happy day

Wu Luan seemed to have a dream, in which the flowers were blooming like a brocade, and the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant.He seems to be swimming in the water, but also seems to be floating in the clouds.Such a beautiful dream, I hope to be trapped in it, and I don't want to wake up.

When the morning sun shone into the room through the window sash, Wu Luan slowly opened his eyes with great reluctance, with the aftertaste of indulgent laziness and joy on his body.He stretched out his hand to the side, but found nothing.

He sat up in shock, the bed was still warm, and the pillow still exuded the faint scent of Yun Jue's hair, but he was nowhere to be seen.

Wu Luan slumped back on the bed and closed her eyes sadly.He and him really only had a one-day relationship...

The gun salute at the gate of the city roared, and the ceremony official Geng Zhuxi led the officials out of the city to welcome Wu Luan, as if he was a triumphant hero.

Wu Luan had a just right smile on his face, but his heart was already numb.After yesterday, he felt that all the good luck in his life had been used up.

Wu Luan went to the palace to face the saint, the thin scar on his neck was very conspicuous, and attracted the praise of all the ministers, saying that Wen Zhonghou is not afraid of danger and has extraordinary courage.

If it was the past, Wu Luan would have already cocked his tail to the sky, bragging about his great achievements.Today, he was much calmer, calmly said: "I am useless, so I am controlled by others, so it is worth boasting. Besides, it is just a small wound on the skin. If I come back two days later, I am afraid that there will be no trace at all. .”

It was rare for Wu Luan to tell the truth, but everyone praised him more and more. The big hats of loyalty, benevolence, success, and mainstay were all put on Wu Luan's head.

The Holy Majesty rewarded Wu Luan with a thousand acres of fertile land and ten thousand taels of gold.Wu Luan shouted long live three times and kowtowed to thank her, her heart that was as dead as ashes finally warmed up a little.Last time, in order to redeem Yun Jue's body, he was knocked off half of his wealth by the bustard of Yingxiu Garden, and now he has finally made up for it.It's just that when he thought of Yun Jue, his heart couldn't help but feel a dull pain again.

After the court, Wu Luan went to the harem to meet her sister.Once entering the palace gate was as deep as the sea, even though Wu Qingyan was a queen, she would not see the Wu family a few times a year.However, blood is thicker than water, even if they don't see each other, it will not affect the intimacy between siblings at all.

The Fengluan Palace is peaceful, and the six-year-old prince Li Zhi is studying here with his mother.Wu Luan entered the palace and met with Empress Wu and the prince.

After Li Zhi received Wu Luan's salute upright, he stood up and saluted Wu Luan, "Zhi'er has seen my uncle."

Although he is a nephew, he is also the prince of the country, so Wu Luan dared not accept the ceremony sideways.Empress Wu said angrily, "There are no outsiders here. You are Zhi'er's biological uncle, so why not bear it. He will still rely on you in the future."

Although the crown prince was taught to be prudent and mature, he was only a six-year-old child after all. He bounced over and pulled Wu Luan's sleeve and said, "The starling that uncle gave to Zhi'er last time is very interesting, and it will be picked up every day." Wake me up and recite poems. It’s just that I see it is too lonely and can only talk to itself, it’s very pitiful, can uncle find a companion for it.”

Empress Wu frowned, "Zhier can't lose his mind, you are a prince, how can you tease a bird all day long?"

Li Zhi's face was broken, and he bowed his head and said: "The queen mother taught me well, Zhi'er knows."

The uncle always loves his nephew the most, so Wu Luan hurriedly spoke for Li Zhi, "Study all day, my head is muddled, it's good to take a rest. Besides, if there are poems that I can't memorize, I will teach them to that starling." Let it talk in front of you a few times for nothing, so you can remember it firmly." Turning his head and whispering to Li Zhi, he said in a low voice, "Uncle will get you a macaw later on, and it will be able to talk. Listen to it arguing with that starling. It's fun."

Li Zhi's eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded desperately.

Empress Wu shook her head helplessly at Wu Luan, "You always dote on him. Don't always lead Zhi'er to play, he still needs to work harder on his homework." She looked at the hourglass in the palace, " Alright, it's getting late, it's time for the prince to take a nap."

The palace servants led the reluctant Li Zhi to the side hall.

Empress Wu sent away the servants in the house again, then got up and went to Wu Luan, looked him up and down, and when she saw the scar on his neck, she couldn't help but covered her mouth with a handkerchief and rolled down tears, "It's good if you come back. Listen Said that there was danger on the road, and my sister didn't sleep well for several days."

"Sister, don't worry, I'm lucky and fateful, and nothing will happen." Wu Luan lowered her head, "It's really not easy for my sister to be in this deep palace."

Although the imperial palace is resplendent and magnificent, it is also full of dangers.Now Zhi'er is still young, but there are seven elder brothers above him, the eldest prince Li Ji is the son of the Concubine Rong, the same age as Wu Luan, already over twenty, so he is ready to move.

