"Is the head of the family worried about the danger of the young master's trip?" The old housekeeper thought carefully about his words, "The young master has been in trouble most of the time in his travels outside, and this time is certainly no exception. The young master is blessed with a lucky star, who wants to follow him? If you go against each other, the other party will only suffer misfortune, so the head of the family should not worry."
"Don't put stickers on his face. It's bad luck for other people. With Tianbao, your young master will only be eaten to death." Bai Kui snorted, his eyes still irritated. retreat.
He turned around and sat down on the armchair, looking at the spring scenery reflected in the golden light outside the hall, "Butler, how many years have you worked in the White House?"
"Master, it has been thirty years since I returned home. As soon as you came to Fengyun City, I followed you."
"Thirty years...I think when I first arrived in Fengyun City, I was just a young boy in my twenties. I didn't expect that time would fly by so fast. In the blink of an eye, I was already an old man, and my son was almost here. I was that age.”
The old housekeeper bent down and listened, his mind at a loss, unable to figure out what had happened to the master of the house, how could he suddenly lament the past?
"Okay, stop standing there and go down. I'll be alone for a while."
Bai Kui waved his hand and dismissed the old housekeeper. After a long time, he sighed quietly and said in an incomprehensible tone, "You brat, I've been tormenting you all my life since I was little."
…
Mid-autumn in August.
The temperature remains hot during the day.
Hanzhen is a small town outside Xiling Imperial City.
In the private house located in the back street of the east side of the town, the voices are loud and low, and you can't really hear them through the wall, but you can still feel the excitement.
"After running for a long time, everyone has dried up, but the folk customs in this town are good. You can smell the fragrance of osmanthus everywhere in the streets and alleys. It is much better than the small fishing village of Longyuan that smells of salted fish." Su Wugang came out from outside. When I came back, I slumped down on the chair as soon as I walked in. The front and back of my summer shirt were soaked.
Wheat Sui pinched her nose and ran away, "It smells like sweat. Why didn't you roll in the gutter at the door to remove the smell before entering?"
Su Wen was not much better than Su Wu. The three brothers went out together and came back together. "There are women washing and washing vegetables in the ditch at the door from morning to night. If we really jump into the ditch to take a bath, we will have to go to the Yamen and be sentenced for molesting a good woman." Sin. I, the eight-foot-tall son of the Su family, can I discredit the lintel just because it smells bad?"
Su An laughed, "Everyone, I can only hurt your nose."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Du Buguo rubbed the plaster on himself and walked around the hall while rubbing it. The pungent smell immediately spread throughout the hall, "It's not certain who has an aggrieved nose. Come and smell it, the smell is enough Not choking enough? Grandpa didn’t mean to torment you, keep away mosquitoes!”
Bai Xiaofeng, who had just lit the incense burner, was so angry that he wanted to throw the incense burner out.
Bing'er ran out of the main room, found a shaded place at the door, and continued to concentrate on hatching cocoons.
Bai Yu, who was sitting in the other corner of the main room, was already prepared and stuffed the nostrils of himself and Tianbao with cotton wool.
Since they bought a house here half a month ago, Grandpa Po and his godfather have been having troubles from time to time, and the result of their "angry" is minor disaster.
There is no day without excitement.
For example, right now, a few people who were on the verge of starting a fight just now are holding their bellies and twisting their heads in laughter.
The image of Tianbao with a dull expression on his face and stuffing cotton in his nostrils made people of all ages unable to help but laugh after watching it.
The corner of Tianbao's mouth twitched and he continued to discuss things, "The day after tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival. The Xiling royal family has the custom of worshiping the moon before the Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, the Queen will come to the tower in person to have fun with the people. Let's sneak in and join in the fun."
Du Buguo agreed without saying a word, "This is a good idea! We have been here for half a month, and we have checked all the possible places nearby and still can't dig out Wen Renjing's nest. Maybe we should look for it from the beginning." Wrong place, he built his nest in the imperial city!"
"Then it's settled." The strong smell in the main room dissipated a little, and Bai Xiaofeng took out the terrain map of Xiling. The surrounding area of the imperial city was full of marks, all of which were the places they had investigated during this period.
Nothing was found.
Bai Xiaofeng's eyes darkened, maybe Du Buguo was right, they were looking in the wrong place.
With Wen Renjing's style of conduct, it was not impossible that he would set the processing location in the Xiling Imperial City.
"In that case, don't run around for the next two days, and be ready to enter Du'an the day after tomorrow." Bai Yu stretched his body and leaned back on his chair, "After entering Xiling, there are no hangings in the cities along the way. Our wanted poster saves trouble and we don’t need to put on a fake face.”
This is what Xiaomai Sui likes to hear the most, "If there is any sudden situation in the future, I will take the lead! Don't take advantage of any of you!"
She must show her face!
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The moon festival is coming soon.
People in the Xiling Palace were extremely busy, repeatedly checking the items needed to prepare for the moon festival, for fear of making any mistakes.
In the Liuyun Hall, Feng Lin closed the book after reading it and put it aside. He looked sideways at Aunt Jin who was waiting beside him, "Are those children still staying in Handan Town?"
Aunt Jin hurriedly bowed and said, "Yes, I have been here for half a month. I have been running around here and there during the day, looking aimless, as if I was traveling around."
"If the ministers in the front hall hear what you said, mama, they will laugh at you for being stupid."
Being teased by the Queen, Grandma Jin felt helpless on her face.
She naturally knew that people who could be on the wanted list of the nine countries could not be simple, but those old and young people just left when they saw it, and it really looked like they were having fun everywhere.
At least the Xiling spies couldn't find out the purpose of their trip.
Feng Lin stood up and walked to the flower window, reaching out to push open the half-covered window leaves.
Outside the window, the colorful chrysanthemums were in full bloom.
After the windows were wide open, the scent of flowers in the air became rich, and combined with the dry sunshine, it tantalized the nose.
"On the day of the moon festival, Luo Yan is in charge of the East City Gate, right? According to my order, people who enter the city through the East City Gate to celebrate the festival can be let through as long as there are legitimate reasons, without strict interrogation."
Aunt Jin was startled, and then she said yes without asking anything.
Since the Queen came to rule the country, the gates of the imperial capital of Xiling have been under martial law and people are not easily allowed to enter. The gates are only opened every half a month.
If anyone needs to enter or exit for important matters, they must hold a pass order stamped by the government and register before they can pass through the city gate.
Now the Queen actually spoke in person and made an exception to let those children who were wanted by the Nine Kingdoms into the city. This was the first time she had ever done so.
In the blink of an eye, it’s August 14th.
Countless people from towns around the imperial city rushed to Du'an early in the morning, not only to join in the excitement of the imperial city's moon festival, but also to pay homage to the queen from a distance once a year.
This is the only day that the people of Xiling can openly look up to the Queen's beauty.
