Miss Fortune: Is the regent ready for today?

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In the narrow alley, the wind blowing through her collar and grazing her neck invaded her back, making Yin Luo shiver. She stood up hesitantly and turned her head to look back.

What caught the eye was Xu Zhichen, who was wearing a lavender dress. Her left hand was placed casually on her abdomen, and her right hand was twisting a string of purple leaf sandalwood beads. The wind hit the string of beads, which even made a ticking sound, but she appeared quietly.

A smile appeared on Yin Luo's face, and he subconsciously clenched the fingers hidden in the wide cuffs, "What a coincidence, eldest sister, I was resting in Yuji Pavilion just now, and suddenly I heard a sweet tune, so I thought I would come out and see what it was. Who is singing?" After she finished speaking, she turned half of her body to let Xu Zhichen see the little girl playing with the carved bamboo toys.

But looking at the entire alley, apart from her and Xu Zhichen, there was no one anywhere else.

The little girl who was sitting on the stone slab singing just a second ago seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. The stone slab was covered with a layer of dust. It looked like someone had been sitting there.
Yin Luo's heart stopped beating at this moment, and the sound of Xu Zhichen twisting the rosary could be heard from the side. It seemed to indicate that the scene just now was Yin Luo's imagination. In fact, there had never been a person holding bamboo skin carvings here. Little girl singing.

"Where is it?" Xu Zhichen responded with a gentle smile and looked at Yin Luo, who had a blank look in his eyes.

Yin Luo looked around. After a brief silence, she raised her lips and said, "He was here just now. He looks eight or nine years old... Maybe he ran away while you and I were talking. After all, children of this age like to play hide and seek."

Although the words were mentioned in one sentence, no one knew how panicked Yin Luo was now. For some reason, the eldest sister she used to think was the most friendly was looking at her with something that made her instinctively afraid.

"Is that so?" Xu Zhichen asked in a strange tone, as if he didn't believe what Yin Luo said.

Yin Luo took a deep breath and didn't want to continue this topic, so he said, "When did eldest sister come back? Why didn't you go to Yuji Pavilion first? Two days ago, Xiaoliu said that he would take care of you and set up a big table for you."

"Jingzhumen is located in Ningcheng. You are guests, and I should be the host." Xu Zhichen lowered his eyebrows, deliberately bringing Yin Luo back to the previous topic, "You said you just heard someone singing, what was she singing? ? Do you remember it? I know something about Ningcheng folk tunes, why don't you tell me the lyrics and I'll tell you the music?"

"No, I just listened to the tune and couldn't understand the words. She sang with a local Ningcheng accent." Yin Luo smiled and said, "Sister, you know, I'm not that thoughtful. I always just listen to the tune. Why? Do you care about filling in lyrics?"

Xu Zhichen's expression remained unchanged, but Yin Luo saw obvious relaxation in her eyes.

The girl in red slapped her forehead, "But, I understand one sentence."

Xu Zhichen's eyes locked on hers, and the smile on his lips became stiff.

Yin Luo approached her and asked confusedly: "That word mentioned Ben Xipo. Sister, do you know where that is?"

Xu Zhichen clearly saw the exploration in Yin Luo's eyes. She twisted the hand with the beads and answered lightly: "Benxi Slope is a famous high cliff in the three cities in the northeast." She said no more. I need to explain the plan of the song to Yin Luo.

"Oh." Yin Luo nodded thoughtfully, and finally asked: "Hey? Why is eldest sister here? Which alley is this?"

Xu Zhichen, who has always been calm and calm, excused himself, "This is called Chuiye Street. In response to the bamboo gate in Ningcheng, it is inevitable to take a shortcut through here."

Yin Luo suddenly realized: "I have nothing to do, why don't I send eldest sister back? Just in time, you can tell me about going to Beijing." Xu Zhichen did not refuse, she took the lead to walk and started talking: "Emperor Chongwen was inexplicably comatose due to heart disease. , the marriage between Qingyue and Mingfang was postponed. Did you hear? Your friend who once served as the envoy of the capital in Dali Temple was dismissed. "

"Lanyun? Why was it withdrawn?"

"She clung to the Yin family case and did not let go. She also recruited her men to go to three cities in the northeast to take away the files recording Yin Miao's whereabouts, and passed them to Emperor Chongwen. How could there be any good?" Xu Zhichen's eyes were empty and lonely, "All four are empty. Obsessing too deeply is a waste of time."

Yin Luo frowned in disapproval, "Sister Yi, do you believe that the Yin family was exterminated because they offended the water bandits?"

"Everything has its own reason. Looking for the cause after the effect and the effect after the cause. In the end, it all depends on luck." Xu Zhichen closed his eyes, his cold expression flowing with Zen, but more of it was about letting go, similar to the kind of resignation that is close to fate. ...No more cravings.

Yin Luo's gaze remained stubbornly on her cheek, "I'm asking you, eldest sister, do you believe it?"

"I don't believe it." Xu Zhichen answered lightly, "But can I decide anything whether I believe it or not?"

Yin Luo was speechless for a moment. She changed her mind and said again: "Anyway, I have to thank eldest sister for her kindness. We were trapped in the dungeon at that time. You can send a message to Tingxianlou. I know you hope to borrow their help. Rescue us soon."

Xu Zhichen remained calm and did not reveal any of his selfishness in wanting to test Chi Linjing, "Third sister is too polite."

There was a voice deep in her heart, which stirred Yin Luo's thoughts. She always felt that Xu Zhichen was a little strange, but she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Suppressing the strange feeling, she asked: "Sister, you have lived in Ningcheng for a long time. Do you know that there is a school called Peking Flying Flies in Waiting Spring Alley in the city? There is a magnolia tree outside the courtyard, which is easy to identify. The person who opened this school is What's the origin?"

"Pingying Academy?" Xu Zhichen raised his eyes and looked at her, "Aren't you always looking for the Pingying Theater Troupe? Do you suspect that this school is related to the Pingying Theater Troupe?"

"Yes." Yin Luo didn't hide anything. "We leaned against the wall and watched. There was only one female teacher in the school. Judging from her temperament and demeanor, I guessed that she was an official in Beijing. I sent spies Bai Qi to check. Got the news."

"Mr. Female? Have you ever been an official?" Xu Zhichen seemed to be thinking, "There was a woman in Daliang who was in politics before, sixteen or seventeen years ago, right? It is said that she disguised herself as a man and relied on the imperial examination system to pass the examination all the way from Bianzhou. When he arrived in Beijing, he was appointed deputy envoy to the minister."

Yin Luo raised his brows and asked in surprise: "She has been admitted to the political hall, and no one has discovered that she is a girl?"

"Deputy Minister of the Secretariat, a fifth-rank official, she is as small as a sesame seed in the political palace. Who would pay attention to her every day?" Xu Zhichen slowed down and looked at Yin Luo with increasingly meaningful eyes, "Rumors say, she is He became an official only after being recommended by Prime Minister Yin."

"What's her name? Sister, did the female official you mentioned ever participate in the reform of the imperial examination system with my father?"

"That's right, her name is Chang Yinglian, a concubine from an aristocratic family. After the incident with Prime Minister Yin, she resigned and returned to her hometown. How could a concubine from a Bianzhou family come to Ningcheng even if she resigned from her official position?"

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