Crown Tang emperor

The environment of this kind of river island is good, but because of the abundance of water and grass, it has higher requirements for horticultural maintenance, and if it is neglected, it will appear deserted.Even the attic building is obviously dilapidated due to water vapor erosion, peeling paint, water infestation and insects.

Yang Sixu was about to step forward to open the door and window of the pavilion, but Li Tong raised his hand to hold it, pointed to the obvious traces of moss trampled on the ground, and waved his hand to signal a temporary retreat.Now that it has been determined that they are human beings rather than sneaks, the three of them are still too weak. Although Yang Sixu can fight, who knows if there is any strong bow and crossbow pointing to the outside world in the gap of the closed pavilion.

Although Yang Sixu was somewhat unwilling, he did not dare to risk the king's life, so he escorted Li Tong and Zheng Jin back to the trestle bridge and said: "Auntie and the king will leave the garden first, and I will go and check the situation, and then ask the king to make a decision."

Zheng Jin had shame and fear on his face: "Alang paid me for the work of the garden, but I believed in monsters and was sneaked in by thieves..."

"It's not a big deal."

Li Tong waved his hand to signal Zheng Jin that there is no need to blame himself. After confirming the presence of people, he carefully observed the environment of Hezhou when he exited just now, and then found that the flower branches in the garden had obvious traces of being taken care of and trimmed. What kind of assassination scheme, otherwise the killer would be too lifelike: "Perhaps some escaped slave is hiding here."

"Just try it."

Yang Sixuan believed the king's judgment, turned back to the pavilion with his bamboo stick upside down, ran in a snake line and shouted: "Where are the thieves who dare to invade your mansion? Show up quickly! Otherwise, the guards will surround the pool and die on the spot !"

Suddenly, there was a cracking sound from the other side of the pavilion, and immediately a flexible figure shot out, submerged in the dense reeds.Li Tong stretched out his head to look, and saw a figure swimming in the clear water like a fish diving into the distance, the speed was astonishingly fast.

"This, this is..."

Zheng Jin was stunned when he saw this scene.Li Tong narrowed his eyes slightly, showing great interest.

Chapter 0115 A Chinese Ghost Story

"The servant is incompetent, let the culprit escape, and the king is falsely alarmed, please punish the king!"

Yang Sixuan returned to the arched gate of the West Garden with his head down, and knelt down in front of Li Tong with a plop: "The pavilion has been searched, and there should be only one thief. It's not a short time to live in hiding."

"Damn me, really...how can I be so careless! If I had let the servants enter the garden to investigate, how could such a thing have happened!"

Zheng Jin also looked ashamed, and even raised his hand to fan his face.

"Auntie doesn't have to blame herself. Living in the confinement for a long time, it is inevitable that she lacks vigilance. The housework is too much, and I rely on Auntie alone. Negligence is inevitable."

Li Tong raised his hand to hold Zheng Jin's arm, and said to Yang Sixuan, "Ah Jiu, get up too, let's go and see if we can find out where the little thief came from."

"Ah Lang is not allowed to enter again, I will order the servants to enter the garden for a thorough investigation! Alas, it is only my fault for believing in monsters... I, I really deserve to be damned, why did I do such a stupid thing!"

Zheng Jin blamed herself so much that her eyes were red, but she still couldn't forgive herself. She thought that sealing off the West Garden was a prudent approach, but she didn't expect to cover up such a fatal mistake in a scheming plan.Fortunately, the culprit was still hiding in the West Garden. Watching him flee quickly and nimbly, if he really sneaked into the house, it would be impossible to guard against.

Both of them stopped Li Tong and suggested that the guards of the government should be summoned immediately for such a detailed investigation, but Li Tong was somewhat hesitant.

In fact, the swiftness of the little thief's escape just now left a deep impression on him, and he was amazed. This incident was weird and strange, and he didn't want too many people to know about it.

However, after listening to the two men's persuasion, Li Tong gradually dispelled the idea of ​​concealing it. After all, if such a weird thing happened in his living and garden, if he didn't investigate thoroughly to prevent it from happening, he wouldn't be able to sleep comfortably.

