Chapter 11 Eleven, rolling fire dragon
Facing the ridicule all over the street, Zhou Ziqin finally followed them to the inn, and ran to the backyard to see that a casserole was boiling on a small stove. Zhang Xingying was sitting on a small bench, fanning the fire lightly, while lifting the lid to look inside. decoction.
"Second brother Zhang!" Zhou Ziqin yelled suddenly, rushed in and almost knocked the medicine stove flying, "Didn't you go to Hanzhou? Why are you here?"
Zhang Xingying was taken aback by him, and hurriedly protected the casserole, saying: "Be careful, cook it for a while and it will be fine."
"What happened? Are you sick? Injured?"
Seeing that Zhang Xingying was stuttering and unable to explain the ins and outs of the incident, Huang Zixia said later, "He and his friends were in danger on the road, so I brought him back first."
"What kind of friend? Second brother Zhang seems to be on the road alone." Zhou Ziqin said, looking into the room with his head, he was shocked, "Jing Yu?"
"Master Zhou," Jing Yu lay on the bed, turned his head and forced a smile at him, and said, "Oh, no, it's Catcher Zhou."
"You are out of danger too? Why are you staying here?"
"It's better for me to stay by the prince's side." Jing Yu looked at Li Shubai and said in a low voice, "it's just... the current situation may drag the prince down..."
"Don't say such things," Li Shubai interrupted him, "Heal your wounds with peace of mind."
Jing Yu nodded with difficulty but gratefully. Zhang Xingying came in holding a medicine bowl and said, "When I was in Duanrui Hall, I learned how to decoct medicine. The heat of this bowl of medicine should be about the same now. Drink it while it's hot."
Li Shubai took the medicine, sat down on Jing Yu's bedside, and blew the medicine to cool.
Jing Yu hurriedly sat up leaning on the pillow, lowered his head and took the medicine, not daring to let him feed him the medicine.Zhou Ziqin sat down beside him, watching Jing Yu drink the medicine.
Huang Zixia pulled out the jade hairpin from her head, sat at the table and drew carelessly, thinking about the clues she found today.
The sky is getting dark, and the evening light is fading away.Everyone had dinner together in the store, Zhou Ziqin was reluctant to leave, and kept chattering until almost midnight.
Huang Zixia was helpless in the end, pulled Zhou Ziqin up and said, "You should let Eunuch Yu go to bed early, and don't disturb him."
"I'm not leaving, I'll just sleep here, so I won't go back so late and come here early in the morning, how tired I am," Zhou Ziqin said, looking at her brightly again, "Chonggu, the one in your room Is the bed big? Take me overnight?"
Huang Zixia felt a chill down her spine, and was about to refuse, when Li Shubai's voice came from behind: "Not too much."
She quickly lowered her head and saluted Li Shubai.
Zhou Ziqin said despondently, "Okay, I'll open the room."
"Remember to settle the rent for us a few days ago." Huang Zixia hurriedly shouted at his back.This is of course, the money seized from the captives is almost all spent, so let Zhou Ziqin, who is taken advantage of, pay for it.
Zhou Ziqin finally settled down, and several people got quiet and rested separately. While sleeping, suddenly there was a loud exclamation outside. When Huang Zixia woke up in shock, Li Shubai had already knocked on the door outside when he had just glanced at the fire reflected on the window: "It's on fire." She immediately got up and put on her clothes, because she still had to corset her chest, so it inevitably took a while.When she went out, Zhou Ziqin had already staggered over: "It's terrible, it's terrible!" Li Shubai and Huang Zixia ignored him, and rushed to Jing Yu's room by the fire. There was already a strong smell of smoke in the air, Zhang Xingying was already in Jing Yu's room, and the people in the inn had already flocked to the small courtyard. "This fire... this fire is too violent!" There was already a big fire in front of the inn, and the black smoke was billowing into Jing Yu's room. When Li Shubai and Huang Zixia were wandering around the Chengdu Night Market, they talked about how the best way to attack each other was to burn the inn.However, they have also observed this inn. When it is on fire, it is very easy to escape. To carry out an assassination here, unless—— Huang Zixia immediately stood up, lifted the stool and threw it at the window.The window lattice fell in response, and they saw that there was already a raging fire outside the window, and all the courtyards in the front, back, left, and right unexpectedly caught fire almost at the same instant, and they were surrounded by raging fire. The other party actually set fire to all the surrounding buildings in order to kill them, even turning the entire city into scorched earth. In the fire on all sides, they were trapped in the only place that hadn't been burned yet, but thick smoke billowed around them, and this place was already in jedi, and it was almost impossible to escape. Li Shubai frowned slightly, motioned for Zhang Xingying to help Jing Yu up, and said, "Let's go." Before the words were finished, there was an exclamation from outside. It turned out that an old building next door, which had been in disrepair for a long time, had collapsed.All those burning beams smashed into the courtyard of the inn, and all the people who escaped from the front of the store were crowded here, and several people were smashed and screamed loudly. The inn was in a deserted alley, surrounded by old abandoned buildings. At this time, all the surrounding buildings were burning, and the flames seemed to be coming down from all directions, and black smoke billowed and enveloped the inn in the middle. Many people in the courtyard have been choked and coughed violently, and some old and weak women and children have been fumigated to the ground. Li Shubai directly tore off the quilt on the bed, and before Huang Zixia could speak, he soaked the quilt with tea and distributed one to everyone. They covered their faces with wet cloths and left the room together.The fire is critical, and more critical than the fire is the billowing smoke. "The smoke comes from the top, so bend down and lower your body, it will be better if you go down." Huang Zixia bent down and led them to the door. The smoke made everyone unable to open their eyes. They closed their eyes and walked along the wall, but the wall was already scalding hot, and they couldn't feel it at all. They could only roll and crawl in the darkness. "Oh..." Zhou Ziqin tripped over a body on the ground and got up on the ground with both hands and feet. He didn't know whether the other party was dead or alive. He touched the place where he tripped over the other party in a panic and said, "I'm sorry." ,Sorry." Huang Zixia also reminded him, but when he opened his mouth, he felt a sharp pain in his throat, and even his brain began to feel dizzy.As soon as her knees gave way, she was about to fall to the ground.Fortunately, someone grabbed her arm and held her up. "Follow me." She heard Li Shubai's voice, which was close at hand in the chaos and darkness, which made her feel relieved suddenly.She covered her eyes, mouth and nose with a damp cloth, she didn't have to look at anything, she didn't have to think about anything, as long as he took her with her, she could keep walking. It seemed that his back was the safest place for him. Li Shubai stopped suddenly.The front is the end of the courtyard wall. His sense of direction is very good, and he has successfully found