Chapter 10: The Death of Li Wen
The moonlight was in the sky, Feng Lingchu was walking on the street with Xu Liuguang, looking at the joy of people coming and going, Xu Liuguang seemed to be very happy. When I walked to a shop selling lanterns, I suddenly stopped. I was attracted by a lotus lantern.
"Girl, buy a lantern, and make a wish with your beloved to put the lantern into the river in front of you, and your wish will come true. "The seller was a man in his early thirties, and he was a bit mediocre in appearance. He watched Xu Liuguang, such a beautiful woman walking towards him, and his heart was naturally happy. I saw two men behind the woman, handsome and tall, and one of them walking with his head bowed behind. Looking at Xu Liuguang's clothes, he can't be compared with ordinary people, so he should give it to a big family.
Xu Liuguang picked up the lotus lantern and stared at it, then turned around with a smile, and said to Feng Lingchu with a smile: "Childe, let's go put the lantern." Feng Lingchu glanced at the woman who was rejoicing. Some nodded casually. "Hmm"
Under the river, the gentleman who paved the ink shop looked at the beauty in front of him and hesitated to take a pen. Hurriedly said: "Seeing that the girl's pen is delayed, she must want to wish for marriage, I have a lot of poems here to wish for marriage." The girl can watch the staff officer. ”
Xu Liuguang blushed a little when she was said, and she came back to look at Feng Lingchu from time to time, but she saw that Feng Lingchu was just standing at the mouth of the river and didn't pay attention to herself. She was a little embarrassed, and she naturally wanted the people in front of her to write a blessing together. I saw people coming and writing one after another. After hesitating, I finally wrote two sentences. "May I be like a monarch and like the moon, and the night will be bright and clean. ”
"Childe, what do you think of these two sentences?" Xu Liuguang brought the lantern close to Feng Lingchu. "Miss Xu is very talented, and your writing is good. Feng Lingchu glanced at it casually and said. No emotion can be heard between the words.
Seeing this, Xu Liuguang was so interested that he walked away and walked to the river, his words were a little light and like muttering to himself. "I heard that the prince is both civil and military, and he has the degree of a gentleman, and it is really true to see it today......
Feng Lingchu was a little impatient, so he directly turned around to look at the sea of people behind. In the sea of people, on a sedan chair that had just passed, he vaguely felt that the people in the sedan chair were somewhat familiar, and the breathing rate was a little weak, and he should be a little seriously injured, but there was another person beside him. He felt like he was thinking too much.
"Childe, let's go take a look again. Xu Liuguang grabbed Feng Lingchu, who was distracted. When Feng Lingchu came back to his senses, he was obviously a little unhappy when he saw his hand being pulled by a woman. He began to frown, and out of the corner of his eye, he watched with some disdain as his hand intertwined with the other. Immovable for a long time.
Xu Liuguang saw that Feng Lingchu didn't react, and kept staring at himself and holding his hand, as if he knew something, and then politely retracted his hand. He said, "Childe, I'm sorry, it was the slave who accidentally bumped into it." ”
The guards next to Feng Lingchu were also light in his ears. "Your Highness, the hour is getting short. Can you let them go?"
Feng Lingchu immediately turned to laugh and said to Xu Liuguang with some apologies: "Miss Xu, I'm really sorry, I don't like to touch people, it's not that I'm dissatisfied with the girl, if you are offended, please forgive Miss Xu." ”
Miss Xu's face softened a little when she heard this, and she looked like a lady again. Said shyly: "It's the slave family who is offended." Then he looked at the crowd again. Feng Lingchu also took her back to the market. The guards behind him were gone. Later, I saw some beautiful fireworks in the sky, and many fireworks also bloomed together, and there was a particularly beautiful one in the middle, that is, there were two colors, red and yellow fireworks appeared when they rose to the top sky. Xu Liuguang smiled happily when he saw it. Feng Lingchu also smiled.
The two continued to walk and play for half an hour.
Feng Ling Chu saw the sky and suggested going back to rest. Xu Liuguang responded a little shyly, thinking that Feng Lingchu would take him to his mansion, but he called the waiting palanquin man to send her back to the Li mansion.
Back at the door, a young maid stepped forward to greet 6.
"Miss, you're back. There was some joy in the maid's words. Xu Liuguang didn't speak, but his face was a little gloomy, and then he walked back to the house. When the sedan chair man saw Miss Xu go back to the house, he also turned around and went back.
As soon as he entered the door, Xu Liuguang gave the maid a big slap in the face, and scolded angrily: "You also want me to come back, don't you!" The maid's face suddenly became hot, she fell to her knees in a panic, and cried a little: "I'm sorry Miss, the slave doesn't mean that." ”
Xu Liuguang was even more angry when he saw her kneeling and begging for mercy, and called two subordinates to drag her to the twenty boards, and smashed the things in the house.
The sound of thumping pierced through the mansion. When her anger eased a little, she thought about asking his cousin to pave the way for her. I can't be the princess of Ning Kingdom, but it is also a good choice to be the princess of her Ye Kingdom.
