The storm has not stopped, but the storm has settled.

The time has passed midnight, but Yun'an is a city that never sleeps, and the bustling streets and alleys are still brightly lit. As the curfew is lifted, singing and dancing music can be heard from time to time along the streets from the pavilions.

On Dongzheng Street, two horses walked side by side.

Ye Jingtang was wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat, riding on his big fat horse, and holding Sanniang's horse in his hand. The Black Lin Spear was originally thrown outside the Taiji Hall, and it may have been picked up by the secret guard, but it was not there.

in front of.

It's been a long time since I left Miyagi, and my mind still hasn't calmed down.

When I carried Yuhu back to Changle Palace, I saw that everyone in the palace had been sent away. The bedroom was full of Yuhu's belongings. It was difficult to guess his identity.

Yuhu seems to be a scheming queen, but she is not as easy to coax as Benben. There is no way to predict what she will do to her in the future.

Moreover, I have offended the Queen Mother today, and even if I don’t take revenge on him, I am afraid that I will never be able to touch the ginkgo tree that I miss so much...

Ginkgo Tree……

Ye Jingtang raised his head and looked back at the palace city that was far away. Today, Fushou Palace is cleaning up the tunnels. There are many craftsmen inside. The imperial army and secret guards are also patrolling in order to prevent things from going wrong. It may be more difficult to sneak in and dig things out than usual.

Still big.

Ye Jingtang thought about it for a while, and temporarily gave up his plan to fight back three times and returned to Tianshui Bridge.

Tianshuiqiao is a department store. At night, all the shops are closed, and not a single person can be seen on the empty street.

Ye Jingtang returned to the alley of Pei's house, knocked on the door and handed the horse to the servant, then walked through the hanging flower door to the back house.

The lights in the back house have been turned off, but there is still movement in the courtyard of the west house.

Walking through the corridor to the West House in the Night Terror Hall, one can see Zhe Yunli dressed as Miss Jiaojiao, holding a knife in her arms, pacing back and forth in the boudoir.

"Yunli. Are you still up so late?"

Zhe Yunli heard the noise and quickly ran to the window:

"Brother Jing, you are back! Just now, Hero Qiu went crazy. He stood on top of Mingyu Tower and shouted, 'Old Xuanyuan, you didn't expect that I, Qiu Tianhe, came out again! Hahahaha...', which could be heard by half of the city. Hero Qiu

Nothing happened?"

Ye Jingtang knew that Qiu Tianhe causing trouble above Mingyu Tower would cause uproar in the city, so he laughed and said:

"It's okay. Qiu Daxia helped the Yamen deal with Cao Qiansui today and made a great contribution. He will probably be free soon."

Zhe Yunli's eyes lit up, and he lay on the window sill and asked:

"Fighting with Cao Qiansui? Did Qiu Daxia win?"

Zhe Yunli rested his arms on the window sill with his arms folded across his chest, in a gesture of squeezing his breasts. A bulge could be seen at the breast of her pink and white underskirt, but it was obviously not this big two months ago.

However, Zhe Yunli will be sixteen soon, which is the age when he is growing up. He has grown a bit in stature, and it is not surprising that his breasts are growing quickly. At this rate, at the age of eighteen, he will probably be able to equal the master's wife...

Ye Jingtang noticed this difference from the corner of his eye, but didn't care about it and responded:

"We didn't win the battle. Qiu Daxia was beaten so badly that he fell directly onto the main street of the palace and couldn't get up for a long time..."

"ah?!"

Zhe Yunli's eyes froze in anticipation, but after thinking about it carefully, he nodded again:

"Cao Qiansui is an old monster that existed since the founding of the Wei Dynasty. Master said it was very powerful. It makes sense that Daxia Qiu can't defeat him... In the end? Who dealt with Cao Qiansui? The eight-armed Jizo?"

Ye Jingtang's eyes showed pride, his thumb pointed towards himself:

"Who else could it be? I went to the Tai Chi Hall alone and killed Cao Qiansui with one shot."

?

Zhe Yunli frowned, not believing it at all:

"How is it possible... Even if it's true, it must have been Daxia Qiu who crippled Cao Qiansui. You went up to make up for it."

"Haha~"

Ye Jingtang smiled and turned to look left and right:

"Where is your master's wife?"

"My wife was afraid that Master Qiu would go crazy, so she went with Niao Niao to inquire about the situation. Third aunt also followed, and she probably hasn't come back yet."

"Oh. You should go to bed early. I'll go over and take a look."

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang didn't stay long. He told Yun Li to go to bed early to avoid being beaten by his mother, and then came to the middle house.

The eldest aunt also lives in the middle house and has gone to bed by this time.

Ye Jingtang quietly came to Sanniang's courtyard, looked around, and found that Xiuhe had fallen asleep in the side room, so he did not disturb her.

After waiting in the courtyard for a while, Luo Ning and Sanniang didn't come back, so all kinds of troublesome things came to mind.

