The Pearl of the Lady

Chapter 84
There was an indescribable distantness in Xuan Zhenzi's voice, and he fiddled with the fire with a wooden stick from time to time, telling long stories to his two children and a kitten.

He said that the unremarkable tree stump in the yard used to be a large willow tree with luxuriant branches, and the tree was covered with red cloth strips for praying for fate.

He said that the door was rotten and only half of the threshold remained. He once tripped the youngest Taoist boy, but no one persuaded him. The little Taoist sat on the threshold and cried all afternoon.

He said that on the snow-covered mountain, there used to be a medicine garden. Many people came to ask for medicine. The Taoist boys look forward to the day when it is their turn to be on duty in the medicine garden. They don’t need to meditate. Burn sweet potatoes in the garden to eat.

He said that the front hall where he sat was once solemnly lit, and the smell of incense candles lingered all day long. Countless men and women came to tell their troubles and pains.

He talked... He talked a lot, his voice was soft and warm, and there seemed to be a pleasant fragrance on his sleeves, which was a combination of medicinal fragrance and some indescribable incense.

The drowsiness gradually hit, Shui Xiuyu fell on Ah Fu's shoulder, and the fat raccoon curled up in Ah Fu's arms. One person and one cat had already slept soundly. Ah Fu asked in a daze, "What happened next?"

Later, this Taoist temple was so famous that the Taoist priests were invited into the capital, and this place was vacant. Later, the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple were all old and died, and this place was forgotten by everyone...

Ah Fu's night was really thrilling, full of twists and turns, she didn't sleep all night, her eyes were so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, she sighed vaguely, "It's been a long time."

Xuan Zhenzi was stunned, and suddenly smiled in relief, "Yes, it happened a long time ago."

He patted Ah Fu's head, "Go to sleep."

I don’t know when, the snow stopped, the wind also stopped, the moonlight sprinkled softly on the ground, probably tomorrow will be a good weather, Ah Fu moved his body, he felt as if he was sleeping on a cloud, and there was some faint pain before Her knees were no longer hurting at all, and she fell asleep with a smile on her face.

Ah Fu is sleeping soundly here, but the sky is turned upside down in the capital, the capital is under martial law, and the night ban is restarted. People in the room can hear the sound of horseshoes clattering, and the sound of the Jinwu Guard's armor rubbing against each other all night long. As a center, nearby restaurants and hotels were searched, and the doors of people in the nearby three lanes were also knocked on at night.The old man was on the edge of the kang, smoking the pot, comforting the frightened juniors, saying that something big happened. The last time such a big scene happened was when the third prince of the former emperor conspired against him and the prince was ordered to suppress it.But regardless of our affairs, as long as we don't do bad things, we won't be involved.

The Jinwu Guard brought back clues one after another. Some of Ah Fu's head flowers, Ah Fu's small ring, and Ah Fu's purse containing incense pills were found on the street, and some were found in other people's homes. Ah Fu's head flowers were found. At first, the family insisted that it belonged to their youngest daughter.

Gu Weixuan has been looking for it all night, and his whole body is like a bowstring jumping to the extreme, and he is about to lose control. As soon as this family said this, he moved faster than the fierce Jin Wuwei. He drew his sword and grabbed the youngest daughter of the family and said, " Alright, let's treat it as a funeral for your little daughter." Everyone in the family was so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, and immediately said that he could take them to the place where they picked up the flowers, Gu Weixuan grabbed the crying little girl with one hand, He followed that person expressionlessly, waited until he arrived at the place, and after confirming that it was correct, he threw the child on the ground.

The rest of the Gu family were also in the same eagerness and pain. It was only today that others discovered that the three elegant and gentle noble sons of the Gu family were also such decisive figures in their bones.

No one in the Gu family is destined to sleep tonight. Those who love Ah Fu are worried and can’t sleep, but those who hate Ah Fu and hate Ah Fu can’t sleep either. Are you just counting my Aying?Think about it and have fun.

And Gu Qiying was lying on the bed and couldn't sleep, she could faintly hear the sound of armored swordsmen's tactics, she lifted the bed curtain, put on her pajamas and looked at the window, as if she could see the lights that had been on all night, She smiled slowly.

"Miss..." A maid quietly handed in a piece of paper.

"Following him, I saw him enter the house and then leave the car. Several people left. After an hour of investigation, there was a corpse in the stable. It had the same appearance as the one who went out just now. I'm afraid things will change."

Gu Qiying squeezed the paper tightly and threw it into the brazier. Seeing the paper being engulfed by the flames, her eyes calmed down.

She didn't change her clothes either, she just put on her outer robe and silk shoes she wore indoors.Turning around and walking outside, "Miss, it's getting so dark, where are you going?" The maid who kept watch at night in the outer room quickly turned over and asked.

"I have something urgent to report to my aunt, let's go." Gu Qiying picked up the lantern and left.

"Do you have something urgent to report?" Gu Zhao and Princess Hua'an sat on both sides of a small table with cold tea.

"Yes," Gu Qiying gasped, as if she was jogging all the way, her face was a little red from the cold or panting, and her clothes were thin.

If it was in the past, Princess Hua'an would inevitably feel sorry for her. After all, she is just a little girl. She has to ask, even if it is a polite expression of concern, but now she is full of concern for Ah Fu. She doesn't have the spirit or the effort. To express concern is to say that I don't want to say too much.

Gu Qiying didn't talk nonsense and said directly, "My niece went out to the Lantern Festival tonight. I once saw a middle-aged man holding someone who looked like the princess. At that time, the light was dim, so I didn't see it clearly. I didn't expect that the princess would be killed by someone else. Carry them away, and later I was too tired to go back to the mansion, so I fell asleep, and when I woke up just now, I knew that the princess hadn't come back, so I hurried to report."

Princess Hua'an's hands trembled, she bit her lips, "My Ah Fu, why didn't you stop that person?"

Gu Zhao grabbed his wife's hand and looked straight at Gu Qiying, "You can see the man's face clearly and see where he went."

Gu Qiying nodded and said.

Gu Zhao waved her to go down, "We will reward you when Ah Fu comes back. It's very busy here now, so you should go back first."

Gu Qiying herself felt a little guilty, she didn't dare to say anything, and left obediently.

Princess Hua'an held her husband's hand, "My Ah Fu, why didn't she stop Ah Fu, but paid special attention to the direction in which he was leaving."

"The most urgent thing is to find Ah Fu first, and then we will slowly settle the matter." Gu Zhao hugged his wife.

(End of this chapter)