Gel makeup

Chapter 241
Xie Yan said a little uneasy: "Yes, because this incident caused the tenants of the nearby old domain to resist the rent, it caused chaos for two days. Your Majesty sent an order to expand the taxation around the old domain, and the matter subsided."

Xiao Yi looked at Siqing, and Siqing knew that he wanted to say that he didn't expect King Xiao Jing to do this, but it was hard to say it directly in front of Xie Yan, so Siqing said: "The boat in the afternoon will leave at noon. It's too late. You don't know about our past in Pengcheng."

Xie Yan seemed worried that the three of them would go north, and when they were about to say something, someone suddenly opened the door vigorously, and the leading official pointed at Xiao Yi and said, "Are you from Jinling? Everyone who comes from Jinling, Weiyang, and Fanshui must Follow us back to Yamen, hurry up!"

Just as Sun Chengfu was about to speak, the catcher in the next room had already pushed the guests out, and the shopkeeper kept following behind, talking non-stop. , who came to visit relatives from Xiangyang, do you admit your mistake?"

The little official was startled, looked at Xie Yan, bowed and said: "But the introduction just now..."

Xie Yan said: "Go and see what's going on outside. Your people have misremembered, and they are relying on others." He cupped his hands and said to Xiao Yi: "The humble house is ready, how can I invite you to live in this noisy place?" Where? Please—”

Xiao Yi, his wife and Sun Chengfu both understood, picked up their belongings and followed Xie Yan out, Xie Yan said to the little official: "If your superior has something to say, tell him to look for me at the gate of the grain hall."

A group of four people and a child left the inn, and it was already dawn.The night watchmen have dispersed long ago, but there are still sporadic arresters checking out merchants from other places.Walking to a main street with few people, Xiao Yi said to Xie Yan: "If someone is serious, we are in trouble, and you are in trouble too. It's almost dawn, let's go out of the city and get on the boat."

Xie Yan said cautiously: "It's still such a long way from Pengcheng to Daming Mansion, you..."

"I don't contact the local area," Xiao Yi said, "It's still the same sentence, Feng Ru, you just pretend you haven't seen us."

They are about to start the next part of their journey to the north with unknown results. Siqing is about to hand over the child to Xie Yan, and asks Xie Yan to help him find his family.At this moment, someone was chasing after him, and they quickly formed a siege, leading several people.

The leader was dressed as a catcher, with a long dark blue sweat scarf around his waist, "Thank you for offending me. Those who come up the river from the south must follow us. At this time, the decision of the mansion, thank you for not embarrassing us."

At this time, there were not many people on the street, and Siqing and Sun Pingfu drew their swords almost at the same time, but the child led by Xiao Yi suddenly shouted, "Daddy!"

Everyone was stunned.

The child broke free from Xiao Yi's hand and ran towards the captor, "Daddy! Daddy!"

The catcher picked up the child in disbelief, "Sanba...you...where have you been?!" He said with tears rolling down his face.

Siqing was not moved by this unusual recognition of relatives, and they needed to get out as soon as possible, "The child's beggar was sold to a beggar in Fan Shui, and we brought him to find relatives for him in Pengcheng."

The child nodded vigorously in the head of the catcher, as if affirming Siqing's words.

The arrester was at a loss, and Si Qing said again: "It's convenient for others and for our own convenience. We have urgent matters and we must leave Pengcheng as soon as possible. See if we are like local bandits or rebels."

Xie Yan quickly took out the banknote and stuffed it into the captor's hand, "Brothers have worked hard, this is my relative, if something happens, I have my own security."

The catcher silently bowed to Xie Yan and was about to tell people to disperse when the child suddenly slipped down from his father's arms and hugged Siqing's skirt and Xiao Yi's leg.Xiao Yi knelt down and whispered, "Come on with your father."

The child nodded vigorously, picked up the catcher and walked away.

The doors of the shops on the side of the street were removed, the smoke from the kitchen was rising, and there was the sound of birds singing.The catcher went and came back alone, like Xiao Yi and his wife bowed silently, and then walked away silently.

There were more and more people on the street, Xiao Yi, his wife and Sun Chengfu quickly disappeared into the crowd, Xie Yan stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of the city gate, until he was bumped by a pedestrian, then he sighed and went to the opposite direction The direction went.

The three of Siqing went out of the city smoothly, and found a boat from the pier in the northern suburbs of Pengcheng to board the boat. The boatman did not say that he only took the boat to cross the provincial border, but said that he could go all the way to Daming Mansion. Xiao Yi was a little puzzled when he heard that, he didn't know it was Xie Yan The work was too meticulous, or they were lucky enough to catch the boat to Daming Mansion.

Siqing said: "This is the legendary good reward. If you don't show kindness and take that child away, we won't get away so easily today."

Xiao Yi smiled slightly, and Si Qing said again: "Uncle Fu believes this, otherwise he wouldn't have picked me up in the wilderness."