As soon as he walked to Qingxuan Pavilion, he was stopped by a few girls at the door, "Miss, the master is not here, the master has recruited a few guests today, and this is where the master's guests live." Then the leading girl glanced at Xu Liuguang again, and said a little shyly: "The master has already fallen asleep." Miss is still inconvenient to disturb. ”
When Xu Liuguang heard this, he didn't know why he was angry, looking at the face of the middle-aged woman in front of him, he knew that her cousin was accompanied by a beautiful woman. His own affairs are like this today, but he is in love with others in his room. So without looking back, he went to Li Wen's room.
There was no one at the door, Xu Liuguang kicked it with a sharp kick, and the door opened. She walked in and shouted before she could see the road: "Cousin, you are doing well, I still ......" and was about to fall into her throat when she got stuck in her throat and couldn't get out. She looked at the familiar person on the ground in astonishment, the blood from the corners of her mouth and chest had turned black. She was so frightened that she hurriedly went out to call the man.
"Come on, come on!" After the voice was not enough, more than a dozen family members arrived. They all nervously asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"
Xu Liuguang timidly pointed in the direction of the room, his eyes were a little frightened. The family saw the direction and ran away. Then came the voices of the entire mansion arresting the Assassins.
"Arrest the Assassin!"
"It must be the Oiran!go and fence off the Flower Moon Tower!" the middle-aged butler shouted.
Dozens of family members all ran in the direction of Hualou, and the family took care of the aftermath. Xu Liuguang was already frightened. The housekeeper brought Xu Liuguang into the room and called more than a dozen guards and maids to protect him.
Two more men were sent to inform General Li, who was in Shangjing. Xu Liuguang suddenly remembered Feng Lingchu in his heart in fear and timidity, and called two family members to inform Feng Lingchu.
The "childe" man knelt in front of the bed and beckoned to Feng Lingchu.
Feng Lingchu opened his eyes after a few minutes. Boredom glanced at the people below. In a lazy tone, he asked, "What's the matter?"
The kneeling man bowed his head again. Said: "There is news from the Li Mansion, saying...... Levine is dead. The man lifted his head as he spoke. Fu said: "I heard that he was killed by the Oiran of Huayue Tower, and he has sent someone to surround Huayue Tower." ”
Feng Lingchu frowned slightly when he heard this. Somewhat surprised, Fu fell into deep thought again, and only after a moment did he say slightly: "Oh......? I'll have to go and see it. ”
After Xu Liuguang sent someone to go for half an hour, he finally saw the familiar figure reappear, and then rushed straight into Feng Ling Chu's arms with a panicked expression. "Lord, you're here!" my cousin ......" A whining sobbing sound followed. Xu Liuguang held Xijuan in his hand and cried in Feng Lingchu's arms. Feng Lingchu was not angry, but was a little surprised, and then patted the beauty in his arms. said: "Miss Xu, I have heard about Brother Li, people cannot be resurrected after death, and I hope Miss Xu will take care of her health." Xu Liuguang in his arms was still sobbing. Feng Lingchu saw that she didn't mean to leave his arms, and he said again: "Miss Xu, let me go and see Brother Li." Then he asked his own guards to pull Xu Liuguang away.
Feng Lingchu walked to Li Wen's room and saw that the family was cleaning up the blood stains on the ground, and Li Wen's body had been placed in the coffin in the main hall, but the lid had not yet been closed, and the elderly mother wiped the blood stains and body for Li Wen, and changed her clothes.
Feng Lingchu looked at their actions and didn't know if they were really stupid, wiped all the bloodstains, how did the people of the government investigate this murder case, the housekeeper saw Feng Lingchu and said to him that Li Wen had been put into the coffin, in the main hall.
Between his eyes, Feng Lingchu could see that the housekeeper was a little sad. But the expression is very complicated.
Walking to the main hall, Feng Lingchu first saw the three candles in front of the coffin, and then the shadows of the family members were busy. His steps were a little tight, and his eyes were a little complicated when he looked at Li Wen, who was still opening the lid. Li Wen's death was peaceful, but there were still visible lines that showed that his face was hideous when he died. And the whole body has changed into a full set of clothes, obviously changed by the family members.
"Did you change his clothes and wash his body?" Feng Lingchu asked as he looked at the family member who was busy working beside him.
Jia Ding looked at Feng Lingchu's face a little hideous, and he was a little timid in his heart, and slowly spoke: "The housekeeper asked us to wash the old man so that he can walk decently." ”
Feng Lingchu listened. It's a little strange, I don't know if the old butler is really stupid or for the sake of this Li Wen, he wiped all the blood stains clean. He didn't speak. just looked at Li Wen in front of him carefully, and remembered the carriage he saw on the street, and suddenly felt that the woman in the car had seen it.
"Fu Bo, I've searched all over the place, and the master's protégé is no longer in the house. A young man said next to Li Fu. Li Fu's expression was a little ugly, he obviously didn't say that he was going to find the master's protégé, who advocated going to find it?
"Fauber, we didn't find the Oiran in the Flower Moon Building, they said...... I sent her to our Li Mansion and never went back. When they came back from Hualou, they all lowered their heads one by one.
Li Fu's expression changed, and he turned his head and asked, "But you've all gone to see it?"
"I searched it, but I didn't find it, and it was ours who went to pick up the sedan chair, and there were people at the door, and I never saw the girl go out. Jia Ding replied.