The sound of ding ding ding ding, in the early morning, Chan'er Juan'er set the table and chopsticks on the table, filled the porridge and rice, and then sat down beside Tan'er's order. In the early morning light, a family of five sat at the table eating breakfast.
Su Tan'er and Juan'er Xing'er also came back late last night. After Chan'er cried, she sat in the gazebo with Ning Yi and chatted about their thoughts for a while, wiping her tears away. The little girl was relatively pitiful. First, she was worried that Ning Yi would leave her alone to see some foxes, and then saw the gongs beating outside, worried that uncle would encounter an accident, and then worried again, if uncle went to see some foxes, he would not Bring yourself, no money on you...
"If my uncle goes, those people will look down on them if they don't have money. In fact, those women pretend that they are good and good. They are the most snobbish..."
The little girl was sitting in the pavilion while wiping her tears and seriously worried that he had no money and lost face, Ning Yi felt warm in her heart and comforted a few words. The two chatted a few words in the pavilion under the stars, and Xiaochan finally let go. mind.
Su Tan'er came back late yesterday and slept not long. Although these things are not the first time, she still looked a little sullen when she had breakfast. She just washed her face and tried her best. Juaner and Xing Children are about the same.
"I was stopped when I went back to the city last night. I saw that the inspection of the city was terrible. It was said that an official of the imperial court was assassinated. I am afraid that today's Hua Kui competition will not be held on the Bailuzhou side, but I don't know how it will be arranged at the moment... In the morning Dragon Boat Race… "
While drinking porridge, Su Tan'er said something as usual, Ning Yi shook his head: "Go to sleep in the morning."
"Huh?" Su Tan'er looked up at him.
"You, and Juaner Xing'er too, take a nap in the morning and leave the yard to Chan'er. The rest will be discussed at noon."
"Mmmm." Xiaochan quickly straightened her chest and nodded vigorously, "Leave it to Xiaochan, miss, let's take a little more rest."
"I will listen to my husband." Su Tan'er nodded with a smile, and Juan'er Xing'er over there smiled happily: "Thank you uncle."
"It's just that Xianggong is afraid that he will go to the dragon boat race alone in the morning..."
"Don't go to see the dragon boat, I'll go to the school."
"Isn't there no class today?" Su Tan'er wondered.
"It's all right, I had some ideas yesterday, I'll do some experiments today, and I'll be back at noon."
After talking about some messy things, Su Tan'er asked about yesterday's game and what happened in the city before she returned. In fact, apart from the fatigue of not getting enough sleep, Su Tan'er and Juan'er Xing'er were also in a low mood, and the technological breakthrough they wanted to come over there failed again. But this kind of thing itself is the norm. Nine times out of ten, it's enough to wait for the last one to succeed. It's not too frustrating to think about it.
After breakfast, Su Tan'er and Juan'er Xing'er went back to their room to sleep. Ning Yi bid farewell to Xiao Chan and came out, and drove the carriage of the Concubine's Mansion around to the market. It was the Dragon Boat Festival today, and the market was lively and festive. Many people gathered along the Qinhuai River to watch the dragon boat race. The rice dumplings on both sides of the street were fragrant. However, there are also many officers and soldiers on guard. It is quite a headache to come to the Jiangning mansion. It is difficult to take actions that disturb the people in such a solar term. We can only increase our vigilance and investigation, strictly control the population entering and leaving the city, and trap the assassins first. in the city.
Turning to the road to the school, there were fewer pedestrians, but the sound of firecrackers, gongs and drums could still be heard. On the road, he greeted a nearby resident he knew. After the carriage arrived at the rented courtyard gate, Ning Yi got out of the car. Pick up a bag on top. He went all the way into the yard and room, pushed open the door in the inner room, only to find that there was no one there. He went in to have a look, noticed a few small clues, noticed that the window that was closed last night was open at this time, and then closed the door. Exit to go.
On the beam about three or four meters above the ground, the woman sat there wrapped in a robe, looked down at the scene of Ning Yi closing the door, then turned around and jumped down, the robe belonging to men was unfolded in the wind, and there was a bandage under the clothes The slender body spread out in the air for a moment, then fell to the ground, pulled up the front of the robe and wrapped it around the body, still white calves and bare feet. She took the long sword and knocked on the shelf next to her.
Hearing the sound, Ning Yi waited for a few seconds before opening the door again. With a slap, the hilt of the sword pressed the door against the inside. He passed the burden in through the opening, and when he closed the door, he saw the woman's bright wrist and the vaguely frost-like profile.
"The clothes to wear, the food to eat, and the food for lunch and evening have also been prepared, but I'm afraid this is not nutritious. I will find a way to get something better. You are injured now. If you need any medicine, you can also tell me. Don't worry, I will buy them separately, and I won't cause people to be vigilant. Later, I can give me the blood clothes that you have replaced, and other things that may be in trouble, and I will deal with them. "
There was silence for a while: "Will you handle it?"
"Understood."
As he said that, he went to pick up something like a chisel and a hammer, and knocked a few times on the brick that had been stabbed through a gap by the long sword last night. There was an immediate reaction inside, probably changing clothes.
"what are you doing!"
