bastard returns
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Having figured this out, Sikong Xu's enthusiasm faded for the most part, and he was about to find a reason to retreat when he suddenly heard Ning Yuan say: "Look, Your Highness, is there something going on over there?"
Ning Yuan raised his head and pointed to the opposite side of the pond.
There are no plants or buildings on the pond, and the field of vision is wide. It happens to be able to see a magnificent palace in the distance, and in a corner of the palace, billowing smoke is circling and rising.
"There is..." Sikong Xu's face suddenly turned pale, and from the other side of the pond, there was a faint shout from the eunuch on duty, "It's not good, the Shanhai Palace is flooded!"
The Shanhai Palace is the emperor's dormitory, it can be said to be the most important building in the entire palace, if there is water in that place, it will be fine, not to mention anything else, just a crime of ineffective care is enough to send Sikong Xu to prison!
Looking at Sikong Xu's dignified and tense side face, Ning Yuan concealed the smile on the corner of his mouth.
He brought Sikong Xu here because he wanted to appreciate the flustered expression on his face when he saw the big gift he gave him with his own eyes. It was really wonderful, but don't worry, it's just the tip of the iceberg of this gift. , the real good show is yet to come!
The flooding of the Shanhai Palace was a very serious event, and the news quickly spread to Sikong Yue. It was obvious that the noisy dinner party could not go on, and the group of people still had a clear idea of their priorities, and immediately headed for I went to the Shanhai Palace, but when I got to the palace, I saw a group of eunuchs standing stupidly in the corner, each holding a bucket, but the previous grand scene of billowing smoke had long since disappeared.
Sikong Yue pulled an eunuch impatiently and asked: "Didn't you just say that the water was leaking, why is there no movement at all now, don't tell me you dog slaves are fooling the hall!"
The eunuch trembled all over, and knelt down with chattering teeth, "Your Highness, Your Highness redeemed, just now there was indeed a large puff of thick smoke coming out from the northeast corner of Shanhai Palace. When they brought water to get over it, they found, found..."
Sikong Yue kicked the eunuch on the shoulder, "Bastard, tell me what you find, don't dawdle!"
The eunuch was kicked crookedly by him, and quickly got up and knelt down, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and said, "I found that what was burning was actually a pile of leaves that came out from nowhere. It's so big, it looks like it's been flooded..."
"Trash, for such a trivial matter to disturb the hall!" After hearing this, Sikong Yue couldn't help becoming even more angry. He was drinking happily, but when he heard that the Shanhai Temple was flooded, he was so shocked that he lost all interest, and even the wine he drank changed. He was covered in cold sweat, and it turned out to be an oolong after a long time, and he had to worry for nothing, how could he not be angry, and kicked the eunuch again, unexpectedly kicking him a foot away, this time the eunuch It took me a long time to get up, and I didn't dare to stay here anymore, so I ran away obediently.
"But where is the water?" Sikong Xu and Ning Yuan also arrived one after the other at this time, looking at the intact Shanhai Palace in front of him, Sikong Xu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately everything was fine.
Sikong Yue glanced at him, and said in a cold voice, "Fourth brother, this is the good servant you trained in the palace, but a little turbulence can be said to be misleading. Could it be that you are instructing them to deliberately tease the palace?"
"Brother Huang misunderstood, the slaves are useless, and he is troublesome. Brother Huang is here to accuse Brother Huang." Sikong Xu hastily cupped his hands and bowed to Sikong Yue, "I will definitely reprimand them later, and I will never Let the emperor be unhappy again."
Sikong Yue snorted twice, waved his hands impatiently, and was about to walk back, when he suddenly heard a voice from the side: "Shanhai Palace is the emperor's sleeping place, so it's a big matter, the villain thinks, for the sake of safety, His Majesty, why don't you?" It’s better to go in and check to make sure that there is no error in the hall.”
Everyone turned their heads to look at the person who made the voice, but it was Ning Yuan standing there quietly.
"How can there be a mistake in the hall." Sikong Xu looked at Ning Yuan with a serious look, and said: "The servants have already said that it is just the smoke from the leaves. The Shanhai Hall is built with steel and wood frames. If there is really water outside, it won’t damage anything.”
"The villain said it just now, just for the sake of safety." Ning Yuan lowered his head and said, "I believe the Fourth Highness doesn't want any problems in the Shanhai Palace. If you are not afraid of [-], you are just in case. If something burns out, It was only after the emperor came that he found out that not only the Fourth Highness, but even the First Highness will bear the blame, and I believe that the Fourth Highness, you are not willing to take this risk, are you?"
"You..." Sikong Xu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Sikong Yue, "Young Master Ning is right, if there is any problem, you will suffer yourself, this hall is not willing to bear this responsibility for you, come People, open the door to this hall!"
Since it was Sikong Yue's order, the eunuch guarding the gate of the hall did not dare to neglect, and hastily pushed open the vermilion lacquer door. Sikong Yue was the first to step into the palace gate with his head held high.
The aristocrats outside looked at me and I looked at you, since they all followed to see the excitement, there was no reason not to continue watching, so they filed in one by one.
Sikong Xu's complexion changed, and he couldn't help but glance at Ning Yuan, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
The Shanhai Palace is full of golden decorations, the dragon bed, candlesticks, and palace lanterns are extremely luxurious. Even the brocade quilt on the big bed is outlined with fine gold threads to reflect the majesty and dignity of the royal family.
"Brother Huang, you have also seen that there is clearly nothing wrong here." Sikong Xu eagerly leaned over to Sikong Yue who was looking around, just wanting him to finish reading quickly and go out, "There are still many dishes at the dinner party. If it is not submitted, if it is too late to go back, I am afraid it will be cold."
No wonder he wasn't in a hurry, Shanhai Palace is the emperor's dormitory, but after Sikong Xu arrived in Jiangzhou, he has been sleeping here brazenly. For one thing, the servants who serve him are all his cronies, and the sky here is far away from the emperor. , and no news would spread; secondly, he was just enjoying some psychological comfort, using this emperor's bedroom to satisfy his inner selfish desire.
If Si Kongyue saw signs of people living here, he would absolutely not be able to bear this serious crime of disobedience!
029 Mystery in the bedroom
"The Shanhai Palace is kept as clean as new, and the Fourth Highness has contributed a lot. If the emperor sees it, he will be delighted." Yao Qian, the son of the Minister of the Household Department, reached out and caressed the coiled dragon pillar beside the dragon bed, " Even the crevices of the dragon teeth are spotless, I'm afraid someone wipes them every day."
"Young Master Yao has a great reputation." Sikong Xu said with a smile: "This is the royal father's palace, so it must not be dirty at all times and must be cleaned from time to time."
"The emperor really has a heart." Si Kongyue walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, and found that there was no trace of damage. Thinking of the half-eaten pangolin on the table, he didn't want to spend any more here, and was about to go out , Suddenly heard an extremely slight "ding bell" coming from above the dragon bed.
He looked up and saw that a small glazed lamp hanging on the bed curtain was touched by something. It shook twice, and with the shaking, a few extremely fine particles fell from the middle. Others may not notice it, but Sikong Yue has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his eyesight is no better than that of ordinary people, so he immediately squinted his eyes, "What is that?"
"Your Highness, what are you talking about?" Several young masters around were taken aback for a moment, obviously they hadn't noticed anything, but Sikong Yue had strode forward, lifted the bed curtain, and looked at the bright yellow brocade quilt spread on the dragon bed.
The brocade quilt seemed to be newly replaced, the surface was clean and flawless, and it clearly reflected the things that fell on it, but it was just a few white incense pills that were much smaller than fingernails.
Sikong Yue picked up one and smelt it. The scent was very sweet. He turned his head to look at Sikong Xu and said, "My Royal Brother, all the time my father used Long Yanxiang in his palace. What kind of incense pills are you? Want to put it in a glazed lamp?"
"Brother Huang, it's just the usual pear blossom fragrance." Sikong Xu's cheeks were a little stiff, "My brother saw the spring day recently, and the pear blossom fragrance is sweet and suitable for the occasion, so I used some in my bedroom, and I have some spices. As for the habit of using candlelight to scatter in glazed lamps, it seems that the servants are ignorant, and even put some in this Shanhai Palace, I will definitely punish them when I turn back."
