After a while, Zhao Yue went downstairs alone, and everyone turned to look at him in unison.
"Cough." Zhou Dingtian asked, "Where's Xiao Liuzi?"
Zhao Yue replied: "I'm angry."
…
Senior Zhou had no choice but to go upstairs, this time he finally remembered to knock on the door first.
Wrapped in a quilt, Wen Liunian sat cross-legged on the bed facing the wall, like an old monk in meditation.
"Why don't you come down to eat." Zhou Dingtian sat by the bed.
Wen Liunian moved back against the wall in the shape of a quilt, and didn't speak!
"Okay, okay, this time it's the godfather's fault." Zhou Dingtian raised his hands in surrender, "I admit my mistake."
"It's not the first time!" Wen Liunian turned to look at him angrily, "I've grown up." Why do you still say that you just rush in, and what to do if you get scared.
"Yeah, how did you grow up?" Zhou Dingtian looked at him and sighed.
Wen Liunian was taken aback for a moment, isn't it good to grow up
"You were so good when you were young, so white and clean, you rode on my neck to go to the market every day, and you could be happy for a long time if you bought a candied haws." Zhou Dingtian helped him straighten his clothes, and his tone became more and more depressed, "You will grow up in the blink of an eye, and you will grow up." It’s fine if you’re too old, just run with outsiders without saying a word.” Whose parents would be willing to do it.
Wen Liunian rubbed his nose: "Godfather."
"Godfather is getting old too." Zhou Dingtian had mixed feelings in his heart.
"Who said that you are not old." Wen Liunian stretched out both hands, "I can still hit ten with one!" He was really proud.
Zhou Dingtian smiled and shook his head: "If you fight for me for a few more years, I will hand it over to that kid surnamed Zhao in the future."
"Godfather." Wen Liunian hugged him with a sore nose, "I won't be mad at you anymore."
"Compared to Mu Bai, your temper is nothing to anger me." Zhou Dingtian patted him funny, "You're still a kid who hasn't grown up."
"If Mu Bai gets mad at you again in the future, I'll beat him up." Wen Liunian was very serious.
Zhou Mubai paused at the door: "What does it have to do with me?" Why did I hear such a sentence when I first came here.
It's...so innocent.
After everyone had breakfast, Lan Xue also carried the baby out of the bedroom, and the dark guard happily took it over and made faces to make him laugh.
"What are your plans for the future, Miss?" Wen Liunian asked.
Lan Xue shook her head, she really didn't know where to go in the future.
Previously, he thought about going to the Qijue Country in the desert to find his mother, but was followed all the way by his enemies, so he had no choice but to hide in the mountains in panic all day long; later, when he heard that Wen Liu was coming, he just wanted to send the child here so that he could be accepted by a good family. Adoption, but I didn't think about what would happen to me after the child was adopted.
The little baby was held high by the dark guard, biting her finger and giggling.
"The girl must not be willing to part with her son." Wen Liunian said.
Lan Xue's eyes turned red in an instant. If it weren't for the fact that there was nothing she could do, who would be willing to give away her flesh and blood
"In two years, is it possible for Qingqiu's people to still be in the city?" Wen Liunian asked.
"Normally not." Zhou Mubai said, "A weak woman who has been hiding in the mountains for two years and is pregnant, whoever it is, probably won't think she will survive, there is no need to wait forever. "
"I've thought about this too, but I still dare not go out of the mountain." Lan Xue said, "I don't know what kind of enmity he has with my mother, but after more than ten years, he still came to the door and followed me all the way. It doesn't look like you're going to give up easily."
"That was before, now that we are here, naturally we won't put the girl in danger anymore." Wen Liunian squeezed his chin, "The Qijue Country in Moxi is not too big, and it is not a big deal to find a girl who was exiled from Chu Country." Not difficult."
"I'll go." Zhou Dingtian said suddenly.
"Godfather?" Wen Liunian was a little surprised.
"The matter has not been clarified yet, the less people are alarmed, the better." Zhou Dingtian said, "Together with Mu Bai, I will send this girl to Qijue Country to find relatives."
