Stirring up with the old enemy

The unkind Chen Jingming didn't care about Lan Mei at all. After the leader of the Embroidery Guard An Shiyi finished his errands, he got up and left.

"Hey, Master Chen, where are you going?" Lan Mei hurriedly stopped him.

Chen Jingming turned his head at the stairs on the second floor, and said casually: "Ah, I suddenly remembered that a certain person still has something on his mind in Chang'an City, so I have to go and settle it."

Lan Mei's heart skipped a beat, and she stuttered. "Ah, that, Mr. Chen, are you planning to not return to Chang'an City?"

Don't you really can't get that Lord Pingle to go to the south of the Yangtze River with you?Or maybe, the two of them are not as close as An Shi said, so Mr. Chen's trip to the south of the Yangtze River is because of his death wish?

Mentioning things like fulfilling wishes for no reason made people panic for no apparent reason.

Chen Jingming saw through Lan Mei's unspoken question at a glance, nodded, and said more casually: "Well, I thought, after leaving this time, maybe I really can't come back, so I have to make a wish."

"Ah, ah, this..."

Poor Lord Lanmei was about to cry on the spot.

Chen Jingming waved his hands, as if he didn't notice anything, he went down the stairs with a thump.He walked along the long street, passed through the West Market, and saw the Changji stewed beef restaurant that Hao Chun had mentioned at a glance.

It is not accurate to say that you can see it at a glance.He has wandered in front of this store countless times.After Hao Chun went to the Western Regions, he occasionally sold his paintings to get a running fee, so he came here to have a look, but he never went in every time.

He wanted to wait for Hao Chun to come back and eat together.

In the end, Hao Chun defeated the group of barbarians from the Western Regions, and indeed fought with him again, looking very affectionate.But Hao Chun never mentioned this Changji braised beef restaurant.

Chen Jingming smiled coldly.

"Guest officer," the head of the store opened the bamboo curtain and gritted his teeth when he saw him again. "Why is it you again! Why don't you come here today to smell the aroma of our stewed beef in vain, so that you can get ready for dinner at night?"

Chen Jingming is still wearing a plain light linen shirt today. The original scarlet official robe has been changed in the long street box, and then handed over to An Shiyi to take away, so Changji Huotou pretends that he is still downcast after all these years, and his tone is quite scorn.

Chen Jingming was not annoyed, and smiled slightly. "No, this one is here to eat beef."

Under Huotou's surprised gaze, Chen Jingming passed through the curtain quietly, and even ordered a special seat, without even looking at the menu, he recited the names of the dishes.Three catties of stewed beef, two pairs of long chopsticks inlaid with silver chains, and a jar of Fusu wine that had been dusty for five years.

Originally, he planned that when Hao Chun returned safely, he would have a pot of wine with that guy.Hao Chun is a martial artist, he must have a big appetite and loves to drink.

At that time, he always thought, wait for that person to come back... and then, he must pick a sunny spring day and invite this guy to have a drink together.When the wine was hot, he told the man slowly, Lord Hou, I admire you.

Mountains have trees and trees have branches, and the heart is pleasing to the king, and the king does not know it!

Chen Jingming lowered his eyes, the silver chain swayed gently between the chopsticks, and then he took a piece of stewed beef, rolled his tongue lightly, and his lips and teeth were full of the old stewed taste.The taste is heavy, not as delicious as he imagined.

Just like Lord Pingle.

**

Half an hour later, Hao Chun, who hadn't found anyone, returned to Pinglehou Mansion alone, his face full of depression.

"Master Hou, you are back!" The waiter Wang sighed, looking at him without words, his old face wrinkled.

"What's the matter?" Hao Chun raised a pair of jucui thick eyebrows, and screamed unhappily. "Why do you moan and sigh when you see me, you are already unlucky enough today, don't let me sigh with you!"

Waiter Wang looked at him, but heaved a deep sigh. "My wife, I have been dismissed from office."

Hao Chun immediately waved impatiently. "Didn't you know this a long time ago? Why are you sighing? Hey, by the way, where is that little Eunuch Qi?"

