Old things in the Red Chamber

The more important things happen, the calmer the performance.

Except for some people, more than half of the nobles in the entire capital are attending the happy event in Princess Wei's mansion.

The cousin got married, and the princes in the palace also came out to celebrate.

Almost all those who can come out are half-grown children.Being led by the seventh prince, they congratulated Wei Ruolan mischievously, and were taken to the upper room by Princess Wei.

Not everyone is treated this way, like some older ones who were kicked out by Princess Wei, and the Seventh Prince took them to greet some elders of the clan and arrange them to be seated.

There are more people attending the wedding today.Among the kings with different surnames, almost the whole family was dispatched.In short, all the places are full of joy. These little guys who have just left the palace especially like to get together in crowded places.

Seeing King Beijing and some civil servants clasping their hands and talking, King Xiangyang threw a piece of pastry into his mouth, stared at him, squinted his eyes, thought for a while, then shook his head, and looked elsewhere.

At this time, Prince Zhongshun came over waving his folding fan.When passing by several princes, he put his arms around the necks of the seventh and ninth princes.The Seventh Prince immediately twitched his face, and moved his body away in resistance.

But he still greeted him affectionately, "Why did Uncle Wang arrive? Just now, several Uncle Wangs said they would take you to have a drink together."

The Ninth Prince was hugged by him, but he just turned his head and grinned at Prince Zhongshun without speaking.

On the contrary, Prince Zhongshun has a better impression of the Ninth Prince, "When you were young, you were raised in front of your father, and I gave you a little finger, but the old man scolded you like a dog. Now that you are grinning at me, you can see what's inside your heart. If you have a bad idea, follow me closely today, if you want to let me know what bad idea you have, you will never be spared."

Prince Zhongshun let go of the seventh prince's arm, "Your Highness, please feel free. This king is going to say hello to his elder brothers and younger brothers. By the way, Xiao Jiu will follow me."

The seventh prince agreed with a smile, and watched as the ninth prince was dragged by King Zhongshun to the banquet of the clan.Not only secretly hate in my heart.

Prince Zhongshun and the Ninth Prince sat beside the King of Xiangyang, watching the King of Xiangyang's spirit come out of his body, staring at a place with dull eyes, he knew that he had committed an old problem, this person always looks like this when he thinks about things.

Quietly asked King Jing's son, "How long has he been here?"

"It's less than a quarter of an hour. Unless you push him, even if you play a drum in his ear, you may not be able to recover. Let him go for now. Let's have a drink first."

Several people toasted and drank, and drank the wine in one gulp. The Ninth Prince quickly picked up the jug and filled it up for the others.

At such a noisy wine table, there will be no confidential matters.At this time, someone said, "A monk came from outside the city. He looked like an eminent monk, but he didn't know how deep he was."

The other person answered, "Why bother with this, brother Huang hates these monks the most, by the way, do you know that Shuntian Mansion handled a major case a few days ago?"

Having said that, the people at the table were instantly aroused with curiosity, even the Ninth Prince stood behind this person with a jug, wanting to hear what the big case he was talking about was what it was.

"A few days ago, Gu Yun's subordinate, the arrester surnamed Ma, caught a Taoist nun, a demon Taoist, and I heard that he can tie villains, and it is very effective."

Having said that, the faces of many people at the table changed, "This is a matter of witchcraft, and it is the most taboo thing. If it reaches the ears of the emperor, it is not bad."

Some people said, "The emperor may already know, but he just doesn't know. Have you seen it? There is still a little ear standing here."

The Ninth Prince hurriedly carried the jug and filled everyone's empty wine glasses, "My nephew just heard a commotion, and I haven't seen my father for several days. Besides, his old man has a lot of things to do every day, so he won't take these little things to heart. I won't even listen to it."

The person who mentioned this matter didn't think it was serious, but just told it as a supernatural story, "I heard that this Taoist nun is also surnamed Ma, and she likes to go to the backyard of officials and eunuchs to cheat some money. If you want to say that you can do it, the trick you mentioned just now is a way, and you are good at cursing people..."

King Xiangyang just struggled out of his own thoughts, so he asked casually, "Who do you want to beat?"

"Brother Wang, Brother Sixteen is not talking about fighting, but about cursing someone."

The King of Xiangyang frowned, "Brother Yueyang, don't do anything like curse, otherwise it will be worth the loss if you get involved with witchcraft."

This time, everyone had to explain to King Xiangyang again, and everyone was only discussing a case in Shuntian Mansion.There is no connection with the witchcraft incident that everyone is talking about.But King Xiangyang didn't think so. Judging by his expression, he took this matter seriously.

The banquet ended soon, seeing that the sky was getting dark, the Seventh Prince and his younger brothers were going back to the palace, and sent someone to invite the Ninth Prince, but was stopped by the King of Xiangyang.

"I need to ask His Highness the Ninth Prince for help later. You go back and tell His Highness the Seventh. Either I will personally send His Highness Ninth back tonight, or I will send His Highness Ninth back early tomorrow morning. Please inform Your Majesty of this."

