The Ascension of Ghosts

Lu Sheng was caught off guard and fell into Xie Rong's arms. He felt a pair of arms clinging tightly behind his back like iron tongs. He was stunned for a moment, but then he thought that Xie Rong was just lucky enough to escape, so he couldn't help feeling emotional, and placed it on Xie Rong's shoulders. hand, he hesitated for a long time but couldn't push it away.

Xie Rong didn't know what tricks he used. When Lu Sheng came back to his senses, he realized that he was sitting on the young man's lap and let him hug him tightly. Lu Sheng could only sigh and pat Xie Rong on the shoulder lightly. , while softly comforting: "Ah Rong, it is safe and sound after all, congratulations."

Xie Rong leaned her head sideways on the side of his neck, as if snuggling, then raised her hand to gently rub his neck from the back of his head to his neck, with moderate strength, the rubbing was comfortable and numb, Lu Sheng's back stiffened suddenly, and he felt a rush of heat From the back of the neck down the spine, there is a certain place dormant, ready to move.He made a gesture to struggle, but was still held firmly by Xie Rong, he couldn't help but blushed a little, and said in a low voice: "...let go first."

Xie Rong raised her head slightly, and whispered on the side of his neck: "Baoyang, I... am so happy."

There is a warm smile in his tone, like a frozen wasteland that has turned into warm jade in the blue field, and the heat from his lips is burned on the side of Lu Sheng's neck, which makes people feel extremely soft-hearted.

It was rare for Lu Sheng to see Xie Rong so frank and happy. When his heart was sweet, he couldn't help but feel embarrassed, his ears turned slightly red, and he turned his head, and said in a low voice, "Young Master Xie, why have you never seen such a storm, why are you so happy about this little thing?"

Xie Rong still raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "I don't pay attention to what other people do, but Baoyang is willing to run for me, even if he dies, it is worth it."

Lu Sheng's ears were getting hotter and redder, and he felt like sitting on his lap like this, listening to him whispering softly, as if melting into maltose from head to toe, clearly felt that something was wrong, but at the same time, he was greedy for that rare man. Nostalgic for joy, full of contradictions, but finally aware of the hidden thoughts in my heart.If it's like this... It would be a beautiful thing to get along with each other for a long time.

Lu Sheng thought about it a lot, but finally he just sighed, "What are you talking about?"

Xie Rong stared at him with a pair of clear and deep eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's not mention it anymore, with Baoyang here, how can I be willing to die?"

Lu Sheng became furious and pushed hard on Xie Rong's shoulders. Finally, he got rid of Xie Rong's arms and stood up. This time, it went well beyond his expectations. He couldn't help being dumbfounded. Then he stuffed the rice paper in Xie Rong's arms, "Burn it soon!" !"

Xie Rong unfolded the scroll with a smile, and it showed a middle-aged man wearing a dragon robe, with benevolent eyebrows and a chubby figure, vaguely similar to Sima Yu. The book on the side reads: Disciple Jin Emperor Sima Jing kowtowed three times , I implore Sanqing Holy Venerable to protect disciple Long Yun.

This portrait has a special meaning, it is called Ascension to Heaven, and it is a picture that Taoist disciples bathe in divine grace for protection before enshrining their own portraits to the Holy One.For example, this portrait of Sima Jing, King of Pengcheng, dressed in a dragon robe and pretending to be an emperor, naturally asks for the blessing of the gods and the early ascension to the throne.If it was this painting that everyone saw before, disaster would be imminent for the Xie Mansion.

He didn't order people to burn it down, but asked: "There are many scrolls piled up in my flower hall, why did you choose that picture of beauty?"

Lu Sheng was taken aback, and said: "Once the portrait of the emperor was taken off, there were still slight traces on the wall, I just picked a picture of the same size and hung it up, so I can't care less about seeing what kind of beauty your precious painting is Beautiful." He paused for a while, then felt angry again, turned his head and grabbed Xie Rong's wrist and said angrily, "Master, I was in a hurry to save you, but now you blame me for touching your baby?"

Xie Rong couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "It's not my baby."

Lu Sheng became more and more furious, and was about to leave as soon as he shook his hand. Xie Rong grabbed him with his backhand, got up and handed the emperor's portrait to Ruoxia, still smiling: "Now I can take care of it, but you have to look carefully."

How could Lu Sheng want to take a closer look, who would have thought that this noble young master would be obsessed with pictures of beauties when he talked sweetly to him?It's just that Xie Rong looked like a calm and gentle gentleman, but his strength was great, and he grabbed Lu Sheng's wrist to prevent him from breaking free. Lu Sheng didn't want to struggle too hard, so he was still dragged into the secret room.

