The old concubine's original name was Tana. When she was a girl, she wore two black braids and rode a tall horse with a full-moon scimitar stuck in her boots. She was extremely heroic. When she was nineteen years old, she married the first emperor. From then on, she changed from the pearl princess on the grassland to the bright concubine of Emperor Liang, and never left the royal city again.
I didn’t leave before because the late emperor was still alive, so no matter how much I missed Wanli Grassland and my relatives at home, I could only stay in Ganwu Hall, watching the birds flying by alone, waiting for my parents and brothers to visit relatives in the palace.
After the late emperor passed away, he couldn't leave anymore. During those days, speculation about the throne was like an invisible ghost, floating in the royal city, among the crowd, and in the ears of the new emperor. It was the old concubine who made up her mind and recruited Ji Yanran back from the northwest border, and accompanied him to meet Li Jing, took the initiative to express her position, and swore a heavy oath to her ancestors. Only then did she barely eliminate the barrier between the two brothers.
Not leaving the royal city is also a reassurance for the emperor, even the most ignorant Li Jun knows this. So this time, when the old concubine suddenly knelt down and begged to go to the southwest, and Li Jing fell silent again, King Pingle immediately felt that he had to come out to smooth things over.
"The weather is hot during this time, and the south is even more humid." He carefully observed the expressions of the two, and forced a relaxed smile, "Seventh brother should be able to handle a mere wild horse tribe. , Concubine don't need to worry too much."
Li Jing also motioned to Desheng, and helped him up from the ground first.
How could the old concubine not know the pros and cons of this, but when she thought of Jiang Lingfei's weird and clueless words when she was in the palace, she couldn't help being worried and anxious. Snow was falling in the winter. At that time, I was sitting on the couch warming the fire, and a cup of sweet soup was warmed on the small stove. Dates and black rice were added in it, which was fragrant and sweet.
Jiang Lingfei poured out a bowl: "Mother, try it."
"Going out for a while is like stealing from someone's cook." The old concubine took a bite with a smile, "That's right, it's my taste."
"Then I'll write down the recipe and give it to Aunt Liu." Jiang Lingfei squeezed her leg, "One day in the future, if I'm not here—"
"Nonsense." The old concubine knocked him on the head, complaining, "Sneak out to go sightseeing, just say visiting the mountains and rivers, what do you mean you're gone."
If it was Ji Yanran, he should honestly say "Bah" at this time, and spit out the bad luck. Jiang Lingfei only smiled, and said to himself: "Life is a matter of life and death. If one day, everyone dislikes me, then living for seven or eight hundred years will be no fun."
Later, he really wrote down the cooking method of the black rice and red date porridge, together with the other Jiangnan side dishes that the old concubine loves to eat, and handed them all over to the cook of Prince Xiao's Mansion. He didn't pay attention to it at the beginning, but looking at it now, he is afraid that he has always had a pessimistic desire to die in his heart, like a piece of duckweed floating in the thunder and waves.
"Ling Fei has committed an unforgivable crime, but I regard him as my own flesh and blood, so how can I just ignore him." The old concubine said, "There are some things that neither Yan Ran nor Yun'er can persuade, only I say He is willing to listen. I also ask the emperor to allow me to personally escort this rebellious son back to the king's city for trial!"
Li Jun wiped her sweat away secretly, this Concubine Ming was usually extremely cautious, but why she is so stubborn now, the emperor is clearly unwilling!
What should be persuaded is also persuaded. I really don't know what else to say. King Pingle is both terrified and sad. "The swinger is well-behaved, why did he suddenly become the son of a rebel? Could it be a mistake
Seeing the stalemate in the atmosphere, Desheng bowed and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Master Liu is still waiting outside."
"Xuan." Li Jing leaned back on the dragon chair, "Let's help the old concubine go back first, let me think carefully about the Southwest matter."