Ye Jingtang's mind was spinning, and he remembered something. He turned around and entered Sanniang's boudoir, and felt under the bed. The bed parted in the middle, revealing the hidden tunnel underneath.

Night Terror Hall jumped in, lit the lampstand in the tunnel, then walked to the door deep in the tunnel and opened the door.

Behind the door is the incense hall of Qinglong Hall. You can also leave from here. Every time there is a meeting, in order to hide from others, the incense masters come in from the exit at the other end. However, the door at the exit is usually covered with iron bolts. From the outside

Unable to enter.

Naturally, there was no one in the Qinglong Hall at this time. After lighting the lampstand, we could only see nine empty chairs placed on the left and right sides of the lobby.

Behind the headmaster's chair is a memorial table with several memorial tablets, including that of his adoptive father, Pei Yuanfeng.

Ye Jingtang came closer, took three sticks of incense from the incense table, bowed three times to his adoptive father's memorial tablet, inserted the incense into the incense burner, looked at the memorial tablet and thought secretly.

When he left Liangzhou and entered Beijing, his adoptive father specified three things in his will.

The matter of handing over the family property is now finished, and I am also helping my adoptive father fulfill my filial piety and protecting the Pei family.

When I entered the palace to look for the Minglong Picture, although it was a bit difficult to dig up the ginkgo tree, I managed to get a jade bone picture by accident.

As for the main matter of annihilating the Xuanyuan Dynasty and taking revenge, we haven't started planning yet, but Junshantai has taken advantage of it. This is a top priority, and we must find a way to solve Junshantai next.

Although things are not done well, it has only been a few months since I entered Beijing. It is not easy to achieve this step. I also completed additional tasks and found a virtuous wife.

If the adoptive father had a spirit in heaven, he probably wouldn't say that his son was useless...

——

"Chi chi chi..."

In the Pei family's mansion, the birds, who had been tired all day, flew back from the night rain, hurriedly got into Yunli's room, fell to the ground and slid far away, and stopped moving.

"Ji? Did you fall to death?"

"grumble……"

Two figures followed closely behind and landed under the eaves of the main house of the main courtyard.

Pei Xiangjun was wearing a black outfit and a black hat on his head. He was tired from running around for a long time and opened the door:

"Jingtang is probably still busy with government errands in the city. The government really treats people like cattle. Fortunately, he came back to rest last night..."

Luo Ning wore a long green dress with a hood on her head. After running around in the rain for half the night, even her underwear was soaked. When she entered the door, she put down the hood and untied her belt:

"I just went to look outside the Hei Yamen. Doctor Wang went in to treat people's injuries. Qiu Tianhe was still chatting with Bai Fadi on the roof. It seems that things are already finished. What else can he be busy with?"

"The west part of the city seems to be still sealed off, I guess that's over there..."

During the chat, the lights came on in the boudoir.

Pei Xiangjun closed the doors and windows, raised his hand to untie his belt, and dropped his black clothes to the ground. Like Luo Ning, there was no place to dry.

Pei Xiangjun came to the standing cabinet next to Xiu's bed, opened the cabinet door, took out two sets of clean nightgowns, and sat beside the bed.

Luo Ning sat down on the bedside and reached behind her back to untie her clothes. Looking at Sanniang's sizable skirt from the corner of her eye, she subconsciously straightened her back a little.

Pei Xiangjun was keenly aware of this and stood up slightly:

"Are you useful? I'm obviously older than you."

Luo Ning felt that this mother-in-law was just trying to bully others, so she said coldly:

"What's the use of being big? You can't use it. It's still a burden when fighting."

Pei Xiangjun's eyes were full of pride: "Sour? There is a difference between not using it and not having it."

Luo Ning's eyes darkened slightly, but after thinking about it for a moment, she remembered another troubling thing.

Today she went to the Hei Yamen to look around, and she could confirm that Qiu Tianhe was there to beat Eunuch Cao for his crime. Judging from the relationship between Qiu Tianhe and the Six Evils of the Hei Yamen, it might not take long for him to regain his freedom.

She and Yun Li came to the capital with the purpose of rescuing Qiu Tianhe. Now that their target is gone, she, the leader's wife, cannot continue to rely on the capital to save people.

Let alone Xue Baijin, Yunli alone can't explain it.

The little thief has prospered in the officialdom. It is impossible for him to return to Nanxiao Mountain to become a rebel thief with her, and Sanniang will not let the little thief go.

In fact, she didn't want the little thief to give up on his promising future. Her deepest intention was that if she couldn't find an excuse, she would go back to Nanxiao Mountain and live there for a few months to pretend, and then find an excuse to come here again.

If she was going to be away for a while, she would definitely have to be wary of something happening to the little thief. Although she was not happy about it in her heart, from a rational point of view, someone still had to help the little thief recuperate.

Luo Ning didn't know where the queen and the thief had gone. She guessed based on her feelings that there shouldn't be any special relationship.

If she had to choose between the Queen and Sanniang, she would definitely prefer Sanniang, who is also a woman in the world. To win over the Queen from the court, wouldn't she be looking for trouble for herself...
To be continued...