"Pear Blossom Fragrance is made of pear flower petals and sandalwood. The fragrance is sweet and subtle. It won't choke people after smelling it for a long time. The Fourth Highness really tastes it. It happened that my father once told me that the pear blossom fragrance in the palace was about to be used up." Exhausted, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to purchase a new batch, I don’t know what kind of pear blossom fragrance the Fourth Highness uses, if it’s good, I can also ask my father to recommend one or two to the father-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.” Mr. Fifteen, always cheerful and lively, went up directly to take the small incense pill from Sikong Yue, sniffed it, suddenly showed a strange expression, and remained silent.
Sikong Yue looked at him, "Mr. Liu, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Mr. Liu shook his head, staring at the incense pill in his hand, "This scent is very similar to the scent of pear blossoms, yes, but it feels a bit greasy, and it's not the same as ordinary pear blossoms."
"Oh?" Sikong Yue narrowed his eyes, glanced at Sikong Xu who suddenly became unnatural, and said to Mr. Liu: "This hall doesn't know much about spices. From Mr. Liu's point of view, isn't this the fragrance of pear blossoms?"
Mr. Liu scratched his head, "I'm not too sure, maybe I can tell the difference after burning this incense pill in the incense burner."
"It's just some fragrant pills, so why should Mr. Liu care about it?" Sikong Xu said, "Jiangzhou is located in the north, and pear blossom fragrance is abundant in the south of the Yangtze River. You can't find any good pear blossom fragrance here, maybe The taste will be different…”
"Imperial brother, why does this hall see you as nervous?" Sikong Yue suddenly interrupted Sikong Xu.
Sikong Xu's eyes changed, knowing that Sikong Yue had become suspicious, so he had to keep his mouth shut, and at the same time secretly annoyed, why he missed the things in the glazed lamp even though he had already cleaned up the other places.
But that thing, even if they found out it wasn't Lihuaxiang, they probably wouldn't know what it was.
Thinking of this, he gradually suppressed his heart, only thinking about cleaning up the entire Shanhai Palace after Sikong Yue and the others retreated.
Sikong Yue's intuition told himself that he should have caught Sikong Xu's handle. Sikong Xu kept saying that there must be something famous in this spice, so he immediately sent someone to bring a small incense burner and threw the incense pill into it. After a while, a burst of sweet aroma drifted out from the incense burner.
When even a few young masters who had used pear blossom fragrance nodded slightly, this fragrance was clearly the smell of pear blossom fragrance, but it didn't smell as pure as what they used in Huajing. Good raw materials, the quality of the spices made is not high.
Sikong Yue also sniffed, except that the scent of pear blossoms was sweeter than ordinary pear blossoms, it was indeed the smell of pear blossoms. Then he looked at Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu kept frowning, nodding his head for a while, shaking his head for a while, depending on the situation I can't tell why.With a soft snort, he realized that perhaps he was too attached, and waved his hand, wanting the eunuch to remove the incense burner.
"Seahorse oil is added to this." Suddenly, a gentle and long voice broke the silence, and made Sikong Yue's hand pause in the air.
Sikong Xu's face suddenly turned pale, and he turned around abruptly.
Ning Yuan was standing behind him, dressed in a plain white robe, with his hands folded in the sleeves, his hair tied with only one ribbon, his whole body was as light as a puddle of air, but the words that came out of his mouth were like li Like claws, it grabbed his heart fiercely.
"This pear blossom fragrance is mixed with seahorse oil." Ning Yuan slowly raised his eyes, and repeated it again. Only then did Sikong Yue come to his senses, "Seahorse oil? What is that?"
"It is the oil extracted from the body of a fish in the sea. It has the effect of aphrodisiac." Ning Yuan said slowly, "When you are in bed, use this oil to light a lamp, and its effect is comparable to a love potion. If you mix it with other spices Mixed use, the efficacy of the medicine will evaporate with the fragrance, and the effect will be better."
"What, you said this thing is a love potion!" Sikong Yue was shocked, waved over the incense burner, and immediately ordered the eunuchs to open the windows to ventilate, staring at Sikong Xu with a gloomy face, "Fourth brother, you tell this hall, father, you are the king!" How could there be such a thing in the bedroom!"
Sikong Xu pursed his lips tightly, his face had become rather ugly, but he still forced himself to calm down, "Brother Mingjian, I have no idea what Mr. Ning is talking about, and I have never heard of seahorse oil. Young master, if there is something that this palace has offended you, you just say it, why do you slander this palace like this!"
Sikong Xu spoke with sincerity, as if he really didn't know about it.
Sikong Yue squinted his eyes in doubt, and looked at Ning Yuan, only to realize that he was the one who broke the jade flute on the boat before, his eyes flickered twice, and said: "You said that the fragrance of pear blossoms is mixed with aphrodisiacs, but Why do so many princes present have heard about it, but show up without emotion, slandering a prince is a serious crime, and even implicating the nine clans, you have to think about it clearly!"
"Your Highness, what else is there to say? The villain thinks that this guy must be talking nonsense, full of bad intentions, trying to slander His Highness the Fourth Highness." The person who spoke was Ning Zhongkun, who had known Sikong Xu a long time ago. At the same time, having received favors from Sikong Xu three or two times, it was natural to help him speak.
Ning Yuan was unmoved, but said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can use your inner breath to run from the Heart Meridian of Hand Shaoyin to the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin, and see if there is any change in your body."
Sikong Yue lowered his eyes, and circulated his internal energy according to what Ning Yuan said, and suddenly felt a small amount of hotness rising from his lower abdomen. He blushed immediately, and hurriedly dissipated his inner energy, but the hotness got worse and worse. Strong, clearly the effect of the love potion.
Fortunately, Ning Yuan immediately said again: "If you want to force out the medicinal effect of seahorse oil, you only need to reverse the inner breath." Sikong Yue did so immediately, with a fine layer of sweat emerging from his back , the lust finally subsided.
"The medicinal properties of seahorse oil are strong, but the medicinal effect is not fast. If you wait for the natural onset, you will have to inhale at least a stick of incense. Your Highness only inhaled a little. If you don't use your internal force to stimulate it, the medicinal effect will soon dissipate on its own. I also feel I can't come out." After saying this sentence, Ning Yuan stopped making a sound, from the beginning to the end, he didn't even raise his head, as if he was talking about trivial matters.
Facts speak louder than words, Sikong Yue looked at Sikong Xu whose expression was no longer as calm as before, "Imperial brother, you are so courageous, you dare to send this kind of thing to the royal father's bedroom, but you can't rebel! "
Sikong Xu pursed his lips, still unwilling to bow his head, he just lowered his posture, clasped his hands and said: "Brother Mingjian, I have never even heard of seahorse oil, how to use it, I want to add it There is no excuse for the crime, Mr. Ning said so swearingly, he even understands the medicinal properties of rare things such as seahorse oil so well, he must have planned it long ago, and wanted to frame me, brother don't trust the villain!"
Only then did Ning Yuan raise his head, he blinked lightly, and suddenly smiled, "Your Highness's words are unavoidably ridiculous. Ning Yuan was born in Jiangzhou and grew up in Jiangzhou. Today, he and His Highness are still the first Once we meet, what reason is there to frame His Highness? As for the seahorse oil." Ning Yuan laughed even wider, "Because what the brother on the boat said earlier, compared to His Highness and everyone present, I know that I am the son of a prostitute. "Although seahorse oil is rare, it can still be seen occasionally in the land of fireworks, and it's not unusual for me to understand some medicinal properties."
As soon as he finished speaking, many of the surrounding eyes looked at Ning Yuan with surprise.Unexpectedly, he would be able to speak out about his life experience so openly and generously, and still appear to be humble and silent, this bearing is really amazing.
A person's life experience is determined by the sky, as long as he doesn't despise himself, why should he care too much about other people's opinions.This is the truth that Ning Yuan understood after living a new life.
