Jiaohua

Chapter 230 Do You Know Me?

And here is the capital city, no matter how tyrannical the officials are, they dare not act recklessly. If they can be officials in the capital, everyone is the best of the best, and everyone is afraid of being stabbed in the back by others, so who is this backer?

The absolute power that Xia Zhaoyi could think of was that this matter had something to do with the royal family or the duke and duke, and precisely, one of the crimes committed by Dingguo duke's mansion was embezzlement of disaster relief food and medical supplies in the army.

The cold wind was blowing in, the air seemed to be icy, cold to the bones, and the black shadow in front of him was moving over the wall in the night, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

Xia Zhaoyi's short arms and legs struggled to follow, and when he followed all the way to Shengjing Long Street, the figure disappeared in the backyard of Duke Dingguo's mansion.

Xia Zhaoyi was stunned from a distance, looking at the courtyard gate over there.

It was dark everywhere, but occasionally there would be some lights. The whole area of ​​Duding Guogong's mansion was dark and dark, and the silence was frightening.

She was sure that she was not mistaken, that person really disappeared in Duke Dingguo's mansion.

Slowing down, Xia Zhaoyi followed.

The weather has turned cold too fast these days, the earlier sweet-scented osmanthus has dispersed, leaving only a very cool residual fragrance in the air.

Xia Zhaoyi climbed over the high wall, jumped down, looked around for a while, and instinctively walked towards his Xianyiju.

Maybe it's not called Xianyiju anymore, and now it has been changed to Hegui Lake by someone who doesn't know.

The weeds along the road were flourishing, and there were not many withered ones in late autumn. The withered and decayed ones were tangled together, and no one had cleaned them for a long time.

Occasionally there would be strange insects screaming in the corner, and because the night was particularly dark, the shadows of trees and walls I saw in the places I passed were much more hideous than when I came here before, like ghosts in the dark night.

Xia Zhaoyi suddenly had a feeling of absurdity, the humane capital is prosperous and rich, but in such a prosperous place of gold, jade and wealth, there exists such a Dingguo mansion for a short period of time, like a deserted tomb, Everyone avoids it, everyone treats it like a tiger or a leopard.

As she walked step by step, all the emotions in her heart were suppressed. When she approached Xianyiju, she was glad that her intuition was correct.

There are people in the courtyard, and the movement is very small, but in the quiet environment, it is easy to be caught.

Even, there is the sound of the piano...

Xia Zhaoyi frowned, he didn't know who had the guts to play the piano in the sealed Dingguo mansion at night.

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The sky was covered by dark clouds, the night filled the sky, the grass outside the courtyard was pitch black, the once golden jade vermilion eaves were covered with withered vines, and the carved beams and railings were even less visible.

The courtyard is another scene. Two candles are lit in the courtyard, covered with a moonlight veil. An ancient long piano is lying on the stone table. There is an elegant small jug beside the piano. The jug is not used to hold wine. Instead, it burns the backflowing plum fragrance, which is very Zen.

The player who played the piano was a man, dressed in white, with his slender fingers stroking the strings intermittently, with a careless expression.

The man in night clothes knelt down in front of him respectfully.

"... At that time, the wind suddenly became louder. I didn't hear it very clearly. I only vaguely heard Lu Qianhai say that this matter must be suppressed, and the higher-ups began to pay attention to it. Yu Kai kept saying yes, except for asking about this matter. Whether the matter will involve other than him, they didn't mention anything else. As for the murderer, they didn't have a clue. They suspected the Tang family at first, but they killed all the people in the Tang family. They thought about whether it might be done by the righteous men of the Jianghu, but they felt that it was unlikely, they felt that if the righteous men of the Jianghu took care of this matter, then this matter would definitely not be so easy and simple, maybe everyone knew it, and the city was full of storms."

The man in white didn't speak, just lowered his head slightly, and continued playing the piano.

The sound of the piano came from the darkness, one sound after another, each sound was as cold as pearls rolling on the ground.

"Lu Qianhai ordered them to transport Yuhe's coffin out of the city in the next three days, and they could only pick it up at night. Lu Qianhai on the city defense side would go and arrange it. If the matter was not completed within three days, then Yuhe's The body was directly buried in the backyard of the mansion and planted flowers and grass. Also, before Lu Qianhai left, he asked Yu Kai to give him 10 taels of cash within ten days."

The man in white's piano sound stopped abruptly. He raised his head and finally said, "10 taels? Cash?"

"Yes, cash is required." The subordinate replied.

The man in white smiled: "Yes, yes."

"I haven't heard anything else. Do you want to go back now?"

"Well, let's go back." The man in white said.

The subordinates took orders, turned around and left, and quickly disappeared into the dark night.

The man in white plucked the strings again, suddenly speeding up, rubbing his fingers on the piano, and then quickly twisted and plucked.

A string of piano sounds flowed out, disorderly and chaotic.

After playing for a while, his palm suddenly pressed on the strings, stopping the chaotic sound.

"Annoying." The man in white spit out a word.

He doesn't know how to play the piano at all, but he just likes the tone of the piano, which sounds very crisp when he plucks it.

The fragrance of plum blossoms flowed backwards, the smoke was like a waterfall, warm and elegant, he let go of his hand and fiddled with the strings a few times, but he still felt that the sound coming out one by one was more pleasant.

The sound of the piano was cold, like ice beads, broken jade, and the sound of a phoenix. Under the cold night, it was extremely cold and elegant, beautiful and bright, and it seemed that a beautiful woman had returned, which made him fall in love with it to the extreme.

The wind was blowing, and a thin and small figure came from outside the courtyard.

The man in white paused for a moment, raised his head with a feeling, was startled suddenly, and froze there.

The person who came was a child, about eleven or twelve years old, with a cloth covering his face, leaving only a pair of eyes.

Her steps are very strange, neither fast nor slow, very light, and with the night wind blowing in her face, her clothes are slightly bulging, as if she is riding against the wind and waves.

Gradually approaching, Xia Zhaoyi saw his face clearly, and raised his brows slightly.

The man in white was still looking at her in a daze, without recovering.

Since she appeared just now, he has fallen into such a sluggish state. Although he was shocked, he didn't show it at all, and just stood there in a daze.

Xia Zhaoyi came and looked at him amusedly: "Aren't you scared?"

"Yes," the man said, "it's scary."

On a night like this, a boy of unknown origin suddenly appeared in the deserted house. Anyone who has heard of some ghost dramas and commentaries will be frightened. How could he not be frightened.

"Scary, what are you doing here?" Xia Zhaoyi said, tilting his head slightly, "Aren't you afraid that I'm a ghost?"

When she mentioned this, the man turned serious and asked, "Who are you and why are you here?"

"Didn't I ask you first?" Xia Zhaoyi's face became a little more serious, and he asked unhappily, "You are not staying in Zheng Guogong's mansion, what are you doing here?"

The man paused: "You know me?"

Xia Zhaoyi thought of the paper he had picked up here before and the words written on it, and suddenly goosebumps came up.

(End of this chapter)