Interpretation of strange dreams and the first appearance of evil
Nangong made Spring and Autumn flourish, with nine sons and three daughters under his knees.
The eldest princess, Nangong Sunv, got married last year. A few days ago, Nangong Jingnu came out of the palace in anger and was a little afraid of living alone. Nangong Rang guessed her beloved daughter's thoughts and asked Nangong Mistress to come with her.
Nangong Shunv's face was red and white, and she stomped her feet: "I won't tear up your clever mouth today, let's see if you dare to tell the emperor!"
Nangong Jingnu stuck out her tongue playfully, picked up the hem of her palace dress and ran away. What elegant posture, what court etiquette is completely ignored.
Nangong Shunv chased after her. She was wearing a man's long gown and she was older, so she caught up with her in a few steps.
Nangong Jingnv exclaimed and begged for mercy again and again: "Good sister, please spare me this! Jingnv will never dare again."
Nangong Shunv snorted coldly, and then put away her scratching hand and pinched Nangong Jingnv's jade-carved cheek: "Don't tell others."
I don't know what the two sisters said, but they laughed together, and they entered the mansion hand in hand. It is not difficult to see that the relationship is excellent.
Nangong Shunv hid the folding fan in her sleeve, looking a little shy.
This pair of folding fans was forgotten by Gongyanghuai by the stream and was picked up by her.
Let’s say that Gongyanghuai was supported by two friends and returned to the house. The concierge immediately greeted him, called a few servants to take Gongyanghuai, and then sent the two students who came back to the door, thanking him again and again before returning. .
The housekeeper helped Gongyanghuai to walk into the yard. The concierge gritted his teeth and followed step by step, until he reached the door and asked Gongyanghuai with squinting eyes, "You are not guarding the concierge, what are you doing here?"
The doorman bowed and said, "Second Young Master, I have something to report to you."
Gongyanghuai waved his hands and led the order to retreat. The concierge knelt down in front of Gongyanghuai tremblingly: "Second Young Master, today a young scholar who claims to be the old friend of Young Master is here."
Gongyanghuai didn't care: "Have you left your name?"
"Stay, stay... The other party calls himself Qi Yan, from Jinzhou."
Gongyanghuai reacted for a while, then suddenly widened his eyes: "Where are the others!?"
The concierge tremblingly took out the jade pendant from his arms and offered it with both hands: "The son ordered the villain to turn this thing over to the second son, and if the little one is not careful, he will walk away."
Gongyanghuai grabbed the jade pendant and looked at it carefully: it was the piece that he gave to Qi Yan back then.
Peach Blossom Brew's stamina came up. He held onto the door frame and shouted unhappily, "Since you have shown the token, why don't you entertain me? Why did you let people go like this?"
The concierge broke out in a cold sweat, and said hesitantly: "The young master handed over the jade pendant and turned around and left, the little one didn't react for a while."
Gongyanghuai sneered three times: "Tie..., my friend is not a rude person, you must be the one who neglects you."
The concierge knocked his head on the ground and did not dare to answer, Gongyanghuai sighed: This concierge is also an old man in the mansion, but he was a bit snobby because of the rancid atmosphere of the capital. His father and eldest brother never saw this, but he never liked the bureaucracy. Three years ago, he heard that there might be Enke secretly going out to take the exam. I finally met a friend who was congenial and didn't care about my origin, but was chased away by my concierge!
Gongyanghuai recalled Qi Yanlai: Although he was humble and polite, he was neither humble nor arrogant.
Thinking of this, he subconsciously touched his arms, only to find that the folding fan that Qi Yan had asked for the inscription three years ago was gone!
This time Gongyanghuai's wine was completely awake, and he kicked the doorman in anger: "Quickly prepare the sedan chair!"
"Second Young Master, that Young Master may come back in a few days. Where are you going to look in this crowd of people? You should go back to your room and have a good rest when you are drunk. The younger one will look for you!"