Xie Rong smiled and said, "Look at who this person is?"

Lu Sheng said indifferently: "Young Master Xie is so romantic in the world and knows countless beauties, how dare Lu Mou dare to fight against others?"

Xie Rong said: "Baoyang, you know this person."

After all, Lu Sheng couldn't help being curious. After looking at the beautifully dressed beauty picture, he really saw some clues, and hesitantly said, "It looks familiar..."

This beauty is drawn too tall, her figure is tough but she loses her femininity, she looks seventy percent like a young man.

He was suddenly blessed, and saw the clues. This was clearly a picture of him being forced to wear women's clothing that day, and he turned his head and said angrily: "Xie Rong!"

Xie Rong laughed so high that the sky was high and the clouds were calm, and she was so soft that she looked like a different person from when they first met, and said with a smile: "Baoyang, what's the matter?"

Lu Sheng didn't open his mouth, but just stared at him, but suddenly he felt blessed, and pointed to the portrait and asked, "You, you are Mr. Qianshan?"

Xie Rong sighed: "It's only because I had an itchy hand that I drew your standing portrait. Now that you have been seen by all eyes, even if you want to hide it, you can't do it."

Qianshan Gongzi has always been fighting for his calligraphy, which is worth an inch of gold, but he has always painted landscapes and objects instead of people, and his artistic conception is cold, and he does not eat the fireworks of the world. The writing is outstanding, I'm afraid it will be regarded as a counterfeit work by others.The high-ranking scholars looked over, afraid that the news would spread like wildfire and cause a lot of trouble.

Lu Sheng was so startled that he was in a trance, and asked: "Could it be, could it be...to make it public?"

Xie Rong said: "It's only my fault that I was quick to admit that it was done by Mr. Qianshan. Baoyang... I have brought you into trouble."

Lu Sheng saw that he felt guilty, but he couldn't blame him, but he was in a daze, worried that if he saw too many people, he would be recognized sooner or later, and he didn't care about other things. Now that Xie Rong is fine, he simply said goodbye After returning home, he took the opportunity to visit Shen Lun again.

After Lu Sheng left, Ruoxia said, "If Master Baoyang finds out, Master Sunlight has already recognized it..."

Xie Rong's face darkened, and she sneered, "The barbarians in the Western Regions don't know the heights of the heavens and the earth, so I will teach him a lesson sooner or later."

He took back the portrait of the emperor from Ruoxia's hand, poured half a cup of residual tea on the painting, and at the bun under the crown of the portrait, the bun painted in black ink suddenly changed from thick to light, and the remaining ink marks were actually water. The word "month".

The bead curtain was stirred, but it was Ge Zhenren who stepped in, flicked his hem, sat opposite Xie Rong, poked his head to see Mr. Shuiyue's secret inscription, and couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Your best friend is really unexpected."

Xie Rong's expression was gentle, she just lowered her eyes and said nothing.

This was originally a series of tricks, Sima Qian thought she had the trick, and brought the emperor's statue back to the palace, so someone naturally saw through the trap.

Mr. Shuiyue is a great scholar in the world, and he is proud and arrogant. Even if he draws this portrait of framing his opponent, he must leave his signature.As long as this statement is made, the empress will naturally believe it, not to mention that the handwriting was copied by Xie Rong himself.

Shuiyue resigned from teaching and became a guest of King Chenliu. At this time, everyone in the world knew that she was tied to the same boat with King Chenliu and shared weal and woe. Why did Shuiyue paint the picture of Ascension in Dragon Robe for King Pengcheng? picture?Naturally, it was clear at a glance that it was ordered by King Chenliu to slander King Pengcheng with a disobedient heart.

King Pengcheng's family naturally calculated clearly. When they found the picture, Xie Rong could not escape some prison disasters, but he only needed to reverse it to get out of the predicament. I'm afraid that I will be a little more angry with King Chen Liu - in the final analysis, it's just a small bitter trick.

It's just that with Lu Sheng's actions, bitter tricks won't work.

Ge Zhenren sighed: "It's a pity, a pity that there are less bargaining chips to anger the little emperor."

Xie Rong's eyes were slightly cold, but she still responded: "The good thing is that the overall situation is fine, so let him go."

Ge Zhenren gave another warning before leaving.

Xie Rong sat alone for a long time, then suddenly stood up, grabbed the Bogu frame against the wall and pulled it, the thick wooden frame made of solid pear blossom fell to the ground, and the ceramic vases, celadon incense burners, lacquer plates and so on were placed on it. Treasures were scattered, porcelain shattered to the ground, and there were ear-piercing loud noises one after another.

