The so-called Qianqiu Festival, that is, the emperor's birthday, whichever is the meaning of longevity.
Li Palace is located at the northern foot of Mount Li, and Guidian Lan Palace is built on the mountain. In late autumn, most of the plants and trees are withered, and the flying pavilion is more vivid and beautiful. This night banquet was as ingenious as Li Yanzhen said. It was not set in the palace, but an open-air seat. It was on the edge of a blue lake, and you could see the scenery of Mount Li. But in the final analysis, it's just another place to indulge in sensuality and enjoyment of singing and dancing.
The extravagant music lingered, and the stars and rivers all over the sky were intoxicated. The undiminished Jiang Zhaoyi accompanied Li Yanzhen, glanced down, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I heard that Jiaofang has specially choreographed a new dance for His Majesty, and now it seems that it is indeed a peerless appearance."
Li Yanzhen asked a question when she was half-drunk and half-awake.
Jiang Yuan raised her chin slightly, "Here."
At this time, the sound of the silk strings suddenly turned and came babbling over. Li Yanzhen followed and looked at it, and most of the drinking disappeared immediately, and some people in the room exclaimed in amazement.
The crimson-clothed dancers don't know when they leaned to one side, like flowers blooming, revealing the white-clothed dancers who were alone and independent behind them. The woman, dressed in a white shirt like snow, was actually standing on the lake, with her fingers like lotuses, she stretched out her soft body and danced gracefully. She stepped on the water with bare feet, causing the autumn water to splash and wet the corners of her skirt step by step. She danced extremely charmingly, but her appearance was beautiful and moving. She turned her head to look at her, and smiled brightly, like a charm in the water.
Chu Mingyun glanced at it, and then withdrew his gaze dully. Others were stunned, and he could naturally see the mystery: a stone slab was erected in the lake, a few inches below the water surface, the dancer seemed to be dancing in the water, but in fact she was stepping on the stone.
Chu Mingyun held the jade cup in one hand and supported his lower jaw in the other, his eyes involuntarily and naturally fell on the opposite Su Shiyu. Su Shiyu turned his head slightly and looked at the dancer like everyone else. His expression was as flat as ever, and he couldn't find any sign of admiration or joy. He was so close that he couldn't guess what he was thinking.
The fingertips unconsciously rubbed the rim of the cup, Chu Mingyun watched the warm lights illuminate his dark eyes, and a shadow leaked into the collar along his white neck, every inch and every inch, all of which had been rubbed by a kiss.
Su Shiyu turned his head and inadvertently met Chu Mingyun's line of sight.
Chu Mingyun squeezed the jade cup tightly and drank the wine silently.
In a short while, the dance was over, the white-robed dancer stepped on the embroidered carpet, and there were still tiny drops of water falling on her own. She bowed and was about to say some congratulatory speeches, when suddenly there was a muffled rumbling not far away. Immediately afterwards, the hills and peaks on Mount Li collapsed, and everyone watched helplessly as the trees on the peaks and peaks near the palace collapsed quickly, and then rolled down like a slump, like a giant beast that was suppressed in the mountains, breaking away from its captivity, roaring and roaring, roaring. In the sound, the rocks were rushing with sand and soil, and the pavilion was destroyed and destroyed in an instant, and then the storm came.
"What's going on?" Chu Mingyun stood up suddenly.
Jiang Yuan's complexion changed, and she was pulled into her arms just as she was about to leave, and the splattered rubble brushed past her hair, and just a little slower would kill her, she looked up at Li Yanzhen in astonishment: " Your Majesty..."
"Be careful." Li Yanzhen couldn't care less about her expression, and was busy protecting her and retreating with the guards.
The smoke and dust swept over, covering the sky, the ground trembled even more, and countless people were still immersed in the wonderful water dance. The loud noise of the rocks rolling down and the voices of people screaming in horror mixed together, and it was like boiling water that exploded a pot in an instant.
