Beauty is sick

beauty.

This is a very high praise for appearance, not just for women. Today's folk customs are open, and people show great tolerance for the habit of breaking their sleeves, especially when it comes to praise.

It's not that Jin Lingjiu has never been called like this before, but he never likes others to pay too much attention to his face. Even if Pei Tanhua, who is astonishing and talented, looked at him a few more times when they first met, he would secretly cover it in his heart. A chapter of "vulgar people" is written, regardless of the unrestrained Jun Baibi.

Jin Lingjiu has always been unreasonable, and these days he has gotten along with Pei Zhe very quickly, so he naturally favors him and secretly slanders him, compared to Pei Zhe, this person is really like mud under the clouds.

Pei Tanhua on the cloud silently turned cold, and threw the fan at Jun Baibi, without his usual graceful demeanor: "This is not something you can wantonly covet, if you dare to talk nonsense, don't blame me for being rude to you." .”

Yun Wuyang was startled, and stopped the fan before it fell down: "My lord! This is a big joke, talk about it!"

Jun Baibi's complexion changed, but he soon returned to normal: "It's been a long time since I saw you, why did you become so bad-tempered? I'm just curious, I've never seen you with outsiders around, and this young man is born So handsome, I couldn't help asking a few more questions."

Pei Zhe snorted: "I have a bad temper? Do you know who he is?"

Jun Baibi spread out his hands: "Aren't I just asking?"

Jin Lingjiu hadn't interrupted the whole time, and seeing that both of them were looking at him, he nodded slightly: "I'm going to Jinling Jiu."

"Jinling Jiu? Good name, why does it feel familiar?" Jun Baibi muttered in a low voice, suddenly remembered something, and slammed the fan hard on his palm, he took a deep breath, his voice trembling, "Is that what I thought? "

Pei Zhe gave him a positive and disgusted look.

Jun Baibi moved away silently. Although he is a beautiful woman, he is not a cruel femme fatale.

Noticing his small movements, Jin Lingjiu smiled kindly on purpose.

Jun Baibi's hairs stood on end, and he leaned closer to Pei Zhe, and made a flattering smile: "Did you come to pick me up on purpose?"

Pei Zhe rolled his eyes at him angrily: "Otherwise, you are so courageous that you dare to sneak out behind your brother's back. Do you know that he will soon arrive in Huaizhou City?"

Jun Baibi smiled sheepishly: "Who knew he would be transferred here, I was almost scared to death when I received the letter halfway."

"Then you changed your path and came directly to Yecheng? It's not good to go anywhere, you have to come to Yecheng." Pei Zhe snatched the fan from Yun Wuyang's hand and slapped it on his arm, "In a few days you Brother is here, if we want to see you with me, neither of us can run away, you've killed me this time."

Jun Baibi shrank his neck, not daring to tell the real reason why he came here.

Jin Lingjiu listened to their speech, thinking secretly.

The only place where officials have been transferred recently is Huaizhou City. According to the news from their capital base, the person who came to serve as the magistrate of Huaizhou City was Jun Shuci, who participated in the imperial examination in the same year as Pei Zhe, and finally won the No.2 palace examination.

Jun Shuci was born in a famous family, and his father was Zuo Xiang Jun Zheng. Now the situation in the court is hidden, Zuo Xiang Jun Zheng is a rare neutral party who mediates among them.

Jun Shuci is the eldest son of Jun, and there are several brothers under him, and Jun Baibi should be one of them.

Judging from what Pei Zhe said, it seems that he has a very close personal relationship with the brothers of the Jun family.

Everyone went to Yecheng together. On the way, Pei Zhe introduced each other to the two people they met for the first time: "This is the shopkeeper of the first floor in the world, the ninth and ninth sons of Jinling who are closely related to me. Jun Baibi, Jun A dude with a worthless family, his elder brother Jun Shuci is the soon-to-be prefect of Huaizhou City."

This introduction made both of them stunned, Jin Lingjiu focused on "close relationship with me", while Jun Baibi was dissatisfied: "What do you call incompetent, what do you call a dude, you are slandering and slandering me! I, Jun Baibi, is a recognized genius in the clan, my eldest brother once praised me, saying that I am extremely talented, and I will definitely enter the court to pay homage to the prime minister in the future!"

Pei Zhe snorted disdainfully, but did not refute.

Surprise flashed across Jin Lingjiu's eyes: "I've never heard of such a child in the Jun family before."

