When Shen Jue woke up, he found that he was wrapped in a blanket, his armor was taken off, he was still wearing a military uniform, he was sweating a lot, his body was sticky and uncomfortable, and it smelled bad. He wanted to peel off his own skin. A layer fell, but there was no way to do it, so I had to endure it.
He stood up and touched his forehead. He was no longer burning, his body was much more refreshed, his head was clearer, and his hands and feet had strength.
He was lying on top of two cages, with the dark roof and beams above his head, and looking beside him, there were many things laid out on the ground, and wounded soldiers were sleeping on them. In the center is a statue of Buddha, with incense sticks in the incense burner, and a wounded soldier lying under the table with his face buried in the quilt.
He recognized it. This was the An Le Tang outside the gate of Guangling Temple, which seemed to be used by the Imperial Army to house wounded soldiers. He sat up and wanted to look for Xia Houlin. A man who looked like a medical officer came over with a moustache and asked with a smile, "Awake? How are you feeling? Are you feeling better?"
Shen Jue nodded and asked, "Where is the person who sent me here?"
"Oh, what do you mean by second child Xia?" The medical officer rushed outside the door and said, "I'm chatting with my brothers outside, I'll call him for you."
After a while, the medical officer led Xia Houlin back. Xia Houlin's face was smeared black. When he saw that he was awake, he grinned, revealing a set of white teeth. Xia Houlin came over and tested his temperature with his forehead, and he was relieved after confirming that it was not burning.
The medical officer smiled teasingly from the side: "Xie Laosan, you don't know how good your brother is to you, he is looking for blankets, and he is going to the temple to ask for honeysuckle to decoct you. I don't know what this guy made. What is the way to ask for a bowl of rice porridge. Hey, we are all comrades in the camp, why don't we have such luck!"
The wounded soldiers around laughed and shouted, "That's it! Why don't you ask us a bowl."
Xia Houlin glared at them and said, "What nonsense!"
Shen Jue vaguely remembered some, that Xia Houlin had given him medicine and porridge when he was burning in a daze. What is Xie Laosan doing? Shen Jue was a little disgusted, Xia Houtong's ability to name children was too bad, Xia Lao Er and Xie Lao San looked like some beggar and shriveled brothers in a corner.
He looked at the familiar appearance of Xia Houlin and the medical officer and sergeant, and felt that it was rare. Xia Houlin is a talented person. He has only slept for a long time, and this guy has already called this group of people brothers. When you think about it, it is not surprising that there were many soldiers in the Imperial Army, and they entered the mountain in detachment. They were killed by Xia Houlin and Dongchang Fanzi hiding in the mountains. Xia Houlin had a ruffian air about him, and he was a man who had been in the military camp. He was like a duck to water when he mixed into the den of thieves in the forbidden army.
A soldier rushed to Shen Jue and said, "Brother Xie, is second brother Xia your brother? You have to answer truthfully, we made a bet, otherwise I will lose money!"
The Qi brothers are from the coast of Fujian. Fujian folk customs are open, same-sex intercourse, and it is good to form a quilt. Unlike the capital, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they play tricky boys. They also pay attention to three media and six employment, and they are no different from serious husband and wife.
Xia Houlin was well-informed, and he had heard it before, and he secretly hated that these gangsters didn't keep the door open and fart indiscriminately. Shen Jue was often bullied by the eunuchs who loved Long Yang when he was young. He killed Si Xi and the dead eunuch in the imperial dining room for wanting to behave badly. Shen Jue should be the one who hated the habit of breaking his sleeves the most. Say this in front of you.
Xiahou Rong opened his mouth to scold them, but heard Shen Jue say calmly, "I'm sorry, I've spent a lot of money on you. I'm older than him, and I'm brother Qi. He always calls me brother."
The soldiers laughed and said, "They all guessed wrong! No profit or loss!"
Xiahou looked at Shen Jue dumbfounded, Shen Jue took off the blanket and walked out. The smell in the house was unpleasant, and it was really uncomfortable. Outside the house, the sun was just right, and many ginkgo trees were planted in front of the hall.