Su Shiyu glanced at the opposite side subconsciously, the vision was dim and obstructed by the sand and dust, but he could vaguely see that there was no one in the seat. Su Shiyu turned around and tried his best to look around, his eyes were chaotic, and he didn't see Li Yanzhen's figure, but he couldn't help coughing twice because of inhaling the smoke.
At this time, he suddenly had someone grab his hand and was wrapped in his arms. The man covered his mouth and nose with one hand. In the turbid sandy smell, Su Shiyu smelled a trace of sandalwood between the other's fingers, and his heart suddenly changed. He trembled, and the hand holding him was slender and strong, so tight that he felt pain in his phalanx, and there was no way to break free.
Chu Mingyun took him to a safe place on the other side of the lake, released his hand, folded his body and walked back, leaving only one sentence: "Wait for me here."
Su Shiyu quickly grabbed his arm, "Where are you going?"
Chu Mingyun turned around, the condensed expression between his eyebrows suddenly melted, he pulled out a smile and asked, "Are you worried about me?"
"Your people are near here?" Su Shiyu asked without answering.
"Are you worried about me?" Chu Mingyun stared at him.
Su Shiyu looked away at the collapsed cliff, frowned slightly, "Could this landslide be you..."
Su Bai's finger pressed on his lips to interrupt him, Chu Mingyun laughed, "I won't answer any of your questions." The index finger slid lightly along the line of his lips, Chu Mingyun retracted his finger Jian licked it and said with a smile: "You are not allowed to go anywhere, wait for me here for a while." After saying that, he left immediately, and in the blink of an eye, the figure had disappeared into the chaotic smoke.
Su Shiyu froze in place, and then took a few deep breaths before barely clearing the picture from his mind. He hesitated for a moment, but returned to the chaotic place.
However, Chu Mingyun did not return to the banquet. He took Qin Zhao and Shadow Guard along a path and climbed Mount Li, standing on the cliff. The collapsed peaks are not far from here, several shadow guards have already gone to investigate, and the rest of the shadow guards in black are lined up behind him, silent almost into the night.
Chu Mingyun looked down, the landslide finally stopped, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and the rubble and sand were scattered along with the tattered seats. Everyone was still panicking, and the extravagant palace banquet became a mess.
Although the cause of this unexpected landslide is still unclear, the opportunity is always not to be missed.
Chu Mingyun raised his hand to take the longbow, put the arrow on the bow, and stretched the string. The night wind blew his long crow-colored hair, and the shallow moonlight reflected on his cold side face, and he pointed a slack, and the sharp arrow shot out with the force of thousands of miles with the force of lightning. Countless arrows roared behind them, breaking through the air, and the arrowheads glowed with a cold light, covering the sky and covering the sky like a cloud of black mist.
At this moment, the guards in iron armor rushed into the banquet, stood in front of the courtiers and waved their swords vigorously, intending to use their shields to stop the sharp arrows, and more than a dozen guards holding shields formed a group outside. The exquisite formation has divided most of the rapid offensive. Although there were still people injured, everyone's emotions were completely stabilized for a while, and even the few civil servants who were scared to death were no longer panic, everything suddenly became orderly, and they resisted this A rain of arrows.
In the brightly lit banquet, seeing the darkness all around, I couldn't figure out where the enemy was at all. At most, they were only aware of a general direction. They had the advantage, and it was fine if they couldn't get a hit. The shadow guards on the cliff changed their arrows and bowed, ready to start the next round of attacks, but saw the Lord raised his hand and said, "Wait."
Chu Mingyun narrowed his eyes slightly and looked down, his expression suddenly changed.
Li Yanzhen had already left under the escort of the chief guard, and the rest of the people hurriedly withdrew to the palace under the cover of the guards. Only one person stood indifferently, calmly and calmly. A half-point of Zhuo Ran's elegance is Su Shiyu.
