The Golden Hairpin

The people present here babbled: "I've heard a little about this. I heard that the queen's clan sister is extremely beautiful, as beautiful as a heavenly person!"

"Yesterday when the car of the Prince Kui Mansion escorted her out of the city, I was also by the side of the road and wanted to see what she looked like. Who knows that this prospective princess is as quiet and dignified as the legend, and even the car curtain has never raised a corner. It's really curious."

"But I think it must be a peerless beauty, otherwise, how could Prince Kui be snatched from the hands of Princess Qile?"

"That Princess Qile is really the poorest person in the capital now. It can be seen that women, can't express their own minds too clearly, otherwise, if they don't get them, they will become a laughing stock in others' mouths."

"Exactly, if there is no girl from the royal family, wouldn't she be a natural match with Wang Kui based on her family background? Presumably, Princess Qi Le is not going out now, and she must be cursing that Princess Kui every day at home. ,Hahaha…"

The whole room was full of discussions, and the storyteller listened only with a smile, and when the voices stopped, he said: "But everyone knows that this is the royal girl who is so lucky to become the envy of everyone in Beijing, but it is unavoidable. Marriage has twists and turns?"

When everyone here heard it, they all became quiet. The storyteller is really full of tongues. He will tell the story of the trick at Xianyou Temple yesterday. There are countless speculations and fantasies in it. Even what I saw was that the man was a meter tall and a wide waist, blue face, fangs, ribs and wings. , Mixed with this weird man who wanted to take the princess away, and Wang Yun fought him with a sword for three hundred rounds. The blame man couldn’t win, and he jumped out of the circle and shouted: “There are still ten days left before King Kui’s marriage. King Kui must be careful!" Take away the princess.

The storyteller became more excited as he talked, waking up with a clap in his hand, and his brows danced: "When Wang Yun heard it, he was so angry that Qiqiao made smoke, and he swung his sword and slashed. He only heard the clang, the strange man turned into a burst of blue smoke, and only fell on the ground. The next black arrow is engraved with the words Datang Kui Wang. It is the arrow that hit the throat when Lord Kui shot Pang Xun!"

"Good!" The last word of the storyteller fell, and the audience burst into thunderous applause. Amidst the excitement, only Huang Zixian shook his head speechlessly, and Li Shubai asked faintly: "Is it bad?"

Huang Zixian shook his head and said: "I can't figure it out. Since the ribs are growing with wings, why turn into blue smoke and just flap the wings and fly away, isn't it good?"

"Why not so attractive?"

Huang Zixia remembered that at the beginning in the short pavilion outside Chang'an City, the storyteller said that he was the reincarnation of the White Tiger Star, so he could not help but calm down for a while, and then asked Li Shubai: "Don't ask Jing Zhaoyin to rectify this kind of person?"

"Improve the joy of life for the common people, what's wrong?" He looked indifferent, and didn't even tremble his eyelashes.

She listened to the outside, the storyteller was already talking about the old case that year.

In the 9th year of Xiantong, Guilin Pangxun mutiny, led 200,000 troops to advance to the court, and demanded to be appointed as Jiedushi. When the court refused, he established himself as a king, went down several prefectures, and slaughtered the people of prefectures. At that time, the courts made their supporters self-reliant, and the imperial court was unable to mobilize the forces of the states. In the midst of military disasters, the Li and Tang imperial families were helpless. Only Li Shubai went to various Xiongzhou states to raise troops and raised 100,000 troops, and he persuaded the surrounding areas to weigh the advantages and disadvantages. The Jiedu Envoy finally united the six major Jiedu to connect the barriers, and in September of the following year, he defeated the rebellious army and beheaded Pang Xun.

At that time, Pang Xun stood at the head of the city in the midst of the chaos. It was Li Shubai holding a carved bow and hitting his throat with an arrow. The army collapsed, and Pang Xun fell straight from the top of the city to the ground in a panic, and was trampled into flesh by the soldiers and horses of the city. Only the arrow sticking to flesh and blood was preserved and placed in a crystal box in the Xuzhou Drum Tower to warn future generations.

It was also at that time that Li Shubai got the talisman written with the eight characters of his birthday. After a few years, the teenage boy became the prince with power in the world, but he fell into that weird curse and couldn’t get rid of it. .

