Mei Changsu fixedly looked at his smiling eyes, his heart suddenly moved, and he lost his voice: "Have you caught Xia Jiang?"
Lin Chen's face froze, and he said very dissatisfiedly: "Didn't I ask you to guess three times?"
Fei Liu happily said, "One time!"
Lin Chen turned back and twisted his face, "Your brother Su guessed it right at once, and it wasn't your little idiot who guessed it. What are you proud of?"
"Don't bully Fei Liu," Mei Changsu pulled his arm over, "Tell me, how did you get it? Where is the person now?"
Lin Chen stretched out a slap and turned it over in front of Mei Changsu.
"Zhen Ping!" Mei Changsu glanced helplessly at Lin Chen and shouted, "Come in with a thousand taels of silver!"
There was a response from outside the house, and after a while, Zhen Ping pushed the door open, the silver note in his hand looked quite new, "Sect Master, the silver note is here, what are you going to do?" "Give it to him," Mei Chang Su pointed at Lin Chen with his chin, "Langya Pavilion will charge money for answering questions. I asked two questions just now. He offered five hundred, and two would be one thousand..."
Lin Chenxi diligently took the silver note from Zhen Ping's hand, checked the authenticity and said with a smile, "I originally offered fifty taels for one, but who would have known that you, Sect Master Mei, were so rich, you had to give me one thousand , I had no choice but to be disrespectful." Fei Liu, let's go out," Zhen Ping beckoned to the boy, "This guy is really unbearable, children will get bad if they are often with him. "
Fei Liu agreed with the conclusion of "I can't stand it", and as expected, he followed Zhen Ping to play outside.
"Okay, I'll answer you after receiving the money," Lin Chen satisfactorily took the bank note into his arms. "There are no more than three types of people who will shelter Xia Jiang, the Hua clan, the old department of the Xuanjing Division, and those who are held by him. It is not difficult to find such directions. He was finally arrested in a nunnery. I found it. Let me tell you, catching Xia Jiang is a trivial matter. The key is that there is a beautiful little nun in that nunnery. I plan to make her on the list next year... "
"Shut up where?"
"Little nun? Still in that nunnery, why should I lock people up?"
"Lin Chen..." Mei Changsu's tone finally revealed a dangerous tone. Lin Chen smiled and raised his hand and surrendered: "Okay, okay, Xia Jiang is locked in one of my shops, don't worry, he can escape from the prison, but he will never escape from my shop." Hiding him?" Mei Changsu asked thoughtfully.
"Yeah, those old parts of Princess Xuanji were really a headache. They were scattered everywhere like sand. Even I didn't dare to say when they would pick them up."
Mei Changsu's gaze was fixed on the ochre green gauze window sash. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly said, "What are you doing standing outside? Come in."
Lin Chen got up and stretched, and said wearily: "Last night, I played with Feiliu to pick up beans. I didn't get enough sleep, so I have to go to sleep. That kid lost again. I have to grind a cage of tofu tomorrow. You just wait. Let's eat." As he said that, he swayed out, and at the door passed Gong Yu who was slowly coming in with his head lowered. So he smiled encouragingly at her.
"Is there anything you want to tell me?" Mei Changsu asked gently when Gong Yu walked around the couch.
Gong Yu's two hands tightly twisted the gauze of the waistband until his fingers turned white, and then he suddenly knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Please... Sect Master forgive me..."
"For what sin?"
"Hidden... the crime of concealment..."
"What are you hiding?" "I... I am also a member of the Hua clan..." Gong Yu took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and raised his head, "but I have absolutely no connection with Princess Xuanji. When I was born, the country of Hua has long since ceased to exist, and my life It is also the sect master's salvation... In this life, Gong Yu will never do anything harmful to the sect master, including the last time he offered to go to the Heavenly Prison for a replacement. I also sincerely wanted to relieve the sect master's worries, but I didn't expect such an accident. … me… "
When Gong Yu said this, because he was in a hurry, he couldn't go on. Mei Changsu looked at her softly, smiled and said, "Okay, I know what you mean, don't worry."
