Chapter 20: Fuqin
The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Luo Li walked energetically with a roll of rice paper to the bamboo garden.
She was drunk last night, and she only remembered that she got into the carriage back home, and then she seemed to be asleep, and dreamed of many people in a daze, Master, Daddy, Auntie, and Little Brother...... When she woke up, she felt refreshed and didn't have any drunken headaches at all.
When she just wanted to turn over and continue to sleep, she thought that Qi Muxiao's explanation last night had not been completed, so she hurriedly beckoned Yuan Qin to wash her.
As soon as she stepped into the garden, she suddenly put a hand on her right shoulder, and said that it was too late, and when it was too late, Luo Li turned sideways, and with a twitch of her right hand, and twisted her hand, she heard the figure cry "Ah!"
"It hurts! the woman spares her life, the woman spares her life!" the man grinned, and his painful features were distorted.
"Eleventh prince?" Luo Li fixed his eyes and saw that it was Qi Yutong, and hurriedly let go of the right hand that grabbed the other party, and asked slightly apologetically: "Your Highness, are you okay?"
"Miss Luo, this prince's arm is going to be removed for you, you say it's okay or nothing, hey...... Miss Luo, did you teach this move by Pei Ying, how do you feel that it is the same move......" He shook his hand and moved his right arm.
Luo Li owes a debt, "The little girl doesn't have a heart, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”
Luo Li said this, but in his heart he was complaining about Qi Tongtong, this person went to someone else's palace early in the morning to do something, and secretly attacked her from behind, it was good if he didn't break his arm.
"Master's arm is going to be broken for you!
"......" Luo Li silently lowered his head.
Qi Tongtong's eyes rolled, his gaze fell on the scroll in Luo Li's left hand, and he stretched out his hand to grab it, "Is this a new painting? Now everyone is scrambling for your paintings......"
Luo Li took a step back and hid the scroll behind him, causing Qi Tongtong to pounce in the air.
"Hey, hey. Luo Li sneered, "This one doesn't work, this one doesn't work, another day, the little girl will make a better picture for the prince." ”
"You!" Qi Tongtong was just about to have a seizure, when he saw a familiar figure walking behind Luo Li, and suddenly pretended to have a sad face, "Hey, Miss Luo, you can twist me." ”
Luo Li felt that the eleventh prince was afraid that he was crazy, and his face changed faster than anyone else.
"Don't act, it's fake. Qi Muxiao's voice came from behind, and Luo Li turned his head to see that he was wearing a scarlet official uniform and walking towards the golden morning light.
The sun is dazzling.
"Alas, Sixth Brother, how do you cross the river and tear down the bridge? Sixth Brother, you don't remember that day......" Qi Tongtong's mouth was just about to deviate, Qi Muxiao walked behind him with an arrow step and covered his mouth.
Luo Li vaguely heard a few words squeezed out of Qi Muxiao's hand, "I...... Remnant...... Forest...... Village...... Ha...... Donkey...... Person...... Rice...... Sister...... (Teach you the secret of coaxing women)" I don't know what Qi Muxiao muttered in his ear, Qi Tongtong wilted all of a sudden, and honestly followed Qi Muxiao to the study.
Luo Li suddenly thought that he was here to do serious business, so he quickly stopped Qi Muxiao and stretched out the picture scroll in his hand, "Lord, this is what the prince has explained, and it has been done." ”
"Pei Ying, you take it and send it to Wu Zhen to see, this king has entered the palace. Qi Muxiao didn't reply, and disappeared from Luo Li's sight with Qi Yutong in his hand.
Luo Li looked sideways, Pei Ying didn't know when she was standing next to her, strange, these people walked without a sound?
Pei Ying accepted the words in Luo Li's hand, put them in the cuffs, and praised Luo Li leisurely, "The backhand is good, you can use it harder next time." Like this......" Pei Ying said and gestured.
Luo Li is embarrassed, Master Pei, are you really kind to the eleventh prince like this? Although people are a little obscene, they are also dignified princes.
"By the way, Master Pei, just now I heard His Highness Eleventh say that they are looking for my paintings outside?"
"It seems that the matter of your painting in the Prime Minister's Mansion has been spread that day, and it is a bit outrageous, and now, you are one of the hottest painters in Yanyang, and those calligraphy and painting shops on Donglin Street are asking people to find your true handwritings, and it is said that a pair of landscapes has been fried to ten thousand gold. ”
"Oh......" Luo Li nodded as usual, but after twisting his face, he showed a sly smile.
O white flowers, I'm coming!
That night, Lorry hummed a popular song from the North, carrying two jars of wine that had just come out of the cellar, and blatantly wandered through the cloisters, preparing to go back to cast spells.
Tonight is another full moon night.
In the distance, she heard the sound of a harp coming from the depths of the garden.
The sound of the piano is as melodious as the stream in the forest, and the mood is a little more comfortable when I listen to it, and suddenly, the stream flows into the river, and turns strong, like the churning river and sea, and the golden iron horse is rampant, and Luo Li is also surging with his heart. She unconsciously followed the sound of the piano and walked to the entrance of the garden, the bamboo shadow swayed, the light was half dim and half bright, and she couldn't see the white shadow in the court.
Xiaoyun: This kid's piano skills are a lot more exquisite.
She took a closer look, and it was Qi Muxiao who was stroking the qin in this pavilion.
Qi Muxiao was dressed in plain clothes, and his long hair was casually tied behind him with the same plain ribbon.
His brow furrowed slightly, and he focused on the piano, his jade fingers lightly raised, and the strings were completely subservient to his fingers.
