Queen's Development

Chapter 51 Chasing and Killing
During the Zhou Dynasty, the country was strong, the people were rich, and the economy was developed, and the Lantern Festival was an important festival. Therefore, every year, the Lantern Festival is always celebrated enthusiastically.

Although Zhao County is far away from the capital city, the Lantern Festival is also very lively. The county government and the gentry came forward to set up tall lamp wheels, lamp towers and lamp trees on the street in front of the county government. Ten musicians form a world of lights, shadows and music.

That night, Lin Jia had to take the officials of the county yamen to perform the lighting ceremony on the high platform in front of the county yamen. After the Lantern Festival started, she would come back to pick up Yuzhi and Qingcha and go out for a walk.

While waiting for Lin Jia, Yuzhi, Qingcha and Mrs. Xu were sitting in the bright room of the West Wing and talking.

The room was very warm, and Mrs. Xu's face was blushing, and she spoke softly about the customs of the Lantern Festival in Zhaoxian County: "The Lantern Festival in Zhaoxian County is popular on this day, and people with all kinds of diseases are popular. The female relatives of the small households all wear white silk jackets, step on high-soled embroidered shoes, and let the head of the family or family protect them to go out to watch the lanterns. It is very lively, but every year there are many people stealing..."

Yuzhi and Qingcha had never seen Second Lady Xu say so many words before, and they listened carefully, looking forward to it.

Qingcha couldn't help but said: "Lady, why don't you come with us tonight to see all the sick children!"

Mrs. Xu's face suddenly turned pale, she lowered her head and said nothing.

Jin'er seemed to shrink back a bit, and snuggled into her mother's arms.

Seeing this, Yuzhi hurriedly changed the topic, and said with a smile: "Let me tell you about our customs in Wanzhou. The Lantern Festival in Wanzhou is also very lively. The lights are on the most prosperous Wangfu Street. Both sides of the street are full of lights. ...There are sun and moon lamps, mirror lamps, and various lamps with characters and glass lamps with signboards in front of the shops. This night, the teahouses, restaurants, tile houses and Goulan in Wanzhou City are open all night, and it is very lively. What! My home is in the outskirts of the city, and every year I go with my neighbor’s sister..."

Thinking of the past, Yuzhi's nose was inexplicably sore, her long eyelashes drooped, and she said, "But tonight we can see the lights in Zhaoxian County!"

Mrs. Xu looked at Yuzhi and Qingcha, and said with a smile: "Zhao County is near the sea, and the Lantern Festival is also a bit cold. If you two go out for a walk tonight, if you are only wearing white silk jackets, you may be cold." , it’s better to wear a splendid robe outside!”

Yuzhi and Qingcha laughed.

Qing Cha said: "We are maids, not Madam, so where can we find beautiful robes!"

Second Lady Xu smiled a little embarrassedly.

At this moment, Alan called Yuzhi and Qingcha outside: "Come out, your lord has already changed!"

Yuzhi and Qingcha hurriedly got up and went out.

Under the bright and cold moonlight, Lin Jia, wearing a sapphire blue black fox cloak, was standing outside the gate waiting. Seeing Yuzhi and Qingcha coming out, she said, "Let's go!"

Take Alan and walk forward first.

Yuzhi and Qingcha hurriedly followed.

The county government house was shrouded in the bright moonlight, and it was quiet, but the closer it was to the east side door, the louder the noise became. Yuzhi held Qingcha's hand and followed closely behind Lin Jia and A Lan, leaving Through the east side gate of the county government office.

In order to welcome the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, countless lampstands were set up on the street in front of the county government office, illuminating the whole street brightly, and all kinds of businesses were full of business.

Lin Jia entered the stream of people watching the lanterns and walking with sick children, walking slowly while admiring the lanterns.

Alan followed Lin Jia closely and guarded her closely.

Yuzhi and Qingcha held hands and followed closely behind.

There is a huge lotus lantern in front of it, and in the lantern sits the Avalokitesvara played by the Huakui of the Xingyuan, surrounded by many people watching.

Lin Jia was walking forward when she suddenly heard someone say in front of her, "Greetings, my lord!"

He looked up and found that it was Wang Qingyu, a servant of the county government.

Seeing several women following Wang Qingyu, Lin Jia guessed that they were the female relatives of Wang Qingyu's family, so she nodded, but said nothing.

Seeing Qingcha looking at Wang Qingyu eagerly, Yuzhi said in a low voice, "You have an appointment with Wang Qingyu?"

Qingcha nodded shyly.

Yuzhi quickly stretched out her hand to pull Linjia's clothes, and said in a low voice, "My lord, Qingcha wants to play with Brother Wang's sister!"

Lin Jia turned her head and glanced at Yuzhi.

Yu Zhi hurriedly squinted her eyes and smiled sweetly, like a dog leg.

Seeing her flattering smile, Lin Jia thought it was funny, so she nodded.

Yuzhi smiled and pushed the tea to Wang Qingyu, and said with a smile: "Remember to bring the tea back later, don't make me worry!"

Wang Qingyu's younger sister looked cute, she came out and held Qingcha's hand, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, sister, we will definitely send sister Qingcha back safely!"

Only then did Yuzhi say goodbye to Qingcha and the Wang family in peace, and followed Lin Jia and A Lan.

In the private room facing the street on the second floor of Fan's restaurant, there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries who have reserved the private room and come here to eat wine, watch lanterns and see women with sick children.

