Pingkang Fang, Right Prime Minister's House.

Xue Bai turned his head to look and saw that there were already lanterns hanging in the Prime Minister's Mansion, dispelling the darkness that had just been covered.

There is no twilight drum, which makes people slightly unaccustomed.

"Let's go, find the little lady! Hahaha. ”

In the side hall, Li Kun, the twenty-first lang of the Li family, stood up, laughed and said goodbye to everyone, and walked away.

Each of the sons had their own affairs, and in a short time most of the people were scattered.

Xue Bai was still sitting upright in his seat, this was an inconspicuous corner, just enough for him to close his eyes and recuperate, in preparation for many affairs tonight.

"Asleep?"

Xue Bai opened his eyes, but saw Li Xiu standing in front of him, so he responded: "No, take care of your spirits, and you have to deal with many things at night." ”

"It's not a big deal, you just need to serve the banquet with Grandpa and stand outside the building, I have my own arrangements." Li Xiu wrote lightly, "There are still more than three hours before the imperial banquet, so it is better to let Kyauknu take you to see the lanterns in the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Xue Bai couldn't help but think that Lu Fengniang also said the same, Fanyang Lu's flower-like lanterns.

"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

"Go ahead."

Li Xiu returned to his seat with a wine glass, glanced in the direction of the backyard, smiled a little helplessly, and said to himself in his heart: "Jing Nu Qishu, I am in the corner of the city." ”

Xue Bai got up and walked out of the courtyard gate, only to see that the Kyauknu was already waiting outside the courtyard gate.

"When you're full, go see the Xiangfu lanterns?"

"Okay then." Kyauknu also acted a little, barely embarrassed.

The two of them then walked to the lamp market in the east of the fang, a little farther from the west courtyard......

~~

Right Prime Minister's Mansion, backyard.

"Seventeen Niang will wear another piece of clothing, right? What if it's cold overnight. ”

Mian'er said, picked up a red coat, and said happily: "This one is beautiful, and it makes Seventeen Niang white and beautiful." That's it, right? ”

"Don't."

Li Tengkong looked at it, raised his hand and pointed, and picked out a plain one.

"On the Yuan Festival, wear brighter clothes."

Mian'er coquettishly persuaded for a while, and picked out an apricot-yellow brocade cloak with a pure white fox fur sewn on the collar.

This fox fur is white and flawless, undamaged, and priceless, and they don't know how much it is worth, in short, it is beautiful and eye-catching.

The master and servant dressed up and went out to enjoy the lanterns.

Seventeen Niang is difficult to go out, the right prime minister's mansion specially arranged for the protection of Jin Wuwei who usually is Li Linfu Jing Street, four people in front, four people in the rear, and four people around followed, as soon as they came out of the alley, they began to push, shout and curse pedestrians.

Li Tengkong was originally happy, but when he saw this situation, he was in a bad mood.

"What is this doing? On the night of the Shangyuan lanterns, even the princess and grandson have never seen such rampant. ”

"The little lady forgives her sins, and the little people are just acting on orders."

"I'm not going."

When Mian'er heard her little lady's tone, she was so anxious that she almost cried, so she hurriedly grabbed it and persuaded: "Seventeen Niang, it's not far away...... And you, be lighter. ”

"Whoa."

Out of the alley, the long street is lively, and you can see the splendid scene on the east side of Pingkangfang from a distance.

At the top of the square building hangs a huge lotus-shaped lantern, and there are many small lotus lamps surrounding it...... It no longer looks like a square building, but like a lotus pond in the fairy palace.

The lights on East Street became an embellishment.

I hadn't seen such a beautiful night scene for a whole year, and Li Tengkong couldn't help but be stunned.

Mian'er was also bright-eyed, and said: "Shilang commanded, there is a woman in the right prime minister's mansion for twenty-eight years, and she will get married this year, and the Lantern Festival will use Seventeen Niang's favorite lotus." ”

This is Li Xiu's thoughtfulness, two years ago, the eldest daughter born to his mother-in-law remarried one after another, and he ordered people to make the lantern into the shape of his eldest sister's favorite peach for two consecutive years.

For him, it's just a matter of talking about it.

