Xie Hanci sneaked back to the courtyard through the back door, and it was already ugly. Seeing her come back, Jingjing got up from the couch and walked into the kitchenette and brought out a steaming bowl of clove wontons.

Xie Hanci sniffed the aroma in the bowl, and immediately came to his appetite, and asked, "What kind of filling?" Bring another bowl and we'll eat together. ”

Jingjing yawned and rubbed her sleepy eyes.

"The stuffing made of mushroom and chicken, and the soup is made with seaweed as Miss said last time. I've eaten it in the evening, miss, you've been busy all night, sit down and use it. ”

Xie Hanci rubbed his hands, scooped up a wonton and put it in his mouth, the wonton dough mixed with clove juice, and took a bite, leaving a fragrance on his teeth and cheeks.

She ate seven or eight in a row, and wanted to eat again, but Jingjing took the bowl away. "Miss, it's time to go to bed, you're afraid of accumulating food if you eat too much."

Xie Hanci pursed his lips, supported his chin with his hand, looked at Jingjing and said, "Why didn't I find out that there is a housekeeper in our house, Jingjing must be a good wife and mother when she marries in the future." ”

Jingjing immediately blushed when she heard this, and turned her head to remove the bowl containing the wontons.

Xie Hanci lay on the bed, tossing and turning.

According to King Ning, Hu San was the bearded man she saw today, the master of Feiyun Gate, and the uncle of the deceased governor's wife.

He would write this secret letter, and he should have found out that Governor Zhang had killed his niece, so he would send such a life-urging talisman. But in the letter, he only said that the governor favored his wife and killed his concubine, but did not mention the killing of his wife, why is this?

Xie Hanci turned over and sat up suddenly, a terrible thought flashed through her mind, could it be that Hu Yunzhi's death was really inseparable from Feiyunmen?

At noon on the second day, Xie Hanci finished eating with his mother, so he went to Ronghua Restaurant under the pretext of picking clothes and materials, and she and King Ning made an appointment to meet here at noon today.

As soon as Xie Hanci sat down, the dishes like flowing water filled the entire table of eight immortals. Seeing that someone gave her cloth chopsticks, she waved her hand again and again, "No need, I've eaten it." ”

King Ning didn't say anything, just picked up a piece of shrimp grill, Xie Hanci looked at the dishes on the table, and couldn't help but sigh: "The pie field in the palace is really different." ”

His Adam's apple rolled a little, lowered his head and said, "No, I eat simple on weekdays. Last time, you said that the cook here was good, so I asked him to make two more dishes. ”

His eyes drooped slightly, the midday sun shining on his face through the window, and his eyelashes were long, forming a gentle shadow under his eyes.

Xie Hanci suddenly felt that he didn't seem to be the prince who was going to send his courtiers to a dead end last night, as if the person who said "The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die" is not him.

"Can the prince find out here? Feng Sheng, the shopkeeper of the winery who spread rumors, is he from Feiyunmen? “

King Ning put down the chopsticks in his hand and bowed his head slightly: "It's almost, you go to Fufeng Courtyard to find me tonight, and I'll take you to meet someone first." ”

Xie Hanci: "??? ”

Fufeng Yuan is a famous brothel in Shuzhou City.

went to the brothel in the middle of the night to find him, even if she was called a "female star", it was a bit outrageous.

Xie Hanci picked up the teacup, pretended to drink tea, and secretly looked at him with his spare eyes.

Take her to meet someone?

Could it be that he has a good friend in Fufeng Courtyard?

I'm going to introduce that woman to her tonight, and when he returns to Beijing, she can help take care of one or two in Shuzhou?

No wonder he asked the cook to cook a table of dishes for her, he was embarrassed to say that she was "going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing", so what is he? Nothing to do?

However, for the sake of a Qinglou woman, he did not hesitate to put down his figure, which can be regarded as a lover.

Xie Hanci nodded after thinking about it, feeling that she had to help with this favor, so he shouted outside the door: "Xiao Er, get me a pair of chopsticks!" ”

At night, Xie Mansion has turned on the lights, and the Moon to Xuan where Xie Hanci lives is quiet and silent, except for the light in her boudoir.

