Chapter Fourteen: The King's Anger and Sudden Landmines (2)
In the depths of the lantern riddle-guessing corridor in Kaifeng Mansion, under a lantern riddle, there are now only four people: the young lady, the maid, Ming Zhaoxia and Zhao Si. The rest of the people have scattered to other places.
"The beautiful woman pretended to be drunk and asked for help, revealing her white jade skin on her chest. She walked into the tent and couldn't find her. Let her feng shui fill the rivers and lakes."
After reading it once, the little lady suddenly understood what it meant, and her face turned red as fire. Fortunately, there were lanterns everywhere, and they were bright red, making everyone's faces red, so others could not see anything strange about the little lady.
"Hey, who created this lantern riddle? It's so beautiful!" Zhao seemed to have discovered something extraordinary and asked excitedly.
The clerk not far away turned around and chuckled, "I heard it was Mr. Su who came up with the mystery."
When Su Dongpo revealed a riddle, everyone involuntarily stretched their necks, raised their heads, and carefully read the words on the riddle.
Generally speaking, whoever comes up with these lantern riddles writes the riddles himself.
"Haha, it really is Da Su Gong's handwriting. This old gangster is the only one who dares to come up with such a riddle." Zhao Si pointed at the lantern riddle and laughed.
The young lady was so angry that her eyes widened and her eyebrows stood up, and she scolded: "How could you be so virtuous and capable that you dare to rebuke Da Su Gong for his lantern riddles?"
"Why not?" Zhao Si asked, not wanting to be outdone, "The lantern riddle that Mr. Su came up with is inherently charming and ambiguous. What's wrong with what I said? Did I say it wrong?"
"Duke Su is extremely talented, this is just a game he played."
"Haha, you mean, as long as you are talented, you can be called a gangster? So Liu Sanbian goes to a brothel, doesn't pay, and is cheated. That's not called prostitution, it's called romance."
Zhao Si's words were sharp and rude, making the little lady's face so angry that it almost exploded. All her talents and knowledge were of no use at this meeting, so she could only curse angrily: "Vulgar and shameless recklessness."
husband!"
Ming Zhaoxia chuckled on the sidelines. Her husband had never failed to quarrel with the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty in the Chui Gong Hall. The two best tricks were to secretly change the concept and change the topic.
You little lady dares to scold him, I really admire you.
She pushed Zhao Si and said, "Thirteenth Prince, don't be too arrogant. You bully this little lady, and you don't know how to show mercy to her."
"Pity the fragrance and cherish the jade? It must be the fragrance, it must be the jade. If the stubborn stone smells like salted fish, who will pity the fragrance? Who will cherish it?"
Seeing that the young lady was so angry that she was about to explode on the spot, Ming Zhaoxia pulled Zhao Si hard and hinted to him not to cause trouble. Don't let teasing the young lady affect tonight's important actions.
Zhao Si walked down the steps and changed the subject: "This riddle of Da Su Gong, beat four literati, have you guessed it?"
"What's so difficult about it? Jia Dao (fake fall), Li Bai (Li Bai), Luo Yin and Pan Lang (fighting waves)." Ming Zhaoxia answered smoothly.
The young lady was shocked and immediately recovered from her anger towards Zhao Si.
She looked at Ming Zhaoxia with admiration. The lantern riddle that Mr. Da Su solved was a bit difficult, but she could guess it, but not as fast as Ming Zhaoxia.
Zhao Si looked at Ming Zhaoxia, who had a proud face, and laughed, without revealing her fraud.
You have studied with Su Dongpo for several years, and his ideas are the clearest. Besides, you may have heard this lantern riddle from him when you were playing in your spare time during those years.
"Mr. Sir, there is another lantern riddle over there. Why don't we go and guess it together?"
The young lady mustered up her courage and said.
"What's the point of guessing lantern riddles? You can't eat them, and you can't read them. Just guess a few meanings. Are you stupid if you keep guessing? If you don't go, you won't go!" Zhao Si waved his hand and said.
