It is September, and the wind and river are getting colder.

Beijing is not as cold as the Jiangnan, where the seasons are all spring, and you can obviously feel a little chill at night.

Cao Hua rose and fell among the towering buildings in the inner city, heading towards the Hou Mansion. Yanglou Street and Yonglu Street were on the east and west sides of the inner city. In the past, they were half a circle back and forth from the East Corner Tower, and in the middle were the residences of kings, princes, generals and ministers.

I came back late today and it was a bit troublesome, so I followed the shortest route between two o'clock. After several months of recovery training, my body was estimated to have recovered to 50% of the level at its peak. According to Han'er, I used to be able to climb over the city wall silently, but now he can only climb over the courtyard wall, and he still has to practice the skill of flying eaves and walls.

As he looked at the teeth marks on his arm, he frowned. The problem of biting people at any time had to be changed.

On the way back to the city in the afternoon, a small episode happened.

When I passed by Luojiazhuang outside the city, I met two groups of people fighting. They were all local villagers, and it seemed that there was a conflict because of the ownership of a piece of land.

Miss Chen is conservative and hates evil. When encountering grievances, she naturally has to take care of things to the end. But she has no official position, so she can only look at the evil man who has just bullied her, and said, "If you make a decision for the people, you will be refusing to what you have just done...", as if you turn against each other and turn against each other in the future.

Hei Yuwei is not the turn to take care of such trivial matters, but he happened to meet them and took advantage of the other girl. After thinking about it, he agreed. Anyway, it was not a big deal. I just took someone here tomorrow.

The ups and downs on the roofs of various court officials, and their actions were relatively unfamiliar.

Occasionally, if I didn't stand firmly and fell from the roof and fell into someone's yard, I would say, "Catch up on the thief and pass by the way." No one dared not believe it.

He climbed over the wall and came to the vicinity of Yu Street, which scared two young officials who were watching the moon with his wife.

The royal princes and princes in the street are far superior to Yanglou Street in terms of luxury, but they are located at the main gate of the palace city. No court officials are solemn and grand, and there are no brothels and prostitutes. Most merchants are elegant objects such as silk paintings.

Because winter is about to begin, the fox fur shipped by the cloth merchant from the north of the Seitan are quite popular among the wives of wealthy families. Even if the high-end one is worth a thousand gold, it cannot stop the rush of beauty-loving people.

Cao Hua was rising and falling on the eaves. When he passed by a cloth shop, he saw that there were crowds of people below. Many wealthy wives were carrying custom-made hairpins of Wanbaolou, so he stopped to look at them.

There is no difference between ancient and modern craftsmen at the top. The porcelain burned by modern craftsmen may not be comparable to the official kiln porcelain hundreds of years ago. The same is true for other businesses. The fox fur that can open the cloth shop on the imperial street at the main entrance of the palace can be described as ingenious work.

At this time, some wealthy wives tasted together, and they looked very fond of them, but they were still a little hesitant when facing the sky-high price of a fox fur of 3,000 taels of silver.

Obviously, like Wanbaolou, this cloth shop is also open for ordinary people. There are only two items that are not bargaining, so I don’t buy them if I like them.

Cao Hua thought for a moment and asked the shopkeeper of the nearby Wanbaolou branch to buy all the only two fox furs and carry them to the Hou's Mansion.

Because the fox fur occupies space, from a distance, it looks like a thief carrying a large package, rising and falling on the roof.

Yu Street is not far from Wu'an Marquis Mansion. Cao Hua had just arrived at the big tree outside the back door and was about to get up and down to return to the yard when he heard the sound of mechanical scoops.

Then, with a loud bang, a fire snake spurted out from behind the courtyard wall...

"Damn--"

"Mr.!!!"

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Half a quarter of an hour ago.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

Zhao Tianluo was wearing a goose yellow palace skirt, combed a woman's bun, and sat at the desk, looking at the account book handed over by the manager recently. After sitting for a long time, she felt a little tired. She rubbed her eyebrows, then closed the account book, stood up, and walked to the window, enjoying the view of the lotus pond.

The maid occasionally passes by, and bows down from afar, quiet and peaceful, no different from the past in the royal palace.

After marrying a wife, even if she is a princess, she can no longer go to places like poetry clubs to have fun on her own. She rarely goes out after half a month and is a little bored. However, married women are like this, hiding in the deep courtyard, and it will be great if they get used to it that day.

The mansion acquired some industries, and she managed the fields and real estate by herself. Cao Hua lived in her own courtyard, had dinner together every day, and occasionally visited relatives, and gradually had a delicate balance.

She was unwilling to break this balance. As for how long it could last, who knew.

The night wind blew, slightly cold.

Zhao Tianluo tightened his dress and looked at the lotus pond outside the window and looked a little excited.

Madam Hu Lan brought the maid and came to the house with a tray. She saw the princess standing in front of the window and went up to remind her:

"Princess, the weather in the capital is colder than in Jiangnan, be careful of catching a cold."

"knew."

Zhao Tianluo sat back at the desk, took the red date soup from Madam Hu, picked up the silver spoon and took a sip, and then put it aside:

"I won't have to simmer in the future, I can't eat it."

