Chapter 52: Go to see Ah Xiang
In the Chun Man Building, Chun Mian, who was sitting in a luxurious room, held a thin piece of paper in her hand, and burst into tears, tears that took her carefully worn eye makeup in the morning. After getting up early to freshen up and dress up today, a small guy who ran the hall came in with breakfast, and saw that there were words on the paper wrapped in buns, and picked it up at will, and there were huge waves in his heart.
Missing Person Notice.
Name: Ah Xiang. Gender: Female. Age: Approximately 18 years old. Hometown: Mengzhou.
My name is A Miao, a native of Mengzhou, Du State, and the elder brother of Ah Xiang. lost contact with Ah Xiang five years ago, and only knew that Ah Xiang was in the capital. If anyone in the know, please uncover this missing person notice and report it to the government. If it is verified, a reward of fifty taels of silver will be given.
Chun Sleep picked up a handkerchief and wiped her crying face, got up and called a small servant at the door to come in, she couldn't remember how long she hadn't walked away like this. "Girl, is there anything wrong with you?" The little guy said respectfully. As we all know, spring sleep is the top card of this Chunmanlou, and she is taken care of in all aspects of life, after all, she dances exquisitely, but it is an indispensable cash cow in Chunmanlou. Chun Mian picked up a page of paper in his hand and handed it to the little maid, "I'll give you ten taels of silver, you go to the official mansion for me to spread the news, just say that Ah Xiang is in Chunmanlou, if Ah Miao wants to see her, it will be in Chunmanlou after the cloudy afternoon." When the little girl heard ten taels of silver, her eyes were almost straight, and she nodded, "The girl is really generous, I'll go now, you can wait for my news here." The little guy took the paper in Chun Sleep's hand, and without even looking at it, he ran away.
Due to the teaching of the old bustard in Chunmanlou, the spring sleep always wears a complex and heavy pearl hairpin on his head, which seems to be bright and luxurious, but in fact, it makes the spring sleep head hurt. She walked quickly to the door, the beads on her head collided, and one of them even fell to the ground if she was not stable, but she didn't even return to her head from spring sleep, and she only hoped that there would be news of the little girl as soon as possible.
The Prime Minister's Mansion, now renamed Yu Mansion, is a crooked and crooked character written by Yu Nian himself. Yu Nian looked at the two ugly words on the plaque, and said to Li Shaowei and Ah Miao beside him with satisfaction, "How is it, isn't it much more pleasing to the eye." Li Shaowei fanned his fan, pretended to ponder for a while, and said after consideration, "There is a lot less majesty." Yu Nian rolled his eyes, "What do you know, this is called art." Miao interjected, "What is art?" Yu Nian was stopped by a sudden philosophical question from Miao, thought about it for a while, and explained, "The so-called art is something that comes from life and is higher than life. ”
Just as Ah Miao wanted to open his mouth to continue asking, a person dressed as an officer and soldier came to them, did not salute, and said straightly, "Childe, there is already news about the matter you dragged the yamen to do before, and I hope that Gongzi will go with me, and also, fifty taels of silver will be given to the yamen, I hope that Gongzi will not break his word." Yu Nian was stunned for a moment, "What's the matter?" Ah Miao immediately answered, "Did you find Ah Xiang?" The officer and soldier nodded, "Please come with me immediately, people are still waiting at the yamen." ”
Ah Miao immediately pulled Yu Nian, "Let's go, let's go, you quickly take the silver." Yu Nian grabbed Li Shaowei, "Yes, don't you say that I forgot about it, take our silver." Li Shaowei was pulled into the carriage by Yu Nian with a bitter face, "I really don't have fifty taels..."
When he was about to arrive at the yamen, Miao suddenly felt a little at a loss, and kept asking Yu Nian how he looked now, and Yu Nian was relieved a few times, but still didn't see Miao calm down. "Come on, you're coming soon, what's the use of you panicking now, isn't this the sister you have been thinking about for a long time, you should be happy." Li Shaowei couldn't help but speak. Ah Miao paused for a moment and nodded, "Yes, I should be happy, but, but I didn't have time to bring anything, I wanted to buy a small gift for Ah Xiang." ”
As he spoke, the carriage stopped. "Here we are."
The three of them got out of the carriage and were about to enter the yamen, but they were stopped by the guards, "This is the yamen of the official palace, and idlers are not allowed to enter." Ah Miao hurriedly said, "We are here to see Ah Xiang." The guard looked sideways at the three of them, "Is it the one who posted the missing person notice?" Ah Miao nodded quickly, the guard coughed twice, and said in a low voice, "It's not impossible to want to go in, it's just..."
"Rascals! What are you doing! Li Shaowei bounced away in horror. Yu Nian quickly took out a piece of silver from Li Shaowei's waist and stuffed it into the hands of the guards, "Do you see this line?" The guard padded the weight in his hand, nodded in satisfaction, and let the three in. Li Shaowei muttered in a low voice, "This person is really, we are the former prime minister and the former household servant, we really don't know Mount Tai, if I am still an official, I have to lock him up for a few days, so greedy for money." Yu Nian patted Li Shaowei, "Brother, it's not what it used to be, let's face reality, and besides, you are not short of money, don't be so stingy, ah." ”
When they entered the yamen, they saw a person dressed in a simple house waiting there, and the three of them looked around, but they didn't see a woman. When the little guy saw the three of them, he greeted them and asked, "Are the three masters here for this?" The little guy raised the missing person notice in his hand. Ah Miao nodded, and impulsively stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Xiang's shoulder, "Where is she, where is Ah Xiang?" The little guy broke Ah Miao's hand in pain, "Ouch, it really hurts." Master, don't worry, I'm just here to pass the word. If you want to find someone, you have to go to Chunmanlou on a cloudy afternoon. "Spring Manlou?" Li Shaowei repeated, "There are performances in the building on a cloudy day and spring, and it costs money, I won't go, I won't go." ”
In the afternoon of the next day, the spring was full of buildings.
Li Shaowei sat beside Yu Nian and Ah Miao with a bitter face, and muttered in his mouth, "Why do you have to pull me, I really don't want to come, don't talk about spending money, if Xuechi knows, you have to pick my skin." Yu Nian smiled, "Don't be afraid, when Xuechi comes back, I will sue you well." Miao looked around uncertainly.
"Miao, don't worry, we'll wait." Yu Nian poured a cup of tea for Miao. Ah Miao sighed, "It was said to be in the afternoon, but this afternoon has also arrived, why is there still no one in sight, aren't we being tricked?" ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, the performance of the Spring Sleeping Girl is about to start, please be quiet." The old bustard's greasy voice echoed through the hall. Li Shaowei pulled Yu Nian and Ah Miao, "You really have to open your eyes and take a look, I was amazed last time." Yu Nian moved his fingers, "Well, there is one more crime, and this sentence must be told to Xuechi as it is." "Go ahead, I'll wait for Ah Xiang here." Miao waved his hand.
"No, I have to see it." Li Shaowei pulled up and sat down again, and walked to the corridor.
The music is up, under the curtain. A faint slender shadow was imprinted on the curtain, and spring sleep came out. Everyone in the hall was cheering, but Ah Miao, who didn't look at the people on the stage, just looked left and right on his own. The drum beats, the spring sleep movements are getting faster and faster, more and more neat, and the audience is cheering, Yu Nian and Li Shaowei are a little stunned. Ah Miao looked very lonely in the cheering crowd, he really didn't want to appreciate the beauty at the moment, he just wanted to see Ah Xiang soon.
The music and drums stopped suddenly, and Miao glanced casually at the stage. But this glance made his pupils vibrate.
"Ah Xiang?"