The Golden Hairpin

"Now the entire Chengdu prefecture and neighboring prefectures are searching for the mountain forest where the accident occurred at the time. The Lord Jiedushi also sent thousands of people. It is said that the mountain forest should be combed carefully. I will be back soon."

As everyone said, someone shook their heads and sighed: "Ki Kui has an accident in the boundary of our Shu County, not to mention the new arrival of Zhou Shijun, I don't think the whole Shu County can get rid of the relationship."

"Don't talk about Shujun. Now the general trend of the court is supported by King Kui, otherwise the court will be under the control of the eunuch. Now that King Kui has an accident, the only person who benefits is probably..."

The man shrank his head when he said that, and said to him, "It's getting dark soon. It seems that I will search overnight."

"I hope that tomorrow morning, there will be good news... If King Kui returns without problems, it will be fine."

The group of people dispersed, Huang Zixian looked up at Li Shubai immediately, and asked in a low voice, "Should we go to Zhou Shijun's mansion first?"

Li Shubai shook his head and said, "I think someone must be happy to see me missing. Let's find an inn to live in, so that they can be happy for a few days."

There are frequent business travelers in Chengdu, and there are many inns on the street. They found a clean and tidy inn in the alley to stay.

After several days of rushing and exhausting, the two asked Dian Xiaoer to fetch water and wash them vigorously. Huang Zixia helped him change the medicine and fell asleep immediately.

Huang Zixian woke up the next day, only to feel sore all over her body. Just like when she fled from Shu County, she flees in the deserted mountains and ridges every day, tightening the nerves of the whole body and supporting it all the time. But once I stopped, I immediately felt exhausted, and all the pain came on.

She lay on the bed for a while, staring blankly at the sunlight coming through the house. I don't know what tonight or where I am going. The hollyhock swaying outside the window is bright in color, smeared by sunlight and shining in front of her window, deep purple and light red, like a vague rouge mark.

She was in a daze for a moment, feeling that she was still the pampered girl of the envoy, and she had an almost perfect life. Good background, beautiful appearance, famous all over the world, there is the person who looks at flowers with her hand in hand...

that person.

She thought about Yu Xuan, but then sighed.

When he presented her love letter as evidence of crime to Jiedu Envoy Fan Yingxi, they were completely over.

What else to think about?

Now that I think about him, I might as well think about the case I will face next today and what I want to do with Li Shubai today.

She got dressed and sat in front of the mirror a little worried. Previously, she could be disguised as an eunuch, male and female, but now Li Shubai is also in a micro suit, how can she pretend to be an eunuch? And now in Shu County, there are not a few people who have seen her. She is like this, she will be recognized at a glance.

Still thinking, someone outside was knocking gently on the door.

She stood up and walked to the door, and asked in a low voice, "Who?"

"I have something for you." Li Shubai's voice.

She quickly opened the door, and Li Shubai stood outside and handed him a bag of things in his hand. He has changed his clothes and moved his hands and feet on his face. He looks thin and haggard, and his face is ordinary, but his upright body still makes him look different.

Huang Zixia took the things in his hand and asked: "So early...have the prince gone out?"

"Well, now my surname is Wang, let's call Wang Kui." He followed her into the house, and saw that she opened the small bag he handed over naturally and took out the contents, without any surprised expression, he turned to the inn. His little bronze mirror carefully applied yellow powder to his face, and then used a little glue to pull the corners of his eyes downward, thicken his eyebrows, and flutter a little freckles.

A teenager appeared in the mirror, with ordinary appearance and listlessness, so that people wouldn't even take a second look.

He asked casually: "How can you disguise?"

"I followed the catchers before, what kind of things do you know?" She said, and smiled at him. "It's strange that the prince can do this."

"I saw the description when I was reading the dossier at Dali Temple." He said briefly, turning around and going out, "Get out early."

Huang Zixia hurriedly tightened her breasts, changed her clothes, and followed him to the storefront for dinner.

The inn is in the alley. Although it is quiet, there are no guests. The few people sitting and having breakfast were all the guests who stayed last night.

They sat at a table and used breakfast, Huang Zixia bit the steamed bun, and Li Shubai added a pinch of chopped parsley leaves to the wonton in front of her.

Huang Zixia ate half a bowl, and noticed that the guests sitting at the table next to her were all looking at the door. Some are particularly exaggerated, and even stretched his neck, looking at the front like a duck.

Holding the spoon in her hand, she raised her head and looked to the door.

A light and graceful cloud drifted in slowly from the doorway.

No, it wasn't actually a cloud, but a slender and graceful woman walked into the store. She seems to be more than 30 years old. She is wearing the simplest narrow-sleeved shirt for traveling. Except for a silk ribbon tied with her hair, she has a bag on her back and a pair of cloth shoes under her feet. There is no decoration on her body.

Such a woman's walking posture is softer than that of a girl, like the appearance of willow branches blowing in the wind, which is extremely moving.

This woman is dressed in a simple dress and looks very beautiful, but the most attractive thing is the gesture between her gestures, so that everyone who sees her does not have to see her face, and feels that her every gesture is a pleasing gesture. I couldn't help but admire the scenery.