There were rumors last month that in the Xuzhou Drum Tower, the crystal box did not move, but the arrow cluster was missing. The Xuzhou prefecture searched for a long time under its jurisdiction, but there was no trace. It turned out to have appeared in Xianyou Temple, and on the day when Wang Ruo entered the incense, he was left in the Buddhist temple by a mysterious person.

"Everyone, isn't this something weird and close to the monster?"

The storyteller woke up the wood, as if lit up the conversation, and everyone was talking: "Could it be that Pang Xun is the one who has resented the spirit, and wants revenge through the occasion of Prince Kui's marriage?"

"Come on, loyal ministers and filial sons have always had spirits. He is a rebel. What kind of resentful spirit does he have?"

"Hey, Pang Xun is killing people like hemp, maybe it's the reincarnation of evil spirits, why can't he be alive?"

The topic quickly turned to strange power and confusion, Huang Zixia could only turn her head and cast her gaze on Li Shubai who was opposite.

Li Shubai didn't raise his head, just asked, "What are you doing?"

"I was thinking... when you were nineteen years old, when you shot that arrow at Pang Xun, what were you thinking about." She held her chin and looked at him.

He looked as usual, like a windless lake, without a ripple: "You will be disappointed to hear."

"No, talk about it?"

"I was wondering if there was a sudden gust of wind and the arrow was blown crookedly, would it be a bit embarrassing."

"..." Huang Zixian was speechless.

"There are some things, why do you need to know." He said, pointing out the window, and said, "There is a trick booth coming out over there, let's go."

The hungry Huang Zi Xia looked at the food he hadn't eaten a few bites in front of him, and followed him up with bitterness.

It was past noon, and the jugglers were scattered. But most of them are just ordinary juggling, such as pill making, bowling, stepping on the water tank, etc., but there is a lot of people surrounded by a sword swallower.

"Swallowing swords is very common, what's so good?" She asked the uncle who was squeezing in.

The uncle looked expectantly and said: "This is different! This sword is four feet long, but the dwarf who swallows the sword is only three feet tall!"

Huang Zixia suddenly wanted to squeeze inside. Li Shubai glanced at her contemptuously, then turned and left. Huang Zixia had to follow him silently, thinking, this kind of person living in the world seems to have no interest or happiness at all, would he feel happy himself?

But for an instant, she suddenly thought, what about herself? Both parents have died, their relatives have lost their lives, and they are grieved, but they don't even have a clue to decipher it. In this life, is there really any way to revert to the joyous girl before?

Li Shubai walked in front, feeling quiet behind him, and didn't even seem to hear the sound of footsteps. He turned his face slightly and looked at Huang Zixia behind him.

She followed him two steps away, but she looked at a young couple walking by the street. They were holding a little girl's hand one by one, and the little girl bounced, sometimes deliberately. Get up and hang on the hands of parents, like a little monkey swinging on a swing.

Li Shubai stopped and waited for Huang Zixia.

She stood there watching the family of three go away, quiet and silent, the sun was shining on her face, and the faint shadows covered her face.

After a long time, when she turned her head, Li Shubai slowly said: "Let's go."

There was another group of people in front of them. This time it was a serious juggler. A man and a woman were married, and the men and women were all the dust and slickness of a quagmire artist. They stood in the crowd and watched that they changed into a fish-and-dragon drama first, and then an ordinary drama of changing water into wine. It was the woman who showed a good show of changing paper flowers into flowers. Although the technique was ordinary, the final count was When the ten flowers were thrown into the sky by her, the viewing effect was really good.

The trick ended and the audience dispersed. The couple packed up their things and left. Seeing Li Shubai's wink, Huang Zixia could only leaned forward to inquire: "Big Brother and Sister, your tricks are really amazing, it's amazing!"

The man smiled and polite, and said: "It's so average, little brother likes to watch?"

"Yeah, I especially like watching that... that paper flower becomes a real flower. I know that the real flower must be hidden in the sleeve beforehand, but where did the paper flower go?"

The man smiled and said, "That can't be said, this is the guy we eat."

