Biganchun

The fragrance of ink in the vast sea, the dazzling array of paintings, and the splendor gather in Tianzhang.

On the west side of the right door of Xuande Building, a three-story attic stands majestically in the night, with a plaque hanging high, and the inscription "For Zhang Yutian".

It's late at night, but the top floor of Tianzhang Pavilion is full of lights and candles, and the shadows are still there.Two palace eunuchs in yellow clothes shuttled back and forth, carrying the scrolls from the shelf to the table under the west window from time to time, and unfolded them under the lamp.

The person in front of the window was dressed in a crimson official robe, quietly sitting on the chair in front of the case, carefully examining each scroll.Every time he shook his head, the two palace guards hurriedly put away the scroll and replaced it with another one.

There was a pecking sound of the candles on the table, and a palace supervisor hurriedly stepped forward to blow the wax off the candles.Turning around to the man in the red robe, he asked, "Lord Zhan, you are not well, you should have settled it earlier. Tell us what the person in the painting looks like, and the two of us will help you check it out tonight, and we will report to you tomorrow morning." How about you report back?"

But Zhan Zhao shook his head: "Tonight's matter is very important, I'm afraid I can't bear this hard work...Little Lingzi, little Zhuzi, it's hard for the two of you."

Xiao Lingzi hurriedly said: "Master Zhan, it is our blessing to be able to serve Master Bao and you, so please don't let yourself be fooled. Let's continue watching?"

Before he finished speaking, he stared straight at the window, as if he was stunned.

On the edge of the ebony window, at some point quietly stood a slim figure, with fluttering clothes, the color of jasper.As the night wind blows, it falls gently into the pavilion like a leaf of duckweed, without making a sound.

Before Xiaolingzi and Xiaozhuzi could utter their exclamations, Zhan Zhao stopped them in a low voice: "Shut up! They're not assassins."

The two of them were still frightened, but Zhan Zhao barely stood up, frowned and said, "You finally found it."

The man took a step forward, and the candlelight greeted her, making her eyebrows look picturesque.Xiaolingzi and Xiaozhuzi have been working in Tianzhang Pavilion for a long time, and they have seen thousands of beauties in paintings, but they have never seen such a stunning beauty in the world, their hearts were pounding for a moment, and they didn't know whether she was a human or a ghost.

Qingcheng raised her eyebrows, and said lightly: "If you don't come and see, how will you know if you have escaped?"

Zhan Zhao sat back in the chair again, lowered his eyebrows and looked at the scroll in front of him: "Could it be that Zhan is this kind of person in your heart?"

Qingcheng said: "It's hard to know the heart when you know the face. I have doubts in my heart. It's only natural. Why should you be surprised? It's just that I didn't expect that although there are many people in this imperial guard, they are all wine bags and rice bags. This place is called the Forbidden City, but when entering and leaving , far easier than the Xiangyang Palace..."

Zhan Zhao shook his head and murmured: "If you knew how this matter would end in the future, I'm afraid you wouldn't say that..."

Qingcheng didn't notice him talking to himself.She picked up a scroll on the case, glanced at it lightly, and asked in a low voice: "Have you not found the portrait of my grandma?"

Zhan Zhao sighed, and said: "When the Tianzhang Pavilion caught fire a few days ago, all the old paintings in the palace were put together. Although they were not affected by Zhu Rong's disaster, they were extremely chaotic. These two father-in-laws are usually in charge of Tianxi Palace. It’s an old painting from the past year. I’ve been looking for it for half a day today, but I haven’t found it yet.”

He turned his head and said to Xiao Lingzi and Xiao Zhuzi: "You two father-in-laws, the person I'm looking for in the painting is exactly like this girl in appearance, but he is dressed in Uighur attire, and the color of his eyes is jasper. If it’s hard for you to tell, you might as well look back at this girl as a reference.”

Qingcheng was slightly embarrassed, and nodded to the two of them as a greeting.

Her voice was cold and clear: "You are brave enough to stand out and risk your life. I don't care. But your injury was caused by me after all. If you lose your life due to hard work, I'm afraid that Kaifeng Mansion will end up with this account on me." On the head. If I was sentenced to the punishment of guillotine, wouldn't it be unfair?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "This visit to Tianzhang Pavilion is all my own idea. Even if there is an accident, Mr. Bao is just and strict, Mr. Gongsun has a bright eye, and he will never wrong you out of thin air."

