Bright Spring

Zheng He glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and without saying a word, swiped down with his palm and made a movement.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt cold, but it was normal after thinking about it, so he continued to ask: "When did Yuan Changshi's people go to arrest Xukong's family?"

Zheng He took a hissing breath, tilted his head and thought for a while, "I don't know very well, I guess it was at the end of last year, it was the twelfth lunar month. The servant knew about this on New Year's Eve, and it is said that the time was spent The family is already on the way."

"Oh!" Zhu Gaoxu nodded thoughtfully.

On New Year's Eve last year... Zhu Gaoxu had to think of that well, and Xu Miaojin who was so emotional that he almost threw himself into the well.

He asked again: "So, until the New Year's Eve last year, Monk Xukong and Zhang Yan were still alive, and they died in the first month of this year?"

"Yes, what day of the first lunar month... anyway, he died in those few days." Zheng He said, "The book is also ruthless, so he entered the cell of Monk Xukong by taking advantage of the opportunity of looking for the doctor to see his wounds, and stabbed him repeatedly. More than a dozen knives! Then he drank poison and died. How much hatred is this?"

"Maybe it's not hatred, it's just to make sure that Xu Kong is dead and unable to speak." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"It makes sense." Zheng He said, "Later, Master Daoyan also said that there were spies in the house, and that Zhang Yan killed Xu Kong to cover up those spies!"

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment: "If the inference is more rigorous, what Dao Yan said is only one possibility; there is another possibility, Zhang Yan is protecting a certain secret from being known."

The two talked for a while, then walked to the gate outside the inner hall.However, Zheng He was an eunuch, and he took Zhu Gaoxu into the inner mansion without any pressure... Zheng He didn't stop until the gate of the moon cave in the garden where the princess lived.

Zheng He said: "The place where the concubine is the concubine, the servants dare not go in and out casually. I will see a servant girl passing by after a while, let her bring King Gaoyang in."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "Although it is the place of the father and mother, after all, I am old, and it is not proper to wander around in the father's inner house by myself. It would be nice if someone from the mansion followed."

After a while, a few maidservants passed by.Zhu Gaoxu said goodbye to Zheng He, asked a maid to report, and then asked another to lead the way.

The road paved with bricks and stones, the vegetation on both sides has withered, the leaves on the branches are scattered, and the road is covered with fallen leaves.

Zhu Gaoxu went up the corridor, walked along the corridor into an open door inlaid with wood, and met in the house where Princess Xu lived.The mother and son talked a lot, most of which were about the battle on the front line. Regarding Gao Xu's rescue of King Yan in the Baigou River, the princess repeated it three times in a row.

King Yan is very good to Princess Xu, at least in the rich and noble family, there are not many people who can treat their wives like King Yan.Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu faintly felt that in Princess Xu's heart, her husband might be much more important than her son!

"Is my aunt not here today?" Zhu Gaoxu asked casually.

Concubine Xu said: "Your aunt just found something, and she has been refining alchemy for the past few days."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and said in a casual tone, "I heard that my aunt was born in a family of officials?"

Concubine Xu didn't speak after listening, she just raised her hand and waved lightly, several maidservants around her curtseyed and left the room one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced back, and after a while, he heard Xu Wangfei say softly: "Her father is Jing Qing, a Jinshi in Hongwu period, and now an official in the capital... But Jing Qing has already belonged to your father."

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu was thoughtful.

Concubine Xu continued: "Jing Qing was a councilor in Beiping a few years ago, and your father wanted to win you over, so you had a long-standing friendship. Later, when Jing Qing returned to the capital, he had always had a personal relationship with your father, and now he also has some contacts secretly... not to mention your little aunt. Already a monk."

Zhu Gaoxu forced himself to smile, and said, "I also vaguely know that Jing Qing is not the only one who has someone in the capital, my father."

Concubine Xu nodded yes, and she kept Zhu Gaoxu for dinner again.

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said: "I will come back another day, I am really tired today, so go back and sleep first."

"Alright." Xu Wangfei said, "You guys come back from so far away in Shandong, take a rest for a while."

Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and said, "My son will leave."

At this moment, a soft voice behind him said, "Let me send King Gao Yang out."

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked, "Huh? Didn't the concubine mother say that my aunt is concocting alchemy?"

Xu Miaojin said: "I haven't seen the concubine for two days, and I was about to come to visit, but I saw that King Gaoyang also came."

