Chapter 4: The Legend of Cats and Ghosts (69) - The moon is dark and the wind is high
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When the woman heard this, she frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "Shut up!"
The coachman quickly silenced himself.
The woman looked at where the sun was, her eyebrows furrowed deeper, and her voice implied a hint of displeasure: "Why don't you hurry up and take a detour?"
The carriage had just made a U-turn and had just gone a short distance when it staggered past another carriage. The carriage that appeared later turned into the alley and stopped at the back door of the embroidery building. After a while, Zong Qing came out of the embroidery building, she stood outside the carriage, and whispered to the people in the carriage: "My father said to stop the operation, no need to follow them anymore!"
"Termination...... Why?" said a woman's voice from behind the curtain.
Zong Qing shook his head and said, "I don't know, just execute it!"
Chris never imagined that there was an undercurrent surging outside the embroidery building. At this time, the show had been set up, and she and Gao Zunhui were temporarily resting in Dill's room.
Gao Zunhui lay on the soft chair, pondered for a moment, raised his eyebrows and asked, "I know the details of the performance, why don't you let me watch the rehearsal?"
Chris's eyes flashed with a glint of light: "The words written on the paper are still 108,000 miles away from the actual effect! It's for your own good to keep it a secret from you, don't forget that I made a bet with you, and whoever loses and who wins, we'll see it later! Let you watch the rehearsal, you just admit defeat, that's too boring!"
Gao Zunhui laughed and said: "So sure? Although your idea is novel enough to attract everyone's interest for a while, it is not considered to make her the number one Oiran in the capital!"
Chris shrugged, looking incredulous.
As she spoke, Dill pushed the door in.
Gao Zunhui looked at the dill again, she wore a right shirt on her upper body, and a azure skirt on the bottom, and after being trained by the musicians and dancers invited by the tile, her demeanor and temperament were much better than before;
I really don't know where the gushing faith comes from, Gao Zunhui said.
Chris saw Dill rubbing the hem of his shirt with both hands, obviously a little nervous before the performance. She comforted her for a while, but Dill tried to say something, but she didn't say it.
At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Dill ran to open the door, it was a maid beside Pei Yuniang. The girl covered her shoulders with tears on her face, and cried, "Sister Dill, you let me hide......"
"What's going on?"
"Sister Oiran has lost her temper again, she has already killed a girl, you save me...... I don't want to die......" The girl choked up more and more as she spoke.
"......Shhh I'll take you behind the stage first......"
Dill helped the girl and quickly left.
In the house, Gao Zunhui approached Chris, poked the mask on her face, and said, "Your face is really sinful." Do you know what Dill wanted to tell you just now?"
Chris slapped his hand away and asked, "What?"
"The little girl likes you, and she hesitates to let you comb her personally, instead of changing to some Qin official, understand?"
"Me?" Chris said with an embarrassed face, "I don't have that ability."
Chris took the topic over as soon as possible and asked, "You're too laid-back, hurry back and prepare, and don't forget the task given to you tomorrow!"
"Yes...... Be...... Yes!" Gao Zunhui immediately put on an expression that I would do something and you could rest assured.
On the night of the performance, the moon was dark and the wind was high, but it was not a good time to kill people and set fires. Because the lights outside the embroidery building were bright, a lot of people gathered, they were not to watch the play, but to watch the play.
When horror and mystery are combined, it has such an effect on people. Because the case of the cat ghost has not been solved, and the missing child has not been recovered, ordinary people dare not watch the "cat ghost" play, but they are faintly curious in their hearts, who are the people who come to see the play today? Will they be killed by the monster? Even if they know the slightest rumor, it is enough for everyone to have a long time of recreation.
To everyone's surprise, as soon as it was dark, carriages began to come to the outside of the embroidery building one after another, and there was a long queue for parking, even at the end of the street.
The people who enter the theater are either expensive or rich, or they are veterans on the Fengyue field, ordinary fun has become commonplace for them, and now the "cat ghost banshee" with a hint of danger can better satisfy their "hunting" psychology.
