Zheng Yan rode a horse and arrived at the stable in the backyard of the palace. He turned over and got dizzy outside. It was already dusk, and it was raining lightly. Cai Yan was eating, and Lang Junxia was sitting beside him.
"How?" Cai Yan asked.
"Explore Wu Du's style." Zheng Yan also sat down after another case, picked up a cup of cold tea and took a sip, and replied, "As I see, I must be reluctant to enter the East Palace, Ben Xiao has already sent it back. ."
Cai Yan didn't speak, just chewed the food silently.
"There is a young boy in Wu Du's room." Zheng Yan said again, "The man whose name is Wang Shan must be the special envoy sent to Tongguan by the shepherd. Work hard."
Cai Yan said "um", and someone outside reported: "His Royal Highness, someone brought it."
"Please come in." Cai Yan said.
When Cai Yan used the word "please", Lang Junxia frowned slightly and looked out of the hall. I saw a bony man in his thirties, with gloomy eyes and rough skin. He had changed into a clean coarse cloth robe, his face was covered with bruises, he walked silently, and a gust of wind blew up and entered the hall.
"Feng pays homage to Your Highness." The man said, and then he raised his sleeves and bowed towards Cai Yan.
"You never told me that he was also pardoned." Lang Junxia said coldly.
Zheng Yan knew it. Seeing the man named Feng, he just smiled and didn't speak.
"Now you know, Wuluohoumu." Zheng Yan said to Lang Junxia, "His Royal Highness is still very kind. I'm afraid that you will be angry, which is not good for your health."
Lang Junxia ignored Zheng Yan's ridicule and turned his attention to Cai Yan. Cai Yan was very embarrassed, coughed, and said, "Feng, get up, that position is for you."
Cai Yan pointed to the last position of his right hand, and Feng saluted Lang Junxia and Zheng Yan again, and said solemnly, "Criminal Feng has seen two adults."
"Everyone is guilty." Cai Yan said, "Otherwise, there would be no need for sages and sages in the world. Since you have come to the East Palace, you should live seriously."
Feng smiled slightly, and Cai Yan rewarded him with a glass of wine, and Feng sipped it carefully. The west wind picked up outside the hall, and the fallen leaves flew past, like blood in the courtyard.
The autumn wind is bleak, the stars are bright, and there are dazzling lights in the prime minister's residence, colorful, illuminating the banquet in the side pavilion, and invited people to play shadow puppets, playing a few times, singing in two sentences, graceful, and shadows on the curtain Shaking to and fro, it tells the story of a werewolf in Jiangzhou, Yu Chao. Half a catty of male crabs and seven taels of female crabs were placed in the banquet, and they were packed in a steamer.
Muqing watched the shadow play with interest, Duan Ling unpacked the crabs for Muqing to eat, and chatted a few times from time to time, Wu Du used chopsticks to pick out the crab yellow and crab meat, put it in the shell, put it aside, and kept it for Duan Ling, So that he would not be able to eat hot food by himself while taking care of serving Mu Qing.
"For me?" Duan Ling said with a smile.
Wu Du indicated that you should eat it, and Duan Ling took it by himself.
"It's too late!" Mu Kuangda said with a smile, "The relocation of the capital is fixed, and everything is complicated, so it took a lot of time."
Everyone got up in a hurry, Changliujun, Changpin Yiwu Yiwen, and his right-hand man followed, which showed that they gave Wu Du's face.
"It's okay." Wu Du said, "I'm watching the play, but I'm not bored."
Everyone first greeted Mu Kuangda, and Mu Kuangda said to Changpin: "Your uncle Shenlong sees the beginning but not the end. You should have known that Wang Shan should hold his thigh and drag him back."
Everyone laughed, Mu Kuangda said: "Eat it, don't worry about my old man, it was just to catch the wind for the two of you to eat a hot meal."
Duan Ling said with a smile: "I guess Mu Xiang is too busy, so naturally he doesn't dare to say more when he comes back."
Mu Kuangda nodded and praised: "You have done a good job this time, and I will get rid of my worries. Tongguan will not go wrong again for at least ten years. I talked to His Majesty today, His Majesty appreciates you very much, Wu Du ."
Wu Du only gave a faint "hmm" and said, "The Hongfu of the Prime Minister."
