Chapter 95 – A Fire

A flash to the fourteenth day of the first month, in the morning Jiang Yishi took the statue of Buddha early to go to the Ruyi Hall.

The old lady heard that this Buddha statue is Silent Cang presided over the light specially invited to Li Zhenbao, smiled narrowed eyes, and hurriedly took into the small Buddha Hall, please incense eucalyptus, to the statue of the Buddha to worship a few times.

After that, Jiang Yishi made a request, “I heard from the news brought back by Sister Wu, that the body of the county princess Zhenbao is very bad, and I’m very concerned about it. I want to go to the pharmacy tomorrow to buy a few tonic herbs and cook a pot of medicinal food to send to Zhaomingan. Oh, also want to honor grandmother a pot, if grandmother like, granddaughter often filial piety.”

It was unlucky to buy medicine before the tenth day of the first month, but after the eleventh day there would be nothing.

Tomorrow was the Lantern Festival. The old lady thought she understood her granddaughter’s meaning, she wanted to go out of the house to have fun.

The old lady is happy, can not bear to refuse. She said, “Let Xun’er accompany you out, buy tonic medicine and have a lunch outside. Do not wait for the night to see the lantern fair, the streets are chaotic, before dark to rush home. And don’t tell your sisters, so that they don’t make a fuss about going out.”

In the evening, Jiang Yishi quietly told Jiang Xun about going out tomorrow to buy medicine and eat.

Jiang Xun’s head shook like a rattle drum, “No, tomorrow is too chaotic, don’t get lost. Accompany sister out some other day ……”

A burst of broken thoughts.

Jiang Yishi frowned and said, “I am sixteen years old, not six years old, how can I lose …… go or not, if you don t go I will take Shui Ling alone.”

Jiang Xun only had to compromise and decided to bring Jiang Da, Shui Ling, Wang Fu several people. Of course, also like to watch the flowers with.

After Jiang Xun left, Jiang Yishi carried Flower Flower’s ears and spoke about what was going to happen tomorrow, and how it was going to do it.

Flowers stared wide-eyed, covered his mouth with a small paw and said, “There is this ah, then must help, must help.” And then spoke the conditions, “I helped so much, have to let me go into the mountains to play for a few more days …….”

The next day, Jiang Yixi afraid of Jiang Yirou little girl to come early to find her, hurriedly eat breakfast, with flowers and water spirit to the outer courtyard. After meeting up with Jiang Xun, they went outside to take the carriage. Today, Jiang Da drove the carriage, Wang Fu sat outside with him, and the two masters and Shui Ling sat in the car.

After Jiang Yishi went to the pharmacy to buy tonic medicines, he ordered to go to the Defuquan Restaurant on Luofu Street to eat roast duck.

Even though it was still daytime, there were more pedestrians and vehicles on the street than before, and the car was moving very slowly.

Hua Hua lifted the curtain of the car with one paw and looked at the people wearing joyful clothes and the strings of lanterns hanging outside the trees and buildings, and meowed with delight, “So joyful, so lively ……”

A candy cane vendor came by shouting, “Sugar cane, sweet and fragrant sugar cane ……”

Meow meow meow, “I want to eat.”

Jiang Yishi stopped the car and bought three bunches of sugar gourds, one for her, one for Jiang Xun and one for Shui Ling.

She fed her string to Hua Hua.

Hua Hua quickly stretched her little pink tongue and licked the sugar gourd, it only ate the sugar on the outside, after licking it, Jiang Yishi threw away the hawthorn in the center.

By the time they arrived at Luo Fu Street, it was already the end of lunchtime.

After Jiang Xun got off the bus, Jiang Yishi changed into men’s clothing, a lime green satin cotton robe, with a belt loosely tied around her waist, and a dark green cloak on the outside. Hair scattered, in the top of the head pulled a bun with a hairpin bundle, and then wore a top of basalt colored melon skin hat.

This line of clothing are all Jiang Xun’s, the robe rolled up a side can still wear.

