phoenix knot

Liang Guanjing took Su Mingyue to leave quickly, and the two of them fled overnight in a carriage wearing bamboo hats. Liang Guanjing didn't even have time to change back into men's clothes. The black ground red silk thread tufted cloud robe was really eye-catching in the dark night.Because there are really not many people who dress like this in Songcheng, those who can dress like this are either rich or expensive, all because Su Mingyue prepared clothes for her according to her own preferences.

"You don't want to go around the inn these days." Liang Guanjing looked with his head to confirm that there was no tail following him, and then ordered Lianxiang to drive the carriage to Baishui Town's home.

"The people over there seem to be experts. Someone has specially trained them. Your half-hearted spy is no match for her." Liang Guanjing confessed to her.

Su Mingyue said: "Did I cause trouble and expose you to others?"

Liang Guanjing shook her head, "It doesn't matter. It was dark at that time, we were in the dark, and she was in the light, so she couldn't see us. But she must know that someone at the inn is watching them."

Su Mingyue said with shame: "I thought I was watching them, maybe they were watching us early in the morning."

Liang Guanjing smiled, "It's okay, you half-assed spy might make them put their guard down, but you're just a slut who likes to watch live erotic palaces."

Su Mingyue was so angry that she wanted to pinch her.

When the carriage arrived in front of Dong's courtyard, Su Mingyue told Liang Guanjing to wait a while, and then got out of the carriage at ease after confirming with Lianxiang who was driving the carriage, in order to avoid being seen.But the rhubarb next door yelled again, and the neighbor's sister-in-law Zhang ran out after hearing the sound, holding a basket in her hand, saying that the eggs were laid by her own hen to nourish Dong Liu's daughter-in-law.

Liang Guanjing walked in without looking back, so Su Mingyue could only laugh dryly, "My husband ate too much alcohol and was anxious."

Auntie Zhang laughed and said, "Master Liu is particular about people. The man in my house would tear his pants to urinate in the alley after leaving the courtyard. He was not even as good as rhubarb. At the entrance of the alley, he made a fuss about urinating. How many times have you scolded me?"

Su Mingyue still smiled apologetically, and thanked Mrs. Zhang a thousand times, and finally sent her away.

Back in the house, Liang Guanjing hadn't had time to put on her beard, and she was about to go to bed late at night, so she didn't want to bother. "have they gone?"

Su Mingyue said: "Let's go." As she spoke, she ordered Hong Ling to fetch water for Liang Guanjing to wash, and sat on the edge of the bed, she asked, "What do you do when you are in a hurry in the barracks? The toilets there are all toilets Bar?"

"Endure!" Liang Guanjing looked bitter, "there is a latrine over the meeting hall that is allocated to the chief. Brother Xu cleaned it neatly, but we must also prevent other thousands and hundreds of households from accidentally breaking into it. Come on. Once I was inside and ran into another impatient Qianhu, it was really..."

Su Mingyue looked at her sympathetically.

"This is not the most embarrassing thing. The most embarrassing thing is that there are good men in the army who have taken a fancy to this geomantic treasure. Once I was inside and was forced to listen to the whole audience." Liang Guanjing covered her face.

Su Mingyue hugged her stomach, laughing so hard that she almost fell down.

The next day, Cailian brought a nanny over, surnamed Cui, and Erniang Shen found this person after many inquiries.Mama Cui is having her third child this time. Her husband works as a fire master in a blacksmith shop in Songcheng, and the first two sons are now being taken care of by her mother-in-law. This time, she will give birth to a healthy and cute baby girl. Su Ming Yue liked it very much, so she gave Dingyin to Dingyin, leaving Cui's mother behind. After giving birth, Cui's mother moved to Dong's house with her daughter.Mother Cui took the fixed silver and a basket of eggs and went home first with gratitude.

Supported by Lianxiang, Su Mingyue went out for a walk in the morning and evening, hoping for a smooth delivery when the day came.

This day saw off Mama Cui, Su Mingyue changed into a summer chest-length skirt, He Lianxiang put on a bamboo hat, put down her veil, and went out for a walk, after a few steps, Su Mingyue lifted the veil and put it on the brim of her hat , sighed, "Do women have to wear a veil when they go out? I don't think the women in the Northland are so particular about it, and you don't wear a veil either."

Lianxiang was surprised, "I thought you were wearing a veil because you were afraid that the sun would burn your beauty."

