Chapter 10: Night is Coming
Chaoxiao Pavilion is on the edge of the city gate, at this time it is sparsely crowded, to a secluded place, Qi Qi felt that the time had come, as if inadvertently put his hand in his sleeve, Qiao Yansheng quickly noticed it and slowly held his breath, and then raised his sleeves, although Sun Fu was vigilant, in the end he inhaled a little, and his movements were a little slow, but he still leaned over and stopped Qiao Yansheng.
At this time, he took out a short dagger on his body, lifted the curtain, and jumped down while the driver had not yet noticed, but his skills were not good and he fell to the ground.
Sun Fu has a lot of strength, Qiao Yansheng struggled to resist Sun Fu, saw that he jumped out of the car, and he blocked Sun Fu with all his might, and jumped out of the car when he got a gap, and the post man reined in the horse, Sun Fu wanted to catch up, but he was a little dizzy, and his body gradually stiffened, until his breath could not be controlled, and then the car stopped and he went down, and he gasped for a while to ease up, but it was too late.
Qiao Yan looked at the short dagger playfully, thinking that few people who had seen this short dagger were alive.
Sun Fu looked around, a narrow road on the slope, because of the proximity to the water, the grass and trees were also lush. Seeing that they seemed to be gentle and elegant, they were out of the house, and they felt that the two of them could escort them back, which was just confused! When he touched the saber on his waist with his right hand, the post man hurriedly got off the horse and pounced on Qiao Yansheng, Qiao Yansheng lightly dodged and clamped the post man's hands and pushed them back to the side of the guard, and the hand holding the short dagger quickly hooked back and stopped on the neck of the post guard.
It's okay now, Sun Fu frowned, he was just worried about how to make a difference, and now he was only afraid that he was going to be alive.
His deep gaze fell on Sun Fu, and he said softly but firmly: "Listen carefully, if you go back and say that there is no difference in the post house, it will be good for you and me, otherwise we will be indispensable to criticism, we are old acquaintances who have never met, I will not harm you." ”
Although this is reasonable, it is not a suggestion, and it is more like a threat to listen to it with a short dagger.
"You're making it hard for me. ”
"Xiaosheng is what you can do, if you want to be embarrassed, you will not spare your life. When he said this, he lowered his eyes and looked at the dagger, and then approached the post man's neck a few points, "You also understand." ”
If the post guard lost his life here, Sun Fu was really difficult to explain, and hurriedly said: "I know that you will not kill innocents indiscriminately and get yourself into trouble for nothing." ”
"It also depends on whether the trouble is better than the trouble now. ”
Sun Fu wanted to take the lead, but he was forced to retreat and was speechless. After thinking about the whole thing again, he said, "But if you ask the post house, won't it be exposed?"
"We'll go back to the post house in a while, and the people at the post house won't notice that there is a problem. ”
Listening to the words, Sun Fu raised his eyes and looked at the post pawn, the post man did not dare to breathe, the short dagger was loosened by half an inch, and the post man nodded to Sun Fu again and again.
At that time, he told the prefect that he had fallen on the slope by mistake, and everyone was injured, and he was sent back by the post guard. It's hard to catch heads. ”
He dragged the post man to retreat to the vicinity of the chariot, let Sun Fu go up first, and then let go of the post guard, and the post man could only drive obediently, all the way to Kaifeng Mansion.
After a while, he said to Qiao Yansheng: "Let's go, this is already very close to the teahouse." ”
"Didn't you say you wanted to go back to the inn?"
"There's nothing wrong with letting them do their best in the wrong direction. ”
Qiao Yansheng looked at the chariot and nodded with emotion.
The night was slightly falling, Gao Yunxin returned to her room in the high mansion, sat in front of the dressing table and was unloaded by a maid named Huan'er, she thought about the past two days, gradually calmed down, and was ashamed of her impulsive trip to Kaifeng Mansion yesterday, and buried her head in her arms.
Huan'er on the side had to stop, and said resignedly for a long time: "Second girl, although there have been a lot of things in the house in the past two days, the slave and maid should not have said more, but Mrs. asked me to take care of you, and then let Mrs. feel that something happened, and it is not easy for the slave and maid to cover it up." ”
Gao Yunxin slowly raised her head, "Huan'er, I don't have a father anymore, do you understand?"
As he spoke, he burst into tears again, and said in a trembling voice: "My father indulges me like that, sometimes even the eldest brother can't compare, he hasn't seen me get married, and he hasn't chosen a good son-in-law, so he was persecuted like this, half of my sky has collapsed, what else is there to care about!"
Huan'er hurriedly comforted: "Don't cry, girl, the eldest lady won't let the girl suffer a little." ”
Gaofu was silent, Gao Yunxin didn't dare to lose his voice, and forcibly leaned over and whimpered, which made people feel distressed.
After a long time, Gao Yunxin took a deep breath and sighed heavily, and sat up straight, Huan'er stepped forward to remove the rest of the hairpin ornaments for her, Gao Yunxin looked at the slightly haggard face in the bronze mirror, his eyes became more and more fierce, and he secretly said in his heart, I don't care what the world is, I will try my best to find the enemy, so that his reputation will be ruined, and his blood debt will be repaid!
But it is not advisable to be reckless at this time, Gao Yunxin looked at the growing twilight, and his heart sank.
"It's getting late. Feng Ci and Lin Wen ate almost the same, "This time I really said goodbye to you." ”
As soon as Lin Wen raised his hand, two more subordinates came and presented a food box and lotus leaves tied with hemp rope.
