Chapter 40 Pipa Mood

Outside the leisure pavilion, a wave of whispered lute lute made Huanying's screen stop for a long time. Suddenly, it was not only like being in the smiling night street of the capital, but also as if under the sad and lonely moon shadow of Lanlanzhi Palace, the indescribable sadness and joys are like crying. You don't have to think of Huanying to know that this is Ning Tanger is using the pipa to vent her feelings, even Huanying had to sigh that Ning Tanger's performance of this song was only in the sky, and it was rare to hear it in the world.

When the sound of the pipa gradually lowered, Huanying stepped into the courtyard of the leisure pavilion. At the sight of the crisper who was guarding the courtyard, he frowned. At that moment, he lengthen his face and reluctantly said, "Madam, I'm here late at night. I don't know what advice?"

Xiaoci was dissatisfied with the crisp's cold attitude and snorted, "I don't know the rules. My wife came to visit Ning Ji specially. Why didn't you hurry to show your face here?"

Crispy's face changed. Just as she was about to attack, she saw Huanling stop Xiaoci and said, "Don't be like this, Xiaoci. There is a misunderstanding between me and her master. They don't know that they only focus on repaying the master's disgrace, which is not a big mistake!"

Huanying turned her face and changed her gentle voice and said to Crisp, "Go ahead, just say that Mrs. Ying came to visit Ning Ji specially. I hope she doesn't care about the past and condescend!"

She nodded and was about to go to the pavilion. As soon as she got to the door, she looked up and saw that Wei'er was coming downstairs. "Is Mrs. Ying here? Please! Please come upstairs and sit down!" Fear'er's eyes crossed Cristle'er and greeted Huanying loudly from afar, "I'm afraid of me. I hope my wife will forgive me!"

"Forget it, they are all their own children in the palace, so there is no need to be polite!" Huanying raised his eyes and looked up at the pavilion. I don't know when the sound of the pipa had stopped. In the light of the candle, a beautiful figure appeared.

Wei'er waved his hand to crisper to bring tea, and he led them to the attic. As he walked, he asked, "How's your wife? Why did sadness overshadow the initial joy in the sound of the pipa just now?"

Wei'er smiled faintly, "I don't know what the rhythm is. Madam, you are blind. I think since Mrs. Ying is so concerned about my master, it's better for you to ask her in person!"

Huanying glanced at Xiaoci and said no more. He quickly came to the door of Ning Ji's room. Wei Er opened the door and invited them to enter. He stood outside the room and said, "Madam, Mrs. Ying, they have come!"

Ning Ji sat sideways in front of the window, still holding the pipa, twirling out of the window, and did not look back. Seeing this, Huanxuan had to cough gently, "Ning Ji, I know you don't want to see me, but I can't help but come to visit you. The matter of the Buddhist hall made you feel wronged for many days. It's not my fault. If I hadn't proposed to go to the Buddhist hall to copy the scriptures for the birthday of the old empress, I might not have happened."

Ning Tanger sighed in her heart that it was you on purpose. Why do you pretend to apologize? Mrs. Ying, you are really not as good as Wei Wang Chengshan, but on your face, you can't break the window paper and tear each other's face. Who let everyone plan their own things?

Ning Tanger slowly turned around and stood up, and supported the pipa against the wall. She looked miserable and knelt down happily. "What did Mrs. Ying say? In fact, she was ashamed of her concubine. She was so careless that she was poisoned. Fortunately, she was rescued. In case of something good or bad, Isn't it hard to blame the cheap concubine for her death? At that time, even if the king of Wei does not hold the responsibility of the concubine, the concubine will have no face to see the king of Wei again!"

Huanying didn't prevent Ning Tang'er from kneeling, took two steps back awkwardly, stopped, and quickly bent down to help Ning Tang'er. "What are you doing? Don't do this. Kill me. Get up quickly. In the final analysis, it's all the troubles caused by the people who Wei Wang was wrong with the empress dowager. Our sister. Why do you have to avoid each other, don't you?