"That's all." Sikong Yue waved his hand, "You all have your own opinions, and it's not a problem to continue arguing. There are so many slaves in this palace, so I'll find a few to have a trial. Where did it come from!"
030 Fox False Tiger Might
Sikong Xu settled down, but all the servants who served around this Shanhai Temple were his confidantes brought out from Huajing, he was not worried about what Sikong Yue could ask, but if Sikong Yue was determined to investigate, there would always be It was found that the spice was indeed added with seahorse oil, that's all, at worst, push a slave out to take the blame, and give Sikong Yue an explanation, it's just...
He squinted his eyes at Ning Yuan. Although it was his mistake that he didn't clean up the things in the glazed lamp, from just now until now, he has consciously or subconsciously felt that Ning Yuan was targeting him. It is incredible that there are such things in the temple.
Could it be that someone close to him betrayed and exchanged news with the outside world?It shouldn't be, he and Ning Yuan have never lived together, and Ning Yuan has no power and status, so how can he bribe the people around him to exchange news with him!
Could it be... this Ning Yuan is actually just a smoke bomb, and there is someone hiding behind him.
Sikong Xu is cautious by nature, but because of this, he is also very suspicious. Thinking about it this way, he is sure that there must be someone behind Ning Yuan who wants to deal with him, and this person must not be Sikong Yue, because if Sikong Yue knows With these things, he won't go around in circles with him, and he has been detained long ago. That person obviously wants to use Sikong Yue's hand to deal with him.
Who could it be?
At this time, Sikong Yue's guards had already detained several eunuchs guarding Shanhai Palace for interrogation, but those eunuchs shook their heads and asked questions. Crying and howling, but still didn't ask anything.
Sikong Xu took a step back slightly, squinting his eyes to look outside the hall, a plainly dressed guard outside the hall received his gaze, immediately understood what Sikong Xu meant, and took two steps back.
Ning Yuan saw this scene in his eyes, but he slowly lowered his eyes without making a sound.
The guard was called Gao Feng, he was Sikong Xu's right-hand man, he helped him do a lot of shameful things, Ning Yuan also saw that Sikong Xu was planning to find someone to cover him.
After all, regarding the matter of seahorse oil, those servants are very tight-lipped, without proof, Sikong Yue can't do anything to Sikong Xu, in fact, Ning Yuan didn't intend to do anything to Sikong Xu, all he wanted was to use these things to give Sikong Yue A vigilance, let him know that Si Kongxu is not a person who will keep his own place, and also create a false impression for Sikong Xu, making him suspect that someone is hiding in the dark and preparing to deal with him.
Ning Yuan knew Sikong Xu's character too well, because he lived a cautious life since he was a child, so he developed a sensitive and suspicious temperament.Sikong Xu will definitely see that he is targeting him, but he will definitely not think that the person targeting him will be him, Ning Yuan. There is no reason for Ning Yuan to be unqualified in terms of family background or status. He will only doubt it deeper. Maybe it was someone behind Ning Yuan who was targeting him, but who was this person, his father Ning Ruhai?Or is there someone else behind Ning Ruhai?
Suspicion and suspicion can bring huge psychological pressure to Sikong Xu, and at the same time bring a protective umbrella to Ning Yuan. Ning Yuan just wants Sikong Xu to taste that there is someone lurking behind him, ready to stab him coldly at any time , and he just couldn't find out who it was. He also believed that Sikong Xu would not deal with him until he figured out all this, because Sikong Xu never did things that he was not sure of. He will not "strike the grass to scare the snake".
Soon, Gao Feng escorted a young eunuch in front of Sikong Yue. The little eunuch turned pale, and stammered a confession that he was secretly engaged in the business of reselling aphrodisiac spices. Putting the spices in my hand on the glazed lamps as the fragrance of pear blossoms was purely unintentional, so I begged Sikong Yue to forgive me.
Sikong Yue is not stupid, and he can see that Sikong Xu is just looking for someone to cover his bag, but seeing the hard-spoken appearance of those servants, he knows that if he continues like this, he will not be able to ask any questions, so he snorts softly, "Take this kind of Dirty things get into the Shanhai Temple, and they don't know what to do, they pull them out and beat them to death."
The little eunuch was shaking like a dustpan, but he didn't say a word begging for mercy, and let the guards drag him out, and soon there was a shrill scream.
Just as Sikong Xu wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Sikong Yue yell at him: "As for you, Emperor, you can't absolve yourself of the blame for not being strict with your subordinates. Since you can't manage these slaves well, this hall will treat you for a while." Anyway, from today onwards, I will send someone to take over the internal and external affairs of the palace, and by the way help you to train these servants well, so as not to make the old man angry when the emperor comes!"
"Yes, everything is up to the elder brother's orders." Sikong Yue bit his lips tightly and saluted.
If he took over the internal and external affairs of the palace, he would be unable to do many things, and even had to be careful when entering and exiting.
After the fuss, Sikong Yue strode out of the palace gate with his hands behind his back. He wanted to go back and continue tasting the plate of pangolins. Sikong Xu immediately stepped up to follow him, but when he turned around, he looked at Ning Yuan angrily. Go, but just met Ning Yuan's eyes.
Ning Yuan showed him a smile, the smile was clean and kind, which made Sikong Xu feel inexplicably tense.
It was obviously a smile like a spring breeze, but he only felt that it was evil.
That night.
After the dinner party, because it was dark and the road was difficult to travel, Sikong Yue ordered the Sea Dragon King to send the local princes of Jiangzhou back to the city, and he himself went to the bedroom arranged by Sikong Xu to rest early.
Sikong Xu originally wanted to send the two beautiful dancers to Sikongyue's side to sleep with, but he pushed them out, bluntly saying that he drank too much and was too strong to accept the beauties' favor.
However, Sikong Xu understood that with Sikongyue's lustful nature, there would be times when it would be hard to get rid of the beauty's favor, but he was just vigilant and guarding against himself.
Tightening his lips, Sikong Xu sent the two dancers away, and returned to the residence alone, while Gao Feng was already waiting here. When he saw Sikong Xu coming in, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, you asked your subordinates to check The matter has been found out by the subordinates, and the tree frog snake was indeed returned in vain, and was directly broken by the jade flute, caught out and crushed to death."
"It's true!" Si Kongxu patted hard on the round table with tea, his brows furrowed tightly, "Do you know who did it?"
"That's right." Gao Feng glanced at him, "It's that Mr. Ning Yuan from the Ning Mansion in Jiangzhou."
"It's him again." Sikong Xu snorted coldly, "If everything is really related to him, I suspected that the pile of leaves that inexplicably ignited outside the Shanhai Temple was also made by him, so he obviously came to join the main hall. It’s really hateful to be right!”
"One more thing." Gao Feng hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "Afterwards, my subordinates sneaked into the Shanhai Palace to investigate, and found that the few incense pills placed in the glazed lamp did not fall by themselves, but It was shaken out of the lamp with dark force."
"Darkness?"
"Yes, and the person who does it is not low in internal strength. Your Highness, you know that anyone who can cultivate to the point where he can release his true energy and fight cattle across mountains can already be called a master of the inner family. Hitting the glazed lamp from such a distance, not only did it not alarm anyone, but also controlled the strength just right, without damaging the glazed lamp and shaking out the inner incense pills, this ability to control the true energy is already perfect, reaching the pinnacle."
"You mean..." Sikong Xu took a deep breath, "Could it be that this Ning Yuan is still a master of the inner family?"
"Impossible!" Gao Gao immediately retorted, "It is absolutely impossible to cultivate the internal strength to such a fine level without decades of immersion. How could it be him at such a young age?"
Sikong Xu made sense after thinking about it, "But if it wasn't him, there might be someone else."
"This is my subordinate's suspicion." Gao Feng said: "This subordinate suspects that just now, in Shanhai Palace, there is still a master-level internal master lurking, who is in the same group as Mr. Ning, and has not been discovered by anyone. , including subordinates."
Grandmaster level!Sikong Xu's eyes kept changing. Except for those unborn hermits, there were only four master-level masters in Da Zhou's face, and they were all very prestigious figures. How could such figures be lurking aside and doing plots? Human deeds!
