treacherous world

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang returned to Kaifeng Mansion, Bao Zheng was so busy that he asked them to investigate according to their own ideas. After eating in a hurry, they went to study again.

So, a group of people waited for dark in Kaifeng Mansion.

Bao Yan continued to study, while Pang Yu was in charge of bickering with him.

Gongsun was collecting medicinal materials, dispensing medicine packets, and teaching the fourth son medical skills by the way.

Zhao Pu led Hei Xiao to the yard, and asked Xiao Liang to learn the basic skills of horseback riding and fighting.Hei Xiao liked Xiao Liang very much, and when he saw him riding on his back, he was very cautious, and even wagged his tail to make trouble with him.

Zhao Pu made it more aggressive and let Xiao Liang feel the feeling of fighting on the battlefield, but Xiao Liang saved Hei Xiao's life, so Hei Xiao would not be willing to be fierce to him.

Zhao Pu was so angry that he finally borrowed Zao Duoduo.Unexpectedly, Zao Duoduo had the same temperament as Zhan Zhao, he couldn't move when he saw a child, and rubbed against Xiao Liang with Hei Xiao.

In the end, Zhao Pu used his trump card and borrowed Bai Yunfan from Bai Yutang.

Bai Yunfan is the most difficult horse to take care of, he usually waits to see Bai Yutang and Zao Duoduo, and he waits to see Zhan Zhao because he is Zao Duoduo's master and Bai Yutang's good friend.

As soon as Xiao Liang got on Bai Yunfan's back, the Zhaoye Jade Lion started to swing wildly, Xiao Liang was so startled that he held onto it tightly.Zhao Pu was quite satisfied, but before he could teach him the skills, Hei Xiao started fighting with Bai Yunfan, and Zao Duoduo joined in the fun.So in the yard, Xiao Liang was dizzy on the horse, the three horses and Zhao Pu were having a fight, and a group of shadow guards were eating snacks and watching the fun.

Dynasty Ma Han Zhang Long Zhao Hu took all the brothers from Kaifeng Mansion to carefully study the deployment of the autumn test for a few days in the official shed.

Ouyang Shaozheng continued to patrol the city with his men.

The maids were washing clothes in the backyard, reciting poems written by gifted scholars that were popular in Kaifeng these days.

The whole Kaifeng mansion, to be exact, seems to be the whole Kaifeng people, everyone has their own things to do.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang stood at the door of the house, watching the bustle of the crowd, felt that everyone had found their place and what to do, but they were still floating in the air, doing nothing and not knowing what to do.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, and Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao. He obviously had a lot of things to do, but he seemed to be unable to do anything, so he had to stand under the apricot tree that was about to fall, watching the excitement of others. .

"Hey."

In the end, Zhao Pu couldn't handle the three horses anymore, so he pulled Hei Xiao and asked Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao to help. Hei Xiao and Bai Yunfan were currently biting each other's tails.

Bai Yutang whistled, Bai Yunfan flicked Hei Xiao's tail, and ran to Bai Yutang's side, Zao Duoduo saw Bai Yunfan leaving, suddenly kicked Hei Xiao, and ran over quickly.

Hei Xiao was caught off guard by being kicked, and realized that Zao Duoduo was helping Bai Yunfan plot it against him. He became impatient and shouted to rush over, but was caught by Zhao Pu.

Zhan Zhao looked at Zao Duoduo who ran up to Bai Yunfan with a look of horror, and the two horses rubbed each other tacitly.

Zhao Pu grabbed the angry Hei Xiao, "Are you jealous? Find a mare too!"

Hei Xiao gave Zhao Pu a blank look, went back to the stable dissatisfied, and found Gongsun's little donkey in the stable, Hei Xiao babbled to it, as if complaining that Zao Duoduo and Bai Yunfan had teamed up to bully it, the little donkey He flicked his tail and rubbed against Hei Xiao sympathetically.

Bai Yutang asked Zhan Zhao, "Isn't the little donkey too small? Will it be difficult to give birth? It's rare for them to get along well."

Zhan Zhao stretched out his hand and patted him, "I guess there is no such trouble, the little donkey is male..."

Bai Yutang was immediately speechless.

Zhao Pu shook his head, and dragged Xiao Liang who was so jolted that he almost vomited out the last night's meal, to the side to practice.

Finally, after a long and boring wait, it got dark.

"Hello!" Dong Xu ran over.

Bai Yutang frowned, and saw that he was wearing white clothes, which looked familiar to him.

"Hey." Dong Xu tidied his hair and said to Bai Yutang, "I will lend you a piece of clothing to wear. Of course you should be grand when you meet your old lover, right?"