Huang Zixia looked back at Li Shubai, he lost her a piece of silver. She put the silver in the man’s hand and said seriously: “Brother, let’s tell you, my master is betting with others. You know there was a rumor in Beijing yesterday that someone in Xianyou Temple swiped their sleeves and The little bird in the birdcage has disappeared for no reason, right?"

The man clutched his silver and smiled openly: "I don't know about this, but I definitely can do it without a bird in a birdcage. Just talk."

"My master has a friend who insists that this is impossible. My master bet with him that he must show this spell to him within three days. Well, don't you see...Is it possible to teach my master this method?"

"This is just a trick of carving insects." He immediately said, "The bird was trained in advance. Once the owner gestures, the bird will stand in a certain part of the birdcage. The mechanism has already been set up in that place, as long as the left hand presses the bird. With a pole on the cage and that piece of machinery moving, the bird will fall, and then he flicks the sleeve on his right side, and just walks the bird away."

"Oh! That's the case." Huang Zixia showed a look of sudden realization, and reached out to Li Shubai again. Li Shubai lost another piece of silver to her. She held up the silver and asked, "Brother, since you are so proficient in this mechanism, then, you must have such a birdcage and little bird here?"

"It used to be true." The eldest brother was a little depressed when he saw the silver. "It's a pity, I was bought a few days ago."

The woman finally couldn't help but interjected: "I'll just say, what's the use of that fifty taels of silver? That little bird was handed down by the master. The training is so good, even if ten taels of silver are sold, it would be a pity. ."

Huang Zixia asked again: "But can you take my starling training? Can I train it in three days?"

The eldest brother said annoyedly: "It's not mynah, mine is a white bird, very beautiful."

"Oh, that's a shame." Huang Zixia said, and stuffed the man with the silver in her hand. "I don't know who bought it, how can I find him? I want to try my luck and see if I can Transfer it to me."

"I really don't know this. The other party left after learning the Fa. I don't even know the name."

"So, how does it look? Brother, do you remember?"

"Well... a young master in his twenties, who is a little taller, looks pretty and pretty... By the way, there is a cinnabar mole on his forehead!"

The woman added a sentence beside: "The cinnabar mole is in the middle of the forehead, and it is upright. The whole person looks good in the first place. With the mole, it has a fairy air, just like the person in the painting."

Neither of them spoke when heading to the Kui Palace.

Huang Zixia was thinking about the ins and outs of the whole thing, and the mysterious clues that were still unclear at the moment, when she looked up, she found that Li Shubai had already left her far behind.

She hurried a few steps to catch up. The sky was dim and the lights all over the street were already on. Two rows of lanterns along the street lined up along the street, and the whole street was full of red halos. Li Shubai looked back at her from under the lamp, his always cold face was neutralized by the warm orange light, his cold and clear face was stained with a gentle brilliance, and his eyes became less indifferent, but he showed a kind of indifference. A slightly bewildered look.

She didn't expect that he would care about that person so much. She felt a bit nasty and didn't know what to say. She stood under the lamp, looking up at him, watching the lights all over the street wavy slightly in the wind like a streamer, shaking and casting a restless light.

She was a little poor, and it took a long time to say with difficulty: "Actually, I think this way... I originally thought that a man with a well-written and gentle temperament should not be a juggler who walks the rivers and lakes. He must have learned it secretly from others, so I just came to ask...but the person who appeared in front of us that day is definitely not...that person."

"Well, it's impossible for him to have anything to do with Pang Xun, and it's even impossible for him to hide from everyone and enter Xianyou Temple."

But he can let others enter Xianyou Temple. When both of them thought of this in unison, he said: "What's more, he has subordinates who can come forward for him, so why bother to learn the tricks from the jugglers on the two streets."

A street light is as bright as the day. Just as they stood silent on the side of the road, suddenly a carriage approached slowly, with guards and eunuchs clearing the way behind the carriage, and dozens of people were in order.

They stayed on the side of the road and didn't want people to see them. Who knows that the people in the carriage turned the window of the carriage and saw them at a glance.

The car came to a halt slowly, the carriage door opened, and Li Run, King E, came down inside.

He is a fair-skinned, delicate, gentle and gentle boy with a smile on his face. People who have seen him say that he has a natural and ethereal air, because he has picturesque brows and a bright cinnabar mole in the center of his forehead, just like the person in the painting.