Chapter 10 Conspiracy under the Night (2)

Dong'anmen, people are surging, and tourists from all over the world gather here. In addition to the Aoshan Lantern Square outside the Meridian Gate, the entire Beijing city is the most lively here tonight. Those who are good at making lamps have tried their best to make all kinds of strange lamps and get them for sale in the lamp market. The lamps are of different names, and the prices are even more than a thousand taels of silver. Today and tomorrow, merchants from all over the world gather here, with pearls, stones, silks, silks and foreign objects from ancient and modern times. There are also many skills and performances, and the audience is performing on the market. Men and women intersect and rub shoulders, making them lively. The Ming craftsmen in the surrounding prefectures and counties have set up sorrow straw to make a shed, hanging around the lanterns, and the doors are twisted and twisted, and the travelers are temporarily confused. When it comes out, it is called the "Nine-Curve Lantern of the Yellow River". Some families use 108 small cups to hold oil night lamps, and they store all over the wells and stoves, gather like fireflies and scatter like stars, which is quite interesting. Fireworks and firecrackers are set off at night, including firecrackers, firecrackers, three-level waves, ground rats, flower pots, and flower tubes. Some fireworks are one meter high, and the boxes are divided into five layers, and they are set off all night. In addition, there are customs such as walking bridges and touching nails to get rid of all diseases. There are also various jugglings, magic tricks (this time and space is called playing tricks), etc. Zhengyang, Xuanwu, and Chongwen are not closed, and they are allowed to travel and exchange with the people, and the lieutenant patrolled all night long, and the grand occasion is no less than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Since it is called the lantern market, lanterns are naturally the main landscape, either birds, animals, or flying fish. Various beautiful lanterns are dazzling and dazzling.

The lively atmosphere can make people feel excited unconsciously, and countless lantern riddles are also the most distinctive entertainment method of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival. Whether you are a peddler, a merchant, a celebrity, or a scholar, when guessing lantern riddles, they are equal. Zhu Yinglong took Zhou Huaian and Xu Yingyuan all the way, and every merchant racked his brains and asked experts to come up with a few lantern riddles and offer some good prizes, hoping to attract customers to stop, and gain reputation and make a fortune. Therefore, tonight, the merchants on this street are definitely the most dedicated.

"Emperor, Mr. Wu, you have been watching others guessing riddles, why don't you guess one yourself?" Zhou Huaian saw Zhu Yinglong's journey, watching others guess riddles, and he applauded happily in the wonderful parts, but he had no intention of going forward to guess riddles, and couldn't help but go forward and say.

"I like to watch riddles of others but better than myself." Zhu Yinglong said with a smile.

"Ah?" Zhou Huaiandao.

"Is there anything strange?" Zhu Yinglong asked back.

"No, no!" Zhou Huaian shook his hand quickly, but said in his heart, what kind of personality is this?

I came out tonight, just to relax my spirits. He didn't think about anything or do nothing. He just wanted to walk around, relax and feel the folk. I had to use my head to guess riddles. Others may be interested, but he was not interested.

The three of them had been put on different levels of makeup, and Zhu Yinglong even had a little beard and turned into a young man. Xu Yingyuan was a servant in a clean manner. Zhou Huaian transformed into a escort, with sixteen large inner guards protecting them in plain clothes at a distance of about three feet from front and back, and the distance between the front and back, and the distance between the left and right is about three feet long, and this protection is like a wall of iron and iron, so there is no need to worry about safety, so he can walk around and browse the light night market at will.

"Has the assassin's case turned out?" Zhu Yinglong suddenly remembered that after arresting Yan Xiaoliu, he asked about his confession and never asked about it. Now he suddenly remembered it and asked.

"Weichen has tracked down the antique merchant surnamed Zhao. Unfortunately, when we found him, he was already silenced and no clues were left." Zhou Huaian said with shame. He could do anything, but he had been trampled on this matter for so long, but the clues were cut off before he found them, and he was depressed to death.

