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

Since the young master said he didn't want to hear it, then Shiliu didn't have to show mercy, and without a word, he took off all the limbs of Steward Sun, and then someone dragged him out to feed the dogs.Steward Wang came here after hearing the news. He was dressed sloppily. He obviously just got up from the bed. He bowed his hands and said, "This old servant has seen the young master, and he has seen the young master Chen."

"I don't know if Guanshi Sun is...?"

Yu Ning said in a dejected manner: "I don't sleep in the middle of the night, and dare to spy on my whereabouts, the young master. Not to mention the mansion of other princes, even if it is in the palace, I can still throw it away."

Such words are really not in Yuning's style.He also heard Yu Ning say: "Today, you can still settle in your own house, and you can make such troubles. The rules in the Duke's mansion are not so good, but our mansion doesn't necessarily let it go."

That's true, Yu Ning is a serious master, not a guest.The master went to his own garden to chat with people, and even let a steward brought by a guest hide in the corridor and eavesdrop.

Steward Wang looked as usual, bowed and said, "It's the old slave who neglected his duty, and the old slave will be punished."

"One month's silver fine." Yu Ning got up, and said to Young Master Chen: "From now on, take good care of your servants, and I will feel uncomfortable if you don't give Young Master less."

"Yes, Mr. Yu." Young Master Chen lowered his head slightly, with a slightly respectful expression on his face.

After walking for a while, Yu Ning fell asleep again, and didn't say anything to him, nodded slightly, and left with Steward Wang.When the two of them were out of Young Master Chen's field of vision, Steward Wang asked Yu Ning in a low voice: "Master, is there something wrong with doing this?"

"It's a bit inappropriate..."

"Then I'll go and arrest Steward Sun?"

Yuning moved his lips: "No, you find a busy time tomorrow and throw him to the market for me. I want to see if there is anyone who is not afraid of death and dares to continue to provoke me."

After hearing this, Guanshi Wang was thoughtful, until the two of them reached the gate of Yuning's courtyard, Guanshi Wang said: "This old slave has something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

"Say." Yu Ning looked sideways: "There is nothing that cannot be said between you and me."

"The old slave will be blunt." Wang Guanshi carefully chose his words: "In the old slave's opinion, it is too risky for Sun Guanshi to stay. After tomorrow, the old slave will kill him."

"Before this old slave saw that Steward Sun took away the teacup you threw out of the carriage that day, he might have discovered something."

"Master, please take a look at this thing." Steward Wang took out an oiled paper bag from his pocket, opened it for Yu Ning to look at, and there were two teacup fragments inside, one end of which had different canine teeth, and it was obvious at a glance that it was thrown on the ground. It was caused by the ground, while the section at the other end was as smooth as a mirror, neat and uniform, as if it was split by a sharp object at a speed that could not cover the ears. "The old servant felt that something was wrong with this steward Sun before, so he found someone to watch him for a few days, and as expected, he intercepted it."

Yuning paused slightly, that day the city-breaking crossbow struck too fast, when he realized the attack and used his aura to block it, the city-breaking crossbow had already penetrated the wall of the car and hit the teacup in his hand.Although he still blocked the city-breaking crossbow, the force of the city-breaking crossbow split the teacup in two, so he threw the teacup out.

He sneered: "A teacup, what can he do? Can he still make people believe that I blocked the crossbow with a teacup? It's a big joke in the world... If he dares to say it, does anyone dare to believe it?"

Steward Wang shook his head: "It's better to believe in something than in nothing. The young master is a gentleman who is famous for his Feng Shui, and he is the direct descendant of the adults. He can do anything."

"That one...is known for being suspicious. If he didn't believe it at all, there wouldn't be an arrow coming straight at the young master's carriage that day——In my humble opinion, young master Chen might be a cover that day, and the real target should be It's the young master."

Yuning pushed the door open, he tugged at the long gown that had slipped off his shoulders, and said casually: "Soldiers come to block you, water comes to cover you. It's too late today, Mr. Wang, you should go to rest too... If they have this idea, they can You might as well try it."

Steward Wang hesitated, and replied, "Yes, young master."

"Tomorrow, Manager Sun will let him go, don't worry about him, I have my own plans."

