Chapter 279 [One day on earth, one year in heaven?]
"Squeak! Squeak!"
At three o'clock in the morning, a group of carriages and horses were ready to set off from the side gate of Prince Yu's Mansion.
In the morning, everyone in the birthday class was busy washing and washing while being taught etiquette by the young eunuch. After Eunuch Zheng ran back, they all learned a lot.
Eunuch Zheng then ordered everyone to change into the regular clothes prepared by the palace. At this time, everyone looked much more energetic than yesterday.
Especially the children, although they did not dare to make loud noises, after taking a bath and changing into new clothes, their little faces were flushed, and their eyes were full of excitement and vitality.
Jia Fei still sat in the first car, and Eunuch Zheng still sat in front of the first car and the second car with Lian Feng, his old partner.
Both of them were silent, but Lian Feng was sitting in meditation while adjusting his breath, while Eunuch Zheng frowned as if thinking about something.
Behind each car was a servant from the mansion, and the drivers were all whispering about the series of strange things that happened last night.
Cheng Yu stood on the roof of the car. Next to him was a goose-yellow flag with the word "Yu" embroidered on it, fluttering as the car bumped.
A motorcade passed through the main entrance of the palace and turned to the right before stopping more than ten feet away from the palace gate. Seeing a golden-armored warrior blocking the road ahead for inspection, Eunuch Zheng quickly showed his princess badge.
The golden-armored warrior saw that Lian Feng was also in the convoy, and saluted him first, and then only looked at the token briefly before letting him go. Then the group of carriages and horses continued westward along the tall vermilion palace wall.
There was no one wandering around the street outside the palace walls anymore, and everyone in the motorcade had different thoughts, so except for the sound of the wheels turning, it was very quiet.
'So...Brother Cheng can roughly conclude that the little princess is your old friend...it turns out that she also likes to eat mango ice...'
Jia Fei sat in the car and was quiet for a long time, when suddenly a message came to Cheng Yu.
After Cheng Yu heard the words "Mango Mianmianbing", he couldn't help but recall some vague details from his previous life.
Golden mangoes, milky white tofu puffs, and scenes of drama and drama all appeared in his mind one after another along with the back of the white floral skirt.
'Yes, we have made mango ice cream in the past. If everything goes as expected, it will probably be her.'
He replied calmly.
'oh……'
Jia Fei agreed softly, and no one said anything.
"Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!"
The sound of the moving axles of this motorcade echoed repeatedly outside the palace walls.
'You have to pass the Yasi of Jinwu Guard ahead.'
Cheng Yu stood on the roof of the car and saw a door in the palace wall ahead, with two rows of golden-armored warriors standing at the door.
‘Should we be sent directly to Jinwuwei’s prison?’
Jia Fei joked.
Cheng Yu ignored her because at this time he heard cries of injustice coming from the Yamen.
"What an injustice!"
"Master! I was really wronged...unjustly"
"I was wronged too!"
This series of cries of injustice came one after another, and Cheng Yu knew that the sound came from Jinwuwei's prison.
Suddenly, he vaguely sensed a voice shouting about injustice that sounded familiar to him, so he filtered out other noises and listened attentively.
"Stop shouting, you! Liu Dalang?"
A majestic voice shouted with full force, it must have been the prison sentence.
"Yes! It's the little one."
No wonder it sounded familiar, it turned out that this person was Zhang Bogu's love rival and Mrs. Liu's cuckold businessman husband.
"Congratulations to you!"
The prison head laughed.
"Joy and rejoice together!"
Liu Dalang heard this and hurriedly replied happily.
"Ah! Do you like us or not? Come out!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
"Squeaky!"
There was a sound of chains, and then the door bolt twisted.
"Ah...ah! Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir Qingtian! My little lady has also been released. I'll take her home. Could you please take off the chains on my hands? I'll...
Eh? Eh? Master! What does this mean?"
"Snapped!"
Before Liu Dalang finished speaking, Cheng Yu heard a "pop" sound, and then there was no more Liu Dalang's voice from the prison.
"Sir, the prisoner has been handed over. Could you please sign a bond with me?"
The prison boss changed his dignified tone and spoke in an almost flattering tone.
"Thank you!"
A young voice sounded, followed by a series of footsteps.
After the sounds of footsteps faded away, whispers began to begin in the prison.
"Tsk! It's ridiculous, that country guy thought he was going to let him out."
"No! The handsome old man who just saw the inner guard for the first time is also here, but he scared me! I thought he was taking me to prison!"
"Hey! Did you hear that? Last night, for some reason, a man escaped from the women's prison and alarmed half of the city. The big men of the inner guard teamed up to catch him. I heard that he is now in the prison.
He is being held in prison."
"No, I heard that the master who escaped from prison also destroyed a main hall in Duwu Temple."
"Ah? So cruel? Be good! No wonder the cell leader and the female prisoner were also killed."
"Huh? I heard what the country man said just now. His little wife was also released. Is she the one who ran away last night?"
"Eh? Now that you say it, maybe it's true."
"..."
"..."
After Cheng Yu's motorcade passed the gate of the Jinwu Guards Office, it traveled a long distance and almost reached the gate of the inner city. The whispers in the prison continued and became louder as they chatted.
