Brother Donggong

"Flying in the morning and rolling in the evening, clouds and green pavilions, clouds and wind, clouds and waves painting boats, the people of Jinping look at this time so cheap!"

The winding and melodious singing voice floated all the way.

Before Tang Xiaoxie entered, his laughter came in first.

"Boss Cui! Boss Cui! There are really wonderful people in Yongjing City! I just listened to an excerpt in Jixiang Tower. What is the name of the female role, Mrs. Luo? Her singing skills and appearance are both excellent! It’s really rare! What’s even more rare is her It's not Zheng people. The Baiyi people in the western border can practice this singing, this fineness, it can be said to be one in a thousand, good luck!"

He walked silently, only when the hem of his robe brushed against the threshold, there was a slight rustling sound as if being blown by the wind.

"My lord is here, just in time. I'm lucky today. I won more than 200 taels of silver by pushing Pai Gow. I'll treat my lord and Boss Cui to drink a pot of flower wine!"

When Tang Xiaoxie came in cheerfully, Old Cui was giving medicine to half of my pig's face, Tang Xiaoxie looked sideways, "What's the matter, my lord, it must be caught by a cat."

I know there is such a joke in the market, the husband and wife fight in the middle of the night, and when they wake up in the morning, the husband has two scratches on his face and a black eye circle. Because he is afraid that others will laugh at him, he hastened to say that it was the cat who scratched it. .

So everyone who makes fun of being beaten by his wife says it was 'the cat's scratching'.

I gritted my teeth and wanted to speak, but Lao Cui slapped the putrefaction plaster on my mouth. He turned his head and said with slender eyes, "It's not a cat, I beat it. Xiaotang, sit down, There is a new Wuyi tea over there, try it.

Let's not drink flower wine, Yongjing is no more than your border town, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, even a small army guerrilla can show off like an earth king, I can see that romantic formation Well, seven or eight big girls of the Yi ethnic group stripped naked and dragged you to drink sour kumiss, the wine is enough to kill you.If you drink too much, there will be another big quilt, Hu Tian Hu Di, this ordinary person really can't stand it, he is already stupid.All the official seals in his hands can no longer be controlled.

But Yongjing is different, everyone here has a few pairs of eyes staring at him, if the prince goes to drink flower wine, the imperial envoy's impeachment memorial will overwhelm him the next day!He will have to go to the clan's mansion to eat corn bread! "

Tang Xiaoxie held the tea bowl and shook her head, "The sage Confucius said that people have great desires to eat and drink with men and women. But it's strange and strange that people here only prohibit men and women from eating and drinking. Nowadays, it's a serious matter to invite people to eat. But inviting people to a brothel is evil heretics, which is not good. Let me tell you, inviting people to dinner is the same as inviting people to a brothel, and neither is more serious than the other. If the customs are changed, the affairs of men and women can be seen in the public Do it in a grand manner, but eating is indecent, and you need to hide in the bed and do it quietly. Then, the envoys of Yongjing will stop staring at the officials and go shopping in kilns. They only need to stare at others and eat a few more bowls of dry rice every day. It’s interesting to write the first article of the impeachment memorial after eating a few more pieces of bacon.”

I was dumbfounded, while Cui Bicheng rolled his eyes.He suddenly interjected, "Xiao Tang, are you on good terms with the leaders of those departments in your church?"

Tang Xiaoxie tilted her head, "Different people, Dragon King Amber and I are good friends, as for others, hey, I won't tell you, you know it too. It's no secret in the Jianghu that Kunlun is currently in civil turmoil, and Tianlongbabu seems to be A piece of Spring and Autumn and Warring States. All kinds of weird, full of tricks. Assassination, fighting, poison, and contact with other sects and other forces in the rivers and lakes, in order to annex or subdue the other seven, and unify Kunlun. Dragon King Amber was originally the master of Xinglin , just because after the death of the woman he loves, he looks down on everything, half practiced Taoism, half lived in seclusion, didn't care about the affairs of the world, and had no interest in anyone, and all the Kunlun ministries respected him very much."

Cui Bicheng, "Then, do you know that there is a person in the Kunlun Sect who was the prince of Gaochang Kingdom, and his name was Mo Que?"

……

Tang Xiaoxie was speechless for a while.

He lowered his head, picked up the tea bowl in his hand, put it down again, picked it up again, and put it back again.

Cui Bicheng was not in a hurry and stopped urging him.

