Jun You Ji Fou

The so-called Qianqiu Festival, that is, the emperor's birthday, takes its meaning of long live forever.

Li Palace is located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain. Guidian Orchid Palace is built on the mountain. In late autumn, most of the vegetation is withered, and the Feige Liudan is set off, which is bright and gorgeous.This night banquet was indeed as ingenious as Li Yanzhen said, it was not set in the palace, but an open-air banquet, next to a green lake, and you can enjoy the scenery of Lishan Mountain as far as you can see.But in the final analysis, it's just another place to indulge in sensuality, singing and dancing.

The melodious music lingered, and the sky full of stars was intoxicated.The undiminished Jiang Zhaoyi accompanied Li Yanzhen, glanced down, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "I heard that Jiaofang specially composed a new dance for His Majesty, and now it seems that it really has a peerless appearance."

Li Yanzhen questioned while half drunk and half awake.

Jiang Yuan raised her chin slightly, "Here."

At this time, the sound of silk strings suddenly turned and came gurgling, Li Yanzhen followed her gaze, most of the drunkenness disappeared immediately, and some people exclaimed during the banquet.

The dancers in scarlet clothes turned to one side at some point, like a blooming flower, revealing the independent dancers in white clothes behind them.The woman was dressed in a white shirt like snow, but she stood on the water of the lake, twisted her fingers like a lotus, stretched out her soft body and danced lightly, stepping on the water with her bare feet, every step caused the autumn water to splash and wet the corners of her skirt.Her dancing posture is extremely charming, but her appearance is beautiful and moving. When she suddenly turned her head to look at her, she smiled brightly, like a spirit in the water.

Chu Mingyun glanced at it, then looked away blankly.Others were stunned, but he could naturally see the mystery: stone slabs had been set up in the lake a few inches below the water surface, and the dancers seemed to be dancing in the water, but they were actually stepping on the stones.

Chu Mingyun held the jade cup in one hand and propped his chin in the other, his eyes fell on Su Shiyu who was opposite him involuntarily and naturally.Su Shiyu tilted his head slightly, and looked at the dancer like everyone else. His expression was as flat as ever, and he couldn't find any admiration or joy. Being so close, I couldn't guess what was going on in his heart.

Unconsciously rubbing the rim of the cup with his fingertips, Chu Mingyun watched the warm lights illuminate his black eyes, a line of shadow leaked along his fair neck and into his collar, every inch and inch was kissed and rubbed.

Su Shiyu turned his head, and inadvertently met Chu Mingyun's gaze, which was far away, he was stunned for a moment, and turned his eyes down to avoid it.

Chu Mingyun squeezed the jade cup tightly, and drank the wine silently.

After a while, the dance was over, the dancer in white stepped on the embroidered blanket, and there were still tiny drops of water falling from her feet.She bowed profusely, and was about to say some words of congratulations, when there was a muffled bang not far away, it was as severe as a thunder, and even her feet trembled, and the lake was turbulent.Immediately afterwards, the hills and ridges on Lishan Mountain collapsed, and everyone watched helplessly as the trees on the ridge near the palace quickly collapsed, and then rolled down like a collapse, like a giant beast suppressed in the mountains broke free from the confinement, roaring and roaring. In the sound, the chaotic rocks rushed with sand and soil, and instantly destroyed the pavilion, and then stormed.

"What's going on?" Chu Mingyun stood up suddenly.

Jiang Yuan's complexion changed, and she was pulled into her arms just as she was about to pull away to leave. The splashed gravel brushed against her temples, and if she moved a little slower just now, her life would be fatal. She looked up at Li Yanzhen in astonishment: " His Majesty……"

"Be careful." Li Yanzhen didn't care to look at her expression, and hurriedly protected her and retreated with the guards.

The smoke and dust rolled over, covered the sky, and the ground trembled even more. Countless people were still immersed in the wonderful water dance, but in the blink of an eye they were about to face a landslide, and ran away, losing their courtier demeanor, in a panic.The loud sound of rolling rocks mixed with the voices of people screaming in terror, instantly exploded like boiling water.

