It was difficult to move my arms, so naturally I couldn't eat breakfast together. After Chu Yuan finished eating two zongzi candies, he asked, "Senior Nan and Yao'er got up?"
"I went out for a long time." Duan Baiyue said, "The two of them have never been here before. If you are interested, it is not certain whether you can come back at night."
Chu Yuan smiled and said: "The place used to practice the palace is naturally not much different. Although Yunde City is not as rich and prosperous as the king's city, it also has beautiful mountains and rivers. The rain and blossoms in July and August are exactly the same. The most beautiful time in the mountains."
"Then get better soon." Duan Baiyue held his hand, "Then we will go to listen to the rain and enjoy the flowers."
Chu Yuan nodded: "Okay."
Duan Baiyue reached out and wanted to fix his clothes, but there was Eunuch Sixi outside, saying that Master Tao asked to see him.
"Yes." Duan Baiyue said, "It's really what you said, come early in the morning."
"Avoid." Chu Yuan said, "Master Taifu is quite old, don't be scared to get sick by you."
Duan Baiyue jumped onto the beam.
After Tao Rende entered the room, he saw Chu Yuan lying on the bed with a sick look on his face, so he worried: "Wei Chen just met Imperial Doctor Zhang on the way here, saying that the emperor was overworked and the dragon was unwell, and it was dawn again last night. I just fell asleep, don't do this again in the future."
Duan Baiyue touched her chin, these words sounded more pleasant.
Chu Yuan nodded: "Thank you, Master Taifu."
"There is a blind man in Yunde City. Although he is blind, he is very good at acupuncture and moxibustion. If the emperor is still paralyzed in his hands and feet, can he be invited by a minister for diagnosis and treatment?" Tao Rende asked again.
"No need." Chu Yuan shook his head, "Doctor Zhang also said that it's fine, and it will be fine after a good rest. It is rare for me to be quiet for a few days.
"Yes." Tao Rende bowed his head and ordered.
"Master Taifu is looking for me, but there are other things?" Chu Yuan asked.
Tao Rende said again and again: "Although the emperor can rest in peace, some trivial matters in this place can be left to the ministers. If there is a major matter, it's not too late to invite the emperor again."
Chu Yuan nodded: "Then there is Mrs. Lao Taifu."
Tao Rende reported that he had left the palace, and on the way he happened to meet Liu Dajiong who had just returned from the morning market. He was carrying a few baskets of steamed buns in his hand, saying that they were special products and sent them to the emperor to try.
"The emperor just finished taking the medicine and just took a break." Tao Rende took the paper bag from his hand, "Don't bother."
"The emperor is sick again?" Liu Dajiong wondered. When I first ascended the throne, I worked hard every day, and it was okay to stay in the imperial study until dawn. Why has the world stabilized recently, but instead I am bedridden every now and then.
"I guess it was because I was too tired before, and the root cause of the disease fell." Tao Rende said, "Didn't the imperial physician also say that last time, the emperor relied on the ninth prince to dispense medicine at night to barely fall asleep. It was like this at a young age, not the first few. Tired of years."
"Then this bun will be given to the emperor." Liu Dajiong snatched the paper bag back, "and you, the emperor finally came to this palace to rest for a few days, so let him enjoy the peace. Look after your gang. People, don’t go back and forth with a pile of books to beg to see you.” Although the Liu family has fallen, there are still three or five factions in the DPRK. There was a debate in the hall, not to mention Chu Yuan, even Liu Dajiong felt that he wanted to drag this group of people out and throw them away.
The face is red, the neck is thick, and it is noisy, and it is not so good-looking when it is born, and it is annoying.
In the bedroom, Duan Baiyue is massaging Chu Yuan. No matter how good the blind men in this city are, they will never be better than the King of the Southwest. He knows the light and the heavy, and occasionally says a couple of love words to make him happy, and he looks quite handsome and tall, in short... can't pick out any shortcomings.
Chu Yuan asked, "Do you want to go to Yulang Mountain?"
"Where?" Duan Baiyue asked.
"It's not far from the palace, it's a lonely peak." Chu Yuan said, "I sneaked up there once when I was a child, and I accidentally lost my way, so I stayed there for the night. Although I can't remember the scenery on the mountain now, but in the middle of the night. Leaning under the tree and listening to the wind and rain, I will never forget that state of mind."
