Volume 1 Floating Life Chapter 41 Cinnabar (7)
"I didn't expect the third prince to be quite kind." As he spoke, he pushed a plate of wine that had already been poured in front of her.
Jing Tan picked it up and drank it all, and didn't seem to hear what she said, and it didn't take long for her to fall on the table. And Aman, who was beside him, was already drunk on the bench.
Mo Su stood still, called Jingtan a few times, but didn't hear a response, she smiled with satisfaction and walked out of the shop.
After she left, Jing Tan, who was lying on the table, opened one eye slightly, and only after confirming that there was no one in the store did she spit out the wine that had been in her mouth for a long time, reached out to probe Aman's snort, and after confirming that she had just fainted, she moved Aman to the corner and went out with Mo Su's footsteps.
It turned out that Mo Su took advantage of the gap between Jing Tan and Ah Man staring at the two of them, and quietly put sweat medicine in her wine, fortunately, Mo Su treated her lukewarmly on weekdays, and was a little alienated, but today she suddenly told her so much enthusiastically, which really made her feel weird, plus she was already suspicious of the strange two, afraid that she was really drunk, so she didn't drink that wine again.
Afraid that Mo Su would find out that there was a tail, Jing Tan had to follow from a distance.
I saw Mo Su go around and enter a more remote longevity store, and after a long time, someone carried two coffins out of the back door, and Mo Su followed at the back door.
Jingtan covered herself, and after they left, she followed not far away, and the person carrying the coffin walked to the south gate, where she was stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the gate.
The officer and soldier held a knife and stopped: "Now there are thieves in the city, and if you want to get out of the city, you need to open the coffin for inspection!" ”
Mo Su said with a sad face: "My lord, the two elder brothers of the slave family were infected that day, and I thought it was not a serious illness, but who knew that the doctor came to see it and said that he was infected with the plague!" The doctor's medicine box ran away before he had time to take it, no one dared to treat it, who would have thought that they would both return early this morning! The neighbor said that he should be sent out of the city as soon as possible, otherwise it would not only be my two brothers who were infected, and although I was reluctant to give up, I did not dare to bear the charge of the source of this infection..."
Hearing this, he hurriedly covered his mouth and nose and retreated several steps in succession.
"Don't worry, my lord, the slave family has been bought by nobles to be a house slave since he was a child, and he and his two brothers have not seen each other all year round, but this morning I heard the bad news, so I hurried to the funeral...."
The officers and soldiers gathered together to discuss something, and one of them said, "Lord Wang has instructed that no matter who it is, it must be checked..."
Another said, "This man is pitiful, and it is a plague!" It's going to die, I want to check you, I don't want to die just like that! ”
The man hesitated for a while, looked at everyone, all of them looked evasive, the man was worried, and he didn't dare to come forward to check, so he waved his hand to Mo Su impatiently and said, "Go, go!" Send it farther! ”
"Naturally, the slave family has thanked a few adults!" As he spoke, he took out a heavy bag of silver from his bosom, secretly stuffed it to him, and said: "A few adults have worked hard day and night, and I hope that a few adults will not dislike it." ”
The man took the money without a sign and motioned for them to open the door.
Jing Tan watched the group go out, there was nothing to say and it was not easy to go up to stop them, and after they left, Jing Tan looked for a carriage and horses nearby, and galloped all the way to Yong'an Mansion.
Wang Youjun was really in Yong'an Mansion, and Jingtan didn't care about letting people report it, so he broke into the lobby all the way, and asked when he came up: "What kind of thief is Brother Youjun arresting?" Listening to the words of the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate, coupled with the burning of Yong'an Mansion, she always felt that Yong'an was definitely more than just an assassin in Wang Youting's recent affairs.
Wang Youjun was slightly surprised: "Why are you here?" ”
Jing Tan picked up the tea cup on the table, poured a cup and drank it all, and said seriously: "I think Mo Su has a ghost!" ”
Wang Youjun rolled his eyes helplessly and said, "You don't think it's been a day or two that she has a ghost...."
Jing Tan hurriedly said: "It's not this, I've heard a little about the burning of Yong'an Mansion, but now the time is running out, so it's better for us to talk about it on the road." ”
Wang Youjun looked at her and said suspiciously: "What are you talking about?" ”
So Jingtan told him what he had seen and heard today, and Wang Youjun realized the seriousness of the matter.
"In this way, those two people are very likely to be suspects who escaped from Yong'an Mansion!" So saying, he hurriedly sent men to pursue them with them.
Along the way, Jingtan asked about what happened, Wang Youjun said together, she knew that on the day of Zhongyuan's blessing, Yong'an Mansion was burned in prison, and that day was the change of officials, and two prisoners took advantage of the chaos to escape, and when he arrived at Yong'an Mansion, the people had already disappeared, and there were not enough people that night, and on the second day, he sent most of the people out of the city to search, but it was unsuccessful, and those two were Fang Di and Wen Jing.
Wang Youjun gritted his teeth and said: "I thought that they might go out of the city one night, so I sent out most of the people, no wonder I couldn't find them, it turned out that they had been in the city all along." ”
Jing Tan sighed on the horse: "Today I saw that one of them is quite like my two sisters, I'm afraid it's what you call Wen Jing." Because she is the queen's family, she has seen Wen Jing a few times when she was young, but because of her young age, she has long forgotten his appearance, when she was young, she heard that Wen Jing made a big mistake, and she was going to be beheaded.