Several people in the hall seemed to have noticed Wu Du's change, and each looked at him, but said nothing, only Changpin smiled and said, "In the past, I used to think about following my uncle. The news, this time little brother Wang Shan can see him, it is really fate."
Duan Ling said, "Mr. Fei is in good health."
In the past, Duanling's news exchanges were all letters, but now I'm going into details, describing the time from the initial arrival at Tongguan to the final battle, it was really thrilling, but most of the strategies were attributed to Wu Du, so as not to cause Mu Kuangda Doubt with tenure. Mu Kuangda nodded from time to time, Changpin picked a crab to eat, not looking at Duan Ling, only watching the shadow play.
After Duan Ling explained the matter briefly, Wu Du said a few words casually, nothing more than the arrangement of Tongguan and the strength of the enemy's military, Mu Kuangda said: "Wu Du, you are talented in leading troops to form formations and attacking fortified guerrillas. ."
"Let's learn from General Zhao." said Changliu-Jun, who was at the side, "Now it's a masterpiece."
Mu Qing heard the meaning of Changliujun's words, and burst out with a "poof" laugh. Duan Ling glanced at Wu Du, but Wu Du completely ignored the provocation of Changliujun, just humbly. Nodding, he said, "It's better than following an expert for many years, but learning nothing. Accept it."
This time, Duan Ling almost burst out laughing. Wu Du handed the crab shell filled with meat and yellow to Duan Ling, and Chao Mu Kuangda said, "I thought that the imperial examination was about to take place. Come back."
"It's a family and a family." Mu Kuangda said to Wu Du, "The prince appreciates you. You have to think about it when you go back."
Wu Du stopped talking.
"Speaking of this." Changpin was very interesting, "The mansion is about to write a post, preparing for Enke in the next spring, our mansion is exempted from the township examination, and with the article of little brother Wang Shan, naturally there is no need to wait any longer. After three years, it's okay to go up to participate in the examination, but because of this background, you have to ask Mr. Wu to teach me, so that I can order people to go down and make a name post and worship the master."
Duan Ling said in his heart with a "squeak", but he didn't expect Changpin to come up with this trick, saying that he was testing himself. Duan Ling felt that he had this heart, but whether he doubted his identity was not necessarily the case.
Wu Du had already figured out what to do, and he said to Duan Ling, "What is your father's name? It's called Big Brother Big Brother Chengri, but I can't remember the name for a while."
"Wang Sheng." Duan Ling replied.
"Wang Sheng." Wu Du sighed, thought about it, and said, "Wang Shan has no mother since he was a child, and his father is a medicine dealer. He occasionally sees patients, and he is a doctor. Looking for some rare herbs. Traveling from south to north, I have more knowledge than ordinary children. I wanted to entrust it to me several times to avoid traveling around the world. "
Duan Ling thought of his father. Although Wu Du made up his life experience, it was more or less consistent with his memory.
"People who hang pots to help the world, accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and protect their descendants." Changpin said, "Your father must be a good person."
Duan Ling nodded, Wu Du laughed again, patted Duan Ling's shoulder, who was sitting beside him, held his hand, held his hand, and rubbed each other's fingers, Duan Ling felt warmth in his heart, knowing that Wu Du was not acting, Really encouraging him.
"This kid is likable since he was a child." Wu Du said to the crowd again, "Three religions and nine tiers, a soldier who is a blacksmith, a Cuju dancer, a tailor and an actor, and who is grateful for his father's kindness, he will choose some skills to pass on to him, as for learning. I don't know how much it will be. He is a big character, and it is said that he is not good at getting married. Brother Wang said in the past, let him follow me. As for the future, let me take care of it."
"Then I'll listen to you." Mu Kuang said, and said to Changpin: "Then I took the medical and business family Wang, whose ancestral home is Xunbei, and reported it with him. Practicing medicine is also a serious business. No need to say more."
Changpin smiled and said, "It's reluctant, although I don't have the skills to rejuvenate, it's not bad to change careers to govern the world."
Duan Ling was too flattering. Duan Ling hurriedly thanked Changpin and Mu Kuangda. Mu Kuangda poured a glass in front of the desk and went to Wu Du, saying, "Drink some rice wine to relieve the crab cold, I know. You are injured, these days, you will be raised in the house, and you will be sent to do things when you think about it in the future."
