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Chapter 230 The Jiangnan Flower Umbrella Festival Case 1
The scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, and the pavilions and terraces have nine songs.Qiming's carriage travels through the stone roads, crosses small bridges, flowing water, and Hui style buildings, and it is worthy to reach Weifu!

After Yan Mo got off the car, he saw that the gate of the mansion was not very prosperous, and the decoration was simple but tasteful, which made him feel more friendly.

As soon as Ding, the owner of Wei Mansion, saw the distinguished guest, he hurriedly trotted to the mansion to report after saluting: "My lord—the lord is here—"

"The mansion of the emperor's relatives shouldn't be so simple." Yan Mo stopped and sighed.

Qi Ming took a step forward, turned around, stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "This is the last wish of my mother and concubine. I hope that my grandfather and grandmother can live like ordinary people."

Yan Mo hesitated for a moment, even when she met the assassin, she was so worried about the fox's safety, at this moment, she didn't really want to hold the other's big hand, but the doorman of Weifu was watching, it would be troublesome, she reluctantly agreed go up
Close five fingers!Qi Ming, whose smile deepened, had a humble yet tender attitude, proud and reserved, and when he led people in, he continued: "Mother and concubine was the one my father took a fancy to during his southern tour, and she died of illness six years after she brought her back to the palace. Afterwards, my grandfather and grandmother moved back to the old mansion here, where there are still imprints of my mother and concubine during her lifetime."

"Oh, Ming'er!" Wei Guogong and his wife walked over quickly, "How did you arrive so soon!"

"That's right, we didn't send anyone to notify us first, so we can welcome him early." Mrs. Wei had waited desperately, but now she was really angry and annoyed when she saw her grandson!

"Grandfather and grandmother." Qi Ming hurriedly saluted, "Please forgive my grandson for making his own decisions. There may be some accidents on the way, so he quietly entered the city."

Yan Mo was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly saluted, "Duke, madam."

When the second elder saw his grandson bringing his daughter-in-law back together, his eyes suddenly lit up!

"How can you be so alien!" Wei Guogong smiled kindly and kindly, "Just like Ming'er, he is called grandfather!"

"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Wei agreed, with a look of anticipation~
When Yan Mo got nervous, he was suddenly beaten back to his original form, and he used the bowing ceremony of the Jianghu people, as if he was visiting the head of a sect, and said solemnly: "Grandfather and grandmother!" After saying that, she paused instantly!Nothing feels right! !
Regarding this granddaughter-in-law, the two elders have also heard about it. Regarding this sudden change in the situation, the two have already discussed it, and they will "do as the Romans do"!Then, the two elders looked at each other, imitating the appearance of Jianghu people, clasped their hands and said in unison: "Women are polite!"

"!!!" Yan Mo held his breath for a moment, he didn't expect the second elder's brain circuit to be so strange!
For a while, a burst of silence floated leisurely. Until Qi Ming couldn't help it anymore, he laughed softly!Then, laugh louder and louder! !

This smile pulled back the three people who were frozen, Madam Wei said firstly: "Oh, good boy, the journey has been hard, don't stand here, let's all go inside~"

When the guards were packing their luggage, they carried the sleeping Yu Lingzhou to the wing room. In the lobby of Wei Mansion, Yan Mo watched the servants bring the glazed teacups. When she was walking around the rivers and lakes, she had also seen folk weddings, offering tea It is one of the links.After setting off from the capital, Qi Yun also told her about the various etiquettes that a new daughter-in-law should do.However, whether you look at it or listen to it, it feels different from doing it!It made her nervous, and her palms were sweating all the time! !
Qi Ming saw the other party's uneasiness, stepped forward two steps quietly, leaned over and said softly, "In a moment, follow me." After saying that, his eyes fell, and he happened to look into Yan Mo's bright eyes, blooming with charm smile~
This smile made Yan Mo feel inexplicably at ease, he just followed the other party without any doubts or hesitation
The sky was bright, the maple leaves and osmanthus trees trembled, and under the wafting fragrance, the two shadows of men and women, men and women, saluted tea together.