She changed into a men's outfit, looked at the maid Jingjing who was also dressed in the same outfit and nodded with satisfaction.

"Miss, do you really want to go to Fufufuin? That's a green building, what if someone finds out? ”

Usually accompany her to disguise herself as a man on the street to support death, which is to fight a ruffian, but now her young lady's taste is getting heavier and heavier, and she has to go to a brothel.

Jingjing's heart became uneasy, dangling back and forth beside Xie Hanci like a pendulum. Xie Hanci straightened her sideburns, picked her chin with a fan, and said, "Don't be afraid, this son will take you to see the world in a while." ”

As soon as the two entered the Fufeng Courtyard, "Gongzi Xie" had not had time to lead the young man around him to see the world, and was taken to the private room on the second floor by the chasing wind beside King Ning.

Pushing open the door, there is a large screen of embroidered landscapes, and a woman wearing red tulle is reflected on the thin silk of the screen, dancing to the beat of the drum.

King Ning beckoned her to sit down, "Do you see that?" ”

Xie Hanci looked at the jar of fruit stuffed on the table in his hand, stretched out his arm and took it, his cold fingertips crossed his wrist, but he felt that this inch of skin began to become hot.

The fruit wine is sweet and sour, there is no strong wine taste, only the sweetness of the peach and plum, Xie Hanci drank it all in one gulp, and said: "I can see it." ”

King Ning thought that she had a good amount of alcohol, so he didn't stop her, and asked, "What do you see?" ”

After two glasses of wine, she licked the remaining wine on her lips, and her voice became light and soft.

"Tsk, she's your best friend."

King Ning: "......"

King Ning wanted to ask her what she was thinking about her young age. But seeing that her cheeks were flushed, she was already drunk, so she quickly took away the wine jar in her hand, and said helplessly: "I'll let you watch her dance." ”

I saw that her black hair was draped like a waterfall, her lips were red without dots, and her face was elegant and beautiful, not like an ordinary fireworks woman, but a bit of a fairy who was out of the world.

Looking at the body shape, the waist is soft, the dance steps are sometimes slow like a light cloud, sometimes like a whirlwind, and the butterflies outlined with silver threads at the pale red skirt also seem to be dancing around her as she rotates.

Seeing this, Xie Hanci couldn't help but applaud: "Good! King Ning is really tasteful! ”

King Ning sighed and said patiently, "Doesn't her dance feel familiar?" ”

Xie Hanci looked at it for a long time, his expression became serious, his brows became tighter and tighter, and finally put the wine glass in his hand on the table, making a soft "bang" sound.

"This is, the dance that the Xuannu danced?"

King Ning asked the maiko to step forward: "Say it again, who are you, what kind of dance did you dance just now?" ”

The maiko stepped forward to show Ying Ying, with a thousand styles between her eyebrows and eyes, and her voice was soft and tactful, like a hair comb that kept scratching the tip of her heart.

"The slave's name is Yang Liu, and she is the Oiran lady in this Fufeng Courtyard. This dance was learned by the slave in the opera troupe when he was a child. ”

King Ning then asked, "What kind of troupe, you can make it clear." ”

Yang Liu replied: "It's just an unknown acrobatic troupe, and the old class owner used this dance to rehearse a shadow puppet show at that time, called "Heavenly Immortals", which is not very famous, and it is estimated that no one remembers it." However, it is said that the son of the old class owner later worshipped the master to learn art, and after completing his studies, he established a famous wild goose shadow troupe in the capital. ”

What kind of Xuannu dances, it's just a shadow puppet show.

Thinking about it that day, on the stone wall of the back mountain of the governor's mansion, although I could see the silhouette of the Xuannu dancing, I couldn't see the appearance of the Xuannu clearly, not because it was late at that time, but because the projection of candlelight could only illuminate the outline of a puppet.

As for the shed, it is better explained, the white cloth itself is a ready-made tool.

Xie Han untied the purse on his waist and opened the purse, inside was a piece of paper-paste arm, with exquisite workmanship.