After a long time, Tang Xiaoxie said, "I know him. But he left Kunlun three years ago and came to the Central Plains. He is the heavenly king of the Gandharpo Tribe. Zheng’s roots are the deepest. But let me say something first, although our Kunlun Sect is a Western Xinjiang sect, we have nothing to do with those lunatics in Gaochang who are clamoring all day long to restore the country and seek revenge! We are following the Jianghu road , not to feud with the government, let alone Da Zheng! Even Yasha, the most lawless person in Kunlun who made his fortune by robbery, would not be so stupid as to rob Da Zheng's official bank, the official documents of the provinces and the Ministry of War, let alone others. "

There are people with lofty ideals in Gaochang who "have their homeland in their hearts", and they always think about "recovering Gaochang" every day. Pei Tan has killed one crop after another. Wang' has been to 'Gaochang Guoshi', and finally, quietly, there is no new banner.The old royal family in Gaochang and the priests who served the statues in the Moon Temple all died.

I was thinking wildly here, when I heard Old Cui ask Tang Xiaoxie again, "How is his martial arts?"

Tang Xiaoxie closed his mouth, as if he was thinking about something, but there was an unconcealable disdain in his eyes.

Old Cui, "How is it?"

After a while, Tang Xiaoxie reluctantly mumbled, "Not bad."

Cui Bicheng, "Compared to you?"

Tang Xiaoxie, "It depends on the comparison. I don't use hidden weapons, he doesn't use poison, we just fight like this, he wins the first thirty rounds, as long as I can survive thirty rounds, I can beat him. But we've never had an official match, so it's not clear."

Old Cui gritted his teeth, "A master's move, he can make you thirty rounds? I'm afraid life and death can be determined within a few moves."

Tang Xiaoxie snorted coldly, "I'm not like him. My kung fu came so easily. My kung fu was honed little by little on the line of life and death."

Cui Bicheng looked at him with great interest, "I remember, he is the disciple of your Kunlun Sect King Xijiaye. I'm afraid you can just read the secrets of martial arts and the great inner skills."

"Student in the house?!——"

"Hahahahaha!!—"

Tang Xiaoxie's smile trembled wildly, and the tea in his hand spilled all over the floor.

I frowned, "Why, isn't the rumor we heard right?"

"Of course not!" Tang Xiaoxie sneered, "Don't think Mo Que is born in a royal family and has a noble blood. He is nothing when he arrives in Kunlun! His superior martial arts came from practicing both joy and happiness with Xijiaye! He is Xijiaye A dog of the old goblin Yena! Whatever Shikaye told him to do, he had to do."

When Tang Xiaoxie said this, she seemed very excited, and her heart fluctuated a little.

"... Cheap! It's really cheap!"

In the huge room, only Tang Xiaoxie's voice was buzzing.

Old Cui suddenly smiled softly, "It has nothing to do with you, why are you angry? Since you don't want to talk about him, let's talk about something else."

I felt my tongue was bitter, I asked him hoarsely, "What kind of poison did he use?"

Tang Xiaoxie seemed surprised that I would be interested, he said, "The treasure of Kunlun—Treading the Snow to Find Plum Blossoms."

Me, "What's that?"

Tang Xiaoxie said patiently, "It's a kind of primrose that grows on the top of Siguniang Snow. The juice extracted from it can make the best deadly poison, which can make people go crazy and fester to death. But the medicine's The nature of the medicine can be controlled, the time of onset and the degree of pain can be controlled. It is said to be used to kill people, but in fact it is best used to control people.”

My heart moved when I heard it.

Old Cui said, "That's fine, if he takes a few sacks of those plum blossoms and spreads them all over the world, he will have all the people he can use."

Tang Xiaoxie gave Old Cui a sideways look, as if to say, you are too ignorant!

"Boss Cui's words are wrong. Since this medicine is known as the treasure of Kunlun, it means that it is very precious. The falling snow on the snowy mountains in Tibetan areas is soft, and the slightest vibration can cause an avalanche. There are nine out of ten people who take snow grass I can't come back. So that kind of medicine is hard to find."

Me, "Will the eyeballs of people who have taken this medicine change color? The darker they become, the more dangerous they become?"

Tang Xiaoxie was surprised, "Yes, that's it! The prince is indeed well-informed."

I asked again, "Then does it have an antidote?"

Tang Xiaoxie shook her head, "No. Anyone who is exposed to this poison will surely die."

I, "What if Mo Que used the poison himself?"

Tang Xiaoxie was a little vague, "Well, he and Xijiaye made this thing. Maybe there is some special way to detoxify it? Then I don't know. Anyway, as far as I know, the medicine is useless."

Originally, I had a very strange idea.

