I opened a tea shop in Bianjing

Chapter 114 Forbidden Army
What a cold month, what a lonely street.

The swaying lights of the watchman dodged against the wind, Mo Yunxiao rushed past, a gust of wind came with him, and the light of the watchman was extinguished immediately.

The watchman bent his body, looked at Mo Yunxiao's back, and sighed: "People's hearts are not ancient, and women run alone at night. In Tokyo, besides that female Yan Luo, there are people who don't know how deep they are. Sigh... ..."

With a sigh in vain, the watchman took out his fire bag and lit the oil lamp while catching the wind with one hand, and continued to beat the gong to beat the watchman.

At this time, it was the fourth watch, and the slightly cold wind was blowing with confetti and broken leaves.

Looking from the square in front of Xuande Building along Tianjie Street, the entire Tokyo city is quiet, only a watchman is slowly moving with a light like a firefly, and a figure is shuttling fast.

Two lanterns were lit in front of the door of Minglou, and Zhang Yuner wandered anxiously in front of the steps.

She was persuaded by everyone to go to sleep in Yilanju, but she woke up from the dream after sleeping for less than half an hour, then got out of bed with her clothes on, and rushed to the gate with the help of Danzhu and Luyu. Looking around nervously.

"Second Mistress, it's windy outside, let's go back and wait." Danzhu persuaded: "The eldest girl and Mrs. Wei have all gone out. If you have any news, come back and report it. There will be no delay."

"No! I'm going to wait here until my Xiang'er comes back." Zhang Yun'er waved her hands and looked around.

In fact, the whole street was empty, almost as far as the end could be seen at a glance, Zhang Yun'er still stood on tiptoe and watched, regardless of how hard her feet were "wrong to the end".

"Forget it, Sister Danzhu." Luyu tugged at Danzhu's sleeve, stopping her who wanted to persuade her: "Let Second Grandma watch here, so that she can feel at ease .”

Tears suddenly filled Danzhu's eyes, wiped the red eye sockets with a handkerchief, and said: "It's not good that you are small, you didn't like my girl, otherwise... otherwise..."

When she was about to cry, she suddenly heard Zhang Yun'er exclaim in surprise: "Oh! Xiang'er is back!"

The second daughter couldn't help being startled, when she looked around, there was indeed a woman rushing towards her.

They couldn't help clapping their hands and cheering: "Is it really the second girl?"

But the woman ran closer, and the three of them realized that the person who came was not the second girl Yunxiang, but the eldest girl Mo Yunxiao.

Zhang Yun'er's already enthusiastic heart cooled down at this moment, and her eyes were full of disappointment and sadness.

Mo Yunxiao rushed in front of them, and the two maids naturally bowed their knees to salute, and she also bowed to Zhang Yun'er.

Zhang Yun'er was stunned for a while. According to the rules at the time, the concubine's status was only slightly higher than that of a slave, and she could be regarded as a "servant". Excuse me, today is the first time in history, why not surprise her?

"Helu..." Zhang Yun'er quickly supported her.She suppressed tears and asked, "Is there any news about Xiang'er?"

Mo Yunxiao was a little embarrassed, so she had to say: "I will go to the palace, but I encountered some twists and turns, I'm afraid the officials can't count on it."

"Oh, the royal family is mean and ungrateful." Zhang Yun'er sighed, and said in a tone half resentful and half complaining.

Mo Yunxiao ignored it, and just asked Danzhu and Luyu: "How is it? Has something happened at home?"

"No." The two shook their heads at the same time, and Danzhu continued: "Mrs. Wei, Mrs. Li, and Sister-in-law Song of Fanlou have all gone out to find someone. Three or four times, there is no reply."

Mo Yunxiao bit her lip fiercely, thinking to herself: "There are so many people looking for it, but there is no news. I'm afraid it's bad luck."

"Yes." Luyu also interjected: "Second Miss has always been timid, and everyone in the family knows that she has never stayed out all night. On the fourth night, even the horse street was on fire. Second Miss, she ..."

Mo Yunxiao hurriedly winked at her, signaling her not to continue talking.

Luyu also sensed something was wrong, and immediately stopped talking, not forgetting to glance at Zhang Yun'er from the corner of her eyes.

Zhang Yun'er had already lost her mind, and didn't care much about Luyu's words, she just clung to Mo Yunxiao tightly, like a drowning person grabbing a life-saving straw.

"He Lu, although your sisters have always been at odds, you are still your father's flesh and blood. He Lu, I only beg you. I know that you are the only one who can save Xiang'er."

As Zhang Yuner said, she was about to kneel down to Mo Yunxiao. How could Mo Yunxiao accept her big gift, so she could only support her, and tried to comfort her: "Second Grandma doesn't need to be like this, I will definitely try my best to find her. Dan Pearl Green Jade!"