Shen Jue built a pergola and looked down at the mountain gate. The bluestone steps stretched all the way, and the ancient road was filled with tents of the forbidden army. Next to the mountain road, a soldier was guarding every ten steps. with golden light.
"Why do you say that?" Xiahou Rin followed and asked.
"Why, when our brother Qi wronged you?" Shen Jue gave him a sideways glance.
Xia Houlin didn't expect this guy like Shen Jue to make such a joke, that's all, Shen Jue doesn't mind, his reputation has already been ruined, it doesn't matter.
Shen Jue paced a few steps and asked thoughtfully, "You're already twenty-four this year, and you haven't seen any women by your side. It was rumored in the past that you had a lot of confidantes, but you said that someone else pinned your head on you. You don't even have any concubines in the outer room. Sometimes I really doubt whether you are a good Longyang, so you are not close to women."
"I think too much," Xia Houlin replied, rather depressed, "I am a serious man. When I was in Yunxian Tower earlier, there was a Xianggong Tangzi next door, but I didn't go in one step."
Shen Jue snorted, and said with his hands clasped: "I heard that there is a famous actor in Rouge Hutong, I heard him sing "Indus Rain" in Shen Wenxing's house before, what is Yuguan'er called, look at him It looks good, even a woman is not too much, have you ever seen it?"
Xia Houlin said he had seen it.
Shen Jue made a curious tone, "Oh? Don't you feel tempted when you see him?"
"He's all made of fat powder. I smeared my face a few times and I'm pretty!" Xia Houlin showed a disdainful look, "Besides, you're much prettier than him, so I'm not tempted?" Saying this When he was talking, Xia Houlin remembered how Shen Jue licked his fingers that day, and felt a little numb in his heart, coughed a few times, and said, "I won't marry a wife because I swore an oath, it has nothing to do with me if I love you. Besides, I'm so poor and I still owe you a lot of debt, so how can I have spare money to support my mother-in-law, come on."
Shen Jue listened to it for a long time, only that sentence "You are much prettier than him, I'm not tempted" poked into his ear, and his heart was empty as if something had been taken away. But he was still stubbornly resisting. Although Xia Houlin didn't like men, he didn't have any women yet. There was always hope for him! "What do you think about those who are good Longyang, do you hate it?"
Xia Houlin frowned and thought for a while, disgust or something, but it's not really, Master Qiu was born in this industry, there are so many male actors under the Galan banner, and there are many assassins, he has long been used to it. . But Shen Jue definitely hated Duanxiu, he couldn't help but make his position clear. After deliberating for a while, Xia Houlin said, "It has nothing to do with me, I don't care about that. It's impossible for me to break my sleeves anyway."
Shen Jue's heart sank completely, but she still pretended to be calm on her face. To Zhu Xia, he could make her obedient with just one glance, but Xia Houlin is like a piece of pig iron, invulnerable to water and fire, no matter how he teases her, he won't take the bait. He had to work harder to use all the moves in the palace. Having seen such battles, Xiahou Lin had absolutely no reason not to surrender.
"Stop talking about this, let's talk about the business." Xia Houlin walked over to Shen Jue and whispered, "There is no Xu Ruoyu in the An Le Tang, I asked the wounded soldiers, and they said that some of the wounded were transferred back to Beijing for treatment, I guess Xu Ruoyu is also inside. Otherwise, he will die. When he returns to the East Factory, he will find a way to find it."
I'm afraid that the queen mother hides tightly, it's hard to find. Shen Jue frowned and asked, "Has the queen mother already returned to the palace? Where is Wan Bohai?"
Xia Houlin shook his head and said, "The two of them are in Guangling Temple, it seems that they are going to worship Buddha."
Shen Jue laughed sarcastically, "Living to the Buddha?" The situation of entering incense in Guangling Temple has already become such a situation, the young emperor has already been sent back to the palace by the queen mother, and there are only a lot of forbidden troops and people hiding in Tibet in the huge mountain field. Factory Fanzi. Under the eyes of the Buddha, the karma of killing, what kind of Buddha are these two paying respects to? He walked to Guangling Temple, "Sure, let's go to pay homage too."