In particular, there are many Jinwu Guards eyes and ears outside his house, but the other party can come and go easily. Whether it is the Jinwu Guard secretly operating or there are other unknown omissions also makes him quite worried.

Just as he was about to open his mouth and call him into the battle, he saw ripples on the surface of the pool under the sun, and a white light and shadow on the surface of the water was swimming towards the shore.Seeing this, Yang Sixuan was already furious, and roared: "The little thief is so bold, I will let you die here today!"

While speaking, he ran to the edge of the pool with his bamboo stick.

Bai Ying stopped when he was two feet away from the edge of the pool. The sound of splashing water revealed a wet, lively and pretty face, and he uttered a crisp voice: "Master, don't be alarmed, I'll apologize..."

Seeing this scene, the three people on the bank were a little lost in thought.Rao Li Tongduo has the quality of being calm, seeing the face that broke out of the water was also a little dazed, and it is no exaggeration to say that his heart beats a little faster.

He is not the kind of person who makes people blinded by sex. Before that, he had seen a lot of beauties in the ban and could sit still, but seeing the bright eyes and white teeth in the water, like a lotus emerging from the water, it was probably because the way he appeared was too strange , For a moment, there was a sense of astonishment and dazzling.

However, female sex is not enough to seduce the eunuch after all. Yang Sixu strode into the water, and the bamboo stick in his hand has been swept out, flying across the water and swiftly drawn towards the girl in the water.

The girl's posture is really flexible, and the water seems to be unable to fetter her. With a twist of her waist in the water, she swept across for more than half a foot, dodging Yang Sixuan's smashed bamboo stick, still apologetic: "I am really not evil. If you return, you will only accuse the master!"

"Ah Jiu pause, listen to her."

Li Tong raised his hand to recall Yang Sixu who was about to jump into the water, took off the dagger at his waist and handed it to Yang Sixu, and waved his hand to signal Zheng Jin to leave the garden temporarily.

But after Zheng Jin retreated a few steps, the girl in the water shouted again: "Are you going to call people around the pool? I'm going to run away!"

While speaking, her body swimming in the water withdrew more than ten feet away.

Li Tong was stunned when he heard the words, and then said coldly: "You are haunting like a water ghost, scaring my family. I really want to arrest you. With an order, Yishui will stop flowing. Where can you escape?"

The girl had already swam a certain distance, but after hearing this, her posture and movements in the water were obviously sluggish, and she turned back feeling a little frustrated: "You are the owner of this garden house? I really didn't want to scare your family. Time is just an empty garden, before and after your family moved in, the outer canal fell into the water fence, and there were guards outside the courtyard wall day and night, trapping me here..."

Li Tong couldn't help being happy when he heard this. Since he couldn't escape, there was nothing to worry about. He simply faced Zheng Jin in front of the girl and said, "Since she can't escape, Auntie, hurry up and call someone to arrest this little thief." Salvage it for me!"

Zheng Jin was even more dazed now, and hurried to the garden gate.

"Don't, don't..."

The girl became even more terrified when she heard the words, she slapped her arms on the water and shouted, "I'm not an ordinary lady, it's a trouble for you to catch me..."

"No trouble, such a big garden, you can bury corpses everywhere, it's too easy to die without proof."

Seeing her jumping happily in the water, Li Tong felt more evil in his heart, no matter how unusual you are, how can I be more extraordinary?

When the girl heard this, her face turned even paler, she stopped talking, turned around and walked towards the mouth of Chinan Qu.

Li Tong couldn't help being a little dumbfounded when he saw this, he didn't really believe in the girl's bragging, but the problem was that the Jinwu Guard patrolling outside the courtyard was not his, so it would be really troublesome for her to swim out and fall into the hands of the Jinwu Guard.

"Stop her!"

Li Tong gestured to Yang Sixuan, called Zheng Jin back, ran to chase along the bank of the garden, and shouted: "Swim back and explain clearly, I won't kill you! There are officials and soldiers outside the garden, you If caught, it will be even more difficult to survive!"