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "Before I came in, I told Zheng He that it is inconvenient to walk around the inner mansion alone, so I will have to thank my little aunt." ...Bai~Wan Xiao! Friends who said, you can search for "", you can The first time I found this site.

Chapter 79 Go Slow Go Fast

Walking out of the small courtyard where Princess Xu lives, and coming out of the wooden door, there is a corridor and a stone path between trees, which Zhu Gaoxu has walked many times.

Even when he thinks of Xu Miaojin, he always thinks of this road in his mind.Most of the communication between them happened on this road.

"After five or six steps ahead, a paving stone was cracked and no one repaired it." Zhu Gaoxu opened his mouth and broke the silence on his own initiative.

Xu Miaojin didn't make a sound. After a while, she looked down and saw a crack on a stone on the ground.She was slightly surprised at once, turned her head and glanced at Zhu Gaoyang, "King Gaoyang has a really good memory, how dare you count your steps?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and pointed to a tree with scattered leaves on the side of the road, "That tree is like a slingshot fork. I thought so when I first saw it. This cracked stone is right next to it."

Xu Miaojin showed a reluctant smile, "In ancient times, there was a 'grandson of the king who held the ball', and King Gaoyang was not exempt from it."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what the allusion was about Wang Sun, so he said again, "Every time I walk this road with my little aunt, I walk slowly so that I can see carefully."

Xu Miaojin's face flushed suddenly.

Zhu Gaoxu was a little puzzled, he was just stating a fact... But after a while, he immediately thought: Why did the two of them walk so slowly?

This little aunt's mind is really delicate, Zhu Gaoxu thinks that he is also a careful person, but her mind is as thin as a hair.

After a moment of silence, Xu Miaojin's voice said softly: "Walk slowly, but pass quickly."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, his heart suddenly felt turbulent, and his heart beat suddenly.Most of the ancients were reserved and graceful, especially the women who have not left the court. Xu Miaojin's words can't be said casually. What does she mean?

He couldn't help looking up at Xu Miaojin, because she was walking in front, so he could only see her ears and part of her side face.Her ears were like jade and flushed red, but she didn't know whether it was because of the wind or because of what she said just now.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how to answer, he didn't dare to be too frivolous, and he couldn't bear to be too blunt, the silence actually made the atmosphere awkward.

Xu Miaojin seemed to feel that Zhu Gaoxu was looking at her, so she turned her face to the left and never looked back.

She wanted to hide, Zhu Gaoxu looked at her even more without pressure, and could only see her back.

I saw Xu Miaojin wearing a plain jacket and skirt.The upper body has pipa cuffed sleeves and a moon blue jacket with a stand-up collar. Although the stand-up collar is conservative, it makes her neck straight and shoulders sharp, making her look dignified and elegant; the only skin exposed is the neck, because of the light blue collar color difference, the skin is more fair and jade-like.

There is one very beautiful place for a fair-skinned woman, and that is the hairline at the nape of the neck. The blue silk contrasts with the jade skin, making the hair more delicate and the skin whiter.It is like flowing ink on white rice paper.

In order to keep warm, the upper jacket is not loose and elegant, but rather close-fitting.The fabric on the side chest is fully stretched and taut, forming a wrinkle line, as if the fabric also has a warp thread, but Zhu Gaoxu has a very complicated feeling, which inspires infinite imagination.

The jacket skirt is longer and covers the waist of the skirt. Although it does not raise the waistline like the jacket skirt and cannot make the legs appear longer, the clothes cover the entire waist, but it fully reveals the soft lines of the slender waist...and the rising buttocks .

The moon white long skirt on the lower body is also graceful, as expected, women still look good in skirts.

Zhu Gaoxu thought: Xu Miaojin is not doing alchemy, why is he not wearing a Taoist robe?

But she really doesn't look like a Taoist priest, and she doesn't even wear Taoist robes.Even this ordinary clothes can be dressed very elegantly by her.Moreover, she doesn't wear makeup, her natural green hair and white skin look even more delicate, like an orchid in the mountains.

Zhu Gaoxu was very moved...but there was still a stone in his heart, like a thorn in his throat.

He even speculated maliciously: Could there be some purpose for Xu Miaojin to secretly fall in love with her?For example, what are you covering up, what secrets are you asking him to keep?

Otherwise, if Zhu Gaoxu really took a good look in the mirror when he went back, he could make a stunning beauty, regardless of his seniority and status, so boldly let go of etiquette?