The happy life of a prodigal

Chapter 251

Outside the city, Zhao Yan raised her eyes, staring blankly at the dazzling fireworks blooming in the sky, and the words "Happy Birthday" gradually disappearing between the clouds and mist. Unknowingly, her eye sockets became a little moist.

Fang Xiu stood beside her, with a smile on his face, and said, "After thinking about it, since it's your birthday, there should be some sense of ceremony, otherwise...cough cough"

As if thinking of something, Fang Xiu shut his mouth when he said this.

However, Zhao Yan didn't notice the abnormality of the person beside her, she just turned her face to one side, and after a while, there was a faint mosquito's voice: "Go back to the city."

When Fang Xiu heard this, he suddenly felt a little depressed.

The firework craftsmanship of this era is still very backward. In order to make such a firework, he doesn't know how much time, energy, and money wasted.

Even, in order to make the fireworks bloom in the sky last longer, he went into battle himself and adjusted the proportion of gunpowder. Several times, he was almost blown to pieces.

In this way, it took more than half a month to make these two.

That is to say, Zhao Yan, who is familiar with him, will let him be so caring when it is his birthday.

If it's someone else, don't even think about buying these two fireworks from him without 1 taels of silver.

If I had known this before, I didn't even have a perfunctory 'thank you', so why bother to take her to Chunfenglou for a meal, go shopping in the south of the city, and buy some exquisite trinkets that girls like, isn't it good? ?

In this way, it can make her happy, and it won't cost much money.

Hey......

Thinking of this, Fang Xiu couldn't help sighing, then shook his head again.

Sure enough, I still don't know much about these girls' thoughts.

"Master."

At this time, Bai Xiaochun had just recovered from the shock of the fireworks.

Some time ago, the young master kept asking him to collect gunpowder, and he often hid in the yard alone, not knowing what he was doing.

He stayed outside, although he didn't say anything, he was very worried.

At the same time, he thought about countless possibilities, what would the young master do with the gunpowder, would he be injured by the gunpowder?

No matter what, he never thought that the young master could make such a magnificent firework with ordinary gunpowder in such a short period of time.

I really don't know, there are things in this world that the young master doesn't know, or can't do...

Suddenly, Bai Xiaochun's admiration for Fang Xiu reached its peak.

It was not only Bai Xiaochun who had the same thought, but also Zhao Hao who was beside Fang Xiu, and Xiu'er who was behind him, all looked at Fang Xiu with admiration, their eyes sparkling.

Although they have seen fireworks before, they are not very familiar with them, and they don't know anything about the principle of them.

In their eyes, making fireworks is extremely difficult, and only professional masters can make it after spending a lot of time and energy.

It never occurred to me that the young master (master) could make such a firework so easily that surpasses all fireworks in the world.

Fang Xiu didn't notice their expressions, he just waved his hands, called Bai Xiaochun, then turned and walked towards the carriage.

The sky has gradually darkened, and after a brief dazzling light, the sky looks even darker.

Although this is the land of Gyeonggi, there are very few robbers and gangsters, but there is no guarantee that they will not appear.

Although there are soldiers who are close to the army to protect him, it is inevitable that there will be many troubles.

Therefore, before dark, it is better to return to the city earlier.

When Zhao Hao and Xiu'er saw Fang Xiu walking towards the carriage, they all turned their heads to look at Zhao Yan, and saw her standing where she was, looking towards the direction where the moon appeared, wondering what she was thinking.

He called softly: "Sister Huang (Miss Zhao)..."

Although she already knew that Zhao Yan was the legendary Princess Anle, Xiu'er was still used to calling her Miss Zhao.

Zhao Yan was also very happy about this, even when Xiu'er called her Your Highness the Princess, she always felt that something was missing.

Hearing the calls of the two, Zhao Yan seemed to come back to reality from memory, looked back at them, with a surprised expression on her face, and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Hao curled his lips when he heard this, and said helplessly, "Miss Huang, I'm back in the city. I heard that after night, there will be wolves in the suburbs..."

For Zhao Hao, the gray wolves that often appear in the storybook are some of the most terrifying creatures in the world.

Zhao Yan obviously didn't care about this, she just nodded lightly and got on the carriage.

The carriage for this outing is not Fangfu's carriage, but a specially made carriage in the palace, with a huge area.

Enough for nearly ten people.

Of course, as a price, the comfort is greatly reduced compared to ordinary carriages.

Even so, Zhao Yan chose this carriage as a means of transportation.

The reason is simple. It takes nearly four hours to travel from the suburbs to the south of the city and back to Miyagi. This period of time is too boring.

With a bigger carriage, she can fight the landlord with Zhao Hao and the maids.

Of course, during this period of time, she learned a new trick from Fang Xiu, called the military flag, which is also made of bamboo, but it is completely different from Doudizhu.

For a period of time, fighting landlords and military flags became popular in the palace and became a daily form of entertainment for many people.

For many people in the palace, especially the maids and eunuchs, life is much better now than before.

Life used to be boring and boring, but now, with all kinds of script books produced by Zhuxuanzhai, as well as gadgets made of bamboo chips such as Doudizhu and military flags, entertainment methods have greatly increased, and even work efficiency has increased. promoted.

Of course, apart from these people, the one who loves Doudizhu and the military flag the most is Princess Anle, Her Royal Highness, who brought them into the palace.

In the past, Her Highness the Princess always liked to wield knives and swords in the courtyard, although she had a very good attitude towards the maids and eunuchs, and she was very considerate of them.

But those new maids and eunuchs still dare not go to the palace of Her Royal Highness, the reason is very simple, Her Royal Highness often likes to find someone to practice swords.