Lan Xue was naturally grateful for this, and Zhou Mubai had no objections. In all fairness, this is indeed the safest way. It can not only find Shu Caixuan to find out the original truth, but also keep Lan Xue's mother and child safe, and prevent more people from knowing about it. After all, it is related to an unsolved case back then. The more concealed the better.
Now that the decision is made, there is no need to delay, several people discussed again, and decided to leave after two days, Zhou Dingtian and Zhou Mubai escorted Lan Xue's mother and son to Qijue Kingdom secretly, and the rest went to Wangcheng as usual.
The night before parting, Wen Liunian ran all the way to the Kaaba with his pillow in his arms.
"Are you aware that you are here to talk to your godfather?" Zhou Dingtian patted his head.
Wen Liunian lay on the bed and rubbed his nose, reluctant.
"Go to sleep, it's late." Zhou Dingtian helped him tuck in the quilt, and then told him, "Let that kid surnamed Zhao practice his kung fu well, and if we meet again next time, it will still be like this now, let alone your nerdy father, even if he is I will not promise to let you go."
"En." Wen Liunian put his arm around him, with a strong nasal voice.
Zhou Dingtian patted him on the back, still feeling uneasy in his heart, such a fair and intelligent son of his own is really taking advantage of that bastard.
In the early morning of the second day, Wen Liunian and his party set out first, left Yaojia Town and continued northward—of course, they did not forget to put on a gossip array before leaving, telling the people that the evil spirit had been captured, so that they could live in peace from now on.
With the sound of horseshoes, Wen Liunian lay on the window, staring outside in a daze.
"Still thinking about godfather?" Zhao Yue pulled him in.
"Yeah." Wen Liunian didn't have much energy.
"Take a break." Zhao Yue bowed his head and kissed him.
Wen Liunian responded, curled up in his arms obediently, closed his eyes and soon fell asleep.
Zhao Yue traced the delicate facial features with his fingers, but he felt a little heavy in his heart - if it wasn't for his own relationship, I am afraid that Senior Zhou would not have intervened in this matter. Don't say that King Daming has disappeared for more than 20 years. Even when he was famous at the beginning, he could only be regarded as a member of the court, and he had nothing to do with the Peacock Sect or even the entire Central Plains martial arts. ", no one should want to be easily involved in this old incident.
The young son of a big family in the south of the Yangtze River, his family has a clean future and a bright future, but just because he met him, he has a lot of troubles, and even the future is covered with uncertainty. Thinking of this, Zhao Yue's arms Then he tightened suddenly, for fear of losing the person in his arms.
"Huh?" Wen Liunian muttered in a daze, and then buried his face in his arms again.
Continue to sleep!
Zhao Yue stroked his back with his palm to comfort him, and with the other hand, he took the internal skills and mental skills left by Zhou Dingtian before he left, and opened them page by page.
Things have come to this, and the only way to protect him is to make himself stronger.
In the carriage on the other side, Shang Yunze was coaxing and tricking Mu Qingshan into eating two more sweets.
"Just finished eating." Mu Qingshan turned his head to avoid it.
"Just that half bowl of noodles, can you still order rice?" Shang Yunze frowned, "Open your mouth."
Mu Qingshan leaned on his shoulder: "Hold on."
"The stomach is so small, it's enough to eat this." Shang Yunze put his hand into his lapel, and touched his stomach.
"Itchy." Mu Qingshan dodged.
The palm feels smooth and tender, with a small piece protruding slightly, Shang Yunze can't laugh or cry: "I'm really full."
"Yeah." Mu Qingshan patted the dim sum.
"No wonder you can't get fat." Shang Yunze pinched his nose.
"Do you like fat people?" Mu Qingshan looked at him seriously.
Shang Yunze choked on him, and said after a while: "I like what fat people do, but you are too thin now."
"Master Zhao doesn't think adults are thin." Mu Qingshan said.
Shang Yunze twitched the corners of his mouth, with that amount of food, he doesn't think it's good to eat too much, but he also thinks he's thin.
"I want to go out and ride a horse." Mu Qingshan grabbed his sleeves, his eyes sparkling.
Shang Yunze kissed him on the forehead, and led the people out of the carriage.