"Roast goose with lotus leaves and a plate of crispy yellow du, I couldn't entertain the two brothers today, don't go back and make people jealous, but you can't mention it more, you can bring it over with a small heart." Lin Wen looked at Feng Ci with a smile.
Feng Ci sniffed, the aroma of the roast goose meat and the crispy yellow and fried fragrance mixed with the fragrance of lotus leaves...... Although Feng Ci was already full, he still swallowed his saliva, "Recruit two apprentices to the chef in your house, and send them to the 'Baiwei Delicacies' to take charge of the spoon in the future." Such a good talent cannot be bent. ”
"Stingy. Lin Wen sneered.
"The people take food as the sky, how can they be stingy about big things?"
"That's it, I'm not poor with you. Recruit, tomorrow will recruit. Take advantage of the fact that it is not completely dark, you can go quickly, the girl's house, I am inconvenient to send you, so I am even more worried. Lin Wen urged.
Feng Ci nodded, took the fragrant roast goose and food box, but before he could step out, the door of the Lin Mansion was suddenly knocked open, accompanied by a slightly immature but full of angry female voice: "The government investigates the case!"
Feng Ci returned the things he had just arrived to the next person, and said bitterly as he walked towards the backyard: "I don't feel that this time is tight when we chat, and it is delayed." ”
Su Mu, who was guarding the back door, hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Little official, it's Kaifeng Mansion who came, and there were two people standing at the back door. ”
Lin Wen frowned, panicked for a while, and burst out laughing again: "What are you panicking about? It's not me who checked." ”
Lin Wen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not that a thief has been doing it for a long time, and when he sees the official, he will be weak-hearted." ”
I had heard that the Lin family was rich and well-off, and Meng Lianling was "lucky" to come to the door for the first time, although she was not a person who had never seen the world, she still couldn't help but marvel, how could even the lanterns hanging in the corners of the eaves be so beautiful!
The front 100 households Meng Lianling are in front of the door waiting for the officials to search and then gather people in the courtyard, they went to count the matter, the more remote and poor streets will be divided into people to check, and the investigation is also fast, this time she wants to go inside again, and the other staff member waited in front of the door, and the rest of the officials have gone inside, Meng Lianling followed the verandah, the pace suddenly slowed down, she held the mahogany railing, there was a fine texture on the road, I wanted to shake the wide sleeves and put them in front of her, but there were no wide sleeves, she shook the cuffs of the coarse cloth a few times, flattened her mouth, and walked quickly to the court。
There are already people in the house in the court, although the Lin Mansion is magnificent, but the lords of the house are none other than Lin Zhongyan and Lin Wen, so there are not many people and most of them are sprinkled and swept down.
Meng Lianling swept over, the middle one seemed to be six feet and dignified, wearing a navy blue gold silk brocade, he knew that he was the lord of this forest mansion, it was rumored that the forester was affectionate outside, and his gestures brought a romantic flow, and he really lived up to his reputation when he saw it today. Look at a woman standing behind him, the woman is wearing a plain cardigan, not carefully dressed, long hair is tied at random behind her head, but she can see that she is a beauty, her eyebrows and eyes are very attractive, and the words "talented and beautiful" are in her mind for a while.
Since entering the forest mansion, Meng Lianling was amazed again and again, and after careful investigation, she realized that she was only a forester, but how could she be a forester?
"When you are in the cold house, you will serve a cup of tea. After Lin Wen finished speaking, the subordinates hurriedly went to serve a cup of tea.
Meng Lianling took the tea while thinking about it, took a sip and handed it to the next person.
"Annoying. Meng Lianling left after giving up.
Lin Wen looked at Meng Lianling and was discharged from the hospital, and said in a low voice: "I heard that there is a female catcher in Kaifeng Mansion before, and I saw it today." ”
"It was also served by people, and the brocade trees withered and the trees were empty, which made people sigh. Feng Ci brought the roast goose and the food box again, "This time it's really a farewell." ”
"Good, good. Lin Wen said with a smile.
Feng Ci refused to delay for a moment and walked through the back door.
Meng Lianling went to the door and saw that there was another person beside the official in front of the door, it was Zhou He.
"The prefect asked me to work with you. Zhou He walked forward with Meng Lianling.
Seeing Zhou He, Meng Lianling relaxed a little and said sadly: "There are 100,000 households in Bianjing City." ”
"I can only check it first. ”
"Just now in this Lin Mansion, I went in to see the forester and a girl, and the two of them stood together like a painting. ”
"If you don't look like a painting, you can't stand next to the forester. Zhou He teased.
Meng Lianling nodded, "This is reasonable. ”
This will be Feng Ci returned to the Moqi Teahouse, in the private room Qiao Yansheng and the servants were sipping tea, Qiao Yansheng saw the food in Feng Ci's hand, wanted to reach out to pick it up and was a little angry, sat at the table and pouted.
Feng Ci smiled lightly, put the roast goose on the table and peeled the lotus leaves, and opened the food box to show a crispy yellow color, "It was Lin Wen who brought it to you, don't mislead people's kindness because you are angry with me." ”
Qiao Yansheng angrily ripped off a piece of goose leg, sneered, and took a piece of crisp yellow and handed it to his mouth.
"Is there anything going on at the inn?" asked Feng Ci.
Qiao Yansheng grabbed the chicken leg and said, "If you don't go, you're almost missing a big deal." ”
"What a big deal. ”
Qiao Yansheng snorted and didn't answer, and then said, "I saw a head catcher there." ”
Feng Ci was stunned for a moment, thought about it quickly, and said with a smile: "Is it a coincidence? ”