Ning Tanger took the opportunity to get up, but she still had a bitter face. "The concubine is detained in the Buddhist hall these days, and she is not allowed to take half a step out of the Buddhist hall. Not to mention that she doesn't know anything about what happened outside. Even who did such a vicious evil act was also in the dark. After she was released, no one told me the ins and outs of her husband. Would you like to tell the concubine in detail to relieve the complaint of the concubine for many days?

Huan lingered and said with a smile, "In fact, I don't know much about the details. I was poisoned. Although I was lucky enough to get out of danger and picked up a life, it also hurt me a lot. I have been recuperated on the sick bed for many days. Don't worry, madam. I think King Wei will give his wife a satisfactory answer, and won't let my wife eat so in vain. Thank you so many days."

"King Wei?" Ning Tanger twisted her waist and complained, "To tell you the truth, Madam, the king of Wei came to apologize to me yesterday, but all night, she didn't mention a word about the cause and effect of his wife's poisoning. The concubine wanted to ask several times, but she was afraid of making the king of Wei unhappy. Now she has endured it until now. The concubine feels that if the king of Wei wants to say, I'm afraid I should have taken the initiative to mention it a long time ago. Alas, maybe in Wei Wang's mind, the cheap concubine is always an outsider, so you are all deliberately hiding it from the cheap concubine, right?

"How come?" Huanxuan said, "King Wei has always been fair and fair. If he doesn't explain, maybe it's just a kind heart. He's afraid that this will increase your anxiety. Maybe in two days, when you calm down, he will tell you? Don't think too much. Instead of disturbing yourself, we might as well wait for the prince to deal with it properly. What do you think?

"Since that's what my wife said, then I'll believe what my wife said," Ning Tanger said as if she just remembered, "Oh, look at me. It's really rude to just pester you to talk. I haven't invited my wife to sit down for a long time. I'm panicked. Madam, don't blame me. Come on, please take a seat!"

"Uh-huh!" Huanying knew that Ning Tanger was deliberately acting, so she also said with a trace of cold eyes and a funny smile, "I sit and you sit too. It's rare for many days. You and I have each experienced some hardships. Now that we can see the gossip again, we have to have a good chat for a while!"

"Yes, yes!" Ning Tanger said to Wei Er at the door, "What about the tea for entertaining guests? Why hasn't it been delivered for a long time?"

"I've already called Crisp to take it. Don't worry, madam. I'll go and have a look!" Wei Er retreated quickly.

Huanxuan smiled and said, "Don't be busy. Come on, I have a few words to say to you alone, okay? Xiaoci, you should also step down first.

Xiaoci glanced at Ning Ji distrustfully, withdrew helplessly, and closed the door. When she turned her head and walked out of the corridor, she saw Wei'er waiting for her at the stairway. She knew that in order to poison, Wei'er would definitely remember it. At this time, she couldn't avoid it, so she had to bravely face her. "The ladies want to talk alone, afraid girl, you don't Would you mind buying me a cup of tea?

"Of course not!" Wei'er said lightly, "What do you think of our downstairs while waiting for the crisps and waiting for our husbands?"

"Vit's very good, the girl is careful!" Xiaoci Xianxian thanked her, but she raised her eyebrows and smiled at her, "Does the little porcelain girl really have no impression of me at all?"

"What do you... mean?" Xiaoci was shocked, but she was also confused. What's the impression? Did Wei'er recognize himself before he came to Weijun? But in addition to the capital palace, she really can't think of any other place she may have met a fear.

Fearing that the child did not answer, he led Xiaoci downstairs and sat at the tea table downstairs. "Don't be surprised, Xiaoci girl. To be honest, I was also in Yongsheng Lane in the palace ten years ago. At that time, I was hoping to be elected as a family member. I was favored by a prince for a day. Unexpectedly, my family was poor and had no money and bribes. Therefore, I waited for a year or two, but no one paid attention to it. Later, I heard that the King of Wu and the King of Wei were going to leave Beijing to the country, so I recommended myself as a maidservant. The emperor ordered a famous brand and gave it to the King of Wei, so I came to the palace of Wei.

"It turns out that the girl also came out of Yongsheng Lane?" Xiao Ci took a deep breath and sighed, "Why have I never seen a girl in the palace?"