"How old were you when you were young." Duan Baiyue fastened his belt for him. "A normal child gets lost in the mountains in the middle of the night. I'm afraid they don't even have the guts to cry. No one will think about listening to the sound of wind and rain."
"Will you go?" Chu Yuan asked.
"Go naturally, Yulang Mountain, the name sounds good." Duan Baiyue said, "When the poison in your body subsides, I will accompany you up the mountain."
In the next few days, those courtiers in the court really didn't come to play the manuscript again, Chu Yuan was rarely at ease, and he never even went out of the palace gate. It's just that I've been lying on the bed for a long time, but I feel more sleepy. I can fall asleep every now and then, and my head is dizzy all day long. That night, Duan Baiyue took him in his arms and checked it out, and sighed: "How come you don't have any capital to be a stunner at all. After only sleeping for a few days, the whole person has no energy."
Chu Yuan didn't want to say a word and yawned.
"Take you to Yulang Mountain tomorrow morning, and walk around to see the scenery." Duan Baiyue said, "Otherwise, if you go to sleep like this again, you should really fall ill."
Chu Yuan pulled the quilt, covered his head, and continued to sleep.
Duan Baiyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry, lay beside him and patted him.
In the next room, Duan Yao wondered brightly, can the red eggs be boiled, after all, my brother has been staying in the emperor's palace these past few days. It was very exciting that the red satin prepared by Aunt Jin could be used immediately.
Chu Yuan didn't open his eyes, and said, "Chop your hands!"
Duan Baiyue calmly retracted her arms, why is she not getting fat.
Chu Yuan yawned, continued to fall asleep, and was dizzy until dawn as soon as he closed his eyes - if it wasn't forcibly pulled up by Duan Baiyue the next day, he really didn't want to move.
"Let's go to Yulang Mountain to listen to the wind and rain." Duan Baiyue dressed him.
Chu Yuan said: "Well."
"Come on, open your eyes and show me." Duan Baiyue said, "Don't sleep foolishly."
"Nonsense." Chu Yuan slashed over with a palm, stepped on his soft shoes, and staggered to wash up.
Sixi was terrified, thinking that what the King of Southwest had done, even if it made the emperor listless, he could not even walk steadily.
Duan Baiyue looked at his back, worried that if he had to stay up all night to criticize the book again, whether he would agree or not. Although I want him to rest early, it seems that sleeping too much is not good.
easy to stay.
After washing up and having breakfast again, Chu Yuan's spirit finally came back. The Huoyun Lion was too conspicuous, and Duan Baiyue did not bring it out during this trip, but the horses rented in the city were also very strong. There was a gentle breeze in the mountains, Chu Yuan stretched hard, and felt... completely awake.
Duan Baiyue breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this: "Fortunately." I didn't sleep foolishly.
Chu Yuan looked around and said, "At least I haven't been here for ten years."
"It's nothing more than a mountain." Duan Baiyue hugged him from behind and let the horse pace slowly on the road, "You like to see it, there are so many in the southwest."
"Go down for a walk." Chu Yuan said, "It's boring to ride all the time."
Duan Baiyue took him to turn over and dismount.
Although it was noon, the mountains were still cool and pleasant, not hot at all. The two walked hand in hand for a while, Duan Baiyue picked a few wild fruits from the tree, wiped them clean and handed them to him: "Eat it or not, it's sour."
Chu Yuan took a bite and frowned: "You're really welcome." Saying sour is really sour, and his teeth are going to fall out.
Duan Baiyue held his hand, lowered his head and tasted the place where his teeth were printed, and laughed: "It's not cooked yet, otherwise it should be sweet and sour."
Chu Yuan looked up at the tree, trying to find a red one, but a flock of birds flew up in the distance, as if frightened.
"There are beasts in this mountain?" Chu Yuan took a few steps forward, standing on a rock and looking down.
Duan Baiyue said: "The beast is not sure, there must be wild things. Eat or not? I'll go and get you two hares."
Chu Yuan shook his head: "The snacks and scones that I brought, just warm it up and put it on your stomach."
Duan Baiyue said: "Raising you really saves money."
Chu Yuan laughed: "You, support me?"
Duan Baiyue said fluently: "You raise the Southwest Mansion, and the King of the Southwest raises you."
