Concubine's three acres of pastoral garden

Chapter 39 Murder

When Chen Xianglai and Yu Zixi, two people with different concerns, parted ways in Xitun along the Jiangjiang River, a group of people from the south gate of Huikang Mansion in the provincial capital was entering the city.

Luo Jinxing, the eldest son of the Eastern Liao Dynasty, will visit his mother's grave every year during the Ghost Festival, and he will come again this year as scheduled.

Before entering the city, Luo Xing lifted the curtain of the car, and said to the guard Xu Lin who rode to the side of the car: "Send the order, don't rest in Huikang Mansion, go out of the city to set up camp twenty miles away."

Xu Lin said: "My son, it's getting late. It's time to rest. Why do you have to hurry?"

A trace of tiredness appeared on Luo Jinxing's pale face, and he said, "I hate Cao Mingquan's flattery and flattery, he made a large group of people come to flatter him, how can he rest well, besides, he came a bit late this time, if we don't hurry up, I'm afraid it will be late."

Xu Lin said: "Then this time you will not stop at Songning County?"

Luo Jinxing waved his hand and said, "There's no time, let's go when we come back."

After speaking, he put down the curtain and returned to the car.

Xu Lin hurriedly passed on Luo Jinxing's words, and the group walked across the city without stopping, heading north of the city.

Seeing that it was coming to the Ghost Festival again, Tianlai somehow remembered that Xianglai took him to release the river lanterns last year, and asked Xianglai again: "Sister, will you still put the river lanterns this year?"

Xianglai is in a good mood this year, and no longer thinks about those sad things, and replied casually: "I won't let it go, it's really troublesome to do."

She wanted to save Tian Lai but refused, and said: "Why not let it go? Didn't you say that the lamp was made for Dad, you don't want Dad anymore?"

Xianglai didn't expect Tianlai to put such a big hat on her, so she had to surrender and said: "I think, of course I want to, let's do it now!"

As he said that, he took Tianlai to find sorghum stalks, window paper, candle ends, etc. to make river lanterns.

For things like making river lanterns, Xianglai Niang and Second Aunt didn't find it strange, after all, it's normal for children to find something novel and fun.

It's the Ghost Festival again, a pair of siblings on the other side of the river, and a few figures on the other side of the river.

The bright moon in the sky travels through the clouds, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

Luo Jinxing couldn't tell why he came to the river again. Maybe it was because he missed his mother, or maybe he was tired of the complicated royal family battles, or maybe he vaguely remembered that he had a little curiosity here last year, wondering if he would come here again. See.

In short, he was standing by the river again, and this time, there were more people following him than last time. In addition to the guard Xu Lin, the chief eunuch An Guang, and a few young eunuchs on duty, there were also guards stationed at the Wangling The commander and a small group of soldiers stood not far behind.

There was a gust of wind in the river, Luo Jinxing stood there motionless, and the people behind could only stand and wait like wooden stakes.

Suddenly Xu Lin stared at the other side and said, "Look, it really appeared again!"

Luo Jinxing also raised his eyes and saw three lights appearing on the opposite bank of the river, still drifting down the river like last year, slowly and steadily, like three moving stars.

He stared at the three lights flowing down the river, but saw that he was still watching, one fast and two slow, the fast ones drifted farther and farther away, while the two slow ones gradually sank into the river.

An Guang in the back bowed his waist and stretched his head to watch, his eyes moved downstream with the river lantern, and asked, "My lord, do you want to chase this time?"

Luo Jinxing waved his hands boredly, and said, "What are you chasing after, you've seen it all after watching and you're still chasing this year, are you in a hurry?"

An Guang pursed his old mouth and secretly laughed behind him.

The guard Xu Lin was thinking about something else, staring at the other side of the river, and said: "Your Majesty, what did you say so coincidentally, when you appeared by the river this year and last year, someone on the opposite side put this kind of floating on the water?" lamp?"

Luo Jinxing frowned and said, "You mean someone deliberately wanted to draw my attention?"

Xu Lin said: "Maybe there is a possibility."

Luo Jinxing was noncommittal, beckoned over to the commander of the defenders, and asked, "You are stationed here, can you find anything unusual?"

The commander of the defenders stood far away and didn't hear what the three of Luo Jinxing had discussed before, so he thought he was asking about the Wang Tomb, so he quickly replied: "My son, there is absolutely no such thing, the last general will do his best to guard the Wang Tomb , there has never been a slight mistake!"

Luo Jinxing said: "That's not what I asked, I mean, have you heard of any suspicious things happening outside the royal tomb?"

"No..." The commander of the defenders answered uncertainly while thinking, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "Oh, by the way, I heard that there are people growing rice in the Xitun along the river on the other side. I wonder if this counts?"

"Planting rice?"

Luo Jinxing doubted: "My Northern Liao has a cold climate, which is not suitable for rice growth. How can someone grow rice here?"

The commander of the garrison army also said: "Yes, it is said that we can't grow rice in Beiliao, but there are people who grow it. I heard that it is a woman who grows it. It grows pretty well!"

Luo Jinxing became interested, and said, "Oh? Then where is the Yanjiang Xitun you mentioned?"

The commander pointed to the opposite bank and said, "It's just across the river from us. When the weather is good, you can see the rice field from here. The color of other crops is different."

Luo Jinxing raised his eyes to look at the other bank, but the moonlight was dim, and he could only see the outlines of the houses vaguely, but he couldn't see the rice fields mentioned by the commander of the defenders.

He stood under the moonlight and looked at it for a while, waved the commander of the defenders to retreat, and whispered to Xu Lin and An Guang: "Let's not leave tomorrow, let's go across the river to have a look."

Xu Lin hastily stopped him and said, "No, my son. If someone uses this to lure you into hooking me up, wouldn't it be dangerous!"

Luo Jinxing said stubbornly: "I think you are being too careful. If you want to lure me into the hook, there are so many ways, why waste time and effort to grow rice so troublesome? Take ten thousand steps back, even if there is such a possibility as you said, I will Go and have a look, rice production in Northern Liao is a major event related to the national economy and people's livelihood, how can we miss it just because of speculation!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked back.

Xu Lin knew that he couldn't be persuaded, so he had no choice but to follow him back to rest with An Guang and the others and the defenders.

Xianglai on the other side of the river still didn't know that someone on the other side had become interested in him again, and stood by the river with Tianlai, watching that the three rivers were the same as last year. The one that is drifting farther and farther away.

She murmured in her heart: "It's really evil. Could it be that this lamp is really spiritual? Can it predict people's life and death?"

As she thought about it, she took Tianlai home.

Put her and Luo Jinxing aside, let's talk about Songning City a hundred miles away.

Yu Zixi from Maosheng grocery store was sitting on the window sill of the bedroom, leaning against the window frame with her back, twisting a tiny toothpick in her hand, looking very upset.

He has been sitting here since dinner for two hours.

Qi Xing stood in the yard outside the window waiting until his waist was sore and his legs ached. He squatted down and got up again, got up and squatted down again, and waited impatiently. He walked over and lowered his voice, but couldn't help but said anxiously: "Second Master, don't you?" Is it just to kill a little girl? Is it worth being so hesitant? We have been preparing for ten days, and if we wait any longer, the girl over there will become a mother..."

(End of this chapter)