Su Mingyue thought for a while, "Forget it, let's wear it, the sun is indeed poisonous, next time I go out for a walk and open an umbrella, I will feel stuffy and uncomfortable wearing this bamboo hat."

After walking a few more steps, Su Mingyue said, "Aren't you afraid of the sun?"

Lianxiang smiled and said, "This bamboo hat is enough to cover me, anyway, I have black skin and black flesh, so I can't look anywhere."

"Nonsense!" Su Mingyue said, "One white covers all ugliness, and I can't look at it when I'm tanned. You are the real beauty. If a woman is tanned and still cute, then she is really beautiful."

Lianxiang said: "Small mouth is so sweet, no wonder Liu Ye is so devoted to you."

Su Mingyue was very pleased when she heard this, and felt that Lianxiang's mouth was also smeared with honey.

Just as she was talking, she didn't watch out for someone blocking her, and Lianxiang didn't pay attention, because the other person's breath was peaceful, without any murderous intent.That person lifted the veil under the bamboo hat, it was none other than the oiran lady in Chunfu, Qian Shanxue.

The oiran lady in the kiln is not easy to come out to show people her true colors. She is even more mysterious than the boudoir lady of the official family in the capital. Right now, this Qian Shanxue is dressed in white clothes and white gauze with an embroidered umbrella covered in white brocade. Bai was so shaken that people couldn't keep their eyes open, but the maid beside her was dressed in a green summer dress, and she looked ignorant of the world.

Qian Shanxue said Wanfu, her voice was soft but without warmth, "Mrs. Su, can I take a step to speak?"

For some reason, Su Mingyue's mind was filled with the image of her being pressed against the window last night, and it was Lianxiang who refused on her behalf, "My wife is about to give birth, so it is not suitable to accompany her, so as not to be tired, and I hope the girl will be happy."

Qian Shanxue looked at Su Mingyue up and down, the blue-green chest-length skirt made her not show her bosom, and she could only see a young girl in her twenties. "I have a carriage to pick you up." Qian Shanxue waved to the opposite side of the street as he spoke, and the coachman who drove the horse drove over, it seemed that he was already prepared.

Lianxiang winked, signaling Su Mingyue not to take risks.

"I heard that your husband came to Chunfu to find someone?" Qian Shanxue said.

Su Mingyue resisted the temptation, and said coldly: "It has nothing to do with my husband, let alone me."

"He's the border guard. The dead and wounded brothers in the camp have nothing to do with him? The Mongols' secret work has nothing to do with him going in and out of Yanmen Pass freely?" Qian Shanxue pressed every step of the way.

Su Mingyue said: "Then you can go to him, why come to me?"

Qian Shanxue looked around the street vigilantly, "I am from Chunfuli, my identity, no, my wealth and life are in the hands of Mu Shisan, I risked my life this time to find the opportunity to privately Come out to meet with you, do you want me to wait for Mr. Dong Liu at the gate of the barracks? That’s all! You and I are just a woman, what do you do, I’m bothering you.”

Qian Shanxue put down her veil and was about to leave, but Su Mingyue reached out to stop her.

"Wait!" Su Mingyue pulled her sleeves, she was still hesitating just now, but Qian Shanxue's pale cheeks were flushed, tears glistened in her eyes, Su Mingyue put herself in her place and thought about it, A beautiful girl in a kiln may often look in the direction of the Mingyue Inn, and there is a thousand words in her heart that she can't say. How can she be let go when she comes to danger this time.

"Lianxiang, you come with me." Su Mingyue ordered.

Lianxiang is a good practitioner, so she nodded and decided to escort Su Mingyue to have a talk.

Su Mingyue didn't get into the carriage either, and only walked a few steps to choose a teahouse nearby. The two of them entered the private room with their maids, and the waiter from the teahouse came up to pour tea.

Qian Shanxue stared at the hot tea poured out of the teapot, and whispered, "I haven't introduced myself yet."

"No, I know." Su Mingyue said.

Qian Shanxue looked determined, "No, you don't know. Qian Shanxue is just a nickname in the kiln. My real name is Wang Wanyan, from Gusu."

Su Mingyue said, "Are you from Gusu?"

Qian Shanxue smiled slightly: "Meet an old friend in a foreign land."