And tonight, the most beautiful lantern festival in Chang'an City is not here, but in the east and west cities, as well as in front of Xingqing Palace.

The agreed meeting place between Li Tengkong and Kyauknu was in the northeast corner of Dongshi.

They walked slowly along the flow of people, and when they walked out of the door, the street was full of vendors on both sides, selling everything that people couldn't see.

"Seventeen Niang." Mian'er suddenly pulled Li into the air, "Xue Langjun is there, do you see it?" Inside the door. ”

Li Tengkong looked back, and quickly turned around and hid in front of a small stall.

"Huh."

Her eyes lit up and she had an idea.

"I'm going to buy this."

Mian'er withdrew her gaze from a distance, saw that it was a mask stall, and asked, "Which one does Seventeen Niang like?" ”

"Nine Heavenly Fairies." Li Tengkong said without hesitation.

The master and servant looked at each other many times, and Mian'er said, "But there is no Nine Heavens Fairy." ”

"Little lady, buy this, this is the crane under the seat of the Queen Mother of the West......"

This peddler knows how to sell things, and this mask has feathers on it, which is quite beautiful, and Li Tengkong likes it when he sees it, so he buys it immediately.

Putting on the mask and moving forward, it is much more reassuring.

Suddenly, a woman screamed at the mouth of the alley to the west.

"Help!"

Li Tengkong lifted his mask and turned his head to look, only to see several men dragging a woman into the building, tearing her clothes to pieces.

Jin Wuwei stood up from the alley and shouted, "It's nothing! Little couples quarrel, pedestrians don't care! ”

"No...... Woo! ”

Li Tengkong heard the woman's shouting in despair, hurriedly caught up a few steps, fixed his eyes, and found that it was his brother who was robbing the people's daughter, and he was anxious and angry.

"How can Brother be like this?! Let's stop him! ”

"The little people just protect the little lady......"

"Help her."

Li Tengkong rushed over there with the hem of his skirt, and said urgently: "Li Kun, you let go of her!" ”

On the long street full of pedestrians, her crisp voice was not very domineering, and it didn't spread far.

It's just the occasional little thing that happens in the shadows under the light of the Celestial Treasure.

No one noticed that six Jin Wuwei squeezed through the crowd and walked to the side of the captive man.

Jin Wuwei, who was protecting Li Kun's side, thought that his companion was coming, grinned, and looked at the little lady on the street.

Without warning, one of the six Jinwu guards who had just arrived drew his sword.

Suddenly cut down.

"Poof."

There was still a cruel smile on the face of the man who helped Li Kun rob the woman, and his head had fallen to the ground, with a muffled sound. Blood spurted extremely high and spilled on the lanterns in the building.

~~

It was Jiang Hai who pretended to be Jin Wuwei to kill people, he carried a knife in his hand, and he felt happy when he looked at the blood spilled in front of him.

The order he got was to commit several murders, and he was looking for a target all the way, and when he saw the gentleman robbing the people's daughter at the east gate of Pingkangfang, he killed him directly.

Everyone who saw this scene was stunned.

"Eat dog intestines! Dare to rob Lao Tzu's mother-in-law! ”

It was Jiang Hai who deliberately roared like this, and someone screamed.

"Ahh

The crowd was in chaos, pushing and shoving.

Jiang Hai just killed one person, far from being enjoyable, he glared at Li Kun, who was already frightened, and pounced directly.

"Poof."

A slave of the Prime Minister's Mansion who was in the way was cut down, and Jiang Hai immediately cut down a second knife and slashed directly at Li Kun's back, knocking him to the ground.

He also wanted to make up for it, and finally a real Jin Wuwei waved his knife to block.

Jiang Hai was full of murderous energy, and suddenly, someone grabbed his arm and dragged him back.

"Gone." Jiang Mao said.

The order they got was to commit a case and attract the sixteen guards to search for it, and if it was too big, it would not end well.

The two brothers glanced lightly at the trembling Jin Wuwei who were holding their swords to meet the battle, grinned in mockery, and retreated nonchalantly.

Tuoba Mao did not forget to pick up the woman they rescued and take it with her.

"Save your mother-in-law, go!"

