Early the next morning, when the palace attendant tied Gu Yuanbai's hair, he snorted and exclaimed, "Sir, there is a red mark behind your ear!"
Gu Yuanbai's face was sullen, and he didn't react at all to what he said. Tian Fusheng took a closer look and took a deep breath. Incredible, there is a thumb-sized mark behind the ear of the saint. The mark is red and purple, and it is even scarier on the fair skin. "I didn't go to bed yesterday, could it be bitten by a bug?"
But where will there be bugs in this season, and they will serve the saints so well, it is impossible.
The position behind the ear is hidden, and if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to put a hair on the sage, the palace attendant would not have seen it. Gu Yuanbai looked at himself in the bronze mirror, his face must not be good-looking, he sneered, "Put a mirror at the back, and I will take a look."
The minions returned with a clear mirror, and put it at the back to let the saint look at the traces behind the ears through the bronze mirror at the front. The bronze mirror was a bit blurry, but a red mark the size of a thumb could still be seen. Gu Yuanbai sneered several times when he touched the red mark.
When he was in the northern Xinjiang, when he heard that Gu Yuanbai wanted to take the concubine, he rode his horse and came back to kiss him and touch him to feel at ease. The wolves in the mansion hung around their necks with foul language written on them, more or less, big or small. As a result, they turned the window in the middle of the night and licked their earlobes
They are all adults, Gu Yuanbai thought, Xue Jiuyao, you still pretend to be pure.
"Your Majesty, your ears are also red," the sharp-eyed little eunuch was about to cry in fright, "you can see the appearance of bloodshots."
Gu Yuanbai was stunned, "I don't feel pain."
In the end, Gu Yuanbai didn't ask Tian Fusheng to call the imperial doctor, but only asked him to apply some ointment to himself. When the long hair is draped behind him, he can't see anything.
The Xue residence had already prepared breakfast. When Gu Yuanbai walked out of the bedroom, he turned a few corners along the corridor when he heard a sharp sound of breaking the sky in front of him. Xue Yuan waved the machete that was bestowed by the emperor on the open space.
The machete is slender and delicately curved, like a bent Tang knife. When Xue Yuan held it in his hand, the wind roared and danced like a tiger.
Gu Yuanbai stood at the corner, and there was a servant with Xue Yuan's clothes and a scabbard. With mixed expressions of joy and anger in his eyes, "Your eldest son comes here to practice martial arts so early every day?"
"I have to practice every day, but the eldest son got up this morning at Yin Shi and has been practicing until now," the little servant said cautiously, "It wasn't that early before."
In fact, Xue Yuan didn't sleep all night.
But no one could see that Xue Yuan hadn't slept all night. Seeing him now, Gu Yuanbai's unhappiness rose in his heart. He was about to leave, but Xue Yuan heard his footsteps, turned his head to look, and abruptly withdrew the big knife that was stabbed in his hand. He strode over and clasped his fists in salute: "Your Highness."
He paused for a moment and said nonchalantly, "Did you sleep well last night?"
Gu Yuanbai asked back, "How well did Xue Qing sleep last night?"
Xue Yuan's eyes flashed, "Okay."
Gu Yuanbai sneered silently, not wanting to see his face again, so he stepped up and led the crowd past him.
Xue Yuan took the scabbard from the servant's hand, put away the machete, and then quickly followed the sage, "The sage has not had breakfast yet, the minister has already ordered the cook to prepare the porridge made of yam, the sage can Warm your stomach with a small bowl first."
The sage didn't seem to hear, Tian Fusheng took the opportunity to catch Xue Yuan and complained, "Master Xue, is there anything unclean in your mansion?"
Xue Yuan froze, then relaxed, "Mr. Tian, what do you say?"
Tian Fusheng lowered his voice, "Master Xue, don't blame the old slave for his unpleasant speech. Today, the sage got up, and the younger ones found a mark behind the sage's ear, which was a little deep red and looked terrifying. Not only that, the sage There are a few strands of blood oozing from the right ear, it looks fine from the outside, but it looks like it is bleeding from the inside, but the saint doesn't feel pain, what's this weird?"
Bloodshot? Xue Yuan's brows wrinkled, and he could kill mosquitoes.
Can't stand that kind of force
Tian Fusheng was also thinking: "The sage slept, how did it become like this?"
For a while, everyone buried their heads in thought, unable to speak.
*
Gu Yuanbai returned to the palace after finishing his breakfast in Xue Mansion. As soon as he left on the front foot, Chang Yuyan entered the Xue mansion on the back foot, and saw Xue Yuan sitting on the main seat eating dinner.
Chang Yuyan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "It's better to come by coincidence than a good one. Come here, bring bowls and chopsticks to this young master as well."
The young servant led him to sit down, "Young Master Chang, this bowl and chopsticks of our eldest son has not been used before, you can use it."
Chang Yuyan was surprised, and pointed to the cup and chopsticks in Xue Yuan's hand, "Since this is your eldest son's, who does your eldest son use?"
The servant didn't say a word, lowered his head and stepped back.
