In the days when I was forced to become a Feng Shui master

Yu Ning sat on the carriage, smashed his mouth, always felt that something was wrong.Gu Guoshi was closing his eyes and resting his mind, but Yu Ning sighed and changed his position next to his ear. He said impatiently, "Ah Yu, what's wrong?"

Yuning sighed again, and said sadly: "That one just now was really the Holy One?"

"Is there still a fake?" Gu Guoshi saw that he was in a state of restlessness, neither horizontal nor vertical, "What are you thinking?"

"Master, what you said before, I thought the sage was like that..." Yu Ning gestured with a big belly, and then made a lewd and shameless face staring at the beautiful woman drooling, and then Gu Guoshi slapped his arm : "What are you doing that looks weird, take it back."

Yu Ning sat upright, coughed, and muttered: "Master misled me."

"Let's talk about it when we go back." Gu Guoshi said with his mouth: partition walls have ears.

Yu Ning nodded, absolutely turned anxiety into appetite, opened the curtain and ordered the guards accompanying the car: "Go to the Huibin Building on the east side of the city and buy a bowl of Eight Immortals sauce elbow for the young master, and that camphor tea duck... "He uttered the name of a bunch of dishes, and he swallowed his saliva while repeating himself.

Gu Guoshi glanced at Yu Ning, the meaning of which is self-evident.Yuning hurriedly shouted again: "Wait a minute, come back—! Add another copy of what I said before, and send it to Mingfei Hospital in a while."

"Yes, master." The guard hurried away.

Only then did Gu Guoshi withdraw his gaze in satisfaction, and then closed his eyes to rest.

***

The group returned to the mansion, Gu Guoshi took Yu Ning back to his yard, Mr. Mei had already woken him up, it was rare that he didn't plant his head in his study, but burned incense and sipped tea in the hall outside the bedroom.The incense that Mr. Mei lit today is very interesting. It smells of simplicity, like red leaves in autumn, and like a study room full of books. The smell makes people feel at ease and nostalgic.

Seeing them coming in, Mr. Mei raised his hand and opened the incense burner, put out the incense, and then said: "Are you back?"

"Hmm." Gu Guoshi shook his sleeves, and without caring about the whole room full of servants, he took off his outer shirt that he used to go to court, and threw it on the ground casually.Mo Lan on the side hurriedly picked up the clothes, and then took a loose and comfortable clothes from the hand of the servant at the side for Gu Guoshi to change into. Mr. Mei held the tea cup in one hand, lowered his head and took a sip, and looked up at Gu Guoshi: "Today is here What happened in the palace to make you so angry?"

Gu Guoshi is angry?Yu Ning glanced at Gu Guoshi, Gu Guoshi closed his eyes and rested his mind all the way, but he couldn't see anything, maybe he was at home now, he didn't bother to cover it up, his brows were filled with cynicism and sarcasm, and there seemed to be a hint of embarrassment There is no revealing killing intent inside.He flicked his sleeves, Mr. Yu Mei sat down on his side, raised his hand and knocked a cup of tea to the ground: "That dog emperor!"

Mr. Mei remained expressionless, took another set of teacups and placed them in front of Gu Guoshi, filled them with tea: "What's wrong?"

Yu Ning half-raised his hand and waved it, the servants around saw it, and retreated quietly, leaving only a few personal maids.Fu Rong didn't go with her today, she saw Gu Guoshi's face and then looked at Yu Ning, she moved a small table from the side and put it beside Gu Guoshi, motioning for Yu Ning to sit down.

As soon as Yu Ning sat down, Gu Guoshi pointed at his nose and reprimanded him: "And you - you can still laugh!"

"Me?" Yu Ning pointed at herself, and said in a daze: "What's wrong with me? Master, wasn't the Holy One very polite just now? Although it sounds a bit weird... But at least he rewarded me for my birth." !... You brought me into the palace just because you want me to live a bright life so that you can serve as your deputy priest? Didn’t the Holy Majesty also agree? Why are you so angry?”

Gu Guoshi sneered: "Shut up, you worthless bastard!"

