Brocade tears

There was a knocking sound in the distance, and it was past midnight.This village leaning against the city wall in the northwest of the capital was originally a government-run farm, but now it has become a gathering place for refugees.The government built a large number of simple shanty houses in the gaps between the farm houses in the villages to accommodate refugees. However, the original residents here could not stand such a living environment, and many of them had already moved away.Most of the people who stayed and lived were officials and family members specially sent by the government to appease the refugees.

Meng Kuang drove the carriage around the road outside, and finally took a hard road that was extremely frozen, and drove slowly into this shanty town.She found a dilapidated courtyard, drove the carriage in, and together with Qingxu, found a straw bedding to cover the roof of the carriage.Qingxu fed the horse with water and fodder, put down the carriage to support the carriage, and untied the yoke to let the horse rest.

After finishing these, Meng Kuang and Qingxu got into the carriage.Sui'er was in the carriage, lit a candle with a torch, and covered her head with a bamboo paper hood to keep out the wind.She was cleaning the urn with the dim light, and when she saw Meng Kuang and Qingxu coming in, her gaze immediately turned to Meng Kuang.

At that time, Meng Kuang had already pulled off the black mask on his lower face, his cheeks were a little flushed by the cold wind, and his black pearl-like eyes were shining brightly under the candlelight, captivating people's hearts.She looked at Sui'er with concern, and asked Sui'er as soon as she came in:

"How? I didn't get hurt just now."

Sui'er pursed her lips and shook her head.Then he said, "You are, are you injured?"

"I'm fine, he didn't hurt me at all," Meng Kuang said.

Qingxu interjected and asked, "Spending the night here tonight, will there be any problems?"

Meng Kuang replied: "I just observed the surrounding area, and there is nothing nearby except for a few refugee shacks. There is no one living in this dilapidated courtyard, and the location is relatively hidden. It is the best place. If you take it seriously If we are found by that person, we will not be too late to escape. That person should not be my opponent, although he seems to have been trained, his skills are limited."

Qingxu wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said: "It's really strange, what kind of lively place is this Jingletang? Actually, besides us, people will go there in the middle of the night. Sneaky, no know what to do."

"That person should also be looking for the old aunt, and there is no other purpose." Sui'er said, "I guess it's not Fang Ming's person, or someone from another group of influence."

"How to say?" Meng Kuang looked at her.

Sui'er said: "Do you still remember that Lingji Church was besieged by refugees two days ago? There was another incident that happened that day. The son of Sun Laosan's family who sells tofu at the west end of Cross Street, his boy was inexplicably killed that day. The man was led to the side of the racetrack, and was pushed onto the racetrack, startled an officer's horse, was injured by a horseshoe, had a big cut on his head, and a broken arm. It was Xiao Ai who healed the boy, She said that there were obvious finger prints on the child's arm, which were pinched by someone with strong hands."

"There is indeed such a thing." Qingxu nodded, but Meng Kuang was reminiscing about the three words "our family" that Sui'er said just now.

"At that time, I was always wondering who would treat an innocent child like this. Then I thought about it carefully. Could this person's purpose be to take advantage of the fact that the child was injured and needed first aid to relieve the siege of Lingji Hall? There is only Lingjitang in the area around the horse racing road. If you need first aid, you must go to Lingjitang as soon as possible. In addition, the child was injured under Bingmasi's nose, Bingmasi should also send the child Go to Lingji Hall, this way, Bingma Si will find out that Lingji Hall is besieged by refugees." Sui Er analyzed.

Meng Kuang and Qingxu looked at each other when they heard the words, and they both saw the look of conviction in each other's eyes.Qingxu was a little horrified, and said:

"If this is the case, then this person is too cruel and merciless to use an innocent child to do such a thing."

"Well, I think so too. I think this person is not the same as Fang Ming. But he has been monitoring Lingji Hall, maybe... is the main messenger behind the person who chased me that night. They don't know How did I find out that I was in Lingji Hall, but I have never dared to act clearly. That person used the boy to break the siege of Lingji Hall. I don't know if he had other plans..." Sui Er said worriedly.

Meng Kuang suddenly said: "I can answer this for you. The people who arrested you are people under Wu Xiangwei Xiying Wang Yiqianhu. The people behind them are Zheng Guifei's natal family. They heard about you from nowhere. , and knew when you would sneak out of the palace, and calculated the right time to capture you, so as to force him to find out where Zhang Juzheng’s treasure is. Wang Yi, a thousand household in Wuxiang Weixiying, wanted to find treasures to fill the big hole.