the back door. Zhang Xingying was about to kick the door, but Li Shubai grabbed his shoulder and said in a low voice, "There are people outside." The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the fire was burning not far from them, crackling.There were fires on three sides, and there was dead silence outside the only remaining exit. Zhang Xingying listened intently, and said in amazement: "No... there is no human voice..." "Such a big fire, the only exit, why is there no one around?" Li Shubai's voice also began to fluctuate slightly, "But now outside, there is no sound of people at all." "Is someone guarding this door outside?" Zhou Ziqin couldn't help blurting out, "Could it be that once we rush out, all arrows will be fired?" "This is inside the Chengdu Mansion, and there are no bunkers outside. It is impossible to ambush many archers. But - there must be someone ambushing outside, and if they rush out, they will be beheaded." Everyone was sweating coldly from behind. At this moment, the people behind had already started rushing towards this side, and someone shouted: "The door is there! Run quickly..." In the chaos, the crowded crowd was in chaos, and in the chaos, there was a sudden bang, and the flames splashed—— The rotting pavilion next to it was completely toppled down, and the crowd behind was crowded and trampled, the fallen, injured, burned, and scalded, all kinds of screams and wailings were heard endlessly. The five of them were the only ones trapped in the fire. The scorching fire had surrounded their bodies, their clothes and hair were scorched, and the only way out was the front door.The walls on both sides were scorching hot, and the trees next to it were all burning, and the situation was critical. Amidst the billowing thick smoke, when the smoke suddenly gathered and dispersed, Huang Zixia looked up and saw someone peeping at the parapet in front of him, waving his hand to the bottom. She turned her head and said to Li Shubai: "They have already found us, and they are waiting for us to fall into the trap!" Li Shubai nodded slightly, and turned his gaze to the door again. Jing Yu, who was being supported by Zhang Xingying, had been covering her mouth and nose and staggered away with them. At this moment, she suddenly took off the wet cloth, let Zhang Xingying go to the door, and said, "My lord... this is my farewell." Zhang Xingying was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?" "As long as I go out, it's impossible to be surrounded." He said hoarsely. Li Shubai sternly said from behind him: "Jing Yu, don't mess around!" Jing Yu only looked back at him, with a hasty smile on his face, then turned around and slammed into the door. The door leaf that had been rotten by the fire immediately fell down together with the lock on the door, and he fell heavily on the bluestone slab outside with the door. The moment he landed, countless knives stabbed at his fallen body. Sure enough, as they expected, someone was ambushing outside. Just when the sword was on his body, Jing Yu ignored it and shouted.In the darkness of the night, this sharp whistle pierced through the billowing smoke and chaotic human voices, causing a wave of fluctuations around. The people behind rushed out together with the thick smoke, and those people only had time to attack Jing Yu who came out first. Li Shubai, Zhang Xingying, and Zhou Ziqin had already jumped out, avoiding the first wave of sharp rays, and then fell into the billowing smoke , won the weapon. Several people hid their bodies with the help of thick smoke and darkness, quickly bullied into the opponent's formation, and slashed wildly with their knives. Li Shubai blocked the attack, Huang Zixia hurriedly dragged Jing Yu up and helped him to the entrance of the alley outside.The people guarding the alley wanted to stop him, but Li Shubai hacked him to death. The fire became more intense, and under the cover of the fire, the stars in the sky lost their light and looked dim. In the fierce flames, she saw several figures around her quickly approaching and rushing directly into the group of assassins. It is the elite of the Wangfu army.In the past few days when she visited the case, they had gathered in Chengdu Mansion and quickly gathered around Li Shubai.Jing Yu's whistle just now pointed them to the location of King Kui in the fire scene, and now there is nothing to worry about. She lowered her head and handed everything over to Li Shubai, only keeping Jing Yu as far away from the flames and fighting as possible, so as not to be harmed. Someone outside the alley shouted: "Someone ran out from here, put out the fire!" The nearby people came running with buckets, the ambush had already lost the opportunity to kill King Kui in the fire, but now that the situation was bad, they could only leave a few corpses and turn around and run away. Li Shubai motioned them not to chase, and let the hidden guards do it.After all, several people were exhausted and escaped a catastrophe, how could they have the energy to wipe out these people. They gathered around Jing Yu, and saw that his wound that had been healed had burst open again, and he had stabbed several times when he rushed out of the gate. At this moment, his whole body was dripping with blood, and there was no longer any hope of survival. Huang Zixia hurriedly handed him over to Zhang Xingying and said, "Hurry up, I'll run to call the doctor..." She ran two steps, and heard Li Shubai calling her in a low voice: "No need." She froze for a moment, then looked back at Jing Yu.He held Zhang Xingying's hand, looked at Li Shubai, and said in a low voice: "In the future, the prince will be around... temporarily... maybe there will be no one to serve him..." Although many of the guards who were dispersed on the mountain road had already returned, Jing Rong and Jing Xiang were separated and never returned. After all, Li Shubai had no one close by to serve him. Zhang Xingying held his hand, couldn't help the tears welling up in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I...I will be here." Jing Yu turned his gaze to his face, smiled with difficulty, and said, "You expelled kid...can you..." Li Shubai walked up to him, knelt down and stared at him, and said softly: "Don't worry about me, you can go at ease." Jing Yu only held Zhang Xingying's hand, her pupils that had begun to dilate turned to Li Shubai, and then to Zhang Xingying. Huang Zixia and Zhou Ziqin quickly hugged Jing Yu. With moist eyes, Zhang Xingying bowed down in front of Li Shubai. Jing Yu's eyes kept looking at Li Shubai, his lips were pursed, but he didn't say anything. Li Shubai hesitated for a moment, raised his hand to support Zhang Xingying, and said, "You were also a member of my guard of honor before, and now that you have returned to my side, it can be regarded as the beginning and the end." Zhang Xingying looked up at him, the water vapor in his eyes finally turned into tears and dripped down, and said in a trembling voice, "Thank you... my lord!" There was a trace of relief on Jing Yu's face, he seemed to want to smile, but the smile just appeared, then distorted and disappeared. The door and wall next to it collapsed, and people who were burned, fell, and trampled inside rushed out.Amidst the howling ghosts and wolves, Jing Yu's hand silently dropped. Li Shubai held his hand and put it back into Zhang Xingying's arms. Huang Zixia saw his tightly pursed lips and slightly trembling eyelashes.She stretched out her hand silently, and gently placed it on the back of his hand.
