Chapter 9 (2)

The four of them walked out of the gate of the palace, and after a while, they walked to the alley of yesterday. The old man of Douhua is still there, and he doesn't see the half-immortal yesterday.

"Boss, what about the fortune teller yesterday?" Daiji asked.

The boss glanced up, but there was no squeak.

"Boss, four bowls of bean curd." Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"Okay, guest officer, sit down first, and then come." The boss smiled.

"The fortune tellers are all walking the streets and alleys, who knows where they will go to set up a stall today." The boss mixed the ingredients in the bowl and chatted with a few people.

"It stands to reason that your alley is full of people, and fortune tellers should love to branch here." Tatsu Yuandao.

"Not really, often." The boss said with a smile.

"You sit a little longer, maybe you'll be here." The boss said again.

"Do you often see that fortune teller yesterday?" Chen Yuan asked.

"That's it! That face is very raw, I deliberately looked at it twice yesterday, but I haven't seen it. The boss said.

"How many years have you been in this stall?" Daiji asked.

"I've been working on this stall for 20 years, and I've seen not a hundred fortune tellers in the past 20 years, but I've never seen that one yesterday." The boss said.

"So sure?" Daiji was surprised.

"What am I doing, you just need to come here with me, next time you come do you want to chop green onions, more or less, a few spoons of red oil, you don't have to say anything, I will give you the right mix." The stall owner was a little proud.

"Just like the four of you, you should have seven bowls, this guest officer has four bowls, with more red oil and more chopped green onions. One bowl for the rest of the people, normal ingredients. The stall owner looked at Dai Erdao with a smile.

"Hehe, my memory is really good." Generations of the second way.

"That is, the little second child has no other skills, and he knows people." The stall owner said.

"Several, sit inside, don't want red oil, okay!" The stall owner shouted to greet other guests, and Chen Yuan and a few people waited while eating, and by the way, they also stared at the alleys opposite.

"What's the matter? Are you waiting? Dai Er felt that he had never eaten so slowly, the bowl was cold, and the empty bowl was hot again.

"Let's eat two more bowls." Chen Yuan didn't answer, just said. then touched Taimo's head and said with a smile; "You also spread out and eat, I see how many bowls you can eat."

"Okay master, boss, two more bowls of bean curd." Taimo shouted happily.

"You eat alone, don't ask for me." Generations of the second way.

"I just gave myself the second uncle, two bowls." Taimo said with big eyes.

"......" Dai Er was amorous, and Chen Yuan and Gu Ming laughed.

After finally settling seven more bowls of money, the four of them waited no longer and decided to go around the city to see if they could find the fortune teller from yesterday. Taimo burped contentedly, touching his stomach and walking in front.

"This kid can really eat, and he has eaten four bowls." Gu Ming said.

"What is he doing with so much food, and he has nowhere to go." Dai Er scoffed.

"The child eats more and grows taller." Gu Ming said.

"Grow a hammer, grow a belly, look round! This baby looks two or three layers thicker than just now! Daiji said with a smile.

Taimo suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Dai Er in a daze, and said, "Second Master, what did you just say?" ”

"Oops! Little cub, you dare to question me. Dai Er went up to Zhao Taimo's small brain and slapped lightly, and said, "Grandpa said that you are a few layers thicker, what!" I'm not happy! ”

Taimo frowned when he heard this, smiled again in the blink of an eye, and shouted: "That's it!" It's thick! Master! Uncle! I've always felt weird and out of place here! ”

"What are you talking about, little cub!" Dai Er slapped Taimo's head melon seeds again, and it started.

"The princess's palanquin, uncle! Oops, that's the chair! Thick! It's a lot thicker than the average chair! Taimo shouted excitedly.

Chen Yuan's eyes immediately widened when he heard this, and he looked at Taimo fixedly. Taimo was also staring at his master at the moment, knowing that he understood, Chong Chenyuan nodded heavily. Chen Yuan didn't say a word, walked over quickly, rubbed Taimo's head fiercely, and flew back towards the palace. Gu Ming and Dai Er followed closely and shouted at Taimo, "You slowly swing back." ”

"You speak! What are you doing all the way? Lost your soul? Dai Er followed Chen Yuan like a fart and chattered, Chen Yuan entered this courtyard, and walked slowly with his head down all the way as if he was looking for something, and he was about to reach the princess's residence. Finally, Chen Yuan squatted down and touched here and there. It rained yesterday, and it hasn't dried out this morning, so Chen Yuan inevitably had muddy hands, but he laughed.

