Funing Hall

While the envoys of the two countries were still coming, the two of them did not delay, and when they had time two days later, they both went to the outskirts of the city.

In order not to reveal his whereabouts, Zhao Shiqi did not ride a horse, and sat in the carriage with Zhao Cong.Rantao, who always accompanied Zhao Cong, sat in the next carriage.

Many years have passed, Zhao Cong's body is better than before, and he will not faint again after riding a carriage.But sitting in the carriage, going back and forth for several hours is unavoidably uncomfortable.There is a lot of space inside the carriage, and there is a fixed low couch in it, which is just enough for one person to lie on.Zhao Shiqi sat in a corner, Zhao Cong was still sitting at the beginning, and after sitting for a while, he felt a little uncomfortable, Zhao Shiqi hugged his legs on the couch, put a thin quilt on him, and then wrapped Zhao Cong's upper body and head in his arms in the arms.

Zhao Cong adjusted the most comfortable posture, leaned against him and closed his eyes, and didn't speak.

Zhao Shiqi proudly said: "Your Majesty, is it comfortable to ride in the carriage with me? I can hold you like this."

Zhao Cong leaned back and opened his eyes to look at him.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhao Shiqi proudly asked again.

Zhao Cong smiled: "Childish."

"what?"

Zhao Cong simply reached out and broke off Zhao Shiqi's head, kissed him, and was about to let go after the kiss.Zhao Shiqi narrowed his eyes, and quickly turned back to the guest.The corners of Zhao Cong's mouth curled up, and he relaxed, and gradually let go of his hands.However, Zhao Shiqi turned Zhao Cong's body around, hugged him into his arms and kissed him.

Two people, one is 16 years old and the other is 21 years old, they are both people who have already tasted the taste, and they are both lovers, this is the time when they are the least tempting.But Zhao Cong has that kind of body, Zhao Shiqi has never dared to act rashly, and he rarely even kisses recently, Zhao Shiqi is afraid that the kiss will get angry, and he will make a mistake and hurt Zhao Cong.

Just at this moment—

Zhao Shiqi left Zhao Cong's lips, looked into the deepest part of Zhao Cong's eyes, and his eyes became far-reaching.On the surface, where there was still the cuteness and cuteness just now, it has become fierce, even with a bit of aggression.Seeing his expression, Zhao Cong was not afraid, but showed a little bit of ridicule instead.

They are all men, who has no desire to control whom?

Zhao Cong actually likes to see Zhao Shiqi's expression, which is ferocious, aggressive, mixed with the unique temptation of teenagers who are not satisfied with lust, these are also huge temptations for Zhao Cong.Zhao Cong subconsciously went to kiss Zhao Shiqi again, Zhao Shiqi was kissed by him, and reluctantly left Zhao Cong's mouth again, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, don't tempt me."

When people mess around, there is no boundary, and there is no warning.

Zhao Cong didn't know why, and uncontrollably pressed Zhao Shiqi's face again, and said softly, "It's just to seduce you."

"..."

Zhao Shiqi rushed forward and threw Zhao Cong onto the couch.

Zhao Cong fell and leaned back, before recovering, Zhao Shiqi's body covered him.At the same time, Zhao Shiqi's palms firmly held the back of his head, and his head did not knock at all.Zhao Shiqi's palms were warm, and Zhao Cong was warm not only on the back of his head, but also his whole body, even though it was summer.

Zhao Shiqi propped up his other arm and squinted at Zhao Cong.

Zhao Cong said softly: "There are still business matters to be done later, that's not possible."

Zhao Shiqi still squinted his eyes.

Zhao Cong smiled again: "But other than that, everything is fine."

Zhao Shiqi couldn't bear it anymore, he lowered his body again, and bit Zhao Cong's nose in a flustered and direct manner. Zhao Cong felt a little pain, Zhao Shiqi licked his nose again, and then kissed him all the way.

Zhao Cong stretched out his hand to caress Zhao Shiqi's back, his voice gradually became hoarse, and he sighed, "My dear Eleven."

Zhao Shiqi's back froze, and then his actions became more ferocious.

Zhao Cong laughed softly.

After arriving at the outskirts of the city, Rantao hurriedly got out of the carriage, just as he was about to go to the front to help His Majesty, Fu Lu bent down and put the small bench beside the carriage.

Zhao Shiqi jumped out of the carriage first, turned around and stretched out his hands through Zhao Cong's armpits, and directly hugged Zhao Cong off the carriage.

