The Golden Hairpin

In the dark night, there was a sudden heavy rain pouring down. The mountains, peaks, forests, long and short rivers and valleys all near and far lost their outlines in the sudden heavy rain and gradually disappeared into invisible.

The road ahead became more and more blurred. The lilacs planted along the mountain road outside Chang'an City were also beaten to pieces by the torrential rain. The clusters of beautiful flowers were broken in the torrential rain, and they fell into the mud road, and no one saw them in the middle of the night.

Huang Zixian wandered through the dark night of the mountain road. The azure oil-paper umbrella in her hand broke two umbrella ribs in the storm. The raindrops passed through the damaged umbrella and hit her cheeks, cold as a knife.

She just raised her eyes and took a look, then dropped the umbrella on the road without hesitation, and walked forward in the heavy rain. The raindrops hit the body, it was extremely cold, the sky was dim in the dark night, only the occasional dim light of the raindrops reflected the faint scenery in front, and the whole world was blurred.

At the corner of the mountain road, there is a small pavilion. In this dynasty, there was a long pavilion for ten miles and a short pavilion for five miles. It was a resting place for passers-by. In this dark night wind and rain, three or four people were in the pavilion, leaning or sitting, chatting. The city of Chang'an has a routine curfew, and the city gate is only opened at five and three o'clock in the morning. It is still early, and it must be someone who is waiting for the city gate to open.

Huang Zixia stepped on the muddy water. She was wearing the most common men's blue short shirt. Several people in it turned their heads. Seeing the appearance of a slender young man, one of the old men greeted her: "Young man, you are also going to enter the city early? The whole body is wet. No, you’re sorry, let’s get to the fire."

Huang Zixian looked at his warm smile under the firelight, tightened the soaked skirt, thanked him and sat down by the fire, two feet away from him, silently helping to add firewood.

Seeing that she was only touching the fire and not speaking, the few people turned around and chatted separately. When it came to the strange things, everyone was even more mobbing, as if they were witnessing it on the spot.

"Speaking of this strange incident, have you heard of the recent strange case in Beijing?"

"Lao Zhang is talking about the case called the'Four Plans'?" someone immediately interjected, "Three people died in a row within March, and the capital was living in the south, west, and north of the city. People, leaving behind the three blood words "Le", "I" and "Jing" are really strange and terrifying!"

"Yes, now it seems that the next murderous case is bound to be in the east of the city, so now the people in the east of the city are panicked. It is said that everyone who can go has already left, and the east of the city is almost ten rooms and empty."

Huang Zixian held the firewood sticks in her white hands, and slowly peeled off the flames, listening to the slight "pick" sound, her face was calm.

"If you are uneasy today, all state capitals are in turmoil, not only in the capital, but there has also been a murder case in Shuzhong recently. Have you ever heard of it?" One of the middle-aged people is obviously a storyteller who is habitual in his hands. Holding a piece of Xingmu, he talked very well, "You heard a lot about the murderous murder, right? But this case is the murder of Huang Min's family, the envoy of Shuzhong!"

Huang Min.

The name suddenly came to her ears, and Huang Zixian's hand that had been quietly poking the fire trembling subconsciously, a little spark splashed on the back of her hand, and there was a sudden sharp pain.

Fortunately, everyone was in shock and uproar. No one paid attention to her at all. With this reason, everyone talked and talked: "Huang Min was the first officer of the Criminal Department in Beijing. He has solved several strange cases in the past few years. Is that the official voice?"

"I have heard of this too! It is said that this is not all Huang Min's power. He has a son and a daughter, and his son Huang Yan is nothing more. That daughter is a rare genius. The mystery was solved by her on behalf of her father. She was only fourteen or five years old at the time. The current emperor once personally praised her, saying that if she is a man, she must be a master!"

"Haha, the talent of the master?" The storyteller sneered. "Have you ever heard the rumors that Huang Min's daughter was born with blood in the room. Everyone who saw it said that the white tiger star came to this world and wanted to eat the whole family. My dear! Now it is true that the murder of the Huang family was committed by the daughter of the Huang family!"

Huang Zixia forgot the sharp pain on the back of her hand, she stared blankly at the beating flames in front of her. The tongue of fire hesitated and licked the darkness, but no matter how dizzy the fire was, she couldn't hide her pale face.

The people around looked at each other, and the old man couldn't believe it: "You said, it's the daughter of the Huang family who killed his family?"

"Exactly!"

This sentence stopped drinking, without hesitation, decisively.

"It's ridiculous. How can a daughter kill her relatives in the world?"

"This matter is absolutely true. The court has issued a maritime arrest document. The Huang family daughter is now absconding from Shu. If caught, she will be cut through thousands of swords, and there will be no place to bury her!"

"If this is the case, it would be an extinction of humanity and a loss of conscience!"

It was the old man again who asked, "I wonder what the reason is for such a tragedy in this world?"

