Brocade tears

There are limited rooms in the small courtyard on Chengxian Street, the West Room is now shared by Bai Yuyin and Meng Ai, and Sui'er and Han Jiaer live in the wing room on the left side of the main hall, sharing an arhat bed together.The north room was for Meng Kuang to live alone, and Daoist Luo squeezed into the east room with Mencius Xiu and Lu Jingshi.But that night, Daoist Luo and Lu Jingshi were not there, and only Mencius lived in the east room.Because Meng Kuang has been clinging to Sui'er, Sui'er is unwilling to leave her, and she is all eyes on her, so Sui'er comes out from the left wing of the main hall and goes to the north room to sleep with Meng Kuang.

Meng Yan was left alone, after much deliberation, she didn't sleep with Bai Yuyin, but went to find Han Jiaer to sleep with her.The little girl saw her second elder brother making out with her elder sister Bai, and thought that she should not hinder them. If she missed each other so much at night, the two of them could still go to meet each other in their respective rooms. I don't know what's interesting.

But the facts proved that Meng Ai was overthinking. Mencius Xiu is a true gentleman, and he abides by the style of a gentleman. If it weren't for the bright matchmaker who was married and welcomed Bai Yuyin into the house, he would never easily cross the last step, and he would never waver in the bottom line that should be kept.Bai Yuyin understood his thoughts very well, and would not seduce or force him. The two kept courtesy to each other. Although they loved each other to the bone, they still managed to stay apart and share their love through the windows.

In contrast, her elder sister Meng Kuang is much more enthusiastic and unrestrained. Meng Ai doesn't know how far elder sister and sister Xiaosui have developed, but seeing how sticky they are, they are really gluey. If it's really just the two of them getting along, I'm afraid the two of them will stick together all the time.That night, the two embraced each other and slept together. In the morning of the second day, Sister Ai couldn't bear to get up, and she slept very soundly while holding Sister Xiaosui. Sister Xiaosui was locked in her arms, and she dared not move when she woke up. After waking her up, it was Meng Yan who grabbed Ajie's ear and finally woke her up.Meng Ai took a special look at Sister Xiaosui and Sister A. Both of them were well dressed, and it seemed that they just slept in a simple embrace last night.

Meng Kuang got up reluctantly, washed up in a daze, and had just packed up and changed his clothes, and Daoist Luo hurried back before he had time to eat the morning food.

"New news, there is a change." Daoist Luo stayed up all night, looking for water as soon as he entered the house.Meng Ai hurriedly brought the water bottle for his master, Daoist Luo took a few sips from the water bottle, took a breath, and said to the crowd who gathered around:

"In the morning, Tong Baotou led people to search Gu's mansion, but the people in Gu's mansion detained him, and he is now locked in Gu's mansion. This incident alarmed Gu Yanxiu, and he returned to Gu's mansion from Chaoyang Gate. There are still many Lu Wang's thugs in the Gu mansion, and they must interrogate Tong Butou. I don't know how far Tong Butou can last. If Guo Dayou is confessed, then Guo Dayou's plan will be exposed. Guo Dayou may change the plan, Lu Jingshi and I followed Guo Dayou all the way, and now he and Zhou Bayang are lurking in the tea shop near Gu's mansion, Lu Jingshi is still watching there, I will come back as soon as possible."

"This should be within the scope of Guo Dayou's consideration, but it doesn't rule out that the situation will take a turn for the worse." Mencius practiced the Tao, and then turned to face Meng Kuang, "Ah Qing, you go to meet Lu Jingshi and keep an eye on Guo Dayou's movements. Luo Daoist, you have been tired all night, take a rest first, and I will call you when you are ready later."

Daoist Luo waved his hand and went to the east room to rest.

Meng Kuang nodded, and immediately went back to the house to pick up his equipment.

"The rest of you, hurry up and buy back all the things you want to buy today. Let's leave Chengxian Street as soon as possible, and we can't stay here anymore. We have to move at any time and transfer according to the situation." Meng Zixiu then ordered the others everyone.

Not long after, Meng Kuang packed up and set off, and Sui'er wrapped two pies for her to eat on the way.Meng Kuang kissed her lightly on the lips, then turned around, put on his bamboo hat and set off.

She rushed all the way from Chengxian Street to Gu's Mansion in the south of the city. Gu's Mansion is not far from the Donghua Gate of the Imperial City, just between Donghua Gate and Chaoyang Gate. Pass directly in front of the gate, then go all the way south along the east wall of the imperial city, and arrived near the Gu mansion in less than a quarter of an hour.Following Daoist Luo's instructions, she found the Jinxiu cloth shop where Lu Jingshi was hiding.The location of Jinxiu Cloth Shop was well chosen. Standing behind the lattice window in the southwest corner, you can just see the front door of Gu's mansion and the front door of the tea shop where Guo and Zhou are hiding.The shopkeeper of the cloth shop was very kind, and when Meng Kuang arrived, he even offered Lu Jingshi some court food.Lu Jingshi gave him the money, but he didn't dare to take it, so the money was placed on the counter.Meng Kuang guessed that he might have seen the identity of Lu Jingshi's inner eunuch. Over the years, inner eunuchs have been used to running rampant among the people, and the common people would generally treat them politely when they saw the inner eunuchs, in order to be safe.

