Ning Gu

The setting sun slanted on the red chrysanthemum, and the broken petals fell on the shoulders of the two drinking old wine behind the house.

"Qi Lang-jun, the portrait of Yuan Bao must have the Seal of Zhaoxing hidden behind it." Zhao Zuo raised his eyebrows, and said in a very serious tone.

Qi Zhisheng calmly put the empty altar on the ground, sucked his mouth, savored the taste of the old wine, and then said: "So what if it is, so what if it is not, isn't the seal of Zhaoxing all in Xuancheng's hands now?" in?"

Hearing the words, Zhao Zuo turned his gaze away, his eyes fixed on Qi Zhisheng like a wolf hunt, the black eyes were reflected in the sunlight, and they were exuding a scorching light.

"Zhaoxing has a power called the web, and another power called the spider. If everyone understands correctly, the one who works for Xie Wuling in Binzhou is a 'spider', and what Xuancheng has in his hand is just a ' net'?"

"It turned out to be like this?" Qi Zhisheng pretended to be surprised.

Zhao Zuo didn't believe it, and continued to say in a lukewarm way: "It's only Mr. Hepingzhi who knows what it is. I don't want to ask for Zhaoxing's plants and trees, but just want to find Lu Qi for him."

Qi Zhisheng tapped the wine jar recklessly with his hand clasped on the wine jar, a little faster than the tempo just now.

Qi Zhisheng was shaken, Zhao Zuo thought to himself.

"Lu Qi? You, Zhao Congshan, have the heart to treat Lu Qi. Half of the 'nets' buried in Fufeng should have been mobilized long ago. If that child Lu Qi hadn't grown in Pingzhi's wings, or if Pingzhi asked the Holy Spirit to ask for grace, Can His Majesty tolerate him?" Qi Zhisheng retorted disapprovingly.

"The 'net' in the capital can't be moved." Zhao Zuo ignored Qi Zhisheng's subsequent words and only said firmly.After a while, the light in his eyes moved slightly, and he realized that it was Qi Zhisheng's careful thoughts that had haunted him.He paused, with gloom in his eyes, and continued to speak: "Sir, how could you not know that once Fufeng's 'net' is moved, the checks and balances here will be broken. I can hand over the throne, But now I am envious, I still can't bear it."

"Are you willing to talk better now?" Qi Zhisheng saw that Zhao Zuo's attitude had changed, so he naturally made more progress. He sat upright, raised his hand and brushed the jade flowers falling from his clothes, and acted confidently.

"Zhaoxingyin indeed has more than one side, one side lays the 'net', and the other side calls 'spider'."

Xuancheng and Zhaoxing were close but not close, and issued orders but not orders, which is also why.The only information that Xuancheng can transfer is Zhaoxing's information.In terms of spiritual recommendation, those who can protect Changle are mainly the dead of the royal family, so the collar and cuffs are painted with Han.

"Xuancheng only has one seal in his hand, how to use it, how to use it, Hui Xuan told him when he went to Zhaoxing to get the seal. As for the other seal, where Xie Wuling put it, I don't know. But the seal of Zhaoxing is only useful for outsiders, for those who are originally Zhaoxing..." Qi Zhisheng suddenly caught a glimpse of the figure behind the floating window, then fell silent, only shook his head, and gave Zhao a deep look Zuo glanced.

"So like Pingzhi, it doesn't matter if he has a palm or not, and he didn't give Xuancheng that seal, so that seal is either in someone else's hand, or..."

"Not in Zhaoxing. Zhaoxing people don't have it." Qi Zhisheng denied in a low voice.

At this moment, both of them had an answer in their minds. Zhao Zuo and Qi Zhisheng looked at each other, made a mouth shape, then nodded and raised his robe, and stood up, wanting to take a step away to call someone back, but was caught Qi Zhisheng stopped him.

Zhao Zuo looked back at Qi Zhisheng, Qi Zhisheng got up too, picked up the empty altar and handed it to Zhao Zuo, raised his voice and said, "Xie Pingzhi's wine is really delicious, Cao Min...thanks for the hospitality, Your Majesty." The ass just wants to leave.

After taking a few steps, Qi Zhisheng caught a glimpse of the face behind the floating window, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground. Looking back, Zhao Zuo looked helpless, Qi Zhisheng cheered up, and raised his voice: "It's just a few jars of wine. That's all. , I, a Jianghu person, never credit wine money on credit, so what if I say something to the sage, and just take it as the money for the wine?"