The fire burned until the early morning, and the sky was reflected in red.People in the whole Chengdu were alarmed and came from all directions to fight the fire. Jing Yu's body was carried away by the people of Yizhuang, and the remains were repaired. Huang Zixia and Zhou Ziqin searched the discarded corpses for a long time, and found that they were very clean, wearing the clothes of ordinary people, without any identification items on their bodies, and even the weapons in their hands had been worn off. Cast imprint. It's not good to carry followers in the city after all, Li Shubai ordered the guards around him to disperse, sometimes just follow them secretly.The other four of them stared at the ashes in front of them, all silent.In order to hunt down and kill Li Shubai, the other party not only dared to kill Princess Qile, but now he even ignored the innocent civilians in the entire street around him. How many people were killed in the flames and how many people were displaced. "Bastard...I must find out the arsonist with my own hands!" Zhou Ziqin gritted his teeth and said angrily. Huang Zixia frowned and said: "Such a large-scale fire, and the surrounding buildings are all controlled by them, the front and rear doors are blocked and closed, and the process and details are all planned in advance. I am afraid that the group of murderers behind the scenes targeting the prince may not The power is far beyond what you can imagine." Zhou Ziqin curled his lips: "I don't care who they are, anyway, they committed crimes in Chengdu, and as the head arrester in Chengdu, I must fight them to the end!" A few people walked out of the alley that was piled with rubble, and suddenly saw a woman among the crowd in front of them anxiously looking around among the escaped crowd to identify the person who came out of it.She has a graceful figure and light steps. Even though her face is extremely anxious, her figure is still conspicuous in such a crowded and chaotic crowd. Zhou Ziqin greeted her: "Ma'am, who are you looking for?" Gongsun Yuan raised her eyes and saw the four of them. After being stunned, she let out a sigh of relief, walked up to them and said, "I'm looking for you!" "Huh? Are you worried about us?" Zhou Ziqin patted his chest, as if he completely forgot that he was almost frightened just now, "Don't worry, who are we, of course we are unscathed!" "Look at you guys, stop bragging," Gongsun Yuan looked at their dusty and distressed faces, and helped him pat the ashes on his body, "Okay, okay, it's fine." "Ma'am, where do you live now? Let's go to your inn together." Huang Zixia asked. Gongsun Yuan nodded and said, "After I was harassed by those two people, I lived in the Yunlai Inn two streets away. Come with me."
The Yunlai Inn is very quiet. Although it is an inconspicuous small inn, there are bamboo orchids planted in the courtyard, and a glimpse of Koizumi, which makes the few people who have just been burned feel that it is simply too perfect. "They came from the burning inn next to them?" The shopkeeper is an old businessman. Seeing their appearance, he immediately understood, "Did the luggage be rescued? Do you still have any money with you?" Zhang Xingying, who had been in a daze for a long time, finally came back to his senses at this time, and was a little moved: "Thank you, boss, for your concern..." Huang Zixia interrupted him: "Don't worry, I won't be unable to pay your rent." Gongsun Yuan immediately said, "I'll pay." Zhou Ziqin waved his hand boldly: "Don't worry, all expenses will be paid by the Yamen!" Seeing so many people scrambling to pay, the shopkeeper felt relieved: "Oh, that's good." The emotion on Zhang Xingying's face suddenly stiffened, and the expression of suppressed grief returned. When several people arrived in the room, the first thing they did was to ask Xiaoer to fetch water to wash their bodies quickly, and then they gathered in the front shop to order food together. "Oh... I've never had such an embarrassing supper..." Zhou Ziqin looked at the sky that was about to dawn, and sighed, "I've never had such a rich breakfast..." After groping in the fire for a long time, the men were fine, but Huang Zixia's throat was damaged by the smoke, and he kept pressing his chest and coughing dryly.Fortunately, Zhou Ziqin had asked the store owner to cook a large bowl of pear boiled loquat, and let everyone drink it first while waiting for supper to relieve anger. "Chonggu, you are the worst, you have to drink more!" Zhou Ziqin poured soup on her desperately. Huang Zixia drank a stomachful of water and was really unwell, so she had to find Gongsun Yuan to come and get together on the pretext of escaping Zhou Ziqin's attentions. When Gongsun Yuan came to the shop with Huang Zixia, they found that they were followed by another woman in her thirties, petite and exquisite, like an inconspicuous maid behind the swaying Gongsun Yuan. When she walked in front of them and raised her head after saluting to them, they realized that her face was like a begonia in bloom, dizzy under the lamp, even though she was covered with a layer of sadness, she had a charming and charming style. "This is my fourth younger sister, Yin Luyi, who just arrived in Chengdu Mansion today. I left a note on Aruan Songhuali's mansion before, and Luyi arrived in Chengdu Mansion today, so I found it." Zhou Ziqin suddenly realized: "Oh, so you left the note on the door for the sisters? I'm still wondering what that paper kite is." Gongsun Yuan nodded, and pulled Yin Luyi to sit beside them.Yin Luyi was taciturn, and everyone at the banquet was worried about Jing Yu's death, so the meal was extremely dull.It wasn't until the end that Zhou Ziqin asked Yin Luyi: "I wonder what you are good at, Si Niang?" Seeing Zhou Ziqin asking her about her unique skills, Yin Luyi didn't speak, but just turned her hand towards him, and a pomegranate flower appeared between her fingers. "Huh? Where did you get the flowers?" Zhou Ziqin stretched out his hand to get them in surprise, but Yin Luyi turned his hand back and forth, put his palms together and rubbed the flowers twice, then reached out to him again.I saw a pomegranate appearing in her palm, golden yellow with pink in it, round and round, very cute. Zhou Ziqin snatched the pomegranate and asked pleasantly, "So you can juggle?" "People in Yangzhou have a wedding and birthday banquet. If you can invite Luyi to perform a trick, it will be a great event that will cause a sensation in the whole city." Gongsun Yuan said, took the pomegranate from his hand, broke it into several pieces and shared it with everyone. The pomegranate is as fresh as it was just picked from the tree, with a sweet and sour taste.Only Yin Luyi was holding a broken pomegranate in his hand, with tears in his eyes, unable to eat. Gongsun Yuan sighed, and said to her: "I know you have always been sentimental, but in fact, the deceased is already dead. A Ruan must be happy to go with her lover, so why do you feel so sad for her?" "Yes... I can't see it." Yin Luyi said, but was still in a daze. "Ah Ruan's death, I think there must be an inside story, so I have entrusted Mr. Zhou to investigate on his behalf." Gongsun Yuan looked at Zhou Ziqin, and said earnestly: "Now we sisters will all rely on Lai to catch the head, and please find out about Ah Ruan's death. The truth about Ruan's death, at any rate... let us know what happened to her, why she didn't ask us for help, and chose to die instead." "Don't worry, ma'am." Zhou Ziqin patted his chest and assured, "Since I am the chief arrester in Chengdu, I will find out the truth about all the cases that happened in Chengdu, and I will never leave any cases in doubt. !" Yin Luyi looked up at him, and just about to say something, Gongsun Yuan said gratefully to Zhou Ziqin: "Thank you, Young Master Zhou, for arresting the head! My sister's grievances are all up to you!" Zhou Ziqin fully agreed, and remembered another thing: "Speaking of which, the Chengdu government office will have a banquet tomorrow, so I wonder if you can come