White-haired Demon Lord and Senior Brother

◎Chopped off Su Sui Nian◎

Huang Yan glanced at the lotus flower cake in his hand, then looked at him again, and took a bite of it appreciatively.Zhu Yanfeng thoughtfully used his other hand to catch the puff pastry crumbs that fell from the corner of Huang Yan's lips.

Just after Shen Shi arrived, there was another knock on the door, and Huang Yan responded generously: "Come in."

The door opened, Zhu Yunzhan entered the private room, bowed to both of them: "Master, Shaoqing."

Zhu Yanfeng smiled at Huang Yan: "He is indeed in Pingjing."

Zhu Yunzhan replied: "I heard that there is another new case in that series of strange cases, in Wushuang County! I was planning to go to Wushuang County, but I didn't expect Master and Shaoqing to come to Pingjing to find me..."

Zhu Yanfeng was stunned: "Another homicide happened?" Then he looked at Huang Yan, but Huang Yan just took a sip of warm tea, and then told Zhu Yunzhan lightly: "Go to the murder scene, and send back the details and clues later. Jinling Pavilion."

Zhu Yunzhan took the lead and said, "I'll go right away!"

Huang Yan looked at the tray, picked up a plate of jujube cakes that hadn't been finished, and called him, "Wait a minute."

Zhu Yunzhan turned around, saw Huang Yan handing over the plate, and immediately froze.

Zhu Yanfeng said with a smile: "What he meant was that he asked you to take one or two, you can take it!"

Zhu Yunzhan was not greedy at first, but he was afraid that Huang Yan would be upset if he didn't take it, so he immediately reached out and took two jujube paste cakes, and then said: "Thank you, Master!" and left the private room.

Huang Yan looked at the jujube paste crisps on the plate, regretting it, and blamed slightly: "Just now you should have told him to take away one plate. Now there are three left..."

Zhu Yanfeng persuaded: "Yan'er eat it, red dates are a good food for nourishing blood."

Huang Yan replied, "That's a woman."

Zhu Yanfeng said: "Eat one, strengthen your body, eat two, nourish your kidneys, eat three..."

Before he could finish speaking, Huang Yan stuffed a jujube cake into his mouth and replied with a smile: "Then you have to eat two."

Zhu Yanfeng took a bite and tasted it carefully. Huang Yan handed the rest to his mouth again. He looked at Huang Yan's calm and watery eyes, put the rest between his fingers into his mouth, and suddenly grabbed Huang Yan's wrist leaned closer, pressed against Huang Yan's lips, and sent in the chewed shortbread.

Huang Yan lowered his eyes quietly, without any action of resistance. The jade beans slid gently, which meant that the shortbread had been swallowed. He slowly raised his eyes, looked at Zhu Yanfeng who had distanced himself, and said with a smile: "Suddenly gave My such special service? Too bad it's only once."

Zhu Yanfeng picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea, blew on the hot air, and handed the cup to Huang Yan's lips, and replied: "Let's put it on credit with you first, and we will replenish it together when we get back."

After Huang Yan finished drinking a cup of tea, Zhu Yanfeng suddenly asked: "The new case is just now, why don't you go to see the scene with Yunzhan?"

Huang Yan replied: "Because you can't go."

After hearing this, Zhu Yanfeng just lowered his eyes. Even if he didn't speak at this time, he already expressed his regret.

Huang Yan said: "The purpose of this trip has been achieved, and we will return to Qingluan City before dusk."

Zhu Yanfeng agreed straightforwardly: "Okay."

Before dusk, two figures moved slowly in a corridor in the palace. It was Li Zhen and Su Meier. The hem of the woman's wide-sleeved gown was dragging the floor. The hem of my sister's gown.Hearing that Li Zhen mentioned Murong Wuyan when talking about Su Zhongming's birthday, Su Meier suddenly sighed: "Since people have come to Pingjing, but they don't come to see me in the palace, it is true that every man is ungrateful. "

Li Zhen was curious: "What's wrong with being obsessed with sex? Would Xin Su's uncle be such a person?"

Su Mei'er explained: "He found his lover, and he fell into his lover's arms, so he didn't come to accompany me anymore. Shouldn't this be called 'forgotten by sex'?"

Li Zhen suddenly realized: "No wonder my father was so nervous when he mentioned Virgo that day. So it was because of this?" He couldn't help thinking: The constellation mentioned by my father seems to be very accurate. I don't know what constellation Xin Su is?Is it the best match for me?

Su Meier sighed again: "If you lose a confidant by your side, you will lose your mood."

Li Zhen took the opportunity to come up with a random idea: "Eldest sister misses the Murong family as the head of the family, how about visiting Yangui Island for a day or two? I am willing to accompany elder sister on a long trip!"

