Chapter 309 Early Warning
Late night. Everything was silent.
This night was extraordinarily quiet, and even extraordinarily dark. The thick night covered the entire river airtightly. There was no moonlight in the sky, and not even a single starlight could be seen.
As for the streets and alleys, they are so dark that you can't see them even after dark.
The long street looks like a trace of thick ink, and the shops and houses lined up on both sides of the street this time are only layers of outlines and shadows in the night. Upon closer inspection, they actually reveal It has a bit of a weird feeling of thousands of ghosts.
But in such a dark night, there was a small window that revealed a faint light.
And this light shines through the night on the long street, like a dim starlight obscured by clouds and fog in the dark sky. Even if you identify it carefully, you can hardly see it clearly, but when a figure walks by As it passed, traces of light were revealed.
After walking through this dim light, this man also stopped at the door of a house.
This is a small independent courtyard. The courtyard is not big, and there are only two rooms in the east and west. The lights in the east room have long been turned off and merged into the deep night, but the lights in the west room are still on. A little light shined through the small window, outlining the outline of the thin figure at the door.
The man stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the wooden door.
"Tuk-tuk."
The two soft sounds in the night were not too harsh, but immediately, the surroundings became quieter, and the light from the window flickered, as if two people had passed by. shadow, and then the light gradually dimmed, and someone walked out of the west room holding a candlestick. I heard a set of footsteps through the small courtyard. I started to panic, but as I got closer, I became more and more calm. Finally, the footsteps stopped inside the door.
A little light shines through the crack in the door?
“Who?”
In the night, a low, strange voice sounded: “Is this the home of Deputy Commander Cheng?”
"..."
The door suddenly became quiet. It was already spring, and the night wind that originally contained a little warmth suddenly became cold and harsh at this moment. The person inside spoke again, and the deep voice sounded like Already carrying a hint of murderous intent: "Who are you?"
"Please invite Vice President Cheng Don't be nervous, sir. I came here late at night to tell you something important."
"Oh?"
The person inside the door was silent for a while, maybe thinking. Still waiting for something, after a while, I finally heard the sound of the door bolt being pulled out, and then the wooden door opened.
Behind the door was Cheng Qiao's honest face.
As soon as he opened the door, he immediately saw the person standing outside the door. This person was wearing a cloak with a hood hanging low, almost covering half of his face. For a moment, this man bowed his hands to Cheng Qiao and saluted: "Deputy Commander."
Cheng Qiao suddenly frowned: "You are——"
......
The night passed slowly in an indescribable dull atmosphere.
And this night is destined to be a night where many people cannot sleep. For example, Shang Ruyi, who was also facing the dark night, but her eyes were darker than the night. She kept her eyes wide open and looked at the faint morning light coming from the window. , listening to the surroundings slowly starting to become silent.
It was finally dawn that day, and when Wuxue brought someone over to help her get up and wash up, he found that her eyes were slightly swollen and red.
Wuxue said softly: "Young lady, did you not sleep well?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi glanced at her and did not tell her that he had spent the whole night Didn't sleep.
Wuxue could see it to some extent and said softly: "But today, His Majesty is taking the young lady for an outing. If the young lady is not in good spirits, what can she do?"
Shang Ruyi washed his face and sobered up a little. Some.
Then he said: "I may not be able to go yet."
Yesterday, she said those words in front of Chu Yang, but she miraculously survived - Eunuch Lian Yu When they sent her back, they all said that this was the only one in these years, which showed how special she was to the emperor, but Shang Ruyi knew in her heart that it was not her "specialness" that kept her alive, but in Chu Yang's eyes, perhaps , a "special" that he needs.
But no matter what, she still hurt Chu Yang.
Because after that, a table full of exquisite dishes was delivered from the kitchen. The two palace maids specifically told her that two of the dishes were specially ordered by Chu Yang to be cooked by the kitchen, and they wanted to have a meal together tonight. .
But in the end, I only took a bite or two, and I was the only one who saw the table full of food and wine being taken away.
So, Shang Ruyi herself didn’t know whether today’s Cold Food Festival outing could go ahead. Maybe in her heart, she didn’t even hope it could go ahead.
Even at this time, it was completely impossible for Chu Yang to wake up.
After breakfast, it was true that no one came to treat him. Shang Ruyi drank a cup of tea to refresh himself, but he still couldn't help but yawned. Woxue said softly: "Madam, why don't you take advantage of it?" Sleep for a while? Fortunately, it’s quiet today.”
Shang Ruyi shook his head.
But she thought about it and couldn't help but look outside: "Yes, it's really quiet today."
Although the palace she was in was within the scope of the inner palace, it was not too quiet. There will be people walking around, and the movements of the courtiers outside will not affect this place. Therefore, it has always been very quiet and conducive to rest, but today there is something different.