The Duke and his wife looked very pleased, and the tea tasted very sweet!

"Good boys, get up~" Mrs. Wei took her grandson and grandson's daughter-in-law's hands together, "I and the Duke are real people, I don't want Ming'er to do anything great, I just want him to live a happy life Yan'er, you have also seen that the Duke's Mansion is so simple and simple, we are not people who like to put on airs and put on airs, you, once you enter the mansion, just be more comfortable! Hmm~"

Faced with the expectations of the elders, Yan Mo actually felt ashamed, but she still smiled obediently on the face and said: "My grandson knows."

After serving tea, Qi Ming took Yan Mo to the ancestral hall, and visited the spiritual seat of Concubine Ming.Because Qi Ming wanted to talk to his concubine, Yan Mo voluntarily withdrew from the door and went to Yuemingxuan to sort out his luggage.

After watching the other party go, Qi Mingping retreated all the servants and maidservants near the ancestral hall. After closing the door, he sat on the futon indiscriminately. When he returned to the place where his mother grew up, he felt a lot of emotion. The scene of giving himself a silver tail ring, his heart is really soft and heavy
"Mother and concubine, will the assassination be arranged by the father?" Only at this moment, he can express his sad emotions according to his heart, and the sadness in his eyes gathers like a thick cloud and flows like a waterfall.
"I don't know whether my father is jealous or hates me. These years, I have always kept myself safe. Those difficult things, I think I have done a good job. No matter how the father arranges, I have never complained." As he spoke, his eyes were filled with tears of grievance, "I really don't know what else to do. Only the emperor can feel at ease. The throne is nothing more than a chair to me, and there is nothing left but power. Love and family affection will all become sacrifices in front of the throne, why do I want such things?!

If mother can be exchanged with you, spend the rest of my life with you, let me be filial to the end. What is the use of this glory and wealth, it is better to enter the home of ordinary people, the father is kind and the son is filial, and I will enjoy the family relationship forever. I don’t understand anymore. Is father really going to kill me?He won't let anyone related to me go, right? "Whispering, he got up and hugged Concubine Ming's spiritual seat, like a child who needs to be embraced by his mother, and wept bitterly!!

But even this kind of crying, he had to swallow it alive, the wailing that was about to break through his throat. The sea of ​​bitterness was boundless, and he could only drift with it and sink into it.
I don't know how long it took, he was tired from crying, and when he woke up, he hurriedly wiped away all the tears on the spirit tablet with his sleeve, and put it back in place. The altar was shining brightly under the candlelight. He reached out to caress the ring, and slowly took it off
He still remembered the scene when the concubine gave this object. At that time, he stared at the gift for a long time, and then looked at the concubine's earrings, which were of the same style as this ring. He held up the ring and said with a milky laugh: "Mother and concubine, my son likes it!"

And the concubine mother looked at her innocent and bright smile, and said with a warm smile: "Concubine mother likes your smile the most~"

More than ten years have passed, so many sorrows are hard to send, who can recover the lost time, listen to the rain by leaning on the railing, return to the old days, the bright moon road is finally there, everything can not be recovered
In Yuemingxuan, Yan Mo looked around after packing his luggage. The main house of Yueming was divided into upper and lower floors. Flowers, very sentimental.