Su Meier glanced at him, and advised: "You are the Son of Heaven after all, don't think of yourself as ordinary, it is your limit to be able to walk in Pingjing City God, just like when you were a child, if your father didn't bring you We go on a trip, and we can't step out of Pingjing."

Li Zhen couldn't help being dejected, and blamed himself: "If I had been strong in martial arts and not born with stubborn illnesses, I would have been able to sneak out of Pingjing a long time ago and go sightseeing everywhere!"

Su Meier replied: "If my father hears this, he will definitely punish you."

Li Zhen smiled confidently: "The eldest sister will definitely keep it a secret for me, and won't tell my father!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden burst of fierce fighting sounds not far away, and the clear and clear sound of the confrontation between the divine soldiers began to be heard endlessly, which made the two brothers and sisters curious at the same time, and hurried to the place where the sound was most clearly heard. On the arched bridge crossing the fork, there were two figures jumping, the white blades were especially bright and dazzling under the bright sun.

Su Meier blurted out happily: "It's my father and Princess Ge Yun who are competing in swordsmanship! I don't know who will win this time?" Li Zhen just smiled and stood by her side with his hands behind his back, not daring to make random bets.

Suddenly Su Zhongming was forced to the guardrail of the arch bridge, and Li Zhen hurriedly yelled: "Father, be careful!" But Su Zhongming did not turn his head, and only concentrated on the contest in front of him, with his heel against the root of the guardrail of the arch bridge, and his left hand holding the guardrail, He only held the handle of the Dongying knife tightly with his right hand, and pressed against Shangyuan Hexiang's sharp blade forcefully in front of him.

After pushing Shangyuan Hexiang's sharp blade a step forward, Su Zhongming immediately seized the opportunity to draw back the sharp blade, and immediately took the initiative to attack. This reversal was only at that moment. Shangyuan Hexiang was not surprised, but gently He raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile: "Such a quick reaction, it's rare to be able to show it today, it's really exciting!"

Su Zhongming didn't say a word, but focused on his moves. Every time he slashed, every confrontation was very fast and neat. In the last confrontation, because he drew the knife faster than Shangyuan Hexiang, he took a quick step before she could fight back, and used the back of the knife Hit her on the back and beat her once.

Su Meier was very happy, she clapped her hands and shouted: "Father won! Father won! That's great!" The two people on the arch bridge put their sharp blades back into their sheaths and then followed the human language. Shangyuan congratulated Xiang He couldn't help saying to Su Zhongming: "It's your daughter and son! Having a cheerleading team can really increase the luck of winning. Maybe I should call Hongli and Tianyun here."

Su Zhongming knew that this was her joke, so he didn't mind it too much, he just greeted the figures in the corridor: "You two! I came here to relax, are you interested in drinking tea together?" After hearing this, Su Meier ran away immediately Going up, Li Zhen only followed slowly at the end.

It will be late autumn in a few days, and the cool wind will blow every day, which will make the skin dry and rough in a few days. Some people in Jinling Pavilion are worrying about this.

He took off the wet towel that had been applied to his face for a while, and touched his cheek after a while, but he could still feel a thin roughness on his fingertips, which made Xuan Hengzhi feel dejected.

A sigh sounded from the side, Xuan Heng couldn't help turning his head, seeing that Mo Fengying was also covering his face with a wet towel, also looking frustrated, he hurriedly asked, "Ah Ying is also bothering her face?"

Mo Fengying replied: "Who isn't! Is it easy to do what we do? There are eye wrinkles, nasolabial folds, and dark circles, and the cool wind blows every day and the face is almost dried out like a radish..."

Cen Xiaowu sat over and interjected, "I saw Daqing come to write attendance records this morning. Daqing's face was watery, as if he hadn't been blown by the cool wind. What's the reason?"

Xuan Hengzhi replied bluntly: "It must be the high-grade facial oil of Luomeizhuang, right? It is made of sheep oil and precious medicinal materials with moisturizing effect. It costs five taels of silver a bottle, and a bottle is only as big as a baby's fist. "My heart is full of jealousy and sadness.

Cen Xiaowu couldn't help sighing: "We can only catch up with the consumption of the rich."

Fan Ziyin reminded them when they passed by: "You have to be careful what you say, Daqing is wandering outside the house!"

Cen Xiaowu and Xuan Hengzhi gasped when they heard the words, and quickly covered their mouths, not daring to mention anything related to Huang Yan.Huang Yan walked around the yard, holding a flowerpot of succulent plants, walked to a ray of sunlight, and put the flowerpot under the sunlight, he understood that this kind of plant loves sunlight, just like fish love running water, and losing It is more likely to die from sunlight than loss of moisture.

He looked up at the sky, and his eyes were almost blue, with only one or two thin clouds drifting slowly by occasionally, which represented an excellent weather.Immediately, he turned and returned to the ear room, bypassed the black lacquered screen carved with four gods and beasts, and sat on the edge of the Maitreya couch.