"Gao Feng, don't talk nonsense!" Sikong Xu's face has changed, "You must have made a mistake, then how could Ning Yuan have a master-level person to help him!"
"Perhaps it's possible that my subordinates made a mistake." Gao Feng also nodded, "But I believe that even if that person is not a grandmaster, he just keeps lurking by his side, and none of his subordinates, including other guards, would be able to detect it." , just with this skill, he must be a first-class master in the world!"
"Your kung fu is already very good, and even you think it's great?"
"Your Highness atones, this person's martial arts, my subordinates estimate that even my subordinates, together with all the other guards attacking together, are no match for that person!"
Sikong Xu's body visibly trembled twice, he knew, he knew, a bastard of Wu Anbo, how could he have the ability to oppose him, he didn't think that the person hiding behind could invite such a master!Gao Feng is absolutely loyal to him and will never lie. I'm afraid that if that person wants to assassinate him, judging from the few guards around him, he doesn't even have the ability to resist!
Who is it and what kind of snobbish person wants to deal with him.One name after another slipped through Sikong Xu's mind, his handsome facial features were slightly distorted, and a fine layer of sweat had formed on his forehead - he actually felt a life-and-death crisis, and he hadn't felt such a sense of crisis for a long time pass.
"Gao Feng, you go and investigate for me, and start with Wu'an Bo Mansion!" After thinking for a long time, Sikong Xu gritted his teeth and said: "Especially that Ning Yuan, investigate whether his background is as rumored by the outside world, and then investigate his usual life experience. You know who you have contacts with and who you have contact with, but you must pay attention to your own safety and never enter the Wu'anbo mansion. This hall suspects that the master you mentioned is lurking beside that Ning Yuan to cooperate with him. If you If it is discovered, I am afraid that there is a risk of life."
"Yes!" Gao Feng took the order and quickly exited the room.
Sikong Xu stood alone in the middle of the room, only to realize that the surroundings were pitch black. He forgot to light the lamp, so he hurriedly took out the torch and tried to light an oil lamp on the table with trembling hands, but his hands were shaking so badly that he lit it. After a while, not only the wick was not lit, but the oil lamp was knocked over.
"Damn it!" He roared angrily, extinguished the torch with all his strength, and threw it at his feet.
Ning Yuan's original intention was to scare Sikong Xu, but he never expected that he would be able to get twice the result with half the effort and scare Sikong Xu into such a state.
It can only be said that thanks to the "Nirvana Heart Sutra" he practiced, this exercise is unique in terms of the operation of the meridians. Compared with other internal exercises, it needs to be cultivated to a certain depth to release the true energy. With the formation of a large circle in the body, no matter how weak the true qi is, it can be released through the meridians on the fingers.As for what Gao Feng said, the moment when he controlled his true qi to perfection was just because Ning Yuan’s internal strength was not high, and his true qi was weak. It would be difficult for anyone to find out such a burst of true qi, let alone damage it. The glazed lamp.
To put it bluntly, the inference that Gao Feng Natong shocked Sikong Xu into such an appearance was just that they were scaring themselves.
At this time, Ning Yuan had already returned to the Ning Mansion with Ning Xiang with a swollen pig's face. Seeing Ning Xiang's miserable appearance, Mrs. Liu immediately threw herself on him, crying and howling again.
031 Xiner's Life
Ning Ruhai was also in the main hall at this time, and Liu's crying and shouting made him upset, but Ning Xiang's appearance was indeed extremely miserable, and he could barely stand still with the help of two scary men. Some were half-conscious, let alone saying a word.
The corners of Ning Ruhai's mouth twitched, and his eyes moved to Ning Yuan who was standing motionless beside him, "What's going on here!"
Ning Yuan said indifferently: "It's nothing, it's just that the second brother slandered the empress with his words, which made His Highness angry, so he was punished slightly."
Slander the queen?Ning Ruhai was shocked, and the Liu family over there stood up abruptly, "Don't talk nonsense, Xiang'er has always been cautious in his words and deeds, how could he slander the empress!"
Ning Xiang glanced at Mrs. Liu, "Oh? According to what Aunt Liu meant, His Highness is making trouble out of nothing and playing tricks on Second Brother."
Liu's face froze immediately, she didn't know what to say, she didn't have the guts to think that the eldest prince was making trouble out of nothing and playing tricks on Ning Xiang.
But Ning Yuan went on to say: "But it's not impossible. Since the second brother got on the boat, he has been fighting with Mr. Ning from Huajing. I think His Highness seems to have some prejudice against Mr. Ning. It's possible to make a fuss out of a molehill by catching on to some of his mistakes and omissions, even if the second brother is not pleasing to the eye."
Ning Ruhai immediately focused his eyes, "Mr. Ning from Huajing?"
Ning Yuan showed a thoughtful expression, thought for a while, and said: "It seems to be Ning Zhongkun, a young master of Ningguo Duke's Mansion in Huajing, and we are considered relatives, so I have to call him cousin. "
After saying this, Ning Yuan stopped talking, but smiled secretly and prepared to watch the excitement.
When Ning Ruhai was in Huajing, Ning Yuan only heard about the grievances between Ningguo Gongfu and Ningguo Gongfu after he came to Huajing in his last life. Not to mention that the Liu family entered the door late, he only knew that Ning Ruhai was a side branch of Ningguo Gongfu, and everything else I don't know, Ning Ruhai has a good face, how could he tell her these humiliating past events.Liu's family was full of plans to ask Ning Xiang to hug Ning Zhongkun's thigh, but he didn't know that doing so was equivalent to poking Ning Ruhai's spine. Ning Ruhai had no reason not to be angry.
"You bastard, you really deserve it!" Ning Ruhai yelled at Ning Xiang with a gloomy face, then pointed at Liu Shi and said, "But you stupid woman asked him to curry favor with the people of Duke Ning's mansion?"
Mrs. Liu stared at a pair of inexplicable eyes, "Master, Ning Guogong is your uncle now. With his care, Xiang'er Qiuwei will definitely be able to..." Before she finished speaking, Ning Ruhai suddenly went up to her. In the first two steps, a slap landed on her face.
Mrs. Liu was beaten to the side, and fell on the ground like the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves. There was a huge palm print on her face, but she didn't cry or scream, but was stunned by this face, as if she didn't understand why Ning Ruhai suddenly Do it to him.
"Stupid woman, I thought you would learn to be smarter after a month of confinement, but you and the stupid son you taught will throw away all my face!" Ning Ruhai took a rough breath, "With Get your son back, and don't step out of the mansion until his wounds are healed!"
Mrs. Liu hadn't recovered from her senses, and she was quickly exited the main hall with the help of his mother Liu, and then the servants carrying Ning Xiang also retreated. At that moment, there was no other person in the room except Ning Ruhai and Ning Yuan. three people.
Ning Yuan didn't like being alone with Ning Ruhai very much, and immediately bowed and retreated back to the Zhuxuan Hall, but he stopped him again, "Wait a minute."
"What else is there for father?" Ning Yuan responded firmly.
"The date of Xin'er's marriage that I told you about last time has been fixed." Ning Ruhai said with his hands behind his back: "Wensuhou's mansion means that it should be sooner rather than later, and they sent someone back in the afternoon to say April [-] is an auspicious day, and they will send people to welcome the bride."
Ning Yuan's hand hanging by his side suddenly clenched, "Father, do you really want to marry Xin'er?"
"Hey, she's always going to get married sooner rather than later. I'm afraid next time, it won't be the turn of such a good family." Ning Ruhai turned her face slightly, not daring to look directly into Ning Yuan's eyes, her tone It also slowed down.
Ning Yuan knew that in the past, it was absolutely impossible for Ning Ruhai to talk to him in such a discussing tone. He would treat himself with such an attitude, but he had some scruples in his heart.
Ever since Ning Yuan hastily used the "Rising Dragon Finger" move on the night of the New Year's Eve, the next day, Ning Ruhai called Ning Yuan over to ask what happened. Naturally, Ning Yuan couldn't tell the truth, so he Made up a story that sounds absurd, but Ning Ruhai has to believe it
Having figured this out, Sikong Xu's enthusiasm faded for the most part, and he was about to find a reason to retreat when he suddenly heard Ning Yuan say: "Look, Your Highness, is there something going on over there?"