"I picked it up from the brazier that day, and I thought it was suspicious. Normally, the paper figures used for memorial services are made roughly, but you can see that this arm has even made movable joints on it. Now that I think about it, it should be a puppet prop made by the theater troupe. ”

There was a sound of footsteps downstairs, and then someone exclaimed, "Look, what's on the wall?" ”

Xie Hanci got up and pushed the window open, and the shadow of the Xuannu dancing was also reflected on the wall on the second floor of Fufeng Courtyard.

King Ning stood up and said to Xie Hanci by the window: "The last scene, Miss Xie wants to go with me to see it?" ”

Xie Hanci was already seven points drunk, and when she was blown by the wind, she felt even more drunk, she shook her head and walked in the direction of the door, the soles of her feet were also a little unstable, and she was about to kneel on the ground when she stumbled.

King Ning held her up, frowned, picked up his cloak, and handed it to Jingjing: "Put it on for your young lady, be careful of your headache tomorrow when you eat wine and see the wind." He said to Xie Hanci again: "How are you, can you still do it?" ”

Xie Hanci put on his cloak and nodded in a daze.

King Ning led her into the guest room on the third floor, and one turned over and led her up to the beam. As soon as he sat down, Hu San, the master of Feiyun Gate, pushed open the door and walked in with a smell of alcohol, although Xie Hanci was dizzy from the fruit brewing, he still recognized his iconic beard at a glance.

The bearded man burped and lay straight down on the bed. After a stick of incense, there were two knocks on the door, and Hu San asked impatiently, "Who?" ”

"Uncle, it's me." The person who came was Governor Zhang.

When Hu San got up again, he had already changed his demeanor, how could he still be drunk in his eyes? He walked up to the door vigilantly and asked, "What are you doing at such a late hour?" ”

Governor Zhang said through the door: "I packed up Yunzhi's relics today and found a letter from home that she didn't send out, and I want to hand it over to my uncle." “

Seeing that Hu San in the door didn't speak, he had to continue: "Uncle, Yunzhi lost her parents before she got married, and you are the only relative in her mother's family, doesn't your uncle want to know what she left for you in the end?" “

Hu San hesitated, opened the door a gap, and saw that Governor Zhang only brought an entourage with him, so he opened the door and let their master and servant in.

Hu San and Governor Zhang sat on the coral kang table, and the entourage stood aside, Xie Hanci stretched his neck to look at the entourage, only to see that his whole body was wrapped in a cloak and he couldn't see his face clearly, and a sense of unease rose in his heart.

The bearded man only made himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and did not rush to ask for the letter, but asked.

"I don't like to beat around the bush, how did Yunzhi die? If you want to talk to me about something, just rest, today's pretending to be a ghost has been smoked half to death by me. It's just such a trick, it's okay to be fooled by others, and the old man has been mixed in the rivers and lakes for 60 years. ”

"Yunzhi's death is a last resort, sacrificing Yunzhi alone is better than raiding the family and exterminating the family. The old woman of the Wang family is gone, and the Wang family will be the daughter of Yunzhi in the future. Yunzhi and I don't have a son, otherwise I would have handed over the family business of the governor's mansion to her son. ”

Governor Zhang put the family letter on the kang table, tapped the edge of the table with his index finger, and there was no sadness on his face, which was like the image of a good husband in front of people these days.

The bearded man picked up the envelope and clenched it tightly in his hand.

"Are you a vegetarian when I fly to the clouds? My niece, kill if you say it. Why don't you two have a son, it's not because of your favorite concubine? I tied up the maid next to Yunzhi yesterday, do you know that she is the person who was inserted by your favorite concubine next to Yunzhi, you governor is really confused! ”

Saying that, Hu San opened the envelope, and the thick pile of stationery in the envelope was opened, but it was empty.

Governor Zhang still tasted tea slowly and methodically: "Uncle is really careful, but I don't know it. This maid was chosen by me, and those child-avoiding medicines were naturally acquiesced by me. I'm really scared, I'm afraid that your goddaughter will have another son with the same temperament as her. ”

"You!" The bearded man let out a loud shout, and his face turned red.

Before he could attack, Governor Zhang took the first step and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground. The attendant who had been standing aside suddenly burst out, his body was like electricity, and he stabbed at the beard with the short blade in his hand.

"Feng Sheng! How are you? ”