Chapter 111: Becoming a King
Han Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment when she heard this, she didn't know what she thought, and her face was difficult to look at.
Xiuniang didn't know where she said wrong, so she could only comfort: "Don't think too much about it first, if you care about He Sifeng, go and take a look, I heard that His Royal Highness King Cheng has been moving a lot recently." ”
Han Xiaoxiao really couldn't figure it out, they had already said that they were going to find Lin Hai that day, what else could they do big, so she nodded and agreed: "Okay, I really can't rest assured, you can follow me to have a look." ”
The embroidery lady naturally did not agree, put down the needle and thread in her hand and followed Han Xiaoxiao out of the door.
As soon as the two men reached the street, they saw a puff of smoke and dust billowing in the distance, and the group rode their horses and galloped in the direction of the city gate.
"What's going on? Didn't you say that the emperor was out of Beijing today? There are still people who dare to ride horses in the downtown area. ”
Xiuniang also didn't pay attention to the outside things for a long time, and she couldn't figure it out for a while, so she pulled an old man passing by and asked: "Auntie, do you know what's going on in front of you? ”
The eldest lady looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to herself, so she slowly spoke: "Did you just come to the capital, I don't know how such a thing is, I don't think you two women should ask more, if you can get out of the capital, go out first, the capital has not been peaceful recently." ”
After finishing speaking, the old woman turned around and left, apparently afraid that the two of them would ask something again, Xiuniang and Han Xiaoxiao looked at each other, but they didn't know what to say, and finally a small roadside vendor stopped the two people.
"You two better not be stunned here, the officers and soldiers will chase after you and there will be chaos here, you better hurry back to your residence. ”
Han Xiaoxiao nodded and thanked him, and took Xiuniang to find a teahouse, Xiao Er saw that the two people were not as enthusiastic as usual, but looked at them suspiciously for a long time, until Xiuniang explained the identities of the two, he was still enthusiastic and took the two to the private room on the second floor.
Han Xiaoxiao took out a silver ingot, looked at the noisy and chaotic crowd downstairs and frowned: "We haven't been in the house for too long this time, and we don't know a lot of things outside, so please tell me about it." ”
Xiao Er looked at Yinzi and hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I will look up to you for me, and I will tell you if I don't want this life." ”
Xiuniang glanced at the direction of Chengwangfu with some concern, and interrupted Xiao Er's words with a sip of tea: "We just want you to talk about things in and out of the city, why do you look like you're dead?"
Xiao Er smiled bitterly, turned around and closed the door, and then said softly: "You two don't know something, things in the capital are too messy now, and many people have gone to prison because of this mouth, and I told you two that you also took a risk." ”
Han Xiaoxiao has been here for a long time, and he can be regarded as having experience in such words, so without saying a word, he took out another ingot of silver and turned it around, and then looked at Xiao Er slowly.
Xiao Er looked at the twenty taels of silver in Han Xiaoxiao's hand and swallowed his saliva, and said with a smile: "Some time ago, the emperor said that he would leave King Cheng in the capital, and the people in the prince's line were in a hurry, and they had been making trouble for many days. ”
Han Xiaoxiao threw a piece of silver in his hand to Xiao Er, and sighed before speaking: "Today is the day when the emperor leaves, those who make trouble are the kings?"
Xiao Er's face turned pale instantly when he heard this, and he stumbled and said: "Of course it's not, I heard that it seems to be a civil official of the prince's lineage, and it was said that it was too big a few days ago, and the emperor just became a king, and His Royal Highness took him under the knife, and they escaped from the capital to ask for help." ”
Xiuniang frowned with some concern, put down the teacup in her hand and said softly: "It seems that the emperor is coming back soon, and so is His Royal Highness King Cheng, how can he kill the court officials at this time." ”
Xiao Er snorted twice, looked at the embroidery girl's eyes with some contempt, and said respectfully: "This lady must have not listened to everything outside for a long time, who is His Royal Highness King Cheng, how could he make such a mistake, now that the outside of the capital has been fenced off, it is impossible for those civil officials to survive even if they go out." ”
Han Xiaoxiao closed her eyes, she couldn't tell what it was like in her heart, and when she thought of these things, it was very likely that she would be uncomfortable with Sifeng's handiwork.
Xiuniang saw that she was in a bad mood, and hurriedly threw the last ingot of silver on the table to Xiao Er, and ordered him to serve two pots of good tea, and then drove the person out.
Xiao Er weighed the two ingots of silver in his hand and went out with a smile, the solid wood door was slammed shut, and the room instantly became very quiet.
Xiuniang looked at Han Xiaoxiao with some concern, and said helplessly for a long time: "The matter has come to this, you better relax, maybe there is no matter of He Gongzi in this, and besides, there have always been deaths and injuries in the struggle for power and profit, even if this kind of thing is not indispensable now and in the future." ”
Han Xiaoxiao didn't know this truth, but the avenue she had cultivated since she was a child was completely opposite, and she really couldn't suppress the anxiety in her heart.
"I still have some people in the capital who can be used, if you really don't want to go to Chengwangfu, I will call He Gongzi here and you can meet him. ”
When Han Xiaoxiao heard the words of the embroidered girl, she nodded weakly, looking at the bustling crowd on the street, her expression was inexplicably unsure of what to think.
There have been several batches of people coming and going on the street, and Xiao Er has already sent two pots of tea, He Sifeng is still nowhere to be seen, but the civil official who ran out in the morning was arrested.
Xiuniang wiped her cold sweat a little anxiously, and asked the little girl around her to buy some pastries and come back, so she said unhurriedly: "Now He Gongzi must be very busy, you wait a little longer, eat something first, and you can talk about it in a while." ”
Han Xiaoxiao nodded, snorted noncommittally, and then picked up the pastry and ate it.
Xiao Er's exclamation suddenly came from outside the door between the two speakers: "What is this son doing? There are people in this private room, if you want to drink tea, you should change places." ”
As soon as the words fell, the door was opened from the outside, Han Houfei looked at the two of them with a blue face, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said slowly: "We still have a fate, we can meet in this way, I don't know if I have the honor of inviting the two of you to tea?"