The Ninth Prince was curious about King Xiangyang's arrangements, so as soon as the two of them got into a carriage, they wanted to find out where they were going.

It's a pity that the King of Xiangyang himself is a fine person, and he kept silent when he got on the carriage, and he seemed to be still thinking about the problem.The Ninth Prince could only shut up silently, and looked at the interior decoration of the carriage.

When the car arrived at Shuntian Mansion, relying on a waist card, it went all the way to the prison without hindrance.

The prison in Shuntian Mansion is divided into east and west. The east one is full of important prisoners. Most of the prisoners here are single rooms. Ma Daopo is no exception. She is disheveled and disheveled, squatting in the corner of the prison.Seeing the uncle and nephew of Prince Xiangyang stop in front of his cell, they quickly climbed to the door of the cell with both hands and feet, and said to the Ninth Prince, "Your Excellency."

King Xiangyang narrowed his eyes for a moment. He brought the Ninth Prince here just to clear himself of the suspicion of being involved in witchcraft.Anyone who has anything to do with witchcraft will end badly, but he has no choice but to get in touch with this Daoist Ma, because this Daoist has many valuable things in her mouth.Because this guy is good at cursing, it's inappropriate to get her into his hands, otherwise he wouldn't bring a half-grown child to do the interrogation.

But Ma Daopo's noble name made him feel that he had stepped into another trouble, which was seizing the heir!

The Ninth Prince took two steps back and hid behind King Xiangyang.

The King of Xiangyang didn't care what the Ninth Prince was thinking, so he stepped forward and asked Ma Daopo in a low voice, "Do you want to live?"

Ma Daopo nodded quickly.

"It's easy to live. If I ask you what you say, as long as what you say is true, not only can you survive, but I can also change you to a better cell."

Ma Daopo nodded, and said gratefully, "My lord, what did you ask and what Caomin said, everything you said was true, and there was one thing you wanted to say that was false. You chopped off Caomin's head."

"As expected of a mother-in-law who walks around the streets, I heard that she has been to the backyards of many big families?"

Ma Daopo nodded, "Whose wife or grandma do you want to know?" The family's wives and grandma are restless in the room, and the grassroots can see it, if you want to..."

"What are you thinking? You think I'm going to hook up with the big girl and the little daughter-in-law. I just want to ask you, what's the situation in the backyard of the Northern Prince's Mansion?"

"I know, I know," Ma Daopo glanced privately, "In terms of their family, from the concubine to the concubine below, there is no concubine that the grass people don't know, but the most favored one is a concubine named Miss Du, with her figure and face... ..."

"Stop, stop, stop, that Miss Du...does she smell like a fairy?"

Ma Daopo thought for a while, "There is a scent, but no umami taste."

"I'm talking about fairy flavor."

"Yes, there is, but it's just a pretense. If you want to say that it is the most fairy-like, it is still," he looked around again in private, and said to King Xiangyang in a low voice, "This is the master of Shuntian Mansion. Guan, Mrs. Gu's wife, that's the one who looks like a fairy. She's born, and she can't pretend."

"I didn't expect you to know quite a lot of people."

"That is, there is no grassroots who doesn't know the three religions and nine streams."

"Besides Master Gu's wife, who else?"

Ma Daopo thought for a while, then shook her head, "Master, you are embarrassing me. Not everyone has that fairy smell, especially dragons and phoenixes, which are only one out of thousands." After finishing speaking His eyes turned to Xiangyang and looked behind him, and they fell on the Ninth Prince.

King Xiangyang asked her, "What do you think he is doing?"

"Look at the qi on his body, which evaporates and forms a boa constrictor. The bumps on the head indicate that horns are about to grow, and the bumps on the limbs indicate that claws are about to grow."

The King of Xiangyang sneered, "You old woman, you can still deceive people with gossip, yes, otherwise, how could you get in here."

Ma Daopo shrank back in fear, her eyes kept turning to the Ninth Prince.Suddenly, as if he remembered something, "I know who he is, I have seen the noble man who gave birth to him."

Hearing something related to his deceased mother, the Ninth Prince stood up from behind King Xiangyang.

"You know my mother?"

Ma Daopo nodded in fear, "If you want to talk about the spirit of the fairy, your mother also had it back then, but it was just a very faint trace, like a silk thread, which could be broken at any time."

King Xiangyang quickly turned his head and said to the Ninth Prince, "This woman is clearly trying to seduce you, so don't be fooled."

Ma Daopo said again, "How dare I confuse him, the master says what he says, how many gods have been kicked out of the fairy class because of his words..."

"Enough, I think you old woman is tired of work." King Xiangyang grabbed the Ninth Prince and dragged him out of the prison. When the Ninth Prince was being dragged away by King Xiangyang, he looked back at Ma Daopo.Ma Daopo grabbed the railing, opened her mouth and said silently, "Come back to me, and I'll tell you what I know."