Li Jun reacted very quickly this time, before Desheng could wink, she stepped forward to support the old concubine, and walked out of the imperial study with her.
"Don't be in a hurry at this moment." Walking to a place where no one is around, he persuaded in a low voice, "The other party has deliberately planned to provoke the relationship between the emperor and the seventh brother. Everything was planned by the seventh brother, just to let the mother leave the royal city, so that he could concentrate on rebelling, what would the emperor think and do? Instead, the seventh brother was harmed, so it is better to go home first and think of a solution slowly.
This coaxing and persuasion sounded quite reasonable, the old concubine sighed secretly, and left the palace with him full of thoughts.
…
In Yuli City, Yun Yifeng was sitting on a small bench, concentrating on fanning the wind and lighting the fire. Because the innkeeper's cooking was too hot and sour, the three of them couldn't bear it, so Aunt Yu was temporarily invited to cook. At this time, she was carrying a basket of vegetables, and when she entered the door, she saw that the stove was burning brightly, and a pot of soup was about to be boiled dry, so she couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Didn't Master Yunmen go out with the prince to do some business?"
"My lord is discussing with the chief of the garrison, and I feel sleepy." Yun Yifeng wiped off his sweat, "It's hot weather, it's really hard, auntie."
"Look at this dirty face, go and wash it." Aunt Yu handed him the water ladle, "Lei San and Fu'er have both gone to Dianhua City these days, and it's hard work for me to look after the porridge shop alone. The food and drinks in this inn are delicious, and there are money to be made, so it should be a blessing."
"Is the business in Dianhua City easy to do?" Yun Yifeng asked while washing his face.
"There's nothing wrong with a small business. As long as there are no accidents, you can always earn some money." Aunt Yu fished out the dried chicken and planned to add some spices to the salad. "The prince summoned the commander of the garrison for Is it about wizards?"
"Yes." Yun Yifeng said, "The house is weird and gloomy, full of corpses and poisons, Chang You is even more evil, shutting himself in a dark room, jumping around naked, don't know what obscenity he is muttering spell."
Fortunately, the assassin has left the matter of stalking, so I only need to listen to it, and I don't have to touch my eyes.
…
Mu Chengxue hid in the dark, looking at Changyou expressionlessly. The wizard took off his black robe, revealing a strange totem, like a toad with a protruding belly. Various poisonous insects crawled up his calf, and nailed their thin mouths into the flesh, scrambling to suck blood greedily. Not only did Changyou not feel the pain, but he sighed contentedly, lay back on the couch, gasped heavily, and stopped moving.
Mu Chengxue: "..."
He had actually heard a lot of rumors about feeding Gu with his body before, and it was not a rare thing, but most of the owners had ferocious expressions and were extremely painful, and it was really unique to feed such a convulsive pleasure.
How should I put it, it's even more perverted.
In the southwest of this season, there is a lot of rain, and the sand soaks the soil, making the air full of grass and leaves.
Seeing that it was almost late at night, Yun Yifeng held up an umbrella and planned to go to Fu Ya Zhong to pick Ji Yanran back to the inn. When crossing the main street, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure flashing on the roof, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.
Mu Chengxue followed the wizard closely. He had thought that the other party was going back to the room to sleep, but after a while, the black-robed weirdo reappeared, covered the red-clothed corpse doll with a red cloth, threw it on his back, and left the mansion in a hurry.
It is the direction out of the city.
Through the fields, through the woods, and go straight to the mountains.
Seeing that Changyou's figure was about to disappear into the wind and rain, Mu Chengxue was about to follow after him two steps, but was pulled from behind. Yun Yifeng whispered: "Follow me."
He chose another path, and after he boarded it, he was able to see clearly the movement below through the sparse trees... the movement of the evil gate.
