Second minister and thief

"When Baiyin Kongchen woke up from a dream, he realized the great sorrow in the mountains. The Prime Minister's 'friend' is Master Kongchen from Baiyin Temple."

"Exactly!" The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Chu Linqiu had taken the initiative to mention this person, and agreed with the flow.But he didn't notice that Chu Linqiu's expression became a little strange when he just finished speaking.

"But as far as I know, Master Chenchu ​​was ordered to enter the palace to have a long talk about Buddhism with the saint. I don't know if it's this hour, why hasn't the prime minister returned to the palace? Could it be that he also entered the palace together?"

"This... the master did stay at Baiyin Temple last night. As for why he didn't return this morning, I really don't know, and I haven't received any news. It seems that the master was stumbled by other important matters on the way. Stop." The old man was about to gnash his silver teeth, he knew that the imperial commander would be difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect that there would be a trap here waiting for him.

He hated it to death in his heart, but he had to squeeze out a smile, and stood there quietly, with a very obvious attitude of seeing off the guests.It is also known that the servants of the prime minister's mansion dare to "jump on the power of others" like this.

It's a pity that he met Chu Linqiu who was less reasonable than him.

I saw Chu Linqiu glanced at him lightly, walked around him, stepped directly over the threshold and walked in. When passing by people, he said, "In that case, I will wait here .I don’t think Mr. Prime Minister will stay somewhere else tonight, right?” This means how long we’ve been waiting.

The message Chu Linqiu sent to the butler of the prime minister's mansion was that Mr. Chu had a lot of free time today, and no matter how long it took, he could afford it.But he, the prime minister, can't hide for a lifetime?

"Lord Chu! My lord, stop!"

The old butler had never seen such a cheeky person as Chu Linqiu in his life for decades, so he froze in place for a moment.After reacting, he rushed to stop him, and said solemnly with a pale face, "Forgive me, my lord. The master ordered that no one should be allowed in during his absence."

"Did your adults still say, especially that traitor surnamed Chu?"

"This, this..." Just as the old housekeeper was stunned, Chu Linqiu found a space, and led his subordinate Shi Shiran through the yard and corridor, and sat on the guest chair in the front hall. down.

"I heard that in the middle of last month, a batch of summer tea picked by Jinghe has been sent to the mansion. I wonder if Chu will be lucky enough to taste one or two?"

"..." The old butler stood at the door in a dilemma. He glanced at Chu Linqiu veiledly. Seeing that this person not only ignored him, but was even lowering his head and concentrating on smoothing the folds of his cuffs, he couldn't help but lightly. After stomping his feet, he turned around and whispered a few words to others.

Not long after, a servant came up with two cups of hot tea, put them on the table respectfully, and then quietly walked back.

Chu Linqiu casually picked up the teacup, carefully brushed off the floating broken leaves with the lid, and after observing the color of the tea soup, he lowered his head and took a sip.

After drinking, he frowned, raised his eyelids and looked at the housekeeper not far away in a strange way, smiled slightly, and said, "The king of bitter tea in Jingdi is truly extraordinary. Taste all kinds of things in the world, but return the sweetness in the throat, implying that the bitterness is the sweetness. It's just that the housekeeper used this to entertain the guests, isn't it impolite?" After speaking, Chu Linqiu put the teacup back on the table heavily.

Due to too much force, a little orange tea soup splashed on his dark sleeve, but he didn't care, just staring straight at the butler's face.Under the pressure, the old man took two steps back, but then he lowered his head slightly and said calmly, "This is the best summer tea in the Prime Minister's Mansion, so it is naturally used to entertain distinguished guests."

"Really? So, Chu is short-sighted."

After the deterrence was over, Chu Linqiu lost interest. He leaned on the guest seat, put his hand on his aching head and ignored him.In fact, even when he was sitting still, he felt a little heavy in his body, if he hadn't used his strength secretly, he might have slipped to the ground already.

However, although he was extremely uncomfortable, he didn't show it at all on his face, and he still looked unapproachable, so that the housekeeper felt anxious and could always think of his "bad reputation" that had spread far and wide.