After Wu Yidao came in, he motioned for Jiu Se Cai to close the door, then walked to the chair and sat down. Seeing Wu Yidao's serious expression, Jiu Se Cai immediately put away his smile and stood in front of Wu Yidao and waited.
"During the time you were trapped in Chang'an, did you keep in touch with Mu San?"
Jiu Se Cai quickly shook his head: "No, Mu San and I entered Chang'an City together, and there was that black boy named Yan Kuang. Later, Mu San and Yan Kuang stayed together, but it seemed that they didn't trust me very much. Later, Yan Kuang left Chang'an because he went to save Liu Enjing and Xu Xiaogong, only Mu San and I were left in the city, we were supposed to take care of each other, but he disappeared for a while, and I couldn't get in touch with him at all."
Wu Yidao frowned slightly: "How long have you been unable to contact me?"
"Since the eldest princess was rescued from Chang'an City by him, she has been unable to contact her."
Jiu Se Cai thought for a while and said, "Even when I rescued the eldest princess, I didn't participate in it. Mu San didn't know how to bring the eldest princess out of Changchun Garden, and then he contacted Yan Qing from Yanwu Academy Together with Xie Fuyao and Qiu Yu, they protected the princess all the way to the south. I didn’t know that the princess was out of trouble until later. At that time, we were waiting for the news from Mu San, but he seemed to disappear afterward. same."
Wu Yiyi nodded: "So, he really can't trust you."
"Master, why did you think of asking this?"
Wu Yidao seemed to be a little distracted: "It's nothing, it's just that the lord wants to delegate Mu San a big task recently, and let him have full power to secretly investigate the affairs of the Moon Shadow Hall. You were in Chang'an City with him back then, I just wanted to ask How are you getting along with him? If it's okay, I'll mention to the lord that your injury is already healed, and I will leave this matter to you two."
"My lord, my injury is fine."
He glanced at Wu Yidao: "But this matter, isn't it left to the Xiaoqi School? I am now the deputy commander of the Xiaoqi School. If Mu San wants to move, I will use the people from the Xiaoqi School. It would be easy for me to participate .”
Wu Yidao shook his head: "There are too many things in the Xiaoqi School now, and the Xiaoqi School will not be able to recruit staff before the affairs of those officials are over. So if you can move, don't lie down. You should go to the Xiaoqi School to report and then Share it. I learned from the lord yesterday that Professor Qiu Yu has found out something about the Moon Shadow Hall, so the lord specially asked Mu San to follow this line."
"What's the matter?"
Jiu Se Cai asked curiously.
"Didn't a young man named Tan Qingge go south with Pu Hu and all the people who protected the red-sleeved moves? That Tan Qingge had the jade plaque of Moon Shadow Hall on him. If this young man was from Moon Shadow Hall, then Moon Shadow Hall It is very likely that people from the Yanwu Academy have been lurking in the Academy of Martial Arts. After returning to the Academy of Martial Arts, Qiu Yu discussed with Zhou Banchuan, and began to summon the people from the Academy of Martial Arts to return. One of them seems to be suspicious."
"who?"
Jiu Se Cai immediately asked.
Wu Yiyi looked at him, and the corners of his eyebrows seemed to be slightly raised.
"A cook."
Wu said together.
"Right now, the staff of Huotong Tianxia in Chang'an City are helping to maintain the people's livelihood. A large amount of supplies have to be sent to the city from outside, but there are not many staff available. There is a shortage of people around Mu San, so go back and talk to Chen Xiaoru. With a sound, send a few people to follow up on this matter. We have found the whereabouts of the cook, and Mu San will take people to check first at night."
"OK!"
Jiu Se Cai nodded: "After recuperating for these days, I feel uncomfortable all over, and it's time to go out for activities."
"Okay, get ready, I'll go first. I have to go to the Taiji Palace to discuss with the officials of the Ministry of Rites about the ceremony of the lord's conferment of the king, and discuss with Dao Zun about inviting the leaders of Jianghu sects to come to Chang'an City to participate in the ceremony. There are too many things... Be careful yourself, don't fight too hard before you are healthy, that cook is probably a master, if you can't do it, send a signal."
"understandable."
Jiu Se Cai followed Wu to the outside: "By the way, Lord, do you still have the thing you snatched from those thieves in Moon Shadow Hall last time? Do you know how to use it?"
Wu Yiyi paused: "What?"
Jiu Se Cai blushed slightly: "I haven't used it for a long time, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep up with it. That thing is really good. If I already know how to use it, I would like to ask my master to let me use it first. Maybe it will be of great use. That cook can't say He is a great cultivator, if I can't handle it, at least I can get entangled with him with that thing."
"I don't know how to use it yet."
Wu Yiyi shook his head: "But I have already given it to the lord, you can ask yourself."
Jiu Se Cai said: "Forget it, I don't dare to ask for it."
Wu Yiyi smiled, turned and left.
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Yanwuyuan
Qiu Yu sat cross-legged on the stone table, his plain robe fluttering in the wind. The clothes she wears fit well. The style is not Confucian shirt or military uniform, but a very neutral cut. It is said that Fang Jie personally designed this style of clothing for her, and asked a tailor to make it carefully.
This is a long gown that is more like a man's style, but the waist is extremely thin, which just outlines the beauty of the female figure, and the style of the dress borrows some things from the military uniform, so it looks very heroic. Qiu Yu was originally a woman who didn't like to wear women's clothes. She liked such clothes because they were neat and charming.
It was because of this dress that Qiu Yu remembered that Fang Jie used to sell ready-made clothes in Chang'an City. If it wasn't for the chaos in the world later, Fang Jie would have already been a rich man famous in Chang'an City.