Although she was wearing men’s clothing, no one would really see her as a man, too watery and handsome.

Shui Ling also changed into men’s clothing, the clothes were Jiang Da’s. She was already tall, plus her features were relatively hard, not paying attention would really see her as a young student.

In this dynasty, men and women were not strictly guarded, and it was fashionable for noblewomen to wear men’s clothes to go shopping or to the theater in the capital city. Although it can be seen that they are women, they just like to dress like this.

In the words of Li Zhenbao, it is “Fan Er”.

As soon as they got out of the car, Jiang Xun and Jiang Dudu were happy, repeatedly praising “handsome”.

Jiang Xun and Jiang Da opened the way in front of them to avoid pedestrians bumping into them.

At this time, many people have finished eating to go to the street to play, they asked for a second floor small window facing south of the box.

When they entered the room, Jiang Yishi asked Jiang Xun to order food, while she held Hua Hua and went to the window to open the small window.

Outside the window was Nanfu Hutong behind De Fu Quan Restaurant. There is a theater diagonally across the street, rented by the Double Red Joy troupe, which just moved to the capital not long ago.

Although the Double Red Joy Theater Troupe had only been in the capital for a short while, because it had a few very good actors and actresses, it had made a name for itself as soon as it arrived.

At the entrance stood a large signboard with a few big words written on it – Colorful Cloud Chat, Peach Garden Fright. On the left side a column of small letters – Farewell performance last two shows.

The “Soul in the Peach Garden” is a play in which Wang Sheng’s soul, having died unjustly, entrusts a dream to Xia Niang, the daughter of the Marquis, who helps Wang Sheng to avenge his death, and is also one of Caiyun Qing’s most skillful plays.

Jiang Yishi looked up at the sky, the sun was so bright that people couldn’t open their eyes, there wasn’t a single cloud in the blue sky, and the gusty wind was whistling and blowing, seemingly capable of toppling the roofs of the houses.

Most of the houses on this street were wooden structures, and there were four cloth stores and taverns. Due to today’s Lantern Festival, there are many lanterns hanging on the trees and doors, coupled with this ghostly weather, a fire burns up, where to save.

Jiang Yishi’s gaze slid back to the large sign.

Caiyun Qing!

This name Jiang Yishi has the impression, not only the memory of the previous life, not long ago Jiang Jin also mentioned.

Jiang Jin told the old lady that Cai Yun Ching was a martial arts dancer, with a very good singing voice, disguise, and hands, much better than Bai Yu Jiao of the Qing Fu troupe, Yu Chang Xiang of the Jixiang troupe, and other opera singers, and was highly sought after by many people. Only older, twenty-six years old this year, singing after the first month will no longer sing, peace of mind with disciples or married.

Jiang Jin would like to invite Caiyun Chat to sing at home during the New Year.

The old lady was reluctant, saying that the New Year is a family reunion, so what is the point of calling an opera singer, and wait until April when Uncle Jiang celebrates his birthday.

Jiang Yishi also knows that if nothing happens, this troupe will go under water this afternoon, the whole troupe was burned, and Caiyun Qing saved Sheriff Li Jiao when she was escaping. King Wen knows the favor, want to marry Caiyunqing as a side consort Emperor did not agree, so Caiyunqing placed outside when he was a foreign room …….

Later found out, is the Qingfu theater troupe owner jealous of double red happy theater troupe came to steal their customers and gold master, buy double red happy theater troupe of people set a fire.

But I didn’t realize that the fire not only burned the troupe, but also injured the second prince, Li Shao, and his six-year-old daughter, Li Jiao, who came to see the opera, killing more than three dozen people, injuring more than a hundred, and destroying half of the street, including the Delfuquan restaurant.

People watching the lanterns elsewhere heard that a fire broke out on Luofu Street and burned half the street, and were frightened; people rushed home, and another stampede occurred, killing and injuring many people, and many children were lost ……

This incident was very big, the emperor was furious, disposed of many officials and the five cities of the Department of Defense, sentenced the arsonist and the eye of the mastermind capital punishment.