In fact, the Zheng family was also being targeted. The Lingji Hall's plaster order that attracted refugees was actually the result of another unknown force attacking the Zheng family.This force stole the 300 taels of military salary that the Zheng family and Wang Yi jointly swallowed, placed orders in various shops in the capital, and then copied the delivery slips given by the shops to the refugees in the suburbs of Beijing, causing these refugees to fight. Going to grab the goods, which attracted the attention of all parties in the capital. "

Previously, due to frequent accidents, Meng Kuang never found a chance to tell Sui Er about it, and then he forgot it unconsciously.I finally remembered it today, and felt a little helpless for a while, she was really dizzy with busy work during this period, and almost delayed things.

Sui'er was a little surprised when she heard the words, her eyes flickered for a moment, as if she was thinking about something quickly, then she seemed to suddenly understand, and said:

"It's a chain meter."

"What?" Meng Kuang and Qing Xu were a little confused, unable to react for a while.

Sui'er explained: "Let's go through the matter from beginning to end. It can be seen that there is an unknown person or group, and I will refer to it as Party A. First, Party A stole 300 taels of salary in order to cause panic in the Zheng family. Party A knew everything about me. For some purpose, after stealing the silver, he revealed my past and my plan to leave the palace secretly to the Zheng family. Sure enough, the Zheng family became greedy, so they teamed up with Wu Xiangwei to arrest me. I, the queen of the palace. Fang Ming probably sensed that something was wrong, so he temporarily canceled the plan to escape temporarily. At the same time, Party A scattered the stolen 300 taels of silver to shops in the capital, causing riots among refugees. Will turn to the Wucheng Bingma Division for help. Under pressure, the Bingmasi will naturally strengthen patrols in the city, especially to keep an eye on the refugees who appear near the disturbed shops. Let us assume that the conflict between the Wucheng Bingma Division and the refugees escalates What will happen? During this period of time, there will be riots in the capital, restrictions on entering and leaving the capital, and even martial law may be imposed. This Party A may want to use this method to find someone who is trying to enter and exit the capital."

"Aren't you the person Party A is looking for?" Qingxu asked strangely.

"It shouldn't be. This party A doesn't seem to be interested in me and the treasures of the former chief minister who have always been inseparable from me. He just wants to use this matter to achieve some other purposes. One is to expose Zheng's misappropriation of salary. The second is what I just said, he is using this method to find someone who is trying to get in and out of the capital." Sui Er said while thinking, "I am still not sure whether Party A is the one who used the boy People. If so, then Party A knew that I was in Lingji Hall, and he tried every means to guide someone. To be more specific, could it be that a certain person in the military noticed Lingji Hall, so that day They will use the boy to fall into the track to achieve his goal."

"The horse that the boy was frightened by is said to be the horse of Admiral Song of the Shenji Camp. Yesterday, the elders of Sun's family came to get the medicine, and they chatted with Xiaodong's family, specifically mentioning this matter. He said that he is very afraid of Admiral Song now. I will come to trouble him and plan to move." Qingxu said.

"Admiral Song...Song Zeyi?" Meng Kuang raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "This man is a bit capable. I heard that he has been advising His Majesty recently that he wants to replace the military equipment, saying that the firearms currently equipped in the army are outdated. It needs to be reinvented."

"No, I'm confused. Why does Party A keep beating around the bush? If he wants Admiral Song to know that Sui'er is in Lingji Hall, he can just write an anonymous letter and report it?" Qing Qing Xu asked.

"He just doesn't want or can't send a letter, so he has to resort to this kind of oblique method." Sui Er said, "Maybe he doesn't want to leave any evidence that will be traced to him. After all, he has to send an anonymous letter. There is a risk of exposing yourself. Besides, if Song Zeyi does not read this letter or does not follow the instructions of this letter, or if this letter falls into the hands of others by accident, it will be a bad thing."

"Oh, this matter is so complicated, I don't have enough brains." Qingxu scratched the back of his head.

After a while, he saw that Sui'er and Meng Kuang were sitting side by side, both thinking about something in silence, and he suddenly realized that he was a big man in such a closed environment with two women.He didn't feel well, and he was a little uncomfortable.This uneasiness comes from the fact that he feels that he seems a little redundant. Brother Kuang and Sui Er have such a good relationship and they live in the same room every day. Shouldn't he also avoid it?Sui'er was so sad tonight, maybe it was the time when Brother Kuang needed to comfort her, and the two of them were too embarrassed to talk because they were stuck here.

"Ah... I'll go out and watch the wind. Although I'm not afraid of someone chasing me, I'd better be more cautious."

"I'll go." Meng Kuang said hastily.

"No, you've been tired all night, take a rest in the car. Leave the matter of the wind to me, I'm a man, I can't always let you women rush ahead and do things."

"Then I'll change your shift later." Meng Kuang said.

Qingxu smiled, and got out of the car without agreeing.He got out of the carriage and was going to check the broken yard first to see if there was anything that could keep him warm.

There was a moment of silence in the carriage, and neither Sui Er nor Meng Kuang spoke.After a while:

"Brother Thirteen..."