"My son has lost something important, prepare a sedan chair!"
The concierge breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it: "I'll go now, little one."
Gongyanghuai sat in the shoulder-resistant sedan chair and returned to the stream. I had to go back in despair, and the next morning, I dressed neatly and went out to look for Qi Yan.
It's just that there are so many people in the capital, how easy is it to find someone
After hearing about it, his father Gongyangzhong reprimanded Gongyanghuai and issued a foot restraint order, which will not be lifted until the exam is completed.
Qi Yan still rented a quiet courtyard on the outskirts of the city, but the price of the capital in the capital was not as good as that of the place. In addition, something happened during the travel period, and there were only a few coins left in the rent pocket.
He took the manuscript into the city, and went straight to a study to find the shopkeeper, looking for a job copying books to help him feed himself.
The other party looked at Qi Yan's words with suspicion: "Is this what you wrote?"
Even if Qi Yan has deliberately restrained her strokes, it is still a rare good character in the eyes of the other party.
Qi Yan replied respectfully: "Exactly."
"Ma Liu! Bring a pen and paper!"
The guy brought a pen and paper, and the shopkeeper Qiyan raised his chin: "I'll take a look at a few words you write. If it's really the price you wrote, it's easy to say."
Under the watchful eye of the shopkeeper, Qi Yan wrote a small order, and the other party said excitedly: "Good word! Good word! Since the son has learned this hand of Wei Bei's good word, why should he go far? It is better to leave a few words and sell them on behalf of the shop. how?"
Qi Yan shook her head: "To be honest, I entered Beijing to participate in the spring festival in the coming year. Because I was too shy, I thought of copying books, so I didn't dare to do anything about selling them."
The status of merchants in Wei Kingdom was low, and scholars would not be in the company of merchants, no matter how poor they were. Selling characters is even more degrading, and it will be criticized if they spread it out.
The shopkeeper was a little surprised, and looked at Qi Yan again: If you want to participate in the Spring Festival, you must be a juror, even if you are a juror in the capital, it is very expensive. There is no need to bow before seeing other officials before they are dispatched.
The shopkeeper apologized and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Master Juren, please forgive me."
Qi Yan returned a salute: "Don't do this, old man, dare to ask if you have a job?"
The shopkeeper brought a book and the cut rice paper and handed it to Qi Yan: "The wages for a book is 200 copper plates. With your good handwriting, you can sell it for a good price, so I will add an extra 100 copper plates. , I will ask you to run again in ten days, and you and I will receive both the money and the goods."
Qi Yan nodded and put the manuscript in the box. Seeing that Qi Yan was dressed simply and gentle, the shopkeeper raised his hand to stop him.
"Master Juren take a step to speak?"
The two came to the secluded place, and the shopkeeper whispered: "Excuse me for saying something that should never be said, the price of this capital is not as good as the place. There are still a few months before the big test. You are going out to meet friends. Pen, ink, paper and inkstone all need silver. If Chunwei High School gives the herald a reward of at least one or two silver in the future. I know that you don’t care about doing business, but it’s just the old saying that you’re well prepared, right?”
Qi Yan nodded: "The old gentleman is right."
The shopkeeper replied: "You might as well use a pseudonym or nickname, and send the written word to the store. To tell you the truth, there have been many students in a similar situation as you have done this. After more than 100 years, Jianshu Zhai has an excellent reputation, and no matter who you are in the future, you will never leak half a sentence, so you can rest assured."
"The old gentleman has good intentions, let me go back and think about it, and I will give you an answer when the book is handed in."
"Okay, the old man will send you out."
"Sir, please stay."
…
At midnight, there was an exclamation in Ganquan Palace, and Si Jiu, who was guarding outside the hall door, pushed open the hall door and hurried in: "Your Majesty!"
Nangong Rang sat on the dragon bed, gasping for breath, knelt outside the curtain and asked in a low voice, "Is your majesty a nightmare?"