Qingcheng's eyes flashed: "I don't understand, why is it up to you to find paintings in Tianzhang Pavilion?"

Zhan Zhao smiled again, and said in a low voice, "I should remember your appearance better."

The moonlight covered his body, reflecting vermilion into green, he lowered his eyebrows, she lowered her head, she was slightly stunned, her thoughts were silent and hidden.

Even more leaks and darkness change, the stars turn and the stars slant, the long night ends for a while, and the morning light has already penetrated the window.

The ground around the long case was already full of scrolls.Among all the beauties and reds, I can't see the unparalleled beauty outside the Great Wall.

This night's hard work was in vain.

Xiao Lingzi yawned, blew out the candle, and turned around to see that Zhan Zhao and Qing Cheng were still at their desks checking papers.He stepped forward and said to Zhan Zhao: "Master Zhan, the charcoal in the tea stove is not enough, Xiao Zhuzi and I went to Baowen Pavilion to get some. By the way, we also brought breakfast from Poshijia."

However, Zhan Zhao kept flipping through the scrolls, his face was pale, and his brows were furrowed more and more tightly.

Xiao Lingzi called softly: "Master Zhan?"

Only then did Zhan Zhao turn around, and nodded to Xiao Lingzi: "Thank you both."

Little Lingzi and little Zhuzi went straight downstairs.There are only Zhan Zhao and Qing Cheng left in the cabinet.In the silence, the fragrance of ink permeates the body, and occasionally there is the sound of paper rustling.

Zhan Zhao finished reading one volume, and leaned over to take the next volume, but the wound on his chest was touched, and he couldn't help snorting.

Qingcheng frowned, stood up and walked deep into the attic.

Zhan Zhao turned his head and called softly, "Where are you going?"

Qingcheng turned around and glanced at him lightly: "You are lucky, I just brought two pills of wound medicine with me. Now I went to find a tea bowl and melted it with warm water. You can take it after breakfast in a while. You should be able to restrain yourself." some pain."

Before Zhan Zhao could answer, his figure flashed and he had already turned behind the painting cabinet.

Zhan Zhao's heart was full of mixed emotions, and he was stunned for a moment.

There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, Zhan Zhao thought it was Xiao Lingzi coming back, turned around to look, but saw that the person upstairs was wearing a sixth-grade palace eunuch uniform, his face was very familiar, it was Yan Shiliang, Chongban of the inner hall.

This Yan Shiliang's adoptive father was Yan Wenying who was once the chief eunuch of the inner vice capital.Yan Wenying served Ye Ting since he was a child, and served him since the birth of the current emperor Zhao Zhen, and was extremely favored by Zhao Zhen.After Zhao Zhen came to power, he was even more powerful in the inner court. He was like an eunuch.Later, Yan Wenying was impeached by the admonisher for internal affairs and left Beijing, and transferred to Jiazhou Defense Envoy and Qinzhou Qian Jurisdiction.Then he moved to Xiangzhou to govern.He was old and couldn't bear the hardships of the journey, so he died on the way. Zhao Zhen also posthumously presented him with the official post of Binzhou Observation Envoy.

Yan Wenying's adopted son, Yan Shiliang, was originally in charge of the Royal Medicine Academy, and he was also extremely trusted by Zhao Zhen.After Yan Wenying was banished from Beijing, Zhao Zhen transferred Yan Shiliang to his side to be the deputy Chongban.Over the past few years, his status in the palace has become very important, even comparable to that of his adoptive father.This Yan Shiliang is honest and honest, and has always been on good terms with everyone in Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhan Zhao didn't want to see Yan Shiliang here, he was surprised, got up and said, "Morning, Eunuch Yan. It's a coincidence today, how could Eunuch come to Tianzhang Pavilion here?"

Yan Shiliang climbed up the last step, waved his whisk, and bowed to Zhan Zhao: "Our family went back to the Royal Medicine Academy early in the morning to do some errands, and happened to meet Xiao Lingzi and Xiaozhuzi downstairs, saying that it was Mr. Zhan who brought the injury." Check the papers here. Our family will come up and have a look, if you need anything, my lord, let the people from the Royal Medicine Academy bring some wound medicine over."

