Chapter 21: Lan Yue
The night came in a hurry, and Luan Jing snuggled up to the bed next to the carbon fire. The cold wind whistling outside the door was noisy.
I didn't stop until I enjoyed the cold wind. The charcoal fire had burned out, and there was a pot of ash in front of him. Luan Jing rubbed his eyes. I saw the windows and doors open, and the light shining in. The house was made very white.
Luan Jing got up and cleaned himself up, and called a guy to get some hot water. And he called him to buy a man's cloth.
After cleaning up, Luan Jing already had a delicate appearance with a little white face, opened the door, and walked to the dining table downstairs. And he ate some coarse food.
In the Moon Restaurant, Mo Wencheng lay quietly in front of the bed, smelling the aroma of the incense burner between his noses. There is no expression on his face, and the index and middle fingers of his left hand are constantly rising and falling rhythmically.
Outside the curtain of the bed stood a guard, sixteen or seventeen years old. He looked at the master on the bed as if waiting for orders.
Mo Wencheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Dark Moon." ”
The man standing in front of the bed immediately waved his hands and saluted, "Yes." ”
"What time is it now?" Mo Wencheng said lazily.
Dark Moon walked to the window and looked in the direction of the sun, then closed the window door, turned around and continued to wave his hand: "Master, it's a moment now. ”
"It's not too early. Mo Wencheng muttered to himself. Then he called, "Go, bring men." ”
"Yes. "Darkmoon was instructed and a shadow was gone.
After half an hour, the dark moon had brought someone to her and threw her in front of Mo Wencheng's bed.
The man on his knees trembled, and kept begging, "My lord, spare your life." I...... I haven't found Jin'er yet. As he spoke, his eyes lit up again. smiled: "My lord, but don't worry, I will definitely find her." ”
Mo Wencheng kicked Mother Liu, who was kneeling in front of the bed, in annoyance. said: "I don't know if you really care. I'm still hesitant to let Miss Liu go ......"
"No...... No. Before Mo Wencheng finished speaking, Mother Liu had already hurriedly interjected.
"Give me three more days, my lord, and I'll find her. Mother Liu continued to kneel and kowtow.
Mo Wencheng looked at her kowtow leisurely, with some joy in his eyes. After he was comfortable, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you don't need to look for the girl." It's just that...... Go and find out to me who the man in the study building on the left street is. Presumably, the man ...... You should be the best at it. ”
Mother Liu's face was overjoyed when she heard this, and she thanked her again and again: "Thank you, don't worry, my lord." As long as it's a man. I'll find a way to get him to spit out. ”
Mo Wencheng didn't speak, just shook his hand, and Mother Liu retreated obediently.
Dark Moon looked at the master in front of her, and said with some doubts: "Master, that girl is in our inn a hundred meters away, she broke our army of eight thousand, why don't you arrest her?"
Mo Wencheng smiled leisurely and said, "She alone has the ability to subdue three thousand bandits and destroy my eight thousand army." How can such a capable person be arrested?"
Darkmoon was still puzzled and asked, "What is the master going to do?"
"Since she doesn't come to us, then we'll have to invite you into the urn. Mo Wencheng asked Dark Moon to listen.
Darkmoon leaned in to listen. After Mo Wencheng finished speaking, Dark Moon's face suddenly changed. He waved his hand respectfully and said, "Yes." Master. ”
Luan Jing looked at the hour, it was already noon, and when he left the guest room, a few people happened to come in and were talking about it, saying that there was a beauty in Beijing, and her dancing and singing voice were outstanding. Several men had already gone to the streets to watch. I don't know which girl or which lady it is, but the battle is a bit big. Even the county magistrate went to join in the fun.
Luan Jing didn't intend to listen, but when she heard the words 'county order', her heart trembled.
On West Street, people gathered around the street, and the avenue gave way to a wide road. Luan Jing crowded into the crowd and came to the side of the street. I saw a few maids step forward, they were all holding a small flower basket in their hands, and a woman was sitting in a large sedan chair behind her, and the brocade curtain was covered layer by layer, revealing the appearance of a shadow. More than a dozen men carried it, looking at it in the mirror, although they didn't see the woman's appearance, but they felt a little familiar.
Looking along the sight, Luan Jing saw Zuo Chu on the other side, who was also standing in the crowd, looking at the woman on the sedan chair with some curiosity but tenderness. Luan Jing looked at him, but he had only seen it in his own eyes before he died. What does this woman have to do with Zuo Chu? Luan Jing thought carefully.
The sedan chair fell in front of the Huayue Building, the maid opened the curtain layer by layer, and the woman got off the sedan chair with the support of a maid. The figure is graceful and graceful, and the veil on his face is exactly the same as the one he usually wears. She has a noodle body and a coquettish physique. On this cold day in early winter, he was only wearing a few tulle bandeau dresses. Zuo Chu looked at the woman's side eyes and was a little familiar. But I can't name it.
Today he heard that there was a girl in Beijing, who was beautiful. He thought he might be able to check it out if he was curious.
Zuo Chu will take a look at beautiful girls, not because he is greedy for women, but to find a young girl.
Mother Liu went out to greet her with a smile and said with a smile: "Girl, you are back." ”
"Hmm. The woman nodded, and said, "I've bothered my mother these days." Immediately, the woman put her hand on Liu's mother's hand, and Liu's mother also hurriedly ran out and looked in a small corner, careful and cautious. Luan Jing saw Mother Liu, her heart tightened, Mother Liu's figure was no longer a few taels of flesh, and her face was extremely sallow, but her expression was so loving.