Chang Yuyan wanted to ask again, but Xue Yuan suddenly took out a dagger from his bosom, the cold light shimmered, and an arrogant edge was reflected on Chang Yuyan's face. The person holding the dagger didn't feel anything and asked in a normal tone. :"What do you want to eat?"
Chang Yuyan held back her words, "Anything is fine."
Xue Yuan picked up a fruit and passed it through the dagger. With a raised hand, the dagger flew over the long table, and with a "ding--" it was inserted into the wooden table in front of San Yuyan.
"You lied to me, Chang Yuyan," Xue Yuan said, "The Summer Palace, the day you played chess with the saint, the saint clearly talked about me with you."
Chang Yuyan was nervous and blurted out: "Don't listen to the nonsense of others—"
"I don't know if it's nonsense," Xue Yuan smiled, very mildly, "but you don't want me to have more contact with the saint, it's true."
Chang Yuyan was speechless, Xue Yuan lowered his head and finished the last mouthful of yam porridge, got up and walked over the long table, pulling up his dagger. Just listening to the long groan of "Om", the fruit on the dagger has been taken down by Xue Yuan and placed in Chang Yuyan's hand.
The sticky and toothache astringent taste that flowed out of the fruit also slowly dissipated, and the juicy water stained San Yuyan's hand.
"You should have some eyes on this dagger," Xue Yuan flipped the dagger in both hands, "it's not the one I played with when I was a child. Yuyan, do you remember, when you were a child, you were bullied by your servants, I will That servant overwhelmed in front of you, and it happened to be at the dinner table."
"I will do what you ask me to do. Your parents and elders are all there at the dinner table. I spread the five fingers of the servant's hand and put the dagger between his fingers. I asked you if the knife was broken. He broke his entire hand, but one of his fingers was broken."
Chang Yuyan squeezed the fruit tightly, the cuffs were soaked, he smiled: "Jiuyao, our temperaments have been incompatible since childhood, and we are always tit for tat. powerful."
Xue Yuan also laughed, "You're so kind and forgiving, you won't do anything to chop off people's fingers. The servant was so excited that he cried, and he was very grateful to you. The next day, you took people to the lake. On the side, let the servant choose, either throw himself into the lake and die, or chop off one of his own hands and one tongue."
Chang Yuyan said, "It's been a while, so I don't need to mention it now."
"Chang Yuyan, you are very hearty," Xue Yuan whispered, "but look, no matter how hearty you are, you are still afraid to see me take out a dagger. I have been afraid since I was a child."
The smile at the corner of Chang Yuyan's mouth slowly subsided, pursed straight, and the jade-like young man's face has also become expressionless at this moment.
"You talked to the sage about me, but didn't dare to tell me," Xue Yuan laughed a few times and patted Chang Yuyan on the shoulder, "Yuyan, you are a little naive this time."
Chang Yuyan moved his mouth: "I will never harm you."
Xue Yuan: "There is no shortage of small tricks."
"But yes, you can continue," he continued slowly, San Yuyan was stunned when he heard the words, looked up at him, Xue Yuan's dark eyes were dark, and he pulled his lips condescendingly, "There is a cultural person who is jealous of the Lord, and the Lord is happy."
*
After Gu Yuanbai returned to the palace, Tian Fusheng applied the medicine again.
Tian Fusheng has not yet reached the point where his eyes are dim. The more he uses the medicine, the more strange he feels. He hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said: "Sir, the mark behind your ear seems to be sucked out."
Gu Yuanbai was neither salty nor bland, "En."
Tian Fusheng knew it in his heart, and he no longer asked any more questions, and concentrated on applying medicine to the saint.
The smell of the ointment concealed the smell of spices in the hall. After the smell of the ointment dissipated, Gu Yuanbai could smell something wrong, "Why is this fragrance different from the previous fragrance?"
The palace attendant who burned the incense stepped forward and replied: "Sir, this is the incense offered by Xixia. It is said to be their national incense. The imperial doctor of the Taiyuan Hospital said that this incense has a calming effect, so the slaves lighted it. "
Gu Yuanbai nodded, "The taste is not bad, Xixia really made a big deal this time."
"The apology was sent to the capital first, and the ransom was followed by the people from Xixia on the way," Tian Fusheng whispered, "Sir, listen to the humanity along the way, Xixia brought a lot of things this time. They have already It's been two or three months, and the leader is still the Second Prince of Xixia."
Gu Yuanbai leaned on the back of the chair, closed his eyes and knocked on the table regularly, "Second Prince of Xixia?"
"The second prince of Xixia is named Li Angyi," Tian Fusheng. "This person is different from the seventh prince of Xixia, Li Angshun. He came from a humble background and was not loved by the emperor of Xixia. Big. Because of his mild temperament and a little cowardice, the Xixia royal family has not paid attention to him, only when there is a need for the second prince, they will think of this prince."
"Just like this time, this thankless thing was handed over to the second prince of Xixia," Gu Yuanbai understood, he smiled, "I don't care about this matter, I am wondering about another thing."
Gu Yuanbai frowned and murmured, "How could Xixia pay the indemnity so neatly..."
Not even a bargain.
This is simply more puzzling than Xue Yuan groping into Gu Yuanbai's room in the middle of the night and doing nothing.