She leaned on the jade fence outside the pavilion, watching the people in the pavilion, the cold full moon hanging high in the sky, and there was no cloud tonight.
A breeze filled the air with a faint aroma of red sandalwood, Luo Li took a deep breath, opened a jar of wine and looked up and drank a few sips.
Comfortable.
Peacefulness.
She didn't know how long it took, but when she raised her hand, she inadvertently saw that the wine jar in her hand was half empty.
Unconsciously, a plain-clothed man stood beside her, carrying her other pot of peach blossom brew.
Just quietly, the two of them drank their own wine, thinking about their own thoughts.
"Didn't drink enough yesterday? Qi Muxiao opened his mouth first.
"When did you come here?" Luo Li looked at him and seemed to be in a good mood, so he was presumptuous, ignoring his identity.
"I saw you drinking the king's wine, and your flesh ached. ”
"Stingy. Luo Li muttered, picked up the wine jar, and took another sip.
Qi Muxiao ignored her and said to himself: "Yesterday, this king wants to thank you for your cooperation. ”
"Huh?" Luo Li felt that this thank you was too heavy for her to catch.
"The real name of Liu Qin of Mengxiao Tower, Liu Yuxi, is the daughter-in-law of Wu Yuesheng, who guarded Wu Yuesheng in Zicheng, Huaizhou, disappeared in the house half a year ago, Liu Yuxi's husband Wu Zhentian looked for her in the north and south, and scattered all the silver taels all the way, but there was no gain. Three months ago, Ben Wang was introduced to him, and learned that Liu Yuxi was trapped in the Mengxiao Tower, so he helped him investigate secretly, and found that there were more than 200 missing girls in Kyushu in the past year, and they were all sent to this place similar to the Mengxiao Tower, and most of them were abducted to sell sex and art........."
Luo Li listened to Qi Muxiao, who has always cherished words like gold, said such a lot, and before she could react to his abnormality, she asked: "Since Wu Zhen already knows that the Liu Qin of Mengxiao Tower is Liu Yuxi, why did the prince take me but not Wu Zhen?"
"The last time Xiao Eleven took him in, he heard Liu Yuxi's piano and made a fuss in Mengxiao Tower and was kicked out, this matter is too wide and involves too much, I know that Wu Zhensi is very heartfelt, but if he is so reckless, if he spoils the overall situation, won't he want the more than 200 girls to suffer......"
"That's a safe bet...... But there are so many women from rich and noble families who have disappeared in Jiuzhou, why is there no movement?"
"This is the strange part, this king did not find any state inspectorate in the file of the inspection court to report this matter, and later sent people to visit the states secretly only to find that those missing cases were made into cases and suppressed in the states, and did not report to the general court. ”
"It stands to reason that one or two cases can be regarded as individual cases, this has lost so many people, it is not a trivial matter, this Mengxiaolou dares to do such a big meat business, it must be the people behind it to obstruct it. ”
"Not only Mengxiao Tower, Huaizhou has Mengfei Building, Huizhou has Menghua Building, Liangzhou has Mengqian Building, these three restaurants in the main city, seem to have no connection, but secretly form a network, but the threshold for entry is not as strict as Mengxiao Tower. This king has been planning for three months, and today he has put down Mengxiao Tower, and finally rescued a total of 34 people including Liu Yuxi. Qi Muxiao took a sip.
"What about other places? Mengxiao Tower was ended, and the trapped women in other places ......"
"There is no need to worry about this, this king has already arranged for people to keep an eye on it, and he has already controlled the key people in it, and these companies in other states will also be raided in the near future......"
Luo Li breathed a sigh of relief, raised the wine jar, and took a refreshing sip, "Congratulations to the prince for solving the case." ”
"It's still early to solve the case, and the longer it drags on, the more unsafe these women will be, and this king can only raid the restaurant first. You also know that the person behind it is extraordinary, this king has investigated for the past few months and knows nothing about him, this is a risky move, this king wants to force him to do something. Then he said, "Listen to those who have been rescued, and those who are seen in the Dream Tower have only one way to die." ”
Since he began his investigation, it has been difficult, and now he has overstepped his authority and closed other restaurants, which will surely cause criticism. He will go to the palace tomorrow morning to plead guilty.
Luo Li was taken aback, thinking that she had lifted Liu Qin's face towel yesterday, she couldn't help but be afraid, but since Qi Muxiao asked her to make a move, she believed that Qi Muxiao had a perfect plan to protect these women.
For a while, both of them were silent, and the only thing in the garden was the chirping of insects on a summer night and the rustle of the breeze through the leaves.
I don't know why, Luo Li felt that Qi Muxiao was not happy, because he was drinking more and more urgently, and his face was already flushed.
Is he blaming himself? Is he also afraid that a mistake will kill Liu Qin?
"Why is the prince so interested in telling the little girl these things today?" Luo Li began.
Qi Muxiao looked at her, his phoenix eyes were stained with wine, and after a while, he said lightly: "This king wants you to know that what this king wants you to do will never hurt heaven and reason." He looked up at the night sky, suddenly turned his head to look at her, and added, "And you must not leave this king until the matter is done." ”
Luo Li paused for a moment, she didn't seem to say that she wanted to leave?
At least not yet, and even, she thought it was interesting.
"I will keep my promise, Luo Li has made a word, and the horse is hard to chase. ”
Before you know it, the jar is empty, and the night is deep.
She suddenly remembered that she had something to do, so she waved her hand and jumped away with a light skill.
He stared at where she had just stayed, his gaze soft, and he couldn't help but laugh when he heard the sound of tiles falling not far away.