Ning Yuan raised his head and pointed to the opposite side of the pond.
There are no plants or buildings on the pond, and the field of vision is wide. It happens to be able to see a magnificent palace in the distance, and in a corner of the palace, billowing smoke is circling and rising.
"There is..." Sikong Xu's face suddenly turned pale, and from the other side of the pond, there was a faint shout from the eunuch on duty, "It's not good, the Shanhai Palace is flooded!"
The Shanhai Palace is the emperor's dormitory, it can be said to be the most important building in the entire palace, if there is water in that place, it will be fine, not to mention anything else, just a crime of ineffective care is enough to send Sikong Xu to prison!
Looking at Sikong Xu's dignified and tense side face, Ning Yuan concealed the smile on the corner of his mouth.
He brought Sikong Xu here because he wanted to appreciate the flustered expression on his face when he saw the big gift he gave him with his own eyes. It was really wonderful, but don't worry, it's just the tip of the iceberg of this gift. , the real good show is yet to come!
The flooding of the Shanhai Palace was a very serious event, and the news quickly spread to Sikong Yue. It was obvious that the noisy dinner party could not go on, and the group of people still had a clear idea of their priorities, and immediately headed for I went to the Shanhai Palace, but when I got to the palace, I saw a group of eunuchs standing stupidly in the corner, each holding a bucket, but the previous grand scene of billowing smoke had long since disappeared.
Sikong Yue pulled an eunuch impatiently and asked: "Didn't you just say that the water was leaking, why is there no movement at all now, don't tell me you dog slaves are fooling the hall!"
The eunuch trembled all over, and knelt down with chattering teeth, "Your Highness, Your Highness redeemed, just now there was indeed a large puff of thick smoke coming out from the northeast corner of Shanhai Palace. When they brought water to get over it, they found, found..."
Sikong Yue kicked the eunuch on the shoulder, "Bastard, tell me what you find, don't dawdle!"
The eunuch was kicked crookedly by him, and quickly got up and knelt down, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, and said, "I found that what was burning was actually a pile of leaves that came out from nowhere. It's so big, it looks like it's been flooded..."
"Trash, for such a trivial matter to disturb the hall!" After hearing this, Sikong Yue couldn't help becoming even more angry. He was drinking happily, but when he heard that the Shanhai Temple was flooded, he was so shocked that he lost all interest, and even the wine he drank changed. He was covered in cold sweat, and it turned out to be an oolong after a long time, and he had to worry for nothing, how could he not be angry, and kicked the eunuch again, unexpectedly kicking him a foot away, this time the eunuch It took me a long time to get up, and I didn't dare to stay here anymore, so I ran away obediently.
"But where is the water?" Sikong Xu and Ning Yuan also arrived one after the other at this time, looking at the intact Shanhai Palace in front of him, Sikong Xu breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately everything was fine.
Sikong Yue glanced at him, and said in a cold voice, "Fourth brother, this is the good servant you trained in the palace, but a little turbulence can be said to be misleading. Could it be that you are instructing them to deliberately tease the palace?"
"Brother Huang misunderstood, the slaves are useless, and he is troublesome. Brother Huang is here to accuse Brother Huang." Sikong Xu hastily cupped his hands and bowed to Sikong Yue, "I will definitely reprimand them later, and I will never Let the emperor be unhappy again."
Sikong Yue snorted twice, waved his hands impatiently, and was about to walk back, when he suddenly heard a voice from the side: "Shanhai Palace is the emperor's sleeping place, so it's a big matter, the villain thinks, for the sake of safety, His Majesty, why don't you?" It’s better to go in and check to make sure that there is no error in the hall.”
Everyone turned their heads to look at the person who made the voice, but it was Ning Yuan standing there quietly.
"How can there be a mistake in the hall." Sikong Xu looked at Ning Yuan with a serious look, and said: "The servants have already said that it is just the smoke from the leaves. The Shanhai Hall is built with steel and wood frames. If there is really water outside, it won’t damage anything.”
"The villain said it just now, just for the sake of safety." Ning Yuan lowered his head and said, "I believe the Fourth Highness doesn't want any problems in the Shanhai Palace. If you are not afraid of [-], you are just in case. If something burns out, It was only after the emperor came that he found out that not only the Fourth Highness, but even the First Highness will bear the blame, and I believe that the Fourth Highness, you are not willing to take this risk, are you?"
"You..." Sikong Xu wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Sikong Yue, "Young Master Ning is right, if there is any problem, you will suffer yourself, this hall is not willing to bear this responsibility for you, come People, open the door to this hall!"
Since it was Sikong Yue's order, the eunuch guarding the gate of the hall did not dare to neglect, and hastily pushed open the vermilion lacquer door. Sikong Yue was the first to step into the palace gate with his head held high.
The aristocrats outside looked at me and I looked at you, since they all followed to see the excitement, there was no reason not to continue watching, so they filed in one by one.
Sikong Xu's complexion changed, and he couldn't help but glance at Ning Yuan, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
The Shanhai Palace is full of golden decorations, the dragon bed, candlesticks, and palace lanterns are extremely luxurious. Even the brocade quilt on the big bed is outlined with fine gold threads to reflect the majesty and dignity of the royal family.
"Brother Huang, you have also seen that there is clearly nothing wrong here." Sikong Xu eagerly leaned over to Sikong Yue who was looking around, just wanting him to finish reading quickly and go out, "There are still many dishes at the dinner party. If it is not submitted, if it is too late to go back, I am afraid it will be cold."
No wonder he wasn't in a hurry, Shanhai Palace is the emperor's dormitory, but after Sikong Xu arrived in Jiangzhou, he has been sleeping here brazenly. For one thing, the servants who serve him are all his cronies, and the sky here is far away from the emperor. , and no news would spread; secondly, he was just enjoying some psychological comfort, using this emperor's bedroom to satisfy his inner selfish desire.
If Si Kongyue saw signs of people living here, he would absolutely not be able to bear this serious crime of disobedience!
029 Mystery in the bedroom
"The Shanhai Palace is kept as clean as new, and the Fourth Highness has contributed a lot. If the emperor sees it, he will be delighted." Yao Qian, the son of the Minister of the Household Department, reached out and caressed the coiled dragon pillar beside the dragon bed, " Even the crevices of the dragon teeth are spotless, I'm afraid someone wipes them every day."
"Young Master Yao has a great reputation." Sikong Xu said with a smile: "This is the royal father's palace, so it must not be dirty at all times and must be cleaned from time to time."
"The emperor really has a heart." Si Kongyue walked around the hall with his hands behind his back, and found that there was no trace of damage. Thinking of the half-eaten pangolin on the table, he didn't want to spend any more here, and was about to go out , Suddenly heard an extremely slight "ding bell" coming from above the dragon bed.
He looked up and saw that a small glazed lamp hanging on the bed curtain was touched by something. It shook twice, and with the shaking, a few extremely fine particles fell from the middle. Others may not notice it, but Sikong Yue has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his eyesight is no better than that of ordinary people, so he immediately squinted his eyes, "What is that?"
"Your Highness, what are you talking about?" Several young masters around were taken aback for a moment, obviously they hadn't noticed anything, but Sikong Yue had strode forward, lifted the bed curtain, and looked at the bright yellow brocade quilt spread on the dragon bed.
The brocade quilt seemed to be newly replaced, the surface was clean and flawless, and it clearly reflected the things that fell on it, but it was just a few white incense pills that were much smaller than fingernails.
Sikong Yue picked up one and smelt it. The scent was very sweet. He turned his head to look at Sikong Xu and said, "My Royal Brother, all the time my father used Long Yanxiang in his palace. What kind of incense pills are you? Want to put it in a glazed lamp?"
"Brother Huang, it's just the usual pear blossom fragrance." Sikong Xu's cheeks were a little stiff, "My brother saw the spring day recently, and the pear blossom fragrance is sweet and suitable for the occasion, so I used some in my bedroom, and I have some spices. As for the habit of using candlelight to scatter in glazed lamps, it seems that the servants are ignorant, and even put some in this Shanhai Palace, I will definitely punish them when I turn back."