"What are you happy about? Can you say a word, ancestors! "Daiji is anxious.

"Haha...... I'm happy that this ghost has a lot of weight. "Chen Yuandao.

"Is it hard to get to the point?" Generations of the second way.

"This road is the only way for the little prince's son to the princess's courtyard." Tatsu Yuandao.

"Uh-huh!" Daiji nodded.

"Fortunately, there is such a small section of dirt road, if it is full of stone slabs and blue bricks like other places, there is really nowhere to look." Chen Yuan said again.

"Look!" Generations of the second way.

"It rained yesterday, look at these two lines of footprints." Chen Yuan pointed to the dirt and said.

"It's half a point shallower than the one who came back." Gu Ming saw the problem at a glance.

"Good eyesight." Chen Yuan praised with a smile.

"It's shallow." Daiji asked.

"It's shallow, it means that the sedan chair used by the princess when she went to the little prince was the chair, which was lighter than when she came back." Tatsu Yuandao.

"Oh! In other words...... "Daiji suddenly realized."

"When I came back, the princess was not alone in the chair." Gu Ming continued.

"That's not right! The sedan chair without curtains and covers is a lifting chair. Who can't see more than one person? "Dai Erdao.

"Hehe......" Chen Yuan smiled and did not answer.

"The princess pressed him under her, and his clothes were wide, and it was night, and he couldn't see it if he didn't cover it carefully." Daiji snapped his fingers.

"Are you really a wild boar? Even if the little prince is drunk and pressed under a big living person, can he react? The princess always has to get down from the chair when she goes back, right? Under the people can't see? Gu Ming said.

"And where's my brother?" Daiji asked with a shout.

"It's still our Momo who is smart, and I always feel that this is wrong." Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"Chairs? Thick? "Dai Erdao.

Chen Yuan nodded and said, "The princess's chair is so thick, if it is hollow, ......"

"That's just a box! It's a chair box! "Dai Er finally understands now.

In other words, it's a double-decker chair. The little prince sat underneath and covered the cover, and the princess sat on it again, and outsiders couldn't see it at all. Gu Ming also said.

"That's exactly the case, so the footprints of the four palanquin drivers when they come back will be deeper than in the past." Tatsu Yuandao.

"It's so ingenious! Tell me what you think! "Dai Er was surprised.

"As long as the princess has a chance to be alone with the little prince for a moment, she can casually stuff this big living person into this chair box and bring it out unconsciously." Gu Ming said.

"And according to the maidservant, when she wiped her face and talked to the little prince, she withdrew everyone, and only the two of them were alone." Tatsu Yuandao.

"Then he pulled the curtain on the bed, asked the sedan chair man to come in and carry himself out, and as soon as he went out, he immediately told the maid to close the door, saying that he was afraid that his son would be affected by the wind, but in fact, he was afraid that someone would go in and find that the little prince was gone." Gu Ming said.

"That's right! Didn't she break her leg, and without a helper, how did she shove her son into it? "Dai Erdao.

"Do you think the princess's leg is injured at this point?" Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"She fell in full view, but she was never injured. It's just that this chair box can justifiably come to the little prince's house and bedside. Otherwise, who would carry the sedan chair into the house? Aren't they all sedan chairs in the courtyard? It is precisely because the princess is 'injured' and 'can't go' that the box can come to the little prince, and no one thinks it is strange. Chen Yuan said again.

"Scheming! Really scheming! Daiji exclaimed.

"But this chair weighs the weight of one person, and the footprints of the sedan chair driver are half a minute deeper, don't the four of them feel the sedan chair?" Daiji asked again.

"The weight of one person is divided among the shoulders of four people, which is not much for people like them who work hard all year round. A little heavier, they would only feel that the person on the other end of the bar had slipped and jumped two inches to the chair. Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"Yes, don't say it's a little heavier, even if you think that the sedan chair is obviously much heavier, no one dares to complain at the moment, anyway, it's just these few steps, just stay up." Gu Ming said.

