Chapter Seventy-Three: Threats
That night, Luo Qingzhi and others waited for Zhixin to return at the inn and prepared to go to the night market.
Zhixin returned empty-handed, and without waiting for Luo Qingzhi to ask, she opened her mouth to explain, "There are too many river lanterns, I have picked all the dazzling eyes, let's go buy them together."
"Okay."
A few people left the inn, and Xiao Er asked, "How many of you are going to put the river lantern?"
"Yes." Zhixin replied enthusiastically.
Xiao Er said, "Those people go to North Street, which is the most lively, and there is a tower, and you can see the whole city when you climb it."
"Okay, let's go."
Tonight is lively, there are many pedestrians on the street, and a few people choose to walk.
Zhixin walked in front, looking around, Gao Zhen pulled Luo Qingzhi's sleeve and walked behind, and Feng Zinan walked at the end.
"Arlo, what's wrong with you, I feel like I'm preoccupied." Gao Zhen asked.
Luo Qingzhi shook her head, "It's okay."
The closer to North Street, the more pedestrians there are, Zhixin and Luo Qingzhi have been separated by several people, Luo Qingzhi was a little anxious, wanted to hold Zhixin, didn't pay attention to the stones under her feet, stumbled, and was fortunately pulled by Gao Zhen.
He breathed a sigh of relief, and went straight from pulling his sleeves to holding hands, "I'm more at ease like this."
Luo Qingzhi saw Zhixin walking farther and farther, turned her head to look at Feng Zinan, and ordered, "Follow up."
The wind nodded from the south, went out through the gap on the side, and flew to the eaves.
Gao Zhen asked, "What's wrong with you and Sister Zhixin?"
"......" Luo Qingzhi frowned, "It's okay."
Gao Zhen didn't ask any more questions, without Zhixin and Feng Zinan by his side, he was a little bolder, not only holding hands, but also gradually turning into ten fingers clasping.
"I've never let go of the river lanterns, let's go check it out."
"Okay." Luo Qingzhi said.
Gao Zhen grinned, took Luo Qingzhi by the hand, followed the crowd, and walked towards North Street.
Along the way, there were discussions from time to time.
"This Miss Mufu will come out of the Pavilion tomorrow, and this fireworks will be set off by Mufu."
"But, how did I hear that this new aunt seems to be just a white dress?"
"It should be, otherwise you see, why haven't you heard of any daughter-in-law in Ningzhou City......
Luo Qingzhi wanted to listen more carefully, so she got a little closer, and Gao Zhen pulled her back, "There are a lot of people, be careful."
"Bump—bump!"
Brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky, and the crowd stopped walking and looked up at the sky.
"It's beautiful."
"Wow—wow!"
Everyone sighed, and Luo Qingzhi was also fascinated.
Gao Zhen leaned slightly, leaned close to her ear, and said, "In the future, when we get married, I will also set off a fireworks for you, which is even more beautiful than this."
Luo Qingzhi's cheeks were hot, and she was about to respond, when a few screams suddenly sounded in front of her.
"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, someone has fallen!"
The crowd began to flee in all directions, crashing into each other, and for a while, the explosion of fireworks and the screams of the crowd mixed, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
Gao Zhen grabbed Luo Qingzhi's waist, jumped up, and came to the eaves.
Luo Qingzhi looked at the chaotic crowd and said, "Erlang, go to the state capital and call someone."
"Okay."
Luo Qingzhi stood on the eaves, watching people fall down, crying one after another, she shook her hand and ate the heart protection pill given by Zhixin.
She glanced at the place on her left, there was a clearing, but it was blocked by a wall, and she leaped over, split the stone wall with one palm, and said loudly, "Go here."
Diverting a part of the crowd, she leaped to the eaves again, and watched the crowd disperse, she saw the overwhelmed people clearly, and hurried to check on their injuries.
At the same time, people from the state capital came, stood on a high place, and beat gongs and drums.
"Calm down, calm down, everyone."
Seeing the officials coming, the people stopped their hurried steps.
"Everyone
Listen to me, walk slowly, don't squeeze, don't grab."
Under the arrangement of state officials, the crowd gradually dispersed.
More than a dozen people who fell to the ground also stopped bleeding under the initial treatment of the doctor.
Gao Zhen walked towards Luo Qingzhi with a worried expression, "Did you use your internal strength?"
"A little." Luo Qingzhi said lightly.
Gao Zhen frowned, "Ah Luo......
"In Xia Ning Prefecture, Sima Ouyang Xun, I have seen the county lord of Anning."
Luo Qingzhi was still dressed in men's clothes at this time, and she was very puzzled, "Have you seen me?"
Ouyang Xun shook his head, "Xia Guan has never seen His Royal Highness, but Xia Guan received a document from Beijing yesterday and knew that the county lord would arrive in Ningzhou in the near future."
"You haven't seen me, it's just a paperwork, how do you know it's me." Luo Qingzhi asked.
"I just feel that even if I admit my mistake, it doesn't matter, but if I see it but don't come to greet him, the black gauze hat of the lower official may not be guaranteed." Ouyang Xun explained.
Luo Qingzhi smiled and said, "Deal with the rest of the matter, today, just don't see me."
"Yes."
Gao Zhen took out the river lantern that had been crushed from his arms, a little lost.
Luo Qingzhi said, "Let's go, let's go to the river."
When he came to the river, he put the crushed lantern into the water, and as soon as he let go, it sank.
