Eight hundred and twentieth chapters: dark call
The lobby of Qinlou is still in full swing at this moment. A Ying was attracted by the shouts and couldn't help but look down from the third floor. It is said that this is a bet from the North Bank of Yudu. The graceful dancer picked up various products on the platform and handed them to the surrounding people. The selected people need to choose one from different prices to guess. If you can guess, you can take it away directly, but if you guess wrong, you need to buy it yourself at three times the price. This high-risk and high-reward rattle game is sought after by many rich people, and even regard it as a capital to show off your family's fortune and are happy.
At first she thought it was just a trick for the rich to pass the time after dinner. Until that day, the courtesan of Qinlou smiled and told her the truth. Those dancers were all disciples of Dongming Butterfly Valley before, and they were all proficient in divination and physiognomy. Who would they choose to pick the long bamboo pole in their hands? Can that person guess the mid-price and take the treasure away? After all, the gold medal behind Qinlou is Gongsun Yan. How many people line up to find various excuses to curry favor with him, how could they care about the money lost in a small rattle game?
After living in seclusion for hundreds of years, the demon hunter listened afterwards, and looked at the smiling lady, who was mysteriously blinking at her. It was not until she was sleeping at night that she suddenly realized the hidden secrets. It turned out that those nobles and nobles secretly bribed money to the Lord of Jing Pavilion through a seemingly fun trick to open up a broader connection for themselves. That night, she tossed and turned, always felt that this method seemed a bit inappropriate at the feet of the emperor. But when she hesitated for several days and finally decided to remind the emperor, the other party just looked at the book in her hand casually, and replied without raising her head: "It's the black market, as long as they don't steal, rob, kill, set fire, or commit crimes, let them go with the rest of the matter. Jing Pavilion can handle it well, don't worry."
He knew that the emperor, who seemed to be silent, knew everything in his heart, and had an accurate scale, and knew where the bottom line was.
But this incident suddenly aroused her interest in this new country, because the witch hunter has lived in seclusion for hundreds of years in order to avoid the persecution of humans, and has been in a delicate balance between not being offended by others and not being offended by others. So much so that she grew up freely in the desert, and was full of unknowns about the prosperous metropolis Tianyu City. Perhaps she did not want to make the queen who had no relatives too lonely. Emperor Tianzun actually acquiesced to many of her privileges that she should not have, allowing her to leave the palace or even leave the imperial capital at will, without interfering with her to meet new friends. Soon, she was enthusiastic and cheerful by nature and became familiar with Qinlou. Not only did she call her brothers and Qinzi, but also called her sisters with the two posters who ignored their identities.
She secretly tested the reaction of Emperor Tianzun, but after pondering for a while, he only reminded her not to call him like this in public, which would allow those who are interested to take advantage of the situation.
She nodded without understanding, and since then she became a regular customer of this famous black shop in the imperial capital, and gradually learned some unknown past. It turned out that the biological mother of Emperor Tianzun, Wen Yi, was not only the forbidden land god guard, but also from a witch hunter. She was even one of the earliest witch hunters in Feiyuan, guarding the Qixue Plateau, which was more dangerous than the sunset desert. She suddenly realized that the Candle Night Talk in Dayan City that day was not a whim. Every question he seemed careless was actually missing his mother who passed away early.
It was not until that moment that she suddenly realized where the faint smile on the emperor's face that night came from, and understood that it was not that she had something special that attracted him, but that the identity of the "witch hunter" inadvertently caused ripples in the hearts of the young and mother-lost children.
She learned that one more important thing was about the wanted criminal "Feng Demon", who had caused chaos in the whole country in the early years. Although she did not admit it on the surface, she knew it was actually the creation of the emperor with the purpose of seizing power, and finally helped him in the dark to turn the tide and stop the shattered disaster.
The only thing she was confused about was that everything about the brothers of Tianzheng Mansion was tacitly kept silent. Even Bai Xiaocha, who had always been outspoken, did not reveal much to her. The names of the two people seemed to have become a taboo in this continent and became the most untouchable existence in the heart of the emperor. In recent years, Emperor Tianzun has been extremely indulged in her, so that the outside world thinks that she has really won the heart of the emperor. Only the question just now made him feel unhappy in an instant. He called her name in an indifferent tone for the first time, and let her leave without mercy.
Thinking of this, Aying lay down in the corridor with a dejected head and sighed, kicking her toes. At first she found that the Heavenly Emperor had been looking at the woman under the phoenix flower. Her gentle eyes were something she had never seen before in recent years. For a moment, she naturally thought that it was the person he longed for. However, the truth seemed to be far beyond expectations, so that she did not dare to think about it carefully.
"Ahhhhhh!" A Ying hugged her head and stomped her feet hard, and threw out the confused thoughts in her mind with all her strength. Qin Zi happened to be caught by her and came over with a smile and asked, "What's wrong with Xiao Aying?"
"I, I..." A Ying was flushed with her face. When she remembered the reaction of Emperor Tianzun just now, she immediately swallowed all the words back. Qin Zi was the courtesan here. After so many years of observation, she knew that she would not ask in detail. So she held A Ying's hand and walked into the wing room next to her, showing a beautiful smile as she walked, "My Queen will scare all the guests away when she stands here. When I enter the room, I will make you some delicious food. By the way, a few days ago, a group of merchants from Penglai brought a lot of local specialties. Their taste is very strange, but the taste is really good. I'll give you some fresh food."