Yu Ning was scolded for no reason, and turned her eyes to Mr. Mei as if asking for help.Mr. Mei put down the teacup and said to him, "Tell me, what did you say when you saw the emperor?"

"The Holy Majesty asked me how old I was, whether I had a family, whether I was admitted to Chunwei..." Yu Ning repeated what the emperor said just now, and added a sentence at the end: "Master, you often say that the Holy Majesty is the emperor of dogs, who is also lustful and bloodthirsty. , Today I looked at the Holy One, and I think the Holy One... is okay?"

Afterwards, Yu Ning took a few serious glances. The emperor's face and temperament seemed to be looking up at Yungen, with a handsome appearance and a clear and jade-like appearance[①]. When he was young, he was also a person who could be killed by his appearance and temperament. Quadrilateral handsome man.Although the emperor is old now, he looks very graceful, keeps his hands on the memorial during the conversation, and occasionally chats with Gu Guoshi about current affairs, at least according to Yuning, the arguments he said are quite famous.

Although what he said when I first met him sounded a bit strange, and I thought it was a bit to the point, but as far as Yu Ning listened, it seemed that there was no major problem...?

This is really far from the incompetent, fatuous, lustful, vicious, vicious generation that Gu Guoshi and others describe.Yu Ning has always felt that the emperor Gu Guoshi said should be the kind of last emperor who has a wretched face, a fleshy body, can crush a concubine to death in bed, and only depends on his mood when approving memorials.

After listening to Mr. Mei, he savored it carefully and snorted coldly.

Yu Ning was stunned.

Seeing his confused look, Gu Guoshi sneered, stretched out his hand and pinched Yu Ning's cheek and pulled it out: "Just now in the car, I thought you understood when I saw you like that, but in the end, I didn't know what the hell I was thinking... Did you really not understand, or did you pretend that you didn't understand?"

Without waiting for Yu Ning to answer, he turned his head and said to Mr. Mei: "Ah Ruo, our silly son still thinks that people are praising him!"

Yu Ning rescued her own face, and said with a bitter face: "I've always been straight to the point. I'm really not good at fighting with people. Master, can you explain?"

"Why don't you tell me what's good about him?" Gu Guoshi said.

Yu Ning smashed his mouth: "Is everything fine?"

"..." Gu Guoshi wished he could hang Yu Ning up and beat him up, to see if he could be opened.Hearing this, he patted Yuning on the cheek, and said with pity: "Forget it, Ayu, you can go and play, and I will ask the chef to steam a bowl of crispy cheese for you later."

Yu Ning became a little annoyed and said, "Master!"

Mr. Mei said indifferently: "What the sage means is that you are just a worthless piece of shit, something your master collected to amuse you. You are already 26 and haven't married yet. You are pitiful. If you can't make money, you won't be able to do it. Thank you." You are a child who came from a background and went out and looked at it, at least you can talk about it. Anyway, it is a child. You have to be mentioned to the end of the year. It’s a nonsense, but because your master is old and confused, He also complied, it is a little face for your master."

"...Ah?" Yu Ning looked confused: "Your Majesty... did you say that?"

Why didn't he find out at all?He thought his master and the emperor were praising each other's children - isn't this what the elders often say when they bring their children to meet?Why is there such a layer of meaning?

Gu Guoshi glanced at him: "Fortunately, you are still a... scholar, and you read all the books on dogs?"

Yu Ning rubbed his nose, he usually saw some political slang, hundreds of lectures, etc., but who would put this kind of set around him?One's background determines one's way of dealing with the world to a certain extent, such as Yu Ning and other idiots would never delve into the deep meaning of what a seemingly ordinary old man said.

If Lan Xiao were to come, he might be able to understand.

Mr. Mei also nodded in response: "Ah Ning's books are indeed all about dogs."

"Father!" Yu Ning yelled in dissatisfaction, and before he finished speaking, he heard Gu Guoshi say: "What kind of thing is juzi? A single plaque in Chang'an Mansion can hit four juzi..."

Gu Guoshi clapped his hands and said mockingly: "But this dog emperor gave me a little bit of face, at least he didn't tell me to break my leg like Liu Shilang."