"Then why did the princess go to such lengths to steal her son out of the house? Where is my brother now? Daiji wondered.

"No one knows what the reason is at the moment, but our little brother may have been sent out of the palace." Tatsu Yuandao.

"Let's go, let's see." Generations of the second way.

"What are you seeing?" Gu Ming asked.

"Look at the princess's courtyard, the road to the house, in case there is mud, look at the footprints and dive." The second generation is now learning and selling.

"Fortunately, God has rained for you, if you can't step on your footprints, what can you do?" Gu Ming said with a smile.

"Then it's all up to this yin and yang person!" Dai Er used the first little Chen to go far away.

"......" Chen Yuan was speechless for a while, and followed Dai Er.

"Look! Really! The footprints that went out were deeper than when they came back! Hahahaha! Yoji crossed his waist and laughed as he pointed to footprints on a dirt floor next to the garden.

"There are many more people coming in and out of this road than on that road, how do you know that it is the sedan driver?" Gu Ming said.

"Nonsense, isn't this side by side?" Generations of the second way.

"Looks like it's been sent out." Gu Ming said.

"Where did you say the princess unloaded the goods?" Generations of the second way.

"Since she didn't want to be seen by anyone when she stole her son, she definitely didn't want to be seen when she unloaded the goods, but she pretended to have a leg injury, and the four palanquin drivers must not leave her, where can she unload her son?" Generations of the second way.

"Only one place." Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"The fortune teller." Gu Ming said.

"No one can see it on the street." Generations of the second way.

"You forgot? The owner of the bean curd seller said that when the lady ate the bean curd, she covered the fortune teller's table circumference over her legs. "Chen Yuandao.

"It seems that I am afraid of spilling on my dress when eating, but I really prevent it." Gu Ming said.

"Actually, the table circumference also blocked the chair lifting, and someone opened the chair box from under the table and pulled out my brother!" Daiji reacted again and said.

"No wonder the stall owner said that he had never seen this fortune teller, everything was planned, and the fortune teller and the princess were in the same group." Gu Ming said.

"But why did she go to great lengths to bring her son out, and not let others know that it was her own mother who brought it out?" Generations of the second way.

"Naturally, it's something that can't be seen, if you don't bring it out generously, why be sneaky." Gu Ming said.

"You're talking nonsense, and you're going to catch up with any state government official on the way." Dai Er teased.

"Then now that we've found out the truth, we can go and ask the princess for someone, right? You can also ask clearly. Gu Ming said.

"After being a decent family, he does things frankly and never beats around the bush. A righteous gentleman - Gu Jia Xiaoming! Chen Yuan said with a smile.

"Brother Yuan, I can hear that you must not be praising me." Gu Ming said embarrassedly.

"Haha, Xiao Ming, everything now, in the final analysis, is just our speculation, there is no evidence, what are you going to confront the princess?" Tatsu Yuandao.

"Footprints are deep and shallow, aren't they considered physical evidence?" Generations of the second way.

"Is this also physical evidence? I'm going to go out for a walk, I'm happy, walk harder, can't you? "Chen Yuandao.

"What about the chair box? Break her chair in front of her and let everyone see that it is hollow, won't the truth be revealed? "Dai Erdao.

"Why don't you just throw the princess out with her collar and let her run two steps, and everyone will naturally find that her leg is not injured?" Chen Yuan rolled his eyes and said.

"Better!" Daiji said in surprise.

"What a fart! Let's go, it's better to find a witness! Gu Ming said with a fan on the back of his head.

"Looking for whom?" Dai Er asked.

"Find the fortune teller." Gu Ming said, and then said firmly: "Full city!" ”

"You two go find the fortune teller, and I'll do something else." Tatsu Yuandao.

"Why are you going?" Dai Er asked.

"I'll let that ghost make trouble during the day." Chen Yuan grinned.

In the afternoon, the princess was drowsy with her dull head, and suddenly there were messy footsteps and shouts in the courtyard.

"Madame! Madam! Three or five maids shouted at the same time.

"What's wrong! Frizzy! What's the panic! The princess reprimanded.

"Oh no, ma'am! The deputy commander of the northwest battalion came to report that their soldiers were taking a nap and the ghost was pressing the bed! A maid said.