Therefore, the rain had stopped, so the torches were lit again. There were estimated to be more than 30 people on the mountain road, and they looked like servants of a rich family. And illuminated by the torch at the same time, there is also a big paper horse. The paper figurine wears the groom's official clothes and has two red faces painted on it. The wedding hall has already been set up. In the earth pit under the mountain depression, two dragon and phoenix red candles are lit. When the wind blows, the paper money will be scattered all over the sky.
Changyou unloaded the corpse puppet from his shoulder, and put it into a coffin tied with red silk. The suona and gongs and drums sounded at the same time, and the noisy sound echoed in the deep mountains. It was clearly a festive tone, but coupled with such weird scenes, it only made people creepy.
Even though the government expressly prohibits such things as matching ghosts, it has not been completely cut off. However, ordinary people mostly buy a corpse to be buried together. It is really rare to spend a lot of money and ask a wizard to make a puppet in advance.
The two boys from Changyou were also there, and after singing and reciting, they filled the hole and buried the earth, which was regarded as the completion of this "marriage event". There was a middle-aged man in brocade in the crowd, who should be the owner. He thanked Chang You a lot, and seemed to respect him very much. When he left, he bowed and asked him to walk in the front.
The mountain road was slippery, and everyone walked very slowly. One of the boys in gray clothes was squeezed to the side of the road, stepped on something, slipped his foot and exclaimed, it was "gululu" rolling down the mountain.
"Ah!" The middle-aged man was startled, and hurriedly ordered his servant to search for it with a torch, but the place where the rolling fell was high, densely forested, and very steep, so he was worried that no one could be seen in the middle of the night. He said: "This is the Mang River. If you really fall into it, then it's okay? Ah Fu, hurry up, go back to the mansion to find a few more people, come back and search carefully."
Changyou looked at the pitch-black abyss with a complexion like iron, and cursed, trash.
…
The noise from outside faded away.
Ji Yanran said: "Don't think about it, they can't find you."
The boy who fell into the mountain was tied hands and feet, his mouth was also gagged, and his eyes were full of horror. He is thin and small, and when he puts his hair up in a bun, he looks like a child. Only when he gets closer can he realize that this is not a child, but more like... a grown-up dwarf, with rough and dark skin, and a penetrating penis hanging from his waist. The gauze bag contained two big Qiuniangs crawling around.
Ji Yanran asked: "Have you eaten?"
The dwarf shook his head again and again.
Ji Yanran pulled out the rag from his mouth, threw the red spider into one, and knocked his chin heavily: "What's the smell?"
The dwarf's eyes were wide open, he didn't even bother to yell, he desperately spat out the half wreckage, and said with a pale face, "Sweet... sweet, sweet and sour, the hero, spare me, spare me!"
Without saying a word, Ji Yanran gagged his mouth again and dragged him out of the cave.
…
When Yun Yifeng and Mu Chengxue returned to the inn, Fat Diao was still sleeping soundly in the quilt, curled up into a fluffy ball, in stark contrast to the shivering old father who was soaked by the rain.
Mu Chengxue said coldly: "You can go back."
Yun Yifeng flicked two sleeves, reluctantly looked away: "The prince hasn't come back yet, I'll go to the government office to see if something happened—"
Before finishing speaking, Ji Yanran said outside: "Yun'er."
Yun Yifeng opened the door and saw that he was also covered in rain, so he was surprised: "Where did you go?"
"I caught someone." Ji Yanran tested the temperature of his forehead with the back of his hand, "It's wet, why don't you wipe it off."
"I have something to talk about." Yun Yifeng said, "Brother Mu and I followed Changyou tonight and went all the way to the barren hills outside the city. That puppet is indeed used to match ghosts."
"I'll take a bath for you first, and then I'll talk about how to go right and left." Ji Yanran hugged him with one hand, and squeezed the thin white palm with the other hand, "Why is your body so cold, is it cold?"
Yun Yifeng said honestly: "A little bit."
Add another sentence: "Call a big bucket of water, let's soak together."
Mu Chengxue: "..."
Mink: "..."