Xiao Lian is not Mo Que.

Because Xiaolian seems to have been poisoned by stepping on the snow to find plums.

However, he did not die afterwards, which seemed to prove that Xiao Lian was Mo Que herself.Because only he himself can know the detoxification method of Kunlun Zhibao, and can survive after being poisoned by the strange poison.

Old Cui said again, "In this way, if you fight against Mo Que, and he has the blessing of poison, you have nothing to do."

Tang Xiaoxie curled her lips, "That depends. In a fair contest, I might be a little short. If I risk my life to assassinate, the outcome is undecided. I have a [-]% chance of taking his life, but the premise is that he doesn't know that the ambush is me .”

Having said that, Old Cui curled his lips.

I told him, Yu Lan and Mo Que knew clearly that Tang Xiaoxie was a guest in Cui Mansion's Lingering Garden.Their tricks in Prince Jia's Mansion forced me to hand over the Du family's private accounts, and revealed Xiaolian's real identity to me. I can even say that Mo Que was just showing off his chariot and horses, waiting for Tang Xiaoxie to kill him .

Xiao Lian, Gao Chang, Mo Que, Yu Lan, these things need to be discussed in the long run.I tugged Cui Bicheng's sleeve and shook my head slightly at him, thinking that this matter would be over.

After a while, Old Cui nodded.

He and Tang Xiaoxie started chatting about jade, gambling, and the market of Dongchuan medicinal materials.

I suddenly asked, "Cousin, how did you and Mr. Tang know each other? We have such a good friendship?"

Cui Bicheng didn't speak, Tang Xiaoxie suddenly smiled, "My lord is afraid that Mr. Cui will make friends carelessly and make friends with bandits. Haha, let me tell the truth, Mr. Cui and Mr. Tang don't actually have a close friendship. The one who has a relationship with Mr. Cui is , is Yin Wangchuan, the heavenly king of the headquarters. Yin Tianwang owes Boss Cui a huge favor."

Hearing this, I was no more shocked than knowing that my mother had become a queen.I pointed at Old Cui with trembling fingers, "You said, this man, has he done good deeds before?"

Cui Bicheng was drinking tea, and with a shake of his hand, the tea splashed on his cheeks, while Tang Xiaoxie tilted his cheek slightly and supported his forehead with one hand, looking very melancholy.

At the end, Old Cui coughed and cleared his throat, "Well, speaking of it, King Yin Xiuluo and Brother Tang are members of the martial arts after all. Those bureaucrats are much stronger, they only know how to take money and never work."

I glared at him, and he finally spoke up, "Speaking of which, it was three years ago. At that time, my caravan transported a batch of silk, porcelain and medicinal materials to the countries of Western Xinjiang for sale through the Silk Road. I sent it to shopkeeper Pan. When we left Jiayuguan, there was a lot of wind and sand at that time. We were working in a small inn outside the pass. By chance, we ran into a store looking for a doctor. They said that a woman was seriously ill and needed a doctor. I asked the doctor of the caravan to go and have a look. , and took a few doses of medicine, but the woman had already run out of oil, took a few doses of medicine, and left. Before she died, she didn't say anything, she didn't say that she had family and children, she just She said she wanted to be buried in Jiayuguan, on Dazheng's territory. In fact, both inside and outside Jiayuguan belonged to Dazheng's territory, but she couldn't listen anymore.

Coincidentally, after Shopkeeper Pan left the customs, I also wanted to return to Yongjing, so I had someone buy a coffin, and I sent the woman's coffin into the customs by myself, and chose a place with beautiful mountains and rivers for burial.That woman is Yin Wangchuan's long-lost mother.He arrived in the evening on the day the coffin was buried, but unfortunately, he did not see his relatives for the last time.He said that he went to Kunlun to study art when he was very young, and after so many years, he was finally able to go down the mountain to find his relatives, but he was separated from life and death, and his son wanted to support him but his relatives did not wait for him.He put a silver camellia on his mother's tomb, and it was a sad scene. "

Tang Xiaoxie interjected, "Good people are rewarded. Master Cui's kindness is kept in the heart of King Shura, and he will never forget it."

I was taken aback, these words, these things, Cui Bicheng never spoke to me.

I asked him, "Have you met Yin Wangchuan? What kind of person is he?"

Cui Bicheng thought for a while, "Well, that night, the torch was unknown, so it wasn't very real. He was a little thin, with a very refined appearance, and he hugged each other. There were at least ten people behind him. All of them were covered with black veils. with a long sword hanging from his waist. He is riding a priceless Xiongnu sweat horse, wearing a black silk robe and a cloak woven with peacock feathers. He does not speak very loudly, but strangely, although the voice is soft It’s true, but others listened very clearly.”