to join in the fun?" Gongsun Yuan and Yin Luyi looked at each other, and said: "Since Zhou Shao has spoken, I will go to the banquet tomorrow. I don't know who to invite to the banquet, and how do you plan to add to the fun?" "To be honest, the Jiedu envoy General Fan will come to the envoy's mansion tomorrow. One is to get close to the new envoy who has just arrived in Chengdu. The other is for the marriage of Qi Teng, the judge of the Jiedu envoy's mansion, and my sister. Jiedu Even if you are a warrior, you must like sword dancing, this is exactly what my aunt is good at." Gongsun Yuan nodded and said: "Yes. But I think... this time is a festive day after all, and my younger sister who catches the head will not like swords and swords." Zhou Ziqin frowned and said, "This... I can't control her, after all, the customer is the most important thing." "I have a good idea. A Ruan helped me re-arrange the sword dance before and made a few revisions. Although it is still "Sword Dance", but the softness and beauty in it are better than the green waist, but It can be regarded as having both hardness and softness. Now that Lu Yi is here, someone will help me prepare, and I will perform my new dance tomorrow, and I will never disappoint you all." Zhou Ziqin was overjoyed and said: "Since my aunt said so, it must be a wonderful performance! Alright, let's wait and see tomorrow." "One more thing, please ask someone to help me prepare the things I need for tomorrow's dance." She asked Xiaoer to bring a pen and paper, wrote a list, and handed it to Zhou Ziqin. Zhou Ziqin looked at it and read out what she wanted: "Two pairs of cowhide lanterns, one basket of flower petals, ten pairs of butterflies..." When he read this, he couldn't help asking in surprise: "Butterfly? Could it be that the sword dance this time is also released by the way?" Although Gongsun Yuan was depressed, she couldn't help covering her mouth with a smile, and said: "The secret of the sky must not be revealed, so I will let it go, but the mechanism inside is the ability to eat without clothes, so I must not tell others." Zhou Ziqin scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled, and said, "I study corpses at home all day, how do I know this? I'll ask someone to prepare it." "You must remember that it is alive. People here are not familiar with the place, and we can't find live butterflies ourselves." Gongsun Yuan said again. "I promise they are all alive! Leave them to me, no problem!" Zhou Ziqin said, looking enviously at the pomegranate in Yin Luyi's hand, and said, "Speaking of which, why didn't Si Niang come to the capital before? , your craftsmanship is really wonderful." Yin Luyi was small, and her voice was soft and gentle, she said: "More than ten years ago, I went to the capital with my sisters, but Zhou Butou was probably still a child at that time. But I have a few disciples, and there are a few Those who have been to the capital, I heard that they are often in the west market of the capital." Zhou Ziqin hurriedly asked: "Then how can I find it?" "My first disciple and second disciple are together, they are a couple, they are older than me. I gave them a tamed white bird when they left, maybe you can find it if you look for it." Huang Zixia understood immediately, and said, "I saw that couple in the West Market before. It's just that their skills are mediocre, and that white bird was also sold." At that time, Wang Yun, who bought the white bird, played the role of a bird in a cage that suddenly disappeared in Xianyou Temple, which led to various unexpected events afterwards. Yin Luyi nodded and said: "Above skills, it is most unwise to rush for quick success. After Sun Daxue has practiced twice, he feels that he is good enough to walk the rivers and lakes and bid farewell to me. But Rong Niang is better, she has learned a few good ones, but If her husband is leaving, she can only let him go." Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "How about Si Niang showing her hands for us after tomorrow's banquet to help us have fun?" Yin Luyi lowered her head silently and said: "It's not necessary. There are some places where I can be used in Madam's dance tomorrow, and everyone can see it then."
When the table broke up, Huang Zixia intentionally stayed at the end, and asked Zhang Xingying: "Second brother Zhang, I see you have been silent all this time, with a sad expression on your face, are you worried about something?" Zhang Xingying hurriedly said: "No, I just... I just thought about the death of Eunuch Yu, and wondered when those assassins would come again..." "Don't worry, the prince will not let the assassin take advantage of him again," Huang Zixia comforted him, "If he still can't deal with it, he is not King Kui." Zhang Xingying nodded silently, with a slightly relaxed expression: "Then...then I can rest assured." Huang Zixia watched him stand outside Li Shubai's door, posing as if he was going to guard him all night, and couldn't help but said, "Didn't you say you're relieved?" "Uh... don't worry about it." Huang Zixia couldn't help being angry and funny, so she knocked on the door and asked Li Shubai: "My lord, do you think the assassin will come tonight?" Li Shubai's voice came from inside: "Every time the other party organizes an assassination, they try to kill me with one blow. Now I suddenly switch to this side. How could they do it without planning." Huang Zixia looked at Zhang Xingying confidently: "So, the most dangerous place is the safest place, and the most dangerous moment is also the safest time. If you believe us, go back to sleep." Footsteps were heard inside, it was Li Shubai who stood up and opened the door. "Now that the guards around me are lost and I'm in danger, but you are willing to follow me at this time, it is Lu Yao who knows the horsepower," Li Shubai patted him on the shoulder and said, "You go to have a good rest tonight. I still need your help." Zhang Xingying was terrified: "Your subordinates must go all out and die!" "It's not that serious," Li Shubai said indifferently, "It's just a few moths."
Going to bed early in the morning and waking up near noon, she was really very comfortable, so peaceful that Huang Zixia thought about it when she opened her eyes, and then remembered where she was. Outside the window, the bamboo forest is rustling, and the flowing spring is gurgling.She put on her clothes and stood up, opened the window and saw Li Shubai exercising in the bamboo forest. She leaned against the window, clenched her right fist in front of her lips, and blocked her slight cough - the fire yesterday made her chest dry and slightly painful: "Have you recovered?" He stopped and looked at her: "Yes." "What do you want for lunch? I'll get you some first." "As long as you like it." "It's good not to be picky about food." She said, and then saw Zhang Xingying who was standing by the forest and staring at them dumbfounded. She remembered the rude and lazy dialogue between herself and Li Shubai just now, and she blushed slightly before she asked him, "Second Brother Zhang, what do you want to eat?" "I, I, I... I, and you can order anything."
Several people were eating the same breakfast, Zhou Ziqin came over sleepily: "Morning..." Huang Zixia asked: "You didn't go back in the morning?" "Nonsense, if I go home early in the morning, my father will definitely scold me again if he finds out. Just say that I'm going to investigate the case outside," he said, scratching his head and thinking hard, "Oh, I slept so well. My mind seems to be blank - what are we going to do today? It seems that there are many important things to do, but it seems that there is nothing?" Huang Zixia reminded him: "Jiedu envoy General Fan is going to your house, so you have to prepare some things for Aunt Gongsun." Zhou Ziqin quickly touched his body, and he was relieved when he touched the piece of paper. "Okay, you go and prepare things." Huang Zixia stood up. Zhou Ziqin hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?" "Go to the street and go shopping."