"Sect Master..."
"I already knew that you are from the Hua tribe, and I don't think it makes any difference. The country of Hua has been incorporated into my Daliang for decades, and most of the people of the Hua tribe are no different from the people of Daliang, but Princess Xuanji is a minority." Mei Changsu said lightly, "She also has her perseverance and her beliefs, but she just doesn't know the reason for her demise or the general trend of the world. What Princess Xuanji has done will naturally have her retribution, but if she gets angry because of it For all the Hua people, it is too narrow. You don't have to take it too seriously, get up, Lin Chen often says that girls are very precious, what do you look like when you kneel like this?"
Gong Yu has been worrying about this for a while, and often has trouble sleeping at night. Today, he mustered up the courage to tell Mei Changsu himself, but he didn't expect it to be so light. When Yiyan stood up, the circles of his eyes were already red. .
Mei Changsu waited quietly for a while, and seeing that she had been standing still, he asked again, "Is there anything else?"
"Sect Master... looks a little tired. Gong Yu has composed a new song, which can help the sect master sleep peacefully... I don't know if I can... Can I..."
"Oh," Mei Changsu nodded with a very indifferent expression, "Then it's your job, he just didn't refuse, it's enough to make Gong Yu happy, Xia Sheng doubled, hurriedly went to get the piano, After calming down and adjusting his breath, he slowly sat down, raised his wrists and stretched his fingers, and plucked the ice strings.
The tune of the new composition is soothing, as silent as clear water, gentle and peaceful. In addition, the fingering of the violin player is excellent, and the feelings are sincere. It really makes people feel at ease and worry about it. Mei Changsu leaned on the pillow and closed his eyes and listened, the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, but after a while, he turned over slightly and turned his face to the inside.
Lin Chen, who was helping Feiliu to soak beans in the water in the yard next door, was listening leisurely, suddenly sighed, and raised his wet hands to hit Feiliu with water droplets on his face, "Xiao Feiliu, talk to me. Is Brother Su not understanding the style, or is he too understanding of the style?"
Fei Liu didn't understand, so he wiped the water off his face angrily. Turn around and ignore him. There was some wind at this time, and dark clouds quickly piled up in the eastern sky. It got thicker and thicker, pressing down darkly. Aunt Ji ran around in the courtyard collecting clothes and was very busy. Lin Chen looked up at the sky and narrowed his eyes. Under the gloomy darkness, Jiuqing's imperial capital Jinling. Seems to be getting ready for its first really torrential autumn rain.
The heavy rain after the Mid-Autumn Festival is the best place to wash away the summer heat. After a few days of pattering, the hot summer gradually fades away, and the air in the morning and evening is very cool. Mei Changsu added clothes in his living room, and spent all day tuning the piano and reading books at home, but he really ignored the outside world and focused on recuperating.
Under the supervision of the Crown Prince, the entire court was peaceful and everything was business as usual, only the Ministry of Rites was a little busy preparing for the emperor's birthday ceremony. Except for a few courtiers and clans who were trusted by Xiao Jingyan, no one knew that a storm that had been brewing for a long time was coming.
The morning of August thirtieth. The princess living in the inner courtyard of the East Palace got up early and dressed up, so she wore the prince's dress that had been arranged last night. He hurried to the Changxin Hall where Xiao Jingyan currently lives.
Due to the mourning system, the Crown Princess could not live with the Crown Prince until 100 days after the wedding ceremony. So the newlyweds are not too familiar with each other. Miss Sun from Zhongshuling's family always had a slight shyness and fear in front of the prince.
Xiao Jingyan woke up very early. Today is even earlier, and the sky is bright after the morning exercise. After the Crown Princess personally served the girdle and the crown, he calmed down his slightly faster heartbeat and said, "It's your job."