She was unable to help Zhang Yun'er up, and hurriedly greeted the two maidservants, saying: "Don't take Second Mistress by your side!"

The two rushed up to help her, but Zhang Yun'er was already in tears, the sound of wailing resounded throughout the street, and she was too weak to stand up.

Even if three people came to help, they couldn't do it, they could only comfort them with gentle words.

Mo Yunxiao stretched out her hand, looked at Zhang Yun'er who was kneeling in front of her, and wiped away all the grievances she usually had towards her.

She just wanted to say: "I must get Yunxiang back!"

At this moment, she heard the sound of horseshoes, and a piece of light quickly spread from behind.

She hurriedly looked back and saw a troop of cavalry galloping forward, the leader was a general in golden armor, and Zhang Di was walking with him on horseback.

This golden-armored general was not born with a face either. He had a big face with high cheekbones and sharp edges. Especially those eyes that were still shining in the dark made people feel scared even if they took a second look.

However, after Mo Yunxiao looked at it for a while, she felt that this person looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she met him.

However, he had already got off his horse and walked a few steps in front of Mo Yunxiao, and all the cavalry behind him also got off their horses and followed the military officer.

Ever since the disaster of ransacking their home, Luyu and Danzhu were afraid when they saw the soldiers. Seeing them approaching, they couldn't help dragging Zhang Yuner back a few steps.

Only Mo Yunxiao stood with his hands behind his back.Her fearlessness is justified.

She knew that the soldiers of the Forbidden Army would never have acted like this without Zhao Ji's order, and Zhao Ji would never do anything unfavorable to her.

When the general came to him, he suddenly knelt down on one knee, clasped his fists together, and said, "Ma Youxian, the commander of the horse infantry guards of my grandma, has received an imperial edict from the official family, and is here to help Mrs. Mo investigate the case!"

While speaking, the soldiers of the Imperial Army knelt down one after another, and the scales of the armor collided with each other, making a crackling sound, like a rainstorm hitting a tile, and broken beads falling to the ground.

"Investigate the case?" Mo Yunxiao was stunned for a moment, and then understood that this was also Zhao Ji's good intentions.

In the final analysis, missing persons is indeed a major case, and it also takes into account the face of the Mo family and the reputation of Yunxiang. It must be said that this is Zhao Ji's good intentions.

Just asking the imperial army to assist him in investigating the case is a bit unruly.Mo Yunxiao couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

But at this moment, she had no time to think about it, she hurriedly helped Ma Youxian up, and said with a smile: "Commander Ma, where did we seem to meet?"

Ma Youxian also laughed, and said: "The lady of the Mo family forgets things a lot, she was in the Jian Palace before, and she had a predestined relationship with the lady in a humble position."

Speaking of this, Mo Yunxiao suddenly became enlightened, laughed heartily, and said: "Oh! That's right! Thanks to Commander Ma who arrived in time that day, otherwise slaves and officials would have... well, it's really dangerous. This time, there is a horse commander to help, and I believe that success will be achieved immediately."

Ma Youxian's expression froze, and he stood at attention and said: "This is an order from the official's imperial pen, how dare you neglect your lowly position? Don't worry about the Mo family's lady, we will definitely do our best and die!"

"That's not necessary, that's not necessary..." Mo Yunxiao said politely.

Zhang Di became a little impatient, and urged: "Should we go or not! Didn't we say that we are looking for people? If we delay, the sky will be clear."

As soon as he spoke, everyone's eyes were drawn to him.

Seeing that he was still riding on the horse, neither dismounted to salute nor spoke to Mo Yunxiao, Ma Youxian felt that something was wrong, so he walked over to him and said, "Officer Zhang, let's come down to greet Mo Yunxiao first."

After he finished speaking, he looked left and right, put his hands around his mouth, and said softly: "The officials have repeatedly made exceptions for this Mo family lady, I'm afraid she will be a favored palace man in the future. Zhang Neiguan knows better than a lowly one?"

Zhang Di snorted, then raised his voice and said, "So what? There has never been a precedent in our dynasty that a merchant's daughter was canonized. The official youth is passionate, but he dare not break the law of his ancestors. What is the fate of dew?" Worry about it?"

He spoke very loudly, clearly for Mo Yunxiao to hear.Sure enough, not only Mo Yunxiao heard it, but also Zhang Yuner, Danzhu and Luyu, and the soldiers of the Imperial Army also heard it.

"Officer Zhang!" Ma Youxian was extremely embarrassed, and cursed in his heart: "You bastard! You actually demolished my platform! If you don't see that you are the person next to the official family, you must be whipped!"

Zhang Yun'er also stopped crying, and called out: "Helu!"

Mo Yunxiao's face was flushed, and her eyes were wide open with anger. Even if she restrained her temper a little, she couldn't help it now.