The streets and alleys of Chengdu Mansion are still bustling with activity. Li Shubai accompanied Huang Zixia through the streets and alleys, and walked to a pawnshop.The shopkeeper sat behind the tall counter, raised his eyelids and glanced at them, asking, "What do you want to treat?" Huang Zixia asked him: "Shopkeeper, do you also have a branch in Longzhou?" "Yes. But we have no control over the store in Longzhou." Huang Zixia took out the sign that Zhou Ziqin had brought, and tapped on the counter twice: "The government is investigating the case." The shopkeeper glanced at it, then hurried out of the counter, invited them to the back, and asked them to make tea and serve snacks: "I don't know who are you looking for... what is it?" Huang Zixia understood when he saw his appearance, and said, "Don't worry, shopkeeper, there is no serious case recently, and I'm not here to check for stolen goods." The shopkeeper obviously breathed a sigh of relief, sat down beside them, and asked, "I don't know what happened to the three?" "We are looking for something. It should be a pawn at your branch in Longzhou. As far as I know, if no one redeems the pawn after the expiration date, it will be sent to your main store. And sell it, right?" The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Exactly." "I want to find a white jade bracelet made of Pisces. The two fish are biting each other's tails, and the middle is hollowed out. The shape is very unique. If the shopkeeper has a closer look, he will definitely remember it." "Oh, I remember! There is indeed such a jade bracelet. The redemption period passed in April this year, and the store in Longzhou sent it over." "So, where are you now?" The shopkeeper quickly flipped through the account book, and then showed them: "This bracelet has been sold, and it will be delivered not long ago. The buyer... didn't leave a name." I saw it said "Pisces Jade Bracelet, full payment has been made." Huang Zixia asked: "Is the person who handled it at that time still there?" "Let me ask." He hurried to the back and called someone over to ask. All the shopkeepers shook their heads, and only one clever guy said: "This... was sent by Longzhou at that time, maybe it was someone from Longzhou. I helped to write it, you can see that this word was not written by us, maybe it was written by someone in Longzhou." "Hurry up and ask who is the person who brought the things from Longzhou, and if there was that bracelet in his hand at that time." The shopkeeper said, then turned his head and smiled at them again: "Three poor masters, if this is the case, let's hurry up Send someone to Longzhou to inquire, and it will only take a day or two, and I will be able to reply immediately." Huang Zixia nodded, and wrote him another note, saying: "When the time comes, you must remember to bring someone to find Zhou Shao to arrest the head." "Definitely, definitely! As soon as people come, I will take them!"
Zhou Ziqin finally settled down, and several people got quiet and rested separately. While sleeping, suddenly there was a loud exclamation outside. When Huang Zixia woke up in shock, Li Shubai had already knocked on the door outside when he had just glanced at the fire reflected on the window: "It's on fire." She immediately got up and put on her clothes, because she still had to corset her chest, so it inevitably took a while.When she went out, Zhou Ziqin had already staggered over: "It's terrible, it's terrible!" Li Shubai and Huang Zixia ignored him, and rushed to Jing Yu's room by the fire. There was already a strong smell of smoke in the air, Zhang Xingying was already in Jing Yu's room, and the people in the inn had already flocked to the small courtyard. "This fire... this fire is too violent!" There was already a big fire in front of the inn, and the black smoke was billowing into Jing Yu's room. When Li Shubai and Huang Zixia were wandering around the Chengdu Night Market, they talked about how the best way to attack each other was to burn the inn.However, they have also observed this inn. When it is on fire, it is very easy to escape. To carry out an assassination here, unless—— Huang Zixia immediately stood up, lifted the stool and threw it at the window.The window lattice fell in response, and they saw that there was already a raging fire outside the window, and all the courtyards in the front, back, left, and right unexpectedly caught fire almost at the same instant, and they were surrounded by raging fire. The other party actually set fire to all the surrounding buildings in order to kill them, even turning the entire city into scorched earth. In the fire on all sides, they were trapped in the only place that hadn't been burned yet, but thick smoke billowed around them, and this place was already in jedi, and it was almost impossible to escape. Li Shubai frowned slightly, motioned for Zhang Xingying to help Jing Yu up, and said, "Let's go." Before the words were finished, there was an exclamation from outside. It turned out that an old building next door, which had been in disrepair for a long time, had collapsed.All those burning beams smashed into the courtyard of the inn, and all the people who escaped from the front of the store were crowded here, and several people were smashed and screamed loudly. The inn was in a deserted alley, surrounded by old abandoned buildings. At this time, all the surrounding buildings were burning, and the flames seemed to be coming down from all directions, and black smoke billowed and enveloped the inn in the middle. Many people in the courtyard have been choked and coughed violently, and some old and weak women and children have been fumigated to the ground. Li Shubai directly tore off the quilt on the bed, and before Huang Zixia could speak, he soaked the quilt with tea and distributed one to everyone. They covered their faces with wet cloths and left the room together.The fire is critical, and more critical than the fire is the billowing smoke. "The smoke comes from the top, so bend down and lower your body, it will be better if you go down." Huang Zixia bent down and led them to the door. The smoke made everyone unable to open their eyes. They closed their eyes and walked along the wall, but the wall was already scalding hot, and they couldn't feel it at all. They could only roll and crawl in the darkness. "Oh..." Zhou Ziqin tripped over a body on the ground and got up on the ground with both hands and feet. He didn't know whether the other party was dead or alive. He touched the place where he tripped over the other party in a panic and said, "I'm sorry." ,Sorry." Huang Zixia also reminded him, but when he opened his mouth, he felt a sharp pain in his throat, and even his brain began to feel dizzy.As soon as her knees gave way, she was about to fall to the ground.Fortunately, someone grabbed her arm and held her up. "Follow me." She heard Li Shubai's voice, which was close at hand in the chaos and darkness, which made her feel relieved suddenly.She covered her eyes, mouth and nose with a damp cloth, she didn't have to look at anything, she didn't have to think about anything, as long as he took her with her, she could keep walking. It seemed that his back was the safest place for him. Li Shubai stopped suddenly.The front is the end of the courtyard wall. His sense of direction is very good, and he has successfully found the back door. Zhang Xingying was about to kick the door, but Li Shubai grabbed his shoulder and said in a low voice, "There are people outside." The moon was dark and the wind was high, and the fire was burning not far from them, crackling.There were fires on three sides, and there was dead silence outside the only remaining exit. Zhang Xingying listened intently, and said in amazement: "No... there is no human voice..." "Such a big fire, the only exit, why is there no one around?" Li Shubai's voice also began to fluctuate slightly, "But now outside, there is no sound of people at all." "Is someone guarding this door outside?" Zhou Ziqin couldn't help blurting out, "Could it be that once we rush out, all arrows will be fired?" "This is inside the Chengdu Mansion, and there are no bunkers outside. It is impossible to ambush many archers. But - there must be someone ambushing outside, and if they rush out, they will be beheaded." Everyone was sweating coldly from behind. At this moment, the people behind had already started rushing towards this side, and someone shouted: "The door is there! Run quickly..." In the chaos, the crowded crowd was in chaos, and in the chaos, there was a sudden bang, and the flames splashed—— The rotting pavilion next to it was completely toppled down, and the crowd behind was crowded and trampled, the fallen, injured, burned, and scalded, all kinds of screams and wailings were heard endlessly. The five of them were the only