Hu Lan was once the maid of King Kang, and she whispered to comfort her:

"It is a big deal to pass on the family line. When the prince came, he specially instructed his maid..."

Zhao Tianluo frowned slightly: "I have a sense of my own. I have only been married for half a month, so why are you anxious about?"

Hu Lan couldn't persuade her again, so she asked the maid to take the soup down, stood in the room for a little time, then frowned and said:

"Princess, some words... I don't know if I should say it or not..."

Zhao Tianluo raised his eyebrows slightly and turned his head: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't say it if you shouldn't."

"My maid knows her mistake."

Hu Lan watched the princess grow up and knew that the princess was born into an imperial family. Her temper was exactly the same as the empress dowager of the dynasty and did not like the servants to speak and hide.

But some words really need to be thought about before they can speak.

Hu Lan was silent for a moment, walked to the desk, and whispered: "I went to Baota Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings today. I never thought that I would see Prince Cao and a woman in the temple..."

Hu Lan repeated the situation she saw today.

Zhao Tianluo listened quietly, and after she finished speaking, she frowned: "What does that girl look like?"

Madam Hu recalled a little and said in a deep voice: "I don't look like a lady from a wealthy family. She looks good, but she looks good at judging from her figure..."

Zhao Tianluo suddenly realized: "I've seen Chen Jingliu, the daughter of Minister Chen."

Madam Hu was stunned: "The princess knows about this?"

"The first time I met my husband was at the Yanglou meeting, my husband got angry about Miss Chen's affairs. At that time, I stood by and watched and did not stop the scholar's words and deeds, which led to Miss Chen being slapped in the face. My husband was still angry at me..."

Zhao Tianluo said a few words, and felt that it was not good to talk about these things in front of the servants, so he raised his hand gently: "Go down."

Madam Hu frowned slightly, and was originally the princess's teacher. At this time, she became serious: "Since the princess knows, how can she sit back and ignore it? Madam Cao is already a rebellious and disrespectful to the princess. If it is other foxes..."

Bang—

Zhao Tianluo patted the desktop with his palm.

Hu Lan quickly bowed and stepped out respectfully.

Quiet in the study room.

Zhao Tianluo sat at the desk, thought for a while, and took out a booklet from the bookshelf behind him. It was a famous poem at all poetry meetings. According to Su Mu, she often appeared at poetry meetings. Although she was not interested in poetry, she collected one.

After reading the collection of poems, I searched for a while, and finally found the poem "Passing the Fear Beach" signed by "Chen Qingqiu".

Zhao Tianluo looked at it carefully, his eyebrows slightly frowned, with a little confusion.

Last time at the Queen Mother's birthday party, she had similar doubts, but suddenly a bolt from the blue made her unable to think about it.

When I heard Hu Lan's words, I read this poem again...

Zhao Tianluo thought for a while, closed the poetry collection, got up and went to the courtyard next door.

When the lights were on, most of the maids and servants in the mansion returned to their seats to rest.

The four royal guards pressed their waist knives and looked for thieves in the encirclement of the Black Feather Guard. If there were things in the world that were worse than vases, there might be only these four royal masters.

Zhao Tianluo came outside the courtyard next door, listened and found that:

"I touched myself, all the numbers are all full. Sister Han'er lost fifty words, hehehe..."

She glanced at the entrance of the yard, but saw Cao Hua's two girls and Han'er sitting in the pavilion gambling. Cao Hua was not in the yard.

It is obviously inappropriate to gather people to gambling in Wu'an Marquis Mansion.

Zhao Tianluo glanced at him twice, and finally said nothing. He turned around and walked to the wall of the back house, patted his palms, and called on his personal guard to come over.

Slap—

The steps behind the courtyard wall were rushing. Three Black Feather Guards landed under the courtyard wall without any notice. Jing Feng, the leader, raised his hand respectfully:

"What are the princess's instructions?"

Zhao Tianluo was stunned when he saw this. He didn't expect that his guard was so clever, and he not only cursed in his heart, "Four Buckets".

However, Cao Hua's mansion was hers, and she did not call on the guards and asked softly:

"Mr. Jing Yu, your governor hasn't come back yet?"

Jing Feng thought for a moment and shook his head: "The governor has always been unfathomable, and he has no idea where he is going, but there is no news from the Diankui Si. I think it is not a disaster outside."

After all, Jing Feng was born in the Jianghu and was just a newborn calf, and he was quite stunning as a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger.

When the two black feather guards staggered when they heard this, they immediately started to sweat from their foreheads.

Zhao Tianluo nodded gently: "That's good. After you come back, you can tell him and let him go to my room...I'll come to my study."

"promise!"

The three men had strange eyes, obviously they were thinking a little bit, but their expressions were serious and serious, and there was no sign of anything unusual.

Zhao Tianluo turned around and was about to go back to the room, but saw a leather cover on Jing Feng's waist, which was decorated in exquisitely with a fire stick inside.

When she was in Jiangnan, she often followed King Kang to the Xiangjun garrison. She wanted to revitalize the Zhao family of the Song Dynasty since she was a child, and she knew much more about the army than poetry.
To be continued...