This is the stone table at the entrance of the library of Yanwu Academy. There is a chessboard engraved on the stone table. Zhou Banchuan and Xiao Yijiu once played chess here. Later, Zhou Banchuan lost to Xiao Yijiu. At that time, Dean Zhou, who was touted as unique in heaven and earth, really exposed his cultivation.
However, although he is no match for Xiao Yijiu, his cultivation naturally cannot be said to be weak because of this.
Qiu Yu sat cross-legged on the table, so Zhou Banchuan, who was sitting on a stone bench beside him, glared at her from time to time.
"You are a woman anyway, why can't you look like a woman?"
He said.
Qiu Yu narrowed his eyes and glanced at Zhou Banchuan: "When I was in the Martial Arts Academy, you never said that I was a woman, you only said that I was rough and unruly."
"And so do you now."
Zhou Banchuan gritted his teeth and said, "Anyway, I'm still the principal of the Academy of Martial Arts, and you are also an instructor of the Academy of Martial Arts. You don't care about your status at all. No wonder you can't get married."
"If you mention this again, I'll pluck your beard off."
Qiu Yu stared back at Zhou Banchuan. Of course, she stared blankly no matter what.
"Following what I said just now, if the people in Moon Shadow Hall were really taken in by Mr. Wan in the Yanwu Academy for a while, why did the people in Moon Shadow Hall do evil in secret and the old man didn't care about it? He didn't lose money to Moon Shadow Hall. What the hell, winning the Hall Master of the Moon Shadow Hall is an upright contest in the Jianghu, so he cannot be regarded as the enemy of the Moon Shadow Hall."
After hearing her finish, Zhou Banchuan shook his head: "How do I know about Mr. Wan? I'm just a puppet in this position. However, I've known that cook for many years. I also remember talking about Qingge, You don't remember because you had very little contact with them."
"Why do you have so much contact with them?"
Qiu Yu asked.
Zhou Banchuan glanced at Qiu Yu like an idiot: "I am the dean, of course I want to eat Xiaozao, do you think I will go to the cafeteria to eat with the students and professors? Have you ever seen it? Every time I wait I only went after you finished eating, so I have to avoid it, and let people say that I, the dean, eat small stoves, after all, it is not a nice thing to hear."
"No wonder..."
Qiu Yu asked: "Didn't you realize that the cook is good at cultivation? Didn't you realize that Tan Qingge is also capable?"
"I noticed it, but I didn't ask."
Zhou Banchuan said: "I noticed it not because of their cultivation, but because the cook looked like that when Tan Qingge was a child, and when Tan Qingge was a young man, the cook still looked like that. If he wasn't a Youkai is a big practitioner. There is one thing you may not know, when the cafeteria has the most, there are 21 stoves in one group, and he cooks vegetables by himself, and Tan Qingge serves him dishes."
"You mean..."
Qiu Yumeng's eyes widened: "The two of them have always been the only ones in the canteen of Yanwuyuan? Why did I always think that there were at least dozens of cooks in the canteen?"
Zhou Banchuan looked back at the gate: "I praise you so much, you can be a bad fart."
outside the courtyard
I don't know when a cook who looks a bit sloppy but not annoying appears. Anyone like him can tell that he must be a cook just by looking at him. Not only because of the clothes on his body and the grayed white apron, not only because he was carrying a kitchen knife in his hand, but more importantly, this person had an aura that no matter who saw him, he would immediately For a moment, I felt... He is a cook for granted.
"he is the one?"
Qiu Yu asked.
"he is the one."
Zhou Banchuan nodded: "Few people know the secrets of the canteen of Yanwu Academy. I know but I didn't say it because I know that Yanwu Academy hides many secrets that cannot be easily touched. If you are allowed to know, someone will tell you early in the morning. If it’s not allowed or others don’t want you to know, you won’t get an answer even if you ask.”
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The cook was busy in the kitchen, while Qiu Yu and Mu San sat outside. Not long after, the cook came out with two bowls of hot noodles. There were some scallions and cilantro floating on it. Qiu Yu frowned when he saw the cilantro and scallion, but in the end he didn't pick out those things, but started to eat them in small bites.
"You are a good eater, I knew it when I was cooking at Yanwu Academy."
The cook said: "You don't eat green onions, coriander, ginger, eggs only yolks and not egg whites, fish like to eat steamed and not braised. You are used to two meals a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, and never in the evening. Haven’t eaten. If there is something you don’t eat once in a while, you don’t throw it away like other people, you will finish it with a frown, so I say you are a good eater.”
Qiu Yu was stunned, then smiled and shook his head: "So you are the cook who I have always thought was interesting to me. It is hard for you to remember everything when I say it once. But since you know that I don't eat chopped green onions or coriander, why do you want to eat today?" Are you letting go?"
The cook said: "When I was in the Martial Arts Academy, I was cooking for you, so I naturally took care of you. I have been cooking for so long with no conscience, and finally I don't have to follow the broken rules when I come out. This is my way Ah, if you like to eat or not, I will do it."
"Your mother... has an egg."
Qiu Yu stared at him: "If you meet a bad diner, wouldn't you die hundreds of times?"
Mu San burst out laughing, and the noodles sprayed half the table.
"No cursing."
The cook said: "I never scold anyone, and I never fight. So Tan Qingge never scolds... But he didn't listen to my advice and went to fight, so he died."
Qiu Yu said: "Are you from Moon Shadow Hall?"
she asked directly.
The cook glanced at her, and answered the wrong question: "Your white eyes...why haven't they grown much?"