In the Qingqi Garden, on the roof terrace of the recently completed five-story building, there is a brocade cloud bed with three walls of flowers and birds; the lady, wearing a lotus-colored placket and a woven flower jacket, leans sideways on the soft cushions, like a waterfall. All her hair is spread behind her head; she looks full of graceful, soft and tranquil charm.
The husband had only been away for a while, and she actually had a vague emotion similar to "repenting of teaching her husband and looking for a title"; but this kind of tenderness and worry about gains and losses occasionally appeared, and she was soon abandoned. At the back of his mind, he focused his attention on the paper in his hand again.
After all, the husband is not an ordinary person in this world, but a person who has been relegated to immortals and has a mission from heaven to face disaster. How can he be treated with ordinary thoughts? At least, that magical power of "without the wings of a colorful phoenix on the body, but with a telepathic connection in the heart" can enable her to communicate with her heart at any time and anywhere.
Is this the blessing and opportunity that only that woman in this world can have? Therefore, she could only do her best to share the burden for her beloved in private; at least to ensure that the family home was worry-free, she also began to take over some related industries and private affairs.
Therefore, among the papers she was flipping through at the moment, there were internal information reports from Wude Division; there were also summaries of news sent regularly by people from Qixiufang/Yiyinglou in Pingkangli; and there were also reports from Zongfan. The quarterly reports of the Kanjie Department under the hospital; and even the detailed internal references of the Third Court of Censorship.
Of course, Sister's main responsibility is to review and collect these documents, and then classify and file them for future reference so that the husband can retrieve and inquire them at any time when needed. Most of the time, she mainly supervises and interferes with the daily operations of the industries under Lang Jun's layout.
Therefore, after she moved into Qingqi Garden with a group of confidants and maids, she became more and more reclusive. Even the associations of upper-class women and the routine social activities in the circle of women's family members in high-class places have been greatly reduced. After all, she could also feel the change in attitude during the period.
Those peers who were once very familiar with each other, as well as the little sisters in the women's association, although they still call "Huiniang" and "Ajie" over and over again; but those who try hard to conceal the awe and alienation, the following and the deliberate friendship. All kinds of thoughts; but in her eyes it was like a clear warning.
Therefore, except for a very small number of individuals, there are still close friends and close friends who can treat each other calmly or maintain their true feelings; she has gradually reduced her outings and settled down to work in the garden and study. Maybe this is the price she pays for pursuing her own happiness and spiritual destiny?
Of course she also understood that although what this husband did was the most righteous way to eradicate evil spirits and save the people, since she was a related person, she could not help but be targeted by the malice and nastiness in the dark. Therefore, being able to ensure your own safety is the best support and backing.
In addition, the husband showed almost every word and unconditional trust in her. So in a sense, her understanding and knowledge of these abnormal things is no less than that of most people in Xijing Lixingyuan; she even participated in the ongoing compilation of the "Illustrated Directory".
Therefore, she also knew that even after the beloved man left temporarily, Qingqi Garden was still a place that attracted a lot of attention in the capital. Needless to say, in the past few months alone, at least half of the gardens and villas surrounding Qingqi Garden have secretly changed owners.
According to the news from Ajiu, who occasionally visited the house, in addition to the personnel assigned by the eldest brother from the vassal court, there were at least three parties secretly monitoring/keeping an eye on the location of Qingqi Garden. For example, Wude Si and Jingzhao Mansion, who had already taken the initiative to show up and say hello before.
In addition, he is suspected to be an internal staff member of the criminal department, one of the five cardinal rooms, the largest intelligence department of the imperial court. However, the criminal department is more responsible for internal secret supervision/protection; being able to get the attention of the criminal department is a symbol of status and importance.
Thinking of this, she looked towards the other side of the pond. Among the newly planted flowers and nurseries, the faint sound of pipa music was being heard. They are blind Ayun who can walk freely in the park; and Ming Fei, who has recovered some speech and body reflexes and relies on a special wheelchair to move around, and are carrying out daily activities.
In private, they were almost inseparable, sleeping, eating and living together, as close as mother and daughter; they seemed to be adjusting their vocal music while whispering occasionally. Under the big tree not far away, Sword Princess Pingting stabbed the fallen leaves with her sword. Everything seemed so quiet and beautiful;
At this time, the maid Shunqing, who looked tall, plump and graceful, wearing a white skirt with a black ribbon and a flower on her head, quietly passed through the surrounding maids with a letter in her hand, walked to her and whispered: "Madam, Yu from the inner courtyard. Deputy Supervisor, I just sent someone to deliver a letter to my door, and I ask you to read it."
When she was alone in private, she wore simple clothes and no make-up. She could not conceal her beauty and quietness. Then she withdrew her eyes and picked up the letter with the same grace. After just looking at it for a few times, she chuckled and said, "This is located in Bachelor, you really don’t know how to avoid suspicion! They actually came to my door for help."
"Then, this slave refuses." Shun Qing, with a cold expression and beautiful face, immediately replied without hesitation: "This will prevent this person from having any reason to bother my lady in the future."