I didn’t think so before I got married, but I didn’t realize until I left Cangwu City that my little wood doesn’t just like to read books in the room, but also likes to ride fast horses with me, and likes to listen to porters in tea houses and restaurants. He pestered him to ask about things in the Jianghu outside, and when he was resting at night, he would sneakily hold his own fingers, his face flushed, and he wanted to do petty misdemeanors.
Every morning when I wake up, when I see people sleeping beside me, I like them more and more, so much that I can no longer hold it in my heart, I just wish I could turn all of them into tenderness and lingering, and melt people into my arms, and I will never be able to tell them apart for a lifetime open.
The big brown horse galloped across the mountain path like lightning, and the strong wind whizzed by my ears, which was indescribably smooth and joyful.
The journey for the next few dozen days was smooth, and the drivers were all good horses, so everyone arrived in Wangcheng ten days earlier than expected. The rising sun pierced through the clouds and mist, shining on the huge blue city gate, which was very majestic and majestic.
"This is the Royal City." Mu Qingshan jumped off the carriage, his eyes were a little amazed.
"En." Shang Yunze held his hand, "Go to the residence to rest first, and then I will show you around."
Tengyunbao has two properties in Wangcheng, one is a timber shop and the other is a brocade workshop. The servants have already received a notification and prepared a residence. After putting down his luggage, the dark guard went out beamingly, intending to find good friends he met when he came to Wangcheng to reminisce about the old days, the friendship is very moving.
Zhao Yue asked: "Is there no contact point in the palace of chasing shadows in the royal city?"
"Palace Master Qin is very measured." Wen Liunian said, "The Emperor was afraid of him back then, so the influence of Chasing Shadow Palace has never extended to the royal city, and most of the industries are in the area from central Sichuan to Jiangnan."
"No wonder." Zhao Yue understood.
"When we came, there were already people on the road talking about the pilgrimage celebrations of various countries." Wen Liunian said, "I think after a while, we will be able to see Palace Master Qin and Young Master Shen, and there is also a chubby little phoenix. It hurts."
Zhao Yue nodded, but felt a little puzzled, because along the way, the secret guards would often mention his young palace master, always with a sense of awe, using words such as "eyes shot at the thunderbolt" and "kunpeng spreads its wings", like a Terrific character... chubby
"Chirp!" On the mountain road thousands of miles away, a chubby little golden phoenix was lying on its nest, kicking pearls with its paws, sitting next to a handsome young man, smiling and teasing it with his fingers, obviously in a good mood. excellent. Dozens of guards guarded the carriage mightily, and the word "Chasing Shadow" was written on the banner at the head, which was quite majestic.
A group of black-clothed dark guards sighed regretfully at the back, can't they really change the flag? Ye Da's name is written on it, who else would dare to snatch it? What's the point.
Very anxious, and boring, and lonely.
Qin Shaoyu, the master of Chasing Shadow Palace, rode at the front and glanced over coldly.
The dark guard was sluggish, and wittily put the banner of "Qianfacai Big Bank" back in his arms.
When you see Mr. Wen in the future, you must ask him if Cangwu City still needs cooks or blacksmiths—our palace master is fully capable of doing it, and we don't need a penny.
It was very lively in Wangcheng, Shang Yunze took Mu Qingshan to visit friends, Lu Zhui also had a few old friends, after Wen Liunian reported to the government, he planned where to go for a good meal.
"Aren't you going to see the teacher?" Zhao Yue squeezed his shoulders for him.
"What teacher?" Wen Liunian was puzzled.
"During the palace examination, did you not have a teacher?" Zhao Yue asked.
"No, I didn't finish the questions at the time, and I didn't expect to pass the exam." Wen Liunian was glad, "Fortunately, I didn't. It seems that someone asked me to find the prime minister, but he was beheaded by the emperor not long after."
"What charges?" Zhao Yue asked casually.
Wen Liunian paused for a moment. Like King Daming, he also conspired against the Northeast rebels and was beheaded at Caishikou.
"Huh?" Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Yue bent down slightly, "Why are you in a daze again?"
Wen Liunian pouted.
Zhao Yue leaned forward and kissed her, it was soft and sweet.