"Let's go!" The old servant Wang sighed again, and said with a slumped face: "Not only was my wife dismissed from office, but the majesty also specifically explained that our wife must leave Chang'an today, and if she is not allowed to come back, she will be chopped off. head."

Hao Chun rolled his eyes and said with a sneer, "While I'm not here, you two worked together to tear down the imperial decree?"

"Hey? No, no! This old servant is not so courageous!" Wang's servant repeatedly waved his hands and said repeatedly: "I dare not do this behind the Lord Hou's back! This is an imperial edict from His Majesty! It is our Madame found someone to deliver a message, and took this imperial decree away by the way."

"Who did he look for? Who can he look for? Wang Baibai, don't fool me!"

Hao Chun became more and more anxious. With Chen Jingming's poor popularity, how could he still find someone to spread the word?Also accepted the imperial decree for him?Who is this!

Wang Lao's house attendant looked at his old face bitterly, and then said after a pause: "It's not someone else, but the leader of the embroidered guards, Master Eleven!"

"How could it be him?!" Hao Chun exploded on the spot, stamping his boots on the ground bitterly, and circled around the flower hall. "How could it be the embroidered clothes guard who came to receive the order for him? Or the Eleventh Master himself?"

"Then, this old slave doesn't know." Wang Lao's housekeeper looked around, waved his hand quietly, and sent all the servants standing around to slip away, then he took small steps to get closer to Hao Chun, and said in a softer voice : "Master Hou, could it be that our wife has been promoted secretly, and she seems to have been dismissed as an official, but in fact... she was entrusted with another important task by Da Sikong, and she went to Jiangnan to do business?"

Hao Chun gasped, smacked his lips, revealing two small white canine teeth.After a long while, worry suddenly turned into joy. "...Hiss, it's possible!"

The Embroidery Guard was alarmed, it must be something secret, the most likely thing is that Chen Jingming was arranged by Cheng Da Sikong for a secret mission, so some news was passed on orally by the leader of the Embroidery Guard.

But in fact, there is another possibility, but neither Hao Chun nor Mr. Wang's servant is willing to speculate on it.

Hao Chun and Mr. Wang stared at each other, for a long while, Hao Chun couldn't help but muttered in a low voice: "But there is still a possibility..."

"Bah, bah, bah! Tongyan Wuji, Tongyan Wuji!" Wang's servant hurriedly spat a few times, not sure if he was comforting Hao Chun, or he didn't want to hear that terrible guess. "Our wife is smart and well-behaved by nature. Besides, how handsome is that, madam! It must not be to kill him."

He didn't let Hao Chun say it, but his own family leaked it and said it in advance.

The fine sweat on Hao Chun's forehead crawled over the skin layer by layer, and then condensed into frost, which made him shiver all over from the cold.The Embroidered Clothes Guards were newly compiled by Emperor Yong'an after the reform of the Embroidered Clothes Censor. Although they had official ranks, they never formally showed their faces in the court. Baiguan directly reported to Cheng Da Sikong.

The ruling and opposition parties have always been confused as to who this team of spies is loyal to—whether it is loyal to Emperor Yong'an, or, in fact, it is an assassination organization exclusively owned by Cheng Da Sikong.

Hao Chun felt fear in his heart.He and Mr. Wang's servant looked at each other, and both could hear each other's heavy panting.

It's too heavy, and it always has an ominous smell of withered leaves in late autumn.

Hao Chun suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "I'll go find him!"

"Don't go! My little ancestor!" Mr. Wang's waiter was dripping with sweat, grabbed Hao Chun's arm, and said in a low voice: "Maybe he is going to kill him! Master Anshi has always been paralyzed. Put on a face, who knows whether he is here to announce good news or bad news? We have to stabilize first! If our Marquis Mansion cannot be stabilized, then our wife will have no way out."

Hao Chun panted heavily, stared blankly for a while, and suddenly said: "He has to leave today?"