Jun Baibi suddenly became dumb, and wanted to go back to the smug self who slapped him to death just now.

"The Jun family has kept this matter under strict control. This little dude is worse than me. It's the first time he's left the capital at this age." Pei Zhe ignored Jun Baibi's wink and told everything, "He does have some talent. , if the current world is peaceful and prosperous, sooner or later the prime minister will be promoted to the position of the third prince, but compared to me, he is still a little inferior."

What a compliment, the co-authorship was in the end to show off his own ability, Jun Baibi rolled his eyes to the sky, and secretly scolded this shameless guy for being thick-skinned.

Jin Lingjiu looked at Jun Baibi calmly, and took what Pei Zhe said to heart.

It was Jun Baibi's first time out of the capital, and he insisted that Pei Zhe would spend two days wandering in Yecheng. Don't think about it, when Jun Shuci arrived in Huaizhou City in a few days, he would definitely be detained and educated.

Pei Zhe was so talkative, but he couldn't talk to him. In the end, the two made a compromise and walked around until night before leaving.

"He has a childish nature, and he likes everything he sees. If you find it annoying, we'll go back." Taking advantage of Jun Baibi's shopping, Pei Zhe whispered to Jinling.

Jin Lingjiu chuckled: "Go back? Why is Pei Lang so nice to me?"

Pei Zhe looked surprised: "Did you know that I treat you well today?"

Jinling Jiu followed the example of kindness: "It's my fault."

Jun Baibi is similar to Pei Zhe, he walks and stops for a while, everything is novel, he has to look at every stall.

Jin Lingjiu is already used to this kind of shopping, chatting with Pei Zhe casually: "He is your friend after all, you can't leave him here alone."

"It's okay to throw it here. He has become more courageous recently, and he actually went to some brothel." Pei Zhe said in a serious tone, "This guy is stupid after reading books. He always thinks that Hongxiu Tianxiang is real, and he was banned by the left in the capital. The place of fireworks, when it comes out, it's like letting the wind out, and I just want to go in with all my heart."

Jin Lingjiu raised his eyebrows: "Really?"

Pei Zhe sneered: "There are several roads from the capital to Huaizhou City, and changing to Yecheng is not a good choice. This guy has always despised Fanbang. At the gate of the city, there were two beautiful girls on the carriage he was chasing. Guessing that he will come to Ye City is probably not my original plan."

Jin Lingjiu: "You mean, he came here because he was chasing that carriage?"

The goal along the way is undecided, just because two strange women came chasing the carriage, it sounds impossible, since they are genius children of the Jun family, they shouldn't do such absurd things, right?

Pei Zhe could see what he was thinking, and said quietly: "His first ideal in life is to pay homage to the three princes, and then collect beauties from all over the place to raise in the mansion, not for love, but for feasting his eyes."

Jin Lingjiu was silent for a long time, and commented inexplicably: "You are indeed a genius of the Jun family."

In the end, I went to the brothel, thanks to Jun Baibi's slapstick skills: "Those two girls are really beautiful. I was lucky enough to see them singing and dancing on the way, and I was immediately shocked. Their destination is This is the nephrite jade hall in Yecheng."

The nephrite hall, taken from the meaning of "warm and fragrant nephrite", as the name suggests, is a place for fireworks that is not so elegant.

Jin Lingjiu frowned slightly, and silently recited the three words "Nephrite Hall" in his heart.

How could it be here?

Yun Wuyang asked curiously: "Young Master Jun, didn't you even ask for his name? How do you know where he is going? Could it be that you fabricated this nephrite jade hall?"

"What fiction! You can ask someone casually to see if there is a nephrite jade hall in Yecheng. Besides, what do you know, the two girls are shy and didn't tell me their names, but they saw that I am suave and suave. , Yushu Linfeng, I told you where to go, so that we can continue the relationship." Jun Baibi's tone was arrogant, and after he finished speaking, he whispered, "I see that your words are getting less and less flattering, don't talk to that guy Pei Zhe Learn some bad habits."

It was a low voice, but it was very close, Pei Zhe heard it clearly, and replied with a smirk: "You have to show some face, ask the driver and just say it straight, and even boast that you are romantic, do you know how to be ashamed?" ?”

Yun Wuyang suddenly realized: "So I asked the coachman, no wonder."

The dismantled Jun Baibi was furious: "Pei Zhe, you just can't understand me being prettier than you!"

Pei Zhe suddenly asked: "Did you hear any sound?"

Jun Baibi was startled: "What?"