The young lady's eyes were like knives, she wanted to cut Zhao Si into pieces.
Ming Zhaoxia rolled her eyes and said, "I heard that fireworks are going to be set off at Jinming Pond tonight, and everyone in Kaifeng can see them, but the view is better from the west, why not go to the west?"
"Okay!" the young lady responded.
Several people left the lantern riddle place and walked west along the streets.
The maid was still inserted in the middle, separated from the young lady and Ming Zhaoxia.
The two strong women stared at Zhao Si eagerly, looking at each other from time to time, exchanging glances. They seemed to be planning to take advantage of an opportunity when no one was paying attention to throw this annoying guy into the dark void.
In the alley.
As they walked, Mrs. Gongsun, a strong woman, was very alert. Suddenly she found that she and her group were following a shortcut and walked into a quiet alley.
Every household in this area also went to watch the lights and enjoy the scenery, so these remote residential lanes were naturally deserted.
The patrol police didn't seem to be patrolling here either.
Separated by the courtyard wall of a two- or three-story building, not far away is the bustling Lantern Festival Night Market, with sounds of people and lights mixed together, floating in the night sky.
It was silent here, except for myself, there was no one else.
A closer look revealed that the two gentlemen were also accompanied by companions. But just now there were too many people and noisy people, so I didn't pay attention. Now I realized that the companions were all hunky-backed, armed with knives and swords, and they looked evil.
Not good! I fell into a trap!
The strong woman looked at the young lady who was still smiling and talking in front of her, and she cried out bitterly in her heart.
When they reached the intersection of the two alleys, Zhao Si suddenly stopped, and Ming Zhaoxia also stopped.
Their guards also stopped.
The young lady didn't know what was going on. She looked at Ming Zhaoxia in surprise and asked, "Are you here yet?"
After looking around, I realized something didn't seem right.
The strong woman Gongsun grabbed her companion and rushed forward, protecting her little wife behind her. She stared at Zhao Si fiercely and said rudely.
"What do you want to do? My senior official is the Director of the Ministry of Rites, and I am an old friend of Zhang Yanwang, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture. With one post, even if you escape to the ends of the earth, people from the Inner and Outer City Police Department will arrest you."
Zhao Si was stunned for a moment, then understood. He glanced at Ming Zhaoxia, as if to say, you can handle whatever you caused.
Ming Zhaoxia shrugged helplessly. This matter is too complicated and it won't be clear for a while. She might as well explain it in detail later.
At this time, the five guards surrounding Zhao Si and Ming Zhaoxia, as if someone shouted a command, turned around with their backs to the two of them, pulled out their weapons one after another, and looked outside warily.
The young lady finally understood and asked in horror: "What happened?"
Who would have thought that her maid would be even worse? She hugged the young lady tightly, trembling all over, and said with a cry: "I don't know either."
Aunt Gongsun patted the maid's head and scolded softly: "Why are you crying! Just wait and see what happens."
Then he quietly picked up half a brick from the ground and held it in his hand.
The young lady's attention was diverted again. She stared intently at Ming Zhaoxia, who was holding the hilt of the sword in her right hand with a solemn look on her face.
Oh, he also knows swordsmanship? It seems that his swordsmanship is very good. I didn't expect that he is versatile in both civil and military affairs. It is really rare.
"Wei Tai, come out."
Zhao Si put his hands behind his back and said calmly.
The only answer he received was the whirring sound of the night wind blowing through the alley.
Pretend!
The young lady snorted and thought disdainfully. You are pretending to be an expert, but your appearance is not the same as yours! You have no momentum at all.
"You don't want to know how I found out about you?" Zhao Si continued.
After a while, several figures finally walked out from the darkness of the alleyway. The leading figure was tall and majestic, with a murderous look on his face. It was Zeng Bu's brother-in-law, Wei Tai.
"Hunjun, how did you see through my plan?" This chapter has been completed!