Hearing this voice, the girl's swimming speed slowed down, but she still swam a certain distance before stopping again, her tone of voice was panting and she cried: "You, you speak inconsistently, I don't believe you..."

"You pretended to be gods and ghosts in my garden, and I frightened you once, what's the big deal? If you are captured by the officers and soldiers outside the house, you will definitely be sentenced to prison, but if you return and explain clearly, you can still hope that I will be kind. Think about it for yourself , What should I do? Take a closer look, I am not a brutal person who kills people at every turn."

Li Tong patiently persuaded, and motioned Yang Sixuan to continue running around the pool, looking for a narrow place to enter the water: "I heard your tone is tired, come to the shore, I will not hurt you. Good swimmers drown in the water, my garden is huge, I really want to do it myself If you drowned yourself, who do you blame? A weak little lady, if she had no other way out, she would not sneak into other people's houses to live in seclusion. I am stern and kind, and my heart is more kind. Tell me about your difficulties, and maybe I will forgive you... ..."

"I, I... I can swim farther!"

The girl's mouth is still strong, but the floating movement is indeed getting slower.

"I saw it, but what about your outstanding water skills? You can't explain your difficulties in detail, please forgive me, even if you swim out, you will always be caught. Thieves sneaked into your house, and those officers and soldiers feared that I would be held accountable, so they still wanted to arrest you." Send me to the mansion for questioning. At that time, I may not be so polite to you!"

Li Tong was half persuading and half intimidating, and he really became curious in his heart, what kind of background is this girl?

"I swam back to ask the master to forgive me, but you wanted to kill me..."

The girl's tone became sad and trembling, and her face floating on the water became paler.

Zheng Jin originally complained that the little lady was playing tricks and making her feel ashamed of her dereliction of duty, but when she saw that delicate face was completely pale, she couldn't bear it: "Little lady, don't hurt yourself anymore, come to the shore and beg for your forgiveness. Your Majesty really If you want to pursue it, you can't escape, if you really want to get involved with the government, not only yourself, but your family will suffer!"

"I, I have no family! I'm not afraid of death at all..."

The girl's mood fluctuated violently, her energy consumption became more serious, and her floating figure was not as flexible as before.At this time, Yang Sixu also entered the water from the other side, and swam into the pool in a clumsy dog-planing style.

"I just want the garden to be quiet and less dead souls will be added, but if you really want to die blindly, then you don't have to go ashore again, just be a real water ghost."

Li Tong raised his legs and stepped onto a garden stone to sit down, pretending to be watching a play in his spare time.

The girl in the water gritted her silver teeth wrongly, her wet face was full of struggles, and she didn't dare to open her mouth to answer any more, so she finally turned around and swam to the nearest pool bank.

When he swam to the shallow water near the shore, he settled down, gasped for a moment and then opened his mouth to retch, which showed that he was extremely exhausted, but he still dared not go ashore. His black and white eyes stared at Li Tong on the shore, full of steam.

"You pretended to be gods and ghosts in my garden, and made my family dare not enter lightly. Do you still feel wronged?"

Li Tong held a broken bamboo lightly touching the surface of the water, but he didn't approach it. The agile figure of the girl who escaped from the Hezhou Pavilion just now left a deep impression on him.

Zheng Jin also complained: "Why does such a delicate and poor lady do such sneaky things?"

"I, I... I'm sorry, there was no one in this garden house when I came, and I couldn't get out when I was about to leave... I didn't want to harm anyone, but I just had nowhere to go."

The girl lowered her head, her eyelashes were flickering, and tears had already flowed down her beautiful face along the lake.

"Let's stay in the water first. Auntie is going to get clean clothes. I won't tell my family for now."

Li Tong waved his hand, told Zheng Jin, and retreated a little far away with Yang Sixu who had already landed.The girl didn't have the strength to continue to toss at the moment, she stood in the pool with her arms folded, sobbing and secretly peeping at Li Tong with hazy eyes, choked up and said, "You, you really won't hurt me?"

