"The lord of the White Elephant is vicious and cruel?" Chu Yuan asked, "Where did the senior learn about this, did he see it with his own eyes?"
The old man Mu Chi said, "I haven't seen it before, but all the people sent here are like eating dynamite, and they want to be scolded and killed if they don't agree with each other. It's a shame that I ran fast and the owner of Chashan came to the rescue. Otherwise, I am afraid that I would have been bound long ago."
Chu Yuan said again: "Can I ask again, what business does the other party want to discuss with senior?"
"I didn't go into details at the time, but when I saw that I insisted on asking, I said it was some ordinary wooden cabinets and chairs." Old Man Mu Chi said, "But no one is a fool. If you only want tables, chairs, and benches, everyone in Dayan City will do it. , even some craftsmanship is better than mine, leaving low-priced skilled hands away, but insisting on dragging me to Nanyang, who can believe it?"
Chu Yuan nodded and said: "Just after a while, the chief of the White Elephant Kingdom came to discuss matters with me, and I would like to thank the seniors for this reminder."
"Do you want to come in person?" The old man Mu Chi was startled and waved his hands again and again, "But don't let him know that I am in the palace."
"Senior has been thinking too much, so what if you know?" Chu Yuan smiled, "How dare you rob someone in my hands from a mere Nanyang island country?"
"Yes, yes, what the emperor said is very true." The old man Mu Chi patted his head, "It's also my brain. I used to hide in the Middle East of Jianghu, and I couldn't beat it."
"Since you are here, let's sit down and drink a cup of tea." Chu Yuan said, "As for the owner of this tea mountain, he is not in the palace recently.
After the Battle of the East China Sea, Wen Liunian took half a year off, and joined hands with Zhao Yue to travel around the mountains and waters. It is estimated that it will take half a year to return to the royal city.
The old officials in the court are saying that the emperor really favors this Lord Wen so much, and he is so responsive to his needs, it is estimated that there is no second person in the whole world. Only father-in-law Sixi listened and laughed while holding his hands. The emperor was naturally fond of Lord Wen, but if he said he was too fond of him, it would have to be the king of the southwest.
Duan Yao circled around ten carts full of rare treasures, weeping with joy and wiping his saliva.
The sister-in-law is the emperor, so that's how it feels.
rich! And rich!
Duan Baiyue said, "Shame on you."
Duan Yao asked, "Is this a betrothal gift?"
Duan Baiyue corrected: "Dowry."
"Whatever it is." Duan Yao stuffed a handful of gold into Xiaobu's pocket, "Do you want to return the gift?"
Naturally want to go back. Duan Baiyue went to the wine cellar in person, picked the best Feixia from the ten altars, and rushed to Wangcheng.
Duan Yao pursed her lips: "I will send this every time?" Not at all lavish.
Duan Baiyue patted him and opened a letter just sent today - it was still a wild and unruly cursive script written by her own master. Duan Yao also came over and struggled to identify it for a long time before she was disappointed: "Master is not coming back?"
"Very good." Duan Baiyue calmly folded the letter, "clean."
On the lonely mountain in the sea, Nan Moxie was wet and dripping from his head. He was tearing chicken legs around the fire and drinking soju. Suddenly, his nose felt itchy, and he sneezed violently. blow the beard.
Rebel!
In the royal city, after dealing with government affairs, Chu Yuan rarely had free time, so he took Sixi to the Imperial Garden to relax. Before I knew it, I walked to a compound, the door was open, and the elderly people in the compound were preparing their own lunch, talking and laughing, cheerful, and looking very good.
"They're all from the old palace." Si Xi explained in a low voice, "Here you can spend the rest of your life."
Chu Yuan nodded slightly: "Don't disturb them."
Sixi said yes, but she was a little puzzled. What is there to see in this courtyard? Why didn't the emperor move.
An old man cleaned the rice, then poured it into a pot, added water and added firewood to cover the pot, and finally took a small fan and sat on the bench to fan slowly.
Chu Yuan turned around and left, thinking as he walked slowly, it didn't seem to be difficult to wash rice.
"Your Majesty." Shen Qianfan got out of the bushes on the opposite side.
Chu Yuan laughed: "What is the general doing?"
"Back to the emperor, I went to the forest to fold some flowers." Shen Qianfan said, "At the end of the day, a friend of mine wants Hongtan. I asked Imperial Doctor Xue a while ago, and he said that he could just come and dig in the forest."
Chu Yuan touched his chin: "Friend."
Shen Qianfan said sternly: "There is still something to be played at the end."