"Yes."

"Don't let me know that you went to kill people in private."

"The old slave dare not."

***

In the early morning of the next day, people in Jiu County yawned and wiped their faces with clean water, went to the fields to pick fresh vegetables, packed up the things they made the next day, or burned the coal stoves vigorously, waiting for the morning. The arrival of the city.

"Fresh Chinese cabbage—! Radish—!"

"Seed cakes—! Hot sesame cakes—!"

The old man has opened a wonton noodle shop in Jiu County for 30 years. It is famous for its affordable price, thin wonton skin and big core. It is not his boast, even the master Fu Jun came to his house to eat wonton noodles.He boiled the water and looked at a yawning young man: "Brother Liu, do you still want a bowl of wonton noodles today?"

"Yes, I'm sorry to trouble you." Brother Liu threw two copper coins into the big bowl on the table beside the old man: "If you want meat today, give me a few more."

"Okay! Wait a moment!" The old man got off to a good start today, beaming with joy—meat is an expensive item, and usually the servants of some noble mansions will come to buy it, and he doesn't prepare much. There are only three bowls, and sometimes I have to worry about not being able to sell them all.Selling a bowl at the opening today, isn't it a good start?

The ancient Chinese boiled the wontons with meat core, added a spoonful of broth to the noodles, and scooped out a chopstick of sour cabbage from the homemade side dishes, put them in a small dish and handed them out together. Brother Liu.Right now, it's still early, and there are no guests yet, so the old man Liu spoke up: "Brother Liu is busy today?"

Brother Liu wolfed down two wontons, and was so hot that he stuck out his tongue. The delicious soup exploded on the tip of his tongue. Just a few mouthfuls made his forehead sweat a little. He took a mouthful of noodle soup and swallowed He replied vaguely: "The owner has taken over a big business. Starting today, he arranged for us to go to the pier to load the goods. If we don't have enough to eat, we can't do it... The salary will increase by [-] coppers per month."

One hundred copper coins is not a small amount. The old man showed an envious look, and said, "Master Tao is really a kind person! It would be nice to have something to eat these days, and the wages have actually increased!"

"It's not..."

The two were chatting when a group of people suddenly came from a distance. The leader was a middle-aged man in a brocade gown. He looked very calm and stable. He was surrounded by several capable guards. Holding a gong, walking and knocking, and at the end is a horse, tied to the horse looking very embarrassed man.

They walked to the busiest part of the market and stopped. Many people were distracted by the gong. With this posture, one could tell that there was excitement. After a while, they were already full of people watching the excitement.

Steward Wang raised his hand to stop the gong, and arched his hands to the left and right: "Fathers and folks! I am the steward of Shanhuzhuang, and my surname is Wang--I beat the gongs and drums today for no other reason. He bought something that betrayed the master, and took advantage of his position to steal property and spy on the master's house!"

"This kind of obscene thing should have been sent to the government to report him for the crime of stealing and betraying the master, but our young master said that this person will inevitably have to live in Jiu County in the future, so I asked me to bring this person and tell the elders Folks, recognize it, so as not to be harmed by him in the future—bring it up!"

The guards behind Guanshi Wang tore off Guanshi Sun who was on the horse, and Guanshi Sun fell heavily to the ground. The guards tore off the sack on his face, and grabbed his hair to show the people around him. He took off the cloth ball and wanted to yell, but he could only make a whining sound.

Guanshi Wang took a pack of oiled paper from the guard, opened it and dropped it on the ground, and a few pieces of porcelain as white as jade and as transparent as paper fell out, which made people know it was a good thing at a glance.He cupped his hands again and said: "This is the person! Stealing and selling property, the physical evidence is here-!"

After Guanshi Wang finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the guard in charge of watching Guanshi Sun kicked Guanshi Sun, kicking him to the ground, and the group got on their horses and left.

As soon as the people saw him leaving, they immediately surrounded him and pointed at Steward Sun: "Look at him, he looks like a man who betrays his master... He's still wearing silk! He's also a steward, right?"

Someone picked up those pieces of white porcelain: "How many copper coins is this worth? Look at it like jade!"