"Nonsense! It's noon, it's still a big man, what kind of bed to press! The princess shouted angrily.

"Madam, there are a lot of soldiers outside, and each of them says that they have been pressed by ghosts!" Another maid said.

"What! How is it possible, full of nonsense! How can there be ......" The princess stopped talking, stood up, and tilted her body as if she remembered something, and said, "Help me out." ”

When the princess left the main house, the courtyard was already crowded with soldiers. The black pressure couldn't suppress the number one hundred and ten people, and they talked to each other, and everyone was not loud, but so many stout men buzzed together, as if they had pierced a dozen hornet's nests at the same time.

"Quiet!" The princess's crisp and majestic voice sounded in everyone's ears, and the needle drop in the courtyard could be heard in an instant.

"What are you doing here?" The princess asked.

"Back to Madame, here are all the soldiers who were taking a nap just now, and everyone ran to me back and forth and said they had seen a ghost." The man who led the search for the little prince yesterday asked.

"Nonsense, at noon, you are still a group of big men, all of them are men who have been on the battlefield, even if there are ghosts, how can they get close to you?" The princess laughed.

"It's true ma'am! What a ghost! I'm being crushed by a ghost! A soldier said with a panicked face.

The princess's face was all over her face, and she was about to reprimand, when she heard another soldier say: "True madam, so am I, that ghost's face is pale, and there is nothing in the eyes of the black hole!" ”

"That's it, ma'am! My hair grows long! It's a female ghost, floating right in front of my eyes! That face is only a foot away from me! "Another soldier.

"Me too! It didn't float on my head, but it stood at the head of my bed, and it kept staring at me, not moving! "It's humane again.

"Mine wasn't in the house, in front of the window, pierced the window paper, such a big eye stared at me in the hole, scared me to death!" Another humane.

"That's it! The key is that I can't move yet, and it took a long time to slow down and be able to move. The soldier who was the first to speak continued.

"yes, yes......"

"I saw ...... too"

"I'm ...... too"

Everyone in the court agreed, one after another.

The cold sweat on the princess's head fell, I don't know what to do, so many soldiers are painting and swearing, they really saw it.

"Everyone, don't be impatient. Vice General Zhao, I already know what the soldiers have reacted to, let the soldiers go back to the camp to rest at this moment, and the prince will return later today, and he will make his own decision at that time. The princess said.

The man in the lead arched his hand and said, "Yes, madam." "This person is the person who took the lead in finding the little prince yesterday and rushed into the second house of Dai, and he is also the person who gave convenience to the three of Chen Yuan on the city gate last night. It turned out that this person's surname was Zhao, and he was the deputy general of the prince, and he watched the little prince Ran Yun grow up since he was a child. Vice General Zhao Rong Ma has been a life, and after the country is pacified, he is also used to living a person's life, without a wife and no children, he has long regarded Ran Yun as his own, and he has loved him since he was a child.

The northwest battalion is the camp of Vice General Zhao, and the soldiers in the battalion are naturally only from the orders of Vice General Zhao, and they are also well-trained on weekdays.

"Ma'am, what is the matter now?" The personal maid asked.

The princess has always strictly forbidden people in the palace to talk about hauntings, and since she sealed the Qiuhuai Courtyard, she has never heard anyone say that she has seen ghosts. Whoever talks about this matter again, if the princess knows it, he will be ruthlessly kicked out of the door, no matter how old the qualifications are, how many years of effort for the palace, without exception. But this time it's not a subordinate, it's a whole hundred and ten soldiers, and they all say that it's a ghost, isn't this a ghost! Kick them all out? Jokes, people respect you and call you Mrs., that's because you are the wife of the prince, if not, who will pay attention to you. The princess is also self-aware, the princess is the princess, not the prince, not the former commander of these soldiers. It's okay to hold a little bit of identity at ordinary times, dare to order the soldiers, punish the soldiers, don't say that these men who have been on the battlefield don't agree, you just ask the prince himself if he agrees, women meddle in the affairs of the barracks, if the soldiers listen to you like I listen to my own words, then what has become of me?

"Call the sedan chair man to come, follow me to invite the master." The princess said.