Luan Jing looked at the woman puzzled. She really didn't know who Mother Liu would care so about.
When I entered the door, many men by the door crowded in. The cheers were endless, and Luan Jing was squeezed into the building, and now she doesn't know if anyone will recognize her appearance, although she has dressed up, she is also walking cautiously, but some advantages are that she has only rarely gone out in the room, so many girls should not know her, but ...... But you may not meet someone you know.
Actually, she really wanted to leave, but she saw Liu's mother's loving eyes. Zuo Chu's eyes were also full of love and pity. And she was a little familiar with the woman herself, and she really wanted to see who the woman was.
The crowd cheered. It seems that Luan Jing feels that she has returned to the original time, when the woman stood in the tall building where she used to stand, looking at everyone. Mother Liu looked at everyone and smiled: "Sons, don't worry. Today is the first time that our Lanyue girl has come, but are we all ready to welcome our girl?"
"Lanyue girl!" the crowd cheered. Luan Jing was shocked. Lan Yue? She remembered what Mo Wencheng had told her. "I'll send someone to take you back. I'm going to change my name. Li Yu knows your name, but he hasn't seen anyone. Just call 'Lan Yue'?"
This person was sent by Mo Wencheng? Luan Jing looked at the woman in the tall building and looked down on everyone, like her former self.
"How many people want to see Miss Lan's appearance?" Liu's mother smiled.
"I ...... I ......" everyone voted by a show of hands. Mother Liu sneered. said: "Which of you made Miss Lanyue happy." She will entertain you. ”
Immediately, the woman raised her eyebrows, picked up the veil with a thin hand, and the scarf fell naturally from the left. Luan Jing looked at the woman blankly, the woman ...... It looks very similar to myself.,Really...... It's ten. But it's more charming than her.
Mother Liu continued: "Our Lanyue girl is from Shangjing, and you guests should be good at our girl." ”
The crowd cheered. Luan Jing was puzzled, not to mention that the men here had all seen him, but after all, some of them had seen it, but now it seemed like he had never seen it at all.
The crowd cheered incessantly. An eyebrow smiled but seemed to look at her, Luan Jing changed his face and ran out of the flower building. Looking at the concept of people who are almost exactly the same as themselves smiling at themselves, Luan Jing felt sweat on his back. A little frightened, but there was a thought. Did he find someone to replace him? Or did Mo Wencheng have some idea? Luan Jing pondered. In my mind, there were constantly the strange and precious eyes of Liu Ma and Zuo Chu.
Luan Jing saw the wind a few days ago, there were carrier pigeons flying in the Moon Restaurant, and there were special two-knife tail clippers at the tail, so she knew that Mo Wencheng was in the Moon Restaurant.
Thinking of this, she was also a little afraid. Mo Wencheng's tricks are vicious, and I don't know what medicine he will sell in his gourd. I just watched silently.
Since then, Huayuelou has returned to its former prosperity and familiar pick-up mode. It's as if you're stuck in a repetitive track of time.
In this way, the days passed boringly.
Luan Jing has been sitting in the largest Yue Restaurant these days and listening to people discussing the lively things in Jingzhou and even Shangjing these days, what she wants to know most is what the situation is in Lanyue in Huayue Building. Fortunately, men like girls, so there are not a few situations where Lan Yue is discussed. It's all about the girl picking up the man in the past few days, and how much the final auction price is. At most, it is said that the woman has come out several times a day, and it is more difficult to see each other than to enter the palace to see the emperor. Anyway, more complaints.
However, on this day, Luan Jing heard such a conversation.
"Have you heard, I heard that this girl is a former Oiran brocade girl? Some people have seen the previous Oiran and say that they look exactly the same. A young man said. Luan Jing's heart tightened when he heard the words, and he looked at the man who spoke. The man looked a little rough, sitting, and looked a little like a gangster. But he offended the curiosity of the people around him.
An older man looked at him and said, "How is this possible, that Oiran heard that he had killed Li Yuanwai and was arrested by General Li." I heard that it was also given to the bandit to be happy. For the sake of that beauty, those thieves were obediently willing to submit to him. ”
Luan Jing couldn't help but wonder, who said these words? Just thinking about it, another voice came up.
It was the thug who answered: "No, but, ah, I heard that when General Li was arrested that day, the girl escaped from the Yamen Mansion and fled to Shangjing." No, the flower moon building didn't reopen for a month, and the Oiran was brought back. I heard that because of his excellent appearance, he was put at home by an official family to raise him. I often go to pick up some important officials. ”
"Really, if that's the case, how can you come back? It's better not to stay there in Shangjing?" asked another man who had just passed his first year.
The other gangster man returned: "I heard that the official family didn't like the girl all day, and the girl was also sick a lot later, and the official family was also uncomfortable when they saw it, so they promised her to release her when she was well and send her back to Jingzhou." Then he added: "The official family is also very good." I just don't know which official family it is. ”
Everyone looked at the gangster man with disdain, and said, "We also have relatives in Shangjing, but why have we never heard of such a thing? Besides, so many people have seen that girl, why don't anyone say that she looks like that Oiran?"
Luan Jing's face had fallen, who allowed him to say that he was so filthy, but she suddenly thought that she was a famous celebrity. Isn't it just for people to hug? No one can believe in the innocence of a red man. So even if it is touched in the dark, as long as there is some evidence, it is not difficult to believe.