flstandardbreds Chapter 108: Uneasy Snowy Night
Chapter 108: Uneasy Snowy Night
On a snowy night in Tianqi City, the streets are still crowded with warriors, peddlers, and merchants.
After Ye Dingzhi walked out of the school gate, he pulled out the human skin mask, blew on it, and put it on his face with his hand.
The young man who originally had a cold and handsome face immediately changed into an extremely ordinary appearance, except for his pair of sparkling eyes.
Ye Dingzhi ran eastward until he saw an incense and candle shop. He stopped and looked inside.
The incense and candle shop was bustling with people and business was surprisingly good.
It turns out that this day is the first day of October, which the people of Beili call "October Morning" or "Cold Clothes Festival".
People usually commemorate their deceased relatives on this day. In addition to burning incense, candles and yellow paper, people will also send bundles and clothes to relatives who are guarding the border or traveling far away.
Hence the name - Cold Clothes Festival.
How could Ye Dingzhi not know this? It just happened that he was drinking with his senior brothers from Jixia Academy that day, so he had to come out at night.
Generally, the Cold Clothes Festival is the beginning of winter. It happened to snow that night, but people still came to the incense and candle shop to buy things.
Ye Dingzhi walked into the store and bought a few bundles of yellow paper, a handful of incense and a pair of white candles.
After packing up, he went to a nearby clothing store and bought two sets of winter clothes, one for men and one for women. He then ran east with the clothes in his hands.
Coming out of the tailor shop, walk east for more than two miles, and then pass Qingquefang to reach General Ye Yun’s former residence.
Ye Dingzhi held paper money and clothes in his hands, looked around and saw no one, then jumped over the wall.
As soon as I landed, I looked up and saw everything was in ruins.
The accumulated snow covered the weeds in the courtyard, and the several camphor trees in the courtyard had lost all their leaves, with some residual snow on their branches.
Ye Dingzhi walked all the way to the main hall of the inner courtyard of the general's mansion and found a black pottery flowerpot from the corner.
With a palm, he shattered the frozen soil inside and simply picked it up to use as a funeral basin for burning paper.
“Crack! Crack! Crack!…”
Ye Dingzhi took out his flint and steel and lit the paper money. Then he knelt in the snow and put the paper money into the basin one by one. He murmured:
"Father, Mother... Yun'er is back to see you again!"
"Yun'er accidentally got into the Jixia Academy and became Mr. Li's disciple. If our family had not suffered any disaster, father and mother would definitely be very happy!"
"How despicable! That damned beast actually dared to ask me to assassinate Dong Jun..."
At this point, Ye Dingzhi's eyes suddenly turned as cold as ice. Thinking of Qing Wang's face, he couldn't help but feel a tremendous hatred in his heart!
"Dad, Mom! Yun'er has already been to his house and has memorized the whole route by heart."
"After burning paper and sending clothes to you two elders, Yun'er will go and kill the enemy and avenge the blood feud!"
There was a large pile of paper ashes in the brazier in front of him. Ye Dingzhi picked up a branch to smooth out the ashes and then stood up suddenly.
"Ah!"
Ye Dingzhi's eyes were bloodshot and red light surged from his body. He was instantly enveloped by the statue formed by the true energy of Acalanatha!
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Green Palace.
Xiao Xie was half lying on the couch at this time. There was a glass of wine on the table in front of the couch, and charcoal fires were burning everywhere. Ying Xian stood aside and looked at him anxiously.
Xiao Xie's eyes were dull. The snow outside the hall had stopped long ago, but he was still staring at the door.
Ever since he went to the academy with Zhuoqing to capture Ye Dingzhi and was beaten out by Li Changsheng with one sleeve, he has been a little depressed.
Every day when he got drunk, he would start to order the guards in the mansion to watch the front and back doors and the four walls like a madman, for fear that Ye Dingzhi would come in to seek revenge.