Qin Zhao looked beside him subconsciously, only to see Chu Mingyun frowning, and suddenly smiled indistinctly: "Yes, I forgot, how could he listen to me and stay obediently." After a pause, He smiled slowly and said coldly, "Hold your hands first."
"Master, you..."
Chu Mingyun didn't give him a chance to speak, and tilted his head to ask the shadow guard who came back from the investigation: "What did you find?"
"Reporting to the Lord, it can be determined that it was a man-made landslide, and residual traces of gunpowder were found in the stone crevices, which should be similar to our previous methods."
"Gunpowder?" Chu Mingyun savored the word and smiled lightly, "It seems that person is really in a hurry."
Qin Zhao said, "How should we deal with it?"
"There's no need to ambush Li Yanzhen on the way back." Chu Mingyun still didn't look away from below. The courtiers had already hid in the hall, and Su Shiyu was instructing others with her head turned sideways. The dancer in white who performed the dance earlier walked beside him with the other performers. Her footsteps were messy, and she couldn't help but fall into Su Shiyu's place. . Su Shiyu turned around and helped her stand firm, but the dancer's hand was still on his arm, tightening a little bit.
Chu Mingyun drew a long arrow, buckled the bowstring and pointed it at the dancer's heart, and said to Qin Zhao: "Clean up the traces of gunpowder over there, the people in the palace can't find anything when they see it, only You can start a snake, and then you can send someone to investigate the source of the gunpowder."
Su Shiyu unexpectedly looked down at the dancer, who blushed and lowered her head, but still didn't let go of her hand. Su Shiyu looked at her thoughtfully, then pulled her behind him.
"Tsk." Chu Mingyun threw away the bow and arrow, turned and walked down the mountain, "He wants Li Yanzhen's life, so I will let Li Yanzhen live a little longer. He has the courage to stir up the situation in Beijing, but he has no courage to show up, he looks like After hiding his head and tail like a mouse for so long, it's time to show his face."
The monarchs and ministers in the palace were apprehensive, and the guards outside the palace were waiting, maintaining this state for a long time, and no further changes occurred. The captain of the guard and the commander of the Imperial Army personally led people to search Lishan over and over, but couldn't find any trace, so they had to report the truth, guessing that the other party had evacuated first because of the bad situation.
Li Yanzhen breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, without blaming them, she ordered someone to go over to clean up the mess, and did an inventory by the way.
Fortunately, Su Shiyu stabilized the situation in time, but several attendants, Gong E, died in the landslide, and although the officials were injured, they were not life-threatening. Li Yanzhen thought about it, and felt that it was really ugly that the Qianqiu Festival banquet that had been planned for a long time ended in such a mess, so she simply ordered that the banquet continued in this hall.
The expressions of the civil and military officials were different and equally complicated, and they couldn't help but glance at Li Yanzhen, only to feel that His Majesty's heart was so big that he seemed to be open.
They each had their own concerns, but seeing that the two adults Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu did not speak, they had to swallow all their thoughts into their stomachs.
At the continuation banquet, there was still music and dance, but there was always a reluctance to change the cup. The ministers finally made it to the end, congratulating His Majesty the Emperor again, and wishing to end it, but saw Su Shiyu suddenly leave the table and come forward, praised the dancing girl in white, who was stunning in the water, and asked Li Yanzhen for blessings.
The whole world knows that the doctor of the imperial censor is proficient in rhythm, and there is no precedent for taking away dancers and actresses at banquets in the past. It is not a big deal, and no one cares. However, there was a burst of sound in his voice, which was so harsh that the banquet was instantly silent. The officials on the opposite side could see clearly that the white jade wine cup was crushed by Taiwei Chu with one hand.
Li Yanzhen asked in surprise, "Chu Aiqing?"
Chu Mingyun stared at Su Shiyu's profile in the hall, let go of his hand and let the broken jade fall to the table, and replied without emotion: "My hand slipped."