Chapter 166 Monster
"Let's go to Qingquan Temple."
"Qingquan Temple?" Minglu was puzzled and looked at his prince with some doubt.
Rong Que did not respond, but just walked towards the carriage.
He walked very slowly, as if his soul was being held by something, and he walked stiffly.
Not far away, Xiang Zheng looked at this side with cold eyes. When Rong Que got on the car, he turned around and whispered to his entourage, "Tell them to get ready to welcome our dear Crown Prince."
There were seven or eight families, totaling more than 40 people, who were moved to the guest rooms of Qingquan Temple at midnight yesterday .
In the small Zen courtyard, these people gathered together to discuss the issue of the house being flooded by snow water, and everyone found it strange.
"The summer rainstorms didn't flood the yard, but the winter snow water actually flooded it. I'm afraid there's some evil spirit at work. I heard from the elders in my family that something like this happened in Huzhou a few years ago. It seemed like a fox demon was caught at that time."
"Really? You said there is a fox demon in our capital? That's impossible. Didn't Jingzhao Yin go to investigate? He said that the drainage outlet at the east end of our alley is blocked. Don't exaggerate."
"How can I be considered alarmist? Tell me, where does all this snow water come from in the middle of winter?"
"I don't know if she is a fox demon or not, but I know that the pork I bought yesterday was ruined by the snow water . I haven't even made a single bun yet, and I've already lost all my money."
Mrs. Zhao from the steamed bun shop sighed.
Among these seven or eight families, hers suffered the greatest loss, with the backflow of water flowing into the main house.
A younger woman said to Mrs. Zhao, "Are you feeling better after picking up that girl?"
Mrs. Zhao shook her head. "Her injuries aren't that serious. She just lost something when she came out, and now she's in a state of disarray."
"What object?"
"A jade pendant, probably from her family. Ever since I picked her up, she has been holding the jade pendant in a daze, sometimes even crying. But when I asked her, she couldn't remember anything, and just said that the jade pendant was very important to her."
As they were talking, a bailiff came in. He was an official from the Jingzhao Yin government office.
He was holding a thin string in his hand, with a jade pendant tied to it. A corner of the jade pendant was missing. As soon as he entered the yard, he shouted to Mrs. Zhao, "Come, come, let your daughter come and identify it. Is this the one she lost and found at the gate of your yard?"
Before Mrs. Zhao could get up to greet her, the girl who had been in the room ran out like a gust of wind. Her eyes were red and her eyelids were swollen. When she ran out, she didn't even have a shoe on one foot.
"That's it."
She held the treasure in her hands and cried uncontrollably. She knelt down before the yamen runner and said, "Thank you, sir."
His eyes swept across the right side of the yamen runner's calf, saw a hint of darkness outside, and quickly looked away.
Mrs. Zhao also came over and thanked the yamen runner sincerely. The yamen runner didn't have time to stay here, so he returned the things and left. Mrs. Zhao helped the girl up and said distressedly: "Go back to the house quickly. Why did you come out without even wearing shoes? Don't abuse yourself by relying on your youth. You will suffer when you are old."
The girl cried while holding the jade pendant, "This jade pendant belongs to my beloved, I can't throw it away."
Mrs. Zhao helped her back to the house. "No matter what you love, men are unreliable. If you really love it, why didn't he come to see you?"
The girl choked up, "He doesn't know that I love him."
"You remember everything?" Mrs. Zhao suddenly looked surprised.
The girl shook her head. "I only remember that I loved him. Other than that... I don't even remember what he looked like."
"What a sin..."
Mrs. Zhao muttered something behind her, but Rong Que couldn't hear it. Mrs. Zhao had already helped the person back to the room.
Standing outside the Zen room, he saw clearly that the jade pendant that the bailiff handed over was an item he had owned in earlier years.
Rong Que saw it clearly, and Ming Lu also saw it clearly. At this moment, standing beside Rong Que, he did not dare to say a word.
If this is really General Su, the General Su who has lost his memory, then what about the one in the mansion?
Minglu felt that as was almost going bald with worry, let alone his own prince.
Watching Mrs. Zhao help the person into the house, Rong Que did not stay any longer and turned away.
Prince's Mansion.
It was already noon when Su Qingqing woke up. After breakfast, she saw a few maids making snowmen in the yard. After watching for a while, Su Qingqing asked Jixiang, "Is His Highness back?"
Jixiang shook his head, "No."
Su Qingqing frowned.
Ever since they officially became husband and wife, Rong Que has been acting like he wishes he could stay in her bed forever. Why hasn't he come home since yesterday?
What happened?
But even if something happened, according to Rong Que's usual personality, he would discuss it with her.
"Has anyone been to the Broken Red Building?"
"No."
After Jixiang finished speaking, he turned to look at Su Qingqing, "Your Majesty, are you worried about His Highness?"
Su Qingqing curled the corner of her mouth and said it would be a lie to say she wasn't worried.
This man has not returned since yesterday morning court session, a whole day and a night.
"Is there any trouble outside?"
Jixiang thought for a moment and said, "I heard someone say this morning that a strange thing happened in Tongqian Hutong yesterday. The melted snow suddenly flooded into people's houses."
Su Qingqing was startled and turned to look at Jixiang, "Backflow?"
It's winter now.
Jixiang nodded, "So it's a strange thing. Now the Jingzhao Yin government office and the Ministry of Works are working together to investigate. They said that they found several blocked drainage outlets there and have started repairing them. This is really strange. The snow in our government was so strong that the snowman we built yesterday can still be maintained today, but why is the snow water flowing back over there?
Many people said that there might be some evil spirit at work, and there were all kinds of rumors out there, saying all sorts of things.”
Su Qingqing twisted her fingers and said, "There are some of mine among them, right?"
Jixiang looked disdainful and said, "These people are just bored."
Su Qingqing asked: "What did you say about me?"
Jixiang didn't want to say anything, "It's not a good thing anyway, why would Your Majesty listen to it!"
"Tell me about it."
Jixiang sighed, "They said that the queen was a fox spirit, sent by Zhao to bring disaster to the Yan Kingdom. They also said that since the queen came to the Yan Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom has been in turmoil. They also said that the fire in the Xishan camp was actually a fire from the sky. It's really weird."
Su Qingqing pondered over Jixiang's words.
Rong Que would definitely not stay away from home because of these rumors.
I can't let him come back...
Either he ran into some big trouble and couldn't get out of it and come back, or he just didn't want to come back. If this didn't want to come back had nothing to do with the strange thing outside...
Su Qingqing's intuition made her feel that there must be a connection.
"Go tell the people at the Broken Red Tower to pay attention to the backflow."
at the same time.
Fengtai Zhuangzi.
Rong Que also heard the same version of the rumor. Ming He told all the rumors about the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, "... the most common one is..."
Minghe wanted to say our queen, but when he thought of the one in Qingquan Temple, he felt that this title might not be appropriate. However, if he said anything else, there was no suitable one at the moment. After thinking it over, he just said, "The Princess of Zhaoguo is a monster."