It was in the early days of Shenyang, the shadow of the sun was slanting to the west, the broken gold was flowing on the glazed tiles, and the setting sun passed through the leaf gap of the linden tree, and shone on the red door under the eaves and the golden dragon and the seal, making the emerald green paintings more and more bright and dazzling. The soldiers under the white marble fence in front of the Guanyin Hall were patrolling back and forth, and their footsteps were as heavy as iron.
Xia Houlin and Shen Jue disguised as soldiers on patrol, passed the soldiers guarding under the stone fence, and stepped up the stone steps. Incense was burning in the Buddha urn, and the smoke curled up. The gate of Guanyin Hall was closed, but there were no soldiers standing at the gate, only Zhu Xia was guarding. She looked bad, sitting on the stone pier, staring at her toes, wondering what she was thinking.
Xiahou Lin and Shen Jue looked at each other and went around to the back of the Guanyin Hall, behind which was a fence, with no soldiers guarding. Xia Houlin listened to the back door for a while, and the voices of a man and a woman could be vaguely heard from inside, but they were too far apart to hear clearly.
Xia Hourong pulled Shen Jue aside, pierced the window screen and looked inside. In front of him was Avalokitesvara with thousands of hands and thousands of eyes, golden light. There were many little devils baring their teeth and grinning under Xumi's seat. It's like begging for mercy. The offering table was covered with red silk, which hung down to the ground.
Behind the Guanyin is the partition wall, and behind the partition is the bright room. There should be other Guanyin enshrined in it, probably to send the child Guanyin, or else to hold the lotus Guanyin, nothing more than that. There is no one on the side of the partition, the Queen Mother and Wan Bohai should be talking in the bright room. Xia Houlin made a gesture to Shen Jue, meaning to go in and have a look. Shen Jue felt that it was too risky and shook her head in disagreement.
The two squatted at the door and looked at each other for a while, and the voices in the room disappeared, gradually turning into the voice of a woman humming.
Xia Houlin pointed to the red silk under the Guanyin seat, made a mouth shape of "it's okay", reached out and gently opened the door to a crack, and people got in through the crack, rolled on the spot, and rolled into the red silk. Shen Jue followed and got in, not forgetting to close the door, and followed Xia Houlin and rolled under the table.
The two big men were cramped under the offering table. Xia Houlin lay down. The offering table was long and his legs were slightly bent, just enough to sleep at the bottom. But the place was so narrow that only one person could lie down. Xia Houlin wanted to turn his body to make room for Shen Jue, but Shen Jue held him down and pushed him up, covering Xia Houlin with his whole body.
Xia Houlin: "..."
"There's no way, bear with it." Shen Jue whispered in his ear.
Shen Jue behaved innocently, and Xia Houlin didn't think about it. When we got here, Mingma's voice could be heard clearly. The woman's elongated cry, the man's heavy breathing, and the squeak of the god's case shaking violently, came along the partition wall with incomparable clarity. Xia Houlin and Shen Jue looked at each other face to face, and then realized that they were listening to men and women together, Xia Houlin couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
It turns out that the relationship between the Queen Mother and Wan Bohai is at this level. It's no wonder that women in the deep palace have been dry for a long time, and it is not uncommon for them to hook up with the commander of the Imperial Army and the guards. The Queen Mother is the most honorable woman in the Forbidden City, but also the loneliest woman. Under the god's case, there is a story of spring love, separated by a thin layer of wallboard, the love is like a tide, and it is called one after another, and the entire Guanyin Hall seems to be shaking.
The light under the offering table was dim, and the red silk isolated the setting sun, leaving only a little bit of soft light. Xia Houtong and Shen Jue were too close, he could even feel Shen Jue's warm breath, and when he raised his eyes, Shen Jue's rough face was not visible in the light and shadow, only Nong Li's eyebrows and eyes were left. his heart.
Xia Houlin's heart skipped a beat.
The wall panel seemed to be shaking, and Xia Houlin's heart also trembled. He regretted it, he shouldn't be curious, let alone come in. Shen Jue slowly got closer, kneeling on his waist, his chest against his chest, and the tip of his nose rubbing against his. He heard his heart beating faster and faster, louder and louder, until finally there was only a violent heartbeat left in the entire cavity.
