Green Dragon Totem

"...Yin Kaiyang?"

"Hmm." Xie Yun patted the book that Shan Chao had dug out just now on the copybook, and said leisurely, "The first time I saw He Lan Minzhi was at the secret door. He was given to Yin Kaiyang by the Wu family."

At first, Shan Chao didn't understand what it meant to give it to Yin Kaiyang, but then absurd feelings arose in his heart: "By his family?"

"He Lanmin's biological father died early. His mother, Mrs. Wu from South Korea, and his younger sister, Mrs. He Lan, Mrs. Wei, are both the favorite concubines of our current emperor, and the Wu family also gave birth to the current King Yong, Li Xian." Xie Yun It seems to be quite interesting: "—but that's something later. Before the mother and daughter were favored, as early as when the queen returned from the Ganye Temple, her status and life were not stable because of the serious strife in the harem. , Your Majesty relies heavily on secret doors..."

"The Wu family must have misunderstood Yin Kaiyang's preferences, so they sent He Lanminzhi to him as a boy in order to seek protection and alliance."

Shan Chao was completely speechless.

However, Xie Yun was accustomed to these obscene and chaotic things at the peak of power, and even found it very interesting: "For the next few years, He Lanminzhi has been a key figure in contact with the queen and the secret forces, and has a great reputation in the capital. During the years when the door sneaked into the rivers and lakes, he still kept a low profile; in the year when Taishan was enshrined in Zen, Yin Kaiyang returned to Chang'an, the secret door once again took power, and He Lanminzhi jumped out again, even the empress was deeply afraid."

Shan Chao asked: "What does this have to do with him targeting you everywhere?"

Xie Yun raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, and said with a smile, "Because He Lanmin... When he met me at the secret door, he also had a misunderstanding about my relationship with Yin Kaiyang."

The two looked at each other for a long time, with hesitation in Shan Chao's eyes, but Xie Yun raised his eyebrows with interest.

"...Misunderstanding?" Shan Chao finally asked.

Xie Yun couldn't control the jokes in his eyes: "It's really just a misunderstanding. It's just that when I later figured out why he held so much grudge against me, several years had passed, and I couldn't explain it to him."

The secret that was once speculated and discussed in Chang'an City was finally revealed at this moment.

Shan Chao stared at Xie Yun quietly, and finally asked: "Then what do you mean by telling me this now?"

"It's nothing. I'm just telling you that the power in the capital is complicated. Many grievances and grievances are not what you imagined, and many people are not what you see on the surface. Therefore, if you want to save the life of the prince, it is useless to focus on me alone."

Xie Yun leaned deeply into the back of the armchair, crossed his thighs comfortably, folded his hands on his chest, and glanced leisurely at Shan Chao.This sitting posture makes his legs look very long, his back is deeply sunken into the chair, the back of the shoulders and the lumbar spine form a beautiful and very seductive arc, Shan Chao's eyes fell on it, and he forced himself not to move after a long time Moved away sensually: "I see, thank you Master for reminding me."

"Master, let me remind you again. Did you see King Yong when you sent the prince out that day?"

"..."

"How do you feel about Prince Yong?"

Shan Chao hesitated for a moment, but chose a very moderate and normal answer: "Long Zhang Feng Zi, you are worthy of being a prince."

I don't know if it was his illusion, but after saying this, Xie Yun suddenly looked at him with a scrutiny, and it was a very teasing, faintly funny scrutiny.

"……What's wrong?"

Xie Yun withdrew his gaze and asked lazily, "Do you think King Yong can replace the crown prince?"

Shan Chao was stunned.

"Of course you don't think so. In your eyes, our frail, sick and sorrowful prince is omnipotent." Xie Yun laughed and said, "But you think so, it doesn't mean that other princes think so, let alone other princes. Everyone around me agrees..."

"You mean someone wants to replace the crown prince?"

Xie Yun slyly said: "I didn't say that."

Shan Chao couldn't help but recall the scene of Xie Yun panting under him in the deserted garden that day, his face full of pain and lust, and his eyes full of water.