"This is the duty of a courtier and concubine," the crown prince said softly. "Does your Highness have breakfast in the East Palace, or go in and accompany His Majesty and concubine to have breakfast together?"
"Please come to the palace."
The Crown Princess immediately ordered the car to be driven, and went to personally check the birthday gifts to be used today. After confirming that everything was in order, she came in again and informed Xiao Jingyan that the husband and wife had the same Huang Yu, and they entered the forbidden garden surrounded by the guards of honor in the East Palace. , When the Danxue dropped the sedan chair, he changed his pace and went straight to the emperor's bedroom.
At this time, Emperor Liang had just been served by Concubine Jing and got up and finished washing up. Hearing that the prince and his wife came in to greet him, a smile appeared on his face, and he was busy ordering Xuan Jin.
"My son and his wife, please kowtow to the father emperor Sheng'an, and congratulate the father emperor Qianqiu!" Xiao Jingyan and the prince concubine first bowed to Emperor Liang three times, then turned to Concubine Jing and kowtowed, "Kow to the mother concubine Jin An."
"Quickly, calm down," Emperor Liang raised his hand with a smile, "it's so early, there must be no meal. The place is just right, the luncheon is going to be with the courtiers, most of them are noisy, we can only be quiet as a family. Have breakfast."
"My son, thank the father and the emperor for the meal." After Xiao Jingyan thanked him, he sat on the left side of Emperor Liang, and Concubine Jing was on the right. woman's responsibility.
This meal was also enjoyable, and the atmosphere was very harmonious. As time went by, Xiao Jingyan's original uneasiness had been firmly suppressed by himself, especially after seeing the tranquility and calmness of his mother-in-law, his determination was even more determined.
After dinner, Emperor Liang asked about several court affairs. Xiao Jingyan expected that he would ask about the land, so he answered very smoothly and thoroughly, which made Emperor Liang very satisfied. .
Halfway through the chess game, when the victory or defeat was inexorable, Xiao Jingyan suddenly stopped and said, "Father, the time has passed, and the hundred officials must have arrived, and it is time for the father to drive to the Wuying Palace."
Emperor Liang stared at the chessboard for a while, then shook his sleeves and said, "The situation on the board is stalemate. It seems that it will be difficult to end the game for a while. That's all, let's fight again after the ceremony."
Seeing the situation, Gao Zhan hurried out to pass the car, and Emperor Liang got up and changed his clothes with the help of Concubine Jing, and went out of the palace gate. Just when he was about to board the emperor's chariot, a sharp roar suddenly came from the side door of the hall porch.
"I want to see Your Majesty... I have something important to do... Dog slave, let me go... Your Majesty! Your Majesty! You can't go... They have a conspiracy to... woo woo..." Something probably covered the screaming man's mouth, and then It was a struggle.
"What's the matter? Who is it?" Emperor Liang frowned and asked sharply.
"It's Concubine Yue." Concubine Jing said indifferently, her face remained calm, "She has been mad for a long time, and it is always difficult to recover. The concubine was not placed properly, and she was shocked by the holy car. Please forgive me."
"Oh, Concubine Yue," Emperor Liang thought for a while, "yes, you told me that her symptoms are not good. Concubine Yue is too arrogant and arrogant, and she can't stand beatings. That's how it started. She has been in the palace for many years, and I can't bear to see her bleak at night, so please take care of her more."
Concubine Jing smiled softly and said, "The concubine is in charge of the harem. This is the duty that should be fulfilled. Besides, Concubine Yue, the concubine has a lot of unbearable things, try to be lenient, but she did not expect to let her enter. I am disturbed here, and it seems that I still have not grasped the proportions."
Emperor Liang patted the back of her hand in relief, and the corridor was quiet at this time. In Gao Zhan's elongated voice of "start-drive-", the four people with the highest status in Daliang took two chariots, Cuihua shook, and walked to Wuying Hall unhurriedly.