After another ten days, winter began.

Shengjing is to the north, and a bucket full of water is placed in the courtyard, and a thin layer of ice can be formed overnight. The original clothes could not be worn, so Yinzheng went to the tailor shop opposite to pick up a few pieces of cloth, planning to make a few new winter clothes for Lu Tong and himself.

Due to the sudden cold overnight, Lu Tong also caught a chill, and it rained again for several days, Du Changqing saw Lu Tong's sick appearance, waved his hand, and decided to close the Renxin Medical Center for two days, so that Lu Tong could recuperate in the house.

In winter, it gets dark early, the rain is pouring down, almost all the vendors on West Street are closed, and the row of lanterns under the eaves are shaking badly under the torrential rain, and the faint lights are also hidden by the winter rain.

There is only a bleak shadow left in the plum tree at the entrance of the Renxin Medical Center, coiling around the small medical hall, standing silently in the night.

"Squeak-"

There was a gap in the dark shadow, and a ray of dim light came through it.

Someone pushed open the door and walked out of the gate of the Renxin Medical Center.

The rain continued to fall, dispersing the sound of talking in front of the door.

"Let's go."

……

The rain "whooped" down and fell into the river, sparkling brightly.

Wind and rain for days, the river water under the Luoyue Bridge swells, the river water rises more and more, the wind lantern tied to the bridge railing becomes brighter and brighter, looking from the height of the Zhu Building, it is like a pearl in the ocean.

Yuxian Tower is always lively.

The cold of the winter rain was turned away by the restaurant, and in the Yanguan Song Building, Luo Qi's fragrance was endless, chasing joy and laughter everywhere. The high platform in front of the guests in the main hall, the bead lamp is gorgeous, with a long cover of gold and jade, a plum tree cast of gold and jade is in the middle of the high platform, the plum tree is steep, the jade branch is carved with rubies and clusters of red plums, there is a singer under the red plum, Bixia is draped, wearing a fairy crown, the face is deceitful jade, the temples are like thick clouds, and a song "Spring Boudoir Dream" is being sung——

"When I went to Mo on the flowers like brocade, today the willows on the floor are green, poor Nong is waiting in the deep boudoir, and I think of the begonia on the opening day ...... now."

The voice trembled, the words were like beads, and the guests in the audience all applauded.

Full of red makeup and green sleeves, between the laughter and guest seats, there is a man with wide sleeves and a yellow robe, holding a dancing girl walked by, recently a group of young dancers came to the fairy building, beautiful and charming, everyone covered their faces with veils, and the dance clothes were light and thin, and they were sought after by the drunken guests of the son.

The man in the robe was drunk and hazy, with a big belly and poop, and when he turned his head sideways, his eyes hid a trace of imperceptible nervousness, but the dancing girl who was held in his arms was wearing a gorgeous peacock blue tulle dance dress, and her face was covered with silk, revealing only a pair of beautiful eyes, delicate and delicate.

The brilliance of the orb was dazzling, and the silver kite looked at the rich and noble ecstasy all over the building, hiding the amazement in his heart.

She has been in the Sunan Yanguan for many years, and she thinks that she is in Jincheng Huaying, and she is used to seeing the prosperity of the city, but she is still shocked by the wealth of Shengjing. It was obviously a heavy winter rain, but Yuxian Tower was like a sunny fairyland, and the orchestral cheers seemed to continue like this forever.

The "man in his arms" reminded in a low voice: "Go upstairs." ”

Yinzheng came back to his senses and said "um".

Lu Tong's arms tightened, snuggling her affectionately, her eyes exposed outside the veil were slightly raised, and she looked at the people around her silently.

Today is the birthday of Qi Yutai, the young master of the Taishi Mansion.

Du Changqing once mentioned in his casual conversation that every year on the first day of October, Qi Yutai's birthday, the young master of the Taishi Mansion would hold a banquet in Shengjing Yuxian Tower and invite friends to have fun. And he never held a banquet in the mansion, because his pure-hearted and low-spirited Taishi father was quiet and didn't like to make noise.