When the personal guard Yingxian saw the King of Qing like this, he felt distressed but could do nothing.
This went on for several days, and then it became more serious.
The government had already consulted a famous doctor from Tianqi City, who said that the case was caused by rising heart fire and liver depression.
He prescribed several prescriptions of medicine, but Xiao Xie refused to drink any. Every time Ying Xian brought it to his mouth, he would knock it over, mumbling something about Ye Dingzhi being poisoned...
Ying Xian had no choice but to stay by his side day and night. Only in this way could Xiao Xie feel a little more at ease.
Today is the Cold Clothes Festival. Xiao Xie, who had been drinking alone, did not make any noise or fuss, but leaned quietly on the couch.
Just a pair of eyes that never left the door, staring at it for more than an hour...
Ying Xian thought he was sleepy, so he pulled a quilt to cover him, but Xiao Xie pushed him away:
"Yingxian, Ye Dingzhi... Ye Dingzhi is here! Go... Go and close all the doors!"
"Go quickly!!"
Xiao Xie yelled nervously, Ying Xian had no choice but to put down the quilt and said softly:
"Your Highness, rest assured. Eunuch Zhuoqing has deployed hundreds of imperial guards inside and outside the palace on the orders of the Emperor!"
"If Ye Dingzhi really dares to come, he will never come back!"
Xiao Xie shook his head and kept muttering:
"It's useless... it's useless..."
Then he curled up on the couch and pulled the brocade quilt from Ying Xian's hand and wrapped it around himself.
After a while, Xiao Xie seemed to fall asleep, and his breathing gradually became steady.
Ying Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief, picked up his sword, went out to the east kitchen in the backyard, and asked the nanny on duty to make a bowl of noodles.
……
At this moment, in the duty room of the Imperial Household Department, the candlelight flickered, casting the shadows of two people on the window in varying degrees of brightness.
"Brother, our people found Ye Dingzhi in disguise near Jixia Academy!"
The person who spoke was Zhuosen, the Sword Supervisor. Zhuoqing was sitting opposite him with his eyes closed, resting.
Hearing Ye Dingzhi's name, a pair of eagle eyes suddenly opened:
"Ye Dingzhi? Didn't he go to Diaolou Xiaozhu with Li Changsheng and Wen Yanzhao today? When did he come out?"
Zhuo Sen's face was calm:
"Just half an hour ago, the scout reported that he was last seen carrying incense, candles, and paper money into the former General Ye Yu's residence."
Zhuo Qing thought for a moment and then asked:
"Are our people still keeping an eye on him?"
Zhuo Sen nodded:
"Should we take action?"
Zhuoqing waved his hands:
"Li Changsheng intends to protect him. We are no match for him. Besides, there is also Wen Yanzhao..."
Zhuo Sen suddenly showed a look of joy:
"Brother, you may not know that Li Changsheng and Wen Yanzhao drank together tonight and got very drunk... He was carried back by the Eighth Young Master of Beili!"
"Once we have Ye Dingzhi imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, I don't believe he will defy the imperial court and force his way in!"
Zhuo Qing smiled coldly:
"In that case, this is really a good opportunity!"
Zhuo Sen asked as if he suddenly remembered something:
"Brother, even though that old fellow Li Changsheng can't move, but Wen Yanzhao..."
Zhuoqing picked up a strand of white hair with his fingers and smiled contemptuously:
"Your Majesty has already granted him an official position and rewarded him, and promised to promote him to the Earl of the Wen family. We are not afraid that he will stop it!"
"I can't do that. He dares to abandon the entire Lingnan Wen family."
As soon as Zhuoqing finished speaking, there was a sound of wind outside the door...
"Whoosh!"
A dark shadow stood in front of the door but did not come in.
"Reporting to the Grand Eunuch, Ye Dingzhi has already left General Ye Yu's residence and is heading towards Prince Qing's residence!"
"what?!"
Zhuoqing and Zhuosen were both shocked when they heard this!
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