"The injury hasn't healed yet, you drink, I'll drink the medicine." Wu Du casually said, and raised the medicine bowl to give Zheng Yan a symbolic respect. Zheng Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to himself, "I've heard this twice in the past few days."
Wu Du naturally knew where Zheng Yan was from and who he saw, so he didn't ask more questions, and he didn't introduce Duan Ling to Zheng Yan, so he just assumed it didn't matter. When he got up, Chao Wu raised his eyebrows, meaning he didn't introduce his acquaintance
Wu Du said impatiently: "There are so many people who are roasting, so I grab the vinegar and cut the mold and blow the mold.
"My name is Wang Shan." Instead, Duan Ling said, "Brother Zheng, hello."
Zheng Yan looked at Duan Ling, leaned in front of the desk on the ground, and said, "You remind me of someone."
Wu Du and Duan Ling both had a meal at the same time.
"It's a bit like your future mother-in-law." Zheng Yan suddenly laughed.
Wu Du suddenly became angry and shouted, "Get out of here!"
"Who is the mother-in-law?" Duan Ling asked.
"Go get the Heartbroken Grass." Wu Du said coldly.
Zheng Yan hurriedly waved his hand, indicating that he was not joking, and explained to Duan Ling: "The wife of the Marquis of Huaiyin, Princess Anping."
A thought made a whirl in Duan Ling's mind. Duan Ling smiled and said, "Where does it look like?"
Zheng Yan raised his hand and gestured slightly at the corner of his mouth. Duan Ling understood that he meant the corner of his mouth.
Wu Du replied coldly, "I can't say enough about Yao Zheng, so don't mention her to me."
"When are you going into the East Palace?" Zheng Yan said lazily, "Today the prince is still talking about you."
When he heard this, Wu Du gently squeezed Duan Ling's hand with his fingers, indicating that he didn't have to worry.
"As soon as you call it, go as soon as you call it." Wu Du replied, "Wuluohou Mu ran away, and naturally he remembered me. It seems that you are not very good at serving you, Zheng Yan."
"I didn't run, I came back." Zheng Yan replied, "I came back the day before I moved the capital."
Although Wu Du was surprised, when he thought about it carefully, he was also expected.
"Out of favor?" Wu Du asked.
Zheng Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know, it doesn't look like it."
"What kind of background does that fellow come from?" Wu Du said, "I have never figured out how the late emperor would have allowed this person to follow him back then."
Duan Ling's heart was pounding, knowing that Wu Du's words were asked for himself. Zheng Yan and Huaiyin Marquis Yao Fu were on good terms, and maybe he knew some information that the court did not have.
Sure enough, Zheng Yan replied: "Wuluohou Mu is a Xianbei surname, and a national surname."
Wu Du was silent, playing with a cup in his hand.
"I have heard from the Marquis of Huaiyin, some of the past of this unknown guest." Zheng Yan added, "Xianbei Wuluo Marquis was defeated by me in the three battles of Dachen a hundred years ago, and the family moved to the depths of Xianbei Mountains. Most of them went into hiding and became hunters. Nearly twenty years ago, there was a small-scale melee between Chen and Yuan in the Xianbei Mountains.”
"Battle of Changlin." Duan Ling said.
"Yes, it is the Battle of Changlin." Zheng Yan was a little surprised that Duan Ling knew about it, but instead of asking, Duan Ling took the initiative to say: "I saw this battle in the memorial of the Xiangfu."
This is not a temporary occurrence. When I was studying in the prime minister's mansion, my husband asked him and Mu Qing to write an analysis article on the Battle of Changlin, and the battle was extremely brutal.
"He is Muqing's companion." Wu Du said casually, "Don't bully the scholar, Zheng Yan, there is a lot of bad water in the scholar's stomach."
Zheng Yan said with an "um", "It's true that scholars are not easy to mess with, if you accidentally offend, others will write articles, and they will scold you forever."
Duan Ling laughed, and Zheng Yan continued: "In the battle of Changlin, Chen Yuyuan used Xianbei Mountain as a battlefield, and the few remaining ethnic groups of Wuluohou were attacked by Yuan army, and Chen army withdrew. Go, Chen Jun counterattacks again, Yuan army retreats again in the repeated guerrilla warfare, too many people died. Wuluohoumu seems to be only eight years old that year."
"Is his village ruined?" Duan Ling asked.