"What?" Yuning blinked: "Didn't Liu Shilang stumble after chasing Liu Sanlang all over the yard?"

"It's just you who believe it." Gu Guoshi raised his hand and drank the tea, and put the teacup on the small table forcefully, with a 'pop' sound, half of the teacup fell out of the base, and almost broke again: "He We had a big court with our ministers early in the morning. How could we have time to ask someone to ask Liu Shilang why he asked for leave? Is this palace so close to Liu Shilang's mansion? I will go to Qingguang Hall with you to find the dog emperor after the court , at most it’s just a cup of tea, what is a cup of tea enough for? Enough for a eunuch to go back and forth? Or can you write a letter of petition?”

"..." Yuning was a little speechless: "Then you mean... Liu Shilang's leg was interrupted by the Holy One?"

Mr. Mei slightly raised his eyebrows: "What does this have to do with you?"

Gu Guoshi pointed at Yu Ning and said: "Isn't it our stupid son? He drank and ate with Liu Sanlang yesterday. When the two of them became interested, they were both lawless masters. What can't be said?"

"I didn't, I didn't!" Yu Ning said quickly, and then he received Mr. Mei's gaze, and Mr. Mei raised his hand: "What did you say when you had dinner with Liu San yesterday?"

Yu Ning said embarrassingly: "It's just...that pear blossom pressing the begonia, the pale hair against the red makeup, and the big sleeping together... It's just anecdotes."

"Don't you know that walls have ears?"

"But we rejected the left and right, leaving only Furong and Liu San's maid." Yuning muttered, "Father, listen to me, I really didn't bring up this point, it was Liu San who said it himself. Just listen to it."

Gu Guoshi sneered and said: "The dog emperor's eyes are so sharp, apart from my place in this huge Chang'an mansion, where is there no eyeliner for him?"

"Then I can't blame Liu Shilang for breaking his leg today. You're just being scolded for being stupid." It’s just a fish pond, why do you have to reprimand him.”

"Besides, I don't see you scolding less... If Ah Ning really slipped up, it's because of your words and deeds as a master—an example is worth a thousand words."

"Ah Ruo, you are still helping him. Loving your son is like killing your son, do you understand?" Gu Guoshi glared at Yu Ning: "Also, who did you meet in the palace?"

"An assassin." Yu Ning replied honestly: "I was waiting for you to go down in the waiter. An assassin broke in. I probably touched the wrong place and I persuaded him to leave. Later, a guard came to find someone. Because I didn't have a waist card, I left two people guarding me, and then left again after confirming that I was fine."

"Assassin?" Mr. Mei looked Yu Ning up and down calmly, and seeing that he was fully prepared, he didn't ask him again if he was injured.

"Yeah." Yu Ning thought for a while and said, "I seem to have seen him before. On the way back to Qin'an Mansion, I was resting in a land temple outside Chang'an Mansion. At that time, I had a little quarrel with him. He is a man in the world. He looks... quite ordinary and has no special features, he has a violent personality and good skills, but I guess his brain is not very good."

Yu Ning pointed to his forehead: "I heard someone call him 'Brother Gu', I don't know which ancient word, he seemed not used to my style of calling slaves, and satirized both of us." Sentence... I guess his family is quite poor, or it is simply that there is no room for sand in his eyes. He put a knife on my neck, and I said that I am usually kind and generous, and I have never been domineering. "

"Understood, I will investigate." Gu Guoshi nodded, and said disgustedly: "Okay, get out, didn't you happily agree to the dog emperor to show the Fengshui of Jing Guogong? On the 29th year Daji, tomorrow is 28, you will solve it tomorrow."

"Yes, master." Yu Ning replied, stood up and said goodbye.

Seeing that Yuning had left, Mr. Mei said: "Okay, don't be angry."

Gu Guoshi said: "I'm not angry."

"I'm not angry, what are you doing?" Mr. Mei took a silver stick and poked it in the incense burner, and the aroma of old books wafted out again: "Isn't it just scolding Ah Ning? You don't even think so, why are you angry?"

"That's my disciple! My son!" Gu Guoshi sneered: "Is it something that others can scold?"