Lu Tong couldn't get close to the Taishi Mansion.

Not to mention the Taishi Mansion, she can't even get close to the subordinates of the Taishi Mansion. As Du Changqing said, people of their status are even separated from the people of the Taishi Mansion. She can make "Spring Water Sheng" close to the Ke family, and she can make "Slender Silk" close to Fan Zhenglian, but she can't do the same to the Taishi Mansion.

Because she didn't know about the diseases of the people in the Taishi's mansion.

Time passes, and those who want revenge are still alive and well. When he heard Du Changqing talk about Qi Yutai's arrival at Yuxian Tower on the first day of October, Lu Tong's heart was almost immediately moved.

She had no way of knowing when Qi Yutai was traveling or where he was going, but he was there on the first day of October.

Lu Tong wanted to get close to Qi Yutai.

So she spent silver to buy the people of Yuxian Lou to mix in, put on the clothes of the dancing girl, she planned to go alone, Yinzheng was sick and was thrown into the troubled mountain by the pious woman, Lu Tong didn't want to lead her to hurt the old things, but Yinzheng insisted on following. So Yinzheng pretended to be a guest and blended into Yuxian Tower with her.

The two of them really acted much more smoothly than one person, at least when others saw that Mai Ji had a master, they would not pull her to accompany her. There is no hole in the silver kite to pretend to be a drinker, and the belly stuffed with pillows and the dark green under her eyes make her look like a rich businessman who has really been hollowed out by the color of wine.

"Beauty, let's go upstairs, go upstairs......" she said vaguely, taking Lu Hitomi upstairs with her.

Lu Tong Yingying held the arm of the silver kite, and the two staggered up to the second floor.

Qi Yutai set up a banquet in the wing room of Yuxian Building, and it was late at night, and the banquet was almost over. And today's heavy rain is pouring down, and most of Qi Yutai will stay in Yuxian Tower tonight.

The upper floors are warm pavilions, which are used for these princes and grandsons, distinguished guests and wealthy families to spend the night. The price is very expensive, when Du Changqing's father was still there and the Du family had not yet been defeated, Master Du did not dare to spend the night here, for fear of being cheated of a lot of money. Yin Zheng and Lu Tong came out on this trip and emptied all the medical fees sent by Princess Wenjun before.

Yinzheng hugged Lu Tong to the second floor, there was a man drinking at the door of the building, looking at the turtle Gong, seeing this, he grinned and came forward, Yinzheng understood, took out a silver ticket and slapped it on his hand, and the man retreated to make way out: "Childe, please come in!" Come in! ”

The entire second floor was renovated into the appearance of the daughter's embroidery pavilion, and a carved bamboo window came out of the coquettish tone and laughter, which made people's ears warm.

Yinzheng didn't feel that his ears were hot, he only felt sorry for the silver he had just sent, and complained in a low voice: "But if you stay here for one night, it will cost you a hundred taels of silver for a single night." No wonder as the saying goes, 'The gold and silver on board the ship fill the fireworks debt'. He was stunned: "But it's so expensive here, and the amount of silver you want to redeem yourself will only be more." ”

Yinzheng thought that he would return home with enough money to redeem himself, but he was thrown into a mass grave before that day. Now when I re-enter this place, I will inevitably be melancholy.

In front of the carved windows on this floor, there is a flower crown hanging in front of the door, which represents someone, and if there is no flower crown, it means that there is no one.

Lu Tong glanced back and saw that the turtle was out of sight, so he turned his head and pushed the door in front of him with a flower crown.

"Ahh

There was a sudden exclamation in the room, and the men and women at the table were half-dressed and half-faded, and it was when they were in love and honey, they were unexpectedly interrupted, and the man said angrily: "What person? ”

Yinzheng staggered and burped: "...... Arrived? ”

Lu Tong hugged her and apologized to the two people in the room: "The son was drunk and went to the wrong room, I'm sorry." With that, he quickly helped Yinzheng out of the room.