Chu Yuan was too lazy to talk to him, and sat on the stone to rest, picking out sweeter wild fruits from his hand to eat. With a lover together, time will always go by extraordinarily fast. The sky darkened unknowingly, and it really rained for a while. Duan Baiyue found a hidden cave to start a fire, spread clean withered grass at the entrance of the cave, and sat with him to listen to the wind and enjoy the rain. Neither of the two spoke first, and occasionally they looked at each other with a heart-to-heart, and a smile spread from the bottom of their eyes to their hearts.
In the second half of the night, Chu Yuan leaned on Duan Baiyue's shoulder and fell asleep, holding his hand gently with him.
It also rained in Yunde City, and even the watchman did not go out. There were only a few drunkards on the street who stumbled and brag about their bullshit, and only went back when they came to the door of the house. One of them was named Zhou Da. He was used to eating and was lazy, and his hands and feet were not clean. Later, he was twisted and sent to the government.
Seeing that the rain seemed to be getting bigger and bigger, Zhou Da scolded a swear word, threw the empty jug in his hand on the ground, and took a few steps to run home, but a figure appeared in front of him, and it was a woman.
The wine is strong and courageous, not to mention that he was not a kind person in the first place. Zhou Da was overjoyed, stepped forward and burped, "This little lady, where are you going in the middle of the night?"
The woman lowered her head, did not look at him, and did not speak.
"Little lady, don't be shy." Zhou Da smiled hilariously. As soon as he grabbed her hand and wanted to take advantage of it, he felt that something was wrong... It didn't look like the hand of a living person, it was stiff and stiff, with no warmth at all. .
The woman slowly raised her head, and under her wet black hair was a pale face and blood-red eyes.
Zhou Da was horrified, and before he had time to scream, there was a dull pain in the top of his head, and then he fell into the boundless darkness.
Early the next morning, when Tao Li, the magistrate of Yunde City, was still sleeping, the master hurried to the door, saying that something had happened again.
"What?" Tao Li turned pale in shock. He didn't even have time to put on his outer robe, so he stepped forward to open the door with only his underwear on.
"Sir, it's not good." The master said anxiously, "There is another corpse in the alley in the city. It's a rogue Zhou Da. It is also the same as the watchman a few days ago. He is naked, his eyes are piercing, and he is dead."
"This, how can this be good." Tao Li turned around anxiously. Yunde City is not far from the King City, so naturally it is not far from poor. Although the folk customs can’t say that they don’t pick up things on the road, they are also observant of etiquette and law. The biggest case on weekdays is nothing more than eloping chickens and dogs. Who would have thought that just a few days ago when the emperor came, a watchman in the city died tragically on the street. Fortunately, the yamen patrolling found it early and was not noticed by the people. Afraid of being blamed and convicted, Tao Li originally planned to suppress the matter first, and wait for the emperor to drive back to the palace for a trial, but he never expected that after a few days, there would be another murder case, and it was the same as before. .
"Sir, it can't be delayed." The master cautiously comforted him beside him.
Tao Li thought about it for a long time, and finally stomped his feet and said, "Come with me to the palace and meet my mentor, Master Tao."
The mist in the mountains was faint, Chu Yuan took a deep breath, and said, "It's worth it for this moment of scenery."
"Go down the mountain after watching the sunrise, and take you to eat the fried sauce noodles in Fuduelou." Duan Baiyue said, "Otherwise, you should be starving."
"That's why I said you were vulgar." Chu Yuan poked his chest with a finger, "Instead of being a scholar and a scholar, it should be the drunken scenery and drunken scene. What kind of fried noodles are you talking about."
"It's vulgar, it's vulgar, I can't bear to let you take a sip of wind in the morning." Duan Baiyue wrapped his arms around his shoulders, "At most, it's time for another cup of tea."
Chu Yuan said: "By the way, I received a letter from Jin Tai yesterday, and Gao Li Guo has received the dowry and sent Jin Shu to Nanyang."
"This is considered a marriage?" Duan Baiyue said, "If the man is really an honest businessman, it will be a beautiful thing."
"Jin Tai is a rough person. Since he is willing to promise, he must have already checked it out." Chu Yuan said, "Actually, this is not bad. Goryeo and Da Chu have always been on good terms. If the border is really unstable in the future, Having this relationship is actually good for us.”
"The border of Nanyang is unstable, and the southwest is guarding for you. What are you afraid of." Duan Baiyue said, "Just leave it to me."
"I want to give it to you, but the courtiers won't let it." Chu Yuan said, "I can think of what Master Taifu will say at that time."
