Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 24 The Princess House

It was getting dark, and there was no time to go back before the curfew, so Xue Bai and Du Yi had to book two rooms in the post house.

The dinner was served with Wei Jia Erlang and his wife, roasted mutton served with steamed cakes, to be honest, it was much more delicious than the food in Du Zhai, even if it was also roasted mutton, it was sprinkled with rich spices.

After dinner, the two went to Xue Bai's room to chat for a while.

"Who is Princess Changning?"

"Emperor Zhongzong's daughter is the cousin of today's sage." Du Yu said: "She sold her official title to Empress Wei and Princess Anle back then, and the sage demoted her and his son-in-law to Jiangzhou when he ascended the throne."

She frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "I don't know more, I have to ask Second Sister when I go back."

Xue Bai found a piece of paper, picked up a small piece of charcoal and recorded it casually, and said, "I may just pass by, or I may be an official slave of Princess Changning's Mansion. Anyway, it's a clue."

"Check it out slowly, I'm leaving."

Du Yi got up and left the guest room.

Xue Bai sent her outside the door.

suddenly.

Du Yan didn't know what she saw, she trembled in fright, turned around to hide, but bumped into Xue Bai's arms.

Xue Bai was about to close the door, but Wen Xiang Ruanyu embraced him, and asked involuntarily, "What's wrong?"

"Hide away."

There was the sound of footsteps, Xue Bai looked around, and saw a few people coming up the wooden stairs of the post house, and the first person was Xin Twelve.

Xin Twelve was talking to someone, his eyes were sharp and there was some cruelty in his demeanor.

In the case of Wei Jian this year, there were hundreds of people who were tortured to death under his hands. It was the blood of these people that made his unique temperament.

Xue Bai closed the door.

But Du Ti was still curled up in his arms, trembling slightly.

"You don't have to be afraid of him."

Du Yi didn't speak, but cried.

Xue Bai couldn't personally feel her fear in the execution room, so he didn't say anything to comfort her, but just patted her on the back with his hand.

There were candles burning in the room, but a wind from nowhere blew out two of them, leaving only one.

In the dark, Du Yan buried her head and cried for a while, and finally choked up, her voice intermittent.

"Liushang, Liushang is so miserable...For so many years, only she has been with me..."

"I'm very timid... I don't want to be an old lady... I had two older brothers when I was young..."

"I was wronged too... The whole family made up their minds when we got married... In the end, I was the only one who ended up..."

Xue Bai could hear some clearly, some couldn't hear clearly, and he always answered patiently: "I know."

The last candle was also extinguished.

Du Yi had a strange feeling that whenever she was in the dark, she would easily forget that Xue Bai was still very young, and always felt that he was a big man who could tolerate her and protect her.

She has calmed down, but she is a little reluctant to leave the embrace in front of her.

Weak or not, she is too lazy to be strong right now.

"Why are Ji Wen's people here?"

"Come and check me. Use Ji Wen to check, it shows that Li Linfu doesn't trust me."

"what should we do?"

Xue Bai said: "Tomorrow morning we will go ahead of them to investigate."

"Okay, in order to avoid any disadvantages being taken by them."

"Well, let's go to bed earlier."

Du Yan was stunned for a moment, realizing that there was something else in his words, as if he knew she would not dare to go to another guest room alone, so he naturally let her sleep here.

Then she felt something again, was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly left Xue Bai's arms.

The two of them didn't talk anymore, they got on the couch and lay down on both sides, covered with the same quilt.

They all behaved calmly and decently.

But Du Yu could actually feel his hotness, even though he was lying there peacefully, she could still feel the high-pitched emotions in the young man's body.She also tossed and turned sleeplessly.

After staying up for another midnight, she was finally exhausted before she fell into a deep sleep.

~~
Before dawn, the two figures led the horses and left the post house.

"Their horses are still there."

"Let's go, get on the horse after thirty steps, so as not to disturb them."

Leaving the post house lightly, after walking for a while, Xue Bai said: "Thirty steps."

"How can there be thirty steps?"

"I counted."

"Your name is Yili, look after it."

In the gray sky, Du Yu handed the rope to Xue Bai, lifted the hem of her skirt, and took a left foot, then a right foot.

"One step, one step, two steps are one step, do you understand?"

"Understood, if you don't accumulate steps, you can't reach a thousand miles."

Du Yi laughed.

The two of them were a little embarrassed when they first came out, but now they feel at ease again.

After another fifteen steps, they got on their horses and rode on.

When I arrived at the city gate, I saw the city gate slowly opening to the sound of morning drums. I walked east along Yanpingmen Street all the way, and it was already time to return to Shengpingfang. In the corner, Du Zhai was preparing for lunch.

"Ah, where did you go last night? My family was worried all night."

Du Yi ignored Du Wulang at all, and hurried to the inner courtyard with Xue Bai.

Even when she met Lu Fengniang on the road, she only asked, "Aniang, where is the second sister?"

"In the house, hey..."

Du Jin trotted across the veranda and pushed open the door, only to see Du Jin sitting there holding a book and reading.

"Ok?"

Du Jin raised her head, looked at the two people outside the door, and a suspicious look flashed in her eyes.

Du Yu said, "That's right, Princess Changning's Mansion."

"Come in."

"It's too late, Ji Wen is investigating Xue Bai."

Du Jin got up and began to look for things, said: "Princess Changning gave birth to a son Yang Hui, who was still Princess Xianyi, and now Princess Changning's mansion is actually the residence of Princess Xianyi."

While talking, she found a gold hairpin of plum flowers from the box, handed it to Du Yu, and said, "I can't go out, this is the gold hairpin worn by Princess Xianyi for many years, you can use it to ask for a visit... Clothes changed."