"Perhaps." Zheng Yan said, "Later, there was a martial arts master under the command of General Qin Zhao, named Li Xin, who rescued Wuluohou Mu after withdrawing the army, took him to Lunan to teach, and accepted him as a disciple. General Qin I wrote a letter to the Marquis of Huaiyin to inform me about this. Only one child was mentioned, but no name was mentioned, so for many years, no one knew Wuluohoumu's real name."
"I only know that he is called 'The Unknown Guest'," Wu Du said.
"Yes." Zheng Yan poured himself a glass of wine and said, "Afterwards, Qin Zhao died in the Battle of Shangzi. After a few years, Li's sword-quenching platform was slaughtered overnight, and his disciples stole the green. He walked away with a sharp sword. Baihutang sent people to hunt him down, as you know. This fellow hid in Tibet, and finally got the protection of the late emperor and was brought under his command. The late emperor had Zhenshanhe in his hands, but all assassins from Baihu should not disobey Zhenshanhe. If there is, it is the teaching of the ancestors."
"With Wuluohoumu here," Wu Du said, "I won't be a guest in the East Palace, and they will look down on me."
Zheng Yan suddenly smiled and said: "After a few days, seeing you now is like a different person. If you have a family, you should be calm and stop being rash."
Wu Du said: "Zheng Yan, although Master Wu can't poison you, it's not difficult to make you speechless for three months."
Zheng Yan pressed one knee, got up lazily and said, "I'm bored—when will I go into the palace for a walk?"
"I'm injured, and I'm inconvenient to move, so I won't send it." Wu Du said lightly, "Let's go with the fate, don't come here if you have nothing to do, so as not to drag me into the water."
Zheng Yan said sympathetically, "You can't last long, why bother?"
Wu Du said seriously: "I said, I won't send it."
Zheng Yan had to nod and go out with a smile, Duan Ling looked at Wu Du, Wu Du nodded, Duan Ling got up and sent Zheng Yan to the door, Zheng Yan rode on his horse and left, but Ben Xiao was waiting outside the door, obviously Zheng Yan brought back. Duan Ling took it into the stable in the backyard to settle it down, and patted its head.
"He came here to speak for the prince." Duan Ling said to Wu Du.
"You know?" Wu Du asked in surprise.
Duan Ling nodded and said, "It should be the prince who asked him to bring Ben Xiao over by the way."
Wu Du was silent, leaning on the side couch in the room, calm and relaxed, but his brows were slightly furrowed. Duan Ling always had some things he couldn't understand, and he didn't ask Wu Du along the way. Now that Zheng Yan mentioned Lang Junxia, he Some past events were turned up again. According to his father's instructions, he, disguised as a coachman in Shangjing, brought back a fake prince when the country was in crisis, disrupting Mu Kuangda's layout... He poisoned the wine and vegetables that day; he threw himself into the river; When they reunited in Tongguan, he saved his life by accident, and he did not hesitate to fight Helan Jie to the death to protect his own safety.
"I remember when you first rescued me and came back, you said that the poison I was poisoned was Ji Nii San." Duan Ling asked, "What is that?"
"A poison of annihilation." Wu Du replied, "A person who is poisoned will not be able to speak or think, and will be confused, like a zombie, like suspended animation. Be the walking dead."
Duan Ling's heart twitched violently and said, "Then maybe he doesn't want to kill me."
Wu Du glanced at Duan Ling and replied, "Perhaps, but it is also very likely that he wants to turn you into a corpse that has no thoughts and only acts under his orders. Keeping you may be useful in the future."
"Where did this poison come from?" Duan Ling couldn't help but wonder.
"In ancient times, some people used this medicine to control monarchs or officials." Wu Du said, "For example, a certain frontier minister was powerful and could cover the sky with one hand. corpse."
There is a chance to detoxify, which proves that Lang Junxia didn't really want to cut the weeds and roots, at least not at that moment. Duan Ling has thought about this question more than once, whether it is Lang Junxia's poison, just to protect him, throw it into the river after poisoning , come to the rescue the next day? But this idea is too wishful thinking, if I believe in Lang Junxia again, I can only describe it as stupid. So these days, he never asked Wu Du.
"He is in Tongguan, and he doesn't want to kill me." Duan Ling said again.
"Kill you." Wu Du said, "Tongguan will be in chaos. Ever since I saw you and me together that night, this fellow has paid attention to you. We went to Tongguan, obviously to carry out a mission. Your actions will not only make you suspicious, but also more likely to destroy the plan of the shepherd. Sometimes, they and the shepherd still need to advance and retreat together."