He turned his head and asked Tang Xiaoxie, "King Yin Xiuluo seems to have alien blood? I remember at the time that his face was extremely pale and his eyes were pale gray."

Tang Xiaoxie was a little surprised, "So Boss Cui didn't know? King Shura's mother is from Zheng, and his father is King Gaochang!"

Snapped!

The tea bowl in my hand was placed on the wooden table, and I shouted, "Why, Yin Wangchuan is also Prince Gaochang?"

"Prince Gaochang?"

"Too?"

Tang Xiaoxie smiled, a little inscrutable.

"Gaochang is different from Dazheng. The princes of Dazheng are all noble and don't care about their mother's origin. But in Gaochang, only children born in the temple who are blessed by the moon goddess can get the status of prince or princess. King Gaochang has There are many children, but there is only one Prince Moque and one Princess Ayla in Gaochang. It is because the mother of their siblings is a princess of the Xianbei tribe, and they were born in the Moon Temple."

"My lord, although King Shura's father is King Gaochang, he is not the prince of Gaochang, he is just a slave of Gaochang. Gaochang did not give him any kindness, but only infinite humiliation and harm to him and his mother. He is As one of the 88 slaves who accompanied Prince Mo Que to study art in Kunlun, Prince Gaochang dare not bear such a noble title."

I looked at him, "It seems that Mr. Tang hates His Highness Mo Que very much, so why are you so unhappy with what happened to him?"

Tang Xiaoxie looked out of the window, looking at the cheap time of Muchun.

"No matter how bad Mo Que is, he is also King Shura's elder brother. He can kill Mo Que, but he doesn't want to see him humiliated. Unfortunately, that person is hopeless."

I suddenly felt that the things between them were even more messy than hemp!

After dinner, Tang Xiaoxie left.

I'm leaving too.

After I got on the horse, I suddenly thought of another thing, "Old Cui, you have encircled the land cheaply in Jiangnan, hey, if you enclose it, let's enclose it, but don't plant mulberry trees this year, and continue to plant rice."

He was taken aback, "Are you stupid, will you settle the score? One mu of mulberry fields is the income of three mu of rice fields, but the tax is only half as high. If you let me plant tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land to grow rice, isn't that the god of wealth? Push?"

Me, "The annexation of the land is too excessive, which has sparked a civil uprising, and my father can't protect you."

Lao Cui, "This kind of land merger has happened in all dynasties. To put it bluntly, only after the rebellion can the land be equalized. Generally, rebellion, land equalization, land merger, rebellion, land equalization, land merger again, it is like being hungry, cooking , eat, hungry again, cook again, and eat for the same reason.”

I scratched my head, "Where did you come up with so many fallacies? If you are asked to plant rice, you can plant rice. This year, everyone has planted mulberry trees. There is a lot of raw silk in the south of the Yangtze River, so the price cannot go up. The income of mulberry fields cannot be the same as that of previous years. A lot. Even if you suffer for a year, you won't be able to suffer much."

Cui Bicheng held his mouth and pondered for a while, then said, "Well,..., okay. I won't rob them this year, let's talk about it next year."

When I left the Lingering Garden, it was time to light the lanterns.

Cui Bicheng asked me to think about it, Xiaolian's identity is suspicious, no matter who he is, he needs to be eliminated.Letting Tang Xiaoxie kill him now, although there is only a [-]% chance of winning, it is better than appeasing him.

But I dare not move.

The prince behind me is the emperor.

I am worthless by myself, at most my mother will be thrown back into the limbo, my title of prince will be taken off, and I will be sent to the clan's mansion to eat corn bread, but if, from the beginning, their goal is Wen Zhan, it is my father? manage?It's okay to involve me, but I don't want to involve them, just like I don't want to involve Lao Cui either.

When I returned to the palace, suddenly there was a burst of beauty in front of my eyes. I took a closer look and saw that the peonies in front of the Xiaolian courtyard were in full bloom. When the wind blew over, the thin petals trembled shyly and carried a sweet fragrance.

I knelt on the ground, watched carefully, and suddenly a familiar voice came from above my head, "I'm finally willing to come back."

I looked down and saw the gorgeous Kesi dragon robe and exquisite shoes with a pearl on it.

It's Wen Zhan!

He leaned down and kissed the top of my hair.

"Chengyi, please apologize."

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No.17 rolls up Xiao Qiang