"I said you have a way."

Soon, Du Yu went to the inner room and changed into a luxurious gown.

Hurrying back to the front yard again, Du Wulang greeted again: "Hey, just in time for lunch."

"Time is running out."

Du Wulang put down his mustache and followed.

The three of them rode their horses to Pingkangfang, got off their horses, and Du Yu whispered to Xue Bai, "You'd better not show your face, Wulang and I will go ask first."

"it is good."

Seeing the siblings of the Du family knocking on the door, Xue Bai sat in a restaurant on Pingkangfang West Street, ordered a bowl of wonton and ate slowly.

At noon, before the Du family siblings came out, they saw a group of people leading horses coming from Xifangmen.

~~
"Xin Twelve."

Xin Twelve, who was walking on the road, suddenly heard someone calling him, turned his head and saw Xue Bai who he was investigating.

Hearing the prestige in Xue Bai's tone, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty, stepped forward and smiled apologetically, "Mr. Xue, what a coincidence."

"The fugitive got it?"

Xin Twelve was stunned for a moment, only to realize who Xue Bai was asking, and hurriedly said: "How can a villain take such a desperado?"

"Oh? Prime Minister Right summoned you to interrogate?"

"This... yes, the villain is going to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Go."

Xue Bai waved his hand and stared at Xin Twelve.

Xin Twelve was stared at by him, so he had no choice but to turn south.

After walking for a while, someone asked: "Steward, are you really going to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"Damn it, wait for that kid to leave."

~~
"Xue Bai."

Xin Twelve just left, and the Du family siblings rushed up from behind.

"Let's go first."

The three of them hurried out of Pingkangfang from West Street, and rushed all the way back to Du's Mansion.

Du Jin had been waiting for a long time and summoned them to the side hall.

"how?"

Du Yu said: "Princess Xianyi is not here today. The steward of the mansion received us. When I asked if there were any missing slaves in the princess' mansion, he shook his head and said no. I asked him again if he knew someone nearby had lost someone. Ask back, the one who lost was a beautiful boy."

"Oh?" Du Jin's expression changed, and she said, "So, what should he know?"

"That's right, the Cuju field next to the Princess Mansion is vacant in winter, and no one is looking after it. Yesterday, a beautiful boy woke up from the Cuju field, but it was the son of an important official in the court who had been missing for many days."

Du Wulang hurriedly said: "This beautiful boy said that he met a goddess, and these days he lives at the place of the goddess. Others don't know, but the steward of the princess mansion knows that the fairy's residence that the beautiful boy said is exactly Madam Guoguo’s residence. Speaking of which, it’s not uncommon for Madam Guoguo to kidnap beautiful young men in Chang’an. Alas, the Tang Dynasty is really going downhill now, and the law and order in Chang’an City is too bad.”

This result was unexpected by Xue Bai, and he couldn't help but fell silent.

What was originally a clearer line of thought turned out to be a little messy.

Du Jin said: "In other words, Xue Bai is likely to be a child of a high school who was kidnapped by Mrs. Guo Guo?"

"It's possible." Du Yu said, "Xuanyangfang is just south of Pingkangfang. If it is said that it was made by Mrs. Guoguo, it is not too far to throw people to the nearby Pingkangfang every time."

The three siblings discussed for a long time, becoming more and more inclined to this possibility.

Only Xue Bai kept shaking his head, thinking it was the wrong direction.

"Why?"

Xue Bai hesitated a little, and said, "Although I lost my memory, when I woke up... I didn't feel empty."

Du Yi was taken aback for a moment, and turned his face away.

Du Jin pondered, "No matter what, this is a clue right now."

~~
evening.

Xuanyifang, Yang's residence.

Pei Rou heard a man's voice coming from the front yard, so she quickly put on some rouge, hurried over to take a look, but saw Ji Wen with bad breath, rolled her eyes, and immediately turned back to the backyard.

Taking this trip by mistake, Yang Zhao caught him and ordered him.

"Here comes the hot pot of wine."

"Here, sir."

Pei Roujiao responded, but did nothing in her hands, so as not to let Ji Wen's stinky mouth get on her cup.

In the front hall, Yang Zhao greeted Ji Wen to sit on the stool, and asked, "Are you out of trial?"

"Don't inquire about this matter."

Ji Wen waved his hand, tiredness flashed in his eyes.

He has tortured many people, but this time he encountered a hard stubble.

"Today, Prime Minister Right has something to tell me, but I need Yang Canjun's help."

Yang Zhao laughed as soon as he heard it, and turned his head to look at the door.

He has always been principled in helping others. Seeing that Ji Wen came to the door without a gift, the smile on his face became reserved.

"Hey, the things that need to be transported by car are all clumsy objects." Ji Wen said, "I got a treasure recently."

He was straightforward, taking out a long and narrow wooden box from his sleeve and handing it over.

Yang Zhao opened it and saw that it was a necklace of golden flowers and mother-of-pearl.

"Hey, turquoise."

Jiwen sneered slightly, and secretly scolded the countryman who knows turquoise now that he has matured, and said in his mouth: "The most valuable thing is the workmanship. Such a small five-petal flower is actually made of gold wire, and the stamens are inlaid with pearls and green. Every small flower of turquoise has been hammered, drawn, woven, chiseled, and inlaid, which can be described as exquisite workmanship."

Yang Zhao's eyes were brilliant, and he nodded repeatedly.

Then Ji Wen said: "I have something to do, and I would like to ask General Yang to help Mrs. Guo..."

(End of this chapter)