"Aren't you not afraid of death at all?"

Li Tong laughed when he heard this.

"I, I'm not afraid because I think there is no way out. I'm not afraid of anything! But you lied to me, you shouldn't lie to me like this!"

The girl raised her hand and wiped her face, whether it was tears or pool water, her eyebrows were raised, flirtatious, and then she pointed to Yang Sixu who was standing beside her: "If you lie like this, it will make people sad, he... If he lied, it would be annoying."

Li Tong turned his head to look at Yang Sixuan, who was shy and drooping, and couldn't help being amused, then pointed to the girl, and said with a smile: "Judging people by their appearance? So, you dare to lurk in my house, even if you expose your traces, you feel that I will not harm you." you?"

"I don't think so! I've done bad things, and I'm always scared. I just didn't escape. It's just, it's just that what you say makes people want to believe it."

The girl's face was blushing, full of annoyance and shortness of breath, and tears flowed down again: "You should not forgive me. But, why are you making fun of me?"

Chapter 0116 is not Yinniang Nie

Not long after, Zheng Jin fetched the clothes, and told Li Tong in a low voice that a team had already entered the mansion to stand by, and if there was any accident, they would be able to rush into the West Garden in a short while.

Li Tong and Yang Sixua avoided for a while, and when they came back, the girl had already put on new clothes, but the new clothes were soaked through quickly, it was nothing more than a little concealment.His attitude was submissive and cooperative, and he didn't try to escape again.

Li Tong thought about it, and decided to go back to the Hezhou Pavilion to interrogate the girl. The outer house is crowded with people, so it is not as quiet as the West Garden.

Returning to the pavilion on Hezhou again, Li Tong stepped into it, and found that apart from the traces left by Yang Sixu's previous search, the house was actually clean and tidy, but there were few utensils and decorations, which looked very plain.

"How long have you been in this garden house?"

Li Tong took a tour of the house and found that it was full of life, so he turned his head to look at the girl standing in the corner with her head bowed.

"It was only early spring when I came..."

The girl replied in a low voice: "At first, I thought this place was just an abandoned garden. Earlier, some craftsmen refurbished the east courtyard, but they didn't come here..."

This statement is more believable. This king's mansion is separated from the garden, and the east courtyard has a complete layout and is sufficient for living.The West Garden was expanded on the basis of the original mansion. According to Zheng Jin's inquiries, there were still a few households in the original West Garden, and it was later incorporated into the Wang's residence.

Li Tong's brother's departure from the cabinet was only discussed in the next year. After several back and forth, the process of determining the location of the mansion was not lacking in haste.The construction of the residences of the kings was under the supervision of the Right School Office of the Camp Repair Supervisor, and they did not even have time to build a new residence, which shows that the urging force behind them was very urgent.Under such circumstances, it is normal that the king's residence has not been completely renovated in time.

"Who are you? A fugitive slave or a criminal?"

Li Tong asked again, these two types of people are the most sensitive, and they are prone to accusations. For example, in the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo killed escaped slaves privately. Directly demoted to Jiaozhi, although Wang Bo was pardoned and saved his life, he eventually died on the trip to visit his father.

"No, no! Really, I didn't lie to you, I'm not a fugitive slave, nor a criminal!"

The girl waved her hands again and again, as if she was suffering from not being able to prove her words.

"It's not these two categories, so you are an exile from another state? There must be a reason why you are homeless and live in someone else's house to hide?"

Li Tong sat down and looked at the girl with great interest: "I saw you walking through the window earlier. You are very agile and proficient in water, which is not something an ordinary person should have. If there is something wrong in your words, then see you." Judge yourself."

The girl lowered her head, her lips were tightly pressed, her back was leaning against the wall, water stains had already accumulated around her feet wrapped in cloth stockings, she looked very weak and pitiful.