"What copper plates! Do you have any knowledge! Look at this... Could it be mirror-flower porcelain?! If it is really mirror-flower porcelain, this teacup will cost dozens of taels of silver!" Someone sneered.

Another person said: "Shanhuzhuang? Isn't that the one in the north?! I heard that a few nobles came to Chang'an Mansion recently and lived in Shanhuzhuang. I am afraid that when the master comes, he will be caught in a panic. Already!"

"Give us Jiuxian a shame! The world is going down, and people's hearts are not old!"

"Damn it!"

"Thief! Thief!" An aunt who sold vegetables threw those rotten vegetable leaves on Steward Sun, "I don't like people with dirty hands and feet like you! Bah!"

At this moment, it seemed that something had started, and some rotten vegetables, leaves, soil and rocks were thrown at Guanshi Sun, and Guanshi whimpered, almost unable to open his eyes.He was ashamed and angry, but helpless.Gritting his teeth, he flew over to say that the ball of oiled paper bag was pressed under his body, tightly huddled together, protecting his head and face, so as not to be crushed to death.

——Hold through, and wait for someone from above to come and leave him, and he will still be saved!

When the crowd dispersed, Guanshi Sun's body was already covered with filth, and he seemed to have passed away.Not long after, a strong man came over and dragged him into a dark alley cursingly, cursing as he dragged, "Don't die here and dirty our land!"

Because of this incident, the old man, who was sitting in the stall full of people, bowed his hands to each other: "Thank you very much! If he died in front of my stall, the old man would feel so unlucky that he would have to change places!"

"You're welcome!" After the other party finished speaking, he dragged him into a dark alley.As soon as he entered the dark alley, the burly man seemed to have changed his face. He pinched Steward Sun and woke him up, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?"

Steward Sun woke up leisurely, his eyes moved, but he didn't say anything.Seeing this, the strong man took out a waist card from his pocket and showed it to Guanshi Sun, and then Guanshi said with difficulty: "...Yu Ninghe...Chen Heguang is...an old acquaintance...Yu Ning used a teacup... ...blocked the city-breaking crossbow..."

He took out a few fragments from his arms, and tremblingly put them in the opponent's hand: "Save..."

The strong man took the fragment and looked at it. At a glance, he knew that the fragment was caused by falling from the ground, and there was nothing wrong with it.He couldn't allow him to think too much at this moment, so he put the fragments into his leather pouch and said in a low voice, "The superiors will take care of your family."

After all, the strong man got up and kicked Guanshi Sun hard in the heart. Guanshi didn't even cry out, just opened his eyes wide and died.The brawny man faked that Guanshi Sun was asking the people to be beaten to death. He looked around and walked out of the dark alley as if nothing had happened. He even went to the old man's stall to eat a bowl of wonton noodles and buy a piece of meat. After a few handfuls of dishes, I went home slowly.

***

This one, Yuning put away his sword, the weather was slightly cold, but he was still sweating profusely.Fu Rong bowed in the corridor and said, "Young master, Guanshi Wang brought the best wonton noodles in Jiu County from outside. Do you want to try it, young master?"

"Okay." Yu Ning responded, threw the sword to the guard at the side, and followed Fu Rong into the room.Fu Rong wiped his body quickly and changed into clean and fresh clothes before taking him to have breakfast.

Steward Wang stood in the hall, and when he saw Yu Ning coming, he bowed and saluted: "I have seen the young master."

"Get up." Yuning nodded slightly as a greeting. There was a steaming bowl of wonton noodles on the table. The wonton skin was almost transparent. The clear soup was mixed with golden noodles, which made people very appetizing.Yuning sat down, lowered his head, took a sip of the soup and asked, "The steward Wang has worked hard, did you use it in the morning?"

Guanshi Wang said with a smile: "Master Xie for your concern, I have already used it. The old servant went to work in the morning and smelled the wonton noodles beside him very fragrant, so he asked someone to inquire again, and went to guard the time-honored shop for opening. Come back late."

"Yeah." Yuning took a mouthful of wontons. How can I say this wonton... He thought that the wonton skin would be soft, but he didn't expect it to be a little bit chewy. It tasted crunchy, and the meat inside was not. There are not many, mixed with some vegetables and fungi, and the mouth is full of delicious soup after one bite.He said with satisfaction: "As expected of a time-honored brand, thank you for your hard work."