"Isn't it!" Wang Lao's servant sighed again while speaking, and said sadly: "The old slave has already asked someone to clean up the baggage and skins, and prepared 300 taels of silver ingots, as well as the clothes of the four seasons... "

Hao Chun interrupted him suddenly. "How many people are prepared?"

"what?"

"How many people's clothes have you prepared?"

Old Wang's servant looked blank, and after a pause, he suddenly realized: "Oh, Lord Hou, are you planning to go to the south of the Yangtze River with your wife?"

"Otherwise?" Hao Chun rolled his eyes, and said anxiously: "Firstly, that guy doesn't know martial arts, and secondly, he has offended too many people. If nothing else, it's Lu Yang Fan's family! Is it possible to offend? Huh? I think that guy is a fool!"

"Hey, hey! That's a good thing!" The old servant Wang immediately smiled, let go of Hao Chun's arm, and said with a smile: "The old slave just guessed that Lord Hou might have this idea, even the four seasons of Lord Hou. Changing clothes, the old slave also Get the boys ready."

Hao Chun's face suddenly burst into evil fire.He is so strange!It was clear that he planned to go to Jiangnan with Chen Jingming from the very beginning, why didn't everyone believe him and everyone suspected him?Does he look like the kind of person who leaves the soldiers in his camp alone?

... Uh, that's not right, Chen Jingming is not his soldier.

Hao Chun touched the skin of his lower lip, pondered for a long time, but didn't understand why he cared about Chen Jingming.

"It's time," Mr. Wang's servant thought about the time and suggested, "Master Hou, why don't you have a full meal first? You have to go on your way tonight!"

"But that guy..."

"The old slave sent people to look for it everywhere." Wang's servant couldn't help laughing, his eyes were squinted, and his old face had chrysanthemum folds. "Chang'an City is such a big place, Madam is not familiar with our area, where can I go!"

Hao Chun thought for a while, he searched all over the rich and noble residences in Chang'an city within an hour, but he forgot about the Dongxi market.That guy used to sell paintings in the workshop when he was humble, maybe he raised money in the workshop, and if he repeats his old tricks, he may sell paintings again.

"Yes, you send people to look for more at the Husi in the painting workshop." Hao Chun said worriedly: "Especially the place where paintings are sold, he might sell paintings there!"

"Hey, I see, Hou Ye, you go to eat first."

Hao Chun continued to practice guns all morning, and then ran around looking for Chen Jingming. He was indeed hungry, so he lifted his feet and walked to the small hall under the kitchen. Remember to bring him to dinner and ask the chef to prepare more good dishes, if you go to the south of the Yangtze River, maybe you won’t know the taste of meat in March.”

"Hey, don't worry, Lord Hou!" Mr. Wang's servant agreed repeatedly.

This meal, Hao Chun was very full, and after eating, he went to carry three jars of wine, ready to drink on the road.But he waited until noon, but no one came to report that Chen Jingming had been found. Instead, people from Pei's residence urged him to visit Pei Yuan.

Hao Chun frowned, and waved off the visitor impatiently. "Come on, didn't you tell me? I'll go as soon as I find someone, my lord."

"That's what Chen Shi said," said Pei's servant, who was neither humble nor overbearing, crossing his hands: "It's not yet the beginning of the day, and the person who announced the decree has already left. Lord Hou, our little man is really hysterical, otherwise he wouldn't Dare to bother Lord Hou, don't you? The doctor said, you must ask Lord Hou to comfort him, and he will be able to take medicine after he wakes up."

Hao Chun felt a fire in his heart, and it looked like weeds grew everywhere. The sparks lit the weeds, crackling and crackling, and there were fires everywhere. "What kind of doctor did your family hire, what kind of nonsense did you talk about? What do you mean I have to appease you, young master?"

"It's Dr. Hu from the Imperial Hospital." The servant raised his eyelids and glanced at Hao Chun, then lowered his eyes again. "Doctor Hu, Master Hou should be very familiar with it."

Indeed familiar!The medicine to regulate the lung meridian that he takes every spring and autumn is prescribed by Dr. Hu of the imperial hospital.