This is very busy in Kaifeng Mansion, and the people present are all the leaders of the capital, and they have to do the security work. Originally, I thought that this incident would be used to investigate the case, but who knew that this sub-drama became more and more lively, and even more and more popular, attracting princes and nobles from all walks of life to compete to see what kind of drama and such a big pomp and circumstance? What is the Gothic style? What does this dill have to do with the "cat ghost"? As a result, the troublesome Kaifeng Mansion had to send more manpower to maintain order, and even the original rotation of the catch was canceled to take a break to inspect the scene. However, Jian Shi thought it was good, and it became justified to enter the embroidery building to investigate.
Chris observed in the dark, and it seems that not all of these people who come to see the play are low-key people, and many of them enjoy the worship of the crowd of onlookers. She immediately gave the order to the receptionist in front of her, and asked the visitor if he wanted to roll call when leading the way.
Compared with the BMW incense cars in front, a modest carriage came slowly and stopped at the door of the embroidery building.
The two sons got out of the car and stepped on the red carpet like blood.
A turtle man greeted him, and he was very familiar with this visitor, but he still asked as usual: "Does Childe want to be incognito or roll call?"
"Does the master need to be incognito?
There was a burst of laughter around, and this figure who was known to everyone on the Fengyue Field couldn't be hidden.
Gui Gong said yes three times in a row, and then sang loudly: "The fourteenth son of the Gao family, Gao Zunhui is coming to the embroidery building!"
As soon as Chris heard the name of the little uncle, he poked his head out of the attic of the embroidery building. At a glance, Gao Zunhui was dressed very solemnly and dignified today, just like when he first saw him, a noble body seemed to be innate, but in fact, it had nothing to do with whether the clothes were gorgeous or not.
Listen to the turtle again: "Ah, my fourteenth master, you have invited a 'big escort' today!"
Chris looked behind Gao Zunhui, who was obviously still a little boy who didn't have any hair on his mouth.
Chris thought that Gao Zunhui would bring the imperial pharmacist to join in the fun, but the young man looked very angry.
The young man was the same age as the imperial pharmacist, but his body bones were a little thin, the skin on his face was smooth and delicate, and his cheeks were slightly red, which could not hide the young man's excitement at this time. He was dressed in the same noble garments, with gold ornaments and jade.
Although facing a half-grown child, the turtle man hurriedly bowed down and bowed, which was more solemn than to Gao Xiaogong.
Gao Zunhui flew up and gently kicked on the turtle father's high pouting buttocks, and scolded with a smile: "What a good person to watch people put off the dishes!"
The turtle man rubbed his buttocks and said with a smile: "Isn't the villain familiar with you, and you don't care about vulgarity with us dogs!"
"Bargain and sell well!" Gao Zunhui reprimanded.
The turtle man hurriedly asked the one behind: "Master, is the roll call?"
Gao Zunhui said to the little boy: "I took you out today without telling someone, you have thought about it." Turn around and pass it out, don't go home and be punished!"
"Sing!" the young man looked like he was not showing weakness, "if he is punished, he will be punished!"
"No!" the turtle man shouted, and then sang loudly, "The queen's mother's younger brother, Uncle Xiang Xiaoguo is coming to the embroidery building!"
The roll call is very particular, these masters present, each person's name can be several, or even a dozen, which one is the most appropriate, the most prominent identity, and the most suitable to cater to the current mood of this master, it will take a few seconds to judge.
Thinking of the commanding Empress Xiang he saw in the Imperial Garden, and the arrogant Xiang Zonghui in Yuxian Tower, Chris was slightly surprised, it turned out that the young man was the youngest brother of Empress Xiang, Uncle Xiang Xiaoguo! Xindao: How could the little uncle bring someone from the family?
The few people who arrived in front of them were a group of friends who were eating, drinking, and drinking with Gao Zunhui on weekdays, and they immediately greeted Gao Zunhui and Xiang Zongliang warmly.
Later, there was another son, and Gui Gong continued to roll call: "Wang Zhongduan, the son of Wang Qi, a scholar of Hanlin University, is coming to the embroidery building!"
Chris said in his heart: There are many children of important ministers in the DPRK and China who came today, it seems that God helps me, such a formation, dill is not popular in one shot!