Rantao and Fulu: "..."

Zhao Cong smiled: "Go in."

"Yes..." Rantao and Fulu led the people in together.

Only then did a satisfied smile appear on Zhao Shiqi's face.

Du Cheng is a serious scholar, he has no strength to restrain a chicken, and he has no idea that not only people follow him these days, but also people from two parties fought back and forth several times for his life.He felt ashamed and guilty, so he walked around and came back quietly, planning to meet His Majesty next spring and avenge his uncle.

He had some troubles on his body, so he rented a spare grain storage house from the villagers to live in.It was noon that day, and he was hungry, so he planned to go out to change some food.Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he saw a group of people walking towards him.He took a closer look, and the leader was His Majesty!

He was very timid at this moment, he stepped back, he wanted to slip, but the soles of his feet were very soft.

Before Zhao Cong and the others approached, he knelt down crying and said again and again: "Your Majesty, I'm guilty, I'm guilty!"

Du Cheng recruited him thoroughly, telling how Zheng Qiao seduced him, how much he promised him, and how much money he gave him.It's just that he didn't know that there was someone behind Zheng Qiao, and he couldn't think of it either.After he was recruited clean, he was still thinking about Du Yu, crying and begging His Majesty to punish Zheng Qiao severely, begging His Majesty to return his uncle's innocence, and said that he was not worthy of being a human being.

This made Zhao Cong feel that Du Cheng could still be saved, and he was most afraid of those who did vicious things and did not know how to repent.

Zhao Cong brought Du Cheng back to the palace, and asked him to correct him at the court meeting the next day.

Zheng Qiao never expected Du Cheng to come back!He knelt down on the ground and had nothing to say.Pressing Zheng Qiao, Zhao Cong sent someone to search his house on the spot, and found many gold ingots.Although Zheng Qiao's wife didn't know what her husband had done, she saw her husband hiding gold and ingots in the family's Zhuangzi, so she guessed that it was from corruption.She didn't dare to resist, and she was also greedy for gold and silver, so she kept helping to keep it secret.

At this time, when he saw the forbidden soldiers coming to the door, he was so frightened that he recruited them all.

The guards came back with a dozen boxes of gold ingots, and Zhao Cong ordered them to spread those boxes in front of the hall. Under the bright summer sun, the gold ingots seemed to be more dazzling than sunlight.

Zhao Cong walked to the front of the hall in person, pointed at those gold ingots and made a good fuss.

Zhao Cong is not pretending, but genuine anger.

Zheng Qiao is not the mastermind yet, but he can get so much gold, who is behind him who wants to disturb the court.There was a trace of sternness in Zhao Cong's eyes, and he would always catch it.

Zhao Cong sentenced him to death directly.

Zheng Qiao has been prime minister for many years, and his status is unusual. Even so, no one dared to intercede.

His Majesty seldom gets angry like this, and what's more, Zheng Qiao's behavior is too much, too greedy, which can be called the first case in the century since the founding of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Cong didn't wait, so he decided to execute the sentence three days later, and then issued a document to announce it to the world.

The day Yeluqin entered Kaifeng coincided with Zheng Qiao being sentenced to death.

Yeluqin also happened to watch the excitement, he witnessed how Zheng Qiao's head fell to the ground, he said "tsk", climbed into the carriage and said to Gu Ci: "It's really not as good as seeing it with your own eyes, the emperor of the Song Dynasty is really ruthless now. It is said that civil servants were in power in the Song Dynasty, and no one could be killed if they killed officials. Even a small county magistrate is precious. When it comes to this emperor, tsk tsk..."

"Wait until your lord sees the emperor of the Song Dynasty."

Yeluqin thought that Gu Ci was very cautious, and said happily: "Exactly, I haven't seen him for five years, so I have to talk about the old relationship first."

When envoys from the Liao Kingdom came to Kaifeng, they all lived in Dutingyi in the city.

Officials from Honglu Temple had long since arrived and led them to the Duting Station. Unfortunately, they arrived at dusk, and it was inconvenient to enter the palace again.It is also very much in Yeluqin's mind to simply make a decision to enter the palace tomorrow to meet the emperor of the Song Dynasty.Honglu Temple wanted to invite Yeluqin to a banquet, but Yeluqin declined, and the officials of Honglu Temple talked with him for a long time before returning home and leaving.

Yeluqin has another problem, that is lust.