After familiarizing herself with the surroundings, she sat down on the fragrant wooden chair, took out the brocade box with a heavy heart, opened it, and found a pair of silver flower and plant earrings, which seemed to be the same set of rings as the fox's hand. Unexpectedly, His Majesty actually Give her such a valuable thing? !After sighing softly, she closed the brocade box, looking for a good place to place it. Suddenly, she saw a makeup box in a corner in the light of a separate window, and she carefully put the brocade box into it, and it was like returning it to the concubine Ming.
But even if the items were returned, the boredom and melancholy in her chest did not alleviate. How could she be a good match for King Yi'an who bears a great vengeance?However, the fox was assassinated many times, and she couldn't let go of her heart. If it wasn't for the rescue of the mysterious person that day, the fox would have
Thinking of this, Yan Mo shook his head violently!I dare not even think about it! !And this lingering fear was enough to make her realize the importance of the fox to herself! !

But it is also because of this that she can't indulge in an affair between a man and a woman!Foxes will become their own weakness!An Xin will become a stumbling block on his way to revenge! !After thinking about it again and again, she wrapped up this concern layer by layer, hid it in the deepest part of her heart, exiled her affection, and drifted outside the door of her heart.
When I was feeling, suddenly!A little bit of starlight slowly lit up.
"!" Yan Mo's left hand was lifted slowly by a force! !When I took a closer look, it turned out to be that ugly stone bracelet!It is glowing red and blue alternately, flashing and flashing! ! "This is." She never knew that the stone bracelet still looked like this. Could it be that when the lightning struck her in the last battle on the northern front, did it damage the stone bracelet?Do not!Now it seems that the stone bracelet is more like electrified!Some kind of warning is activated! !However, why did it appear strange until now?

Just as he was wondering, with a jingling sound, the stone bracelet lost its suspending power and fell back to Yan Mo's wrist! !Once again it became as quiet as ashes.
In the ancestral hall on the other side, Qi Ming put away his sad face, put on his tail ring, straightened his clothes, put on his usual smile, opened the door lightly, and walked gracefully under the falling light outside the house. Nothing happened.

Passing through the courtyard, he gracefully entered Yueming Pavilion, looked up, and happened to see Yan Mo standing by the window, staring hard at the stone bracelet: "Yan'er, what's wrong?"

"!" Yan Mo didn't notice that someone was coming, she was a little surprised, then she subconsciously kept a distance from him, and said, "Is there a way to cut this thing apart?"

Qi Ming smiled and said, "Why did it bother you?"

Yan Mo thought for a second, the stone bracelet is not important, he shook his head and said, "About Zhu Wangshan, what clues do you have right now?"

Qi Ming was slightly surprised, and comforted him: "You don't need to work so hard after running around for many days, you need to rest well."

Yan Mo said with a serious face: "Find Zhu Wangshan as soon as possible, and you can return to Beijing as soon as possible. I will definitely find out the real murderer behind the scenes who wants to kill you!"

Qi Ming's eyes fluttered, showing a gratified smile, and he raised his hands to embrace the other party. Seeing the other party's scrutiny, he withdrew his hands in despair: "Mr. Qi and the others, they will arrive in two days. How about these two days?" , you and I recharge our batteries, and we will act as soon as they arrive."

"I can't wait!" Yan Mo said as soon as he turned around, he wanted to go out!

"My lord— my concubine—" At this moment, the servant of Wei's mansion trotted over to report, "I want to see you in Zhizhou!"

Qi Ming and Yan Mo were both surprised: "!!!"

The front hall of Wei Mansion.

"Your Majesty, Zhizhou of Mingzhou, Tao Min, please refer to His Royal Highness King Yi'an, the concubine." Tao Zhizhou led two personal guards, smiling and saluting respectfully.

"Tao Zhizhou is really a good ear, a clairvoyant." Qi Ming said with a smile without getting angry, "I didn't even arrive in Wei Mansion for half a day?"

"Ha!" Tao Zhizhou said flatteringly with a smile, "Your Majesty misunderstood! No matter how simple the Wei Mansion is, it is also the Duke's Mansion! How dare the officials be negligent~ In order to protect the safety of the Wei Mansion, the officials sent many officials to take turns to guard. Hehe ~It just happened to be seen by someone~ But!" He changed his face, and said righteously, "Don't worry, my lord! I sent these people just for the safety of the Duke's mansion, and there is absolutely no intention of surveillance! Moreover, The subordinate officials have long ordered that no private investigation of the situation in the mansion is allowed! They are only deployed in the surrounding areas."