Xiao Yi realized that Siqing recalled the past when the Ye family abandoned her, and leaned closer to Siqing and said, "They don't deserve your sadness a long time ago."

Siqing smiled, "It's not easy to let go of the past."

Xiao Yi asked: "What happened to the Liang family?"

"My brother's biological mother died young. His biological father's name was Xie Zixian, and he was forced to death by the Xie family. Xie Yan was the eldest son of his fourth uncle's family. When the Xie family forced Mr. Xie Zixian to die, only the fourth wife of the Xie family came out to be Xie Zixian To be fair, it's a pity that Mr. Xie Zixian is still dead. Afterwards, Uncle Fu took my brother away. When the Jingguo Mansion, Yu Yunhe case happened, Fourth Uncle Xie Jia and Xie Yan wanted to lead my brother. My brother I don't agree. But he has always been close to the fourth wife of the Xie family. The fourth uncle of the Xie family is a very good person. His wife made me a lot of clothes when I was young. Later, both husband and wife passed away, and only Xie Yan came out to be an official. When Xie's family separated, there was a big commotion, I heard that Xie Yan led a doorman and left Xie's house without asking for anything." Si Qing said.

Xiao Yi said: "Mr. Xie Xiang went out to be a general and became a minister. What kind of person, after only a few generations, the descendants have made trouble like this."

After boarding the ship, the three found that the ship was quite luxuriously furnished. They were sitting in the stern cabin, and there were bursts of strong fragrance and powdery smell from the front cabin, as well as the faint laughter of women.

Xiao Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived here, he finally sat in a clean boat and lived in a clean cabin, and he felt relaxed.

The boatmen are quite cautious and don't speak much.When they were about to sail, they brought a mother and daughter with them. Although they were not luxuriously dressed, Si Qing saw that the jade bracelet on the woman's wrist was not ordinary.After the boat sailed for half a day, the laughter, music and singing in the front cabin became louder and louder. The woman hugged her daughter and refused to let her go out.After half a day, Siqing became acquainted with the mother and daughter. The woman claimed that her eldest daughter was married in Yanzhou, and she was seriously ill after giving birth. She just wanted to see each other again.Unexpectedly, the provincial border was not allowed to pass, and they spent a lot of money to be able to go north with this boat.Unexpectedly, only the mother and daughter boarded the boat, and no one could take them with them. They didn't know what to do after getting off the boat.After hearing this, Siqing followed suit, claiming that she also went to Dongchang Mansion to visit a doctor.

For a while the laughter in the front cabin stopped, and there was another burst of music, followed by a kabuki singing "Plucking Mulberries" in a delicate voice.Si Qing looked around and frowned.Xiao Yi asked softly: "What's wrong?"

Siqing whispered: "Have you heard of 'Jiazania boat'?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, and Siqing asked again: "Then, have you heard of Yuhang Qianjiang River Painted Boats and Gusu Mulan Boats? You traveled far away to stay in the capital, and no one invited you to appreciate the scenery of the Qinhuai River?"

Xiao Yi looked at the mother and daughter sitting across from each other with some embarrassment, and whispered: "How do you still know this?"

Siqing smiled, "I know it's not surprising. The flower boats at Jiaheyuan Lake are already famous. You haven't been to the south before, how did you know?"

Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "I read it in the Cibooks of the Tang and Five Dynasties."

Siqing snorted, and Xiao Yi said, "You said this boat is 'Flower Boat'?"

Siqing said: "The boat is not necessarily a flower boat, because it is not as exquisite as a flower boat. But there are still flower girls. Haven't you heard this song?"

However, Xiao Yi thought of Xie Yan's unnatural expression when he handed over the documents, so he said to Si Qing: "The provincial border cannot pass, so many cargo ships are blocked, why can the flower boat be changed into an official ship, and can also entrain people to pass through?" boundary?"

Siqing just stared at Xiao Yi, thinking that this might be the beauty sent by the magistrate to the Daming Mansion, and said: "Exactly, I can't figure it out either!"

Everyone boarded the boat in the afternoon, and the boatman came in at Wanxi with dinner, Siqing was chatting with the mother and daughter, Sun Chengfu went out to watch the wind, Xiao Yi went out of the cabin to chat with the boatman who was smoking hookah outside the cabin.This boatman is from the north, but he can speak Mandarin.Xiao Yi and he talked about something, someone called him, and the boatman went to the bottom of the boat.

At this time, Siqing also got out of the cabin door, and saw that the night was closing in and fog began to form on the river, so she asked, "What did you talk about?"

Xiao Yi looked around and said in a low voice, "I don't think it's quite right."

Siqing said: "Isn't it right that Xie Yan sent us on this boat?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "This ship... was sent to Daming Mansion by Nanzhili government's name before August [-]th."

"Huh?" Si Qing also realized that her thoughts were well-founded, so she said in a very low voice, "It seems that Nan Zhili is thinking about His Majesty's will, and sent the beauties from Nan Province to Daming Mansion to spend a good night with His Majesty?"

Xiao Yi was helpless, angry and funny, "Why spend a good night together?"