Zhu Yanfeng, who was sitting opposite the coffee table on Maitreya's couch, suddenly opened his lips: "Qingluan City sent people to search for the names on the list you provided, but no one has been found so far, just like Timu before. , all evaporated.”

Huang Yan replied: "Then there is a problem. Not everyone will be as miserable as Timu. Most of Mufeng Club's disciples only recognize power and money. If someone wants to buy, they will never refuse."

Zhu Yanfeng regretfully said: "It would be great if you still remember their looks or characteristics."

Huang Yan didn't answer, but he was thinking in his heart: I can still remember some faces among them, but...if I confess them all, it will be difficult for me to make a comeback in the future. There is no one who digs his own grave in this world King.

Zhu Yanfeng said again: "I heard that the imperial court issued an order that every day after the incident, strict checks will be carried out at the city gate to arrest specific people, but it seems to have a deterrent effect, and no similar murders have occurred during this period of time!"

Huang Yan raised the corners of his lips, looked sideways, and asked, "Do you think this is a good thing?"

Zhu Yanfeng replied: "It's half good, half bad. It doesn't add souls to the dead, but...it will also hinder Jinling Pavilion and local police from quickly tracking down the murderer and the mastermind behind it."

Huang Yan stared straight at him without saying a word, which made him curious: "Why do you look at me like this? Did I say something wrong?"

Huang Yan immediately said: "I'm just thinking, what method should I use so that you and I can walk around and have fun in various counties with me, without violating the regulations of Qingluan City."

Zhu Yanfeng was slightly stunned, then lowered his head, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, before saying: "The city lord does not allow me to leave Qingluan City, the city lord said that if I leave Qingluan city, I can only go to Pingjing, this is also the order of the Elder Pavilion. In fact, I also want to go to other places for a walk, it’s too boring to stay in the same place all the time.”

Huang Yan said bluntly: "I'm afraid that after you and I leave the control range of Qingluan City, we will fly away and stop investigating the truth of the murder case for Qingluan City, right?"

Zhu Yanfeng didn't answer, but just drank tea, but this just represented acquiescence.After a while, he was afraid that Huang Yan would be in a bad mood because of talking about this matter, so he picked up the paper bag that contained pastries, tore out a piece, folded and tore it carefully, and made a square The correct piece of paper continued to be folded several times, and a paper crane was folded out, and handed to Huang Yan: "For you."

Huang Yan looked at Zhihe and Zhu Yanfeng, then smiled and said: "You just want to send me away with this one?" He said so, but he raised his hand and took it between two fingers. up.

Zhu Yanfeng replied: "I'm not sending you off, but now I can only break this one, you smell it, it still has the aroma of sweet-scented osmanthus shortbread!"

Huang Yan held the paper crane, brought it to the tip of his nose, and sniffed it carefully. Sure enough, he could still smell the sweet fragrance, so he stuffed half of it on the leather belt around his waist. Zhu Yanfeng just happened to pour another cup of tea. , just took a sip of tea, Zhu Yanfeng generously gave it to him, only took back the empty cup and poured another cup.

Huang Yan suddenly said: "After taking a bath tonight, how about going to the maple forest together to see the night view?"

Without thinking about it, Zhu Yanfeng immediately replied: "Okay."

Huang stretched out a hand, covered the back of his hand, and said deliberately: "I'm talking about going to the maple forest together after taking a bath tonight, do you know the meaning of this sentence?" Looking at him with clear silver gray eyes, There is a faint cunning floating on the corners of the raised lips: "Start from the bath."

In the hot spring bath of Xiangxuanzhu, the hot air is dense, but only two people are immersed in the water. The scenery here is also beautiful, but few people come here to bathe. There are no more than 30 children of Xiangxuanzhu who can come here to enjoy the hot spring all year round. Huang Yan is a frequent visitor.The long silver hair above the waist was casually coiled up on top of the head, exposing the nape of the neck and the smooth back. Zhu Yanfeng glanced at him sideways, then raised his head to look at the scenery ahead, and said involuntarily: "Tonight is indeed a pleasing sight."

Huang Yan continued: "If there are maple forests around, it would be the best to enjoy the red leaves without leaving the hot spring pool."

Zhu Yanfeng shook his head lightly, and replied: "Soaking in hot springs overnight will also damage the body."

Huang Yan leaned close to his ear, and said with a slight smile, "Are you afraid of hurting someone's body?"

Zhu Yanfeng glanced at Huang Yan, gently embraced him and replied, "Of course it's the person by my side."

Huang Yan's round forehead lightly rested on Zhu Yanfeng's auricle, and he lowered his eyes calmly, and the corners of his raised lips have not yet retracted, which shows that he is satisfied with such a reply.