ones trapped in the fire. The scorching fire had surrounded their bodies, their clothes and hair were scorched, and the only way out was the front door.The walls on both sides were scorching hot, and the trees next to it were all burning, and the situation was critical. Amidst the billowing thick smoke, when the smoke suddenly gathered and dispersed, Huang Zixia looked up and saw someone peeping at the parapet in front of him, waving his hand to the bottom. She turned her head and said to Li Shubai: "They have already found us, and they are waiting for us to fall into the trap!" Li Shubai nodded slightly, and turned his gaze to the door again. Jing Yu, who was being supported by Zhang Xingying, had been covering her mouth and nose and staggered away with them. At this moment, she suddenly took off the wet cloth, let Zhang Xingying go to the door, and said, "My lord... this is my farewell." Zhang Xingying was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Where are you going?" "As long as I go out, it's impossible to be surrounded." He said hoarsely. Li Shubai sternly said from behind him: "Jing Yu, don't mess around!" Jing Yu only looked back at him, with a hasty smile on his face, then turned around and slammed into the door. The door leaf that had been rotten by the fire immediately fell down together with the lock on the door, and he fell heavily on the bluestone slab outside with the door. The moment he landed, countless knives stabbed at his fallen body. Sure enough, as they expected, someone was ambushing outside. Just when the sword was on his body, Jing Yu ignored it and shouted.In the darkness of the night, this sharp whistle pierced through the billowing smoke and chaotic human voices, causing a wave of fluctuations around. The people behind rushed out together with the thick smoke, and those people only had time to attack Jing Yu who came out first. Li Shubai, Zhang Xingying, and Zhou Ziqin had already jumped out, avoiding the first wave of sharp rays, and then fell into the billowing smoke , won the weapon. Several people hid their bodies with the help of thick smoke and darkness, quickly bullied into the opponent's formation, and slashed wildly with their knives. Li Shubai blocked the attack, Huang Zixia hurriedly dragged Jing Yu up and helped him to the entrance of the alley outside.The people guarding the alley wanted to stop him, but Li Shubai hacked him to death. The fire became more intense, and under the cover of the fire, the stars in the sky lost their light and looked dim. In the fierce flames, she saw several figures around her quickly approaching and rushing directly into the group of assassins. It is the elite of the Wangfu army.In the past few days when she visited the case, they had gathered in Chengdu Mansion and quickly gathered around Li Shubai.Jing Yu's whistle just now pointed them to the location of King Kui in the fire scene, and now there is nothing to worry about. She lowered her head and handed everything over to Li Shubai, only keeping Jing Yu as far away from the flames and fighting as possible, so as not to be harmed. Someone outside the alley shouted: "Someone ran out from here, put out the fire!" The nearby people came running with buckets, the ambush had already lost the opportunity to kill King Kui in the fire, but now that the situation was bad, they could only leave a few corpses and turn around and run away. Li Shubai motioned them not to chase, and let the hidden guards do it.After all, several people were exhausted and escaped a catastrophe, how could they have the energy to wipe out these people. They gathered around Jing Yu, and saw that his wound that had been healed had burst open again, and he had stabbed several times when he rushed out of the gate. At this moment, his whole body was dripping with blood, and there was no longer any hope of survival. Huang Zixia hurriedly handed him over to Zhang Xingying and said, "Hurry up, I'll run to call the doctor..." She ran two steps, and heard Li Shubai calling her in a low voice: "No need." She froze for a moment, then looked back at Jing Yu.He held Zhang Xingying's hand, looked at Li Shubai, and said in a low voice: "In the future, the prince will be around... temporarily... maybe there will be no one to serve him..." Although many of the guards who were dispersed on the mountain road had already returned, Jing Rong and Jing Xiang were separated and never returned. After all, Li Shubai had no one close by to serve him. Zhang Xingying held his hand, couldn't help the tears welling up in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I...I will be here." Jing Yu turned his gaze to his face, smiled with difficulty, and said, "You expelled kid...can you..." Li Shubai walked up to him, knelt down and stared at him, and said softly: "Don't worry about me, you can go at ease." Jing Yu only held Zhang Xingying's hand, her pupils that had begun to dilate turned to Li Shubai, and then to Zhang Xingying. Huang Zixia and Zhou Ziqin quickly hugged Jing Yu. With moist eyes, Zhang Xingying bowed down in front of Li Shubai. Jing Yu's eyes kept looking at Li Shubai, his lips were pursed, but he didn't say anything. Li Shubai hesitated for a moment, raised his hand to support Zhang Xingying, and said, "You were also a member of my guard of honor before, and now that you have returned to my side, it can be regarded as the beginning and the end." Zhang Xingying looked up at him, the water vapor in his eyes finally turned into tears and dripped down, and said in a trembling voice, "Thank you... my lord!" There was a trace of relief on Jing Yu's face, he seemed to want to smile, but the smile just appeared, then distorted and disappeared. The door and wall next to it collapsed, and people who were burned, fell, and trampled inside rushed out.Amidst the howling ghosts and wolves, Jing Yu's hand silently dropped. Li Shubai held his hand and put it back into Zhang Xingying's arms. Huang Zixia saw his tightly pursed lips and slightly trembling eyelashes.She stretched out her hand silently, and gently placed it on the back of his hand.
The fire burned until the early morning, and the sky was reflected in red.People in the whole Chengdu were alarmed and came from all directions to fight the fire. Jing Yu's body was carried away by the people of Yizhuang, and the remains were repaired. Huang Zixia and Zhou Ziqin searched the discarded corpses for a long time, and found that they were very clean, wearing the clothes of ordinary people, without any identification items on their bodies, and even the weapons in their hands had been worn off. Cast imprint. It's not good to carry followers in the city after all, Li Shubai ordered the guards around him to disperse, sometimes just follow them secretly.The other four of them stared at the ashes in front of them, all silent.In order to hunt down and kill Li Shubai, the other party not only dared to kill Princess Qile, but now he even ignored the innocent civilians in the entire street around him. How many people were killed in the flames and how many people were displaced. "Bastard...I must find out the arsonist with my own hands!" Zhou Ziqin gritted his teeth and said angrily. Huang Zixia frowned and said: "Such a large-scale fire, and the surrounding buildings are all controlled by them, the front and rear doors are blocked and closed, and the process and details are all planned in advance. I am afraid that the group of murderers behind the scenes targeting the prince may not The power is far beyond what you can imagine." Zhou Ziqin curled his lips: "I don't care who they are, anyway, they committed crimes in Chengdu, and as the head arrester in Chengdu, I must fight them to the end!" A few people walked out of the alley that was piled with rubble, and suddenly saw a woman among the crowd in front of them anxiously looking around among the escaped crowd to identify the person who came out of it.She has a graceful figure and light steps. Even though her face is extremely anxious, her figure is still conspicuous in such a crowded and chaotic crowd. Zhou Ziqin greeted her: "Ma'am, who are you looking for?" Gongsun Yuan raised her eyes and saw the four of them. After being stunned, she let out a sigh of relief, walked up to them and said, "I'm looking for you!" "Huh? Are you worried about us?" Zhou Ziqin patted his chest, as if he completely forgot that he was almost frightened just now, "Don't worry, who are we, of course we are unscathed!" "Look at you guys, stop bragging," Gongsun Yuan looked at their dusty and distressed faces, and helped him pat the ashes on his body, "Okay, okay, it's fine." "Ma'am, where do you live now? Let's go to your inn together." Huang Zixia asked. Gongsun Yuan nodded and said, "After I was harassed by those two people, I lived in the Yunlai Inn two streets away. Come with me."