If one is selected, there will inevitably be some accidents, and being stabbed by the tip of a sword is a common occurrence.

However, now it has become completely different.

Even with the guidance of a top-notch expert, Her Highness the Princess is not obsessed with wielding knives and guns like before, but reads the script happily.

Sometimes, just looking at it is a whole afternoon...

In addition to the storybook, there are also Doudizhu and military flags, and they often play happily with the servants.

However, at this moment, Her Highness the Princess sitting in the carriage looked at the military flag in front of her with a pair of beautiful eyes, but she didn't react at all, as if she had completely lost interest in the military flag.

Chapter 252 The Depths of the Street

Seeing this scene, Fang Xiu had a puzzled expression on his face.

As for Zhao Yan's thoughts, he couldn't figure it out at all.

Before that, he thought that this giant kite and his elaborate fireworks would make her very happy.

However, looking at it now, it seems that the fact is exactly the opposite. Zhao Yan did not show any happy expression, but fell into a state of despair.

He wanted to say something, seeing her expression of indifference to him, for a moment, he didn't know how to speak, so he had to look out of the window.

I don't know how long it took, when the bumpy carriage drove into the city, Zhao Yan suddenly raised her head, looked at Fang Xiu who was not far away, and said in a very calm tone: "Fang Xiu, tomorrow my You must come to the birthday party, I have something to ask you."

When Fang Xiu heard this, he was slightly startled, turned his head subconsciously, and glanced at her. He wanted to ask what was going on, so he just said it at this time.

But seeing her expression, for some reason, he just nodded.

The carriage was still driving on the spacious road, but the inside gradually became silent.

After a day of running around, both Zhao Hao and Xiu'er were a little tired, leaning against the carriage, closing their eyes and resting their minds.

Zhao Yan and Fang Xiu looked out the window at the same time...

Not far from their carriage, in an alley.

Two policemen came here with solemn expressions.

A beggar wearing shabby clothes, which can be said to be naked, was lying on the ground with wounds all over his body, screaming in pain.

Seeing this scene, a policeman had a look of surprise on his face. He glanced at his companion beside him, saw him nodding, and walked quickly to the side of the beggar.

Crouching down, he carefully observed the beggar's wound for a while.

After a while, he turned his gaze to his companion not far behind him, and shook his head at him.

The meaning is very clear, he has never seen the wound on this person's body before.

These two policemen are all elites in the Yamen of the Kyoto Prefecture. Before Xia Yixue served as the headhunter, they were the most powerful candidates for the headhunter.

After Xia Yixue became the head arrester of the Kyoto government office, the two of them didn't have any dissatisfaction, instead they worked harder.

Therefore, Xia Yixue sent the two of them to investigate many important matters.

It's the same this time.

Although it is said that setting off fireworks in the capital city is not against the laws and regulations of Chu State, it will still cause some unexpected things.

This time, the two of them were sent to the south of the city to prevent fishing in troubled waters, and at the same time, to deal with some conflicts and incidents caused by the giant kite and giant fireworks.

The two searched all the way, and finally found the place where the fireworks were most likely to be set off, that is, this street.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he walked to this street, he found such a beggar who was obviously hurt by someone.

Looking at this beggar with wounds all over his body, the two policemen looked at each other, and they both saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Because neither of them had seen the wound on this man's body.

You know, these two are the elite of the police, and they have never seen wounds...

It's really unbelievable.

Could it be a new type of weapon, because it was invented recently, so neither of them has seen it before?

It's not impossible, after all...

Even in the state of Chu, where culture is more important than military, there are definitely not a few new weapons produced every year.

It's just, who would use this weapon to attack a beggar who has no use value at all?

Thinking of this, the two police officers lowered their heads and glanced at the same time, and found that there was indeed nothing special about this beggar.

One of the arresters thought for a moment, then squatted down, leaned over the beggar's ear, and asked in a low voice, "Who is it?"

The beggar was still howling in pain, turning a deaf ear to the arrester's questioning.

The policeman raised his voice and asked several times.

The beggar seemed to understand something, stretched out his hand, and pointed in one direction.

Seeing this, the two policemen looked into the depths of the street at the same time, looked at each other, and rushed in that direction.

To them, a little beggar, dead is dead, no big deal, not worth their rescue.

What's more, as far as the wounds on the beggar's body are concerned, even if a well-meaning person is willing to send the arrester to the hospital, it is absolutely impossible to save him.

Take ten thousand steps back, even if you are saved, as long as the beggar is still begging, the wound will easily recur. At that time, you will still be unable to escape the word 'death', and it will be more painful than it is now. suffer a little.

only......

The two police officers rushed in the direction of the beggar's finger, only to find that there was a wall in the depths of the street.

Looking at the traces on the wall, no one turned over the wall.

That being the case, who hurt the beggar?

There was serious expression on the faces of the two policemen.

Neither of them had much interest in this beggar, nor did they bother to avenge him.

It's just that the weapon in this person's hands is extremely cruel. If he is allowed to leave, if he hurts other ordinary people at that time, it will not be something they can tolerate.

Therefore, they must... find him before this person hurts someone again!

"This wall is so clean, it is absolutely impossible for anyone to pass through here!"

One of the detectives looked at the wall and said.

Another arrester thought for a while and asked, "Could it be someone with extremely high lightness kung fu who leaps directly over this wall?"

The arrester who spoke before heard this, smiled, and said: "Since you have such a superb lightness kung fu and your strength is absolutely strong, why don't you leave from the front, but take a hidden path instead?

Even if such a master leaves in a fair manner, I think we can't stop him. "

Hearing this, another police officer felt that it made sense, and subconsciously frowned, and the doubt on his face became more intense.