The Golden Bough and the Dog verse 23

If you want to go, you must wait until you have a reasonable plan and are fully prepared before leaving.

Tang Xian resisted the urge to go to the backyard, and when Yun Yuan's chatting with the old man was over, and when he met Zhuang Lian again, Tang Xian raised her chin and looked back at him with a surprised look.

After that, Tang Xian also had a time when she was alone, she couldn't help it, only once, Yun Yuan came out to wash her hands after eating candy, and was abducted by her near the back door.

As soon as the door was pushed open, sure enough, the guards fell from the sky and were driven away by Yun Yuan's face of water.

The group said goodbye in the afternoon.

After this trip, Tang Xian figured out one thing, and she was not in a hurry to leave, and her heart relaxed.

But she didn't want to deceive Yun Yuan's feelings, and asked in the carriage: "Do you know Yanxia?" ”

Yun Yuan immediately straightened her face, "What do you want her to do?" She's so nasty! ”

"She stole your eldest brother's stuff, do you know what it is?"

"I don't know." Yun Yuan didn't care about this, she only cared about Tang Xian's attitude towards Yanxia, "She loves to deceive people, don't play with her!" ”

Tang Xian said: "I can also deceive people, I am friends with Yanxia." ”

"You're a liar too?" Yun Yuan was startled, stared at her in a daze, and finally came back to his senses in the bumps of the carriage's turn, snorted and moved to the other side of the carriage, turning his face to ignore Tang Xian.

She was impatient, and after sitting for a short time, she turned her head and asked, "You said you have a sister, did you lie to me?" ”

"This isn't." Tang Xian said.

Yun Yuan asked again: "Then is the word you taught me to recognize wrong?" ”

Tang Xian's throat choked, and she said in disbelief: "...... Who's going to lie about this? ”

"Smoke will!" Yun Yuan's cheeks were red, and she shouted, "She lied to me to admit a typo, joked that I was illiterate, and painted my face while I was asleep!" ”

Tang Xian: "......"

It's really something that Yanxia can do.

The two of them spoke louder, alarming the people outside, Zhuang Lian knocked on the window and asked, "Miss, what's going on?" ”

Yun Xuan was immersed in the accusation against Yanxia, pushed open the small window, and said, "You say, Yanxia is not very bad!" ”

"Yes, yes, it's too bad, it's not big or small......" Zhuang Lian hurriedly coaxed her along with her words.

Listening to Yun Yuan's accusations, Tang Xian felt that their days were much more interesting than their own in the imperial tomb, and she didn't know if Yanxia could be stuffy in the imperial tomb.

Thinking about it like this, there was more sadness in her thoughts, Tang Xian sighed, and inadvertently glanced out a few times, vaguely feeling that the buildings outside were a little unfamiliar.

After holding on to the window and taking a closer look, she asked, "This is not the way back, where are we going?" ”

Zhuang Lian looked unpredictable, and replied slowly: "Childe said that the street is lively tonight, take you and Miss to go shopping...... Go back home. ”

Chapter 21: Chaos

At first glance, when she heard Zhuang Lian mention the lively night in the capital, Tang Xian's eyes flickered, and the bright fireworks, fish lanterns shuttling through the crowd and the shouts of the vendors flashed quickly in her mind.

Yesterday's laughter was still in front of her, Tang Xian blinked her eyes, and felt that it was as far away as a dream.

"Can it be livelier than at home?" Yun Yuan asked curiously.

Zhuang Lian smiled and said: "At the feet of the Son of Heaven, it is naturally more lively than elsewhere." I don't believe you ask poetry, she grew up in the capital......"

Yun Yuan was still minding Yanxia's matter, and was unwilling to ask Tang Xian, pouting and not speaking.

Tang Xian took the initiative to say: "Before the time, there would be many vendors selling lanterns, jewelry, and food on the streets, and there were often people playing, which was not particularly lively. During the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, the street lights are not extinguished all night, singing and dancing are played in unison, and the carriages and horses are like flowing water......"

