Chapter 21: Ah Jiu is expelled
Bold!
He rebuked softly: "What to do? Let go! β
"I'm getting bolder and bigger, and I dare to sneak out alone!" It turned out to be Fu Feiyan's voice, cold, not angry and arrogant.
He didn't dare to move.
Pull your ears, as long as she's not angry.
But she was angry, and she was very angry, so angry that she called up all the palace people in the Qing Palace all night, and asked them to stand in the courtyard to accompany Xuan Liuyao.
It's not enough to just stop the penalty.
"Ah Jiu!" She let out a roar.
Ah Jiu came out of the crowd, his face was a little pale, and he knelt down tremblingly: "Niangniang." β
"What do you think of the Six Princes?!"
The candlelight shone on Fu Feiyan's face, she pursed her lips tightly, her face was almost bluish, and her dark eyes reflected the candle flame, like a small burning flame, as if it was about to ignite.
Xuan Liuyao immediately understood that he had dragged Ah Jiu into the water again.
He hurriedly grabbed her sleeve: "Queen Mother, don't do Ah Jiu's business." β
"Shut up!"
Everyone trembled in shock, and they all closed their mouths, not even daring to breathe.
No one dared to speak at this time, except for Xuan Liuyao.
He knelt down with a "tom" and pleaded in a low voice: "Queen Mother, it's all my fault, it's the child who is stubborn, if you want to punish me, punish me alone." β
But he is the prince, and Fu Feiyan will not punish him on his head if he punishes anyone.
In the dead of night, although her voice was not high, it was terrifying: "Ah Jiu will receive ten rods and be expelled from the palace tomorrow." β
Ah Jiu knelt on the ground, without raising his head, as if his heart was dead, and he didn't even mention begging for mercy.
But it was Xuan Liuyao who pestered him and begged for mercy, Fu Feiyan coldly threw down a sentence: "You plead for him again, ask for a word, and he will receive an extra cane." β
"Queen Mother......" He could only shut up.
It's not Ah Jiu's fault.
He looked back, Ah Jiu hung his head, let others drag him to a bench for execution, crackling, the executioner seemed to be in a hurry to sleep, and when Xuan Liuyao remembered that he might be able to use the enchantment for Ah Jiu, Ah Jiu's ass was already rotten and was thrown down the corridor.
He was also driven into the house and forced to sleep.
When he left the house again, Ah Jiu was gone.
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Shangyang was stealthy in the palace and eavesdropped, and heard that the little palace maid in the fourth year of Xuan was sent to the eight doors. Bafenmen is the largest yamen in the capital, and it is also responsible for the cases in the palace, but now Pingyang is also in charge of it.
Xuan Liuyao asked Shangyang to go there to see if he could save this little girl.
On this day, Shangyang went out of the palace and prepared to touch the eight doors.
The faΓ§ade of the eight doors is very eye-catching, there are eight of them side by side, but the six on the left are vermilion lacquer, and the two on the right are painted with black lacquer.
If you want to say that it is magnificent, why not paint vermilion?
Shangyang stared at the two black doors and sneered, this door, I'm afraid it's specially reserved for the old monster of Pingyang, right? People with evil intentions do things that are full of evil spirits.
He was using stealth at this time, and he quietly entered the gate in front of the guards.
The door was entered, but he did not know where to find the finch.
The largest of the eight doors is almost half the size of the palace. Shang Yang relied on himself to hide himself, wandering around, looking east and west. From time to time, he waved in front of the guards, wagging his tail, and was so proud that he almost forgot what he was doing.
At this time, he was standing in front of a guard, who had a long hair on his face, and when he looked at it, he felt that it was a little piercing, so he reached out and plucked it.
The guard was in pain, but he didn't dare to say anything, and only squinted at him with one eye.
The hair grew so strong that he couldn't pull it out for a while, and Shangyang shook his head, intending to give up. But the guard opened his mouth: "The national teacher thinks it's an eyesore? Despicability is self-removal. β
Shangyang hiccuped violently and almost asked: Can you see me?
Then I thought about it, I still need to ask. He didn't smile: "It's not an eyesore, and the long hair is blessed." That, where is the finch today? Take the old man to see it. β
"Yes."
The guards did not suspect him, and led him straight to the northwest corner.
All the way to a hut, the guard stopped and pushed the door open.
There was a black hole in the door, and the cold air rushed out, and Shangyang shivered in the sun, thinking to himself, what kind of place is this, actually locked a little girl here?
"National teacher, please."
"Hmm."
Shang Yang took two steps unhurriedly and stopped outside the threshold.
The room was black and hollow, and it was daylight, and it was so cold that it looked like a big coffin.
Isn't it a trap?
The soles of his feet healed and hesitantly moved back.
The guard raised his legs and walked in first to light the lamp and candle, and Shang Yang was a little relieved, but he still poked the probe in first, but almost stumbled in.
Scared.
The dark room, a few feet wide, was empty and dimly lit, and on the floor lay a little girl covered in blood, stiff and motionless, apparently dead.
The little girl looked like she was eight or nine years old, and she was wearing the clothes of the palace, and there were already a few pieces of cloth that were torn apart.
Shangyang also doesn't care about face, anyway, in the eyes of the soldiers at this time, he is the national teacher of Pingyang, and if he wants to lose, he will also lose Pingyang's face. He crouched down and ripped the hem of the finch out, revealing the pale, scarred skin under his neck.
Shocking.
Shangyang's heart suddenly seemed to be blocked by something, and he was uncomfortable. He pulled up her clothes and turned away without saying a word.
He remembered that he had said to Pingyang, "I am greedy for the warmth of the world, and you are greedy for wealth, power, and fame", Pingyang said, this is all the same.
No, it's not the same.