The six of them were like wolves and tigers, raising their knives and shouting to the crowd admiring the lanterns: "Still watch? Kill them all! ”

"Ahh

With the screams of the little ladies, the scene became even more chaotic.

When the six of them looked back, they didn't dare to chase after the waste of Jin Wuwei, and they poured into the chaotic crowd and left.

Leaving only the seriously injured Li Kun lying on the ground, crying and screaming in pain......

~~

"Ahh Yes! ”

Xue Bai and Kyauknu went out of Pingkangfang, suddenly heard a miserable scream, and looked at the fanglou.

Suddenly, his gaze froze.

Thousands of lanterns, in the bright firelight, he saw a rather familiar figure wielding a knife to kill.

Jiang Hai.

There are also Jiang Mao, Tuoba Mao, Lao Liang, Liu Quan, and Xiao Bos.

Hearing about Yang Shenjin's ancestral tomb today, Xue Bai already had a premonition of uneasiness, but there were still some things that he couldn't see through.

As soon as something happened at this time, he should even realize that he had neglected one person since the New Year's Festival - Pei Mian.

This matter must have been arranged by Pei Mian, but I don't know what it was for.

Xue Bai immediately pushed aside the crowd and stared at the Longyou veteran to catch up.

Kyauknu was also chasing, but shouted: "Seventeen Niang is there!" ”

Xue Bai turned his eyes and looked at the fleeing crowd, and in the chaos, he couldn't see which one was Li Qiniang.

The frightened crowd got in front of them, and they squeezed forward with great difficulty, until they reached the long cross street, losing their direction.

Kyauknu stopped and looked around in a panic.

"Where's Seventeen Niang?"

"Which one is her?"

"I can't find it, look for it...... White fox fur, apricot brocade, flying feather mask...... Find ......."

Xue Bai's tone was calm, and he ordered: "You go and ask Shilang to transfer someone." ”

"I ......"

"Go!"

Xue Bai snorted indiscriminately, and the Kyauknu turned around and ran.

Xue Bai calmed down, looked around the long cross street, observed the movements in all directions, and rushed straight to the west.

Because there was a shout in the west, it was Wuhou who was chasing the six veterans of Longyou, and if Li Qiniang was elsewhere, it would be fine, but there would be trouble in the west.

After running more than ten steps, he saw a flying feather mask on the ground.

Jin Wuwei was standing next to the mask and looked around in a panic, it should be that he was squeezed and lost Li Qiniang in the chaos.

There was no time to pick it up, the faster he walked, chasing all the way until he stopped near the south gate of Pingkangfang, and the movement in front of him gradually decreased.

Even the guards have lost track of the murderers.

Xue Bai looked up at the Wanghuo Tower for the first time, and sure enough, someone upstairs was holding a fire.

Not far away, there was a dumbfounded Jin Wuwei who was looking at the Wanghuo Tower, Xue Bai went over and asked, "The daughter of the Prime Minister is lost!" What does Wanghuo Tower mean? ”

This Jin Wuwei turned his head, but it was Li Qiniang's guard, and he even recognized Xue Bai, and responded: "Xue Langjun? I...... I lost ......."

Xue Bai didn't expect him to recognize himself, so he took a bluffing tone and asked, "How did you lose it?" ”

The little lady said that the woman was still crying, and I wondered if it was the murderer's mother-in-law...... Let me save her...... I, I don't dare to go up ......"

"What do you mean by Wanghuo Tower?"

"The general ordered the guards to perform their duties, secretly ask the murderers, and not disturb the Shangyuan Lantern Festival...... I'm ......"

This order sounds ridiculous to those in the know, but from the perspective of the chief officer of the sixteenth guard of the Southern Ya, it is easy to understand.

The right prime minister robbed the people's daughter on the street, and was slashed by the husband of the people's daughter, Jin Wu, this matter can be big or small, but tonight, no one can stab this matter into the ears of the saint and affect the saint Yaxing.

Xue Bai thought about this matter for a moment, and immediately asked, "Which Wanghuo Tower's order was passed down first?" ”

"That."