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable." Duan Baiyue held his cheeks with both hands, with a sad expression on his face, "The Southwest King Langzi's ambition is known to the whole world, and it is a helpless move to cede the sixteen states of Yunnan, if he joins the Nanyang countries again Sending troops to the north, I am worried about the fate of the country in Great Chu, and the fate of the country is worrying, I hope the emperor thinks twice before acting."
Chu Yuan laughed until his stomach hurt: "I haven't seen you deal with Master Taifu on weekdays, how can you learn so much."
"Those pedantic old men, going back and forth is a tune, you can learn it without thinking." Duan Baiyue kissed the tip of his nose, "Never mind, talk about it later, go down the mountain to eat noodles first."
Fudelou has a big name, but it is actually a small noodle restaurant. Duan Baiyue squeezed into the crowd and bought two bowls of noodles, carrying them to the private room of the restaurant opposite: "Eat here quietly."
"The business is really good." Chu Yuan said, "It took so long to come back."
"Not really, that boss is chatting, his hands and feet are slow." Duan Baiyue kicked him off and said, "It's said that the city is haunted."
Chu Yuan said: "Haunted?"
"Which city has never seen a female ghost, such little stories on the streets and alleys will come out every three or five." Duan Baiyue said, "Everyone is like a fairy, and when you hear it, it's a literati make up, it's bitter If I can’t get a wife, I just think that I can have a beautiful woman who can add fragrance to my sleeves, even if it’s a ghost.”
"Why do you have such a big prejudice against literati?" Chu Yuan couldn't help laughing and laughing.
"Okay, I won't talk about it next time." Duan Baiyue said, "I can't praise it next time?"
Chu Yuan stepped on him under the table, and lowered his head to eat the noodles, which were salty and sweet, and served with a pot of sour plum tea, which was quite appetizing.
"Teacher, teacher has to help the students." Inside the palace, Tao Li knelt on the ground with a worried look on his face, "This... the students don't know what happened, they are really wronged."
"Get up first." Tao Rende said, and blamed again, "If something goes wrong, it should be resolved earlier. How can you hide it like you do?"
"Yes, yes, the students were confused for a while." Tao Li said, "But in this situation, what should I do? Please ask the teacher to point out a clear path."
"Ming Lu? Ming Lu naturally wants to solve the case quickly. No matter whether the murderer is a human or a ghost, he must be brought to justice." Tao Rende said, "In this way, you can live up to your black gauze hat."
"Yes yes yes." Tao Li nodded again and again.
"Go back to the manor first. You can investigate the case as you want. For the emperor, this official will explain it." Tao Rende said, "It's just that before the emperor gets up and drives back to the palace, it's best for you to solve this case. In the future Fang will not affect his career.”
"The students know that the students will definitely send more people to solve this case." Tao Li said, "Thank you, my teacher."
"It's not a trick to solve a case. If you casually ask a commoner to call him a prisoner, then it won't work." Tao Rende said, "Do you understand this?"
Tao Li continued to say yes.
Tao Rende asked him to retire first, put on his official uniform, and went to the palace to find Chu Yuan, but was told that the emperor had gone to the imperial study early.
"I grind ink for you?" Duan Baiyue asked.
Chu Yuan said: "Will it be?"
Duan Baiyue didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Could it be that you think I'm illiterate?" It's nothing more than saying a few more words to the literati, how can you not even grind ink.
Chu Yuan said: "Others call it Hongxiu Tianxiang, you call it chaos, step back."
Duan Baiyue said: "Where to retreat?"
Chu Yuan pointed behind the screen: "Go to sleep."
Duan Baiyue held her cheeks with both hands, dangling around in front of the dragon case doing nothing.
Chu Yuan stopped writing and wondered, "I didn't find out before, why is your head so big?"
The King of Southwest had a tight chest, so he had to step back.
Chu Yuan shook his head, just about to ask him to read the book together, but Sixi said that Master Tao asked to see him.
Duan Baiyue sighed with emotion: "This Master Taifu, I can't accept it."
Chu Yuan waved him to the back of the screen and let Sixi announce the person.
"Your Majesty." Tao Rende knelt after entering the door.
"Master Taifu, please get up." Seeing this, Chu Yuan hurriedly went down and helped him up, "I can't tell you what happened, why do you have to give this gift."
Duan Baiyue rubbed his brows, looking at this posture, if he wants to go to the mountains to be at ease in the future, he is afraid that there will be no drama.