Steward Wang bowed again, smiling so hard that he couldn't see his eyes: "The old slave can't be praised by the young master. The most important thing is that the young master eats well."

Yuning responded, bowed his head and finished eating this bowl of wonton noodles while it was still hot, and Fu Rong quickly served the already hot medicine, and Yuning dried it up without blinking.As soon as the medicine liquid entered his mouth, Yuning frowned, and when he finished drinking, he blinked and said, "Today's medicine...why is it so sweet?"

He smashed and smashed his mouth. To be honest, he is used to drinking this medicine. It is normal to be bitter, astringent and sour, but today's medicine is not right. It is fine if it is bitter, sour and astringent. Mixed with some cloying sweetness, unspeakably disgusting...

Yu Ning frowned, turned sideways suddenly, and vomited out everything he ate and drank just now.

"Master!"

Furong and Wang Guanshi's expressions changed when they heard Yu Ning say that the medicine was sweet, and they became more anxious when they saw Yu Ning vomit. Said: "Where is the dark guard! You are walking fast, go and check if there is something wrong!"

"Hmm..." Someone answered lightly, and the voice melted in the wind, which made people think it was almost an illusion.

But Guanshi Wang knew that the hidden guards had gone, and he would not be idle, so he quickly sent someone to seal off the whole house, and the first thing he wanted to check was his main courtyard. When the guards learned about this, they searched immediately. Kailai found out all the servants in the courtyard and asked steward Wang to check them one by one.

The one responsible for making medicine for Yu Ning was Zi Rong, one of the four purple-clothed maidservants who came out from the National Teacher's Mansion.Because Yu Ning has been in poor health, and the imperial doctor Wang has to take care of Mr. Wu Song in the mansion, Gu Guoshi not only sent a doctor, but also sent a purple-clothed maid Zirong who knows medicine, and a purple-clothed maid Zihe who is good at poison. There are two purple-clothed maidservants who know martial arts.

Soon the courtyard was full of people, but there were only three maidservants in purple clothes.

Zirong is not there.

Guanshi Wang asked, "Where's Zirong?"

Zihe bent her knees and replied: "I'm in charge, Zirong just said that she has a stomachache, I think it's convenient to go."

Steward Wang yelled, "Look for it! Find him until he is found!"

This one, Yuning finished throwing up the food, and frowned, the delicious food passed through the stomach just now, and it was extremely disgusting to spit it out again.He vomited several times, and before he had time to rinse his mouth, he was so disgusted by the smell of wonton noodles mixed with the medicine juice that he almost vomited bitter gall water.

Fu Rong patted him on the back and handed him some tea.Yu Ning quickly picked it up and rinsed his mouth, and then he got better, he asked: "What's going on?"

"Guard Wang has already sent someone to investigate." Fu Rong said, "No matter what, the young master just spit it out."

Yu Ning's face was a little pale, and a maidservant in purple clothes came in outside, Zi He bowed to Yu Ning, and came up to check Yuning's vomit without saying much, under the probe of the silver needle, he replied: "Master, there is no medicine in the medicine." Poison... is to put a little medicine that can cause fever."

"..." Yu Ning lay on the table and asked wearily, "What's going on?"

"I don't know." As soon as Zihe finished speaking, Guanshi Wang came in and reported: "Zi Rong has been found, under the bed in her room, someone broke her neck bone and died in about half an hour."

"Go and check." Yu Ning smelled the strange smell all over his body, and felt that this room was almost unbearable, so he took off the coat in his hand and threw it on the ball of vomit, covering it up.He got up and said, "Prepare water, I want to take a bath."

Fu Rong hurriedly said: "Yes, this servant will ask someone to prepare."

Zihe and Guanshi Wang bowed to send Yuning away, and then Guanshi got up with a rare gloomy expression: "Go and investigate! If you can't find out, just hang yourself with your trouser belt!"

"Yes." Everyone agreed in unison.

Someone came in from the yard, and killed a purple-clothed maidservant, and even put his hand into Yu Ning's daily medicine. Fortunately, today is just some medicine that causes fever. What if it is a poison that kills when swallowed?Can Yu Ning still live?

