September is full of flowers

The Taige is always quiet after nightfall. Recently, the haunted rumors have intensified and the weather is getting colder, so almost no one in the Taige dared to come out after it got dark.

But those who play more must continue.

I cried a lot the first night.

The second night I fainted one.

On the third night, I changed to a strong man with a height of eight feet, and the result was the worst one—became stupid, and would pull the sleeve of Taige’s little maidservant with her finger in her mouth and shyly ask her sister to give her sweets.

On the fourth night, Taige temporarily recruited a watchman from outside.This night, Shen Man suffered from insomnia, because he heard that this newcomer was a little strange during the day, and he was also curious about what kind of person would have the courage to accept orders in the face of danger, so he came to have a look at this person, but he never thought of leaving the room as soon as he stepped out of the room. met.

Looking at this person, Shen Man was taken aback for a moment, and then felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

"This... big sister... no, this big brother, did we meet in Chenzhou?"

On the opposite side, the man with a lantern in his hand, heavy makeup and wearing women's clothing smiled shyly, and said with a choked voice, "Oh, I didn't expect you to remember me. To be honest, I didn't recognize you at first sight. Look at you. Girl? It’s hard to earn a living these days, so I took this job and came here. You came out of the house and dressed like this, could it be that you are from Taige?”

The makeup on her face was very heavy, and the smell of powder on her body was a bit pungent, seeing that Shen Man didn't refute, she laughed.

"Hey, I've known for a long time that you are an extraordinary little girl. When I was in Chenzhou, it was thanks to you for reminding me that I escaped unharmed."

"Hey," Shen Man laughed awkwardly, "Forgot to ask your name?"

"Li Xi, Muzi Li, the analysis of a catty of wood."

"Oh," Shen Man cleared his throat, "Brother Li, I won't bother you."

"Okay," Li Xi said with a grin, "Today I will patrol the night, and I will play with you another day."

Shen Man responded and walked past him.The shadow behind her gradually straightened up after she left, her original smiling face changed slightly, a pair of eyes stared at Shen Man's back for a long time, and the candlelight in her hand became flickering.

That night, Shen Man really struggled with the question of whether "Li Concubine will scare Li Xi" or "Li Xi will surprise Li Concubine".The next day, I saw Lian Yi coming over with dark circles and bitterly complaining, "I really saw a ghost last night."

Tang Jiuyue put down the scroll, patted Lian Yi's shoulder stiffly, and said in a calm tone, "You will get used to it after seeing it more often."

Shen Man: "..."

Lime: "..."

"By the way, Qing Ning," Tang Jiuyue withdrew her hand, turned to this side and asked seriously, "Are there any fireworks left in Taige Curry?"

"It seems that there are some..." Qing Ning vaguely had an ominous premonition. She should have tried her best to dissuade the superintendent from the fireworks, but if she really asked, the stingy superintendent would think of some way to punish her.

"You go and check it out, the supervisor is useful." Tang Jiuyue smiled gently, but it made the other three people tremble at the same time.

It was another quiet night, and Li Xi made the same shift as yesterday.She thought that she would definitely see the concubine Li who "resurrected from the dead", but unfortunately, she only saw the outline of Concubine Li from a distance last night, and then Concubine Li slipped away as if she had lost her soul when she saw her .

Li Xi looked up at the night sky, hoping to see Concubine Li's true face today.When turning a corner, I felt a gust of wind suddenly pass by my ear, and then a man in black appeared behind me.Li Xi tilted his head slightly, but he still couldn't avoid the man's successive attacks, so his eyes darkened and he fell to the ground instantly.

The man in black looked at Li Xi with some hesitation, kicked him, then carefully changed into his clothes, picked up his lantern, and continued to patrol and watch for Li Xi calmly.

"Du-duk-duk--" Circle after circle around the Taige, this person's footsteps were steady and calm, as if he had no worries about being discovered.It's no wonder that the people in Taige have long been troubled by the haunted rumors. The gate supervisor ignored the matter, and the people below naturally didn't dare to talk too much. After all, Taige is the home of the gate supervisor. , since the owner who is haunted by the house is not in a hurry, the rest of the people don't have to worry.

"Tuk-tuk--" came to a secluded place again, which was a dead end.When I visited here, there was only one withered willow tree standing there alone. The willow branches were already bare, and the trunk was rotten and wormholes appeared.There is no sunlight here all year round, so planting trees here is purely to find fault.

When the watchman was about to pass by this alley, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a white figure out of the corner of his eye.So his footsteps stopped, and the update in his hand also temporarily stopped.He stood at the entrance of the alley for a long time, a battle between heaven and man in his mind, and countless tangled thoughts popped up.The breeze was cool, and he gently lifted the hem of his clothes. Li Xi always likes to put some powder on his body. At this moment, there is this pungent smell around the watchman.

The white figure stood thinly where the willow tree used to be, but there was no such tree at this moment.She bowed her head, her long hair was pitch black, blending into the night behind her.A red hairpin on the head has a dull and cold light, although it is inserted in the hair, but it has some mud, as if it has just been dug out from the ground.

"Who are you?" the watchman asked, holding a lantern.

Before the man could reply, the lantern in his hand had been extinguished silently, which made the deep night even more desolate and strange.

The woman didn't speak, just stood there with her head down, like a walking dead.

The watchman wanted to get closer to her, but he stopped in the process of taking a step forward.Because the two sides of this alley are covered with talisman paper, this talisman paper is different from the general ones, it is gold lacquered on a black background.The talisman papers covering the two walls waved gently in the breeze, as if showing off their abilities.