The Yunlai Inn is very quiet. Although it is an inconspicuous small inn, there are bamboo orchids planted in the courtyard, and a glimpse of Koizumi, which makes the few people who have just been burned feel that it is simply too perfect. "They came from the burning inn next to them?" The shopkeeper is an old businessman. Seeing their appearance, he immediately understood, "Did the luggage be rescued? Do you still have any money with you?" Zhang Xingying, who had been in a daze for a long time, finally came back to his senses at this time, and was a little moved: "Thank you, boss, for your concern..." Huang Zixia interrupted him: "Don't worry, I won't be unable to pay your rent." Gongsun Yuan immediately said, "I'll pay." Zhou Ziqin waved his hand boldly: "Don't worry, all expenses will be paid by the Yamen!" Seeing so many people scrambling to pay, the shopkeeper felt relieved: "Oh, that's good." The emotion on Zhang Xingying's face suddenly stiffened, and the expression of suppressed grief returned. When several people arrived in the room, the first thing they did was to ask Xiaoer to fetch water to wash their bodies quickly, and then they gathered in the front shop to order food together. "Oh... I've never had such an embarrassing supper..." Zhou Ziqin looked at the sky that was about to dawn, and sighed, "I've never had such a rich breakfast..." After groping in the fire for a long time, the men were fine, but Huang Zixia's throat was damaged by the smoke, and he kept pressing his chest and coughing dryly.Fortunately, Zhou Ziqin had asked the store owner to cook a large bowl of pear boiled loquat, and let everyone drink it first while waiting for supper to relieve anger. "Chonggu, you are the worst, you have to drink more!" Zhou Ziqin poured soup on her desperately. Huang Zixia drank a stomachful of water and was really unwell, so she had to find Gongsun Yuan to come and get together on the pretext of escaping Zhou Ziqin's attentions. When Gongsun Yuan came to the shop with Huang Zixia, they found that they were followed by another woman in her thirties, petite and exquisite, like an inconspicuous maid behind the swaying Gongsun Yuan. When she walked in front of them and raised her head after saluting to them, they realized that her face was like a begonia in bloom, dizzy under the lamp, even though she was covered with a layer of sadness, she had a charming and charming style. "This is my fourth younger sister, Yin Luyi, who just arrived in Chengdu Mansion today. I left a note on Aruan Songhuali's mansion before, and Luyi arrived in Chengdu Mansion today, so I found it." Zhou Ziqin suddenly realized: "Oh, so you left the note on the door for the sisters? I'm still wondering what that paper kite is." Gongsun Yuan nodded, and pulled Yin Luyi to sit beside them.Yin Luyi was taciturn, and everyone at the banquet was worried about Jing Yu's death, so the meal was extremely dull.It wasn't until the end that Zhou Ziqin asked Yin Luyi: "I wonder what you are good at, Si Niang?" Seeing Zhou Ziqin asking her about her unique skills, Yin Luyi didn't speak, but just turned her hand towards him, and a pomegranate flower appeared between her fingers. "Huh? Where did you get the flowers?" Zhou Ziqin stretched out his hand to get them in surprise, but Yin Luyi turned his hand back and forth, put his palms together and rubbed the flowers twice, then reached out to him again.I saw a pomegranate appearing in her palm, golden yellow with pink in it, round and round, very cute. Zhou Ziqin snatched the pomegranate and asked pleasantly, "So you can juggle?" "People in Yangzhou have a wedding and birthday banquet. If you can invite Luyi to perform a trick, it will be a great event that will cause a sensation in the whole city." Gongsun Yuan said, took the pomegranate from his hand, broke it into several pieces and shared it with everyone. The pomegranate is as fresh as it was just picked from the tree, with a sweet and sour taste.Only Yin Luyi was holding a broken pomegranate in his hand, with tears in his eyes, unable to eat. Gongsun Yuan sighed, and said to her: "I know you have always been sentimental, but in fact, the deceased is already dead. A Ruan must be happy to go with her lover, so why do you feel so sad for her?" "Yes... I can't see it." Yin Luyi said, but was still in a daze. "Ah Ruan's death, I think there must be an inside story, so I have entrusted Mr. Zhou to investigate on his behalf." Gongsun Yuan looked at Zhou Ziqin, and said earnestly: "Now we sisters will all rely on Lai to catch the head, and please find out about Ah Ruan's death. The truth about Ruan's death, at any rate... let us know what happened to her, why she didn't ask us for help, and chose to die instead." "Don't worry, ma'am." Zhou Ziqin patted his chest and assured, "Since I am the chief arrester in Chengdu, I will find out the truth about all the cases that happened in Chengdu, and I will never leave any cases in doubt. !" Yin Luyi looked up at him, and just about to say something, Gongsun Yuan said gratefully to Zhou Ziqin: "Thank you, Young Master Zhou, for arresting the head! My sister's grievances are all up to you!" Zhou Ziqin fully agreed, and remembered another thing: "Speaking of which, the Chengdu government office will have a banquet tomorrow, so I wonder if you can come to join in the fun?" Gongsun Yuan and Yin Luyi looked at each other, and said: "Since Zhou Shao has spoken, I will go to the banquet tomorrow. I don't know who to invite to the banquet, and how do you plan to add to the fun?" "To be honest, the Jiedu envoy General Fan will come to the envoy's mansion tomorrow. One is to get close to the new envoy who has just arrived in Chengdu. The other is for the marriage of Qi Teng, the judge of the Jiedu envoy's mansion, and my sister. Jiedu Even if you are a warrior, you must like sword dancing, this is exactly what my aunt is good at." Gongsun Yuan nodded and said: "Yes. But I think... this time is a festive day after all, and my younger sister who catches the head will not like swords and swords." Zhou Ziqin frowned and said, "This... I can't control her, after all, the customer is the most important thing." "I have a good idea. A Ruan helped me re-arrange the sword dance before and made a few revisions. Although it is still "Sword Dance", but the softness and beauty in it are better than the green waist, but It can be regarded as having both hardness and softness. Now that Lu Yi is here, someone will help me prepare, and I will perform my new dance tomorrow, and I will never disappoint you all." Zhou Ziqin was overjoyed and said: "Since my aunt said so, it must be a wonderful performance! Alright, let's wait and see tomorrow." "One more thing, please ask someone to help me prepare the things I need for tomorrow's dance." She asked Xiaoer to bring a pen and paper, wrote a list, and handed it to Zhou Ziqin. Zhou Ziqin looked at it and read out what she wanted: "Two pairs of cowhide lanterns, one basket of flower petals, ten pairs of butterflies..." When he read this, he couldn't help asking in surprise: "Butterfly? Could it be that the sword dance this time is also released by the way?" Although Gongsun Yuan was depressed, she couldn't help covering her mouth with a smile, and said: "The secret of the sky must not be revealed, so I will let it go, but the mechanism inside is the ability to eat without clothes, so I must not tell others." Zhou Ziqin scratched his head in embarrassment and smiled, and said, "I study corpses at home all day, how do I know this? I'll ask someone to prepare it." "You must remember that it is alive. People here are not familiar with the place, and we can't find live butterflies ourselves." Gongsun Yuan said again. "I promise they are all alive! Leave them to me, no problem!" Zhou Ziqin said, looking enviously at the pomegranate in Yin Luyi's hand, and said, "Speaking of which, why didn't Si Niang come to the capital before? , your craftsmanship is really wonderful." Yin Luyi was small, and her voice was soft and gentle, she said: "More than ten years ago, I went to the capital with my sisters, but Zhou Butou was probably still a child at that time. But I have a few disciples, and there are a few Those who have been to the capital, I heard that they are often in the west market of the capital." Zhou Ziqin hurriedly asked: "Then how can I find it?" "My first disciple and second disciple are together, they are a couple, they are older than me. I gave them a tamed white bird when they left, maybe you can find it if you look for it." Huang Zixia understood immediately, and said, "I saw that couple in the West Market before. It's just that their skills are mediocre, and that white bird was also sold." At that time, Wang Yun, who bought the white bird, played the role of a bird in a cage that suddenly disappeared in Xianyou Temple, which led to various unexpected events afterwards. Yin Luyi nodded and said: "Above skills, it is most unwise to rush for quick success. After Sun Daxue has practiced twice, he feels that he is good enough to walk the rivers and lakes and bid farewell to me. But Rong Niang is better, she has learned a few good ones, but If her husband is leaving, she can only let him go." Zhou Ziqin hurriedly said: "How about Si Niang showing her hands for us after tomorrow's banquet to help us have fun?" Yin Luyi lowered her head silently and said: "It's not necessary. There are some places where I can be used in Madam's dance tomorrow, and everyone can see it then."