Su Mingyue also smiled, "My father's hometown is Jiangzhou, but my mother is from Gusu. When I talk to others, I always say that I am from Wuyue Gusu."

Qian Shanxue looked at Su Mingyue again, and while looking at him, he poured the cups, saucers, bowls and lids with the tea that the buddy had already poured out, then picked up the teapot and shook it lightly, pouring more tea into the hot teacups one by one, The technique is familiar, and it looks like he has practiced the tea ceremony.The scent of tea immediately filled the private room. After doing this, she put down the teapot and took a sip from the teacup.

Su Mingyue also subconsciously went to fetch the teacup, but Lianxiang pinched her lightly behind her. She became wary again, so she endured her summer thirst and did not touch the teacup.

"You haven't said yet, is Mu Shisan hidden in the Spring Fortune?" Su Mingyue went straight to the point.

"That's natural." Qian Shanxue put down his teacup, "Mr. Mu has only come to Songcheng in person in the past few years. Before, he only ordered his staff to come, but he came here by himself last year for some reason. When he came, he didn't live here. Let’s go. In fact, Chunfuli was opened by him with money. It is said that the interior furnishings are all modeled after the Qinlou Chu Pavilion in the capital, and people come and go around the border, but anyone who can afford money will squeeze into Chunfuli, and the ordinary kilns outside are completely unacceptable. on a par."

Naturally, Su Mingyue knew about these things, she cut straight to the point, "Is he colluding with the Mongols?"

Qian Shanxue raised his eyes and looked directly at Su Mingyue, "The word 'collusion' seems inappropriate. His subordinates who run errands for him include Han Chinese, Mongolians, Jurchens, people from the Western Regions, and Persians. Fur, ginseng, and velvet are not convenient for Han people, but Mongolians cannot pass through Yanmen Pass, so the business is actually outside the pass, and he himself has gone outside the pass.”

Seeing that she didn't continue, Su Mingyue asked, "Did his men attack the Songcheng garrison during the days when the grain was harvested during the Dragon Boat Festival?"

Qian Shanxue seemed to think for a while before slowly saying two words: "That's right."

Seeing her, Su Mingyue stopped talking, and didn't seem to be thinking about how to speak, but stared at herself and observed, "Can you let my husband meet this Mu Shisan."

Qian Shanxue didn't answer, but instead asked, "That Li Mingtang and your husband, Dong Liu, are they going to kill the high officials?"

Su Mingyue said: "Li Mingtang seems to have a grudge against Mu Shisan, but my husband only wants to find out the truth."

The corner of Qian Shanxue's mouth suddenly burst into a smile, and said softly, "Sure enough".

Lianxiang's intuition was wrong, "You have a big official, is he your enemy or your master?"

Qian Shanxue continued to drink tea, with a softer voice, as if whispering, "This tea is very good. There are only a few hilltops in West Lake Longjing that can make this kind of tea. I, Mr. Tuomu, went to Jiangnan to buy it. The two girls don't like it." Do you want a taste?"

Now Su Mingyue also felt something was wrong.

Qian Shanxue said again: "There is no poison in the tea, but a kind of medicine is added. This medicine is colorless and tasteless, and it can relieve a special kind of fragrance. This fragrance is very powerful, it smells like jasmine fragrance, but only It takes a cup of tea, and even a Lianjiazi with strong martial arts and deep inner strength will feel weak all over and become unconscious. Oh, don't be afraid, it shouldn't cause any serious harm to the fetus in the womb."

When she spoke, Lianxiang stood up with a "huh", and felt that the world was spinning for a while, and Qian Shanxue's servant girl came forward, but she didn't come to deal with her, but went straight to Su Mingyue.The maid helped the limp Su Mingyue without using much strength, while Qian Shanxue was still drinking tea with her head bowed.

"It's really good tea." She sighed.

Lianxiang wanted to make a fist, but she couldn't reach her hand at all. She was still conscious, lying on the ground and seeing the two feet of the servant boy walking in, he and the servant girl supported Su Mingyue back and forth, and hugged her out.

Qian Shanxue got up and walked out. When she reached the door, she turned her head to look at Lianxiang on the ground. She knew she could still hear her, but she said coldly: "Go back and tell you, Sixth Master, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door by yourself, don't worry about it. Even though others are covered in frost, they want to go back to his wife, kill Li Mingtang, and go to Chunfuli to hand over the certificate of nomination to Mr. Mu."