Wen Liunian giggled.
"Let's go, go eat something." Zhao Yue took his hand, "Before the emperor summons you, let's play for a few days before talking about it."
Wen Liunian nodded and went out with him.
The people in Wangcheng naturally see more of the world, and they don't think it's unusual to see two big men holding hands in broad daylight—even if they look twice, it's because Zhao Dazhang is indeed a little handsome, and Wen Liunian is very handsome. It is delicate, elegant and extremely eye-catching, and has no other meaning.
There were people everywhere on the street, Zhao Yue asked him: "Where is that roast duck restaurant that eats bad stomach?"
"Why, are you going to smash the store?" Wen Liunian smiled, and pointed, "That's right there."
"Yueyuelou?" Zhao Yue asked, "Do you still want to eat?"
"Of course I want to eat, this is a century-old restaurant." Wen Liunian said, "I was probably too unlucky at the time." Or it was because I ate too much.
"This way please, both of you." Xiaoer's attitude was very attentive. Seeing the two of them enter the door, she hurriedly greeted them with a smile on her face, and drank some good incense.
"One roast duck, one dry-roasted four delicacies, one duck foot with mustard, one plate of cold jellyfish head, one bowl of red fruit in syrup." Wen Liunian flipped through the menu board, and opened his mouth to order seven or eight dishes.
Xiaoer was stunned for a moment: "You... just two guests?"
"No." Wen Liunian blinked, "There are four of us."
"No wonder, I just said how can the two of you eat so much." Xiao Er immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Wait a minute, it will be ready soon."
Wen Liunian drank tea calmly.
Zhao Yue held back a smile opposite him.
"What are you doing!" Wen Liunian puffed up his cheeks, "Can't afford it?"
"How come, the more I eat, the more I like it." Zhao Yue flicked his nose, "It would be better to be fatter."
Wen Liunian sat lazily on the chair, so he should be a little fatter.
I will eat two duck legs later.
There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, followed by a warm greeting: "Brother Zichu!"
Wen Liunian's expression froze, extremely, extremely, extremely did not want to turn around.
But the other party has already rushed over with great enthusiasm. As soon as they met, they held hands and refused to let go. They laughed so hard that they could almost see the back molars: "It's really you, and I'm delusional."
Wen Liunian had no choice but to chuckle: "Brother Zhang, don't come here without any problems."
The person who came was a man in his twenties, with a slightly rich figure, but he smiled enthusiastically, and he looked like he was from a wealthy family.
"When did you come back? Why don't you look for me." The man sat down next to him, looking quite eloquent.
"It's not long since we arrived." Wen Liunian took a lot of effort to pull his hand back.
Zhao Yue frowned slightly.
"This is my good friend during the imperial examination, named Zhang Yun." Wen Liunian introduced.
Zhao Yue nodded: "Master Zhang."
"I don't know who this brother is?" Zhang Yun asked with a charming smile.
Wen Liunian said casually, "I am a man."
"Ahem." Zhang Yun almost choked on his own saliva, and it took him a long time to catch his breath.
Wen Liunian took out a handkerchief from his arms, and handed it over with sympathy on his face: "Wipe it."
"Brother Zichu is really... good!" Zhang Yun didn't know what to say, and it took him a long time to hold back a word.
Wen Liunian nodded: "I also think this is very good."
"It's time to serve!" Xiao Er ran up quickly and put two cold dishes on the table first.
"Come on, I'll treat you to this meal!" Zhang Yun consciously picked up the chopsticks.
Wen Liunian kicked Zhao Yue under the table, I want to eat roast duck in peace, I don't want to reminisce about the past at all!
"Master Wen!" The voice of the hidden guard suddenly came from the street below, and he just happened to meet him when he was passing by, what a coincidence!
"These are all your friends?" Zhang Yun also looked down curiously, envious of his words - he has been under strict control since he was a child, and his father regarded all martial arts as liars selling power pills on the street, so he still I have never seen so many knights with swords, let alone made friends with them.
"That's right, Brother Zhang, have you ever heard of Shadow Chasing Palace in Shuzhong?" Wen Liunian asked.