Wei Er smiled bitterly, "When I entered Yongsheng Lane, the little porcelain girl had already gone to the Caiying Hall. We, the lower slaves and maidservants, who occasionally saw the demeanor of the Empress Li, were already in panic. How could the people around the Empress have been in touch with us? The little porcelain girl followed the Empress Li Fei, even if she had met her, she naturally didn't see the fear in her eyes.

Xiaoci was a little embarrassed and explained, "Like the fearful girl, in fact, we are slaves and maidservants who revolve around the master all day long. How can we make friends? If you have been neglected before, please forgive me. What happened the other day, I was not..."

"Okay, you don't have to explain!" Wei'er looked out of the house from the open door. The lights in the courtyard of the leisure pavilion swayed, and the shadows of the trees were alienated. When the gradually cold wind passed by, it always blew down the coldness of the night.

"As you said, what can we do as slaves except for the master? I don't mean anything else when I mention the past to you. It's just that I've been away from the palace for many years. I want to ask you whether Yongsheng Lane has changed as before, compared with the impression in my memory?

"Uh..." Xiaoci thought for a moment and said, "After the emperor ascended the throne, the empress dowager sent me to Queen Zhen. I haven't been to Yongsheng Lane for a long time. I only heard that the life of the palace people in Yongsheng Lane is worse than before, because you know the Empress Dowager Li's character. She is very strict with her servants, and the palace rules are also better than before. It's more harsh."

"Is that right?" Wei'er nodded and smiled at Xiaoci, "At least you and I are out of Yongsheng Lane. Otherwise, it's hard to say whether you have a life or not today!"

Xiaoci silently thought of the long street in Yongsheng Lane, and the beautiful or ugly, well-dressed palace people.

"I don't know why," Wei'er continued, "The memory of Yongsheng Lane is not good, but it is always indelible, which makes people often recall. Sometimes I even feel that if I always be a raccoon girl in Yongsheng Lane, even if no one cares it, as long as I get less beaten and scolded, I will live such a plain life until old age. It doesn't taste good. What do you think, little porcelain girl?

Xiaoci didn't say anything and said with a faint smile, "Listening to the meaning of the girl, she seems to be very reluctant to stay in Weijun, right?"

"No, it's not anymore," Wei'er sighed, "To tell you the truth, I'm originally from Jingji. Now I've been away from home for four or five years, but I'm just a little homesick."

"Oh? Do you have any relatives in the girl's family? Xiaoci looked at Wei Er sympathetically.

"There is also an aunt who raised me when I was a child. I think that she is old now, but she is thousands of miles away from me. I don't know when I will see her again. I can't bear to talk to serve her under the old man's knees, and I feel unbearable and melancholy." When Wei'er said, she saw that Cristle'er brought tea and quickly got up to greet her. "Come on, Cristle, the ladies are talking upstairs. It's inconvenient to disturb you. Come and sit with us."

In Ning Ji's room upstairs, the two stared at each other for a long time and thought about each other. Even if there was a lot to say, they didn't know where to start, let alone those words were appropriate to say and not suitable to say.

"Ning Ji", Huan Yu took the lead in saying, "Actually, what I want to tell you is that although Nie Kong and I help each other in the government affairs of Wei County, there is also a lack of a close person who is cold and hot. With my understanding of King Wei, I know that although he is a righteous prince and worries about national affairs in the world, but deep in his heart However, although there are ordinary people, they are eager to live with each other for a lifetime with their own conscience. If you really want to get the favor of King Wei, why don't you think about him more? Take good care of him all the time. Over time, I don't think King Wei will not miss your feelings.

"What about you?" Ning Tanger stared at Huanying inquiringly, "Is Mrs. Ying really not interesting to Wei Wang? Although Mrs. Ying doesn't have that kind of heart, I'm afraid the King of Wei has it!"

"Me?" Huanying shook his head with a wry smile, "I have too many helpless things. What right do I have to talk about my children's love? Alas, it's my creation to be taken in by King Meng Wei and stay in Wei County safely. How dare I have other extravagant thoughts?"

"Exluxe thoughts? Madam's words are well used!" Ning Tanger lowered her eyes and said meaningfully, "Sometimes what you like, you have to miss it again and again. There are also people who like it, but they are often failed again and again. If you don't like it, you have never cherish it. Maybe one day when you look back, you will regret the bitterness of your intestines. The things in the world are often pleasing to men and women, but it is not It's just a lifetime of luxury."