It was too quiet... In fact, not only was it quiet, but the atmosphere surrounding the palace seemed a bit too quiet.
She couldn't help but walked to the door. The scenery outside was as before. Moreover, because of Chu Yang's instructions yesterday, the palace people had decorated these places overnight. Various exquisite and exquisite glazed lanterns were hung under the eaves, and they were blown by the wind. , the tassels hanging on the lamps trembled slightly; and under the porch, there were all kinds of flowers, some real and some fake gauze flowers, but they all looked lifelike and simply beautiful.
If I were a child, seeing such a scenery, I would probably be overwhelmed with joy.
But now, seeing such a scenery - she was still at a loss, but she was so uneasy that she was at a loss.
At this moment, a little palace maid came over holding a food box and whispered: "Madam."
Shang Ruyi couldn't help but frowned when he looked at what she had in her hand. Said: "Didn't I just have breakfast? Why did you bring something again?"
The little palace maid said softly: "This is not from the kitchen."
"No? Then this is-"
"It was given by Deputy Commander Cheng to the slave to hand over to Madam."< br>
“Vice Commander Cheng? Cheng Qiao?”
Shang Ruyi was stunned for a moment.
This Cheng Qiao, when I met him before, although he was loyal to Yu Wenye, the two of them were not familiar with each other after all. After a few words, they broke up, and he did not tell him to "go and tell him if there is anything needed." Take his words to heart.
But why did he suddenly send something today?
The little palace maid was also a little uneasy.
In fact, although Shang Ruyi lives in the inner palace, she has a special status and is not considered a concubine, so it is not a taboo for her husband to give her things, but she is still afraid. After putting down the box, After bowing, he turned around and left.
Shang Ruyi thought for a while, walked over and opened the box.
Inside, there are several pastries.
Fireworks are prohibited during the Cold Food Festival and only cold food is eaten, so sending cakes to each other is nothing new.
Ke Shang Ruyi still felt strange. She picked up a piece of butter cake and took a bite. It was sweet and delicious, and there was nothing strange about it. She looked at the dumpling next to her and saw that there was nothing wrong with it.
Did he really just send some pastries?
At this time, Wuxue on the side said softly: "Madam, please bring you a plate and put it on the plate."
Shang Ruyi nodded.
Although Wuxue belongs to Chu Yang, she does not hide anything from her. In fact, it is impossible for her to hide anything she does in Jiangdu Palace from Chu Yang. Therefore, Cheng Qiao sent If the cakes come over, I'm afraid Chu Yang will know about it.
Soon, Wuxue brought a plate over and used chopsticks to pick out the pastries in the food box one by one and place them on the plate.
But just after the last piece of cake was taken away, Shang Ruyi was suddenly shocked!
She then discovered that there seemed to be a mezzanine layer underneath those pastries!
At this time, she hesitated whether to open it in front of Wuxue, but she saw from the corner of her eye that Wuxue had also discovered this. After thinking about it, she simply did not hide it and reached out to pull it. Sure enough, the food box was There is another layer below.
Inside, there is a silk handkerchief.
Shang Ruyi was stunned for a moment—Sipa? What's the meaning?
Although passing silk handkerchiefs between men and women is a way to express their love for each other, she never believed that Cheng Qiao would use such a mind, such a person who always remembers the kindness in his heart and asks for something in return. , and it is absolutely impossible to have such crooked thoughts.
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi reached out and picked up the silk handkerchief.
The silk handkerchief was as soft as water and fell down as soon as it reached his hand. Shang Ruyi saw at a glance that there was a knife drawn on the corner of the silk handkerchief!
Knife! ?
A sudden shudder ran down her back. She hurriedly unfolded the silk handkerchief, looked at the knife carefully, and suddenly gasped.
Because, the shape of this knife is exactly the same as the shape of the knife drawn in the warning letter she received when Yu Wenye was blocked from attacking Xingluocang in Luoyang City!
She was almost certain that the painting in the letter and the pattern on the handkerchief in front of her were definitely made by the same person!
This person appears again!
The last warning I gave myself was that someone was going to attack Yu Wenye behind his back when he was attacking Xingluocang, so I rushed to rescue him. In fact, it was exactly like the picture in the letter. It foreshadowed that after Yu Wenye captured Xingluocang, the supervisor Kou Yunliang led his troops to surround them. If she had not made arrangements for Jiang Kesheng to take action, they would have really suffered a big loss that time.
And this time——
Shang Ruyi looked down at the knife and suddenly felt a shudder.
Wuxue on the side looked at Shang Ruyi's suddenly pale face, then looked at the pattern on the handkerchief, and couldn't help but asked softly: "Young madam, what's wrong with this handkerchief? ”
"..."
Shang Ruyi suddenly took a deep breath and turned to look at her: "Where is your Majesty?"
"What?"
"Where is your Majesty? ? Take me to him quickly!”
(End of this chapter)