There was a strange emotion in the watchman's eyes, and his outstretched hand retracted into a fist, clenched tightly, and there was a "click" between the joints.

At this moment, the woman in white clothes with drooping hair slowly raised her head, and the hair gathered in front of her forehead spread out to the sides, revealing a face that was exactly the same as the woman in the embroidery painting on the screen.

"The emperor loves listening to my singing the most..." She said a word very sadly, crying like complaining.The sleeve robe was poured by the phoenix, stirring slightly.

The watchman gritted his teeth, his eyes had already changed, "Are you Concubine Li?"

The woman in white showed a forced smile, stiff and unnatural. "The emperor loves listening to my singing..."

The watchman frowned, looking at the densely packed talisman papers on the walls on both sides, a mixture of anger and sadness emerged on his face.Suddenly, he frantically tore off the talisman paper as if he had gone mad, held it in his hand and tore it to pieces.

The black talisman paper instantly turned into powder, fluttering and falling in the air.

These talisman papers have lost their effect, so Li Fei who was originally trapped inside should be able to come out.But the watchman waited for a long time, but she didn't see her move a step forward.

Concubine Li smiled miserably, and muttered the same sentence in her mouth.

"The emperor loves listening to my singing..."

The watchman stepped up and walked towards her, but still kept a short distance.He stopped and stared at her like a lion watching its prey.Although the world is not without superb disguise techniques, the person in front of him feels familiar.The pearl hairpin on her head is absolutely impossible to imitate.

Before, her best friend Ning Yu had visited the Taige before, and then hurried back to the palace to thank the guests behind closed doors.With Ning Yu's confirmation, he can almost confirm that this is really Concubine Li herself.

But when he got to her, the man's warning was still in his ears.He said that there is no way to resurrect people from the dead in the world, and the gate supervisor once personally assured the emperor that she would not have such a way.Such rumors came out of the Taige just because they had no clue about the previous case, so they wanted to use Concubine Li to lure him to appear.

Even though he knew it was a trap, he still came involuntarily.

When Concubine Li was selected by the emperor and was about to enter the palace, he had secretly seen her in front of the door.When the decree was announced, she knelt in front of the gate with her family. She had a smile on her beautiful face. She entered the palace voluntarily because she liked the emperor and this noble son who had met among the people.

Her father was naturally also happy, because his daughter's selection into the palace meant that his official career would be smooth from now on.This is undoubtedly the best opportunity for a foreign official who has just come to Kyoto.He did seize this opportunity, and helped him become the current Shang Shuling by fawning on Ning.

At that time, he had no power and no power, just a student of Yin and Yang who looked after houses and changed Feng Shui.The master said that he was very intelligent. When he first met her, he thought that he could achieve the myth of being a scholar and a beautiful woman with her.Although he is not good enough for her yet, he has already signed up for the Yin Yang Dao exam that year, and he believes that with his own efforts, he will be able to go to high school in one fell swoop, and then marry her in a prosperous way.

When announcing the imperial decree, he hid at the end of the crowd, watching the figure from a distance, his eyes gradually turned red.Because he knew that once she entered the palace, she would never see her again.This unrequited love was his own from beginning to end.She didn't even know his affection, nor how much he could give for her.

Now, when the ghost of an old friend appears in front of him, even if it is really a trap, he is still willing to step in and tell her that he really misses her.

"I'm not the emperor," he said obsessively as he approached Concubine Li, "but I also like your singing the most, Tiantian, can you sing another song for me, just like when I was watching your house back then , the one you sang in the yard..."

Li Fei's eyes focused on the face of the oncoming man, showing no emotion.

"What was that song I sang in the yard? I don't remember. Who are you?"

"You don't even remember my name..." He smiled forcedly and helplessly.Finally standing in front of Concubine Li, he held her hand and said sincerely into her eyes, "Okay then, I'll tell you my name again."

Even from a close look, Li Fei's face showed no signs of camouflage.

The man paused, "I am—"

"boom--"

"Bah-bang--"

Suddenly, a few colorful flowers bloomed in the sky, instantly illuminating the black night sky brightly and colorfully.

The man returned to his senses in a hurry, but he did not forget to protect Concubine Li behind him.

But I saw four figures slowly coming out of the fireworks, one was a man in white with a bone china white mask, the other was a woman in a green dress with a pear swirl at the corner of her mouth, another was dressed in fiery red, and the rest It is quiet and natural.

"Monitor, can we not be so special next time?" The woman in the fiery red dress frowned and complained, "I'm choking to death! Cough cough!"

The woman in Qingshang supported her forehead and said dejectedly, "I knew that it would not be a good thing for the gate supervisor to ask me to bring out the fireworks in stock. This will definitely cause everyone in the Taige to watch the fun. Maybe the prefect of Kyoto thought our Taige Take the water and push the water truck to put out the fire."

The slightly quieter woman firmly believed, "There must be a reason for the gate supervisor to order like this."

So several people stared at the man in white standing in the middle with several pairs of eyes at the same time.

The gate supervisor looked directly at the man trapped in the dead end, and said calmly, "This gate supervisor is thinking, instead of storing so many dangerous fireworks, it is better to let them go. First, it will help us catch the murderer, and second, it can Congratulations on closing our case."

Before he finished speaking, he heard a "bang——" behind him.

The bodies of several people shook.

Lian Yi said with a pale face, "This...what's going on?"

Qing Ning stammered, "Could it be that some fireworks have been set off for a long time... They have gone bad..."

Shen Man looked into the distance and said for a long time, "It seems...we seem to have blown up Zhangtai..."