Zhao Zuo raised his eyebrows, and heard what Qi Zhisheng said: "The house swallow of Cheng Liang's family flew into Zhaoxing Temple by mistake, and was intercepted by Yu Zhou's people."

Qi Zhisheng rolled up his sleeves, with a small note in his hand, turned around again, and while walking, he said: "I heard from the little novice in the temple that a barn swallow entered by mistake before, but because the saint came to the temple, the emperor's grace is so great. , let the swallow go."

Qi Zhisheng left Xinglin reeking of alcohol, before he took two steps, he was stopped by his apprentice who was chasing all the way from outside the floating window.

Saying that Xie Wuling woke up, he was so startled that his strolling posture paused, he hurriedly sent his young apprentice to pull a new shirt, and brought a few cups of tea to relieve the alcohol before going to Navatan Courtyard .

And the other person in Xinglin didn't stop, he went straight to Yunqi, and someone called Xuancheng.

The night is heavy, and the sound of cicadas in the morning.

The flames in the Lingjian Temple flickered, and Xianzhi took up his pen to write down the outline of what he and Yuan Bao had experienced in those few days.

He dipped the lake pen in vermilion and tapped it at the end of winter, when it was warm and cold.

"This day is the day when the emperor's uncle changed the most. At that time, he carried the wine jar with a gloomy face to go to the Lord Gu Zang's mansion to find his father, and it happened that my master and I were there that day."

The candlelight handed over by Yuan Wou illuminated Xianzhi's eyebrows, his eyebrows were still furrowed, as if he was still worried about Lu Qi, but there was an inexplicable tenderness in those eyes.

That's right, whoever talks about childhood doesn't have much nostalgia, let alone that childhood full of surprises.Even Yuan Bao sometimes feels envious when he looks at it.The name Xianzhi is so well chosen, everyone envies him, Yuan Bao thought so.

The bitter winter wind blew the whole house down, only a late plum tree in the main courtyard gave warmth to this cold winter.Xianzhi harassed Zhao Zuo and insisted on placing a red plum in the house, but Zhao Zuo had no choice but to come out to pick the plum branches in person. I don't know who he learned this elegant scene from.

Zhao Zuo stood under the plum tree, raised his hand to shake the plum branch, shook half of the ice and snow, and then broke the branch.

Fading didn't know how much snow had been sprinkled on the branches, Zhao Zuo didn't realize it, his brows and eyes were full of warmth, staring at the plum branch in his hand, remembering that Xie Wuling said a few days ago that the plum in his house seems to have a dark fragrance, and he will ask for it another day. Ask for a few sticks.Zhao Zuo followed the trend and lowered his head, approached the plum branch and sniffed it.

Before he could smell the dark fragrance, the door of the mansion was pushed open by someone. Outside the door was a frustrated man in thick fur, and inside was a proud man in palm of plum branches.

The two looked at each other in dismay, and after a while Zhao Zuo came back to his senses and handed the plum branch to the eunuch who was waiting under the tree, while Xuancheng came from outside the door, staggering all the way with his footsteps vain.It has always been said that Xuancheng Lord, a thousand cups will not get drunk.Now that he didn't know how much he had drunk, Zhao Zuo stood up with a frown, and asked the eunuchs in the courtyard to help him up.

Unexpectedly, Xuancheng not only refused to obey, but also became very angry, smashing the empty altar in the yard.A sound of broken porcelain startled Xie Wuling and Xianzhi who were playing chess in the room.

Envious of curiosity, she got off the couch, opened the door and walked towards the main courtyard.Xie Wuling entered the winter, probably because of his knee injury in the past, he couldn't walk very far, let alone catch up with Xianzhi, so he just called Huannuer to take Fengqiu to chase the child one step ahead of him, while he walked slowly Walk up the railing.

When he walked to the main courtyard, he saw that Xuancheng was blushing, drinking madly in the courtyard, and wanted to drag Xianzhi to drink, but Zhao Zuo was not allowed to protect him.

Zhao Zuo's brows were full of worry, and even his eyes were clouded. The eunuchs and slaves in the courtyard did not dare to show their anger, but Xuancheng turned a deaf ear to it.

Xie Wuling gritted his teeth, tried his best to walk forward with normal steps, and said in a voice: "City Master Xuan, are you okay?"

