Volume 1 The birds are gone, and the people are scattered Chapter 2 The strange man Yang Xiao
In the early morning of the next day, the black-clothed assassin was already wearing a green shirt with a sword behind his back, and Zhao Kai was also forced to change out of conspicuous and noble clothes and into simple and simple clothes.
The sun has slowly risen, the warm spring sun shines on people's bodies, but it can't relieve the pressure on the heart, there are few pedestrians on the street, last night the capital army came out, all night check, every household has a soldier in and out, even many restaurants with backers, gambling halls and green buildings are surrounded by a soldier no one enters or exits, as for many people who stay inside, they dare not breathe, for fear that the military master will not catch the assassin and arrest himself to atone.
The search continues, which means that the assassin has not been caught, and many ordinary people are guessing that the search that can make the army make such a big move must be a group of robbers who are doing evil in the rivers and lakes, and it may be the thieves of Heijiaozhai entrenched in the south of the Yangtze River, and some people speculate that it may be a high-ranking official or military general who committed a crime and escaped overnight, and some people boldly said that it was an assassin from the enemy country of Dachu who entered Beijing to assassinate the emperor and escaped from the siege after failure.
There are different opinions, and the officials who can have a place in the temple know the inside story, and today they are all cautious and go to court with a sad face, as if they are dead relatives in their own family.
After a day, the atmosphere in the Mingguang Hall was very different, the emperor sat on a high position, his face was angry, and for the time being, no minister dared to stand up with the emperor to play against political affairs, and then only a few old and serious ministers came out to say some inconsequential things, and then retired from the court.
In the imperial study, Yang Huchen stood in front of the table, clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, there are a few people who have been recruited." According to them, it was the Queen's instructions. He kept his head down, and even after he finished talking about things, he didn't raise his head, after all, this was a matter of the emperor's family, and he didn't dare to behave lightly in this matter if he was given a few guts.
The emperor suppressed his mood, the woman from yesterday was not around, he sat alone in the chair, his fingers grabbed the edge of the chair hard, and said, "Invite the queen over." That heavy and suppressed tone made Yang Huchen frightened, and then a eunuch at the door quickly ran to the harem.
After a while, the queen came, and it was a woman who was already extremely noble just by looking at her face, with an indescribable majesty. But when she walked into the study, she didn't speak, just knelt heavily on the ground and said calmly: "Your Majesty, someone must have framed this matter." Although the concubine is not compatible with Concubine Zhen, it is not harmless. ”
The emperor obviously didn't believe it, he stood up and said heavily: "Slut, don't admit it yet, Jia Chen and those thieves who rushed into the battle have already recruited, and they were instructed by you." The queen said angrily: "Jia Chen!" Then she bowed to the ground and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the concubine really didn't do this." ”
At this moment, a warrior who was also clothed in brocade and armed with a sword ran in quickly, clasped his fists at the emperor and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, another thief appeared near the city gate, and someone opened the city gate with someone inside and outside, although it was only less than half a moment, but presumably the assassin had already taken the three princes out of the city. ”
The emperor slammed the book he was holding to the ground, and said fiercely to the queen: "Look at how you quibble, pass on my order, and in the future, the queen will not be allowed to leave Cining Palace for half a step if she has nothing to do." In addition, if anyone dares to intercede, he will be sent to the barbarian land. ”
After that, the emperor said to the two Jinyi guards, Zhengse: "Post the portraits of the three princes, send orders to the Gyeonggi Province generals, guard the passes, and investigate them one by one, and you also send the Jinyi guards out of the city to assist in the search." The two commanders clenched their fists and agreed in a deep voice. And the queen just kept prostrating herself on the ground, chanting words in her mouth, vaguely audible, as if she had been chanting the words "Concubine Hui".
In the harem, in a garden, a charming-looking woman held a gorgeous bud in her hand, and a eunuch beside her slowly stirred up a pu fan in her hand, the woman smiled and said, "It seems that the people Wanyao Sect is looking for are very efficient." Now it's up to you to fight me. There is an invisible seductiveness in the words. The eunuch also smiled and said, "The eldest prince must be deeply suspicious now, and there is a rift between father and son. Our second prince can be sure of it."
Before he finished speaking, the eunuch's words were stopped by the woman's sharp eyes, and the woman said, "I said it, don't involve Dun'er." The eunuch, who looked like he was over half a hundred years old, was busy clapping his mouth and snapping, until the red mark on his mouth was deep, before he put down his hand and said flatteringly: "Yes, the slave remembers." The woman just smiled, and her face was even more seductive.
The sun is about to set in the western mountains, and it is dusk again, but today there are dazzling fiery clouds in the sky. In Gusu City in western Gyeonggi, two people, one older and one younger, slowly entered the city, the man was dressed in a green shirt with a delicate face, while the child was dressed plainly, wearing a hat on his head and a veil on his face.
The man grabbed the child's hand and pulled him forward, as if he was afraid that the child would run away, or that the child's ignorant nonsense would be listened to by others.
These two people are none other than the unknown assassin and the noble third prince Zhao Kai. The two waited for the opportunity to escape in the capital, of course, it was actually just the assassin who was looking for a flaw, Zhao Kai was controlled, and he really knew that there was no way to escape, so he followed the "hero" he just met, and then he saw the city gate open inexplicably, and a pair of black-clothed people killed at the city gate, and the handsome hero took Zhao Kai to gallop and escaped in chaos.
After traveling all the way to Gusu City, Zhao Kai didn't find a way to escape, but every time the so-called "hero" either interrupted his escape excuse with various words, or just let him run blindly, just appeared near Zhao Kai after a while, Zhao Kai also lost his temper, and he no longer tried to escape recently.
