The importance of cannon fodder

Chapter 179 An Can Tell I Am Male and Female (Part [-])
There was a beggar standing on the side of the road. His eyes were black and bright, not cloudy like ordinary beggars. His face was covered with dirty hair, making it difficult to see his true face. He bowed his back. He stood on the side of the road, Carrying a basket in his hand.

Isn't this the basket of food that the beautiful woman brings to the beggars?

He stared at the sedan chair at the end of the line. It was the sedan chair of a beautiful woman, and the maid was walking dejectedly beside her.

The beggar held the basket and stared at the sedan chair until the procession disappeared.

His originally bowed back stood upright, this is not a hunchbacked beggar, he is obviously a tall man of two feet seven eight.

A group of strong wild men with slightly cleaner clothes than the beggar emerged from the grass by the roadside, and they gathered around the beggar.

"Brother, why didn't you do it this time?" One of the thinner men asked in confusion.

The beggar looked at the direction in which the team disappeared and frowned, "This time I encountered a tough one. The man carrying the sword in front of the carriage is not an ordinary person. He is definitely not an ordinary person."

The team walked for 3 days and 3 nights, and Su Jiao also secretly found out her current situation.

Her name was Fang Lianyue, the second young lady of the Fang family, and the stunningly beautiful woman she met that time was her cousin and an important person in this mission, Ye Ningxiang.

As expected of the reincarnation of a fairy, she has a scent on her body, is even more beautiful, and has a good heart, but such a perfect Ye Ningxiang is not liked by Fang's family. She hasn't figured out the specific reason.

And, if she remembers correctly, the Fang family is the one where the mad monk killed his family.

Therefore, the turning point this time must be in Fang Mansion.

This time, the team is mainly to escort the daughter of the Fang family into Beijing. He became the second-rank official of the imperial court.

There are still two or three days before entering Beijing. The transportation in ancient times was underdeveloped. It took a few days to walk step by step. It was really tiring.

Considering that the journey was tiring, the old lady decided to stay overnight in a small town not far from Beijing to rest and groom herself before entering Beijing tomorrow.

"Attention, attention, guests, tonight's 3 lantern riddles, if you guess one, you will be free of drink charges, if you guess two, you will be free of charge for a table of wine and food, if you win three in a row, you will get a jade wishful." Two well-dressed people beat a gong and drum, surrounded by dense crowds of people.

The ancient times were really lively, and the streets were full of flowers, and even the air was full of fragrance.

There are so many people, is it a festival?
"What kind of festival is this?" Su Jiao couldn't help asking.

"Miss, today is the Flower Viewing Festival. According to the custom of this small town, whenever the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, the local people will gather to enjoy the flowers and choose the most beautiful chrysanthemum as the flower emperor. So today Very lively."

Chrysanthemum Festival?Well, ever since Su Jiao knew what a chrysanthemum was, she could no longer look directly at these two words. Facing the pure ancients, forgive her for being dirty.

Wait, Su Jiao suddenly remembered something very important, guessing lantern riddles and watching the Flower Festival. Isn't this the place where Fairy Ningxiang and Monk Wuchen met for the first time?On a night filled with the fragrance of flowers, lanterns filled the streets, in a restaurant, Fairy Ningxiang and Monk Wuchen guessed three riddles together, and won Yu Ruyi at the same time, so they got to know each other.

This is where the fate of the hero and heroine begins.

Along the way, Su Jiao secretly observed Ye Ningxiang, who was at the end of the line. Although the Fang family didn't like her very much, and the food and housing were worse than those of their young ladies, she was neither humble nor overbearing, and there was nothing wrong with her beautiful face. With a dark complexion, she looks more like a lady of a big family than these well-dressed ladies.

The Fang family picked the best inn in the small town, and the inn they stayed in was not far from the restaurant where the lantern riddles were guessed.

The Fang family is not short of money, and they are very generous to their family members. Because Su Jiao, the second daughter of the concubine, was allocated a better room, but Ye Ningxiang was only allocated a very dilapidated cubicle with her maid. It's better to be a servant.

So tonight, if Su Jiao's guess is correct, Ye Ningxiang will definitely go out to guess lantern riddles.

The top priority now is to establish a good relationship with the heroine, and then secretly observe, who has the courage to kill the heroine of their family, and the hero turned into a crazy monk.

Su Jiao wandered in the aisle not far from the door of Ye Ningxiang's room. Now, do you want to show kindness to the heroine and leave a good impression?
The dilapidated partitions have poor sound insulation, and Su Jiao could vaguely hear the little maid's complaints.

After dinner, Su Jiao half opened the window and door, and she happened to be able to see the door of the cubicle from her window, so she leaned on the window and watched the dilapidated cubicle closely, but no one came out for a long time.

After waiting for a long time, Su Jiao felt more and more wrong. Didn't the hostess plan to go out to guess lantern riddles today?If you don't go out so late, all the lantern riddles have been guessed away.

Wait, did she miss something?Ye Ningxiang didn't go out, only her little maid went out a few times, but they all came back.

Su Jiao walked lightly to the outside of the room, the room was very quiet, Su Jiao drilled a hole in the paper window with her fingers, there was no Ye Ningxiang inside, only a maid.

Su Jiao hurriedly put on a thick gown, and ran out while the little maid was not paying attention.

When Su Jiao ran to the restaurant from memory, she was out of breath. This body was so weak that she couldn't stand it after just two steps.

At this time, the restaurant was full of customers, and the elegant fragrance of chrysanthemums mixed with the fragrance of flowers and wine was everywhere. On the stage in the middle, there were three pictures, two of which were covered with white cloths that had been removed, leaving the largest one in the middle. of a painting.

It seems that this guessed lantern riddle has already been guessed twice, and this last picture should be the last lantern riddle.

In addition to the mistress who was beating the gong, there were 5 people standing on the stage. According to the plot, among the five people, one of them was definitely Ye Ningxiang who was disguised as a man, and the other was a fake monk Wuchen.

Su Jiao huddled in the crowd, and looked on the stage. The five people on the stage did not look like monks. They were tall, short, fat, and thin, and all had hair. One of them was very ugly, with abscesses on his face and ragged clothes. He was in tatters, short and insignificant, and no one around him was willing to stand with him. He stood alone in a corner of the stage, which was very eye-catching.

It was the same Xiaoer who was beating the gong, with excitement on his face, "There are only five guest officers who guessed the second picture correctly. The next riddle, to put it simply, is very simple."

"Okay, okay, don't play tricks, and quickly open the riddle for us to see what we can find out?" The audience shouted impatiently.

(End of this chapter)