"Pear Blossom Fragrance is made of pear flower petals and sandalwood. The fragrance is sweet and subtle. It won't choke people after smelling it for a long time. The Fourth Highness really tastes it. It happened that my father once told me that the pear blossom fragrance in the palace was about to be used up." Exhausted, the Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to purchase a new batch, I don’t know what kind of pear blossom fragrance the Fourth Highness uses, if it’s good, I can also ask my father to recommend one or two to the father-in-law of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.” Mr. Fifteen, always cheerful and lively, went up directly to take the small incense pill from Sikong Yue, sniffed it, suddenly showed a strange expression, and remained silent.
Sikong Yue looked at him, "Mr. Liu, what's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Mr. Liu shook his head, staring at the incense pill in his hand, "This scent is very similar to the scent of pear blossoms, yes, but it feels a bit greasy, and it's not the same as ordinary pear blossoms."
"Oh?" Sikong Yue narrowed his eyes, glanced at Sikong Xu who suddenly became unnatural, and said to Mr. Liu: "This hall doesn't know much about spices. From Mr. Liu's point of view, isn't this the fragrance of pear blossoms?"
Mr. Liu scratched his head, "I'm not too sure, maybe I can tell the difference after burning this incense pill in the incense burner."
"It's just some fragrant pills, so why should Mr. Liu care about it?" Sikong Xu said, "Jiangzhou is located in the north, and pear blossom fragrance is abundant in the south of the Yangtze River. You can't find any good pear blossom fragrance here, maybe The taste will be different…”
"Imperial brother, why does this hall see you as nervous?" Sikong Yue suddenly interrupted Sikong Xu.
Sikong Xu's eyes changed, knowing that Sikong Yue had become suspicious, so he had to keep his mouth shut, and at the same time secretly annoyed, why he missed the things in the glazed lamp even though he had already cleaned up the other places.
But that thing, even if they found out it wasn't Lihuaxiang, they probably wouldn't know what it was.
Thinking of this, he gradually suppressed his heart, only thinking about cleaning up the entire Shanhai Palace after Sikong Yue and the others retreated.
Sikong Yue's intuition told himself that he should have caught Sikong Xu's handle. Sikong Xu kept saying that there must be something famous in this spice, so he immediately sent someone to bring a small incense burner and threw the incense pill into it. After a while, a burst of sweet aroma drifted out from the incense burner.
When even a few young masters who had used pear blossom fragrance nodded slightly, this fragrance was clearly the smell of pear blossom fragrance, but it didn't smell as pure as what they used in Huajing. Good raw materials, the quality of the spices made is not high.
Sikong Yue also sniffed, except that the scent of pear blossoms was sweeter than ordinary pear blossoms, it was indeed the smell of pear blossoms. Then he looked at Mr. Liu, but Mr. Liu kept frowning, nodding his head for a while, shaking his head for a while, depending on the situation I can't tell why.With a soft snort, he realized that perhaps he was too attached, and waved his hand, wanting the eunuch to remove the incense burner.
"Seahorse oil is added to this." Suddenly, a gentle and long voice broke the silence, and made Sikong Yue's hand pause in the air.
Sikong Xu's face suddenly turned pale, and he turned around abruptly.
Ning Yuan was standing behind him, dressed in a plain white robe, with his hands folded in the sleeves, his hair tied with only one ribbon, his whole body was as light as a puddle of air, but the words that came out of his mouth were like li Like claws, it grabbed his heart fiercely.
"This pear blossom fragrance is mixed with seahorse oil." Ning Yuan slowly raised his eyes, and repeated it again. Only then did Sikong Yue come to his senses, "Seahorse oil? What is that?"
"It is the oil extracted from the body of a fish in the sea. It has the effect of aphrodisiac." Ning Yuan said slowly, "When you are in bed, use this oil to light a lamp, and its effect is comparable to a love potion. If you mix it with other spices Mixed use, the efficacy of the medicine will evaporate with the fragrance, and the effect will be better."
"What, you said this thing is a love potion!" Sikong Yue was shocked, waved over the incense burner, and immediately ordered the eunuchs to open the windows to ventilate, staring at Sikong Xu with a gloomy face, "Fourth brother, you tell this hall, father, you are the king!" How could there be such a thing in the bedroom!"
Sikong Xu pursed his lips tightly, his face had become rather ugly, but he still forced himself to calm down, "Brother Mingjian, I have no idea what Mr. Ning is talking about, and I have never heard of seahorse oil. Young master, if there is something that this palace has offended you, you just say it, why do you slander this palace like this!"
Sikong Xu spoke with sincerity, as if he really didn't know about it.
Sikong Yue squinted his eyes in doubt, and looked at Ning Yuan, only to realize that he was the one who broke the jade flute on the boat before, his eyes flickered twice, and said: "You said that the fragrance of pear blossoms is mixed with aphrodisiacs, but Why do so many princes present have heard about it, but show up without emotion, slandering a prince is a serious crime, and even implicating the nine clans, you have to think about it clearly!"
"Your Highness, what else is there to say? The villain thinks that this guy must be talking nonsense, full of bad intentions, trying to slander His Highness the Fourth Highness." The person who spoke was Ning Zhongkun, who had known Sikong Xu a long time ago. At the same time, having received favors from Sikong Xu three or two times, it was natural to help him speak.
Ning Yuan was unmoved, but said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can use your inner breath to run from the Heart Meridian of Hand Shaoyin to the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin, and see if there is any change in your body."
Sikong Yue lowered his eyes, and circulated his internal energy according to what Ning Yuan said, and suddenly felt a small amount of hotness rising from his lower abdomen. He blushed immediately, and hurriedly dissipated his inner energy, but the hotness got worse and worse. Strong, clearly the effect of the love potion.
Fortunately, Ning Yuan immediately said again: "If you want to force out the medicinal effect of seahorse oil, you only need to reverse the inner breath." Sikong Yue did so immediately, with a fine layer of sweat emerging from his back , the lust finally subsided.
"The medicinal properties of seahorse oil are strong, but the medicinal effect is not fast. If you wait for the natural onset, you will have to inhale at least a stick of incense. Your Highness only inhaled a little. If you don't use your internal force to stimulate it, the medicinal effect will soon dissipate on its own. I also feel I can't come out." After saying this sentence, Ning Yuan stopped making a sound, from the beginning to the end, he didn't even raise his head, as if he was talking about trivial matters.
Facts speak louder than words, Sikong Yue looked at Sikong Xu whose expression was no longer as calm as before, "Imperial brother, you are so courageous, you dare to send this kind of thing to the royal father's bedroom, but you can't rebel! "
Sikong Xu pursed his lips, still unwilling to bow his head, he just lowered his posture, clasped his hands and said: "Brother Mingjian, I have never even heard of seahorse oil, how to use it, I want to add it There is no excuse for the crime, Mr. Ning said so swearingly, he even understands the medicinal properties of rare things such as seahorse oil so well, he must have planned it long ago, and wanted to frame me, brother don't trust the villain!"
Only then did Ning Yuan raise his head, he blinked lightly, and suddenly smiled, "Your Highness's words are unavoidably ridiculous. Ning Yuan was born in Jiangzhou and grew up in Jiangzhou. Today, he and His Highness are still the first Once we meet, what reason is there to frame His Highness? As for the seahorse oil." Ning Yuan laughed even wider, "Because what the brother on the boat said earlier, compared to His Highness and everyone present, I know that I am the son of a prostitute. "Although seahorse oil is rare, it can still be seen occasionally in the land of fireworks, and it's not unusual for me to understand some medicinal properties."
As soon as he finished speaking, many of the surrounding eyes looked at Ning Yuan with surprise.Unexpectedly, he would be able to speak out about his life experience so openly and generously, and still appear to be humble and silent, this bearing is really amazing.
A person's life experience is determined by the sky, as long as he doesn't despise himself, why should he care too much about other people's opinions.This is the truth that Ning Yuan understood after living a new life.
"That's all." Sikong Yue waved his hand, "You all have your own opinions, and it's not a problem to continue arguing. There are so many slaves in this palace, so I'll find a few to have a trial. Where did it come from!"