Xia Houlin pushed Shen Jue a little and told him to stay away. Shen Jue didn't move, Rong Rong's gaze swept across his face, the tip of his cold nose brushed against his cheek and touched his red ears. Shen Jue stopped kneeling, and slowly pressed down on him, not forgetting to explain: "My knees are tired, take a break."
Xia Houlin gritted his teeth and said with difficulty, "The pressure hurts, get up."
Shen Jue stood up a little according to the words, but his arms were still close to him, and through the military uniform, he could feel Shen Jue's delicate and silky skin. The Queen Mother over there screamed, and the tide surged in the Guanyin Hall, rushing under the narrow offering table, Xia Houlin felt that he was lying on the waves, dizzy.
"Bohai..."
In a trance, the queen mother's voice came from there, and the tone was tossing and turning, so tired that it seemed that water could drip, and suddenly woke him up. Xia Houlin bit the tip of his tongue and finally regained his senses.
"Niangniang, how are you serving me, but still comfortable?"
"Shu Tan," said the Queen Mother with a smile, "when I kill Shen Jue, you can enter and leave the Cining Palace as you please, and you don't have to avoid anyone's eyes and ears."
"Thank you for your grace, for this alone, the minister will also hold on to Shen Yi, so that our days in the future will be smooth."
The empress dowager sighed melancholy, "Unfortunately, I haven't caught it yet. This mountain is not big or small. Where do you think he can hide?"
"Niangniang don't have to worry about it, there are ministers here. If you are bothering me with these things, shouldn't the ministers fight?"
The divine case shook violently, as if it was about to collapse. It was probably because Wan Bohai suddenly exerted force, and it took a long time for the queen mother to speak, and said, "Don't underestimate Shen Jue. He is a person, miss me. When I first gave birth to the emperor, I didn't understand anything, I didn't understand anything, I just knew to keep a low profile and act carefully. It was Shen Jue who taught me how to behave, how to behave, what to say and what to say on any occasion. What to say and what not to say, everything is done in every detail, and everything is covered. Speaking of which, without him, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
"Then let's leave him a whole corpse, even if we thank him for his teaching." Wan Bohai paused, then smiled, "No, we can't just give him a whole corpse. He is a eunuch, no more. The spout of a teapot can't leave the whole body."
"It doesn't matter. Eunuchs like Shen Jue have already redeemed their descendants from the knife maker. I heard that there is a saying in the eunuchs that the higher the descendants are, the better they are. Shen Jue's descendants are also Hang it on the beam of his house!"
Wan Bohai laughed out loud.
Shen Jue's expression became gloomy, and the storm was about to come in his eyes. Xia Houlin was also so angry that his eyes darkened. He patted Shen Jue on the shoulder, pointed to himself, and made a gesture of slitting his throat, meaning that he went out and killed the two. The gloom in Shen Jue's eyes dissipated immediately, he curled his lips into a smile, patted his head, shook his head and said no.
"The palace is about to lose the key, I have to go." The voices of the two got closer and closer, and they walked towards this side.
Shen Jue raised his head, there was a blurry shadow outside the red silk, two bare legs, the queen mother walked over without clothes on.
"Niangniang, don't rush to leave! You finally came out for a walk, don't you want to be a minister?"
Seeing that Shen Jue was still looking up, Xia Houlin covered his eyes, such a scene of pickling and slaughtering did not contaminate his eyes. Shen Jue blinked at the darkness in his hand, his long and curved eyelashes swept between his fingers, itchy, as if the tip of a feather was scratching the tip of his heart. Xia Houlin shuddered and withdrew his hands.
The empress dowager and Wan Bohai lingered for another time before they reluctantly put on their clothes and left. The Guanyin Hall suddenly became quiet, and there was still a little charming breath in the air. The setting sun could no longer shine in, and the table was plunged into darkness. There was silence all around, and they could only hear each other's shallow breathing.
Xia Houlin pushed Shen Jue, "Young master, you're gone, you can go down."
Shen Jue didn't move, he was silent for a while, then smiled lowly, and said in his ear, "Come and listen to him, I'll go down."