"What are you panicking about, I didn't plan to ask who the 'friend' was." Chu Yuan patted him on the shoulder and added, "Besides, I know if I don't say it."
"Cough cough." Shen Qianfan said, "Li Ying wrote a letter."
"Oh?" Chu Yuan said, "About Li Que's whereabouts?"
"Exactly." Shen Qianfan said, "It is said that he went out to sea and went to the South Ocean from Guanhai City."
Chu Yuan frowned: "Nanyang?"
"It's Nanyang." Shen Qianfan said, "Although the people from Tianying Pavilion lost their way, the general direction should be correct."
Chu Yuan shook his head: "It seems that Li Que has found something, so he dares to go to Nanyang to find it, and he is not small."
"Li Ying also has a headache." Shen Qianfan said, "He has always been low-key, and for some unknown reason, he actually taught such a deviant sister."
"Since there are clues, should Tianying Pavilion send someone to chase?" Chu Yuan asked.
"This is the purpose of Li Ying's letter to come here." Shen Qianfan said, "The matter is very important, it is better to ask the emperor first."
Chu Yuan whispered a few words in his ear.
Shen Qianfan took the lead and turned around and left the Imperial Garden.
At the same time, the Southwest House also received a letter, which was written by the owner of Feiluan, and also said that Li Que should have gone overseas to Nanyang.
"Why bother." Duan Yao set the letter on fire, "The liar should also chase after him."
Duan Baiyue said: "For the word of love, there are too many people in this world, you don't understand."
Duan Yao said: "I don't understand, and I don't want to understand."
"I will always marry a wife in the future." Duan Baiyue knocked on his head, "Is it possible that you will not be able to be a bachelor all your life?"
"What's so good about getting married." Duan Yao said, "It's noisy all day long, and there are many people who take care of me."
Duan Baiyue laughed dumbly.
"Didn't you say this, I'm going to practice." Duan Yao turned around and walked out.
Duan Baiyue slapped the table up and slashed at the top of his head with a palm.
Duan Yao was in a hurry to dodge, and said angrily: "It's still not his biological brother!" He also hit his head!
Aunt Jin was holding two bowls of noodles, and before entering the yard, she saw the two jumped out from the top of the fence, so she had a headache. Before this, the two brothers were arguing about being hungry. They wanted to eat beef and vegetable fried noodles. They finally made the noodles and delivered them. Why did they go to the competition again.
The martial arts field in the back mountain was very empty, and both the Cloud Splitting Sabre and the Xuanming Cold Iron were inserted into the ground. The two of them passed over a hundred strokes with their bare hands. Duan Yao brushed his fist wind sideways, like a bird among the treetops. His posture is light and agile, as if he can pick up the stars and hold the moon.
Duan Baiyue took him to the ground.
Duan Yao is still not finished: "Don't practice?"
"This is all the moves of the Star Burning Bureau?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"Yeah." Duan Yao said, "It doesn't conflict with the kung fu taught by master, and it can even complement each other, so I will continue to practice."
Duan Baiyue said: "When Senior Xuantian taught you this set of internal strength, did you tell me the past?"
"I didn't say the origin, I just said that learning this kung fu might save your life." Duan Yao said, "I thought it was related to the Golden Silkworm Line or Tian Chensha, so I agreed to practice, but it didn't seem to be used later. ."
Duan Baiyue smiled and stretched out his hand to straighten his hair: "You worked so hard before."
"Learn one more set of kung fu." Duan Yao waved his hand, very cheerful and chivalrous.
As long as you can be strong and get married early, everything is easy to say!
Time passed by not too slowly, half a year passed in a blink of an eye, Wen Liunian and Zhao Yue, together with several carts of specialty bacon, returned to the royal city happily.
Ten days later, the emperor of Chu issued a decree to the world, worship Wen Liunian as the prime minister, and be the head of the hundred officials to assist the emperor in governing.
The eyeliner of the Southwest Mansion in the palace shook his sore wrist, feeling tired.
The emperor is having dinner with Lord Wen tonight.
The emperor is still having dinner with Lord Wen tonight.
the king tonight...
emperor…
Duan Baiyue rode his horse and whipped his whip, the fire cloud lion neighed in the sky, and his four hooves smashed the mountain wind.
"Lao Tao, Lao Tao." Liu Dajiong said after the court was over that day, "Let's go, let's eat the shabu-shabu."
Tao Rende glared: "It's all burning on weekdays, so why is it now shabu-shabu?"
"There is a good thing, but we can't celebrate." Liu Dajiong said, "The king of Baixiang is not far away, and it is the first time that he has come to see me, the emperor of Chu. In such a prosperous world, you should have a meal to celebrate."