The handsome man spoke: "Little ghost, you don't know the way, what are you running blindly every time, I show you the way back to the palace, and you don't believe it." Don't say it, don't say it, we will depend on each other in the future, and it will take at least a year to send you to your destination, you can be obedient, or don't blame me for making you hungry or doing rough work. ”
Zhao Kai pursed his lips and said calmly: "I'm not stupid, besides, I don't think you look like this kind of person." ”
"Hey, uncle, I'm still this kind of person, in view of your escape performance a few days ago, you will take the package and all kinds of things you bought in the future. After speaking, he handed over the large package he was carrying cross-body to Zhao Kai, but the long sword behind his back was not handed over to the little ghost, after all, his sword was his own treasure, and no one could touch it except himself.
Zhao Kai reluctantly took the package that was still heavier than his eight-year-old self, and said: "Hey, Daxia, what is your real name, I can't call you Daxia in the future, you are not ashamed, I am still ashamed." ”
The man looked at the small figure carrying a large package, snickered in his heart, and said loudly: "I, my name is Yang Xiao, to be honest, you usually just call me Yang Daxia, I won't be so careful." ”
The pedestrians beside the two of them all heard this, and looked at Yang Xiao with disdain, as if they were looking at a fool. Yang Xiao noticed this scene, scratched his head, and smiled wryly.
After walking this way, he put his hands around the top of his head, and said to Zhao Kai locally: "They don't know the goods, the real hero is not like me, the real person doesn't show his face." ”
Zhao Kaixin said, if you don't carry that sword and hang a grassroots root in your mouth, I may not have to cry, just show a sad expression, and someone will report that there are ruffians who kidnap me.
Zhao Kai followed Yang Xiao to an inn, Yang Xiao took Zhao Kai's hand and stepped in, Zhao Kai wondered in his heart, how dare he so blatantly pull himself into this small restaurant, after entering the door, Xiao Er hurriedly ushered in, hugged his fist at Yang Xiao and said: "The shopkeeper is waiting on the second floor." ”
Zhao Kai was even more puzzled in his heart, and Yang Xiao pulled Zhao Kai to the second floor when he was thinking. On the second floor, a door was written with the words "Caiyun Room", Zhao Kai was surprised as soon as he entered it, only to see that the room was laid out clean and elegant, several square tables and chairs were obviously made of high-quality sandalwood, there was a lingering fragrance wafting out of the incense burner, and it was a rare high-quality spice, there was such an elegant room in this small restaurant, what made Zhao Kai even more surprised was that a beautiful woman wearing a purple skirt sat on a rattan chair, swaying, and enjoying it very much.
Just when Zhao Kai was admiring the beauty of this beauty, Yang Xiao had already sat on a chair casually, crossed Erlang's legs, and said casually something that hurt the scenery: "Yun Niang, more than forty spring and autumn periods have passed, and it is still so beautiful and moving." ”
Yun Niang didn't get angry, but her eyes moved to Zhao Kai, and in an instant Zhao Kai felt that the sight of the woman opposite seemed to be able to penetrate the veil, and then penetrate the body, until the heart of the person, he shivered smartly. In Zhao Kai's sight, the beautiful woman smiled kindly, and then turned to Lin Xiao and said, "This kid is very good, where did he deceive him, it's a pity to follow you to the rivers and lakes." ”
Liar, Zhao Kai has a black line in his heart, what is this, it seems that this Yun Niang is not a good person.
"Look at what you said, how can it be a lie, this kid respects the rivers and lakes, and begged me for several days before I reluctantly agreed to take him out for a walk. Zhao Kai heard this, hehe said twice, and he didn't tell the truth about his robbery, after all, the two people on the other side seemed to be in a group.
"Okay, even if you don't see each other for a few years, no one will believe your nonsense with your Yang Daxia's bullshit reputation on the rivers and lakes. Say, what are you doing in the merit room this time? ”
Zhao Kai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this beautiful woman's foul words, but it was not against the peace, this river and lake were interesting.
Yang Xiao said openly, "I want money, there are many people along the way, so it's not too much to ask for money." Zhao Kai hurriedly turned his head when he heard this, expressing the meaning that he didn't know this person.
Yun Niang's face was calm: "The merit room of the Mo family has been set up for so many years, and you are the only one who regards the merit room as a place to get money." Yang Xiao smiled slightly embarrassedly, Zhao Kai was interesting to watch, this person is really thick-skinned.
"Okay, with your identity and the credit of these years, you can be given too much sky-high price. Yun Niang said calmly.
"Just give fifty taels first, anyway, if you don't have any money, you can go to the merit room elsewhere to ask for it. ”
Repeat offenders, definitely repeat offenders. Zhao Kai muttered in his heart.
Yun Niang was not verbose, called Xiao Er, who had just entered the door, and came out with fifty taels of silver.
Yang Xiao, who had just taken the silver, still stood there without moving after taking the money.
Yang Xiao grinned and said to Yun Niang: "Look, it's not early this day, if you travel a long way, stay for one night." Yun Niang was just about to speak, Yang Xiao said with a hippie smile: "It's okay, we are not picky people, just give the bed warmer, just give a Tianzi room." ”
Zhao Kai heard this, touched his head with both hands, yes, it's no fun.
Yun Niang stood up angrily, fortunately, this Yang Daxia's cheekiness was not in vain, and he hurriedly begged for mercy, thanks to Yun Niang's generosity, he didn't call the nursing home when he read the identity of the same Mo family, and he fought. It's just that the house has changed from a celestial size to a room with the most ordinary conditions.