Stirring up with the old enemy

On the first day Chen Jingming moved to Pinglehou's mansion, the morning court was delayed because Pinglehou Haochun was drunk.

Emperor Yong'an Qin Su frowned during the court meeting, Da Sikong Cheng Huaijing raised his eyelids and looked at the Yushitai team three more times.

"Master Hou, this, this is not very good, right?" Shen Hutou, who came here to report the news after the meeting, squatted in the corner of the battlefield, spit out the sand splashed in his mouth with a bah, and said loudly again: "He is also a censor after all. Besides, haven't you two not married yet? This... it's not good to move in together, right?"

Hao Chun's red-tasseled spear danced vigorously, and now he put the spear in the sand and stood there, frowned and turned around, smiling. "So what's the deal?"

"Let him move back!" Seeing that he finally spoke to Shen Hutou, he breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately stood up and persuaded with joy: "He is not a fellow traveler with you at all. Your Majesty's marriage is a last resort, Marquis, you Why bother yourself?"

"Master, why am I embarrassing myself?" Hao Chun had a naughty smile on his lips, intending to provoke him. "Master, I am very manly, and everyone in Chang'an City knows it. Chen Yushi is the wife bestowed upon me by His Majesty. If I don't live with him, is it possible that I want to live with you?"

Shen Hu's head choked, and he paused for a moment before forcing a smile and said: "Master Hou is just joking! You also know that woman in my family got angry and beat me up! Oh, hello, if you know that I'm here, Pingle The Hou's mansion rests overnight, so it's still not..."

"The official came to Pinglehou's mansion to rest overnight, but the Marquis didn't mention it, but Mr. Shen criticized it. Could it be... Mr. Shen who was wronged?"

A cold voice suddenly interjected.

Hao Chun and Shen Hu both turned their heads, and saw Chen Jingming standing quietly on the battlefield opened up by the Hou Mansion at some point, his beautiful and cold jade face showing no joy or anger.

Shen Hu shrugged his head and shoulders, and laughed awkwardly a few times. "Hey, I'm just babbling a few words for nothing, and I don't want to hide the truth from Mr. Chen and Lord Hou. The woman I married last winter is from the Hedong Liu family. Mrs. Liu, hehe, she is well-known in the court and the public. lion."

Shen Hutou deliberately left the topic vague, denying a word of his disdain for Hao Chun marrying a man.

This is Shen Hutou's usual trick.

Hao Chun knew it well.He was only surprised why Chen Jingming came here?The sand field created at the back of the Hou Mansion is purely for him to practice martial arts, ordinary servants don't like to come here, and when the sand rises up, it hits his face and eyes.

"Chen Da Yushi," Hao Chun raised his eyebrows and smiled at Chen Jingming. "What wind brought you here, the number one scholar?"

Chen Jingming gave him a fixed look, his brows and eyes moved slightly, which was actually gentle. "I came to look for Master Hou on something. I didn't want to. I happened to hear Master Shen complaining about our Pinglehou Mansion..."

hiss!

Shen Hu took a deep breath, waved his hands again and again in denial. "No, no, how can I have it!"

Chen Jingming took a step forward, the smile on his lips was as cold as if it was snowing in midsummer and June. "Master Shen thinks that staying overnight in Pinglehou's Mansion is an extremely disgusting thing."

"...No, no, I didn't!" Shen Hutou was in a bad mood, he shrugged and shrugged, his face turned pale. "I just, I just owe it!"

"Master Shen came to Pinglehou's mansion, and he must have never stayed overnight." Chen Jingming ignored it at all, and went on: "Master Pingle's name is outside, and it must have tarnished Master Shen's reputation. The so-called family has Hedong lions. It's just an excuse."

Shen Hutou and Hao Chun called Qu at the same time.

"No, no, I didn't."

"Master, why am I so famous?"

Chen Jingming's eyes fell on Hao Chun's face, intentionally or unintentionally, he raised his hand to wipe the corner of his lower lip, and sneered. "Chen came from a humble background. Although he was enshrined in the court last year, he doesn't know how to play, and he doesn't know the secret words of Chang'an nobles and grandchildren. So maybe Chen's comment is inappropriate."

"Inappropriate, very, extremely, very inappropriate!" Hao Chun raised his eyebrows, his two little tiger teeth pointed, and said angrily: "You are trying to commit a crime! Young master, I have always followed the rules, didn't I just go to the Anxiang Tower last night Have you had a drink yet? Why are you holding on to it?!"

There was still no emotion in Chen Jingming's words. "Didn't you just go to the Anxiang Tower for a drink? What's the matter, Master Hou regrets not staying there overnight?"

"No, you!" Hao Chun threw down the red-tasseled spear angrily, and strode towards Chen Jingming. "Are you a man or not? Why can't you let go of a bad thing? Why can't I go to Anxianglou for a drink?"

"Master Hou regretted it." Chen Jingming met Hao Chun's bright autumn water pupils without hesitation, and said slowly after a while: "It is also true that the nobleman of Chang'an is surrounded by red and green in the Anxiang Building." children's life."