"that……"

The two spoke at the same time, but were stunned at the same time.Meng Kuang hurriedly said:

"You talk first." As she spoke, she sat across from Sui'er.

"Thank you today, Brother Thirteen. Thank you for bringing me here and letting me see my old aunt for the last time." The corners of Sui'er's lips curved slightly, and her eyes were still full of sadness.

"What are you being polite about? I said I would help you, and I will definitely do it," Meng Kuang said.

"To be honest, I really thought you would not agree." Sui Er said.

"why?"

"Are you really not afraid that I will take the opportunity to run away?" Sui'er asked, a smile finally appeared on her face.

Meng Kuang smiled and shook his head: "Where else can you go but me? Even if you want to run, you can't run in front of me."

For some reason, Sui'er's heart skipped a beat when she saw her say such words with such determination.There was heat on her face, and she didn't dare to look at her when she turned her head away.

Meng Kuang stared at her and asked, "Actually, I really want to ask if your life experience is included in the [-]% of the facts you told me."

When Sui'er heard this, she lowered her head and answered after a while:

"I only know a little bit, not much more than you. You probably think the story of the auspicious bird is suspicious. But I really haven't heard the whole story. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to hear it again in this life. But... I I have indeed concealed some things, which are related to my mother. Since you have already guessed my life experience, and the relationship between the old aunt and my mother is also clear tonight, I don't think I need to hide it. "

Meng Kuang looked at her seriously, and heard Sui Er say: "Lv Jingshi once found a record in the Inner Prison, which recorded some personnel transfers in the court during the Longqing period. In March of the fourth year of Longqing, Jing Ren The lord of the palace, the noble concubine Li Shi, asked the Inner Supervisor to send two more people and two servants to Jingren Palace, and the Inner Supervisor sent someone there. The list of the people who were sent was recorded on it, and my mother was among them. My dear name——Li Minghui. Now that I think about it carefully, there is also Qi Yuhe’s name, who is the old aunt. The two of them were assigned to serve in Jingren Palace at the same time, that is, in March of the fourth year of Longqing.”

"Do you know the reason?" Meng Kuang asked.

Sui'er shook her head: "It's normal for the palaces to ask the internal officials to ask for manpower, but Jingren Palace, as the main palace of the noble concubine with a high status, cannot suddenly be short of manpower. Very rare, you can guess what happened in Jingren Palace at that time. Later, I asked Lu Jingshi to look up and read the records of the Longqing period as much as possible. If there is anything special, I will keep it in my mind, sort it out and pass it to me. Lu Jingshi soon discovered the anomaly, that is, almost all the documents recorded that at the beginning of the fourth year of Longqing, the Samarkand mission came to Beijing to pay tribute to the treasures and beauties of the Western Regions. But after that, all the treasures and beauties of the Western Regions were cut off. It seemed to have evaporated out of thin air. Lu Jingshi asked the old servant who was in charge of the archives. He said that at the beginning of his enthronement, the Empress Dowager ordered the palace to publish books and clean up the archives. After that, many archives disappeared. I can't find it anyway. It includes some notes on the daily life of the late emperor, and there are also a large number of palace records. This old servant was also transferred to manage the files at that time. The previous person who managed the files was transferred to nowhere. Not only that, Many maids in the palace during the Longqing period, especially those who served in Jingren Palace, all disappeared. Many people suspected that the Queen Mother silenced all these people in order to hide the secret between herself and the former Chief Assistant. Now There are very few people who can still know the court affairs during the Longqing period, especially during the two years from the beginning of the fourth year of Longqing to the beginning of the sixth year of Longqing. No matter whether it is written records or people's memory, there is nothing. There are only a few words and sporadic rumors still remain in the palace."

"Sui'er..." Meng Kuang called her, but Sui'er still lowered her head, deep in thought.Meng Kuang stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and said:

"Sui'er, look at me."

Sui'er finally came back to her senses, Hu Po pupils looked at Meng Kuang in panic.Meng Kuang asked her: "What are you worried about? Are you guessing whose daughter you are? Do you suspect that you will be the daughter of Emperor Longqing and a real princess? Are you afraid that if you really are a princess, you will cause trouble?" The coveted and used by the unruly people? Or the murderous calamity that leads to silence?"

Sui'er's lips were tightly pursed into a line, and Meng Kuang's words had captured all her thoughts.

"Do you want to be a princess?" Meng Kuang asked.

Sui'er smiled wryly: "Whether I am or not, there is no such ill-fated princess as me in the world."

"Do you want to or don't you want to?" Meng Kuang was unexpectedly obsessed with this answer.

"I don't want to." Sui'er shook her head.

"Okay, then the problem is very simple, I know what I should do."

"How?" Sui'er asked dazedly.

"Gods block and kill gods, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas." Meng Kuang smiled and said such murderous words.