coobybook Chapter 321 Xiaomei's Encounter
Chapter 321 Xiaomei's Encounter
The weather was not very good, but a horse-drawn carriage drove slowly to the Xiangshan Temple.
When pedestrians saw the glazed wind chimes hanging on the four corners of the carriage, they all avoided it and wanted to walk close to the wall for fear of disturbing the people in the carriage.
Chen Yiwu lifted the curtain and looked outside with great interest: "If you were always obedient, I wouldn't have locked you up for so long."
On the other side, Mei Zhanhui, who had difficulty even holding the teacup, closed his eyes and leaned back against the carriage to rest.
Mei Zhanhui's face turned pale, which made his handsome face look even more beautiful and fragile, as if he was a jade sculpture against the frost. Even his slightly fluttering eyelashes had a beauty that could not be matched by ordinary people.
Chen Yiwu touched Mei Zhanhui's chin with an obsessed look, and his fingertips slowly moved up along the chin to the man's eyebrows.
Mei Zhanhui seemed like some peerless saint monk and had no reaction to Chen Yiwu's temptation.
Chen Yiwu burst out laughing and pinched Mei Zhanhui's earlobe, where there was an ear piercing that she had pierced for him herself.
It hasn't grown fully yet, so it's bound to hurt when pulled.
But Chen Yiwu just wanted him to feel pain and open his eyes.
What a wild horse, she thought.
The carriage was not moving very fast. Xuanbi followed outside and stuffed three large pancakes into his arms. While Chen Yiwu got off the carriage to burn incense, he exchanged information with Mei Zhanhui, then quickly slid into the crowd, like a fish into water, and disappeared in a moment.
After burning incense, Chen Yiwu, like countless other devout believers in the temple, took his sweetheart to the back mountain.
There is a crabapple forest at the Pilu Temple in the capital, and there are endless maple leaves at the Xiangshan Temple here. Now is not a good time to enjoy the maple leaves, but all you can see are green leaves everywhere.
Chen Yiwu was in an unusually good mood. The young monk who was in charge of leading the way was coaxed into a smile by her words, and could not stop saying good things about her and Mei Zhanhui.
Mei Zhanhui couldn't walk faster. He had injuries on his body, but they had healed long ago. The reason he was unable to move now was because of the muscle softening powder he had been injected with.
It was not a brilliant method, but it was surprisingly useful, especially since Chen Yiwu's father was a close friend of the current governor of Chenzhou.
Since he was separated from the Jinyiwei after the assassination, he hid in the mountains and forests to avoid being hunted down. When he met a guard at the city gate, he knew he could not go to the village. He lived as a savage in the mountains for a few days. He was spotted by Chen Yiwu, who was passing by Xiangshan Temple to burn incense, in the back mountain. He was knocked unconscious with a club and taken away.
Because the Chen family was a well-known local tyrant, Mei Zhanhui was brought into the city without his knowledge and became a male lover of a young lady.
This young lady is not only brave, but also has some special fetishes. These little fetishes are more humiliating than tormenting to Mei Zhanhui.
Through Mei Zhanhui's observations in the mansion, he concluded that Chen Yiwu's father must have played a significant role in the battle to seal off the city that year. He once found a document in the study that vaguely mentioned the Chenzhou case, but he was disturbed before he had time to read it carefully or take it away. Later, there were no items related to the Chenzhou case in the study.
He tried to find out information through Chen Yiwu in a roundabout way. Although his method was not very honorable, he could not even trust the Jinyiwei now. This woman who was simply after his body was more trustworthy.
Mei Zhanhui followed Chen Yiwu wandering in the back mountain, listening to Chen Yiwu telling him about the past when he was quick to take him away like a cat or a dog.
Chen Yiwu is not an ordinary girl. Mei Zhanhui suspects that she also knows some inside stories of the Chenzhou case.
After the little monk left, Chen Yiwu tied Mei Zhanhui to the spot and insisted that he paint a picture of red maple leaves in autumn for her. Then he left someone to watch over her and went somewhere else.
Mei Zhanhui's hand paused slightly as he wrote.
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"Princess, there is news from the Song family."
Now that Zhou Qinghe is not around, Zhao Fangyu is always a few steps behind in getting news about court affairs.
Xingzhi handed the jewelry box to Zhao Fangyu, who opened it and took out the note inside.
"At the morning court today, the prime minister took the lead and said that the harvest was bad and that taxes on merchants would be increased. The tax on expensive goods such as spices would be increased to 45%."