Siqing raised her chin, "Go to the front cabin to see, is there any old friend you met in Jinling?"

Xiao Yi hurriedly said: "I haven't seen any old people in Jinling!"

Siqing said, "What are you in a hurry for?"

"I'm in a hurry..." Xiao Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "Why am I in a hurry?"

Siqing just stared at him with a smile, Xiao Yi had no choice but to say: "No, it's not what you think. Besides, are you still following?"

Siqing raised the bar, "Then I won't follow?"

Xiao Yi said softly, "I'll tell you a secret."

Siqing casually said, "What secret?"

"When Dad passed away, everyone was crying. I was still young at that time, but I was already a magistrate," he paused. The favored concubines, they are all very happy."

Siqing staggered and almost fell off the boat, Xiao Yi said again: "Daddy married so many concubines during his lifetime, and no one was sad for him in the end. At that time, I understood that if you don't give your heart, everything will be a play on the spot."

Siqing said: "I can't see it, so you have seen through the red dust a long time ago?" After saying that, she turned and went into the cabin, Xiao Yi had no choice but to follow in.

There is a corridor for one person to enter the stern cabin, Xiao Yi and Sun Chengfu lived in the one closest to the stern, and Siqing and the mother and daughter lived in the opposite one.Siqing was a light sleeper, tossing and turning at night unable to fall asleep.So he sat up in cloak, thinking of the wind outside.Just as she was about to stand up, she heard light footsteps, followed by a strange fragrance.Siqing held her breath subconsciously, her mind was buzzing—this is muffled fragrance!Her first reaction was that there was something wrong with Xie Yan, sending them on this strange ship.Xie Yan knew all about her details, if Xie Yan really had a problem, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Hearing someone approaching outside, Siqing quickly collapsed on the couch.Someone said: "I'm all asleep, I'm fine, I just don't take these few on board."

Another person said: "Who knows the mysterious people ahead? These few also took the official route and rushed to cross the provincial border. They don't have a general idea, but they don't care about it."

After a while the people outside left, and there was faint music again, Siqing saw that the mother and daughter were sleeping soundly, so she looked towards the front cabin.I saw that the door of the front cabin to the bow was open, and eight beauties with beautiful make-up on the deck and the front cabin were performing music under the moon, holding pipas in their arms, and they were dancing the healthy dance of the Western Regions.Jiangnan women have graceful figures, and they have a unique charm in dancing.Siqing stared at the neck of the pipa, feeling that something was wrong.She felt that someone was approaching, she turned her head quickly, but her mouth was covered, it turned out that it was Xiao Yi and Sun Chengfu who followed.

The three quietly left the front cabin and entered the room where Xiao Yi and Sun Chengfu lived.Siqing asked in a low voice: "You also found something wrong?"

Xiao Yi said softly: "I felt weird in the afternoon, Cheng Fu discovered that there was a sharp blade hidden in their pipa necks."

Siqing was startled, "Maybe the boat is going to the Daming Mansion to meet you, these beauties hide sharp knives?!"

Xiao Yi lowered his voice and said, "There was something wrong with the Yining Palace last time. Someone set up bombing sites in the Duan Main Hall of the East Palace at the same time with the intention of doing something wrong. This time, the Baixun River missed a hit. Sure enough, there is something wrong with the Daming Mansion. Yuan Lingbo Although she is capable, but the military guards of the government have no foundation in the Daming Mansion, I am afraid that she will be unable to do it alone in the Daming Mansion."

Si Qing said: "Then if the Daming Mansion has plans, the imperial capital may not be quiet. We still have to go north to contact the military guard post of the mansion first, otherwise we are afraid that people in the capital will be unstable."

Xiao Yi glanced at Sun Chengfu, "We still have to go to Daming Mansion to meet Yuan Lingbo. Take this boat across the provincial border, and then go overland to Daming Mansion to contact Yuan Lingbo in advance. As long as your identity is not exposed, there is no big problem. Next How to take one step, we can talk about it after seeing Yuan Lingbo."

Siqing said: "Isn't it true that knowing that there are tigers in the mountain, you prefer to go to the mountain?"

Xiao Yi shook his head, "There are not many people we can trust in Shandong. If we don't go to Daming Mansion, it will be difficult for us to communicate with Dijing. As you said, if we don't communicate with Dijing, we are afraid that people's hearts will be unstable."

Siqing nodded, "Xie Yan sent us on this boat...is it a coincidence?"

Xiao Yi said: "At least the people on board don't want to kill us yet."

The next day, Siqing and others pretended nothing happened, because the river was congested, and it took a day for the boat to cross the provincial border.After the boat crossed the provincial border, it entered Lumeng Lake in Lanling. Xiao Yi said that they were going to Dongchang and planned to disembark nearby and take the road by land.Then the boat dropped off the passengers at the Liangji Ferry, but it didn't do anything to Siqing and his party. Siqing and his party never had a face-to-face meeting with the female musicians in the front cabin.

(End of this chapter)