Qi Ming turned his head and looked at Duke Guo, seeing the reassuring look from the other party, he didn't want to make things difficult, and let Tao Zhizhou sit down.

"Intoxicated." Yan Mo had already "changed" Tao Zhizhou's name without authorization, and was muttering to himself, since Zhizhou came by himself, there was no need to bother her to run around asking, Dang even said, "Master Zhizhou, I think you also know that I am with you." The purpose of the prince's trip."

Tao Zhizhou bowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Naturally."

Yan Mo: "I want to know everything about Mount Zhuwang!"

"Ah?" Tao Zhizhou was a little surprised, "Princess, do you even want to know how many friends he has had?"

"Everything, big or small, must be done!" Yan Mo affirmed!

"Ah..." Tao Zhizhou scratched his hairline, wondering why, "Princess forgive me, you have to give me some time, the officials didn't check before, how many friends does he have?"

Yan Mo: "Then what do you know now?"

"Ah!" Tao Zhizhou came to his senses, "The lower official hastily visited for this reason!" Then, he saluted Qi Ming, "Since the day before yesterday, the Flower Umbrella Festival will be held in Mingzhou. Just yesterday! The Dasheng who originally worked as a miscellaneous worker in Zhu's mansion had to find another job because Master Zhu's track record was leaked! So he went to the restaurant by the lakeside to make a living. Then, last night, he came to the government office to report, claiming to have seen It’s Master Zhu!!”

"Zhu Wangshan is in Zhihu Lake?" Yan Mo looked puzzled.

"Ah~" Speaking of Zhihu, Tao Zhizhou couldn't hide his satisfaction, "It's a grand scene in Mingzhou, because Zhihu is like Zhifu, it is deeply loved by the people of Mingzhou, and there are many strange shapes on it. There are many water pavilions and pavilions around the bridge. It is also the main place where the Flower Umbrella Festival is held every year. And that Dasheng seemed to have met Mr. Zhu at Shenshi yesterday afternoon!"

Qi Ming: "Have you caught it?"

"Go back to the lord." Tao Zhizhou's face fell down again, "Last night, the officials sent people to guard the Zhihu Lake, but until now, I haven't seen Lord Zhu again."

Qi Ming and Yan Mo Mo couldn't help but look at each other, and they understood each other's thoughts in a very tacit understanding!
An hour later, the gauze fluttered, the copper bells sang a cappella, and a simple but elegantly decorated carriage barely stopped outside Zhihu Fan Street.

Tao Zhizhou got off the carriage.Avoiding the sight of the common people, hiding in the shadow of the carriage, said with a smile: "These two personal guards are the right-hand man of the subordinate official, and it is not appropriate for the subordinate official to come forward here, so let them assist you two young masters."

Yan Mo was dressed in white clothes with dark willow patterns and a white jade crown with a golden border of hundreds of flowers on his head. He got out of the car with sharp movements!

Qi Ming was dressed in a water-blue silk gauze dress with folded branches and flowers, and a wish-fulfilling jade crown with a silver background on his head, and followed Yan Mo gracefully.

"Young master." The personal guard held two gauze cloaks in his hands, and said respectfully.

Yan Mo: "What is this?"

Tao Zhizhou said with a smile: "This is called the love veil. Hehe, the implication is that no matter who chases who, it is like a veil~" Seeing the other party's strange face, he continued, "Young master, I don't know. It is a festival for young men and women to tell each other their love. Just put on the love gauze and bring a flower umbrella, and if you see who is pleasing to the eye and like it, you can give the umbrella to the other party!" He said a little excitedly, "If you meet If someone you don’t like comes to give you an umbrella, you can also wear a love-separated hood, which means you refuse! Conversely, if you have a crush on someone, but you’re not sure whether you want to give an umbrella, you can also take off the hood to express it implicitly~”

Qi Ming had never lived in Jiangnan for a long time, although he had heard about it, he didn't know much about it, but seeing it today felt fresh, so he immediately took the cloak and put it on Yan Mo, jokingly said: "Young Master Yan is so cute, there must be someone Many girls like it!"