Zhan Zhao said: "Zhan Zhao is just a minor injury, why bother alarming the Imperial Medicine Academy? Thank you, father-in-law."

He has always known Yan Shiliang's meticulous thoughts, and he was afraid that Yan Shiliang would see Qingcheng, so he hurriedly said: "My father-in-law is busy, Zhan Zhao dare not delay my father-in-law. After two days, when Zhan Zhao recovers from his injury and returns to the palace for the night, I will go back to the palace again." Talk to your father-in-law."

Yan Shiliang nodded, looked around the pavilion, and said to Zhan Zhao in a low voice: "The official family got up early in the morning, and they should have arrived at the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion by now. Although there are imperial guards accompanying them, this imperial trial is very special. Usual, Mr. Zhan, you are not in the mansion, did Mr. Bao make careful arrangements?"

Zhan Zhao was startled, before he could interrupt Yan Shiliang, he heard someone softly ask behind him: "What is the grand trial?"

Yan Shiliang was startled, and took two steps back: "Master Zhan, this is..."

Qingcheng emerged from the shadows, walked up to Yan Shiliang step by step, and asked slowly: "Who is the one who is being interrogated?"

When Yan Shiliang saw the woman in front of him, her eyes were as cold as ice, her face as frosty, cold sweat could not help showing slightly on her forehead, and said reluctantly, "This... this..." Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck, and it was actually held by her long sword. throat.

Zhan Zhao said anxiously: "Qingcheng, stop! This matter has nothing to do with Eunuch Yan!"

Qingcheng turned his head to look into Jinjin's eyes, and after a long silence, he asked slowly: "You knew about this early on?"

Seeing her eyes full of disbelief, Zhan Zhao couldn't bear it, but finally nodded slowly.

Qingcheng loosened her wrist, and Chunjun hung down silently.She stood there in a daze, her sword brilliance trembling lightly, pouring down like mercury.

Seeing that Qingcheng had withdrawn his sword, Zhan Zhao hurriedly said to Yan Shiliang: "Eunuch Yan, please leave this place to Zhan. It's just... just now, please don't mention it to others. After this matter is over, Mr. Zhan and Mr. Bao have their own confessions to the officials and father-in-law."

Yan Shiliang hurriedly nodded and said: "Lord Zhan, don't worry...you...you should be more careful!" He didn't dare to look at Qingcheng again, so he hurried downstairs.

In Tianzhang Pavilion, there was no sound again.

When the sun rises, it shines through the window sill, and sees light dust dancing darkly on the old scrolls, tossing and falling, but finally blending into the void.

Qingcheng was silent for a long time, then suddenly said: "Lord Zhan, what are you going to do with the women? There are no outsiders here, so you might as well say it clearly."

Zhan Zhao's heart sank, and he said softly, "You...why bother... If you want to ask something, Zhan knows everything."

Qingcheng looked up and stared.The figure in Zhu Yi in front of him seemed far away and near, and seemed elusive for a while.

She looked at Zhan Zhao, and asked word by word: "This is the grand trial before the imperial court, presumably Zhao Jue is the one to be tried?"

Zhan Zhao lowered his eyes and said for a long time, "Not bad."

It is so difficult to export these two words.

He said slowly: "Your Majesty is worried about changes in the Northwest, so he came to Kaifeng Mansion in person today, intending to quickly conclude the case of Zhao Jue collaborating with the enemy."

Qingcheng raised her head and smiled wryly: "The search for paintings in Tianzhang Pavilion...it turns out...it's just a cover..."

Zhan Zhao said in a deep voice, "That's not the case! In the case of Ganzhou, if the portrait of Princess Marseille can be found, the case can also be closed in court today. It's just..."

Qingcheng ignored it, but said slowly: "You know that today there will be a grand trial before the imperial court, but the case of Ganzhou cannot be concluded together... If I stay in Kaifeng Mansion, I will definitely not follow it... Only by luring me out of Kaifeng Mansion can we do it." It can ensure that nothing goes wrong in the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion..."

Zhan Zhao's throat choked and he was speechless.