Xuancheng heard Xie Wuling's voice, and his embrace of Xianzhi froze.Then he let go of Xianzhi, walked forward without saying a word, gathered the lapel of Xie Wuling's chest tightly, raised his hand and was about to punch him.

Ever since the banquet in Xinyuan that day, Changle has treated him worse than before. At first, he just ignored him, but when it was Xianzhi's birthday, he wanted the love to end without a problem.

Xuancheng didn't believe that he would die without a problem. He had heard since he was a child that the people of Zhaoxing were best at courtesy first and soldiers later.In front of the Xinglin mountain stream, Xie Wuling saluted first, and then asked Changle to be the "rear soldier"?

Xuancheng was at a loss, so he could only transfer the grievances in his heart to Xie Wuling. He even forgot that when Changle asked him, would he dare to go to Changming to ask for a marriage decree, which asked him to marry Xuancheng and Changle? When we got together, he was the one who was silent first, and he was the one who first admitted that this matter was a fantasy.

In the end, the fist still didn't land on Xie Wuling's body, but it wasn't Xuancheng who let him go, but Zhao Zuo grabbed his fist and stopped him.Zhao Zuo's subordinates made great efforts to gain Xuancheng's clarity for a while, and said coldly: "Xuancheng, you have lost your composure."

After finishing speaking, he shook Xuancheng's hand away, turned around and called Xianzhi, went to get the plum, and took Xie Wuling back to the house.

It's just that before he finished his command, he was interrupted by Xuancheng's sudden cry.

He followed the sound and saw that Xuancheng squatted down, covering his head, in pain.Xie Wuling raised his hand and lightly patted Zhao Zuo's shoulder beside him, and Zhao Zuo stepped aside.

Xie Wuling straightened his clothes, took another breath of air, adapting to the cold in the courtyard.Maybe it's better to be cold or cold, at least it won't cause headaches.

Xie Wuling calmly moved to the seat in the middle of the courtyard, called the eunuch standing under the plum tree and said: "Give the plum branch to Wang Sun, and then go and bring some jars of wine."

Huan Nuer cast his eyes on Zhao Zuo, Zhao Zuo nodded and said: "Do as Mr. Xie Xiao said."

"Xianzhi," Xie Wuling saw that the eunuch was going to hold the wine, so he turned his head and said, "I also asked for the plum branch. Let's discuss it and go back to the garden and help me find something? I'm in a hurry today, I forgot .”

Xian Zhi nodded, ran to Xie Wuling's side, listened to his orders, and left the mansion.

In the small main courtyard, there were only three of them left.Xuancheng was still sobbing at the same place, Zhao Zuo stood in front of Xuancheng, and didn't say anything else until the eunuch brought the wine and put it on the stone table surrounded by stone benches.

"Come on, it's rare to have a drink, can't you enjoy yourself?" Xie Wuling patted the altar to unseal it without raising his head, and he didn't know whether he was speaking to Zhao Zuo or Xuancheng.

Zhao Zuo took a step forward and took a seat next to Xie Wuling, pretending to be heartless and said: "Don't worry about him. If he doesn't like to drink this dream brew, let it go."

"Drink." Hearing the sound, Xuancheng suddenly got up and staggered over, "This wine has to be drunk." Meng Shengniang, listening to the rumors in the world, said that as the name suggests, after drinking, he fell into a dream and dreamed of everything.He has been wanting to come.The Shen family once had an altar, which was given to Zhao Zuo.When Zhao Zuo got this stuff at that time, he went after Zhao Zuo and said that when the altar was opened, he must be called.

At that time, I was looking for a dream life, or I was looking for a high sky and long water, accompanied by eternal happiness; but now, I only want a lotus face of a beautiful woman from afar.

Xie Wuling saw the cunning between Zhao Zuo's brows, but did not pierce it, poured another glass for Xuancheng, and echoed: "Mengsheng is a celestial product in wine, you actually got such jade liquid? Are you willing?"

"En." Zhao Zuo nodded, met Xie Wuling's eyes, and leaned over again, took the wine jar from Xie Wuling's hand, wanting to add another cup for him.As he approached, the cloud of sadness between Zhao Zuo's brows gradually dissipated. He seemed to smell the dark fragrance that Xie Wuling said, and raised his eyebrows, "If you don't want to, you should be willing. You said it."

"When did I say that?"

"Your scenery." Zhao Zuo glanced at Xie Wuling and said something.