He found that only at that time Xie Yun was more real, stripped of all debauched and confusing appearances, and would not reveal the slightest cruelty and coldness inside.

"Go out," Xie Yun lazily waved his hand, which was a gesture from the inside out of the palm: "Since you are here to keep an eye on it, you should go outside the door and guard it. I will call you if there is any order."

Shan Chao: "..."

Shan Chao turned and walked towards the door, suddenly his footsteps stopped again, and his Adam's apple slipped.

"I know the crown prince will not be a wise and holy master," he said suddenly.

Xie Yun was about to reach out to pick up the pen on the shelf, but his fingers froze in the air.

"But I don't want you to be involved in the felony crime of seizing the heirloom, and become a wronged soul who will be silenced or liquidated in the future, so the other half of the Habayashi Army guarding the prince is actually protecting you."

There was silence behind him.

Shan Chao walked out and closed the door with his hands behind his back.

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A moment later, there was a knock on the window lattice, and then it was quietly pushed open. A graceful figure in a crimson corset skirt rolled into the room, and Fushen whispered: "Commander."

Xie Yun was reviewing the documents in front of the table, and when he heard this, he picked up his pen and pointed in the direction of the door, meaning why he had to turn over the window if the door was open?

"Commander, forgive me," the person who came was Jin Xin, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "When I came in, I saw someone guarding outside, dressed in purple and wearing gold and jade belts, like guards, it was the third-rank general Huaihua who was recently proclaimed by imperial decree... "

Xie Yun didn't turn his head back: "Can't Zheng Sanpin guard the gate for me?"

"Uh, not really..."

"Then it's over."

Xie Yun took down a gold-patterned black lacquer box from the Eight Treasures Pavilion, and took out a small medicine bottle of suet white jade inside.Jin Xin took a closer look, and when she opened it, the bottle was filled with vermilion medicinal powder, and she couldn't smell any smell, only the color was as bright red as blood, which was really beautiful.

Xie Yun shook the medicine bottle, his eyes were full of thoughts, and asked after a while: "Did that person come to you recently?"

Jin Xin half-kneeled on the ground, her expression was totally different from her usual flirtatious and charming, she said seriously in a low voice: "Yes."

"What did you say?"

"It's all the deceitful words that seduced women back then, and promised to use money and silk to make a lot of money, so don't mention it."

Jin Xin thought that Xie Yun would make a few casual jokes like before, but Xie Yun only nodded thoughtfully, and gently placed the medicine bottle in front of Jin Xin: "—Tian Hou Taocheng came here, and I tortured him specially for this A few former slaves of the Liu family of the Queen's mother's family."

"The art of hating victory has always been deeply hated by His Majesty. The queen and queen were deposed because of this. If the news leaked, the queen would not be able to protect herself. Therefore, this plan is extremely dangerous. Once it succeeds, it must be completely destroyed without leaving any evidence."

Jin Xin nodded and picked up the medicine bottle, but suddenly stopped talking: "Commander..."

Xie Yun glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.

"Even if the physical evidence is destroyed, this matter is known to heaven and earth. The queen knows it and you know it. People say that the bird is dead and the rabbit is dead. Although it is not the time when the bird is dead, but as long as this plan is successful, Empress Wu There will be nothing blocking the way to that chair, and then you will..."

Jin Xin's voice trembled slightly, and she lowered her head deeply.

From her perspective, Xie Yun could only see one foot stepping on the blue brick with lotus pattern in the study, and the other foot was suspended in mid-air due to the overlap of his legs, and suddenly placed on the ground.

Immediately, she felt Xie Yun leaning over in a chair, leaning close to her ear, and asked with a soft smile, "You think I never thought that day would come?"

"..." Jin Xin's heart was thumping in his chest, and it took him a while to make a weak voice: "Then why...why is he still so devoted to the queen? The one guarding outside is equally graceful and has been favored for many years , have no second thoughts about the leadership, from all aspects..."