Seeing Meng Kuang approaching, Lu Jingshi immediately greeted him.The shopkeeper tactfully left and went to the backcourt, Lu Jingshi whispered in Meng Kuang's ear:

"Just before you came, someone entered Gu's mansion. It was Princess Xinyang you saw in An Xifan's mansion last night."

Meng Kuang was taken aback. How could Zhu Qingpei, the owner of Xinyang County, suddenly get involved in this muddy water?She is the daughter of King Zhou. King Zhou and King Lu belong to the same clan, but they have never had much contact with each other, and they live their own lives.King Lu is the current brother of the Holy Majesty, he is deeply loved by the Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager Li, and the clan is used to being domineering. The other princes have to give way when they see him, and they have never dared to rely on their status as uncles and cousins. Press him.Counting it, although Zhu Qingpei and Lu Wang were about the same age, they were one generation behind, and they were regarded as Lu Wang's cousin.

Lu Jingshi continued: "Master Thirteen, I suddenly remembered that when I was in Da Nei, I heard a few servants who gave gifts to the vassals talk about Princess Xinyang. The county horse she originally promised was the second son of the Gu family. Gu Yanxiu is the third son and married Yang Zhao's second daughter. The elder sister of the second daughter, who is Yang Zhao's eldest daughter, was adopted by King Lu as a side concubine. It can be considered that she is related to Gu Yanxiu, and Gu Yanxiu is her brother-in-law. But she has reconciled with the second son of the Gu family, and she has nothing to do with the Gu family, so why would she go to the Gu family? It's a bit strange."

Meng Kuang thought for a moment, and gestured for Lu Jingshi to stay here and watch, and she went to the tea shop to find out the direction of Guo Dayou.So he took off his equipment and weapons, even took off his bamboo hat, and without covering his face, he dug some incense ash from the incense burner in the cloth shop and smeared it on his face, making his face look ashamed.Then she was dressed in an unremarkable ordinary civilian clothes, and she spread out the cloth.Going around in a circle, avoiding the sight of Guo Dayou monitoring Gu's mansion, and entering the tea shop.It was still early, and there were no customers in the tea shop at this time.The first floor was empty, and Meng Kuang judged that Guo Dayou and Zhou Bayang should be sitting by the window on the second floor to monitor Gu's residence.Meng Kuang was not in a hurry to go upstairs. Seeing the shopkeeper dozing off behind the counter, he didn't notice her coming in at all, and the tea doctor in the shop didn't greet her in the front hall.So he took a cloth towel from the counter and put it on his shoulders, and went upstairs with a copper kettle for adding hot water.

As soon as she went upstairs, she saw Guo and Zhou Zhou sitting by the window on the second floor from a distance, and there were only two guests on the second floor.She deliberately turned her back to them, just pretending to wipe the stool and table, and listened to the conversation between the two of them.

Zhou Bayang looked at Gu Fu anxiously and said, "Oh...why haven't you come out yet? The old boy will be fine."

Guo Dayou didn't answer, his eyes were tightly locked on Gu's house.

After a while, Zhou Bayang urged again: "Old Guo! You can't wait any longer, the time is all delayed, and you have to make a judgment whether to carry out our plan or not."

"Come out." Guo Dayou said suddenly.

Zhou Bayang was taken aback, and immediately looked downstairs, and sure enough, he saw the door of Gu's mansion opened, and Tong Baotou came out dejectedly, those people he brought had been dismissed, and he was locked in Gu's house alone. The mansion takes about half an hour.He didn't come out alone, he was brought out by Xinyang Princess Zhu Qingpei.

Zhu Qingpei said a few words to Tong Butou at the gate of Gu's mansion, Tong Butou nodded and bowed in response, and then Zhu Qingpei went back to Gu's mansion.Tong Butou left in a hurry, Guo Dayou and Zhou Bayang immediately threw money on the table, got up and went downstairs to leave the tea shop.They were all focused on what happened at the gate of the Gu mansion, and they didn't notice Meng Kuang's existence at all.