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zi's eyes sank slightly. He immediately noticed the two people who had just walked into the lobby. A Yingla looked over with her head down and she looked over dullly. She immediately gasped. Marshal Changqing of the Navy and Si Tian, the acting chief of the military pavilion, walked in with her arms around her. Both of them changed into regular clothes, looking at them talking and laughing, but when they arrived, Jiang Tingzhou, they met, made a gesture of invitation and pointed to the upstairs.
Qin Zi quickly covered her mouth and said, "The poster said before that His Majesty summoned some people tonight, so I asked me to empty all the rooms on the third floor to monitor it early in the morning with Mingdie. If he did not choose Mo Pavilion but invited Qinlou privately, it would be a very troublesome thing."
Aying's heart was beating. Before Qin Zi could pull her away, Sha Hanfei, the coach of the former Imperial Guard, also came. He brought Mu Xizhao, the deputy general of the military cabinet, to the capital, to the obvious resistance to the popular ringing bureau in the black market. As soon as he came in, he looked stern, making his already stern face even more rejecting people thousands of miles away. Instead, the young people around him smiled bitterly because they were not surprised.
"Do you want to break up the ringing game first..." A Ying asked worriedly, but Qin Zi shook her head calmly, as if she had been used to such a scene for a long time. She smiled and comforted, "It's okay, let them continue playing."
"But..." A Ying looked at Qin Zi hesitantly. In just a few minutes, Ye Zhuofan supported his mother, Concubine Mingqi, and found an excuse to let Bai Xiaocha take her to rest. He immediately went to the third floor. Following him was Mu Yun, the young lord of Luocheng. But even so, the noisy crowd seemed to have not noticed them at all. A Ying subconsciously looked up at the blue butterfly lamp lit in the corner. A faint mist was lingering out. It was a special spell from Dongming that could blur people's perception.
"Look, Mr. Yan is here too." When she was lost, she was shook her lightly by Qin Zi. When she was fixed, Gongsun Yan had already walked into the lobby. He did not use the dark butterfly to cover herself up. Instead, he naturally greeted the crowd around him, and took a quick look at the latest ringing book. While watching, he discussed with the people around him who came over intentionally or unintentionally. Qin Zi dragged her chin and pursed her lips, and smiled, "It's worthy of being a businessman. The young master of the Zhang family was scolded by Mr. Yan two days ago for a batch of inferior goods and fined him. He was like a brother so soon!"
A Ying smiled awkwardly. Young Master Yan is a regular guest of Qinlou and a financial backer who everyone knows. However, although she has a good relationship with the people in the building over the years, she can only instinctively retreat from the noble prince. She always feels that he should be a very dangerous person and cannot be approached easily.
Qin Zi waved his hand and muttered: "Okay, okay, don't worry about them, let's go get some delicious food..."
"Wait..." A Ying suddenly grabbed her, she swallowed nervously, raised her hand to the door in disbelief, and said, "They are here too."
"They?" Qin Zi looked over strangely, and her heart suddenly became tight. Before she could consider whether she should use Mingdie's spell to cover the figures of the two, Gongsun Yan squeezed out of the crowd and hooked Xiao Qianye's shoulders. It seemed that his good friend who had been reunited for a long time laughed a few times. Qin Zi's face froze. It was too late to use spells. Xiao Qianye frowned and looked at the young master who had not seen him for five years. He was not much different from before. He still had a standard and hypocritical polite expression, and turned to Yun Xiao and smiled: "Miss Yun is back, do you want to play a game?"
"No!" Yun Xiao's scalp shrank behind him with a numb scalp. He remembered the ringing game that was tricked by the crown prince in North Bank City, and his face turned dark. Gongsun Yan looked funny and teased her unyieldingly, and advised, "It's a game! The rules are different from before. Now if you guess wrong and can't afford to pay, then go on stage to sing a song or dance. As long as the audience in the audience buys it, I will pay for all the money. Come on, I remember you played it!"
"No! Don't lie to me in this trick!" Yun Xiao refused him again with righteous words. Gongsun Yan had already quickly looked at the dancer on the stage. Seeing that the long bamboo pole was about to fall in front of him again, Yun Xiao was so scared that he grabbed Xiao Qianye and squeezed the crowd and ran to the other side. But the dancer on the left and right had surrounded her in the middle at a faster speed. Gongsun Yan smiled and threw a rattle book to her, reminding her: "You should take a look and decide whether to play. How could I lie to you? With this friendship, I can't lie to you."
"Who has a friendship with you? Just get close to me." Yun Xiao gave him annoyed glance. After the two sounds were eliminated, the memories of the past made her more alert to the young master, but she secretly glanced at Xiao Qianye and found that the other party was looking upstairs with great worries. Just a moment ago, they kept walking along the bustling lantern festival. Suddenly, they saw the Marshal of the Navy and Marshal of the Military Pavilion walking into the Qin Tower. Instinct made him stop in confusion, and then he saw his former subordinates entering the famous black store one after another.
No matter how you think about it, those people couldn't be here to play the ringing game. His mood of shopping easily suddenly became much heavier. Although he pretended to be nothing, she knew that this person's heart was no longer at the lantern festival. Then she used the excuse of being tired to find a place to rest and forced him to Xiao Qinlou. Unexpectedly, she ran into Gongsun Yan as soon as she entered the door!
Chapter completed!