Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 102 Suspension silk puppet (2)
"Well," Cantaloupe nodded and said, "After you left, she talked to me. At first, she wanted to play the zither for me, but I didn't want to hear it. Later, she found out this doll and held it in her hand. Play. The puppet was controlled by her, and it was bowing and dancing... I was jealous, so I asked her to teach me how to play. But I learned many times, but I didn't learn her tricks..."

Feng Shenfang was about to speak, but suddenly he heard footsteps outside.It turned out that it was Lu Bantou who led Prince Su to arrive.

As soon as he entered the door, Prince Su hurriedly asked, "Where is that woman!?"

Feng Shen revealed guilt, "Miss Xiuniang...has already escaped."

"What!?" Prince Su stamped his feet and rubbed his hands, "Oh, what should I do?"

Feng Shen pleaded guilty and said: "The humble job is not good enough to take care of him, please punish me, my lord."

"What are you talking about? It's none of your business," Prince Su said again, "Have you sent someone to look for it?"

Feng Shen replied: "Several yamen servants have rushed to search."

"How can this manpower be enough?" Prince Su Jiji said earnestly, "This king will send a few battalions of soldiers here!"

Seeing that King Su's authorities were fascinated, Feng Shen hurriedly winked at him. "My lord, I feel that this matter should not be publicized."

"Yeah," Lu Bantou didn't know, "it doesn't take so many soldiers to find someone. Oh, that's not right, why did the embroiderer run away?"

"Perhaps... I was frightened by this ghost case," Feng Shen hesitated, and then rushed to Su Wang, "I don't know what the prince wants?"

"It should be so, this king is really confused." Prince Su said, "Feng Shen, let's go and find it quietly!"

"Humble duty is incumbent!" Feng Shen turned around and said, "Head Lu Ban, I will leave it to you to take over here. If there is any news, please let me know as soon as possible."

"Success", Lu Bantou agreed, "you can go at ease!"

King Su and Feng Shen nodded, and walked out the door.

Cantaloupe took a look and followed in a few steps. "Brother Feng, I'm going too..."

Feng Shen stared back, and shouted: "Don't you think it's not enough to cause trouble?"

Cantaloupe sticks out her tongue, not daring to pester her anymore, so she can only look at the two helplessly, and hurriedly leaves the Xikua courtyard.

"Hey?" Lu Ban walked up and wondered, "What do you think is the origin of that embroidered lady? Even Lord Su is so eager to look for her with a pale face."

Cantaloupe shook his head, "How do I know?"

After leaving the planting flower house, Prince Su got on his horse with Feng Shen without any entourage, and galloped in pursuit in the city.

But there are tens of thousands of streets and alleys in the capital, and there is no clue about Xiu Niang's whereabouts. Even if the two search here and there, it is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.After searching for half a day, their mounts gradually became tired.I had no choice but to loosen the reins, let the horses walk slowly, and rest for a while.

Just at this moment, a man and a woman came face to face.The man was about forty, strutting with his fan, as if he was dressed as a scribe.On the top of the woman's head, the blue silk is bundled up and tied in a high bun.Dressed in sea blue with sewn sleeves, she looks like a nun with hair.

This interpretation of Confucianism is very eye-catching.But King Su and Feng Shen were in a hurry to find someone, but they didn't care. They just rode their horses and avoided them, trying to let them pass.

Seeing the horse move away, the middle-aged scribe was not polite, he raised his head and hands behind his back, and swaggered down the street.The Nizi girl's clothes are elegant and light.Although he took small steps, he followed the scribe closely, without losing the slightest bit.

Walking to the side of the horse, the middle-aged literati suddenly shook his head and began to chant satirically: "The desolate rivers and lakes carry wine, the waist is slender and the palm is light. After ten years, I dream of Yangzhou, and I won the honor of the brothel... Hahaha, get together and don't suffer, Teach life and death to promise each other..."

Hearing this, both Feng Shen and King Su were shocked.This clearly means something!
"Sir, please!" Feng Shen hurriedly got off his horse, and bowed to the middle-aged scribe.

"Well, it's considered polite, and children can be taught," the middle-aged scribe stopped and looked at Feng Shen. "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"I just heard what Mr. said, and it seems to mean something..." Feng Shen looked at the nun again, and said, "To tell you the truth, sir and mistress, we are looking for someone, if you two know something..."

"I don't know! I don't know!" The middle-aged scribe glared and shouted, "Not only did you eavesdrop on me, but you also dared to peek at my pretty junior sister!? How did you read the sage's book!? I don't know 'don't listen to evil',' See no evil'!?"

"Amitabha", the nun chanted the Buddha's name, and said angrily, "Brother, don't make a fool of yourself!"

"That's right, don't say anything rude!" The middle-aged scribe covered his mouth, "Then I won't say anything!"

Although the behavior of this scribe is weird, it is not like that kind of sour and mad.And there was an overtone in his words, King Su heard it, how could he not be impatient?
So King Su got off his horse, cupped his hands and said, "I am eager to find someone, please give me some advice!"

Feng Shen also said: "I hope you will be successful!"

"Oh, the beauty of a gentleman's adulthood", said the middle-aged scribe, "Forget it, it's okay to give you some advice..."

Prince Su held the ceremony with the utmost respect, and said condescendingly: "Sir, please tell me."

The scribe said: "Wait at the south gate, and pay attention to the return car."

"That's all?" Feng Shen asked.