When the table broke up, Huang Zixia intentionally stayed at the end, and asked Zhang Xingying: "Second brother Zhang, I see you have been silent all this time, with a sad expression on your face, are you worried about something?" Zhang Xingying hurriedly said: "No, I just... I just thought about the death of Eunuch Yu, and wondered when those assassins would come again..." "Don't worry, the prince will not let the assassin take advantage of him again," Huang Zixia comforted him, "If he still can't deal with it, he is not King Kui." Zhang Xingying nodded silently, with a slightly relaxed expression: "Then...then I can rest assured." Huang Zixia watched him stand outside Li Shubai's door, posing as if he was going to guard him all night, and couldn't help but said, "Didn't you say you're relieved?" "Uh... don't worry about it." Huang Zixia couldn't help being angry and funny, so she knocked on the door and asked Li Shubai: "My lord, do you think the assassin will come tonight?" Li Shubai's voice came from inside: "Every time the other party organizes an assassination, they try to kill me with one blow. Now I suddenly switch to this side. How could they do it without planning." Huang Zixia looked at Zhang Xingying confidently: "So, the most dangerous place is the safest place, and the most dangerous moment is also the safest time. If you believe us, go back to sleep." Footsteps were heard inside, it was Li Shubai who stood up and opened the door. "Now that the guards around me are lost and I'm in danger, but you are willing to follow me at this time, it is Lu Yao who knows the horsepower," Li Shubai patted him on the shoulder and said, "You go to have a good rest tonight. I still need your help." Zhang Xingying was terrified: "Your subordinates must go all out and die!" "It's not that serious," Li Shubai said indifferently, "It's just a few moths."
Going to bed early in the morning and waking up near noon, she was really very comfortable, so peaceful that Huang Zixia thought about it when she opened her eyes, and then remembered where she was. Outside the window, the bamboo forest is rustling, and the flowing spring is gurgling.She put on her clothes and stood up, opened the window and saw Li Shubai exercising in the bamboo forest. She leaned against the window, clenched her right fist in front of her lips, and blocked her slight cough - the fire yesterday made her chest dry and slightly painful: "Have you recovered?" He stopped and looked at her: "Yes." "What do you want for lunch? I'll get you some first." "As long as you like it." "It's good not to be picky about food." She said, and then saw Zhang Xingying who was standing by the forest and staring at them dumbfounded. She remembered the rude and lazy dialogue between herself and Li Shubai just now, and she blushed slightly before she asked him, "Second Brother Zhang, what do you want to eat?" "I, I, I... I, and you can order anything."
Several people were eating the same breakfast, Zhou Ziqin came over sleepily: "Morning..." Huang Zixia asked: "You didn't go back in the morning?" "Nonsense, if I go home early in the morning, my father will definitely scold me again if he finds out. Just say that I'm going to investigate the case outside," he said, scratching his head and thinking hard, "Oh, I slept so well. My mind seems to be blank - what are we going to do today? It seems that there are many important things to do, but it seems that there is nothing?" Huang Zixia reminded him: "Jiedu envoy General Fan is going to your house, so you have to prepare some things for Aunt Gongsun." Zhou Ziqin quickly touched his body, and he was relieved when he touched the piece of paper. "Okay, you go and prepare things." Huang Zixia stood up. Zhou Ziqin hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?" "Go to the street and go shopping."
The streets and alleys of Chengdu Mansion are still bustling with activity. Li Shubai accompanied Huang Zixia through the streets and alleys, and walked to a pawnshop.The shopkeeper sat behind the tall counter, raised his eyelids and glanced at them, asking, "What do you want to treat?" Huang Zixia asked him: "Shopkeeper, do you also have a branch in Longzhou?" "Yes. But we have no control over the store in Longzhou." Huang Zixia took out the sign that Zhou Ziqin had brought, and tapped on the counter twice: "The government is investigating the case." The shopkeeper glanced at it, then hurried out of the counter, invited them to the back, and asked them to make tea and serve snacks: "I don't know who are you looking for... what is it?" Huang Zixia understood when he saw his appearance, and said, "Don't worry, shopkeeper, there is no serious case recently, and I'm not here to check for stolen goods." The shopkeeper obviously breathed a sigh of relief, sat down beside them, and asked, "I don't know what happened to the three?" "We are looking for something. It should be a pawn at your branch in Longzhou. As far as I know, if no one redeems the pawn after the expiration date, it will be sent to your main store. And sell it, right?" The shopkeeper nodded and said, "Exactly." "I want to find a white jade bracelet made of Pisces. The two fish are biting each other's tails, and the middle is hollowed out. The shape is very unique. If the shopkeeper has a closer look, he will definitely remember it." "Oh, I remember! There is indeed such a jade bracelet. The redemption period passed in April this year, and the store in Longzhou sent it over." "So, where are you now?" The shopkeeper quickly flipped through the account book, and then showed them: "This bracelet has been sold, and it will be delivered not long ago. The buyer... didn't leave a name." I saw it said "Pisces Jade Bracelet, full payment has been made." Huang Zixia asked: "Is the person who handled it at that time still there?" "Let me ask." He hurried to the back and called someone over to ask. All the shopkeepers shook their heads, and only one clever guy said: "This... was sent by Longzhou at that time, maybe it was someone from Longzhou. I helped to write it, you can see that this word was not written by us, maybe it was written by someone in Longzhou." "Hurry up and ask who is the person who brought the things from Longzhou, and if there was that bracelet in his hand at that time." The shopkeeper said, then turned his head and smiled at them again: "Three poor masters, if this is the case, let's hurry up Send someone to Longzhou to inquire, and it will only take a day or two, and I will be able to reply immediately." Huang Zixia nodded, and wrote him another note, saying: "When the time comes, you must remember to bring someone to find Zhou Shao to arrest the head." "Definitely, definitely! As soon as people come, I will take them!"