"Chasing Shadow Palace, but Palace Master Qin's Shadow Chasing Palace?" Zhang Yun suddenly became interested.
Wen Liunian nodded: "There is no second Shadowchaser Palace in this world."
"Is Palace Master Qin in there too?" Zhang Yun stretched his neck to look for it.
"Not here, but I will come later." Wen Liunian asked, "Brother Zhang seems very interested?"
"Naturally." Zhang Yun nodded desperately. That's the Shadow Chasing Palace. It is rumored that the land surrounded by fairy spirits is not only the palace master Qin who ranks first in the rivers and lakes, Shen Gongzi who is the reincarnation of the flower demon, and a man who can only look at him. The little phoenix that shoots the thunderbolt, no matter how many times I heard the book, my heart is very eager.
"People in Sichuan are extremely hospitable." Wen Liunian said slowly, "If Brother Zhang is interested, the heroes of Chasing Shadow Palace will definitely be willing to make friends."
"Really?" Zhang Yun's eyes glowed.
Wen Liunian nodded: "Just say you are my friend."
As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yun had already started to chase after him, running so fast.
Wen Liunian heaved a sigh of relief, but he had left.
"Don't like him?" Zhao Yue asked.
"It's not that I don't like it, he's not a bad person." Wen Liunian said, "He's the only son of Boss Zhang in Wangcheng. In the household department, I became a small official."
"That's right, it doesn't look like there is any evil intention." Zhao Yue said, but he was a little too enthusiastic.
However, Wen Liunian was no longer in the mood to talk to him about this anymore, he was so hot that his eyes watered with mustard duck feet in his mouth.
Zhao Yue laughed out loud, helped him with a bowl of red fruit in syrup and handed it over.
After a meal, it was already almost dark outside, and the cool breeze blowing against our faces was very comfortable, so the two of them went back to their residence in no hurry, and walked slowly along the moat hand in hand.
The steaming beef shortbread came out of the oil pan, Wen Liunian stopped and swallowed.
Zhao Yue reminded: "It was said to come to the river to digest food."
Wen Liunian said, "Oh."
Zhao Yue had no choice but to compromise: "I can only eat one."
Wen Liunian immediately smiled: "Okay."
One bite of the crispy and delicious beef patty, even the heart is ironed. Wen Liunian was so satisfied that he wandered around, looking for a candy stand, but accidentally spotted a person out of the corner of his eye.
one person.
"What's wrong?" Seeing him suddenly stop, Zhao Yue was a little puzzled.
Wen Liunian squeezed words out from between his teeth: "Your Majesty."
"Huh?" Zhao Yue didn't hear clearly.
"Let's go!" Seeing that the other party didn't see him, Wen Liunian decisively pulled Zhao Yue, turned around and walked towards the crowd.
"Who did you see?" Zhao Yue still didn't understand.
Wen Liunian looked back cautiously, and was relieved when he saw no one was following: "It's the emperor."
Zhao Yue was surprised, Your Majesty
"But it doesn't matter, I didn't see us." Wen Liunian stuffed the remaining half of the shortbread into his mouth, "Let's go, let's go to another market."
"Even if it's the emperor, what's worth running for?" Zhao Yue wiped the crumbs from his mouth.
Wen Liunian swallowed what was in his mouth with all his strength, "I agreed to relax, but if I am dragged back to the palace, I don't know how long it will take." It is even very likely that it will last all night, just thinking about it will give me a headache.
Zhao Yue nodded, "Then let's change places."
Wangcheng has this advantage. The place is big enough and prosperous enough. If you meet someone you don’t want to meet in one place, there is a second place to choose. Unlike Cangwu City, there is only one small market in total, even if the day before yesterday Competing with red heads and white faces, they still have to huddle together to buy vegetables and weigh rice the next day.
The two squeezed out from the crowd, and just wanted to ask the way to find a quiet place to take a break, when there was a sudden scream in the night market. Looking back, the previously well-organized market has turned into chaos. More than a dozen masked men are fighting with people, holding big knives and shining coldly under the lights on both sides of the bank.
Wen Liunian's head thumped—someone wants to assassinate the emperor