It seems that the prison of Jinwu Guard is divided into at least two levels. Just like the inner guard and the outer guard, ordinary prisons hold mortals. The so-called prison is so strict that ordinary mortals are not qualified to enter.
As for the imperial prison they were talking about, Cheng Yu also dispersed his consciousness and quietly swept around, and indeed detected the aura of the Five Elements Formation deeper in the Yasi.
But he did not detect the aura of the thin northern woman who broke into Prince Yu's Mansion last night.
A group of chariots and horses had now arrived at the gate of the inner city. Guarding the gate were no longer just warriors in golden armor, but also five junior Jinwu captains.
When they arrived, Lian Feng, who was in the lead car, did not get out of the car. He only clasped his fists in the car and saluted all the junior brothers.
Just at this time, an old school captain in black walked out of the side room in the city gate. Seeing this, Lian Feng, who was in the lead car, did not dare to neglect anymore and hurriedly jumped out of the front of the car, clasped his fists in salute and called him uncle.
The captain in black stared at Lian Feng's mouth. After the two chatted for a few words, the convoy was released from the city.
After arriving at the outer city, there were more and more cars and pedestrians on the road and shouts on both sides. The atmosphere of the city finally returned, not as majestic and oppressive as before outside the palace wall, and the speed of the motorcade also slowed down.
Obviously, the series of incidents in the civil and military temples and Prince Yu's Mansion yesterday evening did not have much impact on the outer city.
Suddenly, Cheng Yu felt the car ahead of him shudder, but Lian Feng, who was sitting at the front of the car, jumped out of the car again for some unknown reason.
Looking up, he saw a carriage coming in front, with a small white flag hanging on the carriage. A Captain Jinwu in white jumped out of the carriage. He looked very upright and resolute, but he only wore a flag in front of his nose.
There is a golden mask.
After getting out of the car, Lian Feng walked two steps to the man. After looking at the man for a moment or two, he knelt on the ground with his fists clasped and bowed deeply:
"Brother!"
Opposite is Lian Zhao.
Cheng Yu's mind suddenly flashed back to the handsome figure in white clothes who kept throwing arrows and escaping in the countryside of Gyeonggi Province.
Looking at his face again at this time, except for the eye-catching metal mask, the original youthful arrogance has long disappeared, and his face has become much older.
If you look closely, you can even see some wrinkles in the corners of his eyes. It's not like the young man who was in his prime before, but now he looks like a middle-aged man.
Lian Zhao hurriedly stepped forward to help his younger brother up. The two held hands and looked at each other, bursting into tears and speechless.
"Brother, you... only went up to chat for a few days, and already... my brother is suffering!"
Lian Feng wanted to reach out to take off the mask on Lian Zhao's face, but Lian Zhao reached out to stop him. He then wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, patted his brother's arm, looked up and down carefully, and said happily:
"Very good! Nothing has changed."
After speaking, he accidentally glanced behind Lian Feng, frowned and asked in a low voice:
"Who's in the lead car?"
As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yu couldn't help but look at him differently. Not only did Lian Zhao look older, he also had a mask. His cultivation level also increased sharply, and he could immediately see the clues to his lead.
Lian Feng came up to his brother and whispered in a low voice, and Lian Zhao suddenly said:
"I see. Well, if I hadn't been busy with official duties at this time, I would have wanted to discuss things with this fellow Taoist who came down from the mountain."
"Official duties? Brother came down from the mountain just now. What official duties do you have?"
When Lian Zhao asked, he turned around and pointed to the carriageway behind him:
"Last time when I was handling a case with my master, my master ordered me to go up to the ridge and bring a witness with me. Now that I'm out of the ridge, my master ordered me to take this person to the Yasi for custody."
Cheng Yu heard this from the roof of the car and immediately flew to the window of Lian Zhao's car on the opposite side. He looked in through the gap in the curtain of the car window and saw a person sitting in the car. It looked like he had saved the car before.
That Ge Sanlang who worked as a broker for Zhang Baogu.
I still remember that when I rescued him a few days ago, this man was tortured and beaten by Shopkeeper Song and his men until he was almost invisible. Not only did there not be any injuries on his face at this time, but he was also three points fatter than before, and his face was also pale.
Much more rosy and looks richer.
I saw Katsaburo sitting in the car with beads of sweat on his head. It turned out that he was still wearing a winter jacket. Although the buttons were all unbuttoned and he was constantly pulling on the collar to fan himself, it was the hot summer season.
How can it not be hot?
"It's so hot..."
Finally, Katsaburo couldn't bear it any longer. He muttered and squirmed in the small carriage, struggling to take off his jacket and put it beside him.
Cheng Yu took a look and saw that there was a cotton-padded gown next to it.
"..."
Could it be that Qixialing is located on a high mountain behind the capital, so one has to wear a coat even in the scorching summer?
Although I don’t know where Qixialing is located specifically, the various performances of these two people revealed a strange appearance. After a handsome young man came down from the top, in addition to multiple metal masks on his face, he became old in a few days.
Many years old.
As for Katsaburo, who went up almost at the same time, his appearance has not aged much, but his injuries healed too quickly...
Looking at the two people opposite, Cheng Yu couldn't help but think of the allusion that one day on earth and one year in heaven.
