Should the soul

When Zhang Deng entered the room, a drop of blood landed on a brand new candle with a "click".

In the quiet room where he was guarded layer by layer, Chen Ying, the deputy commander of the city defense, pricked his finger, with a grim and sad expression. On the table in front of him, besides candles, there were old things from Princess Duanyun's lifetime.

At the same time, in Kong Jie's bedroom in Duke Cheng's mansion, an East Sea pearl in the most inconspicuous ebony box with red background, suddenly trembled.

Cheng Guogong and Kong Jie entered from the west-facing black oil gate of the south courtyard. Once they arrived at the mansion, the Duke of Cheng ordered the kitchen to prepare an extra set of bowls and chopsticks for Kong Jie to eat with him. There are other things to be busy: "You eat first, and I will come later." Kong Jie nodded ignorantly, and before he could say yes or no, the Duke had already turned around and left, subconsciously tightened when he turned around With a leather belt around his waist, it looks like he is going to meet some special guest.

The door of the small room of the study outside the Duke's mansion.

Zhou Yin frowned and lowered his eyes, took a deep breath nervously, and then pushed open the door.

There was a folding screen in the room, and there were already people waiting for a long time. As soon as Zhou Yin entered, a female voice sounded: "You are back?"

Listening to the voice, the woman is not young, and she is gentle and casual, revealing a majesty that covers the whole world.

Zhou Yin bowed his head respectfully: "Yes." As he spoke, he walked around the screen and formally bowed to the woman: "Empress Empress."

The queen glanced at him and did not say any meaningless nonsense to him: "Your Majesty has received the news, what happened to you? Marquis Wu Xin didn't leave any one behind, but Duanyun is a member of the royal family, with golden branches and jade leaves, he can avoid death. What on earth is it?" Can the situation force her to fall down the building?"

Tang Pin, the eldest princess of Dashun, was named Duanyun according to the etiquette system.

Cheng Guogong also had nothing to say: "The matter of the princess is due to my incompetence and failure to control the situation." Then he handed over the gold order in his arms: "This is the defense gold order of the capital, please take it back."

The emperor did not return, and the empress came back secretly to interrogate the emperor in advance. Zhou Yin was not sure the extent of His Majesty's anger, and was even more afraid that it was because of military affairs, so he had to hand over the military amulet first to reassure the royal family.The Queen lowered her eyes to look at the golden order, did not accept it, did not say that she would not accept it, and then asked another question: "What did Apin say before he fell from the building?"

Zhou Yin put Jin Ling down with lowered eyes, and said with a click: "I said two things to my minister."

Queen: "Which two?"

Zhou Yin: "Your Highness, she...is pregnant."

For a moment, the whole room seemed to be shaken.

The queen pondered the meaning of these words, her pupils gradually widened, "Is it...?"

Zhou Yin met that gaze and nodded solemnly: "Yes."

"The people around the princess are too careless!" The queen suddenly slammed down on the table, "Marquis Wu Xin is not in the capital, they are confused about how to take care of her even when she is pregnant!"

Zhou Yin lowered his eyes: "Chen Ying has been controlled by the minister, and is now detained in the city defense yamen for orders, and is at the mercy of your majesty and empress."

The queen closed her eyes, pressed her chest with one hand, and took a deep breath: "Don't worry, you said she said two things, and the other one."

Zhou Yin: "The princess asked me that night, Your Majesty wiped out Marquis Wuxin's mansion today, and Qingzhou's power is bound to be empty. Do you want her to follow the empress's example?"

Like a sharp and invisible sword stabbing towards her suddenly, the queen's hands were suddenly numb for a moment, followed by a long, thrilling silence.

"Does she know?"

"She guessed."

The queen suddenly smiled, and bit her lower lip sadly: "You can know it by seeing it, you can know it by a leaf, this little girl..."

The eldest princess Tang Pin is not the same as His Majesty's young daughters. She is not a natural princess. She has watched her brothers win the world step by step. She grew up beside Wang Tu and Ba Ye, knowing that Now the Tang family is far from being stable, and the Gyeongju power cannot be left alone. After Marquis Wu Xin, she will marry again soon.

The queen stood up almost anxiously, her voice trembling a little: "When conquering the world, in order to win people's hearts, His Majesty had to appoint officials and make a wish, but after the reunification, the powers of affairs are different. These kings and marquises are too powerful to hinder the implementation of state affairs. , can only take over the power, back then I pushed my elder brother to the fore to prevent any accidents, and to cover up the national policy."

Song Yihua turned his back to Zhou Yin, and gently bit his knuckles with his white teeth, "We just can't do anything about many things."

The "cutting the seal" back then was to mobilize the confidants of the old ministers. In fact, it is more appropriate for Mr. Fei to do this kind of thing, but Mr. Fei has no background. In the end, the queen's elder brother Song Mingxu was pushed to the fore. Empress Song Yihua's position was a barrier for her elder brother. After the "cutting order", she just left her elder brother idle for a few years in order to appease the anger of the veterans. Secret praise, will not treat him badly.

But the princess is still different from Song Mingxu. In the officialdom, it's okay for men to advance and retreat. There is nothing a man can't bear to be treated coldly for a while, but what's the matter with a girl who keeps remarrying for the balance of state affairs?The princess was magnanimous back then and was willing to marry once to relieve Gyeongju's urgent need, but that didn't mean she was willing to marry a second time.

