Chapter 256 Tracking
The next day, just after dawn, little Tangbao took the fifty talismans that the cat had secretly drawn under the quilt last night, and hurriedly got on the carriage and rushed to Hongwenguan before the ladies of the palace came to send her to school.
There was still half an hour before class started, and Pei An ordered people to set up Xiao Tangbao's "talisman stall" at the main entrance of Hongwenguan.
What a joke! Their little princess is just setting up a stall to do business, there is no reason for her to go through any side doors or backdoors!
Not only that, he also hung up the sign that he had someone make for Xiao Tangbao overnight.
There was lace embroidered on it with gold thread, and it was written in a flamboyant style: Amulet for peace, amulet for warding off evil spirits, a talisman for calming the mind, each for five hundred taels.
In the dim morning light, carriages and horses carrying children to school gradually arrived.
The servants, who were dressed in extraordinary clothes, stopped to look at the exquisite stall.
Just as I was wondering which young lady was openly soliciting bribes... I saw that the person selling things was actually Princess Zhaoning! ?
Before Xiao Tangbao could shout, the children studying at Hongwenguan gathered around and scrambled to buy the talismans.
The stall was extremely busy for a while, and the secret guards immediately became extremely alert and vigilant about their surroundings.
Pei An stood aside, watching the bustling crowd rushing to buy talismans as if they were free. He touched the two talismans given to him by the little princess in his lapel, and felt warm in his heart.
In less than half an hour, all fifty talismans were sold out.
Many people left in disappointment.
"Princess, are you really not going back to the palace tonight?" Pei An asked Tang Bao softly while packing up the stall.
"I'm not going back!" Little Tang Bao looked through the crack in the car door at the two little girls who had retreated back into the car to count their banknotes, smiling, "I promised Daddy that I'll move back to the palace from today!"
Upon hearing this, Pei An, the head of the Imperial Stables and Xiao Tangbao's coachman, felt a sense of loss.
He went to Shoukang Palace as soon as he got back and asked the Empress Dowager and Madam Yao if there was anything that the little princess was used to in the palace. He had to help move it all to Prince Qing's Mansion!
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Xiao Tangbao entered the Hongwenguan and went to the Zhixue College. Standing at the door of Class A, he glanced back and forth, then turned around and ran away.
The doctor, who was almost bumped into by her, felt a pang in his heart, thinking that she was going to skip school again. He immediately notified the guards to keep an eye on the hemp rope nets they were responsible for and asked them to pay close attention to the safety of Princess Zhaoning.
Who would have thought that the little princess not only didn't run away, but actually stayed obediently in Master Ouyang's study for the entire morning! ?
The little girl wanted to help the children in the dungeon... She felt that Master Ouyang had been running Hongwenguan for so many years, so he must be very experienced!
She wanted to ask Master Ouyang about opening a school...
The old man and the child in the room were in perfect harmony. When Ouyang Boshan got excited, he would stroke his beard from time to time, always distracting the little one...
Tang Bao found it very annoying!
How can you wash your face with such a long beard? How unhygienic would it be to eat?!
Besides, the gray beard doesn't look good either! ?
Little Tangbao sat upright beside Ouyang Boshan's desk, with her two little feet folded together and dangling on the armchair.
When I think about it, it feels like I'm holding a brush and drawing on paper to make a record.
“Ding—ding—”
When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Tang Bao put away his things, slid off the chair, and ran out without looking back.
"Wait a minute... kid... I haven't finished talking yet!"
Ouyang Boshan was talking about his great achievements, and just when he was getting excited... he frowned and looked at Tang Bao's small back and sighed repeatedly, and decided to temporarily gather the doctors to discuss the matter!
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Little Tangbao was not in a hurry to leave school. Instead, he ran to the classroom with his two short legs.
She hadn't seen An Xueting since she woke up in the morning. The whole morning had passed unknowingly, and now she had to go and see him again.
The little guy ran out of breath, but still didn't see An Xueting.
Thinking of the ghost she saw at the black market yesterday, she felt increasingly uneasy. She asked everyone she caught, "Classmate! Have you seen An Xueting?"
"Classmate, have you seen An Xueting?"
“…”
Knowing that An Xueting did not come to school today, Xiao Tangbao hesitated, wondering whether she should ask her uncle, the secret guard, to accompany her to the black market again?
But now someone wants to buy Tang Bao's life... She shouldn't let the secret guards take risks with her...
The little girl walked out with a heavy heart, and didn't even hear Xiao Qingye calling her from behind.
On the way, a few children stopped her to buy talismans, but Xiao Tangbao waved her hands absentmindedly: "Not for sale yet, I'll sell them after the New Year!"
Drawing talismans consumes merit, so in order to cure her fourth uncle's insomnia, she specially asked her master to learn how to draw calming talismans.
She really couldn't continue drawing talismans now, otherwise if her merit points were too low, even her strength would decrease!
She had to turn the money she earned into merit first to see if it was worthwhile.
The little guy is still young after all. Some of the accounts seem to be quite clear at the beginning, but they become confused as they continue to calculate...
She had to take it slow and then ask Brother Jinchuan to help her calculate it!
Little Tangbao got into the carriage with a sad face, looking out through the window from time to time.
Suddenly, a familiar figure came into her sight...
That little girl who looked around and climbed onto the carriage with reluctance on her face, wasn't she An Xueting!
She knocked on the door hurriedly and pointed at the carriage, asking the secret guard to follow.
Although the secret guards obeyed the order and followed the inconspicuous carriage in front, they did not take it seriously. They just thought that the little princess saw her classmates and was anxious to chase them.
Until he discovered that the other driver was extremely vigilant, unlike an ordinary servant... he immediately became alert.
The two secret guards driving the car looked at each other, made a few gestures, and immediately decided on a new tracking plan.
The carriage that was being followed did not notice anything unusual and went straight to the underground city.
Although the black market in the underground city is only open at night, the people living there have the same daily routines as ordinary people.
However, it is extremely dangerous there. Even if ordinary people know about it, they dare not set foot there easily, for fear that they will never come back.
Tang Bao and the others followed the other party all the way to the entrance of the underground city. The secret guard stopped the carriage and asked in a low voice: "Young master, should we still follow?"
"..." The little guy pouted, a little hesitant.
Daddy said that the black market is very dangerous, and that it's mostly populated by desperate criminals and the truly homeless...
How dare An Xueting, a young lady from an official family, come to a place like this without a lot of guards around her? Isn't she afraid of being kidnapped and sold?
Daddy and the others are very busy now...
The secret guards are also mortal. If they encounter those who are working together to kill Tang Bao, they will get hurt...
But……
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