At the moment when the river lantern was submerged, Luo Qingzhi still saw a few words on the river lantern.
"All the best......"
Luo Qingzhi picked up a long leaf from the ground, tore it apart at both ends, folded it in half on both sides, and a simple river lantern appeared.
She gently lowered it into the river, did not sink to the bottom, and began to move with the current.
"Make a wish." Luo Qingzhi urged Gao Zhen.
Gao Zhen clasped his hands together and closed his eyes to make a wish.
Luo Qingzhi looked at Gao Zhen, who had made a wish seriously, and also silently closed her eyes and made a wish, "Hope, everything goes well."
On the way back to the inn, both of them were a little silent, and Gao Zhen asked, "Ah Luo, why don't you ask me what I have promised?"
Luo Qingzhi asked, "Then what wish did you make?"
Gao Zhen said, "You can't say that, and if you say it, it won't work."
"Then you'll let me ask." Luo Qingzhi was a little helpless.
"I wish you could pay more attention to me." Gao Zhen said, sighing again, "Ah Luo, you really have too many people in your heart."
Luo Qingzhi did not refute, and Gao Zhen did not ask any more.
At the door of the inn, the wind stood from the south.
Seeing that Gao Zhen was still on the side, Feng Zinan was a little hesitant to speak.
"Say it."
After receiving Luo Qingzhi's instructions, Feng Zinan said, "A man, Miss Zhixin went to see a man."
"What did they say?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Feng Zinan shook his head, "That person is very vigilant, and his subordinates didn't dare to get too close."
"Is Zhixin back?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
"In the room."
Luo Qingzhi nodded, "Okay, I know, I'll take care of the rest, tomorrow, Your Majesty's people will arrive, you are ready, let them go to the place arranged by the state capital to live."
"Yes."
"What is Ah Luo suspicious of Sister Zhixin?" Gao Zhen asked.
Luo Qingzhi said, "She didn't go to Mufu at all that day, but went to see someone."
"Who?" Gao Zhen asked.
"Well, I'll have to ask her." Luo Qingzhi said.
Gao Zhen was a little upset, "Ah Luo is so good to Sister Zhixin, how can she betray you?"
"You can't say that." Luo Qingzhi retorted, "Zhixin may have something to hide from me, and she will never do anything to hurt me."
Gao Zhen lowered his eyebrows and said lightly, "...... Arlo really trusts Sister Zhixin."
Luo Qingzhi turned her head and comforted, "I believe in you too."
"I'll go up to Zhixin first, you rest early."
Gao Zhen looked at Luo Qingzhi, who was drifting away, and muttered to himself, "Trust me...... ......
In Zhixin's room, Luo Qingzhi knocked on the door gently.
The door opened, and Zhixin breathed a sigh of relief, "I feel relieved to see that you're okay."
"I'm fine, you, what's wrong?" Luo Qingzhi stared at Zhixin, meaning something.
Zhixin avoided Luo Qingzhi's eyes.
"I, I'm fine, what can I do?"
"You won't let me in?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
Zhixin put down her hand on the doorframe and said, "Come in."
Luo Qingzhi sat on the chair, looked at the scattered things on the bed, and asked, "Are you cleaning up?"
"Find something." Zhixin replied.
"Feng Zinan saw that you just went to see a man." Luo Qingzhi didn't intend to hide it from her, and asked directly.
"......" Zhixin remained silent.
"If you don't want to say it, I won't force you, but if something really happens, don't hide it from me, okay?" Luo Qingzhi spoke softly and patiently expressed what she meant.
"He found me." Zhixin said.
Luo Qingzhi asked, "Is that the one you've been hiding?"
Zhixin nodded, "That day, I really went to Mufu to ask for help, but I was stopped by him halfway through."
"He threatens you to do things?" Luo Qingzhi asked.
"No, he just asked me where I've been all these years......
Luo Qingzhi muttered to herself, "Could it be that the people of Weibaoshan are his?"
"Definitely not!" Zhixin's words were excited, "Definitely not, Arlo, he won't hurt you, he promised me."
Luo Qingzhi looked at Zhixin, who was obviously defending the man, thinking that at first she described the man, saying that he was a demon who had been hurting her.
"That ......"
Zhixin said, "Ah Luo, he is not a threat to you, and it has nothing to do with Ningzhou's affairs, don't you check, okay?"
「...... Okay."
"But," Zhixin said, "he told me that the group of people in Weibao Mountain are dead soldiers."
Luo Qingzhi nodded.
"And." Zhixin hesitated, thought about it, and said, "He also saw Gao Zhen talking to the leader."
「......」
Seeing that Luo Qingzhi was silent, Zhixin said again: "I don't understand other things, but as long as you are in Gao Zhen's eyes, I really see it."
"I know." Luo Qingzhi sighed and touched Zhixin's head, "Go to bed early, remember, don't be reckless in everything, you must tell me something."
"yes, got it." Zhixin nodded, squeezing out a smile.
Coming out of Zhixin's room, he turned his head and saw that Gao Zhen's room was still lit.
She thought for a moment, walked to the door of his room, raised her hand, hesitated for a moment, but still chose to believe, turned her head, and walked to her room.
Luo Qingzhi returned to the room, and suddenly a bloody smell welled up in her mouth, and without any time to react, a mouthful of blood spit out.
"Sure enough, the poison of the frost bone is really not to be underestimated."