Women in the Song Dynasty were different from those in the Liao Kingdom. Before the civil strife in Liao Dynasty, Yeluqin came to the Song Dynasty almost every year. He loved the women of the Song Dynasty very much, and even had a good friend in the Hualou he often went to.He didn't come here for five years, he had already thought about it badly.As soon as the officials of Honglu Temple left, he immediately went to change his clothes.

He didn't pull Gu Ci either.

He was 20 years older than Gu Ci, but he really regarded Gu Ci as a friend, knowing that Gu Ci didn't like these things, he went out happily with other envoys and guards.

Once they left, Gu Ci felt much more relaxed.

To say that he and Yeluqin became good friends is really unintentional.At the request of Princess Baoning, he went to Liao Kingdom with Xie Wenrui.Xie Wenrui is the deputy envoy, and he has to meet with Liao officials every day, so he cannot take care of him everywhere.He is a restless person and goes shopping on the street every day.

It happened that when they went, there was a severe drought in Liao, and there was no rain for many days.

Gu Ci has read a lot of books, and he has long known that the people of the Liao Kingdom believe in gods. This letter is very different from theirs in the Song Dynasty.Although the people of the Great Song Dynasty prayed to Buddha to seek the Tao, they worked hard on the ground most of the time, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty sought more comfort in their hearts.What's more, for a sensible scholar like Gu Ci, he is not even interested in Buddhism and Taoism.

Since it hadn't rained for many days in the Liao Kingdom, the palace planned to perform the ceremony of "whispering".

In fact, it is praying to the sky for rain.

Gu Ci naturally wants to join in the fun, he has never seen it before.When he arrived, the people in the imperial palace of the Liao Kingdom were setting up the ceiling, which was the place where they would perform the "Surse" ceremony a few days later.Out of curiosity, he wore the costume of the Liao Dynasty, ate the unique soufflé in Shangjing, and watched it with the common people.

Soon, people dressed as wizards came, holding willow branches in their hands, muttering in their mouths, and even jumped up. The other people were so devout that they knelt down one after another.The wizard was dressed strangely, but he was extremely tall and strong. When he jumped up, his body trembled. Gu Ci was really afraid that he would fall to the ground if he was not careful.Unable to hold back, Gu Ci laughed out loud, which naturally aroused public outrage.

Gu Ci never had a stage fright, and when he jumped out, he said with a smile that the wizard danced like crazy, and he couldn't make it rain after jumping for a year.

Although the wizard is not a great wizard and cannot preside over the "Surse" ceremony a few days later, he is also a direct disciple of the great wizard. How can he endure being ridiculed in public?Seeing that the wizard was slandered, everyone condemned Gu Ci together.During the denunciation, Gu Ci, who was still extraordinarily lively and did not play cards according to the routine, was very unconvinced. He didn't let him talk about his poor dance?The dance is so funny and you don't want to laugh anymore?

Foolishness!

He grew up in the countryside, and there were often people who danced to exorcise ghosts and exorcisms. He watched it from a young age, and learned it very well.He simply threw away the soufflé in his hand, and danced to his self-made "big god".

He was handsome and lovable, and his dance was definitely more pleasing to the eye than the fat wizard, and he immediately attracted a lot of attention.Originally, after he finished dancing and slipped away, he was fine.But before he finished dancing, it suddenly started to rain cats and dogs!

Gu Ci was stunned.

He was surrounded by people, who would never let him go.

After that, he will not be left to him anymore. The prince who is in charge of the "Surse" matter wants to please his father, and even seek benefits for himself. Hearing that a great god who can really jump out of the rain has come to the capital, come to see him in person, and ask him to come forward to preside over a few days later. "Surther" ceremony.

Gu Ci didn't know that he would encounter such a bad thing.

Fortunately, he read a lot. When the rain cleared, he would stare at the clouds in the sky, and even observe the direction of the willow branches. Using all his life's miscellaneous knowledge and the experience of the villagers in his hometown, he speculated that four days later the most likely Rain is only possible, he is not a dragon god, how can he control the rain.

He was from the Song Dynasty, yet he couldn't reveal his identity, and he was taken home by the prince and locked up, so he couldn't slip away.Xie Wenrui and others searched for him all over the city, but they couldn't find him. After all, even Xie Wenrui couldn't connect Gu Ci with the famous wizard who moved to Beijing.

Gu Ci had to save himself, so he decided to go all out, and asked the prince to change the time to four days later.After four days, jump and run!he thinks.After all, Xie Wenrui and others, as envoys of the Great Song Dynasty, were also going to attend the "Surse" salute. When they saw him, they would definitely help him escape.