All the servants in the room were terrified and knelt down together, not daring to vent their anger, but Ruoxia stepped forward on her knees, and hurriedly said: "My lord, calm down, Master Ge puts the overall situation at the top of his mind, so it is inevitable that he will be negligent. However, my lord How lucky to be saved by Mr. Baoyang regardless of his life and future...Why do you need to ask for other things?"

A cold smile gradually appeared on Xie Rongsen's cold face, looking down at the mess on the ground, he sneered and said: "So what if we help each other? He is just born with a warm heart, and he doesn't see anyone being wronged and suffering. If I am in trouble, he will naturally come to rescue, and others will help." He went to rescue Shen Lun anyway. Now that Shen Lun is injured, he is full of concern, and he doesn't even want to stay for a moment. What is the difference between me and others... "

Ruoxia was at a loss for words, so she could only ask for help to take a look at Ruofie, but Ruodee lowered her head and said softly: "My lord, the Shangsi Festival is coming, when I invite Mr. Baoyang to celebrate the festival, Mr. Baoyang must be very happy."

But Xie Rong had withdrawn the coldness all over her body, and said indifferently: "Forget it, don't mention it again. Get off the carriage, Master Qingfeng was frightened, I'm going to visit him."

All the servants dispersed, cleaned up the mess, waited on Xie Rong to change clothes and went out without mentioning it.

There was a turmoil on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, everyone only thought that King Pengcheng would be destroyed, but unexpectedly, in just a few hours, the road turned around.First, Sima Qian went to search at the residence of the master Ge Zhenren's disciple who was enshrined by King Pengcheng and returned without success. Then the Shangshu Yun Zizhang in the palace invited dozens of old blacksmiths to smash a few pieces of the bronze mirror presented by Sima Qian. After identifying the ingredients, it was immediately recognized that the bronze mirror was smelted from copper ore in Baishan County.The copper ore produced in various mines in Gein has slightly different compositions, but only experienced craftsmen can distinguish clearly.

Baishan County is under the jurisdiction of King Chenliu. It is thousands of miles away from Xuzhou where King Pengcheng is located. There is a top-grade red copper mine a hundred miles away from Xuzhou, which is far better than the quality of Baishan copper mine. Why does King Pengcheng travel thousands of miles to Baishan County? Take ore?If it wasn't for Yun Shangshu's intentions to find an old craftsman to identify the ingredients, I'm afraid King Pengcheng would not be able to clear up his grievances.Even Master Qingfeng, who swore that the four bronze mirrors must have been made by Ge Zhenren, is now thrown into prison.

On the sixth day of February, the confidant of the prefect Chenliu rushed to the palace with wounds all over his body, and died of exhaustion immediately after presenting an account book.

What is recorded in the account book is surprisingly evidence that Chenliu County secretly expanded its armaments, trained its bravery, and harbored several rebels.The emperor was furious, and ordered Sima Yan, king of Chenliu, to go to Beijing with his family.King Chen Liu knew that his deeds had been exposed, so he raised troops hastily, and was suppressed in less than a month, and more than a hundred members of his family committed suicide.All his followers were ransacked and beheaded, implicating thousands of people.For a while, the court was shaken and people panicked. Even Lu Yuan had a sad face every day, trying his best to persuade Lu Sheng to resign as a meritorious service officer as soon as possible and go to the Yue Family Martial Arts Academy to be an instructor.

Lu Sheng was in dire straits, forced a smile to deal with his brother, and worried about the old Lantern Lane.Mr. Shuiyue's whereabouts are unknown, Chen Liuwang's party feathers have been wiped out long ago, and Shen Lun is left behind. Although he is only a small pawn, he has participated in Chen Liu's conspiracy to rebel the party after all. Doomed.

Nan Lai is calmer than Lu Sheng, and she only takes good care of Shen Lun's injuries every day, and now she has recovered more than half of her body. She even told Lu Sheng not to come to Old Lantern Lane again, because he is the guard of the feather forest, and he was once Shuiyue As a student of the husband, it is inevitable that many people will pay attention to his actions; secondly, if something happens, she and Shen Lun can insist that Lu Sheng has no knowledge of it, so as not to involve one more person.

Now the capital is heavily guarded, the gates of the city are strictly guarded by the city guards, and all entry and exit are subject to interrogation. The portrait of Shen Lun has already been posted at the gate of the city. It is really impenetrable and impossible to escape.

It wasn't until the Shangsi Festival was approaching that Lu Sheng finally found the opportunity to send Shen Lun out of the city.