Concubine De provoked Empress Wu repeatedly in the harem, and there were rumors in the court. Many ministers said that the eldest prince Li Ji was smart and intelligent, with both ability and political integrity, and he was able to share the worries of the sage.The other princes also have their own forces behind them.Although Empress Wu, their mother and son have the status of the main palace and the prince, they are in a whirlpool and may be destroyed at any time.

Wu Luan especially loves her sister. Wu Qingyan married him when he was still the crown prince, but she has never had a child since the wedding, and she gave birth to the eighth son Li Zhi six years ago.

In fact, Wu Luan knew that her sister had conceived a child when she was still a princess, but she lost it inexplicably. After becoming a queen, she also conceived a child.When she was pregnant with Li Zhi, it was even more dangerous and thrilling.

There are many dirty things in the palace, knowing that there are people making troubles, but if they can't catch the handle, they can only let it go.In the end, the ancestors sent more than [-] midwives into the palace to serve Empress Wu personally, so that the child was saved.

Wu Luan felt sour in her heart, "I used to be ignorant, messing around all day, and let my sister worry about it. Now that I'm older, I want to do something serious, so that others won't say that the queen brother is an idiot, and my mother's family doesn't even have a person to rely on. .”

"Who dares to say that about you? Your Majesty even praised you to me, saying that you have done an excellent job in your recent errands." Empress Wu patted Wu Luan on the shoulder in relief. "The Holy Majesty also said that you should be a Duke, but I rejected it. You are still young, if you really become a Duke, you will have no room for a higher position in the future."

"I don't care if I'm in the top position or not. As long as my sister and Zhier are well." Wu Luan looked solemn, "Don't worry, sister. Brothers will naturally try their best to protect sister and Zhier."

Just as he was talking, Eunuch Pei, who was in front of the Holy Majesty, came to deliver a message, and the Holy Majesty Xuan Hou Ye went to the imperial study to make a statement.

When Wu Luan arrived at the Imperial Study Room, the Holy Majesty had already changed into his court clothes, and he was wearing a homely blue brocade robe embroidered with flying dragons in the nine heavens.Also in the room is Li Ding, the third emperor's uncle Rui Wang.

King Rui is short and fat, round like a ball, he always likes to stay in the south of the Yangtze River, traveling in mountains and rivers, being his happy prince, rarely going back to Beijing.

Wu Luan paid homage to His Majesty and Prince Rui.King Rui's grandson Qin Zheng and Wu Luan are friends, and they often play together, so King Rui and Wu Luan are familiar with each other informally, and he said with a smile: "Little Wu Luan, I heard that you were in danger in Changzhou City, and someone tied you up. You go, but because you are so handsome, you want to snatch you and become Mrs. Yazhai?"

Wu Luan thought about it seriously, then nodded, "I think so too. It's a pity that he is a rough guy who is stronger than me. If he is a beautiful little lady, I will let her go."

His Majesty's long and narrow eyes glanced at Wu Luan, "I saw that it was written in the memorial that someone tied you up, and then you were influenced to let you go."

Wu Luan scratched her head, "That... is a bit exaggerated. I probably thought I wasn't that handsome, so I let it go."

King Rui laughed so much that the fat on his body was trembling, "It's a good thing you came back whole, otherwise all the little ladies in the capital would not be able to sleep! The robbers were caught?"

Wu Luan grinned and said: "I didn't catch it. I ran away after I was released, and I didn't dare to show up again."

King Rui pointed at Wu Luan and laughed even more happily, "I don't know if you took advantage of being handsome, or suffered from being handsome."

While joking, the eldest prince Li Ji asked to see him.The Holy Majesty announced him to come in, and after a while Li Ji entered the imperial study, with a stocky appearance and not outstanding in appearance, he was considered the most common of all the Holy Majesty's sons.He saluted everyone one by one, and when he arrived at Wu Luan's place, he also bowed respectfully, "I've seen uncle."

The two are the same age, but they are a generation behind, and the prince is not as honorable as the prince, so Wu Luan only returned a half salute, "The eldest prince is polite."

A trace of unwillingness flashed across Li Ji's eyes, although it was fleeting, Wu Luan watched him all over.

Wu Luan had never dealt with him, except for the relationship between his sister Empress Wu, he always felt that Li Ji was sloppy, as if he was holding back bad things, so he sued the sage and the two princes, "I come out and get closer It's the moon, I'm afraid the old grandmother at home will miss it."

The old lady of the Hou Mansion is the empress's grandmother, and this reason is absolutely sufficient, the Holy Majesty also said: "Then you should go back quickly, don't let the old man worry."

The first thing Wu Luan did when he returned to the Hou Mansion was to visit the old lady.The old lady was very happy to see him come back, and asked about the things along the way, Wu Luan only talked about good things, but naturally she didn't dare to tell the old lady that she almost lost her life.

After the old lady finished asking, she pushed him to leave quickly, "Go and see your daughter-in-law. I haven't seen her these days. The maids said she was sick, so they didn't come to me for fear of getting sick, sorry to see you." , it so happened that you went out again."

Wu Luan felt a "thump" in her heart, as if someone had hit her hard with a hammer, and was so painful that she secretly stretched out her hand to rub it for a long time.Seeing that the old lady kept hustling him away, Fang forced a smile and said: "He is not well, so he can't come here to pay his respects to the old ancestor, so he asked me to say hello to you."

