Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen

Di Gong woke up very early.Birds were chirping outside the window, and a thin layer of morning mist wandered in the garden.The flowers, leaves and bamboo are covered with dew.In the empty field behind the garden, there are already Yamen performing there. Di Gong made a cup of tea, sat quietly for a while, and then began to eat breakfast.After breakfast, he went to the county exercise room to get a paper approval, then hired a sedan chair to go to the Sapphire Workshop. The sedan chair stopped at the gate of Sapphire Square.Mr. Di handed over the endorsement stamped with the official seal of Dahong County Yamen.Seeing that it was someone from the government, the people in the workshop didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly welcomed Di Gong into the inner courtyard.A white marble screen is erected at the corner of the inner courtyard, engraved with seven big characters on a blue background, "Hundreds of flowers are always in spring".Bypassing a large flower bed full of flowers and green grass, you come to a quiet small pavilion surrounded by bead curtains and jade curtains.The whitewashed walls outside the Xiaoxuan are curved, under the walls are planted young peaches and ancient willows, inside the Xiaoxuan is the smell of incense, and several painted rattan chairs, it is really neat - the owner of the Sapphire Workshop often meets guests here.

When I went to have a cup of tea, a fat woman full of jewels came in from the corridor. Under the long painted eyebrows, a pair of star eyes blinked, the loose flesh drooped, and the thick lips were painted scarlet.The two maidservants brought up the tea tray and offered tea, and stood respectfully behind the fat lady. "Master, Little Phoenix's misfortune has caused Mr. Luo a lot of trouble. The old lady expresses her deep apologies. Annoying the master to transfer the message to Mr. Luo, don't worry about this matter. It's all caused by this little vixen ..." "I don't know if the wife of the headmaster can tell the lower officials about Little Phoenix's life experience?" Duke Di asked.

"Oh, yes. This little Hu Meizi was originally the youngest daughter of a vegetable seller in Laopu. She had four older sisters. She was sold in Laifang three years ago. She learned singing and dancing from famous teachers and talented people. Because of her diligence and intelligence, she can dance well. It's very good. But the little fox is too high-minded and stubborn, and doesn't like to be flattered, so there are many people who scold her behind the scenes in the sister business. Some say that she has a fox face and smells on her body, and they suspect that she is the fetus of a vixen. "

"Ask the host's wife again, does this little Fenghuang have one or two close acquaintances in the workshop, does he already have a lover?" "She often went to the Black Fox Temple at the South Gate, saying that she was asking the witch there to learn dance music. I agreed to her. The witch is a poor orphan. However, there are fox spirits in the wild temples and outskirts around the South Gate during the day. Fenghuang, a vixen, met some wild guys, and caused this catastrophe. Master, she is withdrawn by nature, except for listening to me, she rarely gets along with her sisters, and there are no friends in the workshop, so it is not a good death after all. .”

"The witch from the Black Fox Temple also escaped from here?" The hostess cast a reproachful look, and said, "My lord forgot that our Sapphire Workshop is a song and dance hall supported by the government, and it is no different from that three-watt-two-house fireworks courtyard. That vixen has never had anything to do with our Sapphire Workshop!" " "I heard that the witch's biological father was originally in Jinhua City?" "I've never heard of it. Xiao Fenghuang said that she is the only one who has been to the Black Fox Temple." "Does the host know Miss Yulan?" Di Gong changed the subject.

The fat lady got a little impatient, and replied: "I know, I know, who doesn't know the Taoist nuns of Bailu Temple!" "Miss Yulan was also present when the accident happened last night, and she was especially sad for Little Phoenix's misfortune. Do you know what kind of relationship Yulan and Little Phoenix used to have?". "Obviously it's Xiao Fenghuang's flirtatious dance skills that attracted her. I heard that Miss Yulan is also versatile. Orangutans love orangutans, and the girl's affection lies in this point." "Do you know any official in the imperial court who knows Little Phoenix and has come to look for her in the past two days?"

"Never." "Okay, thank you for your hospitality. Little Fenghuang's right to die will be kept a secret from all the sisters for a day, and the yamen will open tomorrow. I will leave."' Mr. Di went out of Sapphire Square and took a sedan chair back to the county government office. He went to the insider's study to look for Luo Yingyuan. When Luo Yingyuan saw Di Gong, he asked anxiously. "What did you get from going to the Sapphire Workshop?" "I heard from the owner there that no one except Yulan has ever met Little Phoenix privately in the Sapphire Workshop. Mr. Luo, what are your arrangements for this afternoon?"

"It was originally agreed to gather here in the study to review my younger brother's poetry anthology. I longed for my poems to be given their guidance. This is a rare opportunity, but..." Di Gongdao: "It's a matter of course, and it will be held as usual. I just ask Luo Xianggong to allocate personnel. If your guests go out of the yamen, you must send someone to watch them secretly, and then report to me." "Okay. The future is lost, and there is no way to avoid it. This is assigned by the younger brother secretly, so don't worry, brother Nian."

"Also, at this moment, order the arresters to go to the south gate to set up patrols and work carefully, and secretly guard. But if anyone comes in or out of the Black Fox Temple, no matter who they are, they will be arrested for an afternoon. I can also send them by the way when I go there in person. Go to the county school library, and Master Gao will be there soon."