Huang Zixia was dumbfounded for a while, thinking that she must have been a stunning beauty when she was young, and even now, her grace is still fascinating.

It's just such a beauty, but her face is full of sorrow and deep thoughts.

She walked to the window and sat down with a lot of thoughts. After drinking two sips of porridge, she sat blankly by the window, staring at the green willows outside, and kept silent.

Li Shubai saw that Huang Zixia had been looking at the beauty, so he raised his hand and tapped twice on the table, and said, "Hurry up and finish eating, and I will go out later."

Huang Zixian gave an "um" and hurriedly ate the remaining half bowl of wontons. When she looked at the beauty again, she found that she had taken out a jade bracelet from her baggage and looked at it blankly.

Huang Zixia's hand suddenly loosened, and the spoon in his hand snapped and fell onto the table.

That jade bracelet is too familiar to her.

The bracelet of mutton fat and white jade is carved with two slender fishes, holding each other's tails, and turning into a perfect circle in the waves. Because the fish's body was hollowed out, the light came through, showing an unusually soft and clear light. The fish’s eyes are tiny pink-white rice beads inlaid on the white jade, and the pearly light reflects the jade brilliance. They are extremely delicate and eye-catching.

This is the jade bracelet Yu Xuan gave to her.

This was bought by the county government with the silver money rewarded by him after he was promoted. Her wrists were already familiar with the coolness of how many mornings and twilights she had accompanied her. When her house was changed drastically and Cang Pan escaped from Shu County, she was the only valuable person, but a hairpin on her head and a bracelet on her wrist.

No one knew how desperate she was when she sent it to the pawnshop. At that time, she had thought that this bracelet would fall off her wrist, and that there might never be another day in the future.

However, she did not expect that after entering Shu County, she would see this bracelet again before arriving in Chengdu.

Seeing her face suddenly changed, Li Shubai followed her gaze and looked at the bracelet, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Seeing that the beauty had put the bracelet back in her baggage, she quickly stood up, said "wait a minute" to Li Shubai, and hurried to the beauty.

The beauty glanced sideways at her, and saw that it was a sallow-looking, unsurprisingly-looking teenager, then turned her eyes back, packed up her baggage, and stood up to leave.

Huang Zixia immediately said, "I recognize the jade bracelet that my sister just now."

The beauty stopped her hand as expected, and he asked, "Have you... met before?"

Her voice was slightly hoarse, deep and soft, which matched her very well.

Huang Zixian nodded and asked, "I don't know where my sister got it? As far as I know, after its original owner left Chengdu, he pawned it on the road."

"So, maybe it was sold out by the pawnshop again..." The beauty sighed softly and whispered, "This is the relic of a sister of mine. I came to look for her from Yangzhou, but she has passed away. This bracelet... it was probably given to her by her lover."

Seeing her appearance, Huang Zixia suddenly understood that she and her sisters should be women from poor backgrounds, and the bracelet she pawned was bought by someone and given to her sister.

Huang Zixian said: "This is often the case in the world. There are many people who die suddenly due to illness or accident. I also ask my sister to mourn."

The beauty shook her head silently, but said nothing.

Huang Zixia asked again: "I don't know if the bracelet can be transferred to me? It's just because the original owner of the bracelet likes the bracelet so much that he still wants to find it..."

"This is the token of my little sister and lover's bond. Now she is no longer there. This is the only thing that our sisters think of. In any case, I will not give it to others." The beauty refused her in one mouth. If you do, there is no room for change.

Seeing that she was so determined, Huang Zixia could only helplessly say: "In that case, please forgive me for taking the liberty."

She turned and walked back. Li Shubai looked at her thoughtfully and asked, "That's yours?"

Huang Zixia whispered: "Well, when I escaped, I was pawned on the road."

"Do you want more?" he asked again.

She thought for a while, shook her head again, and said, "Forget it, it's a memorial to me, and it's also to her, anyway, the meaning is the same."

"Moreover, you will soon be going to see the person who gave you the bracelet, but she will never see her."

Li Shubai's voice was cold and indifferent, Huang Zixia didn't expect that he had already clearly seen his mind, could not help but feel a little stagnant, and his breathing became a bit difficult.

She lowered her head to eat, staying silent and silent.

Seeing her like this, he felt that he shouldn't say such obviously outrageous remarks, so he turned the subject, lowered his voice and said, "She is the eldest sister of Yunshao's six daughters, Gongsun Yuan."

Huang Zixia was startled and asked, "Aunt Gongsun?"

"Well, Li Twelve Niang’s apprentice is an orphan without father and mother, so after inheriting the mantle, she changed her surname to Gongsun. Seventeen years ago, she went to Beijing to perform. I was only six or seven years old at the time. She was still living in the palace. "The Sword Qi Departure". I didn't expect that after 17 years, she would still be such a beautiful person, and her skills should be more refined."

Huang Zixia yearned for it and said: "Then, she is at least thirty-five and sixty."

"Mei Bangzhi is about this age."

Huang Zixia didn't feel emotion either. These two beauties who won the prestige together at the beginning, now a Jingchai sarong, walking alone in the world, and a brocade dress, surrounded by thousands of people living in a deep palace. The impermanence of fate has to be sighed.

However, who knows who is happier?