"Why are women with shallow eyelids? Of course it is for the word'love'." The storyteller said with joy and vividness, "It is said that she has given her husband a family since she was a child, but when she grows up, she has something else. The person you like. So when her grandmother and uncle came to discuss her marriage, she personally served a cup of yote soup during the dinner. Master Huang Min, Mrs. Huang Yang, son Huang Yan, and even her grandmother and uncle were all poisoned. She was the only one who ran away without knowing where she was going. Yamen found the arsenic medicinal seal in her room, and found out that she had bought arsenic in the drugstore a few days ago, and it was recorded in black and white. It turned out that she was in her heart, but her parents did. Forcing her to marry someone else, she was angry, poisoned the whole family, and invited her lover to elope!"

Everyone in the pavilion listened to this human relationship tragedy, and was amazed in horror. Someone asked, "How did this vicious woman escape again?"

"She poisoned her parents and family members, and the love happened, so she eloped with her lover overnight. However, the other party hated such a wolf-hearted woman, so she submitted her love letter to the government and took people to the dating place to capture the vicious woman. The result is unknown. How did the wicked woman notice that there was a difference and escaped! Now that the government has issued a maritime arrest document, all the state capital city gates have all wanted notices posted, and Skynet is restored without leaking. I want to see when this vicious woman was arrested. , Suffer the crime of thousands of swords and slashes!"

Those who talked talked happily, and those who listened were filled with righteous indignation. For a while, there was an atmosphere of common hatred in the pavilion.

Huang Zixian hugged her knees to listen, and suddenly felt extremely tired and sleepy amidst the scolding of everyone. She put her face on her knees, staring blankly at the dim beating fire, and her clothes were half dry and wet. On such a spring night, the cold air pierced her skin like an invisible needle, half awake. .

It was still early, and the city gate had not been opened, and the conversation of people around turned to the recent strange events in the capital. For example, the emperor built a new imperial palace, Princess Zhao personally sews the curtains for the Sanqing Palace, and how many ladies in the capital intend to marry King Kui, etc., and so on.

"By the way, this king Kui, is he going back to Beijing recently?"

"Exactly, the emperor likes banquets. Of course, the newly built Ligong will be lively, and if there is no King Kui attending the gathering in the palace, how can it be regarded as a gathering?"

"This king Kui is really the most outstanding figure in the royal family. The first emperor also loved him very much. No wonder Princess Qi Le desperately wanted to marry King Kui. He tried his best several times and became the laughingstock of the capital."

"Lord Yi left such a daughter. I guess if Quanxia knew about it, she would definitely be **** off by her..."

When it comes to royal matters, everyone is naturally talking about it, but Huang Zixia is the only one who doesn't pay attention.

The rain has stopped, and in the slowly lit sky, there is a faint sound of horseshoes, and it is indifferent.

Huang Zixian opened his eyes immediately, abandoning the few people who were frothing, and walked out of the short pavilion quickly.

In the faint morning light, the rays of the rising sun are emerging from the sky. On the winding mountain road came a line of well-ordered guards. They were clearly carrying raindrops on their bodies, but they were all prudent and alert, and they were well-trained at first glance.

In the middle of the line, there are two black horses with flawless bodies, slowly dragging a carriage. The carriage is painted with Tuanlong and Xiangluan, decorated with gold lacquer and decorated with clams and qingdianzi. Two small golden bells are hanging under the eaves of the carriage. As the carriage moves, they sway gently and make a sound of emptying. .

The carriages crossed the pavilion and moved forward. Huang Zixian followed far away. At the end of the team, there was a soldier about her age, restless in the center of the march, scanning to the left and right. When he saw Huang Zixian walking in the back of Linhou, he turned to the people around him and said, "Brother Lu, I don't know if I had a stomachache last night, I...I want to go there for convenience."

"What did you do? I'm fast into the city, can you make it?" The person next to him lowered his voice and gave him a glance.

"Yes... don't worry, I'll catch up right away." He clutched his stomach, hurriedly turned his horse's head and plunged into the dense forest.

Huang Zixia pushed aside the chaotic grass and ran to the soldiers waiting for him a few steps. The other party had hurriedly taken off the royal guard's uniform, took off the helmet and gave her: "Miss Huang, you... can you ride a horse?"

Huang Zixia took his helmet and whispered: "Zhang Xingying, you took such a big risk to help me, I'm so grateful!"

"What are you talking about? If it weren't for you, my parents would have already died. If I didn't help you, my parents would kill me." He patted his chest boldly, "Not to mention. Today I was just accompanying to Beijing, and it was not a military escort, even if I showed my stuff, it’s okay. Last time Liu Wu was also looking for someone to do an errand in private, but only hitting dozens of military sticks. You just have to kill and say it’s my cousin...my cousin. Passing by, when I saw that I had diarrhea and couldn't stand up, just accompany me on my behalf. Today, I just entered the city with a ceremonial guard. It's nothing serious."

Huang Zixia nodded, quickly took off his coat to him, and then put on his clothes. Although the clothes are a little bigger, she is slender and can still be seen.

Hurrying to thank Zhang Xingying, Huang Zixian flew up and urged to rush out of the dense forest.