Su Shiyu subconsciously glanced at the opposite side, his vision was blocked by the dimness of the dust, but he could vaguely see that there was no one on the seat. He breathed a sigh of relief, and walked quickly to the seat, but it was also empty.Su Shiyu turned around and tried his best to look around, his eyes were full of chaos, but he didn't see Li Yanzhen's figure, but he couldn't help coughing twice because he inhaled the smoke.

At this time, someone grabbed his hand suddenly, and was wrapped in his arms. The man covered his mouth and nose with one hand, and Su Shiyu smelled a trace of sandalwood between the other's fingers in the turbid sandy smell, and his heart skipped a beat. Trembling, but the hand holding him was long and strong, so tight that he felt pain in his knuckles, and he couldn't break free at all.

Chu Mingyun took him to a safe place on the other side of the lake, let go of his hands and walked back, leaving only one sentence: "Wait for me here."

Su Shiyu grabbed his arm quickly, "Where are you going?"

Chu Mingyun turned around, the condensed expression between his brows suddenly melted away, and he asked with a smile, "Are you worried about me?"

"Is your person near here?" Su Shiyu asked without answering.

"Are you worried about me?" Chu Mingyun stared at him closely.

Su Shiyu looked away at the collapsed cliff, and frowned slightly, "Could it be you..."

Su Bai pressed his finger on his lips to interrupt his words, Chu Mingyun laughed, "I can't answer any of these questions you asked." His index finger lightly traced along the line of his lips, Chu Mingyun withdrew his hand and pointed Jian Jian licked it, and said with a smile: "Don't go anywhere, wait for me here for a while." After saying that, he left directly, and his figure was submerged in the chaotic smoke in the blink of an eye.

Su Shiyu froze in place, and then took a few deep breaths to forcefully clear the scene just now from his mind.He hesitated for a moment, but returned to the chaotic place.

However, Chu Mingyun did not return to the banquet. He took Qin Zhao and Yingwei up to Lishan Mountain along a small path and stood on the cliff.The collapsed mountain range was not far from here, and several shadow guards had already gone to investigate, while the rest of the black-clothed shadow guards lined up behind him, so silent that it almost melted into the night.

Chu Mingyun looked down, the landslide finally stopped, the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and you could see the scattered rocks, mud and sand accompanied by the tattered seats, the lake water was stained muddy, and the corpses of the people who were buried alive and crushed to death lay on the ground. Everyone was still panicking, and the extravagant palace banquet became a mess.

Although the cause of this unexpected landslide is still unclear, the opportunity is always not to be missed.

Chu Mingyun raised his hand to take the longbow, put an arrow on the bow, and drew the string to the full.The night wind blew his long crow-colored hair, and the pale moonlight illuminated his cold side face. He loosened his finger, and the sharp arrow shot out with the force of lightning.Countless arrows whizzed after him and pierced through the air. The arrows glowed with cold light, covering the palace banquet like a cloud of black mist.

At this moment, the guards in iron armor rushed into the banquet, stood in front of the courtiers and swung their knives vigorously, intending to use their bodies as shields to block sharp arrows, and more than a dozen guards with shields formed a group around the periphery. The exquisite formation split most of the swift offensive.Although some people were still injured, everyone's emotions stabilized for a while, and even the few civil servants who were frightened out of their wits stopped panicking. Everything suddenly became orderly, and they unexpectedly resisted this Arrow rain.

In the brightly lit banquet, seeing the surroundings in darkness, it is impossible to figure out where the enemy is, at most they can only perceive a general position, they have the advantage, and it doesn't matter if they can't hit with one blow.The shadow guards on the cliff changed their arrows and put on their bows, ready to start the next round of attack, but the master raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute."

Chu Mingyun narrowed his eyes slightly, looked down, his face suddenly changed.

Li Yanzhen had already left under the escort of the chief guard, and the rest of the people also hurriedly retreated to the palace under the cover of the guards. Only one person stood calmly, calmly, and took the overall situation under his command. No one else could learn from it. Half of the outstanding elegance is Su Shiyu.