"There are not enough of these?" The middle-aged scribe said displeased, "Do you think my words are not expressive?"

"Don't dare," Feng Shen apologized with a smile, "I'm a slow learner, Mr. Lao will tell you in detail..."

"Advancing every inch, being greedy and insatiable!" The scholar changed his face in embarrassment, and said to the nun, "Junior Sister, let's go!"

"Sir, stop!" Feng Shen was in a hurry and stopped in front of the scribe.

The scribe sneered, "Don't pester us anymore, if you don't start to rush to the south gate, I'm afraid there will be a delay!"

Feng Shen still wanted to ask, but King Su stopped him: "Sir won't speak out, I'm afraid there will be difficulties with him."

"That's right," the scribe said, "It's not the behavior of a gentleman to make things difficult for others."

The scholar of the Su Dynasty bowed to the nun, "It's the first time I met Zun Fan, and I haven't asked the two Gao surnames yet?"

The scribe drew back his folding fan, "We two are wandering wildly, even if we don't know each other's names."

"It's my presumptuousness to talk shallow and deep." Seeing that they refused to disclose, King Su didn't ask any more questions.He took a heavy ingot and put it in front of the two of them. "A little remuneration, let me show my gratitude..."

"Hmph, what a generous hand!" The scribe didn't even look at the ingot, and turned to Feng Shen.

Feng Shen asked in a daze, "What else can you see and teach, sir?"

The scribe looked Feng Shen over, shook his head and sighed: "Boy, it's still far away..."

Feng Shen didn't understand why, so he asked, "What do you mean, sir?"

"Go ahead!" The scribe patted Feng Shen's shoulder with his fan bone, and left with the nun without looking back.

"Sir, this respect..." King Su wanted to catch up, but was held back by Feng Shen.

"My lord," Feng Shen said with a serious face, "Let's leave quickly!"

Seeing that Feng Shen's appearance was not right, King Su wondered, "Why did your complexion suddenly turn so bad? Are you uncomfortable?"

"It's okay to be humble," Feng Shen said anxiously: "It's better to go to the south gate quickly, it's important to find Miss Xiu Niang!"

"Okay, let's go!" Su Wang nodded, and both got on the horse with Feng Shen.

Riding on the horse, Feng Shen felt lingering fear, his vest was completely drenched in cold sweat.Before leaving, the scribe patted Feng Shen on the shoulder with a bamboo fan.Feng Shen didn't notice anything unusual at the time.But as soon as he lifted his leg, he saw two footprints sunken on the hard brick road under his feet!
The scribe was restrained, but possessed unique skills.The footprints pressed on the hard brick road were obviously made by the scribe with great effort.What's even more frightening is that Feng Shen was completely ignorant of this tremendous force.

Fortunately, the scribe was not hostile. If he wanted to kill him, he and King Su would be killed at this moment!The more Feng Shen thought about it, the more afraid he became.While waving his whip to drive the horse, he couldn't help looking back.After confirming that they would never see those two again, he let out a long sigh of relief.

Seeing Feng Shen turning his head back frequently, King Su was puzzled and said, "What are you looking at? I saw something wrong with you just now."

"Nothing," Feng Shen replied, concealing the truth, "I just think those two are a little strange."

"It's a strange thing." Su Wang nodded and said, "The two of them seem to know what we do... and between them, they are called brothers and sisters. How can these monks and laymen be from the same school?"

Feng Shen said: "Humble positions can't figure out their identities."

"Forget it, don't think about it if you don't understand it, let's do business first!" Su Wang clamped his horse's belly and rushed forward.

"Drive", Feng Shen shook the reins violently, and galloped along.

The two cavalry galloped southward, passing Hade and Zuo'an, and came out of the city.Because the scribe reminded to pay attention to the driving on the return journey, the two stopped beside the official horse road and carefully watched the movement on the road.

At this moment, the sun has moved to the west, and it is going to be dark.After staring for a while, there were a few trucks passing by.But after going forward to inquire, they found nothing.

There was no progress for a long time, and King Su couldn't help feeling anxious. "It's not a solution to waste time like this! If you wait for nothing, won't Xiu Niang run farther and farther?"

"My lord, don't be impatient," Feng Shen advised, "Just wait and see."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of the wheel hub came from the official road.A large vehicle slowly approached from a distance.The two of them trembled in their hearts, and hurriedly rode their horses to meet them.

Seeing the two of them rushing forward at first, the driver was quite surprised. He stopped the car quickly and asked cautiously, "You two...why did you stop me?"

"Excuse me," Feng Shen apologized, "I'm asking you for someone. Oh, she's a woman. Have you met her before?"

"No... I haven't seen it before." He waved his hands again and again, and his words were a little hesitant. "This way, there are only picky men, and I don't see any women..."

"Really?" Feng Shen pointed to the curtained hood, "What's inside?"

"Empty", open the curtain with one stroke, and reveal the awning.

"Alas", King Su sighed and waved his hand in frustration. "Let him go."

Hearing this, Na Shi was overjoyed.Jump back into the car and rush away.

"Slow down!" Feng Shen pulled the horse's bit and stopped the cart. "Don't rush away!"

"You...what's the matter with you?" Bashi was startled and panicked, "I'm not lying to you! I've never seen that beautiful girl you mentioned before!"

"Hmph," Feng Shen sneered, "If you really haven't seen it, how do you know that she is a beautiful girl!?"

(End of this chapter)