Seeing that the words were wrong, Shen Hutou immediately grabbed Hao Chun's arm vigilantly, and smiled at Chen Jingming. "I'm afraid Chen Yushi misunderstood! Master Hou didn't know it was a flower building before he went to the Anxiang Building for a drink, did he? Master Hou has not been in the capital for several years, so he must not be looking for the young man to have fun. "

Shen Hutou's last sentence clearly added fuel to the fire.

"My lord, what's the matter with me just going to have fun?" Hao Chun was really furious, and pushed Shen Hu's head away violently, and made a gesture of making a move. "Chen Jingming, why do you care about me?!"

Shen Hutou managed to burn the fire in time, seeing that Hao Chun and Chen Jingming would not be able to get along with each other if he blew on it a little more, he immediately interjected with a smile. "Don't be annoyed, Lord Hou, Chen Yushi is now your wife anyway, so it's time to discipline my husband to go out to eat wild food..."

"Bah!" Hao Chun angrily spat into the sandpit, raised his chin, and said to Chen Jingming in a strange voice: "Don't say that you and I are not married yet, even if we are married, you are my young master and me." A decoration from the marriage! Want to let the young master go out to eat wine? There is no way!"

As Hao Chun said that, he turned his head and grabbed Shen Hu's head, deliberately showing it to Chen Jingming. "Let's go, let's go to Anxianglou to have a drink! This reputation is not in vain!"

Shen Hutou didn't want to see many Chen Jingming around Hao Chun——Chen Jingming had a bad reputation inside and outside the court, he was a well-known cold-faced king of Hades, but he was very smart, if Hao Chun, the Marquis of Pingle, got along with him This guy, this couple can't go all the way to [-] miles?Maybe even Chen Jingming could replace Hao Chunbo in the position of heir.

Now that Hao Chun and Chen Jingming are angry, Shen Hutou can't get what he wants, but he still has to put on a face. "Master Hou, goodbye? Chen Yushi is, this is jealous!"

"Who cares about him?" Hao Chun rolled his eyes and sneered from his nostrils. "Furthermore, if he really wants to be my wife, then he will have to bear it! There are sixty or seventy flower buildings in Chang'an City, and he can visit them one by one? Tsk, that's just a hungry man. A guy with a bad waist."

The last sentence is particularly harsh.

Chen Jingming's face turned pale with anger, and his thin lips were trembling.

Hao Chun caught sight of it out of the corner of his eye, and hesitated for a moment, but he was used to acting like a dude in front of people like Shen Hutou, and now there was an undercurrent in the court, everyone was vying for the position of heir, and Shen Hutou was said to be the heir. Taking refuge in Qin Dian, King of Anyang, at this juncture, he can't fail in acting.

"Let's go, young master, I suddenly remembered that the young lady named Ruyu in Anxianglou was good last night." Hao Chunming smiled coldly on purpose, and his words became more and more twitchy. "Master, I remember that Ruyu bit my lip, and it was osmanthus-flavored ointment! Hahahaha!"

Hao Chun left with his arms around Shen Hu's head and shoulders, until he walked more than ten steps, he resisted not looking back.

Shen Hu turned his head to test him. "Master Hou, Chen Yushi is now working at the Yushitai, and is also in charge of the prison at Dali Temple. It's not good to offend him too much."

"Master, I don't have to have him!" Hao Chun poked his neck and said loudly: "Besides, what's wrong with visiting a flower house? My master is at home now, can't I go to a flower house? Hmm?"

"Yes, that's what Hou Ye said." Shen Hu laughed very loudly, as if deliberately trying to lure Hao Chun to anger Chen Jingming. "Again, Master Hou, is that sweet-scented osmanthus scented ointment fragrant?"

"Smell, it smells so good! My lord, let me tell you..."

Hao Chun laughed and walked away from Shen Hutou, leaving Chen Jingming standing alone on the battlefield, looking at the red tasseled gun swaying in the summer wind.

I don't know how long it took until I tiptoed far from the corridor and saw the servant boy who was in the wrong situation trotting and calling for Mr. Wang's servant. Mr. Wang's servant coughed and walked to Chen Jingming's side. "Ahem, ma'am."

Chen Jingming turned his head when he heard the sound, lowered his eyes, and shook his head quietly. "I'm fine."

In the summer wind, Chen Jingming usually only wore gray linen clothes, tied his hair with an ebony hairpin, and looked handsome and picturesque under the strong sunlight.

But there is always an inexplicable sadness.

The old servant Wang couldn't help but coughed and persuaded softly: "Your Majesty has been very thoughtful since he was a child. His Majesty favored this old slave to come to the mansion specially. This old slave has been taking care of him since he was eight or nine years old, but this Master Hou never said anything in his heart to this old slave. Not only did he not tell this old slave, he never told anyone."

Chen Jingming still lowered his eyes and did not walk away without talking.

The old Wang's servant then said: "Master Hou's birth is a bit of a taboo. The old General Hao was defeated in the Western Regions, and he has not been able to overturn his case so far. He was convicted by the court. Master Hou's biological mother came from the Qin royal family. There is also a record in the Zongfu. It is an indisputable fact that the blood of the Qin family is flowing on our Lord Hou."