Bai Yutang felt a little suffocated for a moment, and it took him a long time to say, "I'll see you off, remember to burn it when you're done wearing it."

"Why burn it?" Dong Xu rubbed the clothes, "The material is so good, the girls must like it."

Zhan Zhao saw that Bai Yutang seemed about to beat Dong Xu with his hands, and felt that the overall situation was the most important, so he grabbed it from behind with both hands!After stabilizing Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao urged Dong Xu to do "serious" things quickly!

Dong Xu patted his chest, "Wrap it on me!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

Zhan Zhao saw the person leaving, so he grabbed Bai Yutang, who was covered in goosebumps, "Let's go, let's go to Tianlong Villa to watch."

Bai Yutang had no choice but to be dragged away by him.

They followed Dong Xu secretly, looked back, and saw Zhe Ying and Zi Ying also coming, with excited expressions on their faces.

There was nothing to say all the way, and when everyone arrived at Tianlong Villa, it was almost midnight.There are still some scattered lights left in the villa, but the long stretch of Bianhua flowers on the hillside in the distance is very clear.

"It really looks like a crouching dragon at night?" Zi Ying tugged Zhe Ying.

Zhe Ying nodded, and leaned over to Zhan Zhao Bai Yutang and said, "Mr. Gongsun told us not to go near the flower bushes when we were about to leave."

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang nodded, and saw that Dong Xu had climbed over the wall and entered.

"Wow, from Dong Xiucai's posture of climbing over the wall, it can be seen that he often does this kind of thing." Ziying clicked his tongue twice.

The four of them followed him into the villa, touched the east courtyard of Tianlong Villa, and found the courtyard of the fourth concubine.

Dong Xu turned over and entered the courtyard, landed on a big locust tree in the courtyard, sat sideways in a handsome posture, pulled out a hole flute from behind, and blew.

The corner of Zhan Zhao's mouth twitched, "What is he doing?"

"It may be some kind of code word!" Ziying leaned over and said, "I heard that piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are the ultimate skills to deal with women! Many women have a crush on you as soon as they hear the sound of Xiao and the sound of the flute. If you do it again For a poem praising her, it’s best to make it yourself, so you’ll get more points for liking her! No matter how sweet your words are, if you’re willing to spend money and time, getting married won’t be a problem!”

The other three stared at him stupidly.

After a long time, Zhe Ying supported Zi Ying's cheek, "Where did you learn it?"

"An uncle in Kaifeng Mansion said it yesterday." Ziying replied.

Zhe Ying stared at him for a long time, then rubbed his face, "Good boy, that uncle is a liar, we won't talk to him anymore."

"Oh..." Ziying nodded.

Zhe Ying pinched his cheeks in satisfaction, "I'll buy you buns later."

"Yeah!" Ziying then nodded.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao's eyelids kept twitching, and they tricked a daughter-in-law into wanting music, chess, calligraphy and painting when she came back, but Ziying was lucky, a steamed stuffed bun was enough!It's easier to cheat than the little four.

The four of them lay in ambush on the roof and stared at the yard, still a little worried, would the sound of Dong Xu's flute attract the servants?

Just as soon as the flute sounded, the window opened, and there was a beauty in white underwear leaning against the window, looking up at the tree with a smile on her lips, looking under the moonlight, she was indeed a rare beauty.

Dong Xu took the flute, looked at her with a smile, and jumped off the tree gracefully.

Bai Yutang watched the dress flying up and down, and instantly felt an urge not to wear white clothes in the future.

Zhan Zhao beside him patted him sympathetically, "Be patient."

The four waited there bravely, but they stopped for a while, and found that Dong Xu was not obscene, just lying on the bedside and chatting with the beautiful fourth aunt.That mood is like a pair of children talking with their childhood sweethearts.

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao tilted their heads to listen, and found that they didn't flirt or say anything that made people blush and heartbeat, and they didn't recite poems and make love, as Ziying said.Just talking about the most common things, such as how is your body recently?What to eat for dinner, and what temple fair will be held in a few days, remember to go to see it.

Ziying frowned, and asked Zheying, "Why are you talking about this? My family is not long, so I can tell anyone."

Zhe Ying smiled, "It means that a woman hopes that the person she likes cares about whether she is in good health, what she ate at night, and whether she wants to go to the temple fair together."

Ziying became more and more puzzled, "Just for this affair? Doesn't her husband tell her these things?"

"Shen Longxing is considered to have a big family and a great career. He must be busy with all kinds of affairs on weekdays. Even if he can spare some time to talk, there are at least four people to share."

"Then why did she marry such a person?" Ziying was even more incomprehensible, "Why don't you just marry that scholar?"

Zhe Ying smiled and patted him on the head, "There are some things you won't understand."

