Chasing the Immortal Road

Chapter 21 The Conspiracy Is Now

On the 560th of the twelfth lunar month in the fourth year of Daji 28, as recorded in the almanac, the value of the god is Qinglong, which is suitable for praying for longevity, offering sacrifices, trading, migrating, and meeting relatives and friends.

However, on such an auspicious day, the sky above the entire capital city is gloomy.The sun, which was supposed to radiate light and heat and burn all evil spirits, shrank in the thick yellow clouds.The cold wind was precipitous, adding a chill to the gray and gloomy sky.

The days in winter are already relatively short, and with this kind of weather, when the hour is just right, darkness sweeps across the entire land.However, since the Lantern Festival in Kyoto started two days ago, no matter whether it is cold or hot, bright or dark, it will not affect its prosperity and excitement at this time.

Yun Qingluo left from the birthday banquet of the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, and as soon as she walked out of the side door, the cool breeze blew over her head and face, but she didn't feel cold, on the contrary, she felt much better.

When she came out, because she didn't want anyone to follow her, she just told her mother that she wanted to go to the garden of the Hou Mansion by herself. Knowing that she didn't like all kinds of banquets, her mother agreed.Now that she was out of the Hou's Mansion, she planned to stroll around the main street not far away, and return after the banquet was almost over.

Old Hou Ye's [-]th birthday, most of the dignitaries in Beijing came to congratulate him, and there were also royal people among them. Unlike the past many princes who came, this year only Prince Duan appeared at the birthday banquet.Now that the crown prince has been abolished, King Su and King Duan are the ones who are most likely to seize the throne.And because King Su was in full charge of the imperial guards that ensured the safety of Kyoto during the Lantern Festival, so he only asked people to prepare gifts and bring them here.

At the banquet, the one who made Yun Qingluo bored and couldn't stay any longer was that Duan Wang.She admits that she has never had any contact with Prince Duan, and the Yun family has never been involved in disputes over the heir apparent, and has never had a close relationship with any prince or prince.But at today's birthday banquet, King Duan kept his eyes on her from time to time.

That condescending, playful look mixed with a little bit of gloating, seemed to tell her, 'something interesting is about to happen to you, I'm looking forward to it! ', disgusted her.

Walking in the noisy night market, Yun Qingluo couldn't help but think of the day when she had a conflict with Wang Shiyu, the eyes that fell on her twice.She could feel that the owner of that gaze was not Duan Wang.But if you look at the two together, King Duan seems to be watching a play, and the eyes that day, the greedy eyes in the evil, are like, like...

"Hiss—"

A sudden pain in his arm pulled Yun Qingluo back from his thoughts.

Then there was a muffled groan from the ground.

Yun Qingluo turned to look at the culprit, and saw that he was a young man in green clothes around 20 years old, with a thin body and a fair face, but his expression seemed a little flustered, his eyeballs turned left and right, and there was a flash of light in his eyes...

The fair skin of a scholar, coupled with this slippery expression, gave her an indescribable sense of disobedience!
Touch porcelain?

As soon as this idea appeared in her mind, it was quickly pinched away.

Because in the next second, the young man got up on the ground with his hands and feet, and then ran away without leaving any eyes or lines.

Just run away like this?Isn't it Porcelain?

Could it be that Yun Qingluo's pupils shrank, and she reached out to touch the purse at her waist...

The purse is still there!

Yun Qingluo went in without knowing it. There were a lot of people on the street tonight, and he was so absorbed in his thoughts just now that he collided with that young man without checking for a while.

But the man was knocked down to the ground, and he looked dishonest again.But he neither blackmailed her nor took the opportunity to steal her purse.His expression was flustered, as if he was fleeing...

"Quick...stop...stop him, little thief...catch the little thief, little..."

Suddenly, intermittent old voices came from the opposite direction from which the young man was fleeing. After a while, an old man ran out of the crowd with difficulty, his cloudy eyes filled with resentment and helplessness.

Most of the people around were unmoved. There are many cases of thieves stealing money bags on this street every day.Those who can work in this industry in the capital city are generally agile and extremely fast. In many cases, even the guards patrolling the city can't do anything, so it's their turn to act chivalrously!
Of course, there are some people who can't stand it, but they know that they have no martial arts, and they have run away, so there is nothing they can do to help!