Meng Kuang also made a decisive decision, and followed Guo Tuesday out of the tea shop.Lu Jingshi in Jinxiu Cloth Shop was very clever. As soon as he saw Meng Kuang coming out, he immediately rushed up from the cloth shop with all her equipment and weapons.Meng Kuang took the equipment and followed the two of them while putting it on.None of them paid attention to the appearance of a slender figure at the door of Jinxiu Cloth Shop behind them at this moment, seeing them from a distance, they stepped up to follow.

On Tuesday, Guo and his men caught up with Tong Butou at the intersection of Gu's residence, and the two dragged him into the tree next to the street to talk.Since there were no obstacles around this street that could obscure their view, Meng Kuang and Lu Jingshi had no way to get close. They could only watch from afar at the corner at the other end, unable to hear what they were saying clearly.From Meng Kuang's perspective, she could see the shape of Zhou Bayang's lips, but she couldn't see what Guo Dayou, who was facing away from her, was saying, and Tong Bu was facing her sideways, so she could only judge some sporadic words.

Zhou Bayang: "What did you say?"

Tong Butou: "...no way."

Just as Meng Kuang frowned, trying to judge the content of their conversation, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.Her hairs stood on end, she immediately grabbed the scissors wrapped in cloth strips, and was about to slash behind her, but she stopped abruptly when she recognized the person behind her.Lu Jingshi's face turned pale from shock, and the person behind him was also frightened by Meng Kuang's actions, and he let out a short cry of surprise.

It was Ban Ruhua who came, and Meng Kuang almost blurted out her name, and then she thought it was bad, Ban Ruhua's scream must have alarmed Guo Dayou and others.She hurriedly pressed against the corner wall, not daring to show her face, and at the same time pressed Lu Jingshi to keep him from moving.If they move at this time, they will be exposed faster, so they have to flee, and Guo Dayou is likely to catch up. With his familiarity with Meng Kuang, once all his attention is on Meng Kuang, he only needs to look at him from a distance. Recognizing her, there was no point in running away.

Seeing this, Ban Ruhua knew that he might have accidentally disturbed Meng Kuang's mission.She reacted very quickly and immediately walked out of the corner. Meng Kuang was taken aback but couldn't stop him, and immediately heard her conversation with Guo Dayou:

"Ruhua? Why is it you?" Guo Dayou was extremely surprised. His voice was already very close to the corner where Meng Kuang was hiding. To be discovered by Guo Dayou.Meng Kuang couldn't help secretly rejoicing, thanks to the fact that she was following Guo Dayou, otherwise Ban Ruhua's life might be in danger if he went out so recklessly, and she wouldn't care about hiding at that time, she would have to show up to save her.

"Second Uncle Guo? Why are you here?" It was Ban Ruhua who was even more surprised. She never expected to see the Second Uncle Guo whom she hadn't seen for many years at this corner, and the person Meng Kuang was following was actually Uncle Guo?

The meeting of these two people was really a coincidence among coincidences, and it was something that none of them had imagined.

"You...you girl, how have you been doing all these years? Sigh, it was you who screamed just now?" Guo Dayou was both surprised and happy, and there was concern in his tone.

"I'm very good to my second uncle. Just now a mouse ran past my feet and startled me. It's okay." Ban Ruhua found a reason to deal with it, and then asked, "Why did Second Uncle Guo come to Nanjing? You didn’t come to Ruhua either?”

"Second uncle is on a mission."

"You can come to me even when you are on a mission. You know where I live, so it won't take much time to come and see me." Ban Ruhua showed a little grievance.

"Second Uncle... It's not that Second Uncle doesn't want to look at you. Second Uncle is in some trouble and can't drag you down." Guo Dayou explained.

"I just came from Jinxiu Cloth Shop, and I saw you, and the back was very familiar, so I followed all the way. What's wrong with you? Can I help you?"

"Oh, you can't help me, Second Uncle just wants you to be safe and sound. You listen to me and go home first, the city is not peaceful these two days, try not to come out if you can. Second Uncle must leave now, I'll come back to see you when I settle down and take care of things."

As soon as Guo Dayou's words reached this point, the accident happened again suddenly.Tong Butou, who was talking with Guo Dayou and Zhou Bayang just now, suddenly rebelled, pulled out the dagger pinned to his waist, and stabbed it into Zhou Bayang's throat. On the tree trunk, holding the blood gushing from his throat, he slowly slid down the seat.At the same time, Tong Butou raised his left hand, and secretly installed a delicate crossbow machine in his sleeve. He pressed the switch, and the arrow shot out quickly, directly towards Guo Dayou.Guo Dayou's back felt cold, and when he heard Zhou Bayang whimpering, he turned around suddenly. The gun just happened to brush against his armpit and flew out, piercing into Ban Ruhua's left shoulder, and Ban Ruhua was shot instantly. He cried out in pain and fell to the ground.

"Ruhua!" Accompanied by Guo Dayou's exclamation, Tong Butou has already thrown a cannon into the sky.