future." I opened my eyes in amazement, and there was silence in the dark eyes that were so close at hand, and I wondered why he had suddenly changed his mind.
I didn't expect him to suddenly lean down and kiss me, and directly opened my lips and invaded. This wave of intimacy came unexpectedly, but it was also interrupted and caught off guard, the sound of the soaring footsteps in the outhouse was loud, only to hear Ah Ping curse "damn" in a low voice between his lips, so he had to retreat hatefully, just as Yuan'er ran into sight and muttered loudly: "Oh no, the little moon fell into the well." ”
My first reaction was to be shocked, and I hurriedly pushed the people around me, but when I sat up, I remembered where the well came from in this room. Despite this, Ah Ping and I went out with Yuan'er, he took us out of the house all the way, and when we saw Yan Qi walking with Yue'er in his arms, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked, "What happened?" ”
Yuan'er said that Yue'er fell into the well, but what happened to Yue'er's clothes that were dry?
I only heard Yan Qi reply: "There is a dry well over there, and the two of them got into it in a blink of an eye." Then Yuan'er climbed up and left the moon waiting in it. "My forehead is about to have a black line again, why does Yuan'er keep doing this kind of tricky thing?
And Yue'er, who was cheated over there, still grinned: "Brother, I asked Uncle Yan to save me, so I don't need Daddy and Auntie to come." ”
Ah Ping asked where the dry well was, and Yan Qi took us over, but it was not far away, just a few feet away on the right side of the hut. Under normal circumstances, although Yuan'er is naughty, she doesn't dare to take Yue'er too far away to play without others following.
The so-called dry well actually does not even have the edge of the well, it is just a hole in the ground level, and the surrounding area is overgrown with weeds. Originally, the cottage was built in a corner of the palace, and it was absolutely quiet and not disturbed by the outside world. From that trace, it can be clearly seen that the mouth of the pit was covered by grass, and I am afraid that the two naughty eggs will accidentally fall down when they play here.
The pit is not too deep, there is nothing in it except for some dead leaves, but the height of Yuan'er and Yue'er is there, and it is needless to say that Yuan'er climbed up by himself to see the dirt on his body.
Ah Ping swept his eyes and ordered Yan Qi to let someone fill in the pit, and was about to turn around and walk back when he heard Yue'er asking, "Uncle Yan, what do you think this is?" I looked at it, but I was frightened in the next moment, "Yue'er, what are you holding in your hand?" ”
Yan Qi immediately snatched the thing in Yue'er's hand and put the person down, looking at Ah Ping with a heavy face: "Childe, I'll go down and investigate." After Ah Ping frowned lightly and nodded slightly, he saw Yan Qi jumping off the dry well, his behavior was seen by the unwitting Yuan'er and Yue'er, and he felt very powerful, and applauded happily.
I pulled the two children to me and took a deep breath to calm my heartbeat after being frightened just now, and it turned out that Yue'er had a human bone in her hand!
Soon I heard Yan Qi's voice coming from below: "Childe, there is a coffin buried underneath." He paused and said, "But the coffin is rotten, do you want to dig it up?" ”
I turned my eyes to look at Ah Ping, and saw that his face was slightly calm and thoughtful, thinking that I always had to dig up the bones and investigate them, but I heard him command in a deep voice: "You come up, or fill this pit, and then bring Chen Ergou to see me." ”
Chen Ergou! This name hit my brain directly, and I immediately probed over to look at the hole that I thought was a dry well, and suddenly understood what might be going on. I'm afraid this is not a dry well, but a hole that was dug by Chen Ergou more than a year ago. Chen Ergou doesn't talk about his nature, he has been robbing tombs for too long, and there are always some habits that can't be changed, if the dog's nose is aware of the tomb when he digs the underground passage, he will definitely not let it go.
Ah Ping took me and the children back to the house first, and then sat in the house drinking tea while waiting for Yan Qi to bring Chen Ergou with a slightly gloomy face. I asked Yuan'er about the specific situation again, and sure enough, the two of them played and fell into the pit under the grass, Yuan'er is used to climbing trees, and it is not a problem to climb up such a pit, but it is impossible for Xiao Yue'er to have small arms and short legs, and Yuan'er has no way to save his brother after climbing up, so he has to run back to us for help.