The door was closed, and after the scolding and the woman's soft persuasion, Lu Tong glanced at the flower crown in front of the door, and his eyes flashed.

"Not this one."

Qi Yutai's people disappeared quickly, and there was no shadow of them in the hall of Yuxian Tower. The houses in the embroidery pavilion on the second floor look exactly the same, and no one can tell which one Qi Yutai is.

She could only use stupid methods to find them from room to room.

Long before he came, Lu Tong had already heard about Qi Yutai's appearance, and after seeing Qi Yutai's portrait, the man was not.

She grabbed the arm of the silver kite and put the veil back on: "Go to the lower room." ”

The Embroidery Pavilion is bigger than expected.

Lu Tong and Yinzheng picked up the warm house with a flower crown all the way and "had no intention of breaking in", and when they came out of the last room after checking, half an hour had passed.

The two of them advanced and retreated quickly, and the silver kite was drunk and hazy, although many good things in the house were interrupted along the way, but because the people in the house were busy continuing, no one chased them out and entangled, and no one found them.

Yinzheng grabbed Lu Tong's hand and said in a low voice: "Girl, why not?" Could it be that he is already gone? ”

The embroidery pavilion was turned over, and I didn't see anyone from Qi Yutai. At this time, it is late at night, and walking on the promenade may attract attention.

Lu Tong shook his head: "No, he must be here." ”

"But ......"

Lu Tong raised his eyes and looked higher up in the embroidery pavilion. There is a corner of the eaves flown out, like enchanting wings on a rainy night, paradoxically gorgeous.

"Isn't there another layer?" Lu Tong said: "I want to go up." ”

No one seemed to go to the third floor, at least after Lu Tong entered the Yuxian Tower, he didn't see anyone going upstairs.

But if there is no one upstairs, why should one floor be renovated alone? For those girls? It doesn't look like it.

She grabbed the silver kite: "I'll try." ”

Lu Tong planned like this, who knew that he had only reached the halfway point of the stairs on the third floor, and the turtle man who was sitting and drinking ran out of nowhere, stopping the two of them from moving forward.

Yin Zheng snorted wine and handed out a silver ticket: "Young master...... What the young master has is silver! ”

"Alas," Gui Gong stared closely at the silver ticket in Yinzheng's hand, and said with a smile: "This is not a problem with silver, then you can't go up!" ”

"Hiccup, what's there to go?"

Gui Gong leaned forward: "Let me tell you the truth, there are places where the officials and dignitaries rest." We can't afford to offend those who do small business. Childe should choose another house. ”

Official bigwigs......

Lu Tong's heart moved slightly, and then he smiled and climbed on the silver kite to say goodbye to the turtle, and went to the other end.

After walking a few steps, Yinzheng stopped and asked Lu Tong: "Girl, what should I do now?" ”

Listening to the meaning of this person's words, Qi Yutai is upstairs nine times out of ten. It's just that at the moment, I can't buy a place to go upstairs with silver, so I can only find another way.

Lu Tong thought for a while: "You find a place to hide, and I'll go up secretly." ”

Yin Zheng was taken aback: "No! He also said, "He is guarding the stairs, how can the girl get in...... Why don't you," her eyes lit up, "I'll pretend to be drunk and lure him away, and you take the opportunity to go upstairs, is that possible?" ”

Lu Tong frowned: "It's too dangerous for you to do this." ”

"Don't worry," Yin Zheng patted his chest, "don't forget where I'm from, and I know best how to deal with them." This floor is fine, but the upstairs is more dangerous, the girl really wants to go? ”

Lu Tong nodded.

She has no way to get close to Qi Yutai, as long as she gets close to Qi Yutai, as long as there is an opportunity, she can do it.