Pei Zhe: "Snoring."

Jun Baibi: "?"

After walking a certain distance, Jun Baibi suddenly realized: "You are only dreaming, shameless!"

The Nephrite Hall is located in the most chaotic area of ​​Yecheng, where there are many foreigners from the Fanbang, and you can see a passerby with special clothes and looks within two steps.

Jun Baibi's expression changed at some point: "Why are there so many foreigners in this place?"

"Yecheng is originally a place where people live in mixed places. There are many foreigners from foreign countries, especially the place where the nephrite jade hall is located. You have been clamoring to come, have you never heard of it before?" Pei Zhe gloated, "I received the letter At that time, I thought you had changed your sex, and you dared to come to this kind of place, because you don't even know where you came from."

"I didn't know that the degree of mixed living in Yecheng was already so high. The situation in the world is grim now. It is obvious that our dynasty and the foreign countries are against each other. Look at these foreigners. They all have bad looks. They all say that looks come from the heart, and they are determined It’s uneasy and well-intentioned!” As he spoke, his emotions became agitated, and he said with righteous indignation, “It’s obvious that I’m going to the city, how can I allow outsiders to get involved!”

Pei Zhe cast a look at Jin Lingjiu: Look, am I right?

Jinling Jiuxin said, this is more than contempt, this is simply hatred for Fanbang, and I don't know what this young genius of the Jun family who has never left the capital has experienced, and he is so extreme in treating Fanbang and foreigners.

In the end, Jun Baibi reluctantly came to the nephrite hall, like a kidnapped young master from a good family: "If it wasn't for the two girls, I wouldn't have come here."

"If you feel forced, just turn around and go back, as if someone is forcing you." Pei Zhe stretched his waist, leaned towards Jin Lingjiu, and bumped him with his arm intentionally or unintentionally.

Jun Baibi hummed and said: "I'm not going back, I'm here, I want to watch the singing and dancing of the two girls, and it's not too late to leave after watching."

Jin Lingjiu looked down, with questioning eyes.

Pei Zhe twitched the corners of his lips: "Seeing that you have been silent, I am afraid that you will be left out in the cold."

Zuo Ping and Mu Jiao never came back, and Jin Lingjiu never mentioned that he wanted to find them. Pei Zhe ran on Jun Baibi along the way, and felt that he didn't fully pay attention to his close ninth son.

Jin Lingjiu couldn't help laughing: "I'm not a sentimental person, talk about being indifferent or not."

Pei Zhe hooked Jin Lingjiu's wrist with his fan: "You are not, I am."

Jun Baibi walked in front, without looking sideways, and went straight to the nephrite hall, taking the crowd of Fanbang passers-by as air.

Jin Lingjiu recollected what he had just heard, and held the folding fan in his hand: "Is Pei Lang acting like a baby with me?"

behave in a spoiled manner?This is a rare thing, the first time I heard Jin Lingjiu say that about him, Pei Zhe laughed sullenly, pretending to be serious: "Ah, I was discovered, isn't this coming to the nephrite hall soon, I thought about coaxing him first Ninth Young Master, lest you meet someone who is so beautiful later, it will seduce your mind and make you forget that there is me."

Without raising his eyelids, Jin Lingjiu calmly accepted the overly ambiguous words: "Didn't you say who that Juemei was last time? Why are you still getting angry with me?"

His tone was low, as if he was really coaxing people.

Pei Zhe pursed his lips, and looked away: "It's just like seeing you going in and out of the fireworks place as a routine, so I just mentioned it casually."

"Is this jealous?" Jin Lingjiu didn't realize it until he finished speaking. Fortunately, Pei Zhe didn't notice it too much. The account has been collected, and as for the others, this is the first time in Tianxianglou."

As he said that, he smiled lightly: "I can meet Pei Lang for the first time, you and I are really destined."

Fate?

Probably there is a destiny, but I don't know whether this fate is destined by God or premeditated by man.

The Nephrite Jade Pavilion was very lively today, and before reaching the entrance, there were already people bustling with people, which is really rare in a small city like Yecheng.

After entering, I found out that there is a song and dance performance in the Today Hall, and it has been building momentum for a few days, and many people came here on purpose.

Pei Zhe glanced around, and even saw a face that he couldn't be more familiar with.

——Commander Lin Da, Lin Jingkong.

He remembered that before going out today, Lin Jingkong still had a look of bitterness and hatred on his face, and within half a day, he was in the mood to visit brothels.