030 Fox False Tiger Might
Sikong Xu settled down, but all the servants who served around this Shanhai Temple were his confidantes brought out from Huajing, he was not worried about what Sikong Yue could ask, but if Sikong Yue was determined to investigate, there would always be It was found that the spice was indeed added with seahorse oil, that's all, at worst, push a slave out to take the blame, and give Sikong Yue an explanation, it's just...
He squinted his eyes at Ning Yuan. Although it was his mistake that he didn't clean up the things in the glazed lamp, from just now until now, he has consciously or subconsciously felt that Ning Yuan was targeting him. It is incredible that there are such things in the temple.
Could it be that someone close to him betrayed and exchanged news with the outside world?It shouldn't be, he and Ning Yuan have never lived together, and Ning Yuan has no power and status, so how can he bribe the people around him to exchange news with him!
Could it be... this Ning Yuan is actually just a smoke bomb, and there is someone hiding behind him.
Sikong Xu is cautious by nature, but because of this, he is also very suspicious. Thinking about it this way, he is sure that there must be someone behind Ning Yuan who wants to deal with him, and this person must not be Sikong Yue, because if Sikong Yue knows With these things, he won't go around in circles with him, and he has been detained long ago. That person obviously wants to use Sikong Yue's hand to deal with him.
Who could it be?
At this time, Sikong Yue's guards had already detained several eunuchs guarding Shanhai Palace for interrogation, but those eunuchs shook their heads and asked questions. Crying and howling, but still didn't ask anything.
Sikong Xu took a step back slightly, squinting his eyes to look outside the hall, a plainly dressed guard outside the hall received his gaze, immediately understood what Sikong Xu meant, and took two steps back.
Ning Yuan saw this scene in his eyes, but he slowly lowered his eyes without making a sound.
The guard was called Gao Feng, he was Sikong Xu's right-hand man, he helped him do a lot of shameful things, Ning Yuan also saw that Sikong Xu was planning to find someone to cover him.
After all, regarding the matter of seahorse oil, those servants are very tight-lipped, without proof, Sikong Yue can't do anything to Sikong Xu, in fact, Ning Yuan didn't intend to do anything to Sikong Xu, all he wanted was to use these things to give Sikong Yue A vigilance, let him know that Si Kongxu is not a person who will keep his own place, and also create a false impression for Sikong Xu, making him suspect that someone is hiding in the dark and preparing to deal with him.
Ning Yuan knew Sikong Xu's character too well, because he lived a cautious life since he was a child, so he developed a sensitive and suspicious temperament.Sikong Xu will definitely see that he is targeting him, but he will definitely not think that the person targeting him will be him, Ning Yuan. There is no reason for Ning Yuan to be unqualified in terms of family background or status. He will only doubt it deeper. Maybe it was someone behind Ning Yuan who was targeting him, but who was this person, his father Ning Ruhai?Or is there someone else behind Ning Ruhai?
Suspicion and suspicion can bring huge psychological pressure to Sikong Xu, and at the same time bring a protective umbrella to Ning Yuan. Ning Yuan just wants Sikong Xu to taste that there is someone lurking behind him, ready to stab him coldly at any time , and he just couldn't find out who it was. He also believed that Sikong Xu would not deal with him until he figured out all this, because Sikong Xu never did things that he was not sure of. He will not "strike the grass to scare the snake".
Soon, Gao Feng escorted a young eunuch in front of Sikong Yue. The little eunuch turned pale, and stammered a confession that he was secretly engaged in the business of reselling aphrodisiac spices. Putting the spices in my hand on the glazed lamps as the fragrance of pear blossoms was purely unintentional, so I begged Sikong Yue to forgive me.
Sikong Yue is not stupid, and he can see that Sikong Xu is just looking for someone to cover his bag, but seeing the hard-spoken appearance of those servants, he knows that if he continues like this, he will not be able to ask any questions, so he snorts softly, "Take this kind of Dirty things get into the Shanhai Temple, and they don't know what to do, they pull them out and beat them to death."
The little eunuch was shaking like a dustpan, but he didn't say a word begging for mercy, and let the guards drag him out, and soon there was a shrill scream.
Just as Sikong Xu wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Sikong Yue yell at him: "As for you, Emperor, you can't absolve yourself of the blame for not being strict with your subordinates. Since you can't manage these slaves well, this hall will treat you for a while." Anyway, from today onwards, I will send someone to take over the internal and external affairs of the palace, and by the way help you to train these servants well, so as not to make the old man angry when the emperor comes!"
"Yes, everything is up to the elder brother's orders." Sikong Yue bit his lips tightly and saluted.
If he took over the internal and external affairs of the palace, he would be unable to do many things, and even had to be careful when entering and exiting.
After the fuss, Sikong Yue strode out of the palace gate with his hands behind his back. He wanted to go back and continue tasting the plate of pangolins. Sikong Xu immediately stepped up to follow him, but when he turned around, he looked at Ning Yuan angrily. Go, but just met Ning Yuan's eyes.
Ning Yuan showed him a smile, the smile was clean and kind, which made Sikong Xu feel inexplicably tense.
It was obviously a smile like a spring breeze, but he only felt that it was evil.
That night.
After the dinner party, because it was dark and the road was difficult to travel, Sikong Yue ordered the Sea Dragon King to send the local princes of Jiangzhou back to the city, and he himself went to the bedroom arranged by Sikong Xu to rest early.
Sikong Xu originally wanted to send the two beautiful dancers to Sikongyue's side to sleep with, but he pushed them out, bluntly saying that he drank too much and was too strong to accept the beauties' favor.
However, Sikong Xu understood that with Sikongyue's lustful nature, there would be times when it would be hard to get rid of the beauty's favor, but he was just vigilant and guarding against himself.
Tightening his lips, Sikong Xu sent the two dancers away, and returned to the residence alone, while Gao Feng was already waiting here. When he saw Sikong Xu coming in, he immediately knelt down on one knee and said, "Your Highness, you asked your subordinates to check The matter has been found out by the subordinates, and the tree frog snake was indeed returned in vain, and was directly broken by the jade flute, caught out and crushed to death."
"It's true!" Si Kongxu patted hard on the round table with tea, his brows furrowed tightly, "Do you know who did it?"
"That's right." Gao Feng glanced at him, "It's that Mr. Ning Yuan from the Ning Mansion in Jiangzhou."
"It's him again." Sikong Xu snorted coldly, "If everything is really related to him, I suspected that the pile of leaves that inexplicably ignited outside the Shanhai Temple was also made by him, so he obviously came to join the main hall. It’s really hateful to be right!”
"One more thing." Gao Feng hesitated for a moment, then said slowly: "Afterwards, my subordinates sneaked into the Shanhai Palace to investigate, and found that the few incense pills placed in the glazed lamp did not fall by themselves, but It was shaken out of the lamp with dark force."
"Darkness?"
"Yes, and the person who does it is not low in internal strength. Your Highness, you know that anyone who can cultivate to the point where he can release his true energy and fight cattle across mountains can already be called a master of the inner family. Hitting the glazed lamp from such a distance, not only did it not alarm anyone, but also controlled the strength just right, without damaging the glazed lamp and shaking out the inner incense pills, this ability to control the true energy is already perfect, reaching the pinnacle."
"You mean..." Sikong Xu took a deep breath, "Could it be that this Ning Yuan is still a master of the inner family?"
"Impossible!" Gao Gao immediately retorted, "It is absolutely impossible to cultivate the internal strength to such a fine level without decades of immersion. How could it be him at such a young age?"
Sikong Xu made sense after thinking about it, "But if it wasn't him, there might be someone else."
"This is my subordinate's suspicion." Gao Feng said: "This subordinate suspects that just now, in Shanhai Palace, there is still a master-level internal master lurking, who is in the same group as Mr. Ning, and has not been discovered by anyone. , including subordinates."
Grandmaster level!Sikong Xu's eyes kept changing. Except for those unborn hermits, there were only four master-level masters in Da Zhou's face, and they were all very prestigious figures. How could such figures be lurking aside and doing plots? Human deeds!