He counted with his fingers, and in four months, a non-adulterated granddaughter-in-law will be able to pass the door. "After a few months, I will let your granddaughter-in-law come to talk with you every day."

The old lady smiled brightly, "That's kind! Also, hurry up and give birth to a great-great-grandson for grandma to hug."

"Yeah." Wu Luan nodded seriously, "Birth, I will give birth to a big fat boy in the first child, and then I will give birth with tricks. At that time, a bunch of great-great-grandchildren will surround you, calling you the old ancestor, and clamoring to follow you. You are begging for candy."

After comforting the old lady, Wu Luan went to the backyard for another round.Don't look at Wu Luan's absurd behavior, but some aspects are quite reliable, such as treating his own women.

A group of concubines begged him for something, "Master, what about the candied dates and cooking cakes that you promised to bring us Changzhou specialties?"

Wu Luan was pulled up by the sleeves and clothes corners of the concubines, shaking her back and forth, "My aunts, there is a famine in Changzhou City, and they are going to eat human flesh. Where is there any special product? Today's special product is wild vegetable dumpling with bran flour. That thing sucks your throat, you definitely won’t be able to swallow it.”

When everyone refused, Wu Luan clasped his hands together and worshiped one by one, "Next time, next time you go out, you must bring special products back. If you don't bring special products, just shut me out and don't let them in."

All the female relatives giggled, "Then why are we willing?"

Anyway, Wu Luan got quite a lot of gold, so he gave one ingot of gold to each of them, "Don't worry about it, you can order whatever style of clothes and jewelry you like, if you don't have enough money, there are still here."

After finishing being a money-spreading boy, Wu Luan returned to her yard alone among the crowd who were either full of anticipation or secretly flirting with each other.Lying on the bed alone, I just feel empty in my heart.However, this kind of emptiness is not an absolute emptiness. My heart is obviously filled with a person, and the empty space is my embrace and state of mind.

This void cannot be filled by anyone or anything else.Just now I felt attracted by other things, and temporarily let go of my thoughts, but in the next second, the feeling of being lost and worried will occupy my mind again.

Wu Luan thought she could let go, but now she finds that the more she wants to let go, the more she can't let go, the more she doesn't want to think about it, the more that figure seems to be everywhere.When you see the clouds in the sky, you will think of him; when you pass by the yard where he lived, you will think of him, even without involving anything related to him, the name and figure will appear in your heart without warning.After only one day apart, Wu Luan felt that she was going crazy.

Yun Jue lived back in the small house in Liuli Hutong, and the dumb uncle still took care of the yard for him, and his days were dull and peaceful.

That day Yunjue slept until noon before getting up to play with the goldfish in the yard in the yard.The dumb man gestured to him, drawing the shape of a carriage. It was clear to him that the dumb man was saying that the carriage at the entrance of the alley was there again.

Since returning from Changzhou City, there has been an extra black-painted carriage at the entrance of the alley every day, and sometimes they don't leave until late at night.Although there was no sign on the carriage, Yun Jue knew who it was.

With Yunjue's lightness kung fu, if he didn't want the people in the carriage to see him when he went in and out, it would be a matter of course.

The sky began to drizzle lightly, the rain was fine and lingering, and the capital city was shrouded in mist and mist.

Yun never had to look to know that the carriage was still parked at the entrance of the alley, and the man was sitting in the carriage.A wall separates the sky and the earth between two people.

In the evening, Yun Jue suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his right wrist, and a red dot seemed to appear.Gu poison is activated, and there is a new mission.

No. 90 eight, Yun Jue sighed, let's end it quickly, after completing one hundred tasks, he is eligible to be promoted to a hall master, and he can apply to the cabinet to be the hall master in Jiangnan or Saibei.

Soon, a scroll was delivered to Yun Jue through a secret channel.On the scroll will be the portrait and identity name of the new target.

The painting scroll was lying quietly on the table, but Yun Jue suddenly didn't have the courage to open it. A hint of ominous premonition made him a little upset, which was something he had never felt before when he accepted the task.

Although he told Liu Yiru that according to common sense, the host who wanted Wu Luan's life would not instruct Xiaoyu Pavilion to assassinate Wu Luan again, after all, the cost was astonishing, and Wu Luan was not the kind of heinous person.

But that is also "common sense".What if the host does not follow common sense?What if he only wanted Wu Luan to die, and he was so rich that he could afford a huge fee?

If so, what if my No.90 eight assassination missions are Wu Luan?

Yun never dared to think about it.

It was getting dark, and he sat motionless in the darkness until there was no light in sight.

The mute came in and lit the oil lamp on the table, then staggered out again.

Yun Jue stretched out his hand towards the scroll, resting his slender fingers on the scroll, he tapped the scroll from the top bit by bit.

What came into view was a middle-aged man in his fifties. It was an unfamiliar face.

Yun Jue let out a long breath, only then realized that he was covered in cold sweat, as if he had collapsed and was exhausted.

He pulled the scroll to the bottom, and it was written impressively: Yu Shi Liu Chen