There was a clear sound of wheels grinding on the uneven bluestone floor. Zhong Qingye fell asleep in Qi Mo's arms. Too many things happened that day. She was pregnant again and spent the whole day running back and forth.
, it’s very rare to be able to hold on until now.【】
Qi Mo felt sorry for the child in her belly, and felt even more sorry for Zhong Qingye. He held her in his arms and adjusted it to a comfortable angle, and closed his eyes to fall asleep.
The carriage moved forward slowly, with Red Eagle still acting as the driver, Purple Eagle and White Eagle riding horses to guard both sides. Black Eagle and Yellow Eagle stayed on Qianhe Island to help deal with Qi Mu's funeral affairs. The carriage went out from the surface
It seemed very sparse and ordinary, and the person sitting in the carriage was the current emperor and empress. There were countless secret guards guarding the carriage in front and behind it, and everything was as if there was no leakage.
The carriage was shaking unsteadily. Although it slowed down, Zhong Qingye still slept uneasily. He only slept lightly and did not fall into a deep sleep. Therefore, he heard the messy noise outside the carriage at the first time and woke up quickly.
The carriage stopped at some point. Qi Mo also woke up and was sitting up, frowning forward. Zhong Qingye also sat up, frowned, and asked in confusion: "What happened? Why is it so noisy?"
Jingyang City is the imperial capital, and the city will be closed at a certain time every day. Although there is no curfew, there is rarely a big noise at night. At this time, the carriage has gone to no one knows where, and there is such a noise outside.
Look.
Through the small skein of the carriage, Zhong Qingye could faintly see a lot of orange light spots, which were the light brought out by a large number of burning torches. There were chaotic sounds and many young men roared loudly and kept saying something like "Don't leave."
Threatening words such as "Run" and "If you run again I will break your legs".
Zhong Qingye and Qi Mo looked at each other, it was not a good thing.
"Red Eagle!" Qi Mo called out in a deep voice, tightening his arms and pulling Zhong Qingye closer to his body. Hong Ying quickly opened the car door and poked his head in. Zhong Qingye had sharp eyes and was outside in a flash.
The large number of people holding torches were mostly young men, and there were also teenagers of twelve or thirteen years old. Everyone looked angry and didn't know what happened.
"What happened?" Qi Mo frowned and asked, "It's already night, why is it so noisy?"
Red Eagle replied: "Sir, these people are common people living nearby. They seem to be chasing someone. Bai Ying has already gone to understand the situation. He will soon know what happened."
Just as he was talking, he heard the sound of footsteps running towards him, and Bai Ying's voice sounded outside the car door, "Master, madam, I've found out clearly that these people are chasing a crazy woman."
"Female madman?" Zhong Qingye was confused for a moment. "What are you doing chasing a madman? But what did you do?"
"Madam, you are smart. I don't know where this madman came from or why he is mad. But since he came here, he has been doing sneaky things to fill his stomach. It has already made people angry. I don't know this time either.
Why, that crazy woman actually almost set someone else’s house on fire, which aroused everyone’s anger and threatened to arrest her and bring her to court.”
Zhong Qingye laughed in amusement. "I thought what caused such a mess and wanted to see an official? Is there any official in Northern Qi who is bigger than the one next to me? Since you encounter it, just step in and take care of it. Find someone to deal with it.
Capture the person and send him to where he belongs, and give some money to the unlucky guy whose house is about to be burned down. Deal with it quickly so we can go back to the palace. I'm so sleepy."
After saying that, he actually yawned and leaned into Qi Mo's arms with a look of sadness.
Qi Mo took advantage of the situation and pulled up his cloak, which had slipped a lot due to his movements, and said in a calm tone: "Follow what Madam said and resolve it as soon as possible."
Bai Ying took the order and left. His work efficiency was naturally unmatched by ordinary people. Anyway, it would be troublesome for the madman to stay. The people were naturally happy to see someone willing to take over and deal with it. They also saw that he paid for compensation.
The common people had nothing to care about what the madman had done, and dispersed in twos and threes.
Not long after, Bai Ying said from outside the carriage: "Master, madam, it's been done. What should we do next?"
Seeing that Zhong Qingye was not in good spirits, Qi Mo said: "It's too late now, just take it back to Jingyang City and ask the local magistrate to take over."
Before Bai Ying had time to speak, a sharp scream suddenly sounded, which scared Zhong Qingye and almost jumped up from his stool. Before he could understand what was going on, he heard a woman screaming outside the carriage:
"Be bold! You are all bold! Let go and don't touch me! I am a concubine! I am a noble concubine, you are all bold!"
Her voice was extremely sharp. She screamed with all her strength, almost like a knife. It hurt people's eardrums. She was hysterical. After she roared, there was a series of extremely exaggerated smiles, like a ghost, echoing in this quiet night.
It's creepy.
Zhong Qingye grinned secretly, this woman is quite crazy, she can actually talk nonsense like this.
But...she frowned, was it an illusion? Why did she think this woman's voice was familiar?
Before she had time to think about it, the shrill laughter outside the carriage suddenly stopped, and Bai Ying said with a slight panic: "I'm sorry, sir, but this crazy woman is really hard to control. I have already knocked her out because of my humble position. I will send her to the government immediately."
go."
Qi Mo nodded and was about to speak, but Zhong Qingye beat him to it. "Wait a minute!"
Qi Mo was stunned and turned to look at her, only to see her brows furrowed as if she was trying hard to think about something. He couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Qi Mo..." Zhong Qingye frowned more and more. "Do you feel that... this woman's voice is familiar? It seems like you have heard it somewhere?"
"Ah?" Qi Mo was startled for a moment and couldn't help laughing. "Where have you heard such a crazy woman's voice? Are you too tired and heard it wrong?"
Hong Ying also interjected: "I must have heard wrongly. Madam has been in the palace all the time, and she was not in Beiqi in the past few years. But I heard from the people that this woman has only been here for three months. How could Madam have heard her voice?"
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"No..." Zhong Qingye shook his head and hit his temple with his hand. "I am very confident in my own memory. I must have heard of this woman...ah!"
She suddenly screamed, stood up from Qi Mo's arms, hunched over and hurried towards the car door.