Zhu Yinglong suddenly stopped and asked, "We are in the light, the assassin is in the dark, and this assassin is not a single person. There must be a very powerful organization that constantly provides information to him, otherwise he would not always be ahead of you."

"Weichen thinks so too, but the news that we found the five double-hook light feather arrows should be top secret. In addition to the emperor, we also have Eunuch Xu, and the sixteen great guards. These people are all old men from the royal palace, with innocent wealth and loyalty..."

Zhou Huaian still wanted to continue talking, but was interrupted by Zhu Yinglong and said, "I still believe my guard. It is not necessarily that there are spies inside us, or that the assassin's people are just staring at the garden and capturing Yan Xiaoliu makes them suspicious, and it is normal to silence them."

"Young Master means that Yan Xiaoliu bought the garden and might be lurking people from the assassin organization?"

"If it were me, if such an important thing was placed there, how could I have thought of finding someone to look at it?"

"But why didn't the assassin destroy those five arrows? Wouldn't there be nothing left?" Zhou Huaian said in confusion.

"You should give me the answer to this question, not to ask me." Zhu Yinglong did not doubt Zhou Huaian's ability to do things, but this assassin was too mysterious and hidden too deeply, and even the purpose of assassination was still in the fog, so Zhu Yinglong himself wanted to know the answer.

"I have lost my words, please forgive me!" Zhou Huaian hurriedly bowed.

"Okay, you call me 'private', but you call yourself 'wealth minister'. I'm afraid that others won't know that I am the emperor?" Zhu Yinglong glared at Zhou Huaian fiercely.

Xu Yingyuan, who was standing beside him, looked at Zhou Huaian with a long bitter face and laughed at him, but it attracted Zhou Huaian's fierce gaze. He was so scared that he cleaned his smile and followed him with all his steps.

"Today's lantern festival is very beautiful, and next year it will be even more beautiful. You two think so?" Zhu Yinglong suddenly stopped and lingered around.

"Yes." Too much words will lead to mistakes. Zhou Huaian and Xu Yingyuan learned a lot and expressed the most direct meaning in the shortest words.

"Young Master, there is a teahouse over there. After walking for such a long way, you are tired. Let's go there to take a rest. Anyway, the lamp market is still long." Xu Yingyuan was still serving him, and he understood the reason why Zhu Yinglong suddenly stopped and looked around.

"Okay, just go to the teahouse. Anyway, I'm thirsty, so I'll go and have a little tea."

Xu Yingyuan is still familiar with the road. If Zhu Yinglong wants to find it himself, he may not be able to find a small teahouse nearby.

"Customer, young master, please go upstairs. Today, our teahouse has a riddle meeting. As long as you can guess any riddles that come out of my teahouse, you can get a generous gift!" When the teahouse guy saw Zhu Yinglong and the other two, he thought he was from a wealthy family, so he quickly greeted him warmly.

The three of them went up to the second floor under the guidance of Dr. Tea. What a great guy, it was really lively. If you come one step later, there would probably be no seats, because the tables on the corner of the wall were empty.

"Three distinguished guests, sorry, this table is left. If you don't dislike it, just..." Dr. Tea squeezed out a smile and said. Distinguished guests like this probably wouldn't want to sit in this secluded position. And the more noble the guest, the weirder the temper, the harder it is to serve. He regretted calling these three people up.

"It's okay, let's sit here." Zhu Yinglong didn't care. He could sit anywhere. There was no need to make things difficult for a seat. Besides, it was good and secluded. It would be best to sit down and rest. He said, "Just give us a pot of good Biluochun, and a few plates of melon seeds, peanuts, etc."

"Okay, wait." Dr. Tea did not expect that this noble young man was so easy to talk to, and it was so comfortable that he could hear the spring breeze. He greeted him well without any hesitation. He sang a big promise and went downstairs to make tea for them.
Chapter completed!