It is only when the scenery is dyed with sentimentality that it is called scenery, and if you are not willing to part with it, you should be willing to part with it.These words came from Xie Wuling in the old days when Zhao Xing and Zhao Zuo were talking about getting a bone flute.He also said that he didn't know how to use the bone flute in the house anyway, so instead of putting it on the shelf, he might as well give it to someone who is destined, and entrust it to Zhao Zuo the next day to find someone who is destined.

Xie Wuling thought about it, he pursed his lips and smiled, as if he had eaten honey in his heart, he didn't know if he was obsessed with it, and got Zhao Zuo's reply.

But this sweetness can only be filled in the bottom of his heart, and cannot be uttered by him.However, some hazy affection took root somewhere in the flickering eyes.

"It doesn't matter, Fufeng Land can't afford to have the wind to support it."

When Xianzhi opened the door and entered the mansion, he heard his master sigh with emotion. He didn't understand at that time that it was his master's self-deprecating words, so he walked around the empty altar on the ground in a daze, and ran to his master again. Beside him, he took out the white jade seal from his bosom and held it in front of his master.

Xianzhi hadn't breathed evenly, and he didn't say a word, when he heard his father say in a bad mood: "There are no rules."

Hearing the sound, Xianzhi froze the smile that he wanted to ask Xie Wuling to appreciate, and then when Xie Wuling took away the square seal on his palm, he stood up straight and took a few steps back.

"According to what I just said, wake up tomorrow and go to the garden to find the tree, and I will let him leave the things to you. Zhaoxing has a peach blossom party in spring, and Cong Shanlang knows about it. Before that, you have to learn This seal can only be in your hands after you have learned the technique on the painting."

Xuancheng was lying on the table, propped himself up, raised his eyes to look at the square seal on Xie Wuling's hand, but the confusion and confusion just now were missing in his slightly drunken eyes.

"Whether you are drunk or awake, I will say this first. If you want to have a long life and a stable life, you must get this seal." Xie Wuling said softly, and the biting words were also lightened. After saying some comforting words, he recruited Xianzhi, grabbed Xianzhi's wrist, gritted his teeth, and borrowed Xianzhi's strength to stand up.He patted the winter clothes again, closed the fur lapels, and said that he was going back to the garden, and turned to look at Zhao Zuo.

However, Zhao Zuo waved his hands and said no, he was going to hold a banquet later, to invite the household guard Ying, for the spring recruiting.

Xie Wuling raised his eyebrows and didn't ask any further questions. He probably guessed that most of the dealings with the household department were for money or household registration investigations. He just nodded and said, "If the wine at the banquet is not good, call Let me share the cup for you, as an official of the same department, he should not be embarrassed. If it tastes good, don't be too greedy."

After speaking, he pulled Xianzhi in front of him, and with the help of Xianzhi, he sneaked away from Lord Gu Zang's house.

After Xie Wuling and Xian got on the carriage, Zhao Zuo turned around and saw his brother leaned back on the desk again, pretending to be deeply drunk.

Zhao Zuo originally wanted to send Huan Nuer to lead this man into the wing room, but just after calling Huan Nuer, he heard the desk clerk say, "Brother Emperor, did you count me in long ago, and Changle is also among them?"

The question was nonsensical, Huan Nuer didn't understand it anyway, but Zhao Zuo understood it, walked around the table, walked behind him, patted his shoulder, and said: "The man from Chongque No one can be alone." After a pause, he continued, "If you want to make Changle safe, you must first find safety for yourself. Don't ruin Pingzhi's good intentions. The Zhaoxing behind him is now shared between the two of you. .”

"But he still has you," Xuancheng Wuxin said, "and I... have no one around me."

Zhao Zuo paused when he patted Xuancheng's hand, but Xuancheng's unintentional words made a dent in his heart.

Xie Wuling still has him by his side, too.Zhao Zuo inadvertently hooked the corners of his lips.Perhaps even Zhao Zuo himself didn't know, Xuancheng's words made his mood brighten involuntarily.

"Everything has a time, but it always waits for spring"

He raised his eyes, and was looking at the late plum tree under the fence, which was in full bloom.

The author has something to say: I didn’t play today hehehe

Yuzhou is the little novice who came to Fufeng with Xie Wuling before, and now he is going to replace Huixuan as the abbot of Zhaoxing

As I said before, it may be...too far away...forgot