Chapter 119: The Missing King of Danyang, Rumors of a Moon Calamity
Because of the fire in the granary in the house, Hanyue noticed that the number of guards was twice as large as usual.
But no one told her the cause of the fire until the evening.
"Is there a steward in the house now?" Han Yue asked the maids beside her, because she was only a concubine, so she could not preside over the affairs of the house.
The maid nodded.
"Can you let me see me?"
The maid was embarrassed: "The king usually does not allow women to inquire about the affairs of the house. ”
Han Yue had no choice but to do it.
Unexpectedly, that night, when I slept until midnight, I was woken up by the noise outside.
"Ma'am, it's the storehouse fire again." The maid said.
Han Yue hurriedly put on her clothes and came to the door, only to see a pillar of smoke rising outside the courtyard.
"What did you burn this time?" Hanyue frowned slightly.
"The storehouse is empty, and it used to be used to load goods when the king was a merchant." Guards in the courtyard.
Han Yue stood in the courtyard for a long time, watching the pillar of smoke gradually get smaller, and then went back to rest.
Early the next morning, Hanyue was washing in the hall when she saw a maid outside the door looking inside.
"What?" Han Yue said unhappily.
When Sikong Yan was there, they never dared to be so presumptuous.
"I didn't ...... It's nothing. The maid outside the door retracted her head in fright.
Han Yue wiped her face, and at this time, a guard said, "Zhong Rangong asks to see you." ”
Han Yue bowed, "Take him to the courtyard." ”
In Sikong Yanfei's absence, she avoided meeting with her ministers in the dormitory.
Han Yue changed her clothes and came out, and saw Zhong Ran sitting on the bamboo couch in the courtyard with a rare seriousness on her face.
"I've seen Lady Moon." Zhong Ran leaned over and gave a salute.
"But what happened?" Seeing him like this, Hanyue felt bad.
Zhong Rangong looked around.
Han Yue immediately raised her hand, "You all stand down." ”
"Yes." The maids lowered their eyes and retreated.
Zhong Ran Gong saw that there were no outsiders in front of him, so he lowered his voice and said, "The king, he ...... With a little trouble, I may have to come back a little later. ”
Han Yue only felt her eyebrows skip a beat, "What's the matter?" ”
Zhong Rangong tried his best to squeeze out a smile, "Don't worry, Mrs. Yue, the king has always been cautious, this time there was a little accident, he may have to delay a few days to come back, I heard that there was a fire in the house for two consecutive nights, I feel a little strange, so I came to inform Mrs. Huisheng, so as not to worry about you." ”
Han Yue's lips twitched a few times, she really wanted to ask Qing Sikong Yanfei's whereabouts, but she knew that Sikong Yanfei's whereabouts had always been extremely secretive, and it was possible that even Zhong Rangong didn't know.
It was not easy for Zhong Rangong to tell her this.
"Madame, take care, I'll retire first." Zhong Rangong left in a hurry.
Hanyue knelt on the bamboo couch and looked at the sky quietly.
There was not a single cloud in the clear blue sky.
Time was passing little by little, and she sat there quietly, as if she had turned into a stone statue, and even the maid in the courtyard did not know what she was thinking at the moment.
Faintly, a low voice floated from outside the courtyard: "This time, there are also crescent-shaped traces on the pillars of the warehouse......"
"Could it be that this is a warning from heaven, a ghost and a god?"
"The king has not returned yet, I don't know if it has anything to do with it."
Hanyue closed her eyes.
The voices outside the courtyard faded away.
Hanyue stood up and walked outside.
"Madame Yue, where are you going?" The maids hurried to follow.
"Go to the storeroom where the fire started last night."
Everyone wondered why Lady Moon had to go to see the burnt black storehouse.
Two fires in a row almost burned down the roof, and there was nothing left in the storeroom.
What's there to see about such a place?
Han Yue entered the storeroom and looked carefully at the pillar.
The pillars were covered with black ash.
She wiped it with her hand, and the floating ash was removed, revealing a crescent-shaped burn mark.
Hanyue stretched out her index finger and rubbed it carefully.
The mark was smooth and burn-marked, as if it had been ironed with iron.
"Sister Yue." A timid female voice came from behind her, "Why are you here?" ”
Han Yue turned around and saw Pu Wu standing at the door, looking inside, "This is where it burned down last night?" There's ash everywhere, what's there to see......" she muttered.
Han Yue ignored her and continued to check the pillars in the warehouse.
She found suspicious marks on every pillar.
"What is Sister Yue looking at?" Pu Wu asked.
"Just take a look." Han Yue took the handkerchief from the maid's hand and wiped the black ash off her fingers.
Pu Wu timidly glanced at the empty warehouse, and said in a low voice: "Have you heard any rumors recently...... sister?"
Han Yue glanced at her, she didn't have a good impression of the three noble girls from Pucheng at all.
Pu Wu saw that Hanyue didn't answer, so he followed closely behind her.
"Sister really doesn't want to know?"
Hanyue stood on her feet and turned to look at her, "If you want to say it, just say it, if you don't say it, I'll leave first." ”
Pu Wu pulled the corner of his clothes aggrievedly, "I also heard what the people in the courtyard said, and I felt that this matter might be related to my sister, so I wanted to tell you." ”
Han Yue stood silently.
Seeing that she refused to talk, Pu Wu continued: "I heard from the people in the courtyard that those crescent moon marks are moon calamities, revelations from ghosts and gods, and if they are not removed, the king will be in danger. ”
Han Yue sneered, "Moon disaster? What does it have to do with me? ”
"Because my sister has a month in her name...... So I thought about it a lot. Pu Wu lowered his head.
"Do you know where the king has gone?" Han Yue asked.
Pu Wu blinked, "How do I know ......?"
"Then how do you think the king is in danger?"
Pu Wu opened his mouth.
"Or who told you that?" Han Yue asked.
Pu Wu waved his hand again and again in fright, "No, no, I really heard it, sister, don't blame me." ”
Han Yue looked at her deeply, "It's better not to." Then he took the maid and walked away.
Pu Wu kept watching Hanyue walk away, and then patted his chest and shouted, "I'm scared to death." She turned to one of the maids behind her and said, "I have said what the princess has requested, and the princess should be satisfied this time." ”
The maid said solemnly: "The slave will go back to tell the princess, and I hope that Mrs. Pu will remember that you and the princess are of the same clan." ”
Pu Wu lowered his head, "I know." ”
The other party's words were full of warnings, and Pu Wu felt a chill behind him when he heard it.
They are of the same race, and if something happens, none of them can escape.
After Han Yue returned to the dormitory, she found all the maids in the courtyard and asked them to tell them the rumors in the house in detail in the past two days.
After interrogating these maids, she called for the guards in the courtyard, these guards were different from the maids, they could come and go freely, so they knew more information.
After Han Yue listened, her heart seemed to sink to the bottom of the water, and she couldn't breathe.
What is the calamity of the month...... Sure enough, it was all for her.