She gritted her teeth and said tremblingly: "...all are more appropriate, but the commander has repeatedly spoken nonsense, and even pushed it out on purpose..."

According to Jin Xin's understanding of Xie Yun, it was very kind and reminiscent of old feelings not to kill her on the spot at this time.

The study room was so quiet that even breathing could be heard clearly.After an unknown amount of time, Jin Xin's half-kneeling knees were so numb that she lost consciousness, only then did she hear Xie Yun laugh slowly.

"You want to persuade me not to kick the third-rank official of the court out to guard the gate, for fear that he will take revenge if he becomes a superior in the future, don't you?"

Jin Xin dare not speak.

"Well," unexpectedly, Xie Yun smiled and said, "That makes sense. For your sake, you were going to give him half a cornbread at noon, so let's add two plates of pickles right now."

Jin Xin's only impulse was to fall down when her eyes turned dark.

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However, Xie Yun was not joking.Commander Xie's biggest characteristic is that he can do what he says, and he never tries to be aggressive with his words.

At noon, Xie Mansion had a meal, and the butler personally sent the full food box into the study. There were more than ten dishes in the food box, such as bright shrimp, fried white dragon yam, deer and chicken stir-fried, cloves, and other hot dishes, served with jade dew. There are desserts such as Tuan, Guifeihong, Golden Milk Crisp, Sweet Cher, etc., as well as Changsheng porridge and Changchun rolls; a moment after sending them in, the butler came out with a smile on his face, holding a white porcelain plate in his hand, and there was a Zamian steamed bread, and two dishes of side dishes.

"General, our commander said that there is not much rice and food in the humble house, and I saved this ration between my teeth to treat you, so you just... just use it..."

The butler smiled and wiped off his sweat, and quietly took half a step back, fearing that the hot general Huaihua in front of him would draw his sword angrily and hack himself to death on the spot.

However, Shan Chao stared straight at the cornbread, smiled strangely for a while, and reached out to take the white porcelain plate: "Master's reward, how can I not accept it? Thank you very much."

The butler ran away in a hurry, while Shan Chao lifted his robe, with a big horse and a golden knife, and sat in the corridor at the door of the study, eating corn bread with pickles.After taking a few mouthfuls, he still found it very delicious. He turned his head and laughed loudly at the closed door: "The cooks in the Commander's Mansion of the Imperial Army are really skilled. How does Master use them?"

The dish in front of Xie Yun only moved a few chopsticks, and he was drinking porridge with a silver spoon, when he heard the words "Ding!", he put the spoon down and said, "Go eat yours!"

The voice came out of the house, and Shan Chao laughed.

"...Xie Yun," Shan Chao asked in a low voice, "How did you manage to live and eat in the desert when you lived in the desert?"

This time the door was silent for a long time, so long that Shan Chao put the empty plate beside him and sat cross-legged on the steps for a long time in a daze. Came from inside, and said coldly: "That's why I wished to kill you a few times back then, and make a fire to roast meat as an extra meal, don't you know?"

With the sky reflected in Shan Chao's eyes, a distant smile slowly emerged.

Then within half an hour, Zamian Wotou was finished digesting, and the third-rank official in the court was so hungry that he almost broke into the study to eat his master who was thin and tender.

Fortunately, the more Miss Jinxin thought about it, the more wrong she became, and she secretly sent someone to buy up the kitchen of Xie's residence with a lot of money, and gave General Huaihua a plump and juicy stewed chicken with three delicacies soup like a thief.

General Shan squatted on the steps and devoured a whole chicken, satisfied, and finally dealt with the meal.

Clutching the mutton fat jade bottle tightly in her sleeve, Jin Xin hurried through the Xuanwu Gate and walked towards Beiya further away.

On the sidewalk of Miyagi, a man dressed in dark blue and dressed as a palace official was waiting for her, and he turned his head and smiled: "Miss Jinxin."

Jin Xin stood still, narrowed her beautiful and charming eyes, and said with a smile: "Zhao, Dao, Sheng."