When Chen Ergou was brought over, I couldn't help but be surprised, and thought that he was still being locked up, but it turned out that he was wearing a black palace uniform, could it be that he was also an official?
As soon as he entered the door, Chen Ergou's dog-legged character was revealed, and he knelt on the ground respectfully and shouted twice to see the emperor and the queen, but when he raised his head, he still didn't change his eyebrows and asked him why he came.
Ah Ping glanced at him indifferently and asked lightly, "When was the tomb dug?" ”
Chen Ergou opened his mouth and was stunned: "Huh? Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't know what you mean......" was swept away by Ah Ping's cold eyes at this time, and he was so frightened that he immediately shuddered, and then changed his words: "I don't know what the emperor is referring to?" ”
Ah Ping looked at him with a smile, "It seems that you have dug a lot of tombs in this imperial city?" ”
Chen Ergou was shocked, and shook his head again and again knowing that he had said the wrong thing: "No, no, no, please forgive the emperor, it was the small one who said the wrong thing, and the small one dug a place, or the time when he saved the queen more than a year ago, when he was digging a hole, he was noble when he was digging a hole, so I even dug the hole with itchy hands, and it was in the ...... It's right around the house. ”
Needless to say, that hole was really not a dry well, but a thief hole dug by Chen Ergou, I am afraid that Ah Ping would recognize it at a glance, so he immediately thought of Chen Ergou. But Chen Ergou said that there is nobility in the underground, which means that the person in the tomb has an identity? I still remember that this thief sneaked into the underground of Ginkgo Village several times, and was repeatedly bumped into by me, at first I thought that this thief was blind, and then I thought that it was the underground secret passage that hid Ah Ping's father's clothed mound, and the royal nobility must have been poked out by him.
It is said that tomb robbery is a technical job, and it has a close relationship with feng shui, and the ability to find dragon points is not something that anyone can achieve. Chen Ergou seems to be a thief with a mouse's face, but he is afraid that he has real skills, otherwise he will not be repeatedly bumped into the tomb. Speaking of which, my Xingyue bracelet was dug up by him.
As I was pondering, I heard Ah Ping ask, "What treasure have you dug up?" ”
Chen Ergou's face became a little embarrassed, and he said hesitantly: "It's a small clumsy eye, I thought that such a noble atmosphere must have a lot of burial objects, and from feng shui, it looks like a dragon, but digging into that tomb, there is only the white bone of a female corpse and a jade pendant." Later, Xiao pondered and estimated that the jade pendant might be of good texture, so that there would be a luxurious atmosphere permeating the ground. ”
There is no need for Ah Ping to speak again, Yan Qi shouted loudly: "Where is the jade pendant? ”
Chen Ergou replied with a wincing: "The little one doesn't know if the emperor is doing this, the jade pendant is still in the small house, if the emperor allows it, the little one will go back and get it." ”
But seeing that Ah Ping suddenly locked his eyes on him, his tone was cold: "Chen Ergou, the head on your neck is placed on your neck, if you feel too heavy, I don't mind cutting it off and kicking it as a ball." As soon as these words came out, Chen Ergou's face turned pale in fright, and he kowtowed to the end and shouted: "The emperor forgives the sin, the emperor forgives the sin, and the jade pendant is on the little one." ”
I was really surprised to see this, how did Ah Ping know that Chen Ergou was lying? And since he has summoned this Chen Ergou for questioning, and the thief hole has been exposed, how dare he lie in front of Ah Ping that the jade pendant is still in the room. But when Chen Ergou took out the jade pendant from his arms and trembled and presented it to the top of his head, I suddenly realized.
It was a dragon-shaped jade pendant, the color was emerald green like jade, not only the texture was good, only the emperor dared to carve the dragon pattern in this court. Yan Qi took a step forward and took it and sent it to Ah Ping, but he didn't see Ah Ping immediately take it.