The old man also knew that his asking for help might be useless, he only hated himself for being confused, and wanted to follow the example of the younger generation of couples who went to the lantern festival at night, carrying the money they earned in the past six months, and took the old woman out for a stroll at night.But he didn't want to be accidentally caught by the thief. He chased him for more than half a street, but the thief still didn't catch him!

Panting, he passed by Yun Qingluo, shouting and dragging his almost collapsed body, staggeringly chasing after the young man running away, looking weak and stubborn.

"Uncle Huang!"

Yun Qingluo recognized this unlucky old man, isn't this the Uncle Huang from the wonton stall not far from Dr. Xia's home medical center?The fillings of their wontons are fresh, the skin is very thin, the taste is very good, and the portion is very generous.And because she and Xia Xuan are frequent customers of the small shop, Uncle Huang will add a few more to them every time.

Could it be that the young man stole the uncle's purse just now?

"Ah, little... the little girl recognizes... me, my old man Huang?" The old man Huang, who had just taken a few steps, turned around when he heard someone calling him.

At first glance, the girl in front of him was dressed gorgeously, and she looked like a lady from a wealthy family, but he and the old woman seemed to have never met such a family.Looking at her appearance, this little girl has fair skin and exquisite facial features, but the aura overflowing in her eyes is somewhat familiar, but she can't remember where she saw her before.

Seeing Uncle Huang's puzzled face, as if he didn't recognize himself, Yun Qingluo suddenly realized that when he went to their stall to eat wontons, his appearance was covered up.His current attire is naturally different from that at that time, so he hastily said:
"Uncle Huang, I'm A Luo, I don't have time to explain now, does the little thief grow..."

After some quick questioning, she confirmed from Uncle Huang that the young man in green was the one who stole his money bag.

"Uncle Huang, I will go after you together. If I can recover it, I will send it to your stall tomorrow." After saying that, he got up and chased after the young man in the direction where he was running.

The people who heard the conversation between the two originally wanted to laugh at this beautiful girl for being overconfident, but they were immediately stunned by her speed and slapped her face.

Unexpectedly, this woman is not only good-looking, but also good at martial arts!You really can't underestimate anyone!
Yun Qingluo doesn't know what other people think, half a year's savings is a lot of money for Uncle Huang, and she has improved her internal strength recently, so she should be able to catch up.

Sure enough, at the end of the street, under the dim light, Qing Luo finally saw that dazzling green.

She said how she looked at it with a sense of disobedience, and she turned out to be a thief.snort!Let's see where you are going!
Thinking of getting back the hard-earned money for Uncle Huang soon, Yun Qingluo couldn't help speeding up.

Seeing that Qing Luo was chasing after him, the man in green twitched the corner of his mouth evilly, and the bottom of his eyes sparkled darkly. On the surface, he pretended to be exhausted and panicked, and turned into an alley beside the main street.

Seeing the thief who was about to be caught hiding in the dark alley, Yun Qingluo quickly pulled out the dagger, and walked slowly from the entrance of the alley against the edge of the alley to prevent him from jumping over the wall in a hurry.

After walking a few steps, Yun Qingluo, who was brimming with enthusiasm, felt something was wrong.

As a thief, if you steal in the streets at night but wear dazzling green, isn't it easy to be spotted when you run away?
In the chase just now, the thief was not slow, but he was able to be chased for half a street by the nearly [-]-year-old uncle Huang who had no internal strength?
And before being hit by him, even though she was a little absent-minded, with her current five senses, there's no reason why she wouldn't be able to notice it!

Yun Qingluo, you idiot!
With a curse in his heart, Qing Luo turned around and ran away.

However, it was too late.

The unknown powder hula-la rushed towards her, and before she could hold her breath, her limbs went limp, her eyelids drooped and she lost consciousness.

In the darkness, the previous man in green turned back, and while taking off his eye-catching outer robe, he smiled at the place where Qingluo fainted: "I almost let this little beauty run away, but luckily my brother made a timely move."

"It seems that the prince's news is correct. The little girl still has a bit of chivalry. After all, she is not deeply involved in the world, and she doesn't understand the dangers of the human heart." Another man in the dark said with a smirk.

"Big brother said, I really want to taste what this noble lady in Beijing is like right away."

"Hmph! Who dares to touch something that the Erdang family has not used yet? The Erdang family has not done anything yet, so we brothers will go back first, and it will be troublesome if people find out!"

(End of this chapter)