"Shun Qing, this matter is not urgent. In fact, what Bachelor Yu is looking for this time is Chu Yu." Sister A shook her head lightly and said: "After all, she is still in the supervisory department and the internal computer room of Lixingyuan, entering A registered member of the special staff; they are just officially ordered to look after the Qingqi Garden."
"So, you just need to send a message to her; as for whether to go or not, it is up to your own free will. After all, she is also Jiang Lang's direct subordinate, but my concubine is not easy to control... Yes Now, I have also remembered that Chu Yu doesn’t seem to be on duty in the garden right now?”
"Madam, Chu Yu has taken leave in private as usual to visit and contact the old friends of Wenxiang Society." Shunqing immediately responded sideways: "At this time, he should still be in Pingkangfang in the east of the city. ! Do you want to send someone to summon him back and ask him something?"
"There is no need to go to such trouble, just ask someone to send a message first." Sister A gently swung the folding fan with the tooth handle and said: "She is the subordinate of the husband, but she is not under the concubine's orders. Among them, she She has a sense of proportion and connection; I believe she will naturally make an explanation after the matter is properly handled."
At the same time, Chu Yu, who was supposed to visit Pingkangfang Wenxiang Society, was wearing a sun-proof and dust-proof curtain hat and a relatively simple blue silk dress; walking like a ghost in Fanfang, a city in the southern suburbs of Chang'an among. Of course, as the imperial capital of Chang'an, there are also three, six or nine levels of fanfang.
Among them, the most superior fanfang is undoubtedly the one that has been visited by envoys from almost all dynasties since the Han Dynasty. It is the place where envoys, business travelers and scholars gather from the great Qin/Flu Kingdom in Western Europe; the second is the same one. The ancient Parthian/Persian descendants have multiplied into a fanfang.
Then the largest one is the so-called Tianzhufang formed by the emperors, kings, kings and nobles of the five Tianzhu conquered by the Tang Dynasty, as well as their relatives, subordinates and slaves; the last descendants of the Turks in the far west, the Khazar Khanate The Khazarian Square…. It is also usually called the Thirteen Shang (Fan) Square.
Because these were once large countries spanning thousands of miles; therefore, even after they were destroyed, their survivors were able to occupy a corner of Chang'an City, and even formed a unique landscape. But most of them are small and medium-sized countries that were destroyed and eliminated during the era of great conquests over the past hundred years.
The remaining royal family, nobles, and subjects were also shown mercy after passing the ceremony of offering prisoners to the Ancestral Temple, and were resettled in the capital. However, they did not have so many descendants of the survivors, nor were they qualified to have exclusive neighborhoods in the city; And new settlements formed on the outskirts of the city.
This also became the origin of dozens of large and small fanfang and characteristic settlements distributed in the ever-expanding city squares on the east, west and south sides of Chang'an (the north is the Forbidden Garden). It has been carried down to this day, and it has also formed a unique style of me among you, you among me, and a mixture of old and new ethnic groups living together.
Among them was the one who walked in Chuyu. It was a fanfang where Japanese slaves, Silla maids and Mohe people (Bohai Kingdom) had lived together for a long time. In a sense, the farther these fanfang are from the Chang'an city gate, the more remote they are, the more chaotic their household registration is, and the easier it is for them to harbor dirt and evil.
This is also an inevitable chronic disease of any metropolis; as a giant city with a population of millions, the overflow of darkness and filth generated by daily operations requires a considerable amount of manpower. Therefore, these foreign hermits with the "Dream of the Tang Dynasty" and "Dream of Chang'an" have become the first choice.
But among them, rural parties, clubs, and even gangs in the streets and markets were naturally formed based on regions; all kinds of people made a living in the gray gaps. Therefore, as a woman who seemed to be lost and alone, she was quickly followed by several idle men with open breasts and short hips.
However, these men, who were smelly of sweat and sweat and had evil intentions on their faces, followed her into a remote alley and never came out again. After a while, Chu Yu appeared outside the secret den where he had been confessed. This is an old, dilapidated warehouse with bleak business.
However, when Chu Yu pushed the door open again, he was immediately startled by a series of short and intense shouts: "Who!" "It's a girl." "Don't leave when you're here." "It's broken, I was seen. ." "Stop her quickly!" "Ah..." "Monster!" "Spare her!"
Immediately afterwards, with screams, exclamations and whines, a man covered in blood emerged from the wall in a panic and desperately climbed out; only to be dragged backwards by a huge force amidst low whistling sounds. go back. It was like a gluttonous beast in the warehouse that eventually swallowed up all the noise.
Then, the old and mottled wooden door was quietly opened from the inside, and there was a vague smell of blood. Chu Yu, who was barely stained by dust, stepped out and faced the street corner and said hoarsely: " You can come out now, everyone who has been lost recently should be here."
As her voice fell, on the originally deserted street, a short man with a limp and a scarred face jumped out from the wall; he walked respectfully, Chu Yu's body was covered by a curtain. The front man said: "Young man, on behalf of the family members of the army, I would like to thank you for your great kindness."