As for what happened later, Gu Ci stroked his chin and thought that this was probably also fate.

In short, after four days, he finished dancing, and after more than an hour, it really rained.

Gu Ci's pseudonym "A Ci", claiming to be a descendant of the Liao and Han people, became popular in Shangjing.

In the days that followed, he had a chance to sneak back, but Xie Wenrui wrote him a letter to express his heart.He was so frightened that he didn't want to come back at all.At that time, Yeluqin also wanted to please the emperor of Liao, so he went to win over this very powerful wizard Aci.As time passed, the two gradually became friends.

Although Gu Ci said that his whole heart was in the Song Dynasty, he really regarded Yeluqin as a good friend.

Six years have passed in a flash, and Gu Ci returned to Tokyo City again, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

He used to be a lively person. Yeluqin loved to go to Chunfenglou, and he used to go there often, but he didn't do those romantic things. He liked to draw pictures of the beautiful girls there.Meijiao girls love him, and they have to give him a lot of money for a painting.Now, the lively him, in a foreign country, has finally worn down his temper.

Gu Ci stepped out of the gate of Duting Station and walked towards West Street.This is also the place where he often wandered around in the past. He never asked to be a high official. When he was in the Liao Kingdom, because he succeeded in praying for rain, the emperor of the Liao Kingdom wanted to give him an official position, and he also resigned.He just wanted to play in the world, but unexpectedly, because of the words of the princess Baoning, his life changed.

Although he is not an official, he is indeed doing the work of an official.

Although he does not bear the name of meticulous work now, he is indeed doing some meticulous work.His heart was in Song Dynasty, but he couldn't bear to hurt Yeluqin.Fortunately, Yeluqin is indeed a wonderful flower, and what he wants is different from ordinary people. It will not make him betray his friends too much, and it will make him feel more at ease.

But he hadn't been very happy these years, and his heart was hopeless.

At this moment, he could feel more at ease when he was walking on the familiar yet unfamiliar streets.The sun was setting and the lights were on. The street was dim and dark, stirring the unique heat of summer. Pedestrians didn't want to stay for a long time.But he greedily breathed this breath, he even closed his eyes.

Just at this moment, a gust of wind passed by him, strong wind.

He frowned and opened his eyes, but he heard the "neighing" sound of a horse behind him, followed by the sound of hooves, a horse passed by, and stopped again.

Gu Ci subconsciously turned around and looked.

A few feet away, a black steed hurriedly turned its head, and immediately sat a handsome gentleman, holding the rein in his hand, looking at him in disbelief and surprise.

"Xiang Lai..." the man called him softly.

There was a lot of voices around me, but I couldn't hear the faint voice at all.

Gu Ci felt that he still heard it.

Xiang Lai is his word.

His family was poor, he had no father and no mother, and he grew up eating all kinds of food in the village when he was young. Many times he thought he was going to die, but he survived time and time again.Like a lychee that suddenly grows in the wasteland.He chose such a word for himself, and only one person in the world knows it except himself.

He used to be this person as a bosom friend.

It's just that friends have crossed the line.

A friend crosses the boundary, but he cannot cross the boundary.The children of a good friend's family, like Hai Dongqing loved and raised by the emperor of the Liao Kingdom, should have soared in the vast sky.He was just a weed that suddenly grew in the wasteland of his hometown, and he shouldn't have anything to do with it.

Haidongqing can fly again and even higher after hurting her wings.The grass is withered, and the regrowth is not the original grass.

Whether it was the lively Gu Ci five years ago, or the preoccupied him now, they all clearly know this truth.

Fortunately, he is now the A Ci of the Liao Kingdom.He nodded slightly at the man, turned and left.

"My lord? My lord—"

The people beside him yelled several times before Xie Wenrui came back to his senses, but Gu Ci's figure was gradually submerged in the lights and fireworks, and he was never seen again.

Xie Wenrui sighed.

Now that their identities are different, even if they recognize each other, they cannot recognize each other.

In other words, even if there is no difference in status, how could Gu Ci respond to him if he recognized each other?

He smiled bitterly.

After a wry smile, he laughed again.

He hurried back to Tokyo, thinking that it would be a few days before he could see Gu Ci, but he saw him as soon as he came back. Although it was hard to get rid of the pain of six years of lovesickness, he finally saw him!