Mysterious Tang Dynasty

Chapter 20 Stalking
The drone flew out of the water pavilion steadily, and passed over a large area of ​​shrubs and flowers in the night sky soundlessly. From a distance, the light in the direction of the mourning hall in the front yard could be seen, and there was the faint sound of chanting.

Seeing this scene, Li Lijun was thinking in her heart that she must find a way to go to the mourning hall tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.It's not to perfect a filial daughter's personality in front of people, and to avoid being attacked by Xiao Yang's group using public opinion, but she has been away from her mother for a long, long time.If she didn't go to see her mother for the last time before the coffin was crucified, she might never see her mother's face again in this life.

Li Lijun wandered away for a while, and when she came back to her senses, the drone's screen had passed through the flowers and trees, exited the garden gate, and came to the sky above the mourning hall.

There are still many people in the mourning hall at night, and the surrounding lights are brightly lit. Li Lijun dare not take the risk of letting the drone fly too low, otherwise it will be troublesome if someone finds out.She just gave the system an instruction to let it fly the drone to a dark and uninhabited corner of the mourning hall, and then take a look at the situation in the mourning hall from a distance.

At present, there are no masters and masters of the Sui Palace present in the mourning hall. One of Concubine Dou's confidants, Nanny Song, leads Lu Ying, and several servants who are familiar but whose names are not remembered, guard inside and outside the mourning hall.Madam Cui didn't know where she went, but the servants and maids she used to bring with her were on duty in the hall.In addition, there are a few stewards sent by the King of Sui, as well as the small officials in the palace. They are basically on duty in the wing room on the side of the mourning hall, and almost all of them are dozing off now.As for the monks and Taoists who kept watch at night and chanted sutras, they were in the wing room on the other side, so there is no need to repeat them.

Li Lijun was a little curious about where Nanny Cui had gone.The drone flew quietly over the courtyard at the west rear of the mourning hall, and Nanny Cui and one of her sons appeared in the corner of the screen.Li Lijun thought for a while, and then let the drone fly to the canopy above their heads to listen to what their mother and son were saying.

Cui Momo was sobbing softly: "...how did the little lady worry about this kind of thing before?! The lady always let her be happy, just eat, drink and have fun. But today the little lady not only almost lost her life, And the whole person became silent, and asked about all the things that she had never worried about one by one, as if she had grown up ten years in an instant! If it weren't for those sluts and the third lady in the west courtyard to force her heartlessly, she would How did it become like this?! If the lady is still alive, seeing the little lady's current appearance, I don't know how much I will feel distressed!"

Her son comforted in a low voice: "Mother, don't worry, the little lady is smart. In the past, Princess Si was protecting her, so she didn't have to worry about that much, just eat, drink and have fun. Now that Princess Si is gone, little lady Without the protection, you will naturally become more stable, isn't that a good thing? You don't have to always worry that the little lady will be coaxed by the people in the West Court in the future."

"I'd rather the west courtyard keep coaxing the fourth lady!" Cui Nanny gritted her teeth while crying, "If they can coax the little lady for a lifetime, so that she won't suffer for the rest of her life, I'll just turn a blind eye and close one eye." But they are greedy and ungrateful! They have already killed the lady, but they are still unwilling to let the little lady go, and they have the idea of ​​marrying the lady as a dowry. Even if I die, I can’t make these sluts get what they want!"

Her son asked: "The death of Princess Si...was it really Madam Yang who did it?"

Mother Cui wiped away her tears: "The little lady said that she heard the third lady say that herself. The third lady accidentally slipped her mouth, and because she was afraid that the little lady would tell others, she killed her to silence her. Since the third lady Being able to kill someone for this shows that that bitch of the Yang family has really done such evil things! It's a pity that there is no evidence..." She began to grit her teeth again, "The King Si is all about her again!"

Her son sighed: "Da Lang is not in good health, and the doctors are not sure whether he will die young. Naturally, the king will value Shiro more. It is not so much because the king is partial to Mrs. Yang that he ignores what the little lady has suffered." It would be better to say that...the successor king is trying to keep Shiro from having a notorious mother-in-law."

Why doesn't Nanny Cui understand this truth?It's just hard to calm down: "The prince will not let outsiders see the jokes of the Sui Palace. I don't think the little lady has much hope for him. But the princess is willing to help our little lady, but she is the stepmother. She can't make it through, even if the concubine wants to seek justice for our lady and the little lady, the heir king will not let her do so."

Having said that, Nanny Cui burst into tears again.

Her son quickly comforted her a few words, and then thought for a while: "If the death of Princess Si is really related to Mrs. Yang, how can she, a housewife, have the ability to find Jiang Yang's robbers to rob and kill? Most likely she found someone to pretend to be those couples." A gangster, maybe she asked her brother to do it. I will tell my brothers, try to keep an eye on her brother, maybe I can find some clues. If we can find out those fake gangsters and send them to the police, prove that they If there is an association with the Yang family, Mrs. Yang will not be able to escape!"

Cui Momo hurriedly stopped crying and asked: "Can this happen? I'm afraid those people would have been silenced long ago. Besides, the prince and the successor don't want the world to know about this scandal. Even if we can catch them, How can it be?"

Her son smiled: "Princess Si is a noble lady of the clan. She was killed. If you find any evidence, you don’t have to send it to the palace, just report it directly to Zongzheng Temple or Jing Zhaoyin. Even if the heir king doesn’t care, and the Sui king deliberately conceals the truth, Zongzheng Temple and Jing Zhaoyin will investigate this case to the end. Even if the truth It will not be made public, and they will definitely report it to the palace. Once the saint finds out...doesn’t Mrs. Yang just want to straighten her up? Tell her to dream!”

Nanny Cui took a deep breath: "Okay! Let's do it like this! My wife's good intentions to save people can't let her be killed in vain! Those murderers who killed thousands of knives deserved to end badly!"

The mother and son discussed the specific action plan in a low voice, and then Cui Mama reminded her son: "Don't forget what I told you to pass on to the shopkeepers earlier. This is what the little lady specially ordered. Go, just let him go, don't force him to leave people with ulterior motives. I know in my heart that it is impossible for any of you brothers to leave, and Alu's brothers should be fine, but for the other shopkeepers, I dare not Guaranteed.

"Little lady's concerns are justified. Reluctantly keeping people will only cause resentment. It is uncertain what disasters will happen in the future. Why don't you take advantage of the good reputation now and let everyone go, and those who stay will be loyal It’s just that you have to keep an eye on them. Even if you let them go, you can’t let them take away important property or possessions. It’s already a great grace for the little lady to let them take away their private houses. , is a sin!"

Her son hesitated for a moment: "The shopkeepers are gone. There will be fewer people running the shop in the future, so it will definitely not be as good as before. What about the craftsmen? If there are craftsmen who know the formula of pomegranate red... shall we let them go? ! "

Madam Cui remained silent.Zhao Chenji's main business is cloth and satin. Other colors of fabrics are only in the upper middle class. Only the color of pomegranate red has an exclusive secret recipe. There is no second cloth shop in Chang'an City that can dye the same color. Come.The pomegranate red silk of Zhao Chenji has also become a tribute due to the relationship between the concubine Chen's family, and no noble family will be greedy and want to take away their family's dyeing recipe.

But if the craftsman who knew the secret recipe left, the recipe would really be lost.Once someone else dyed the same pomegranate red, how could Zhao Chenji continue to gain a foothold in Chang'an City?
Both Cui's mother and son are worried.The drone dangled in the canopy above them, then flew noiselessly into the night sky.

(End of this chapter)