Nangong let out a long breath, raised his wide sleeves and wiped the sweat on his forehead: "Forty-nine..."
"The slave is here."
"Quickly pass Guan Tiansi Deacon."
"Yes."
Half an hour later, a middle-aged man wearing a white crescent coat embroidered with the pattern of the Big Dipper entered the hall, and came to the dragon tent and knelt down: "Guo Qingliu, the deacon of the Guantian Division, sees His Majesty."
"Forty-nine, take a seat."
"Yes."
Sijiu moved the stool for Guo Qingliu and exited the hall knowingly.
A bright yellow gauze curtain opened the two of them, and Nangong Rang was sitting on the dragon bed with a splendid figure.
"I...had a dream."
"Wei Chen is all ears."
"I dreamed that a strange beast came on the cloud and riding the wind. It first stopped over the palace for a moment, and then sneezed and killed thousands of guards. Then the strange beast came to the outside of my palace and blew. He opened the window and stared at me with those big eyes. In the dream, I was unable to move on the dragon bed, and the roars of the alien beasts made people shudder."
After Nangong Rang finished speaking, he clenched his fists, and the feeling of terror in the dream penetrated deep into his bones and could not go away.
"Aiqing... What's the interpretation of this dream?"
Guo Qingliu lifted the hem of her clothes and knelt on the ground: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what does the alien beast look like?"
"It is a four-clawed beast, with a body like a unicorn but no scales, with brown hair half a foot long, and a pair of sharp horns on the top of its head. The leopard has big eyes and big eyes, sharp teeth and fangs..."
"His Majesty just said that the alien beast treads on the clouds, what color is it?"
"Xuan Hei, accompanied by bursts of thunder."
Guo Qingliu knocked her head down on the ground and said loudly, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, this is a good omen!"
Nangong Rang got up and lifted the curtain and walked barefoot in front of Guo Qingliu: "Aiqing got up and explained in detail, how could it be a good omen that the alien beast is so vicious?"
"Your Majesty said just now about the appearance of the strange beast. I have never heard of it, but it can be concluded that it is definitely not a unicorn or a golden dragon. The minister asked the color of the strange beast's feet on the clouds, and His Majesty said it was black."
"That's right."
"Your Majesty is the king of ninety-five, the real dragon and the emperor; if you dream of a unicorn or a golden dragon, it is another matter. There is an old saying: the unicorn is in power, and the golden dragon is respected; if your majesty dreams of these two kinds of beasts When you fall asleep, then the Lord has the omen of others taking power." Having said that, Guo Qingliu knelt down: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, Wei Chen is just relaying the story of the dream technique."
"Get up and talk."
"Yes. Although this alien beast has a ferocious face, it has no noble blood in its body. Your Majesty is the real dragon and the emperor will definitely be able to control it. This alien beast's foot on the black cloud contains the power of thunder, and it will become your majesty's help. The minister dared to infer. In a few days, there will be geniuses of the world for His Majesty's use."
"Oh? Is that really the case?"
"I dare not speak ill."
"Go back."
"Yes."
Nangong Rang returned to the dragon bed, but his heart was not at ease. The feeling of heart palpitations in the dream was too real and uncomfortable.
"Wizards of the world? Could it be that there will be wizards in this palace exam?"
A few days ago, he received a secret report that Lu Quan intends to hand over military power after Lu Boyan, which is a great joy.
but…
The spy placed in the Taiwei's mansion also reported that Lu Quan summoned his second son, Lu Zhongxing, after convening secret talks with his staff.
After Lu Zhongxing came out of the study, he was overjoyed. The second son of the Lu family had no ambitions and nothing, what could make him so happy
A stern look flashed in Nangong Rang's eyes, and the guard replied: The second son of the Grand Commander's Mansion is a frequent visitor to the Princess Mansion, isn't it