"Why?" Ziying pouted, "I'm not stupid."

"It's not that you're not stupid." Zhe Ying shook his head, "It's because you have me!"

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt their scalps go numb, and looked into the distance in embarrassment.

Zi Ying nodded while propping her chin, "This is really..."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao coughed a little guilty, and continued to wait.

Dong Xu and Fourth Aunt chatted more and more speculatively. After chatting for at least half an hour, they still didn't mention the Bianhua in the back mountain and the murder of the No. [-] scholar.

The four people on the tree squatted until their legs were numb, and they had the urge to beat someone up.

Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Did he forget the serious things?"

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao weakly, "He's doing serious things now... What do you expect Dong Xiucai to do more serious than comforting a lonely beauty?"

Zhan Zhao raised his forehead, took off a leaf and sent it forward, and lightly patted Dong Xu on the shoulder.

"Ahem." Dong Xu remembered, and asked the fourth aunt, "I have something to ask you."

The four people on the tree were taken aback for a moment, and said to themselves——isn't it too dishonest?Just ask directly, what if people don't say it?Somehow related excuses.

"Oh... I knew you wouldn't come to me in the middle of the night so easily." The fourth aunt asked him, holding her chin, "What do you want to ask?"

"About the flowers on the other side of the mountain behind Tianlong Villa."

After the fourth aunt heard it, she couldn't help frowning slightly, and said in a low voice, "It's a forbidden area, and we are not allowed to approach it."

"Oh..." Dong Xu nodded.

"I can help you find out." Fourth Aunt said.

"Don't!" Dong Xu shook his head, "I can check it myself, do you still want to live here, don't make trouble for yourself."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and Ziying held her chin and clicked her tongue twice, "He's not bad!"

"Is there any suspicious person coming in and out of Tianlong Villa?" Dong Xu continued to ask.

"Oh, yes, Chai Xing and Shi Tianjie came this afternoon."

The four people on the tree frowned, the Chai family and the Shi family are not in harmony, right?How did we get together?

"Chai Xing came first, and talked about something with the owner, and then Shi Tianjie also came. At first, I drank with the master and played the piano for them for a while, but then the three of them went into the study with Mr. Cen to talk about things, so Let's get back first."

"Young Master Cen?" Dong Xu was stunned, "Which Young Master Cen?"

"Well, he seems to be called Cen Lei." The fourth aunt looked up and thought, "Or Cen Lei? He is a good friend of the master, and he has been boarding in the villa for a while! But he lives in the back mountain, and I haven't seen him for a long time. noodle."

The four people in the tree felt the cool breeze blowing from behind - Cen Lei died long ago, could it be that they have the same name and surname?Not so evil, is it?

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Dong Xu's face turned pale, Fourth Aunt hurriedly asked.

"Oh...can you tell me more about Mr. Cen?" Dong Xu asked.

The fourth aunt nodded and told Dong Xu that this Cen Lei came to the villa half a year ago. He is very skilled in medicine. Shen Longxing suffered from headaches. Therefore, he was left in the villa and entrusted with a heavy responsibility, and he was very trustworthy.

Dong Xu asked her to describe Cen Lei's appearance again.

Fourth Aunt explained it in too much detail, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt very similar to the dead No.Are there similarities between people or are they resurrected from the dead?

Everyone wanted to continue asking, when they heard footsteps coming from outside the yard.

Ziying saw someone coming, and immediately winked at Zhan Zhao and the others.

Dong Xu naturally heard it too. Before he left, he kissed the fourth aunt on the cheek, thoughtfully helped her close the window, and climbed over the wall to get out.

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and others continued to watch from the tree.

Suddenly, a man in his fifties staggered open the courtyard door and came in, pushed the door open and fell into the fourth wife's room.

The fourth aunt quickly came to help, "Oh, master, why do you drink like this?"

"Hehe, are you happy!" The one who walked in was Shen Longxing.

Ziying frowned, looking at a stunning beauty in her young age and Shen Longxing with gray hair in the room, she felt dazzling.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang listened quietly, and then listened to the Fourth Aunt pouring tea for Shen Longxing to save him, and blamed him, "Look at you! The smell of makeup and powder all over the body has gone to some vixen!"

"Haha!" Shen Longxing laughed happily, "You little vinegar jar, I was eating at the palace, and the prince politely asked some women to accompany the wine, they are not as beautiful as you."

"Prince?" Fourth Aunt Tai's eyes lit up, "Eighth Prince?"

"Heh, how could the Eight Sage Kings be able to climb high." Shen Longxing shook his head, "It's Chai Xing, who came here just this afternoon, and you saw it too."