Yan Mo said seriously: "We are here to investigate and arrest people!"

"That's wrong." Qi Ming laughed, "We're here to make an unannounced visit, so we have to do a good job of pretending~" He put on a cloak as he spoke.

Seeing this, Tao Zhizhou laughed and said, "If you want to buy a flower umbrella, go to the street, there are all kinds of styles~"

Faced with the fox who was smiling brightly in front of him, Yan Mo was a little speechless, took the cry of heaven and hid it under the cloak, then led the way and set off!
In Zhihufan Street, restaurants, shops, and small stalls are well arranged. In the whole street, gray tiles and plain walls, carved beams and painted columns are all decorated with flower umbrellas, and the colored strips flutter in the wind, which is simply beautiful. Huan!Express the unique style of Jiangnan Water Town to the fullest~
The Jiangnan girls are all famous for their gentleness and gentle temperament.They are holding flower umbrellas and wearing light gauze clothes, and they are swaying every step of the way~
As soon as Yan Mo entered Fanjie, he put on the hood and observed the surroundings with a serious expression.
"Yan'er." Qi Ming leaned over and chuckled, and said with a soft smile, "You look like a debt collector, you don't look like you are here for sightseeing." Seeing the other party subconsciously avoiding him, he was a little surprised, as if he had arrived in Mingzhou and said I'm avoiding myself
"." Yan Mo reacted for a moment, hiding his emotions and said, "cough cough! Now I am Mr. Yan, Mr. Qi, please respect yourself! Otherwise, if the girls think that you and I are the best of Long Yang, it will be bad It's gone!" After she finished speaking, she flicked her sleeves, showing the charm of the young master with a tall and straight figure!unexpectedly!Before taking a few steps, he was grabbed by the other party, and he was trapped in Qi Ming's arms like a brother! !

"Brothers who are proud of the spring breeze, brothers who are once down and down, you and I will share who! Today is my treat for my brother, where I want to go, what I want to buy, just say~" The man's voice is sweet and pleasant, and the gaze he casts on the person in his arms is even more Irresistible!
Yan Mo subconsciously looked back at each other, trying to break free, but saw people around him cast their gazes one after another because of the fox's high-spirited talk!It's not good to gossip in public, so she could only put on a fake smile and say, "Brother's love is so generous, how can my younger brother bear it?"

"Why can't you bear it?" Qi Ming retracted his arms and pressed close to the other party, and said in an evil tone, "Brother said that, but you will be out of touch! Let's go! Brother, I will show you the scenery of Mingzhou~"

"Yeah heh" Yan Mo wanted to use his steps to distance himself, but seeing no results, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and was hugged and walked forward. In his heart, he had already cursed the fox countless times! !

Under the guidance of two personal guards, Qi Ming and Yan Mo came to a Linshui restaurant in the center of Zhihu, where Dasheng made a living.

When Dasheng came to serve the dishes, the guards calmly took out the tokens of the government office and quietly showed their identities.

Dasheng understood it when he saw it, and he was about to salute!Was stopped by Yan Mo's words! !
"There is no need to be too polite. This time we are visiting secretly. Treat us the same as you treat other guests."

"Hey! I understand!" Da Sheng leaned back and said, "If you have any questions, I will tell you the truth!"

Yan Mo: "Retell the scene when you saw that person yesterday, don't miss any details!"

　Return to the old Mingyue Road. ——Nalan Xingde "Butterfly Love Flower"

　　
　
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