Jin Lingjiu also saw Lin Jingkong, and raised his eyebrows: "Commander Lin is also there, those people next to him look familiar, are they Commander Army?"

But no, Xiao Chi was not far behind Lin Jingkong. Looking around, he could still see a lot of people in command of the army. They were evenly distributed among the crowd, almost controlling the entire lobby of the brothel.

It is normal for Lin Jingkong to come to the brothel alone, and it is intriguing to bring a large group of people from the commanding army, not to mention that these people have serious faces, and they are not as excited as Jun Baibi.

Pei Zhe felt that something was wrong, exchanged glances with Jinling Jiuyun Wuyang, and dragged Jun Baibi to where Lin Jingkong was.

"Hey, Pei Zhe, what are you doing? Don't drag me, I have a hunch that those two girls will be performing later..."

Jun Baibi staggered from being dragged, and almost jumped on a foreigner, so frightened that he immediately stopped struggling and followed Pei Zhe obediently.

Lin Jingkong also saw Pei Zhe, and his expression became a little more serious. He pointed to the stairs next to him quietly, and walked backwards to the back door of the brothel. There were fewer people there and it was suitable for conversation.

People kept entering the brothel, and the lobby was very crowded. With the help of the commanding army, it took a lot of effort for several people to reach the back door.

Lin Jingkong preemptively said: "Didn't Mr. Pei go to pick up someone? Why did he appear here?"

Pei Zhe pushed Jun Baibi forward: "Got it, he insisted on coming to the brothel to learn more, so we came here."

Jun Baibi's height was about the same as Yun Wuyang's. He looked up at Lin Jingkong and exclaimed, "This man is even taller than my elder brother!"

Lin Jingkong: "This is?"

"Jun Baibi, Jun Shuci's younger brother." Pei Zhe paused, and added, "Have you heard of Jun Shuci? Zuo Xiang's eldest son, it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it. Anyway, we will meet soon. He is here to succeed you. Good friends, we will arrive in Huaizhou City in a few days."

Official transfer orders are usually delivered in advance, a few days before the transfer of officials. This "day" is uncertain, depending on the distance and weather conditions.

The transfer order regarding Jun Shuci had not yet reached Huaizhou City, and Lin Jingkong had just found out who was to be transferred.

Jun Shuci, the eldest son of Prime Minister Zuo, came second in the imperial examination.

Lin Jingkong is not very familiar with the officials in the capital, but he has heard of Jun Shuci's name. If Pei Zhe hadn't been there, Jun Shuci would have been the most famous person in the competition. He passed the literary examination and also participated in the military examination, and he was ranked second in both civil and military examinations.

The sharp edge was too strong, and the left minister pressed down. It is because the old gentleman Shuci has not been in a high position in recent years, but the position of the magistrate of Huaizhou City is still too inferior.

"It turned out to be him?!"

Jun Baibi's eyes lit up: "You know my brother? Are you Pei Zhe's friend?"

Yun Wuyang reminded in a low voice: "He is not our young master's friend, he will soon be your brother's colleague, the commander of Huaizhou City's dead son Sun Lin."

Lin Jingkong heard it clearly, and when he heard the words "cut off sons and grandchildren", the veins on his forehead twitched, and he gave Yun Wuyang a vicious look.

Jun Baibi had heard about Lin Jingkong's messes, so his expression faded.

Pei Zhe glanced at Yun Wuyang warningly, and changed the topic: "Why did Commander Lin come to Yecheng?"

Lin Jingkong didn't care about the opinions of others, and took out a letter: "After you left, a letter was delivered, which said that His Highness is in Yecheng."

Pei Zhe was startled, and quickly opened the letter.

It is a familiar handwriting: Nephrite Hall in Yecheng, if you want to save the prince, hurry up.

He held up the letter and sniffed it. Like the previous letter, there was a faint but long-lasting fragrance of plum blossoms.

The last letter asked him to go to the Yuan Ye Banquet, but something went wrong at the Shang Yuan Ye Banquet.

This letter, asking them to come to the nephrite jade hall, does it mean that the nephrite jade hall will not be peaceful tonight?

Pei Zhe's face sank, and he put the letter away: "How many people are here to lead the army?"

Lin Jingkong: "Two-thirds, half are distributed inside the nephrite hall, and the other half are surrounded by the outside, it will definitely make it difficult for those behind the scenes to get their wings—"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by an exclamation: "Ahh! Help!"

The cry was shrill, and those who heard it were shocked.

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