"Anyway, I've scolded and scolded, so what can you do? Is it true that because of his two words, Longshan will be destroyed and wars will start again?" Mr. Mei said: "After the New Year, I remember that you and Zhu Feixing have a 20-year appointment. The period will expire, right? At that time, the dog emperor will let Zhu Feixing have a headache."

"Hmph..." Gu Guoshi snorted coldly, took a deep breath of the fragrance in the air, and said after a while, "Are you worried about us?"

"What is there to worry about?" Mr. Mei looked up at him: "You are a national teacher, can't you keep Aning?"

"Don't worry, why are you ordering this?" Gu Guoshi briefly lit the incense burner, got up and stole a kiss on his lips, and then whispered in Mr. Mei's ear, "Isn't the name of this incense...'Danggui'? Said that you are not worried about us? The dead duck insisted that it was you, A Ruo."

Mr. Mei suddenly smiled, and immediately the corners of his eyes and brows were covered with a smile as clear as water. He reached out and pinched Gu Guoshi's chin, and said in a low voice: "Since you know, why do you still ask? ...Usually you don't ask." of."

Gu Guoshi looked into his eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm getting old, if I don't talk about it, I won't have a chance to say it. Who are you going to pretend to show?" See what the world is like."

"Listen to you." Mr. Mei responded, and was about to raise his head to kiss him on the lips, suddenly someone outside the door coughed lightly, and Yu Ning said: "Master, Dad, I bought the signature dish of Huibin Building ! There are soy sauced elbows, camphor tea duck, eight treasures and abalone... I'm starving to death, let's eat!"

Mr. Mei's smile disappeared in an instant, and he returned to his usual condensed appearance. It was rare for him to take the initiative and was interrupted by Yu Ning. Gu Guoshi scolded angrily: "Does this little bastard have any winks? ... Call him Get out! Leave the food behind! Today, the young master was frightened in the palace, and it is not suitable to eat meat, so I asked the cook to cook a bowl of vegetarian porridge for the young master!"

Ah Xi and Mo Lan were originally standing in the corner as invisible people. Hearing this, the two of them bent their knees together and took the order to go out. After a while, they heard Yuning's wailing and refused to leave while holding the door. He abruptly dragged Mo Lan and Fu Rong away.

Only then did Gu Guoshi calm down.

***

The next day, Yu Ning hurriedly went to the Yasukuni Mansion at the scheduled time. Yesterday, as soon as the palace settled, some palace people went to the Yasukuni Mansion to pass the decree. The post of the Yasukuni Mansion was delivered last night. When they arrived at the National Teacher's Mansion, Yu Ning replied to a post in a decent manner, and agreed on a time.

Jing Guogong is an old man who is over seventy years old. The word jing means peace and stability. In his life, Jing Guogong can be said to have come here with gold and iron horses. Dare to speak out, so the title is 'Jing', ranking first in the Duke.

Before Yu Ning came, he asked the mansion to collect the information about Duke Jing. Honestly, Duke Jing didn’t have any regrets in his life, but his heirs were a bit difficult. He only had one boy and one girl. They were still old when the Duke was nearly 60 years old. Clams get pearls.The boy died when he was ten years old, leaving only a prostitute daughter.

Originally, Lord Yasukuni had taken in many concubines in the hope that he would have a son to inherit the title, but there was no news. After he was 60 years old, he also accepted his fate. After dispelling the concubines, he lived with his wife and guarded his daughter. It is as precious as pearls.

Now that Lord Yasukuni is over seventy years old, it is impossible to ask him to set up a feng shui for the establishment of an heir, right?But in other aspects, there is no shortage of money, and there is no shortage of people with power. The emperor treats Duke Jing with extreme trust. Even if Duke Jing does not lead soldiers to fight now, he is still honored and favored, and the military power has always been in his hands. , with no intention of taking it back.

—isn't that right?A general without a son rebelled, who would give it to him if he took the throne?Do you call your daughter a queen?Although the dynasty is tolerant towards women, being an empress is not something that can be decided by anyone.If Lord Jingguo really wanted his daughter to be the queen, it would be better to ask his daughter to give birth and recruit a husband. Whoever marries his daughter will be the emperor, which will be more acceptable to the world!