This Jin Wuwei raised his hand and pointed to the north gate of Xuanyang Fang. Looking at it again, there are more than half of the Wuhou over there, and it is possible that the Wuhou have found the clue of the 'secret murderer', so they asked the guards elsewhere not to move.

Although this was just speculation, Xue Bai still rushed into Xuanyang Fang decisively.

When he reached the first alley, he looked around and was surprised to find a bloody handprint on the west wall.

The handprint gave him a very insolent feeling, and he could imagine Jiang Hai smearing his hand on the wall, grinning nonchalantly.

It was as if they were deliberately luring the guards after them.

There was a running sound ahead.

Xue Bai quickly caught up, and when he was about to reach an alley entrance, a woman wearing a luxurious cloak of white fox fur and apricot yellow brocade walked in front of him.

There is still a short distance away, and I can only faintly see her good looks.

"Li Qiniang?"

When he asked, the woman was startled and ran away like a frightened rabbit.

"Seventeen Niang, don't run, you wait for sleep......"

In the alley on the left, a petite figure immediately led a few Jin Wuwei to chase after him.

The petite one is Mian'er, she is more flexible, but she chases Li Qiniang the tightest than Jin Wuwei.

"Xue Langjun scared people away, don't chase ......"

The Jin Wuwei who followed Xue Bai was also overjoyed, shouted "It's good to find it", and chased after him in a panic.

Xue Bai relaxed slightly, slowed down, and observed the surroundings.

There were also lanterns hanging in the alley, so that he could see a few drops of blood dripping on the ground, and he walked along the bloodstains, turned to the left, and there was a pile of debris in front of him.

Li Qiniang was scattered by the crowd, got lost here, hid for a while, walked back after the crowd dispersed, met herself, and ran away shyly?

After walking forward for a while, not far away is the west gate of Xuanyang Fang, and the guards at the gate of the square are all standing on the floor to watch the lights, allowing people to enter and exit freely.

He frowned slightly and walked over there.

Ahead is another brightly lit street.

The streets are full of pedestrians, and even the trees are hung with small lamps, like pear blossoms blooming.

On the opposite street, a few Jin Wuwei entered the east gate of Chongyi Fang.

Xue Bai was about to follow, but was blocked by many people.

"The float is coming!"

Extravagant floats are slowly driving through the streets.

This float is decorated with plum blossoms, the lanterns are hung high, a high platform is set up at the top, and there is a graceful dancing girl who is dancing, waving the colorful silk in her hand, as if she is going to fly into the sky at any time.

On the wheel of the car stood an elegant man, who was giving a, attracting the children to chase after him.

The passers-by listened to the sound of the flute and sang to the rhythm.

"The fire trees and silver flowers are closed, and the iron lock of the star bridge is opened."

"The dark dust goes with the horse, and the bright moon comes one by one."

"The wanderers are all plums, and the songs are all plums."

"Jin Wu can't help but be at night, and the jade leak is not urging."

Xue Bai lost the clue and stood alone in this bustling area for a while, waiting until the float slowly passed by before he could continue his pursuit.

He turned his head, but his eyes were fixed.

A few plum blossoms fell, and across the long street, a young girl was watching him.

This girl was dressed very plainly, far less fragrant than the women around her in colorful silks, but inexplicably Xue Bai noticed it at a glance.

He then looked at her as well, only to realize that it was because her eyes were very bright, and there seemed to be a slight smile in her eyes, as if she knew him.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and then it seemed that there was only a moment, and the girl turned her back and went to the stall to pick up the sachet.

~~

Xuanyang Fang.

"Seventeen Niang, don't run away......"

Mian'er chased for a long time, although she was flexible, her physical strength was weak, and she finally chased Li Tengkong to the corner of the fang, but she couldn't help but be very angry when she saw Jin Wuwei forcing her little lady to the root of the wall.

She trotted forward, pushed away the guards, squatted down to take a look, but saw that the person wrapped in the luxurious cloak of her little lady was trembling, her original clothes were torn to pieces, and her face was full of tears, but it was the poor woman that Li Kun wanted to take away.

Mian'er was terrified.

"You're not my seventeenth mother? Where's she?! ”

She ...... She said...... Just see that I'm okay, put clothes on me and let me go home......"

(End of chapter)