Chapter 397 Dry Kidney Noodles (3)
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, but the excitement... Wen Mingtang thought for a moment, then shook his head and said to Tangyuan and A Bing: "It's too late, go back!"
If something really happened to Princess Liyang, she was an orphan, powerless, and had been specifically targeted by Princess Liyang before, so she would definitely be angered for appearing at the scene.
During his years in Yeting, Wen Mingtang had seen a lot of this kind of thing. Sometimes, even if you did nothing wrong, but happened to be seen by that noble man who was in a bad mood, you might be angered, punished, or even lose your life.
I lamented the thousands of years between Da Rong and modern society. Sometimes there is no reason to explain such things. Therefore, it is better to be safer and go back to sleep until the next day... Come to think of it, with the level of "gossip" among the people of Chang'an about such lively things, they can also find out what happened to Princess Liyang.
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Wen Mingtang's guess was correct. It was too late to go back. The three of them slept until noon the next day before waking up. They yawned and washed themselves. Tang Yuan and Bing went to the kitchen to make lunch. , Wen Mingtang opened the door of Yuan's house and saw several neighbors who had just had lunch, basking in the sun outside and chatting about yesterday's events.
"...The person who fell in front of the Star Building was none other than the one who came to see off Lao Yuan two days ago..." An aunt was talking to several neighbors. From the corner of her eye, she saw Wen Mingtang open the door, with a look like Startled, he immediately stopped talking, then forced out a smile and greeted her: "Master Wen is up!"
Wen Mingtang nodded and said with a smile as if he hadn't heard their earlier discussion: "I went to bed late last night and just got up now." He paused and then said, "I just heard that Auntie was here. What are you talking about about the Lotus Garden in Zhaixing Tower?"
As soon as these words came out, several people's expressions froze. Although they couldn't bear the excitement of "Xianzhang Ancheng", they also knew that there were some things they couldn't say in front of Master Wen. After all, the person who died was the Dali Temple Yamen. of adults.
So when Wen Mingtang asked, the aunt came back to her senses, coughed immediately, and covered it up: "Yesterday, a princess heard that she fell off the rockery when she was attending the ceremony in the Lotus Garden in the middle of the night. When he came out, he was bloody and bloody, and I don’t know if he was dead.”
The Master Wen opposite seemed to be interested in chatting when he heard this, and asked curiously: "How come you climbed up the rockery after the good news? Could it be that the nobleman's palace in Furong Garden is different from the one we waited for, and was built on a rockery?" Can’t make it?”
As soon as these words came out, a neighbor couldn't help but interjected: "Probably doing something else under the guise of Chu Gong. I heard that the princess also stole something given by the county princess. She was in Furong Garden yesterday. The investigation lasted until midnight, when the princess wanted to show her respect, so... tsk tsk, maybe she took the gift given by someone else, and she was afraid of being found, so she wanted to find an opportunity to climb a rockery to escape. "
When Wen Mingtang heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said "Oh" and said "I see", and then sighed: "I thought that the princess was rich in gold, silver and jewelry, but I didn't expect that she would also steal other people's things. Woolen cloth!"
"Who says it's not the case?" an aunt held a roasted sweet potato in her hand and took two bites. She sighed, "I will be very happy when I can eat three meals a day and be clothed warmly. Then the princess's daily life Life is so tight that one would envy it, but she is not satisfied yet! She even steals other people's things... Oh, it's better now, I don't know what will happen if I fall down."
"With their status, the one who treated her must be the best doctor in the Imperial Medical Office. They have all kinds of ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum. Compared with ordinary people, there must be many more people who pulled her back from the Lord of Hell. Maybe she has been blamed. It’s been a while since I’ve been lively again.” A neighbor said, “We’d better stop worrying about other people’s business and take care of ourselves. The restaurant where my boy works can no longer be opened, and I don’t know where to find work after this year!”
I just can't bear the curiosity in my heart. In my daily chat, I will talk about the major events that happened in Chang'an City, but in the end, it will often come back to my own life. This is not the case with the daily life of Sheng Dou Xiaomin!
Wen Mingtang looked at the neighbors who were still talking about Princess Liyang's fall. Thinking about the public kitchen takeout stall, Wen Mingtang felt a little depressed. While he was absent-mindedly responding to the chatter of the neighbors, Hearing the crackling of fireworks and firecrackers from the alley not far away, she felt dazed for a moment and remembered that today was the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. She had made an appointment with Liang Hongjin to meet at Tongmingmen later today to go out for Zhao Sishan. The palace is getting ready.
There were too many things going on these days, and Wen Mingtang's mind was in chaos. Fortunately, the crackling sound of firecrackers reminded her, and Wen Mingtang came to her senses, said hello to the neighbors, and returned to the house.
After hastily eating a bowl of scallion noodles with meatballs and vegetable soup, Wen Mingtang said something to the glutinous rice balls, left Yuan's house, and walked straight to the Tongming Gate.
By the time they arrived at Tongming Gate, it was Shen hour, and it was still half an hour before the appointment with her and Liang Hongjin. Wen Mingtang felt around and walked all the way. His stomach was half empty, and he took out the food he had left in Qujiang yesterday. I bought a snack from a snack shop. I took a piece of preserved fruit and threw it into my mouth. It was sweet in the mouth. Because there was a dense layer of powdered sugar sprinkled on the outside of the preserved fruit, it became sour after sipping it for a while, but it was not just sour. It was sour. There is a hint of sweetness in the middle.
Wen Mingtang sipped the preserved fruit and looked around. He saw a small restaurant not far away with two tables set up outside the restaurant and a temporary tea stall. He thought he was taking advantage of the first month to do business of visiting relatives during the New Year in front of the palace. .
Not wanting to be scorched by the sun above his head, Wen Mingtang walked over, ordered a pot of tea and sat down, planning to wait until Liang Hongjin came out before going over.
When the tea came up, Wen Mingtang poured himself a cup of tea. When he was about to enter, he saw a group of people walking out of the transparent door. Looking at the clothes, they were not wearing the official robes of court officials. They seemed not to be court officials, but they were all dressed in fine clothes. The way he looks is not like an ordinary person.
Wen Mingtang only glanced at it without taking a closer look. When he was about to look away, he heard an older man speak: "I can't write two characters of Li in one stroke. Liyang and Xingkang are both from the same clan. Even if there was some mischief between the little girls, they would never joke about such things. Xingkang also said that he just asked Li Yang to stay up all night to prepare the gift given by the emperor yesterday. Who knew that Li Yang would be afraid to think about it? Do you want to lend Gong Fan to go out to Furong Garden?"
The person standing aside and listening to the elder's words was none other than Princess Liyang's father, Prince Liyang. At this time, the fat and white face was obviously gloomy, as if he didn't care about the elder's words. .
"Furthermore, Liyang is not a weak woman, nor has she ever climbed a rockery. The imperial doctor at the Imperial Medical Office also said that the injury on the leg was caused by a hidden weapon. It was obviously a conspiracy, and Tong Xingkang had nothing to do with it. Relationship." The elder seemed to be a member of the clan, mediating between the two parties. "In my opinion, the key is to find out the thief who plotted against Li Yang. The one who is the real culprit of Li Yang's paralysis. !”
Princess Liyang is paralyzed? Wen Mingtang, who was holding the cup and about to put the tea into his mouth, was startled by this sentence and almost spilled the tea in his hand!
Before she could react, the elder's next words made Wen Mingtang suddenly startled, and a bad feeling came to her heart.