But he didn't find out the origin of the other party's identity, but Li Tong didn't feel any pity for it. The reason why he interrogated him secretly was mainly to avoid causing more trouble.Otherwise, he would have sent someone to notify Hegong County to take him away. By the way, he would impeach the Jinwu Guards for taking money and doing nothing.

Although the girl is pretty and bright, she is far from worthy of his pity.With his status, as long as his life is safe, beauty and the like are not rare enjoyments.

"me……"

The girl lowered her head to avoid Li Tong's scrutiny, she was about to cry again, and looked very sad: "I'm really not a villain, but I don't want to tell the truth... If you let me go, I will definitely repay you in the future Your family is such a big mansion, it must be powerful, but if you really alarm the government, you will really be in trouble, I disturbed your family, I really don’t want to get involved, please..."

"Are you threatening me? Guess if I'm afraid?"

Li Tong sneered: "It's not that there is something that can make me feel troublesome. Let's talk about it. Now that it's getting dark, I don't intend to keep you, a water ghost, in my house overnight."

"You are so stubborn! I heard them call you the king, but, but..."

The girl was still bowing her head and hesitating. Zheng Jin, who was in charge of sorting out the things she left behind in the attic, had already walked quickly, glanced at the girl, and leaned closer to Li Tong to whisper.

After Li Tong finished listening, he stood up, raised his hand and said to Yang Sixuan, "Take her and go to the mansion of the magistrate Yang Zhirou. I want to ask Yang Shangshu, has he ever hated him since he lived here? How dare you let a little thief enter my mansion!"

"You, how do you know..."

The girl raised her head immediately after hearing the words, her pretty face was full of astonishment, she turned and leaned back against the wall, and waved her hands again and again: "I won't, I won't go, I can't go back... There is no good person in their family! My aunt hates me , my cousin forced me... I'm going to find Aye, and the Shangshu is not my uncle..."

Li Tong felt that this girl didn't have much scheming, and seeing her panic and panic, she didn't seem to be pretending. He thought she would be a strange girl like Nie Yinniang, a thief and a thief, but she seemed to be a big lady who ran away from home.

"What kind of relationship do you have with the Yang Clan, you will know when you enter the mansion. Even if there is no friendship, I will help him catch a family thief, and he should thank me."

Li Tong sneered again: "Trouble? Yang Zhirou is no more than a cousin of the Empress Dowager's family. He let the family members enter my house without authorization, and that is the real trouble!"

The girl sat down on the ground, covering her face and crying: "I am not from the Yang family, and I don't want to have anything to do with his family... My surname is Tang, and I was entrusted to my uncle's family after traveling far away... I didn't take anything from the Yang family. , are my mother's relics... I beg the king to let me go, I'm going to find Aye and not go back to Yang's house..."

Hearing the girl's mournful cry, Li Tong suddenly felt dizzy.Although he is not a warm-hearted person, he is really not used to bullying the weak. Zheng Jin can see the mark of the Yang family from the girl's belongings. contacts.

But the girl's words were vague, and it was really impossible to determine her exact identity.

Yang Zhirou was born in the Yang family of Hongnong, and was in the same branch as Wu Zetian's mother, the Yang family. Now he is an official official in the household department, and he is quite respected.When a person is dignified, there will naturally be many relatives to take refuge in, so the Zunxian Square where his residence is located is mostly populated by members of the Yang clan.

Seeing that it was still some time before the gate of the workshop was closed, Li Tong ordered Zheng Jinsu to go to Zunxian Workshop to inquire a little while he and Yang Sixuan still stayed here to watch over the girl.

"My lord, this little lady is crying so hard..."

Standing behind Li Tong, Yang Sixu saw the girl curled up on the ground and sobbing, with a bit of unbearable expression on her face, as if signaling that she should offer some comfort.

She says you are ugly, but you still pity her?

Li Tong glanced at Yang Sixuan who looked embarrassed, turned his head and sighed in his heart again, and then said: "You have also been hiding in my garden house for many days, I won't investigate further, don't cry and disturb others. You promise yourself Here is the safety, I will lend you the house temporarily, even though it is warm summer, it is too uncomfortable to be wet."