Tao Rende said: "You pay the money."
"I pay and I pay." Liu Dajiong walked out with him and greeted him by the way, "Master Wen, would you like to eat Shabu Shabu? Where's Master Li? Come, come, Master Zhou too."
Tao Rende twitched the corners of his mouth, this person is really stingy when he is stingy, and really generous when he is generous.
A group of adults happily went out of the palace to eat shabu-shabu. After listening to Chu Yuan, he laughed and joked: "This is not kind. Liu Aiqing finally made it back to the East, but he didn't call me."
"Your Majesty, let's go out for a walk tonight, too." Sixi said, "Recently, there have been a lot of rare stalls in the night markets in the east, west, north and south.
Chu Yuan nodded happily: "Alright."
After spending an afternoon in the imperial study, he did not have any appetite to eat. Seeing that the sky was darkening, Chu Yuan changed into casual clothes and walked out of the palace with Si Xi.
It was really lively. Just the little dolls running around are already noisy, and there is nowhere to stay in the night market. Almost every stall is crowded with people, eating, drinking, and having fun.
"It's time to expand this place, otherwise it will be inconvenient for the people." Chu Yuan turned around, "Let's go, go out for a stroll on Zhengyang Street."
"The emperor doesn't eat anything?" Sixi asked in a low voice, "If you are too troublesome, can you go to Shanhaiju to sit down?"
"I don't have any appetite, let's go for a while." Chu Yuan said, "Tell the guard, don't follow me, I want to be alone for a while."
Sixi hesitated: "There are so many people here, the emperor should not take it lightly."
"I have my senses." Chu Yuan stepped on the slate and walked forward, "Don't follow me, sit down and drink a bowl of hot dumplings and rest for a while."
"Ah?" Father Sixi was embarrassed, this...
Chu Yuan had already gone far alone.
Passing through the bustling Zhengyang Street, walking across the Happy Horse Bridge, and bypassing the Moon Moon Tower, there is a dimly lit alley behind.
A man was holding a sword, leaning against the wall and raising his eyebrows at him.
Chu Yuan calmly said, "Think you will always follow me throughout the entire royal city."
Duan Baiyue reached out to him: "Come here."
Chu Yuan stopped his steps: "No."
Duan Baiyue shook his head with a smile, took a few steps forward and embraced him in his arms, whispering in his ear: "I went to the palace first, no one, and I don't know where you went, so I just looked around. "
"Then what?" Chu Yuan asked.
"This royal city is not small. When I came from Linglong Pagoda, there were men and women looking for marriage. They couldn't walk, and they were almost pushed off the bridge." Duan Baiyue said, "Someone saw that I had been looking left and right, and asked Did he get lost with his daughter-in-law, he has a loud voice and can help find someone, calling for a penny at a time."
Chu Yuan sneered.
"My daughter-in-law, why do you want him to shout." Duan Baiyue hugged him tightly, "It's not the same as it can be found, and it saves money."
Chu Yuan reached out and covered his cheek: "Is it cold? Why are you dressed so thinly?"
"It's not cold." Duan Baiyue said, "I'm hungry."
Chu Yuan pouted: "Promise."
"I'm really hungry and I'm busy on the road. I ate sesame seeds and water at noon." Duan Baiyue said, "It's hard and cold."
"Let's go." Chu Yuan took his hand, "Let's go eat wontons."
"Do you remember there was a wonton stall here?" Duan Baiyue was a little surprised.
"Not only do I remember, I also came to eat alone." Chu Yuan said, "You hid in the Southwest Mansion and pretended to be dead."
Duan Baiyue: "..."
cough.
Compared to before, the business of wonton stalls is much more prosperous, and there is no place to sit. Duan Baiyue bought two big bowls, added chili and balsamic vinegar, walked with Chu Yuan to a secluded place, and sat on the doorstep of someone else's house to eat fresh meat ravioli.
There was a dog barking in the courtyard, Chu Yuan asked, "What if I rush out?"
Duan Baiyue blew for him: "Then eat faster."
Chu Yuan agreed and drank the soup.
At the entrance of the alley, Wen Liunian smiled and greeted a group of colleagues away, no more wontons, no more, go eat Shanhaiju! There are new chefs and new dishes, bamboo shoots newly sent from Jiangnan, and bacon from Shuzhong to cook together. If it is not delicious, it will not cost money, and if it is delicious, it will not cost money. It is a treat.
All the adults were in high spirits. At noon, Mr. Liu invited him to eat Shabu-shabu, and at night, Mr. Wen invited Shanhaiju.
It was a really good day.