Today is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Yinzheng turned around and left, and before Lu Tong could hold her, he saw Yinzheng stumbling towards Fang Cai Guigong, and shouted: "Slut! I don't know what to do, give me a replacement! ”

Then there was the sound of the cup blowing on the ground, accompanied by the exclamation and laughter of the turtle gong, the silver kite pulled the other party's clothes and did not let go, I don't know what the two said, after a while, the turtle led the silver kite downstairs.

There was no one on the stairs.

Lu Tong took the opportunity to go up.

There are few stairs on the second and third floors, and they spiral upwards. The embroidery pavilion of the whole Yuxian Building is next to the hall on one side, and the singing of the servants downstairs can be heard in the house, and the other side is next to the courtyard, and the sound of heavy rain washing the courtyard can be heard.

Lu Tong stopped at the entrance of the third floor.

This floor is quiet.

There are no men and women laughing at the music, and there are no gorgeous flower crowns hanging in front of the door. This floor looks more cold, the cold lamp in front of the door reflects the dim corridor, at first glance it looks quiet, but look carefully, a row of Zhu Column carved heads, hanging in front of the house with red Luo pin gold lanterns, the heavier the rain, the more the jade building lanterns shimmer.

There was no one in the corridor outside the door, and the servants downstairs sang in this quiet and Qingyue, Lu Tong was wearing a gorgeous dance dress, and her long skirt dragged across the floor of the corridor, making a sound of fabric rustling.

Because there is no flower crown hanging in front of the door, there is no one in this row of pavilions.

Lu Tong paused, his fingertips touched an object in his sleeve, and he stopped.

As long as she could get close to Qi Yutai, she would be able to find an opportunity to kill him.

A little dim light peeked through the crack in the door, and there were people in the room, but there was no sound.

This is really a bit strange, Gui Gong said that the third floor is the place where dignitaries sleep, but there are no guards or servants in the whole corridor, if there is no light in front of him, it is like an empty building.

The pouring rain was incessant, falling down the eaves into the yard, Lu Tong hesitated, and reached out to open the door.

There was no one in the house.

The ground is covered with a gold brocade coral blanket, which is soft and silent to step on. On the incense table in front of the door, a gorgeous bead lamp was placed, and most of the peonies were painted with gold on it, and it was covered with ice veil. The bead lamp is dim, illuminating the peony on the lampshade like smoke, there is a piano not far away, and then there is a large Nanmu primrose-colored carved silk glass screen, which is invisible behind the screen.

Lu Tong's eyes fell on the ebony-edged pear heart case in the room.

There are a few blue and white jade hollow crested cups on the table, the cup is empty, a wine jug, I don't know if anyone has used it.

She looked at the coral stool again.

A cape is casually placed on the stool.

Lu Tong walked over, and the black cloak in front of him looked extremely luxurious, and the silver threads outlined the clouds and pressed on the black brocade, shining under the silver candles.

It's not something that ordinary people can afford.

She stood in the middle of the room, a moment hesitant.

There was no one to be seen, there seemed to be no movement in the house, and the original plan could not be carried out. She didn't even know where Qi Yutai was.

On the case at hand is a mandarin duck incense burner, incense is burning, Lu Tong picked up the incense burner, if she can be sure that Qi Yutai is in this room, she can use her hands and feet in the incense, today is fine, tomorrow is fine, wait until the third day, there will be something in the Taishi Mansion.

She was thinking about it when she was caught off guard when a voice suddenly came from behind her.

"What are you doing?"

Lu Tong was caught off guard and let go of his hand, and suddenly turned around.

"Bang-"

There was a muffled sound, and a furnace of incense fell all over the ground, and the coral carpet was covered with a layer of ash.

Under the lantern, the young man stood in front of the screen, dressed in a black gold brocade robe, holding a silver knife, the glass screen was glowing with brilliance behind him, but the people in front of the screen were lined with more and more bright colors.

Lu Tong's heart was shocked.

How is he?