As for Fang Di, the son of the Hubu Shangshu, she has also heard of it, it was a few years ago, when the Hubu Shangshu was greedy for a large amount of money, which led to the emptiness of the treasury, and indirectly harmed the victims who were suffering from natural disasters in the south, she remembered that tens of thousands of people died that year, and her father was furious, beheaded him for public display, and exiled his relatives, because the gold, silver and jewelry accounts found when he raided the house did not match, so he imprisoned his only son Fang Di, and wanted to find out the whereabouts of the gold from his air, this pass is a few years.
"Why don't you report such a big thing? If her father knew about it, he would definitely send the Yulin Army to search, wouldn't that be..."Before she finished speaking, she thought that if she reported it, not only would her father blame him for not saying anything, but also the fact that several princesses had sneaked out would also be discovered....If you can't catch the thief, it will be a crime to report it, and it will be a crime not to report it... No wonder he looks depressed today. "But it's okay not to report it, it's still Brother Youjun who thinks clearly."
He smiled helplessly: "If I were transparent, I wouldn't chase people now." ”
Jingtan's equestrian skills are quite passable, but fortunately, she is dressed lightly and can barely keep up with the team.
After leaving the city, the horse ran for a while and needed to go to Huishui Village, which is not far from the city, to supply grain and grass, they thought that Mo Su took two people, even if there was a horse to respond, in order to make the horse run fast, they also needed to go there to supply grain and grass, so the group quickly whipped to Huishui Village.
Because of the proximity to the horse farm, most of the people in this village are people who raise horses for Xungui, and there is only one inn in the village, and Wang Youjun led people straight there.
The shopkeeper saw Hao Hao Tang Tang and his group coming in, and the bookkeeping pen in his hand trembled with fright, and a few drops of ink were dropped on the account book, he naturally would not be uninterested enough to think that these Buddhas were here to eat or stay in the hotel, only to see him bow down and say: "I don't know if a few officials are coming to the cold house to catch someone, the small shop is doing business in its own right, and no one has stayed in the past two days." ”
Wang Youjun took out the token of the official mansion and showed it to him, and asked: "The official mansion chases people, have there been two bearded people and one Hui person here today?" ”
"Please let the villain think about it..."He pondered for a moment, and then said: "These three people have been here, and the three of them led three horses, but they rested for a while and left." ”
An officer and soldier beside Wang Youjun shouted: "Is this true? ”
He said: "Even if you give a few cowards to the villain, you don't dare to deceive!" ”
So Wang Youjun ordered: "Chase! ”
He grabbed Jing Tan, who was about to get on the horse, and said, "I don't know where this chase is, why don't you go back to the palace first, and I'll look for you when the matter is over!" ”
"This..."Jing Tan hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I'm waiting here, there are some things I want to ask Mo Su face to face." "Mo Su was involved in the robbery of the prison this time, and most of the fire in Yong'an Mansion had nothing to do with her, Mr. said that she was an old friend of the national teacher, so will these things have anything to do with the national teacher?
Wang Youjun didn't argue with her, he only handed her the fireworks that had been signaling, saying that if something happened, he would set off this fireworks for help. Then he hurried after the people.
Jing Tan walked out of the inn and walked aimlessly in the village, thinking about Mo Su's strange behavior in her heart. Because the village is not big, Jing Tan came to the end in a short time, the head of the village is a row of stables, this hour is a meal, and the people who feed the horses should all go back, so there is no one here, but Jing Tan saw an inky figure, which was somewhat familiar.
The man turned to her and said, "Jiaming has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”
"Why is Kasama here?" Jing Tan was surprised.
He smoothed the horses that were eating grain and grass, and said with a smile: "I heard that there is the largest horse farm in Yong'an here, so I came to take a look, and I was fascinated by these big Wanliang horses." ”
Jing Tan followed his eyes and saw that they were indeed a few sturdy and strong horses. So he smiled and said: "My lord likes it, this princess will give you a few horses another day!" ”
Jia Ming smiled and said, "Then Jia Ming will not be polite to the princess." He put the grain and grass away, and asked, "The princess smells very good, and I don't know what incense is smoked?" ”
"Uh..."
Seeing that she was a little embarrassed, Jia Ming explained: "The princess is not strange, it is Jia Ming who feels familiar with the incense on the princess, and the fragrance is very fragrant to the spices of Jia Ming's hometown. ”
Jing Tan recalled what she had burned in the palace and asked, "Is it agarwood or sandalwood?" ”
Jia Ming shook his head and smiled: "No, it is a herb unique to Jia Ming's hometown, no matter what kind of incense this herb is mixed in, the taste will not be very strong, only people like us who are commonly used in the Western Regions can smell it." This spice can only survive under the mountain on our side, and it is already scarce, so it is rarely paid as a tribute, and the princess's incense is there, which shows how much His Majesty of the Celestial Empire favors the princess. ”
"Maybe it's mixed in my fragrance, I don't know..."
He continued: "Speaking of the fragrance of the Western Regions, I think of wine, it just so happens that I have a few jars of wine that have just come from the Western Regions, and some of them say that the princess has not drunk it, why don't the princess take advantage of today to taste it with me?" ”
Jing Tan was already good at this sip of fruit wine, but when she heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up: "Is it!" I'm curious about what you said...."She thought about it, wasn't she still waiting for news from Wang Youjun, how could she run away because of a glass of wine?
So she said helplessly: "It's better to change the day, I have something to do today...", and touched the fireworks, but after touching them for a long time, I touched the whole body but there was no trace of the fireworks!
Kashina twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Princess....Is it itchy on your body?" ”
"I seem to have lost something, I'm sorry, Kasama's wine, we'll drink it another day!" As he spoke, he ran back again and again.
Ka Ming looked at her back in place, and there was a bit of coldness in his eyes.