She didn't turn her head to look at Zhang Yun'er, but strode up to Zhang Di's horse and looked up at him.

Zhang Di rode a famous Dawan horse from the Western Regions, fearless.

Ma Youxian looked at Zhang Di, then at Mo Yunxiao, he hesitated for a moment, not knowing who to persuade.

Zhang Yun'er was sober, and hurriedly shouted: "He Lu! Don't cause trouble!"

Zhang Di glanced at Zhang Yuner's terrified expression, smiled triumphantly, and said, "Mo Yunxiao, you should also accept...hey! What are you doing!"

Before he finished speaking, Mo Yunxiao suddenly stretched out his hand and pressed the head of the steed. The horse was suddenly attacked and just wanted to raise its head, but just as it raised its hooves and howled loudly, Mo Yunxiao had already Get on the horse.

Zhang Di was caught off guard, and just wanted to push her down, but she grabbed his hand before it touched Mo Yunxiao's shoulder.

"Ouch!" Zhang Di yelled, suddenly lost his center of gravity, and was about to fall off the horse.

Ma Youxian waited for a group of imperial guards to panic, and hurried forward to pick him up.But Zhang Di didn't fall down.

Mo Yunxiao lifted his neckline with one hand, flicked the whip with the other, and shouted: "Drive!"

Da Wan Ju let out a long neigh and ran away.Zhang Di originally thought that he would fall off the horse, but he saw that the horse was already galloping. Wouldn't he be injured if he fell off the horse at this time, so he could only hold the horse's neck firmly with both hands, and Mo Yunxiao pulled his collar, A very indecent and strange posture hung on one side of the horse, screaming strangely.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this, and Danzhu and Lvyu even screamed.

Ma Youxian was stunned for a while, and then immediately shouted: "Quick! Get on the horse! Chase!"

When the imperial guards were mounting their horses, Mo Yunxiao had brought him back.

The horse had already stopped, and Zhang Di also fell down with a "plop". After several somersaults in a row, he got up in embarrassment. His hat fell off and his hair fell loose.

Ma Youxian hated that he didn't show mercy to him just now, and didn't reach out to help him, but just watched silently.

"He Lu! You..." Before Zhang Yun'er finished speaking, she rolled her eyes due to excessive shock and passed out.

Danzhu and Luyu hurriedly supported her, and they called out to Mo Yunxiao, "Miss! Second Mistress has passed out."

"Too frightened, just help him back and rest overnight." Mo Yunxiao got off the horse, said this sentence in a leisurely manner, and then walked to Zhang Di's side.

Zhang Di's body was covered with a layer of dust, and he looked extremely embarrassed, but he didn't dare to look at her any more.

Mo Yunxiao came over and dusted him off with his hand, Zhang Di shivered nervously.

"I entered the palace twice, and you covered it up for me, otherwise, I'll have to ask you to put some color on it." Mo Yunxiao said softly while dusting him, as if she was chatting about family matters.

"Yes, yes..." Zhang Di has become a frightened bird, his brain seems to be short-circuited temporarily, his eyes are fluttering, and he looks stupid.

Zhang Di usually pretends to be a tiger, but today is the first time he has suffered a disadvantage. It is the first time that the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army saw him in a mess. They just wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh.

Ma Youxian couldn't help sighing: "It's better to touch Kaifeng Mansion than Mo Yunxiao; I'd rather eat three buckets of vinegar than meet Mo Helu. It seems that this statement is true."

Danzhu and Lvyu also felt relieved, and then went back to the Minglou with Zhang Yun'er.

Ma Youxian stepped forward and reminded: "Miss Mo's family, Zhang Neiguan, your soldiers are very fast."

Mo Yunxiao glanced at him, nodded and said: "Yes, it's just that I have a few friends who are still going around to handle the case for me. Although we have a large number of people, we must inform them, otherwise it will be inevitable. There is also the suspicion of futility."

This makes sense.Mrs. Wei and Li Qingzhao's combined manpower will never be less than that of the imperial guards. They must have searched most places in and outside the city.

If this information cannot be shared, even if Mo Yunxiao takes the imperial guards with him, he will inevitably have to go down a few wrong roads.

Ma Youxian frowned and thought hard, walked back and forth a few steps, and asked, "Have you agreed on a time to meet?"

"No." Mo Yunxiao said with a sigh: "I have been trapped in the palace for a long time, and when I got out, I had already disappeared."

Ma Youxian looked up, and suddenly saw the watchtower not far away, suddenly blessed to the heart, stretched out his hand and said, "Mo's lady, look at that!"

Mo Yunxiao looked in the direction of his finger, only to see the lanterns burning on the watchtower, emitting light like fireflies.

"Watchfire Tower?" She said with some surprise.

(End of this chapter)