"Oh...he." The fourth aunt seemed a little disappointed, "Master, is he also a prince?"

"Hehe, you little girl is very knowledgeable." Shen Longxing smiled triumphantly, "Don't look at him now, it won't be long before he will be different."

Now that Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang heard this tonight, this sentence is the most meaningful. The fourth concubine must know that Dong Xu is eavesdropping outside, so they deliberately opened the door to cover Shen Longxing's words without any trace.

Shen Longxing obviously drank too much, and he couldn't say anything later. The fourth aunt helped him to go to bed and lay down, walked over to close the door, walked to the door, and took a special look at the courtyard wall, and saw Dong Xu sticking his head out. She waved her hand, indicating that she didn't need to ask any more, opened her mouth, and said silently, "Take care"

Just left.

The fourth aunt smiled helplessly, closed the door, and went back to the room to serve Shen Longxing to bed.

Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and the others also left the courtyard. Today was a first visit, and they learned a lot. They went back to analyze and make plans before leaving Tianlong Villa.

Dong Xu sauntered ahead.

Ziying went up and kicked him.

"Wow..." Dong Xu rubbed his butt, "What are you doing?"

"That aunt is so pitiful, she likes you so much, go and get her out!"

Dong Xu looked Ziying up and down, shook his head with a smile, "Oh, there are some things you won't understand." After speaking, he happily left.

"What don't you understand?" Ziying chased after her, "Lovers will eventually get married!"

"Silly, how many lovers can eventually get married? Not all lovers have the same life span, and not everyone has only one love in their hearts, and not all people value that love more than others." Everything weighs."

"What?" Ziying was confused.

Zhe Ying stepped forward and patted him, signaling not to pursue it.

"A heartless man, a big radish!" Zi Ying yelled behind Dong Xu, "He has no conscience!"

Dong Xu stretched out his hand to grab it in the void, and held it, "Sincerity is very cunning, you can't get what you give, and you don't have to give what you get. Being together for a lifetime is too extravagant for most people. You are too young to understand."

Dong Xu said, smiling at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, "Isn't it?"

Both of them were taken aback, not understanding why Dong Xu asked them.

"Well, things are like this in the world. People who obviously can't be together have to be together secretly. And people who can stay together for life in a fair and honest way also sneak around. What kind of world is this?" Dong Xu shook his head and put his hands behind his back , "Go to Mrs. Wang to listen to the piano, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

"Is he still going?" Zi Ying was dissatisfied, and asked Zhe Ying, "Is he not interested?"

Zhe Ying smiled and shook her head, putting her hands on his shoulders, "Didn't you listen to him, he is really cunning, he will hide it for others to see, it's just a fake."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, who were walking at the end, felt a little cramped for no reason, why the people who spoke so profoundly recently.

"Is Dong Xu quite affectionate?" Seeing that Bai Yutang had nothing to say, Zhan Zhao said, "Passionate is always annoyed by ruthlessness, but he is always merciful."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, and smiled faintly, "Ximen said that before the age of 20, Dong Xu only loved one girl, his childhood sweetheart."

"Then what happened afterwards?" Zhan Zhao was puzzled.

"The girl has an incurable disease and can't live for a year." Bai Yutang said, "Dong Xu didn't go to a doctor or ask for a fairy medicine for a year."

"Why?" Zhan Zhao frowned.

"He stayed by her side and tried his best to make her happy every day. A year later, the girl passed away happily." Bai Yutang smiled, "Cat, you can make the person you love laugh every day of the year. Are you happy? Guess that fourth aunt, all the happy days in her life add up to a whole year?"

Zhan Zhao was speechless.

"Is that because the person I love the most died, so Dong Xu gave up on himself?" Zhan Zhao asked after a long time.

"It may not be self-defeating." Bai Yutang reached out and brushed Zhan Zhao's wind-blown hair behind his ears, "The heart just followed. Didn't you listen to him? I'm really cunning. If you're determined, just give it away. Or come back."

After speaking, no one spoke again.

Zhan Zhao lowered his head and walked side by side with Bai Yutang in the cool night. In front, Dong Xu bought a jug of wine, got a little drunk and went to find a beauty to listen to the piano.Ziying continued to fight with Zheying.

The streets of Kaifeng are quiet, and the lights of the houses on the left and right have been extinguished.Even though everything is silent, Zhan Zhao still has the feeling of loneliness when he was noisy just now.Everyone is very busy and has things to do, but I am still very free.

Turning around and looking at Bai Yutang, who was walking unhurriedly with his hands behind his back, Zhan Zhao suddenly understood—it wasn't a matter of being busy or free, but that his heart hadn't been given to the person he should be given, the sincerity he wanted I didn't get it either, so I was floating and at a loss.