Hao Chun was full of unspeakable bitterness, so he could only frown and avoid the topic. "It's not my master, I don't want to go..."

"Then please excuse me, Lord Marquis, to go." The servant calmly cut off his words, and crossed his hands again as a salute. "Xiao Langjun is only sixteen this year, and he is arrogant. If he has offended Lord Hou in ordinary times, I hope that Lord Hou will be more considerate. The owner said, and I hope that Lord Hou has studied with Xiao Langjun in Bailu when he was young. For the sake of the academy, please take care of it. The head of the family said again that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, and I hope the Marquis will be merciful."

……hiss!

Hao Chun gasped on the spot.He was brought back to Chang'an by Emperor Yong'an when he was young. Emperor Yong'an had no prince and no suitable tutor in the palace, so he was sent to Pei's family.Bailu Academy is Pei's family school, he and Pei Yuan once ate and slept together, and studied in Bailu Academy together.Now that the Pei family has even thrown out this kindness, if he refuses again, he will have to bear the name of ungrateful.

However, Chen Jingming was about to be kicked out of Chang'an.

Hao Chun struggled violently in his heart, opened his mouth several times, and swallowed the words again. "Okay, wait another hour. If there is no news of that guy within an hour, I will go to Pei's mansion first."

"Lord Hou," the servant crossed his arms and urged, "Mr. Chen is such a big man, can he still lose it? But our young man's illness really can't be delayed."

Only the members of your family are human beings, and everyone else is not human?

Hao Chun rolled his eyes, full of disdain for the Pei family's behavior, but he laughed and said: "An hour, just wait an hour."

"Master Hou!" The servant suddenly raised his head, stared at Hao Chun's face, and said bluntly to the point of being rude: "When I came here, the master had expected that Master Hou would say this, so he specially asked Anu, if Hou Ye still refused, so he asked Mr. Lu Xiaolang to visit the Hou Mansion after half a stick of incense, saying that Lord Hou had personally agreed to Mr. Lu Xiaolang, and if he did not go to see Mr. !"

It's too much to speak like this to a Lord Hou who is in the court of heaven as a servant!Too much!

But the Pei family is a noble family, and Hao Chun, an upstart with no foundation and no real power, can't stand against him.He had no choice but to suppress the anger in his heart, let out a haha, and said: "The young master promised Lu Ji that it will be before holding the lamp, and it's not the time yet!"

"Master Hou..."

"Oh, don't rush me! Young master, I have a problem. Once I meet someone who reminds me, I will... get dizzy." Hao Chun shook his body seriously as he spoke, as if he was about to fall down on the green brick floor of the flower hall.

The servant frowned invisibly, and pretended to call someone, but said in his mouth: "Master Hou, don't complain, it's just that Mr. Xiaolang's illness can't wait. I don't know what magic Master Hou cast on him, I have to see him Only Hou Ye can do it, no one can recognize him right now, when Anu came, the whole house was full of crying."

Pooh!Hao Chun was full of curses.

At the stalemate at the stall, Shi Shiran came outside the door, and the voice of Mr. Wang's servant also came in. "Hey, ma'am, please slow down, you have too much wine, so be careful not to fall off your feet."

Chen Jingming is here?

Hao Chun immediately turned his hopeful eyes to the outside, and Pei's servants also turned to look outside.

Chen Jingming Shi Shiran stepped across the threshold, his jade-like face flushed with drunkenness, but his steps were fairly steady, but the movement of raising his feet across the threshold was exceptionally slow.

"Hey, you came just in time!" Hao Chun hastily raised his head to call him. "There was a person who announced the decree to look for you earlier. You recognize the Duke Qi who is beside His Majesty."

Chen Jingming's face was cold, his eyes were smeared with ambiguous red, and he gave Hao Chun a sideways glance. "Master Hou, will you follow me?"

"Ah, ah?" Hao Chun's face was puzzled, and he realized after a while, and hurriedly said: "Go, go, I originally agreed to go to Jiangnan with you."