The commander of the guards bit his lower lip, his jaw tightened, and a few veins rose and fell on his neck: "—I'll check them all!"

***

Imperial Palace, Qingguang Palace.

The emperor and Gu Guoshi are playing chess.

Gu Guoshi was dressed in a black robe with nothing else to wear, his lips were bright red, his expression was indifferent, his wrists were so white that they were almost translucent under the black clothes, he reached out and touched a white cloth, and said lightly: "Your Majesty, you want to lost."

The emperor put his hands in his sleeves, looked at the chessboard with squinted eyes, and saw the chess piece ordered by Gu Guoshi. Then he suddenly realized: "Guo Shi, Guo Shi... can't you give in to me like others?"

"Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and you don't need to be let go." Gu Guoshi slowly picked up his own white pieces, and said, "Besides, if I give up, who will Your Majesty ask to play chess with you?"

"The national teacher guessed it right, I just like your straightforward temperament." The emperor smiled, and went to pick up his black spots: "Another game?"

"Your Majesty isn't taking a nap?" Gu Guoshi raised his eyebrows and asked.

The emperor thought for a while, and as soon as his hands were scattered, the sunspots in his hands were scattered on the chessboard: "That's right, I'm old, and I don't feel refreshed if I don't take a nap all afternoon... The national teacher should go back, and I will ask you to play again next time." chess!"

"Then I'll take my leave." Gu Guoshi nodded slightly, and then turned and left after the emperor waved his hand.

"Hey." The emperor snorted suddenly, took the chess basket, and picked up the sunspots on the table, and the supervisor stepped forward to help: "My lord, let the old slave come—!"

"Yeah." The emperor signaled Supervisor Rong to pick up the white ones, and he continued to pick up the black ones, and when he picked up half of them, he suddenly said, "Tell me, the national teacher is so arrogant. For more than 20 years, I haven't asked him to kneel down once."

Supervisor Rong paused in his heart, but he still smiled and said: "This old slave doesn't understand this... but the national teacher has always offered sacrifices to the sky, and only kneels to the heaven and the earth, not to the king."

"Perhaps they have this kind of rules when they are national teachers? Didn't the previous national teachers also behave like this, only kneeling when the first emperor drove the crane west."

"I am the son of heaven, not the king of men." The emperor looked at Supervisor Rong and said slowly, "Are you helping him speak?"

Superintendent Rong didn't even raise his head, and picked up his chess pieces as usual, he didn't seem to notice that the emperor's tone was wrong, he casually said: "Hey, how can this old slave help the national teacher to speak? He is obviously helping the emperor you! It is a very bad omen for the national teacher to kneel! Your Majesty is a person who wants to live a long life, and I am afraid that the national teacher will not need to kneel in his life!"

"This old slave is a layman. I personally think that the national teacher will not need to kneel down for you for the rest of his life! If Gu Guoshi is gone, we will welcome back the Zhu Guoshi. ...Master Rong, tell them to wait and wait, but they won't be able to kneel down to you! Isn't that like a thousand years to come!" After saying these words, Supervisor Rong raised his head and smiled at the emperor.

The emperor looked at him for a while, grabbed a handful of chess pieces and threw them on him, scolding with a smile: "You old cunning! You don't want to call me forever, you want to be the chief manager forever!"

Supervisor Rong chuckled twice: "I told you to find out..."

While the two were chatting and laughing, a plainly dressed man came in to report and put something on his head: "My lord, Guanshi Sun was found spying on Mr. Yu Ning, Mr. Yu beat him up and threw him on the street. Before his death, Guanshi Sun handed over the object to the spies, saying that Mr. Yu used it to block the city-breaking crossbow."

"Look." The emperor beckoned, and Supervisor Rong stepped forward to take the thing, opened it and showed it to the emperor.The emperor looked at it with his head, stretched out his hand and squeezed out a piece of broken porcelain: "Mirror flower porcelain?"

After he finished speaking, he shook his head, and threw the tile back into the box: "Interesting, Jinghua porcelain can also block the city-breaking crossbow?"

Supervisor Rong also widened his eyes: "Jinghua Porcelain still has this effect?"

His eyes fell on the small table, on which there were two teacups, which were also mirrored porcelain.