"Why do you say these depressing words?" Huanxuan's eyes condensed, "No matter what, maybe God will finally give each of us an answer and an ending. No matter what, as long as we try our best to pursue it, as long as we have a clear conscience, I believe we will get what we think in our hearts, right?"

"Maybe you're right!" Ning Tanger said lightly, "But how can I have a clear conscience? What if what you are pursuing is not the so-called right path that people say?

"That's the choice of a person's conscience," said cheerfully, "There are many things that we don't have to choose, but there are also many things that cause and effect from our choice."

In the middle of the night, Huanying and Xiaoci walked out of the courtyard of the leisure pavilion. The door of the leisure pavilion slowly closed behind them, and the sound of Ning Tanger's pipa sounded again in the wind, and the soft syllable also made Huanying look back again.

"Madam, why have you talked to that bitch for so long?" Xiaoci was dissatisfied and said, "Why do you spend so much time with people like her? She is a beautiful snake and scorpion. If you are soft on her, you will suffer from her sooner or later!"

"I used to think so," Huanxuan seemed to explain to Xiaoci and talk to herself. "But after listening to her pipa, I changed my mind. Maybe Ning Tanger is not as bad as we think."

"What can it mean by playing a few songs? Madam and Ning Ji haven't dated for a day or two. Don't you know that she is the best at camouflage?" Xiaoci pouted, "Madam, don't be fooled by her performance."

"Yes, everything can pretend, but the sadness in the sound of the pipa can't be pretended. All right, I tell you that you don't understand. Believe me, I'm not deceived by her. I just feel that Ning Tanger must have another secret, which is more distressing than her doing Bei Rong's fine work."

"Then, how should we deal with her?" Xiaoci asked puzzledly.

Huanying turned around and made a grimace to Xiaoci, "In fact, you Wei Wang is the best way to deal with her. Let's go. I believe Wei Wang will not disappoint us."

Nie Kong and Jiang Zhidao considered all the possible accidents along the way in detail, but they were still afraid of making mistakes and listed all the precautions into items one by one. They not only memorized them, but also made people copy them and prepared to read them to all the Mingsha camp soldiers who were about to accompany them.

This time to Yuzi, Nie Kong is ready to dispatch more than a hundred Mingsha camp soldiers to pretend to be business travelers. In fact, he is the guards along the way, and he has sent people to the Mingsha Valley to bring out the soldiers who are about to go. They will arrive at the secret settlement on the outskirts of Wei County in the future. As soon as the soldiers arrive, they can go on the road after a rest. Nie Kong had already prepared the equipment needed along the way. As long as they did not meet a large amount of Bei Rong army, they should be able to go back and forth safely.

However, Jiang Zhidao and Nie Kong have some differences on how to arrange the team. Jiang Zhidao believes that because Yuzi does not know the silver ticket of the Central Plains, they have to carry a large amount of cash silver and jewelry, so that the negative weight of the horse team is very large. If they can't concentrate all the manpower towing and guard, it is easy to care. Those boxes containing treasures were lost when it happened outside. At that time, won't they be busy for nothing?

However, after thinking about it for a long time, Nie Kong still felt that the business team was too large and more likely to attract the attention of Beirong sentry. In addition to the guard of more than 100 people, they had to bring more than 50 ordinary soldiers accompanying them to help carry the cargo boxes and drive trucks. Imagine that in addition to the treasure chest of barter, there are so many people. The long-distance food and water have to be loaded with more than ten people in the car. It is strange that such a vast team will not be plundered by the Beirong rangers.

Instead of being eye-catching, it is better to pretend to be a real business traveler. It is the best choice to disperse the team as a response. Through detailed calculations, Nie Kong finally decided to divide the team into three teams to start separately, not only to ensure the concealment of the action, but also to ensure that each other's response is timely.

Of course, no matter what method you choose, the way to Yuzi is extremely dangerous. Nie Kong feels that all he can do is to ensure the minimum loss and the greatest chance of completing the task. The closer he is to the day of departure, the more serious his anxiety is.