"Gao Feng, don't talk nonsense!" Sikong Xu's face has changed, "You must have made a mistake, then how could Ning Yuan have a master-level person to help him!"
"Perhaps it's possible that my subordinates made a mistake." Gao Feng also nodded, "But I believe that even if that person is not a grandmaster, he just keeps lurking by his side, and none of his subordinates, including other guards, would be able to detect it." , just with this skill, he must be a first-class master in the world!"
"Your kung fu is already very good, and even you think it's great?"
"Your Highness atones, this person's martial arts, my subordinates estimate that even my subordinates, together with all the other guards attacking together, are no match for that person!"
Sikong Xu's body visibly trembled twice, he knew, he knew, a bastard of Wu Anbo, how could he have the ability to oppose him, he didn't think that the person hiding behind could invite such a master!Gao Feng is absolutely loyal to him and will never lie. I'm afraid that if that person wants to assassinate him, judging from the few guards around him, he doesn't even have the ability to resist!
Who is it and what kind of snobbish person wants to deal with him.One name after another slipped through Sikong Xu's mind, his handsome facial features were slightly distorted, and a fine layer of sweat had formed on his forehead - he actually felt a life-and-death crisis, and he hadn't felt such a sense of crisis for a long time pass.
"Gao Feng, you go and investigate for me, and start with Wu'an Bo Mansion!" After thinking for a long time, Sikong Xu gritted his teeth and said: "Especially that Ning Yuan, investigate whether his background is as rumored by the outside world, and then investigate his usual life experience. You know who you have contacts with and who you have contact with, but you must pay attention to your own safety and never enter the Wu'anbo mansion. This hall suspects that the master you mentioned is lurking beside that Ning Yuan to cooperate with him. If you If it is discovered, I am afraid that there is a risk of life."
"Yes!" Gao Feng took the order and quickly exited the room.
Sikong Xu stood alone in the middle of the room, only to realize that the surroundings were pitch black. He forgot to light the lamp, so he hurriedly took out the torch and tried to light an oil lamp on the table with trembling hands, but his hands were shaking so badly that he lit it. After a while, not only the wick was not lit, but the oil lamp was knocked over.
"Damn it!" He roared angrily, extinguished the torch with all his strength, and threw it at his feet.
Ning Yuan's original intention was to scare Sikong Xu, but he never expected that he would be able to get twice the result with half the effort and scare Sikong Xu into such a state.
It can only be said that thanks to the "Nirvana Heart Sutra" he practiced, this exercise is unique in terms of the operation of the meridians. Compared with other internal exercises, it needs to be cultivated to a certain depth to release the true energy. With the formation of a large circle in the body, no matter how weak the true qi is, it can be released through the meridians on the fingers.As for what Gao Feng said, the moment when he controlled his true qi to perfection was just because Ning Yuan’s internal strength was not high, and his true qi was weak. It would be difficult for anyone to find out such a burst of true qi, let alone damage it. The glazed lamp.
To put it bluntly, the inference that Gao Feng Natong shocked Sikong Xu into such an appearance was just that they were scaring themselves.
At this time, Ning Yuan had already returned to the Ning Mansion with Ning Xiang with a swollen pig's face. Seeing Ning Xiang's miserable appearance, Mrs. Liu immediately threw herself on him, crying and howling again.
031 Xiner's Life
Ning Ruhai was also in the main hall at this time, and Liu's crying and shouting made him upset, but Ning Xiang's appearance was indeed extremely miserable, and he could barely stand still with the help of two scary men. Some were half-conscious, let alone saying a word.
The corners of Ning Ruhai's mouth twitched, and his eyes moved to Ning Yuan who was standing motionless beside him, "What's going on here!"
Ning Yuan said indifferently: "It's nothing, it's just that the second brother slandered the empress with his words, which made His Highness angry, so he was punished slightly."
Slander the queen?Ning Ruhai was shocked, and the Liu family over there stood up abruptly, "Don't talk nonsense, Xiang'er has always been cautious in his words and deeds, how could he slander the empress!"
Ning Xiang glanced at Mrs. Liu, "Oh? According to what Aunt Liu meant, His Highness is making trouble out of nothing and playing tricks on Second Brother."
Liu's face froze immediately, she didn't know what to say, she didn't have the guts to think that the eldest prince was making trouble out of nothing and playing tricks on Ning Xiang.
But Ning Yuan went on to say: "But it's not impossible. Since the second brother got on the boat, he has been fighting with Mr. Ning from Huajing. I think His Highness seems to have some prejudice against Mr. Ning. It's possible to make a fuss out of a molehill by catching on to some of his mistakes and omissions, even if the second brother is not pleasing to the eye."
Ning Ruhai immediately focused his eyes, "Mr. Ning from Huajing?"
Ning Yuan showed a thoughtful expression, thought for a while, and said: "It seems to be Ning Zhongkun, a young master of Ningguo Duke's Mansion in Huajing, and we are considered relatives, so I have to call him cousin. "
After saying this, Ning Yuan stopped talking, but smiled secretly and prepared to watch the excitement.
When Ning Ruhai was in Huajing, Ning Yuan only heard about the grievances between Ningguo Gongfu and Ningguo Gongfu after he came to Huajing in his last life. Not to mention that the Liu family entered the door late, he only knew that Ning Ruhai was a side branch of Ningguo Gongfu, and everything else I don't know, Ning Ruhai has a good face, how could he tell her these humiliating past events.Liu's family was full of plans to ask Ning Xiang to hug Ning Zhongkun's thigh, but he didn't know that doing so was equivalent to poking Ning Ruhai's spine. Ning Ruhai had no reason not to be angry.
"You bastard, you really deserve it!" Ning Ruhai yelled at Ning Xiang with a gloomy face, then pointed at Liu Shi and said, "But you stupid woman asked him to curry favor with the people of Duke Ning's mansion?"
Mrs. Liu stared at a pair of inexplicable eyes, "Master, Ning Guogong is your uncle now. With his care, Xiang'er Qiuwei will definitely be able to..." Before she finished speaking, Ning Ruhai suddenly went up to her. In the first two steps, a slap landed on her face.
Mrs. Liu was beaten to the side, and fell on the ground like the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves. There was a huge palm print on her face, but she didn't cry or scream, but was stunned by this face, as if she didn't understand why Ning Ruhai suddenly Do it to him.
"Stupid woman, I thought you would learn to be smarter after a month of confinement, but you and the stupid son you taught will throw away all my face!" Ning Ruhai took a rough breath, "With Get your son back, and don't step out of the mansion until his wounds are healed!"
Mrs. Liu hadn't recovered from her senses, and she was quickly exited the main hall with the help of his mother Liu, and then the servants carrying Ning Xiang also retreated. At that moment, there was no other person in the room except Ning Ruhai and Ning Yuan. three people.
Ning Yuan didn't like being alone with Ning Ruhai very much, and immediately bowed and retreated back to the Zhuxuan Hall, but he stopped him again, "Wait a minute."
"What else is there for father?" Ning Yuan responded firmly.
"The date of Xin'er's marriage that I told you about last time has been fixed." Ning Ruhai said with his hands behind his back: "Wensuhou's mansion means that it should be sooner rather than later, and they sent someone back in the afternoon to say April [-] is an auspicious day, and they will send people to welcome the bride."
Ning Yuan's hand hanging by his side suddenly clenched, "Father, do you really want to marry Xin'er?"
"Hey, she's always going to get married sooner rather than later. I'm afraid next time, it won't be the turn of such a good family." Ning Ruhai turned her face slightly, not daring to look directly into Ning Yuan's eyes, her tone It also slowed down.
Ning Yuan knew that in the past, it was absolutely impossible for Ning Ruhai to talk to him in such a discussing tone. He would treat himself with such an attitude, but he had some scruples in his heart.
Ever since Ning Yuan hastily used the "Rising Dragon Finger" move on the night of the New Year's Eve, the next day, Ning Ruhai called Ning Yuan over to ask what happened. Naturally, Ning Yuan couldn't tell the truth, so he Made up a story that sounds absurd, but Ning Ruhai has to believe it
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