Speaking of this, it really has a bit of heart-to-heart taste.

Chen Jingming couldn't help frowning, and then said: "This matter involves the royal family, my lord..."

Old Wang's servant suddenly coughed violently, and the coughing sound covered up the silent wind in the battlefield.With the sound of coughing, Mr. Wang leaned his head forward, almost brushing Chen Jingming's ear and said: "Anyang Wang Qin Dian."

After five words, Chen Jingming broke out in a cold sweat.

That's right, King Qin Dian of Anyang is the most hopeful person in the clan to succeed the emperor. He was good at literature and martial arts at the age of 16, and has a reputation of being virtuous and loving talents.There were as many as 30 people on the list sent by the Qin clan's clan to the emperor, but the king of Anyang completely threw away the No.2 entire Chang'an.

Almost without exception, the nobles in Chang'an chose to support Qin Dian, King of Anyang.

Wang Lao's servant waited for a while, looked at him and guessed that he probably wanted to understand, and then he smiled slowly: "We can't get in the way of royal affairs, and we have to avoid it. Our identity as Marquis, say Noble and honorable, embarrassing to say the least, when he came back from the Western Regions, Lord Hou didn't hold a decent position. Mr. Shen has already been a Marquis of Wu in the Dragon Tiger Army, and in terms of real power, he is still a lot higher than Lord Hou. "

All the nobles in Chang'an chose Qin Dian, King of Anyang, and Shen Hutou naturally also took refuge in King Anyang.King Anyang had just entered Beijing for only ten months, and his foundation was not stable. It seemed easy to understand why he was jealous of Hao Chun, Marquis of Pingle, who was also born in the Qin royal family and was favored by the emperor.

Chen Jingming lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then curled his lips into a smile. "So what does your lord mean, that I don't want to take care of Lord Hou's communication, even if he is dragged to drink flower wine?"

Mrs. Wang choked, and said with an awkward smile: "Of course, Lord Hou invited Mr. Shen to drink flowers and wine in front of you. Madam Yu, you are disrespectful, very disrespectful! People go to the Anxiang Tower to guard, carefully watch the time, and be responsible for carrying Lord Hou back! Absolutely don't let our Lord Hou stay outside!"

Chen Jingming's face trembled, his jade-like face gradually turned red, as if he was extremely shy.

Wang Lao's servant observed his words and expressions, and immediately smiled clearly: "Although Hou Ye is young, he still has a sense of proportion in dealing with things outside. Sometimes he speaks harshly, but Hou Ye doesn't really mean that in his heart."

Whether it means that or not is not that important.

Chen Jingming laughed a little self-deprecatingly. "He regards me as a deadly enemy. He just came back from the Western Regions, and when we met, he bumped into me blocking his way. How much affection he has for me, how much he has no choice but to, I don't need to tell you, I know."

"...Not at all." Seeing the sadness he said, Mr. Wang tried to persuade him again. "Last night, after Master Hou got drunk, he shouted loudly for a family. Master Hou suffered drastic changes since he was a child, his family was ruined and his family was destroyed. The word "family" is actually an extravagant wish for Master Hou. Although Madam and Master Hou are married by His Majesty, Anyway, better than other irrelevant people, in Master Hou's heart, I am afraid that you and Madam... are the closest people."

close?So close as to shake Shen Hu's face in front of his face, openly clamoring to go to the Flower House?

Chen Jingming smiled even colder. "It's okay, I can probably understand how much affection and hostility he has for me. It's Mrs. Lao who bothers you!"

Chen Jingming made it clear that he didn't believe it, but Mr. Wang's servant couldn't persuade him any further, he just sighed and hesitated for a while before saying: "Then, this old slave will send someone to watch Lord Hou closely?"

Chen Jingming was silent for a moment, then shook his head. "Forget it, you can subdue a real fierce horse without a bridle, so let him do whatever the Marquis wants!"

After Chen Jingming finished speaking, he turned around and walked to the study in the west wing. Mr. Wang's house attendant felt really sorry and couldn't help calling him again. "lady!"

Chen Jingming turned his head.

"No matter how strong a horse is in this world, it must have a bole." Wang's servant narrowed his eyes, and there was a meaningful smile on his face as old as orange peel. "If madam doesn't want to be that bridle, she can be that bole instead."

Chen Jingming was silent for a moment, raised his eyelids and asked quietly: "How to be a bole?"

"Master Hou's ambition is not to be an heir, but his status is there. No matter who takes over the East Palace, I am afraid that he will rule one or two of the Pingle Hou Mansion. Madam..." The old servant Wang sighed, and said heavily: "Instead of If you don’t make the meat on the chopping board, how can you escape from death?”

The wind on the battlefield was scorching hot, Chen Jingming squinted his eyes under the sun, and smiled quietly after a long time. "got it."

The author has something to say:

Chen Jingming: Master Hou, you can work hard. When you get off the job, go find the whip first.

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