Today's highnesses are not married, if Duke Jing really has this idea, with his influence, he can directly marry his daughter to a prince. Not to mention that he can make his daughter a queen, but it is still possible to have one.

Having learned the lesson from yesterday, Yuning simply thought it was right to think about the worst place for the emperor.

When Yu Ning came to Duke Jing's mansion, because he was a man and there were no male juniors who could take care of him at home, Duke Jing and his wife came out to meet him together.Yu Ning is a junior, and took the lead in bowing his hands: "Junior Yu Ning, I have met Duke Jing, Mrs. Yasukuni."

Lord Jingguo motioned for him to get up, told him to sit down, and boasted as usual: "I heard that Mr. Yu rebuilt the ancestral tomb for Mr. Zhou Ge's mansion, and Mr. Zhou Ge was full of admiration for Mr. Yu. It is true when I saw it today. Mr. Yu Really young and promising."

"Duke Guo praised him absurdly." Yu Ning said like a dog, and his wife also praised him a few times, and he responded one by one.When the greetings were over, Yu Ning was already impatient, and quickly said: "Forgive me, Duke, I've always been a straightforward person, so I just said it - what do Duke and Mrs. Guo want?"

Hearing what Yu Ning said, Lord Jingguo looked at Yu Ning pleasing to the eye. He had been a soldier all his life, and he didn't have the patience to greet others: "Mr. Just ask Mr. Yu to take a look."

Oh oh, it's just that he doesn't want to read Feng Shui, but Emperor Dog insisted on following what he told him to read. The palace's edicts have all come down, so it's not easy to disobey them in public, so he asked Yu Ning to go through the motions and finish the calculation.

Yu Ning responded, although Lord Jingguo said so, but because he was aiming to do a few rounds to save Yu Ruyi some energy, he also planned to make a round for Jing Guogong to maintain health—people, eat well Dressing well, working hard for most of your life, living longer and enjoying the fruits of your youth's struggles are basic needs, so he and Lord Yasukuni can have an explanation.

"Since the Duke said so, please reward me with a butler, and take me around to have a look." Yu Ning said.

Lord Jingguo thought for a while, stroked his beard, and called out, "Butler Qin, take Mr. Yu around."

"Yes, master." Qin Butler responded, stepped forward and said, "Mr. Yu, please follow me."

Yu Ning and Jing Guo announced their resignations, and they left the lobby, looking around at the surrounding scenery. Butler Qin followed behind him and asked, "Where does Mr. Yu want to go first? Let the old slave lead you there."

"Is there a female relative in the mansion?" Yu Ning asked, "Not in good health?"

"The eldest lady of the mansion fell into the water in the early years, and she has never been very flexible." Qin Butler glanced at Yu Ning, and thought to himself, isn't this something that everyone in Chang'an Manor knows?Do you want this Mr. Yu to mention something?But he still said neither humble nor overbearing: "Mr. Yu, but something is wrong in the house, hindering the young miss?"

As you get older, you always have to worry about your children... Yu Ning muttered something in his heart, then turned sideways and said, "I wonder if you can take me to meet the eldest lady?"

"It's not very convenient." Qin Butler replied: "Miss Yunying is not married, so it's not appropriate to meet outside men. If Mr. Yu wants to see the lady's yard, he must first ask the old slave to report his body, and wait for the eldest lady to move. It's better somewhere else."

"Alright." Yu Ning nodded, and asked: "It's okay to take a look from a distance."

He briefly clicked on the long corridor in the distance: "Missy is in the corridor, I am here, this distance is enough."

"I'm afraid it's inconvenient." Qin Butler said again.

Yu Ning smiled slightly: "Butler Qin, don't be too busy refusing, why don't you go in and ask the Duke and Mrs. Guo first, and ask them if they agree."

Butler Qin bent over and replied, "Yes, this old slave is going right now."

Sitting on the porch, Yuning looked at the old tree that showed signs of dying not far away, and made a mark in his heart.