Wu Du knew that the prince had also asked Mu Kuangda to ask for him. If it was beneficial to the Mu family, Mu Kuangda naturally wanted to go to the East Palace. No matter what happened, as long as he was willing to report to the Mu family, It is equivalent to the shepherd's eyes and ears, mastering the movements of the East Palace, not to mention that the ears and eyes are still martial arts who are good at poison.
Duan Ling was thinking of another thing. The prince had already recruited Wu Du once before. If he believed in Wu Du's loyalty, then placing him in the prime minister's residence and serving as Mu Kuangda's retainer would only benefit more. Why now? Has it changed
"I can't drink any more." Wu Du waved his hand and said, "This drink has great stamina."
Wu Du handed the remaining half a glass of residual wine to Duan Ling, and Duan Ling drank it. At night, Mu Kuangda and Changpin had to discuss matters, so they went back to sleep first. Duan Ling and Wu Du walked through the corridor, and when they came out of the prime minister's residence, Wu Du suddenly said, "Look."
A Milky Way crossed the sky, and it happened to be reflected on the top of the narrow alley. The two stopped, thinking of the night of Qixi Festival.
"I actually forgot to give you a good birthday." Wu Du said to Duan Ling, "I forgot about the fight that day."
"My birthday is in the twelfth lunar month." Duan Ling whispered, "Let's wait until then."
Duan Ling and Wu Du went back to the room. Both of them had drunk a lot of alcohol. Wu Du lay heavily on the bed and stared at Duan Ling with drunk eyes.
Duan Ling was too lazy to clean up, so he lay down beside Wu Du.
"Do you want to enter the East Palace?" Duan Ling asked.
Wu Du was silent, and after a while he said, "Maybe we can find some evidence of Wuluohou and the prince."
Duan Ling replied, "I would rather you stay by my side than separate us."
"Then don't go." Wu Du raised his hand, patted Duan Ling's shoulder lightly, turned sideways, and the two faced each other, lying on their sides on the bed, staring at each other.
"There is still time." Duan Ling said, "The minister will ask you again after the imperial examination."
Wu Du frowned slightly and asked, "How did you know?"
Duan Ling replied: "He wants to confirm your loyalty to him, so he will keep me in the prime minister's residence to restrain you."
Wu Du understood in an instant. Thinking like this, it was very possible. Mu Kuangda felt that the two of them had a deeper relationship. As long as he helped Duan Ling, supported him, and accepted him as a student, in exchange, Wu Du Ze Becoming a disciple of the Prince of the East Palace, as a secret chess ambush beside the Prince.
"It's just that I didn't make it clear." Duan Ling was still a little drunk. He put his hand on Wu Du's face and said, "Why is the prince in such a hurry to recruit you? It's different from his previous attitude."
However, Wu Du was no longer listening to Duan Ling. His face was drunk, and his eyes were full of Duan Ling's face. Duan Ling's eyes seemed to be filled with water, and they were as bright as stars reflected.
"Duanling." Wu Du said.
"Huh?" Duan Ling suddenly felt that it was really a good life to have a person like Wu Du who would always accompany him. Just like what Wu Du said in front of Mu Kuangda today, he can't get married. In fact, Duan Ling doesn't want to get married. Otherwise, many secrets will bring them more danger.
"You will be emperor in the future." Wu Du said, "Don't take anything you say in front of the shepherd today. In the future you will marry a very beautiful crown princess, and she will be your queen. You will have sons, grandsons... "
Duan Ling replied, "I won't marry."
"You have to remember me, Wu Du." Wu Du said drunkenly, "Remember that tonight, you and I were lying on the Xiangfu bed..."
Duan Ling said again: "No way."
He was already very sleepy, and in this sleepiness, there was a vague idea that the prince might think that Mu Kuangda would poison him, and found that he was not safe, so he deserved to live with anxiety all day long; In that way, there are many people who will give everything for him one after another, but he is still persistent. If someone gives everything for him, he should give everything for that person...
He fell asleep in Wu Du's arms.
Wu Du slowly closed his eyes, with the faint smell of sweet-scented osmanthus and yellow wine on his lips, lowered his head, and kissed Duan Ling's nose gently.