He murmured like he was talking to himself: "This Tianzhang Pavilion is an excellent place... If you invite me to come with you, you are afraid that I will be suspicious, so you will perform a double-reed play with Gongsun Ce... First, you leave without saying goodbye. , attracted my attention. Then there was Gongsun Ce who lured me into the trap in the Plum Blossom Hall... No wonder he kept his mouth shut at first, but then deliberately detailed everything... The fire in Tianzhang Pavilion may be the work of Zhao Jue's henchmen... If you say anything, you are afraid of the news leaking out, only you can take on this important task..."

Zhan Zhao felt a pain in his heart, and said in a low voice: "The fire in Tianzhang Pavilion is indeed true. It was caused by the carelessness of the waiter... Please forgive me for this part..."

Qingcheng turned a deaf ear to it, and smiled sadly: "Even... I'm afraid that I won't be able to find this Tianzhang Pavilion, and I will try to find out the location... You have calculated everything, but it turned out that it was just... to lure me here... ..."

Her voice became lower and lower, until it was barely audible.

Zhan Zhao frowned deeply, and said in a low voice, "Qingcheng, that's not my original intention."

Qingcheng smiled lightly: "Yes, this may not be your original intention. If we can find the portrait before dawn, if we can prove that I am Nian Suguang, the Ganzhou case can also be settled today... ...It's just...this bet...you lost...this night of luck, it was all for nothing..."

Her voice changed, and her coldness was threatening: "At this point, your first priority is to hold me here, waiting for a moment is just a moment... until the case before the imperial court is concluded... until Zhao Jue is punished... …Wait until the bones of Ganzhou are annihilated in the wilderness…Wait until my 12 years of painstaking efforts…are in vain…”

She closed her eyes abruptly, and when she opened them again, her eyes were already full of hatred: "The golden cicada escapes its shell... Desperately playing hard to get... Pulling the bottom of the pot...Master Zhan, you are so clever!"

Zhan Zhao's heart ached deeply, but he couldn't say a word.

Qingcheng walked up to Zhan Zhao step by step, and said bitterly: "Master Zhan, outside Xiangyang City that day, you once asked the women of the people, do you have to calculate so clearly between people...Actually, sir, you are more Minnv understands the answer better...otherwise...how could Minnv calculate so clearly?"

Zhan Zhao's chest rose and fell, and he said for a long time: "Miss Qingcheng, there are indeed many inappropriate things about Zhan. The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to talk about it. Zhan is here to fulfill the agreement between you and me in advance, and pay for his life with the girl." .”

Qingcheng sneered, and said: "You thought about this early in the morning, didn't you? Do you think that if you kill you, all this can be written off?"

She shook her head slowly, her words were frosty: "You don't understand—a person like you is not worthy even if he begs me to kill you!"

After saying that, she stretched her figure and pushed open the window, intending to jump away.

Zhan Zhao leaned forward, grabbed her arm tightly, and said in a deep voice, "If you go now, it will be too late!"

Qingcheng sneered and said: "Late or not, it only counts when you return to Kaifeng Mansion, Mr. Zhan don't have to worry about it!"

Zhan Zhao said anxiously: "Daytime is not as good as night. Your Excellency Tianzhang, the Xuande Gate is heavily guarded by the imperial guards. How can you get out? It was you who came out with your life. How strict are the guards in the Kaifeng Mansion? You No matter what, there is no way to take Zhao Jue and escape!"

Qingcheng sneered and said: "Life is up to the sky, fate is up to people! The teachings of the adults in the skyscrapers, Qingcheng's words are still in my ears, did the adults forget it first?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head and said, "As soon as you go from here, your chances are slim. After getting to know each other once, Zhan will never see you seek your own death!"

Qingcheng smiled sadly, and said slowly: "I got to know you once... I wish I never knew you..."

Turning his eyes, he suddenly met Zhan Zhao's gaze, and said in a low voice, "You...you tricked me...so hard..."

The resentment in her words fell directly into Zhan Zhao's heart.Zhan Zhao was startled suddenly, and couldn't help but let go of his hand.

Qingcheng jumped up to the window, seeming to want to glance back, but finally she waved her sleeves, walked out through the window, and walked away like cherry blossoms falling, without any more thoughts.

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