"This is too obvious, you can tell at a glance that it was stabbed with a sharp weapon, so deal with it a little bit."
He knocked the gap out of shape, then burned it black with kerosene, polished it, and burned it again. After a few times, he knocked on the door, then walked into the inner room, and did the same on the opposite side. There was no one in the room, and the blood-stained cloth strips and other items torn off last night were placed in the baggage on the table.
On the beam of the house, the woman sat there in light green clothes and trousers. After watching the man finish, she seemed to check the blood-stained items on the table. In addition to the coat, some of these things are personal and private things, and I felt a little sullen for a while, but then I heard the man say below: "Sorry, I forgot to buy you shoes, I will bring it tomorrow." Then I took the The bag turned around and walked out.
The sullen feeling faded. The woman shrunk her legs on the beam, and the trousers only reached the ankle at most, and her slender feet were still naked. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to cover the back of her foot, then released it and curled up on the beam.
There are various experimental equipment outside, in fact, there is a stove with sufficient firepower specially built by Ning Yi. The coal is burned inside. Ning Yi threw the blood-stained cloth and some fine pieces into it, and after a while, it burned. It was clean, and when it was burning, he casually said a few things about the inspection by the officers and soldiers outside, and then he remained silent and stopped talking.
Quietly doing my own experiments outside, mixing solutions, or writing some random characters on the blackboard, the porcelain bottle was burned once, so I quickly cleaned up. The sun was shining outside, but it was not very hot. The wild flowers and plants in the yard swayed in the wind, and the lively sound of the Dragon Boat Festival came from a distance without interruption. In this small courtyard, the quiet atmosphere became more and more obvious. Lu Hongti was sitting on the bed with her sword in her arms, eating the meat buns that Ning Yi had brought. Occasionally, through the slightly enlarged gap, she looked at the strange experiment here with a little doubt, with a manly expression. Focus, and occasionally take a writing brush to record something in the notebook.
After a while, someone pushed open the courtyard door again, and the footsteps were not adults. She packed her things, jumped up to measure again, and listened with bated breath. There was a little girl's voice over there: "Uncle, I'm here!"
It's a little girl who looks very happy.
"Be careful over there, there may be broken pieces of porcelain, and it's best not to touch the water on the table."
"alright, I got it… "
"Why did you come so soon?"
"Sister Xing'er has already woken up, so let me come out to find Uncle. By the way, Uncle, I bought two bells on the road. Look, can I hang them outside?"
"Go hang up."
"Um."
The jingling sound was crisp and sweet, and occasionally, the little girl seemed to be carrying a chair out and hanging the bell under the eaves outside the door.
"Uncle, when I came here, I saw a lot of soldiers on the street. Everyone was talking about yesterday's assassin, saying that she was very powerful. Have you heard?"
"I heard that."
"Huh? Uncle heard what you said? I heard that she is a female assassin. Isn't that the same as that female thief Yuan Xi?"
"I did hear that it was a female assassin, and when I came over, I heard that someone witnessed it with their own eyes last night, vividly..." The man said casually, "The female assassin is very skilled, eight feet tall, and has an eight-foot waist. Killing the golden ring knife all the way from Zhuque Street to Changye Street, the sky and the earth are discolored, the sun and the moon are dull, and the commander Song Xian uses a set of Buddhist martial arts called Tathagata's Palm, which has already reached the realm of transformation. But the woman's shocking sword was even more powerful, the two of them fought one hundred and twenty moves, and there was no winner..."
The little girl laughed: "No, my uncle is talking nonsense again. I'm eight feet tall and my waist is also eight feet. Isn't that a square?"
"The waistline refers to the circle, so it should be shaped like a pillar. The pillar-shaped female assassin carries a large gold ring knife. How powerful."
"What does the golden ring knife look like?"
"Uh, maybe it's the kind taken by the Tang Nursing Institute at home. It has a few circles on it, and it can make a clanging sound..."
"… Uncle, tell a story."
"How can there be stories to listen to all day long."
"Oh… "
"Okay... Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, there was a scholar named Ning Caichen. It was said that he failed the exam. He returned home and took up a business to collect bills for others..."
A ray of light shot in from the roof of the tiled house. The woman held her sword and sat against the beam, watching the light and listening to the sound from outside. The little girl was busy in the flowers and plants in the yard. After a while, picking a few wild flowers, the man was doing weird experiments while telling weird stories. This morning was unusually quiet.
At noon, the two of them finally left, probably because they said they were going to watch the dragon boat race and the oiran race with their family. closed again.
"The bell is so pretty."
"I bought it."
"Okay okay..." The voices of the two left, and then the man's casual voice came, "See you tomorrow, bell."
The little girl also turned around and said, "Bell, see you tomorrow."
The courtyard door was finally closed, the carriage left, and the woman walked out quietly, looking at a pair of wind chimes hanging under the eaves, far away from the lively sound of the Dragon Boat Festival, the woman was thinking about the bizarre "A Chinese Ghost Story". s story. Compared with the acting that the storytellers say, this story is much better.
It's not over yet...
At noon on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Lu Hongti was standing under the eaves eating cold meat buns. Hearing the wind chimes, he thought lightly...