Gao Zunhui and the others had already walked through the Huanmen Flower Building, and when they looked up, everyone was surprised. In the past, the embroidery building welcomes guests, and the door is always open, and the inside is shining like a jewel, attracting people to enter. But now there is a thick opaque curtain on the door, and I can't see the inside clearly.
Several turtle lords greeted him, and one of them said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please put on first!"
Someone took it and found it to be a large black coat with a strange mask on it. Although the pale mask is simple, the openings of the eyes and mouth are very delicate, and the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, with a hint of coldness! After wearing it, it looks like a dead corpse from a grave, and like a ghost that cannot restore the color of a living person.
"Before the show, you must put on this ghost face!"
Xiang Zongliang deliberately dressed up today, and when he saw that the big man was wearing his clothes and covering them tightly, he was extremely reluctant in his heart, and said: "We were originally dressed in brocade clothes, but you let us wear this, like a black owl......"
"Don't be impatient, this is for your good! Put on black clothes and ghost faces, when the cat ghost sees it, she will mistakenly think that you are ghosts, and she will not perform that blood-sucking spell on you!" Remember, remember!"
Gao Zunhui pointed to the incense case and candle next to him and said, "What the hell is this?"
The turtle man laughed with him and said in a low voice: "This is what my mother ordered me to put on the table, saying that the cat ghost is too powerful, I am afraid that I can't suppress it in case I can......"
Gao Zunhui's friends were originally some unscrupulous masters, who were not afraid of heaven and earth, but after watching this series of arrangements, although they still didn't believe it, they all felt a little melancholy in their hearts, and at the same time, they felt more exciting.
Gao Zunhui shrugged his shoulders and didn't speak again, put on his mask, put on a big coat, and took the lead in walking towards the building.
Someone lifted the curtain at the door, and he slipped inside. Everyone dressed up and followed, and the fish rushed in.
It's pitch black inside!
After a while, their eyes finally adjusted. In the past, it was the bright porch of the embroidery building, because it was completely covered by a black curtain, and it was dim and abnormal. Everyone walked forward slowly, and suddenly there was an empty foot, and someone screamed in fright, but then found that the foot had fallen to the ground. It turned out to be just a step, and there was a very thick mat underneath, and it was soft to step on. But in the dark, when people suddenly step on the air, of course, they will be startled! Several people have turned pale with fright, but fortunately everyone is wearing masks, but they can't see it.
A few people subconsciously went to support the wall, and immediately found that even the wall was wrapped with several layers of soft cotton pads. Gao Zunhui thought secretly, it seems that this is for safety reasons, it is one thing to seek excitement, and you can't let the visitors get hurt, otherwise the embroidery building will be a big deal.
In the dark, someone grabbed Gao Zunhui's arm and asked in a low voice, "What kind of fame is this?"
“...... I've heard...... It's called a haunted house!" his voice felt strange in the darkness.
"Haunted house?"
"I don't know, it's just ...... It seems that these shady curtains are actually a kind of formation, the kind that can attract ghosts and goblins!" He heard the words of the haunted house from Taotao, and today he was supposed to be a "trust", but he let it be played. In the end, he didn't forget to add, "...... Otherwise, what are those monks and Taoists doing outside?"
"Formation, real or fake......" The expressions on everyone's faces could not be seen in the darkness, but there was obviously some strange uneasiness in their voices.
Gao Zunhui smiled: "It doesn't matter if he's real or fake, aren't they all here to have fun, don't you think it's interesting?"
"Haha, it's just ......" A few people laughed dryly, and the atmosphere eased a little.
"Let's go!"
Everyone walked into the darkness where they couldn't see their fingers, the route was not straight, and after a few rounds, they walked forward silently, Gao Zunhui led the way, as if they had a strange ability to see things in the dark.
The darkness makes the bold cautious, the timid are fearful, and those who are skeptical are carried away by an inexplicable emotion.
However, after walking a short time, they turned another corner, and not far from them, along the wall, they finally saw some dancing red light, like a provocative ghost fire in a cemetery. The people behind were a little hesitant, but when they saw Gao Xiaogongzi moving forward steadily without fear, they all followed. As we got closer, the red light became clear, and we could finally discern the way through these glimmers.
At the end of the passageway, there was a passage protruding from the wall, and some light was shining through.