After soaking in the hot spring pool for a long time, Zhu Yanfeng felt a little dizzy. He guessed that he had soaked his head too much and his blood was surging, but Huang Yan seemed reluctant to leave. I am afraid that both of them would faint in this hot pool. Zhu Yanfeng Without explaining anything, he immediately carried Huang Yan on his shoulders and walked out of the hot spring pool.

Huang Yan shouted: "Let me go back! I haven't soaked enough yet!"

Zhu Yanfeng patted Huang Yan's grapefruit lightly with the other hand, and persuaded: "Yan'er, stop messing around, it would be a pity not to enjoy the red leaves at this hour."

However, Huang Yanshi didn't lose his temper, he just enjoyed the joy of being carried on his shoulders and patted the grapefruit lightly.The two dried themselves in the dressing room, then changed into clean robes and flowing long-sleeved gowns, and walked through a small forest together. The continuous stone lamps on both sides of the stone steps were lit by candlelight, It seems to be a welcome gift for those who come to enjoy the night view.

After passing through the same emerald green withered yellow, suddenly a bright red bursts in front of the eyes, the cool night wind blows slowly from the front, the red leaves that have just left the branches can't help but drift away with the night wind, rubbing shoulders from the two of them And pass.Huang Yan casually raised his hand, and lightly caught a whole red leaf, took a look, and moved to the tip of his nose to smell its fragrance gently.

Zhu Yanfeng glanced at him sideways, and said with a smile, "Is this leaf edible? How?"

It was meant as a joke, but Huang Yan unexpectedly answered seriously: "My adopted daughter, He Xiang, once personally made a plate of fried red leaves for me to taste."

Zhu Yanfeng was slightly surprised: "Is it really edible?"

Huang Yan asked: "What do you think it will taste like?"

Zhu Yanfeng tried to imagine the taste of this kind of fried maple leaf, but he couldn't imagine it, so he just admitted defeat: "It seems that I have to taste it myself to know what it tastes like..."

Huang Yan replied: "He Xiang once said that if you put fresh red leaves in a salt jar to make salt-soaked red leaves, take them out after the next year, wrap them in wheat flour, honey and white sesame seeds, and fry them in an oil pan until golden brown. It's done."

Zhu Yanfeng couldn't help saying: "It sounds like a lot of trouble, you can't eat it until the second year."

Huang Yan answered, "A caring person is never afraid of trouble."

Zhu Yanfeng said generously: "Then I will collect the red leaves now and fry a plate for you at this time next year?"

Huang Yan said with a smile: "As for me, I prefer to make it into paper. If you want to prove your sincerity to me, why don't you collect sweet-scented osmanthus flowers to make cakes and wine and tea?"

Zhu Yanfeng folded his hands and didn't immediately agree. He had nothing planned in his mind and didn't intend to reveal it. He just looked at the fiery red in front of him: "We came at a good time and in a good direction. This place is really beautiful."

Huang Yan also followed Zhu Yanfeng's gaze, and then said: "Yes, only the two of us came here to enjoy the scenery, and the others probably went back to rest on our way."

Zhu Yanfeng tilted his head, took a peek at Huang Yan, moved his fingers hidden in his cuffs, and suddenly saw the red leaves blowing in the wind surrounding the two of them one by one, forming a peach heart, and The two of them slowly turned sideways.Huang Yan was stunned. Knowing that it was his technique, he blurted out: "What... do you mean?"

Zhu Yanfeng replied generously: "Come to think of it, before Qingluan City was established, you and I were already in love with each other, and we have served four generations of city lord together. Now the current city lord advocates that couples can intermarry regardless of gender. Tonight I propose to you." , knelt down on one knee in front of him, stretched out his right hand to him, and waited for his response.

Huang Yan calmed down, looked at the person in front of him quietly, pursed his lips for a moment before saying: "What if I refuse your marriage proposal tonight?" I heard Huang Yan say: "You must really want to know the reason. In fact, I just don't want to marry you at this time, under the identity of the outstanding person in Qingluan City. At least I have to wait until you and I get the real one." Freedom, I am no longer the humiliating identity of the exiled, so I am qualified to talk about marriage."

Zhu Yanfeng understood Huang Yan's thoughts and also understood his difficulties, so he didn't make things difficult for him, but felt that it was a pity, so he could only stand up.Huang Yan also felt that it was a pity, and only took one last look at the red leaf peach heart that was slowly turning beside him. He concentrated the spell on his fingertips, snapped his fingers, and the red leaf immediately returned to its original state and drifted away with the wind.

"Go elsewhere? Maybe there are more beautiful places." Zhu Yanfeng suggested.Huang Yan immediately stepped forward, walking down the winding path, Zhu Yanfeng followed his steps, stretched out his hand and gently hooked his fingers.