He would never do anything to such an innocent little girl.
The black room was extremely cold, and he walked far away, his body still trembling slightly. He remembered his former wife and young son, and that year, it was Binh Duong who threatened the lives of his wife and son to force him to leave them and go with him to seek wealth and fame.
Pingyang can't see him "falling" in the world.
But the two eventually fell out, and he wandered around, but never found his wife and children again.
This little girl, named Finch, reminded him of his son.
"Brute, brute!"
He heard himself muttering, and he didn't know who he was scolding.
Before he knew it, he had already walked to the west gate of the palace, and was about to perform the stealth technique, only to remember that this technique could only be used once a day.
I can't get in today.
Shangyang turned around and left, first going to go shopping elsewhere, so as to go to the cold air on his body and the grief and anger in his heart.
Turning a corner, there was a quiet, wide alley, and the sunlight made a bright path along the wall of the alley. Kamio walked in the sunlight and walked along this straight alley.
"National teacher, national teacher." Someone shouted in a low voice behind him, apparently another person who took him for Pingyang.
Shang Yang turned around, and in the shadow by the wall sat a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, who had a pale face, some messy hair, and dirty clothes, and looked very familiar.
The young man's face was piled with a flattering smile, his back slightly tilted, and his eyes moved eagerly towards him.
Shangyang suddenly remembered that this was the little yellow door Ah Jiu beside Xuan Liuyao, who was kicked out of the palace a few days ago. He was about to step forward to greet him, but Ah Jiu's face changed, turned around coldly, and left quickly.
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On the second day, Shangyang returned to Qianshan Yuan and waited patiently for Xuan Liuyao to come to him after he left school.
Didn't come.
About Xuan Liuyao didn't know that he was coming back, so he waited patiently for two more days.
Still didn't come.
On the fourth day, it was estimated that it was almost time to end school, Shangyang squatted incognito at the gate of Qingming Garden.
Xuan Wuyao walked out of the door first, and was picked up by several small yellow doors.
Then, the dignified young man She Jingchun left unhurriedly, his posture was as tall as a pine, which reminded Shangyang of his youth, thinking that he was not as good as him when he was young, Shangyang sighed, both regretful and envious.
After a while, a small yellow door came out of it, locked the garden door, and walked away without looking back. Shangyang almost shouted: What about the six princes?
A few days later, Xuan Liuyao knocked weakly on the door of Qianshan Garden. When I asked, I learned that he had collided with Fu Feiyan because of Ah Jiu's affairs these days and was locked up by her.
Shangyang told him what he saw in the eight doors, he nodded, as if he had expected it, sat with a heavy face for a long time, and made another embarrassing request: "Sir, please find Ah Jiu for me and help him." β
Just help.
After dawn, Shangyang took some silver and left the palace with two clothes.
There are many streets and alleys in the capital like a chessboard, Shangyang felt that Ah Jiu must not have gone far, he went to Changping Street, which is the closest and most lively to the palace, where there are many shops and pedestrians. If Ah Jiu is wandering, he will most likely beg there.
Walked almost the entire street, and didn't see Ah Jiu.
He thought for a moment and approached a beggar sitting on the side of the street.
Shang Yang threw two yellow copper coins into his broken bowl, and the copper coins swirled, turning out two non-stop flowers, as if to say: Hey, I'll give you money!
The beggar looked up at him, a flash of disdain in his eyes.
It's just two pennies, what's the big deal.
Shangyang was a little embarrassed, and squatted down: "Good man, ask you about someone." β
The beggar bowed slightly towards the broken bowl.
Shangyang threw two more copper coins.
The beggar "cut" and turned his head impatiently away from him.
It's really people's hearts are not ancient, and beggars will be disgusted with less money!
He shook his head and got up, thinking that it was better to find it himself, anyway, he didn't really want to find Ah Jiu.
"Hey." But the beggar stopped him, "Add four more pieces and ask for good luck." β
"Two. Sixty or six Shun. β
The beggar was helpless to pick at him, and dug the copper plate into the palm of his hand: "Who are you looking for?" β
"A teenager, about fourteen or fifteen years old. I got lost ten days ago, and I had a scar on my back when I got lost, and I was tall," Shangyang looked left and right, and then looked down at himself, "It's about the same as me." β
The beggar lowered his eyes and thought for a moment: "Yes." β
"Where?"
"Twenty copper coins."
Shangyang got up and left, and the beggar didn't stop him. He had to turn around and stop at the beggar: "Ten." β
The beggar waved his hand, leaned against the wall, and replied lazily, "Don't ask to pull it down." β
Bang la blah.
A rain of copper fell in front of his eyes, and he counted exactly twenty.
Only then did the beggar raise his hand contentedly: "Over there." β
"Which side?"
"Over there." The beggar raised his head, saw that Shangyang's face was not good-looking, and added, "To the east, which alley to find yourself." Believe it or not. β
Kamio angrily went east.
Most of the people living in the east are high-rise families, and after walking a few steps, I saw a magnificent house with a door hanging on the door: National Teacher's Mansion.
The Great Liang Dynasty had a national teacher, that is, the Pingyang National Teacher.
Shang Yang stopped and took a closer look at the mansion of his fellow brother.
The two gates have not been painted black, but the vermilion paint has been mottled and brushed with some cold green paint, which looks chic. There was nothing at the door, not even a stone lion.
Shangyang naturally knows what the reason is.
If it were him, he wouldn't have put a stone lion at the door.
However, the walls on both sides of the National Teacher's Mansion are far away, and it is a huge house at a glance.
"Hmph, a lonely person, what are you doing living in such a big house? I don't know if it's a feng shui taboo for otaku to be few. Shangyang muttered dissatisfiedly, shook his hand and left.