There are many powerful and wealthy businessmen in Beijing, even at night, they are destined to sing and dance.

The people don't want so much, in their eyes, the more lively, the more rich and noble, and they can make money.

There are more merchants, more taxes, and the imperial court has turned a blind eye for many years, and in the long run, the curfew has become ineffective, especially the most prosperous East Street, which is often noisy all night.

Zhuang Lian saw that Yun Yuan was interested, and then Tang Xian's words said: "There is a moon climbing tower on East Street, which is the highest place in Beijing, and it is said that standing at the top, you can reach out and touch the moon......"

"Go to East Street, go to the Moon Tower!" Yun Yuan immediately decided to go there, "What about my brother?" Has he already gone? ”

"Childe is still busy with business, Miss will find a restaurant for dinner first......" Zhuang Lian coaxed Yun Xian, turned his head and saw Tang Xian's hesitant expression.

The moon building stands on the most prosperous East Street, the building is as its name suggests, and it can climb the moon as high.

Every night, countless bright lights illuminate the whole high-rise building brilliantly, like a fairy palace in the sky.

It is a place for the magnates in Beijing to spend their time, and in the past, foreign envoys came to worship, and the embassy ministers often brought people there to feast and drink.

Tang Xian has naturally been there, she once stood in a tall building with her female companion to watch the fireworks in the sky, and in the eyes of the pedestrians passing below, they were the Nine Heavens Fairy who strayed into the world.

But she wasn't now, and it wasn't for her to go to that kind of place again.

Zhuang Lian saw her retreat and said: "Today is Miss Lou's birthday, and Master Lou wants to set off fireworks in the city to celebrate, it's very lively, don't you want to go and see it at all?" ”

Unfortunately, Tang Xian knew all the two people in Zhuang Lian's mouth.

Tang Xian and the second miss of the Lou family were friends, and the fourth child of the Lou family was still young at that time, and she was not familiar with her.

But the eldest son of the Lou family was very attentive to Tang Xian, and he was bumped into by Bai Xiangxiang a few times, which caused Tang Xian to be angry with her every time.

Later, Tang Xian entered the palace, and she heard that the Lou family went to Baifu to propose marriage, she once thought that Bai Xiangxiang would marry Lou Qianhe, but she didn't expect that in the end she would become Mrs. Meng.

Mrs. Meng......

Tang Xian wanted to go, with her current status, it was extremely difficult to see her old friends in the deep mansion, but today was different, there were not only Mrs. Meng in the Moon Tower...... The girls she had befriended, such as Miss Lou Er, as long as she was still in Beijing, would definitely show up.

There are many people, who can pay attention to an inconspicuous her? It's a big deal, it's a big deal to smear your face.

"Yes." Tang Xian answered Zhuang Lian truthfully.

On this day, Tang Xian and several people successfully visited the old friends of the old lady Baili, and when they were about to go to East Street, on the other side, the mute led the guards to break into a coffin shop, killed one person on the spot, captured two alive, and after a careful search, they presented it to Yun Zhu, as well as two letters from Luo Changguo.

"Cen Wangxian didn't lie." The cloud stop was quite unexpected.

But this is not something to be happy about, after all, when a bug appears in front of you, it means that its eggs are all over the place.

Coming out after the darkroom interrogation, daylight has been replaced by twilight.

In the study, General Xuanwei, Bai Taishi and others had been waiting quietly for a long time, all with solemn faces.

There was a problem with the treasury, and the matter was not opened, but it was groundless, and it would eventually be noticed.

When he learned about this, Yun Zhu knew that he couldn't hide it, and later the temptation of the enemy state to send envoys confirmed that the other party had more or less heard the rumors.

And how did this rumor get out?

I'm afraid the source is in the middle of the court.

Since ancient times, there has never been a scarcity of people who have been driven by coercion or inducement to sell their country.

What makes everyone stand guard is because the court is in the open, the other party is in the dark, and no one knows how many dissidents are hidden in the court.