Seeing that the momentum was not good, Pei's family servant immediately walked half a step quickly, standing in the middle of the intersection of Chen Jingming and Hao Chun's eyes, and said with a paralyzed face: "Master Hou promised to see my little lord."

"Your young gentleman, who is it?" Chen Jingming had drunk too much alcohol, and his voice was rare. "I'm talking to Lord Hou about Guan Qing's business!"

Pei's family servant crossed his hands indifferently and said: "Master Hou originally agreed to see my little man. Oh, by the way, my little man's surname is Pei."

Pei, the last name is Pei again!Could it be that guy Pei Yuan sent to rob people?

Chen Jingming resentfully gouged out that servant, looked straight at Hao Chun and said, "Master Hou, who do you choose?"

"Ah, ah..." Hao Chun never expected to fall into such an embarrassing situation. He coughed a few times, his face flushed, and he whispered: "Yeah, I don't have to choose anyone, right? My lord, I naturally I want to accompany you to the south of the Yangtze River, of course, what, I want to see Pei Yuan too."

It really was Pei Yuan.

Chen Jingming waved his hand resentfully, ignoring the desperate persuasion of the old servant next to him, he stared straight at Hao Chun, his eyes were red with jealousy. "Master Hou, you can only choose one today. Either go to see Pei Yuan, or accompany me to Jiangnan."

When Chen Jingming was sober, he never said such unreasonable words.

Hao Chun was at a loss for a while, ah a few times, but couldn't find the right words.But the light in Chen Jingming's eyes was too bright, burning brightly, and the redness made him flustered. "You, you...these two things don't conflict at all!"

Chen Jingming took a few more steps forward, seemed to think that the Pei family servant was in the way, pushed him away suddenly, approached Hao Chun, and asked him eye to eye. "Between Pei Yuan and me, who do you choose?"

Hao Chun's heart was pounding non-stop, his breathing was short of breath, and he could only say indiscriminately: "Pei Yuan is a child, what should I choose? I have always regarded him as my younger brother."

Chen Jingming grabbed Hao Chun's collar suddenly, sprayed his breath stained with Fusu wine on Hao Chun's face, and asked him again and again. "Master Hou, tell me the truth today. What do you mean to me? And Pei Yuan, what do you mean to him?"

"No, it's not interesting!" Hao Chun was tongue-tied, wishing that someone would come to save him.

"That day in Dali Temple, I clearly saw him kissing you with my own eyes!" Chen Jingming's eyes turned red, and his voice suddenly became very sad. "That's right, he had a close relationship with you before, so he was rude."

"Oh no, what... Hey, wait!"

Before Hao Chun had time to defend himself, Chen Jingming suddenly let go of his collar, raised his head and laughed a few times, turned around and walked out the door.Mr. Wang's servant kept chasing after him with good words, but Chen Jingming ignored them.The person who drank the wine was so strong that he pushed the old waiter away and stepped across the threshold.

"Wait! Hey!"

Hao Chun was about to chase, but was grabbed by Pei's servant by his sleeve. "Master Hou, Mr. Xiao Lang is still waiting for you."

Hao Chun was so anxious that his whole body was emitting green smoke, he tore up with the servant, and when he finally got rid of it, he looked up again, and Chen Jingming had already disappeared in a flash.

"Hey! Hey, wait!"

Hao Chun raised his foot and chased after him, ignoring his friendship with Mrs. Pei, the wind was blowing under his feet, and he didn't catch up with Chen Jingming until he was almost out of the gate of Pinglehou's mansion.

"Listen to me, my lord, I haven't thought about that guy Pei Yuan from the beginning to the end, my lord! That's a kid!"

Chen Jingming was forcibly held by him, frowned impatiently, and said coldly: "Oh? Master Hou is really tight when he tells lies."

"My lord, why did I lie?" Hao Chun was not convinced, and shouted loudly: "My lord, everything I just said is true. If there is a word of falsehood, let the sky thunder strike me !"

The author has something to say:

Chen Jingming: With him but without me, with me without him, Master Hou, you can figure it out!

Hao Chun: -_-||