Qin Zhao looked beside him subconsciously, only to see Chu Mingyun frowned, and suddenly laughed indistinctly: "That's right, I forgot, how could he listen to me and stay obediently." After a pause, He slowed down his smile, and said coldly: "Stop it first."

"Master, you..."

Chu Mingyun didn't give him a chance to speak, and turned his head to ask the shadow guard who came back from the investigation: "What did you find?"

"Reporting to the Lord, it can be confirmed that the landslide was man-made, and traces of gunpowder were found in the crevices of the rocks. It should be similar to our previous method."

"Gunpowder?" Chu Mingyun savored the word and smiled slightly, "It seems that person is really in a hurry."

Qin Zhao said, "How should we deal with it?"

"There is no need to ambush Li Yanzhen on the way back." Chu Mingyun still kept his gaze from below.The courtiers had already hid in the palace, Su Shiyu turned his head and was giving instructions to someone. The white-clothed dancer who performed the dance earlier walked past him with the other actors. .Su Shiyu turned his head back, and he helped her stand still, but the dancer's hand was still on his arm, tightening it a little bit.

Chu Mingyun drew a long arrow, buckled the bowstring and pointed it at the dancer's heart, and said to Qin Zhao: "Clean up the traces of gunpowder over there. The people in the palace will find nothing when they see it. Frighten the snake, and then send someone to investigate the source of the gunpowder."

Su Shiyu looked down at Wu Ji unexpectedly. Wu Ji lowered her head with a blushing face, but she still didn't let go of her hands.Su Shiyu looked at her thoughtfully, then pulled her behind him.

"Tsk." Chu Mingyun threw away his bow and arrow, turned and walked down the mountain, "He wants Li Yanzhen's life, so I want Li Yanzhen to live a little longer. He has the courage to stir up trouble in Beijing, but he has no courage to show up. After hiding like a mouse for so long, it's time to show up."

The monarchs and ministers in the palace were in fear, and the guards outside the palace were waiting in full force. After maintaining this state for a long time, there was no further change.The head of the guard and the commander of the forbidden army personally led people to search Lishan all over, but they couldn't find any traces, so they had to report the truth, guessing that the other party saw the situation was not good and evacuated first.

Li Yanzhen breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and didn't blame them. She ordered someone to go over and clean up the mess, and took an inventory by the way.

Fortunately, Su Shiyu stabilized the situation in time, only a few attendants Gong'e died due to the landslide, and although the officials were injured, it was not life-threatening. At this time, the imperial physician had been sent to bandage them.Li Yanzhen thought about it, and felt that the Qianqiu Festival banquet that had been planned for so long ended in such a mess, it was really ugly, so she simply ordered to continue the banquet in this hall.

All civil and military officials had different expressions but the same complicated and unspeakable expressions. They couldn't help but glanced at Li Yanzhen, and felt that His Majesty was so big-hearted that he seemed to have opened his eyes.

They had their own concerns, but seeing that the two adults, Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu, hadn't spoken, they could only swallow all their thoughts.

At the continued banquet, singing and dancing were still performed, but there was always a sense of reluctance in the exchange of cups and cups.The officials managed to make it to the end, congratulated His Majesty on Qianqiu Longsui again and planned to end this, but Su Shiyu left the table suddenly, praised the dancer in white who amazed the audience with a dance in the water, and asked Li Yanzhen for a gift.

Everyone in the world knows that the imperial censor is proficient in melody, and there were precedents of taking away dancers and actors at banquets in the past. It's not a big deal, and no one cares.However, when he finished speaking, there was a cracking sound, which was extremely ear-piercing, and the banquet was so shocked that there was an instant silence.The few officials on the opposite side could clearly see that the white jade wine cup was crushed with one hand by Chu Taiwei.

Li Yanzhen asked in surprise, "Chu Aiqing?"

Chu Mingyun stared at Su Shiyu's side face in the hall, let go of his hand and let the broken jade fall all over the table, and replied without emotion: "My hand slipped."