"He had two chances to kill me." Duan Ling frowned, "but he didn't do anything, once on the lonely peak of Qinling, and once on the city wall of Tongguan."
Wu Du started to feel unhappy, but he didn't dare to get angry with Duan Ling, so he said "um" perfunctorily.
Duan Ling is Da Chen... No, the most winking crown prince since ancient times. He observed Wu Du and knew that Wu Du did not like his excusing analysis of Lang Junxia, so he stopped going on and found medicine and gave it to Wu Du. My ankle was treated with medicine, and my feet were almost healed. After a while, I could walk without any problems, but I had to rest for a while if I had to fly over the eaves and walls.
"Are you angry?" Duan Ling asked.
"What? No... No." Wu Du replied uncomfortably.
Duan Ling applied medicine to Wu Du's ankle while scratching the sole of his foot, Wu Du hurriedly said, "Don't make trouble!"
Duan Ling was still trying to deal with him, Wu Du's face was red, but he couldn't do anything about Duan Ling, and he didn't dare to beat him, so he could only lean on the couch and yell. Under him, he grabbed both of his wrists with one hand, the two of them made trouble, and Duan Ling hurriedly said, "Stop playing! Stop playing!"
"Do you dare?" Wu Du locked Duan Ling's wrist and whispered in his ear, "Don't force Master Wu to teach you how to look good."
Duan Ling looked at Wu Du, both of them were blushing, Duan Ling had a smile in his eyes, and each other felt even more excited. At this time, Wu Du let go of Duan Ling and let him sit down. For a while, the two of them were a little embarrassed, not knowing what to say. Fortunately, there was a knock on the door, and Wu Du said, "Who?"
Duan Ling hurriedly went to open the door, but Mu Qing broke in and shouted, "Wang Shan! It's so hard for me to wait! What are you doing!"
When Duan Ling saw Mu Qing again, he was still very happy. He hurriedly stepped forward and hugged him. He suddenly thought of what Wu Du had said about him. He couldn't help but glance at Wu Du. In his eyes, he felt embarrassed.
"Go to Tongguan." Duan Ling glanced at Wu Ducai, and Wu Ducai said, "Come in."
Although it is Mu's Mansion, Wu Du is the head of the family in the side courtyard. With Wu Du's permission, Mu Qing took off his shoes and came in. Duan Ling placed the table and boiled water for Mu Qing to make tea. It was still for Wu Du Xian. drink. Mu Qing didn't mind, he smiled and said to Duan Ling, "They said that Wu Du suffered some injuries, but I don't know if you will come to study tomorrow, so let me wait first, I can't help it, so I will come and see first. look at you."
"How are you doing these days?" Duan Ling asked.
"Don't mention it—" Mu Qing complained and said, "I'm bored out of a bird."
Duan Ling looked at Wu Du and Wu Du said, "Wang Shan will go to study with you tomorrow, everything will be business as usual."
"Are you coming to see my father tonight?" Mu Qing asked, "Father will ask me to ask you. It's just a family banquet, there are not many people, and I don't drink."
Duan Ling looked at Wu Du and knew that he would never be able to escape. When he came back, he had to report clearly to Mu Kuangda. Wu Du replied, "I should have gone to see him, but for delaying this day, the Prime Minister will not blame him, and will naturally go."
Mu Qing suddenly felt a little strange. He felt that Wu Du came back from the door once, and he became more polite. It was no longer like before with eyes on the top of his head, and his answers were all "hum" and "uh".
"Then let me tell you." Mu Qing said, "I'll be waiting for you in the side pavilion at night."
Duan Ling was about to get up to see the guest again, but Mu Qing waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to send him off, and went out.
"I guess the shepherd will interrogate me a lot tonight." Duan Ling said, "I'm afraid I'll ask too many questions."
Wu Du waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, wrap it on me, and I will answer for you."
Wu Du rested on the couch with one hand, and Duan Ling went to find clothes for him to put on. The Xiangfu specially prepared a good robe. Sure enough, people depended on clothes. Wu Du had a good figure and was tall. Just wearing a new robe and wearing martial arts sleeves, the whole person feels different. Duan Ling was wearing a dark blue robe, as radiant as a piece of jade.
There is still one less waist pendant, Duan Ling looked at Wu Du's waist and thought, and raised his eyes to look at him, one day when he gets back to Yuhuang, he should tie the other half "Splendid Rivers and Mountains" to him.
"What?" Wu Du kept his eyes on Duan Ling.
"It's nothing." Duan Ling smiled, "Let's go."