Moreover, the other party obviously knew about the existence of Quyang King's hidden treasure, and intended to obtain it one step ahead of Yun, so Cen Wangxian would do everything possible to approach Yanxia at the beginning.

General Xuanwei couldn't see that anyone was collaborating with the enemy, so he was furious and scolded several times.

"This kind of traitor has already been shown to the public in the army!"

Bai Taishi was relatively calm, and proposed to put a long line to catch a big fish when the clue of the hidden treasure was firmly in his hand.

After the trace of Yanxia disappeared, the only remaining "bait" was "Zhuang Poetry", and she couldn't lose it.

After Bai Taishi and the others left, Yun Zhu asked, "How is Yun Yuan over there?" ”

The guard said: "Steward Zhuang gave the girl a chance to escape, but she didn't know what to think about and didn't take action once. ”

"Where now?"

"I'm eating near the Moon Tower."

Yun Zhu wants to use Tang Xian as bait, in addition to fishing traitors, but also for Yanxia.

promised to give Yanxia the opportunity to take the initiative to plead guilty, he was not in a hurry to find out Tang Xian's identity, this day's trip to the moon tower, it is best to find out her identity, and it is useless not to figure it out.

Looking at the sinking sky, Yun stopped and went back to the house to change his clothes, and ordered the dumb man before closing the door: "Go and replace Zhuang Lian." ”

Zhuang Lian followed him into the palace in Beijing, and in the eyes of many ministers, he represented himself.

The Moon Tower is full of powerful people, Yun Zhu doesn't want Yun Yuan's identity to be exposed, and he doesn't want unrelated people to see that Tang Xian is the person next to him.

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When the mute man led the order to find Tang Xian and the others, the East Street was already brightly lit, there were young girls strolling together, children holding lanterns to play, and even cars were moving slowly, the curtains on the cars were shaking, and the young ladies wearing veils were quietly looking around.

The sound of different heights is mixed to form a bustling and hilarious scene.

Yun Yuan had already thrown the matter of the smoke out of the clouds, bought a lot of food and gadgets along the street, and happily asked the dumb cloud when he would come over.

"It's coming." Dumb will only say that.

"Leave him alone." Yun Yuan put on a mask and asked Tang Xian, "You don't recognize me, do you?" I'll wear it to scare my brother later! ”

She thought it was a good idea, so she had to take action, tiptoeing to find out where there were still vendors selling masks, and wanted all the maids and guards to wear masks so that Yun Zhu could not find her.

Tang Xian was in the bustling night market, not as excited as Yun Yuan, and the faint sorrow in her heart dissipated after seeing the luxurious carriage of Mengfu from afar, and when she met the old acquaintance again, her heart pounded uncontrollably.

But she didn't forget to take care of Yun Yuan, and when she saw people running away, she hurriedly followed.

Yun Yuan is short, and Tang Xian almost couldn't see her after two pedestrians.

Seeing two horses carrying the carriage out of the crowd, and the coachman on the frame cursing the pedestrians in the way with an unhappy face, Tang Xian hurriedly shouted: "Don't run too fast, watch out for the carriage!" ”

Before the words fell, the coachman reined in his horse and scolded angrily: "The little rabbit cub is tired of life!" ”

Tang Xian's heart tightened, and she saw the horsewhip in the coachman's hand raised high, and whipped it downward!

She could hear the sound of the wind breaking and the sound of a horsewhip cracking a person's flesh.

"Whoa!"

"Presumptuous!"

Tang Xian's exclamation and mute scolding collided above the crowd.

Tang Xian felt a little relieved, quickly squeezed away the pedestrians and approached, just in time to see the dumb man raise his arms and snatch the horsewhip from the coachman's hand, the coachman was dragged and fell to the ground, and he stepped on his chest.

Yun Yuan was just behind the mute, holding the mask in his hand and staring at the one-person-high carriage, when he saw Tang Xian, his mouth was flattened, and he grabbed her hand and pressed it closely.