Hu Qingchi and his cronies huddled together, lying in front of the window nervously waiting for Yuzhi to arrive.

As soon as he saw Yu Zhi who was following Master Lin, the county magistrate, Hu Qingchi hurriedly greeted his friends: "Look, it's those people over there, that girl behind that tall man wearing a sapphire cloak! Yes, that's the one The girl in the white silk jacket and the pomegranate skirt!"

The streets were brightly lit like daytime.

The fox friends followed Hu Qingchi's instructions and looked down, and their eyes lit up. The girl's forehead was as high as her eyebrows, and her black hair was loosely tied into a peach heart bun, and the rest was smoothly hanging on her shoulders. Zhang Xiao's face is as white as jade, his big eyes are glittering and translucent, his figure is slender and cute, he is so beautiful!
They all laughed, all kinds of promises: "Hu Er, just wait, let's go and separate the little lady from the man in front, and then you rush over and take her away!"

All the rascals made up their minds, went downstairs together, blended into the flow of people, and followed closely behind Yuzhi and the others.

At this time, the fair-skinned and refined young man in brocade robes in the private room next door was also pointing at Lin Jia who was slowly walking in the crowd, and said, "It's the boy in the sapphire cloak, you try to catch up with him, hack him up, and then Take advantage of the chaos and run away! If everything is done, go to the Tianzi Room of Hancheng Inn to get the remaining 180 taels of silver!"

The six burly men looked up and saw that the young man pointed out by the employer had long eyes, a handsome description, and a tall figure, so they stared at him dead-eyed, agreed, and went downstairs with simple knives , dispersed and merged into the crowd.

Yu Zhi saw a crossword puzzle lamp and thought it was very interesting, so she quietly pulled Lin Jia's clothes and signaled Lin Jia to wait.

Lin Jia stood there with her hands behind her back, watching lantern riddles with Yuzhi.

A Lan stood behind Lin Jia and Yu Zhi, in charge of guarding.

At this moment, a group of people squeezed over, passing behind Lin Jia and Yu Zhi, and pushed A Lan away.

Yuzhi suddenly felt that something was wrong, as if the hairs all over her body were standing on end, she looked back and saw that there were strangers behind her, but A Lan was gone, and looked back again, and found that there were more than a dozen people on the left, Someone seemed to be holding a knife in his hand, and the blade of the knife was illuminated by the light, reflecting a white light.

Her heart was pounding, she hurriedly took a deep breath, pulled Lin Jia and said in a low voice, "Master, something seems wrong, I'll count to three, you follow me!"

Lin Jia also felt that something was wrong, and said "Hum".

Yuzhi counted to three, ran away, dragged Lin Jia into the gap in front of her, and quickly passed several people.

Hu Qingchi, who was about to catch Yuzhi, saw it, and hurriedly shouted in a hurry: "Quickly block that little lady in front!"

The originally orderly crowd immediately became agitated. Seeing that Yuzhi and Lin Jia had disappeared, Hu Qingchi was so anxious that he was about to jump up.

Seeing this, those burly men with plain knives hurriedly separated the crowded crowd and chased Lin Jia desperately.

Yuzhi and Qingcha went out to buy vegetables, and they were very familiar with the surroundings, so they quickly dragged Lin Jia into a secluded alley behind Yuchuan Bookshop.

The street outside is very lively, but this small alley is quiet, only the houses on both sides of the alley faintly reveal some light.

Yuzhi's heart was beating fast, but she tried her best to maintain her composure, and dragged Lin Jia to run in the alley.

Lin Jia had never run so fast in her life, her lungs hurt like needles, she could hardly breathe, her feet were a little soft, but she was dragged by Yu Zhi passively.

A burst of hurried and chaotic footsteps followed them from a distance, mixed with people's comments:

"Did you really see the fat sheep running here?"

"Of course it's true!"

"Why are only the two of us catching up? Where did they all go?"

"It's just a weak chicken. The two of us can chop him into meat and take the remaining 180 taels of silver in a safe way. We need others!"

The two had been running, but they weren't running very fast, and they could still talk, probably because they were afraid of an ambush.

When Yuzhi heard Lin Jia's panting became tighter, she felt a little anxious.

At this moment, the door of a house on the left in front opened.

Yuzhi reacted quickly, pulled Lin Jia and squeezed in.

The person who opened the door froze there for a moment, holding a lantern in his hand.

Yuzhi couldn't care less, didn't even see the other person's face clearly, so she smiled sweetly, closed the door with her back, then turned around quickly, and locked the door.

Lin Jia was still panting, standing there holding the doorpost, looking at Hu Yingzhi who was coming forward with her long eyes, her brain was active rapidly—is Hu Yingzhi an enemy or a friend?

Only then did Yuzhi realize that the boy holding the lantern was Kunpeng, and behind Kunpeng was Hu Yingzhi wrapped in white fox fur.

Hu Yingzhi looked at Lin Jia quietly with a pair of peach blossom eyes, and smiled warmly after a while, and said in a low voice: "Master Lin, Miss Yuzhi, please come this way!"

At this moment, a man's voice came from outside the door: "Huh? What about the man and woman? Why did they disappear all of a sudden?"

Another finer male voice said: "Xu Shi ran to the front, let's run faster!"

The footsteps of the two became farther and farther away.

(End of this chapter)