"It's because I have neglected the princess," the queen said slowly, "I have wronged her all these years."

That Marquis Wu Xin is indeed not a good match, he is too old, he is so happy, His Majesty lured the snake out of the hole, and he showed his original shape. He really thought that the border rebellion needs him to suppress, and the capital is guarded by Cheng Guogong. If it is really a tough battle, how can it be round get him to come?Song Yihua turned his head and looked at Zhou Yin: "Forget it, you get up, it is unexpected that she fell down the building. Since she has the will to die, how can you stop her?"

Zhou Yin picked up the golden order and got up slowly, "Then the posthumous seal of the princess...?"

The queen waved her hand: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, what's the use of pursuing honor in Jiuquan, the state affairs are for everyone's safety, let's let this matter be vague."

This is the meaning of not going to pursue others, Zhou Yin nodded: "Yes."

The queen sat back in the armchair, and pinched the center of her brows tiredly: "Your elder brother will return to Luan in a few days, and I will explain it for you at that time, lest you explain it again."

Zhou Yin: "Thank you, Ma'am."

The queen patted Zhou Yin's forearm affectionately: "What did the family say, you have worked hard this time, you have done a good job, the errand has been completed, and there is no trouble in the capital. The command of the capital still belongs to you." You, wait for His Majesty to come back and return it yourself."

Zhou Yin said "yes", so, this is the real business done.

Zhou Yin asked: "Have you ever eaten dinner, Madam, I'll ask someone to bring some?"

The queen supported her temples and shook her head, "I don't have much appetite, you don't know that this year's hunting, the new Khan of the Eighteenth Division of the Grassland is confident in his military strength, young and energetic, it's really hard to deal with." Suddenly he let out a long sigh and turned back: "Little sister..."

Zhou Yin immediately said: "May my mother mourn."

People are not grass, this sorrow cannot be restrained by festivals, the empress mourned: "I don't know how my younger brother will hate us in the ground, the two brothers are just such a sister, and we lost them..."

Zhou Yin knew that the queen was sad, even though the words were really hurtful, but he didn't intend to target anyone. He listened silently and didn't interrupt. After thinking about it for a while, I asked: "By the way, when I was waiting for you, I looked through your books outside. How did you come across "Strange Records" and "Ghosts and Strange Tales"? You never believed in this before."

Zhou Yin paused, and then replied calmly: "It's nothing, just take a look at it for leisure."

The queen nodded: "Taichang Temple reported an accident in the forbidden area. In the end, a young warlock named Kong Jie in your house settled it?"

"Yes."

Queen: "Do you love him?"

Zhou Yin was stunned for a moment, but didn't know how to answer.

The queen didn't seem to take it seriously either, and said casually: "Send him over, I will meet you in this palace."

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Kong Jie was brought up.

He ate heartily in Zhou Yin's house, waiting for people to come back, so he let go and ate, and the child in his body kept talking: "Don't eat so much sweet food, it's easy to get fat, you now But I'm eating with my body..."

Kong Jie said to himself while setting down his chopsticks: "Why, don't you think this is delicious? It's eating with your body, so it's not a loss..."

Little Tang Hou found that Zhou Yin's current food was also very good. It turned out that the kitchen was a kitchen, but the meals prepared for the diners and the Duke were of two grades.

The Duke walked in and lifted him up: "The queen wants to see you."

Kong Jie paused, stood up obediently, walked a few steps and realized that he was too excited, broke free again, turned around and picked up the dessert plate, and stuffed it.

Kong Jie: "What do you want me to do? What should I pay attention to?"

Zhou Yin: ...

Then Kong Jie wondered: "No, why is the queen here?"

Everything outside the gate of the mansion is the same, why did Leuye visit secretly?

Zhou Yin didn't want to explain too much: "Come and ask about something."

After walking two steps, he glanced up and down at Kong Jie, pulled him behind the screen with big strides, and shouted to the waiter outside, "Bring an old lime-gray coat!"

Kong Jie was a little confused, what's going on?

Zhou Yin lowered his head, stretched out his hand involuntarily and pulled off his belt, turned Kong Jie clockwise, and peeled off his coat directly.

Kong Jie:! ! !

The attendant was nimble, and quickly took a stone-gray old clothes that had been washed to whitish. Zhou Yin looked at Kong Jie sternly, and ordered each sentence, "Turn around", "Stretch out your hand", "Turn around", Kong Jie was stiff all over. , I can't understand this situation, although Zhou Yin often matched clothes for himself in the previous life, but now it seems that he shouldn't do this to Kong Jie?And why does he feel that Zhou Yin doesn't seem to want to dress him up?

Finally, Zhou Yin pulled his belt hard and then backed away. Kong Jie let out a long sigh of relief.

The Duke ordered again: "Come here, comb his hair."

Kong Jie:? ? ?

Kong Jie was pressed in front of the mirror.

All the pigtails were untied and scattered, and the hair was straightened and combed vigorously. Zhou Yin stood aside with his brows locked, and Kong Jie looked at him in the mirror leaning on the screen with his arms folded, not understanding what he was worrying about.

Kong Jie: "Grandpa, do you still remember Huang Zhouxi? The one who was thrown into the forbidden area with me?"

Zhou Yin nodded.

Kong Jie: "You can arrange a place for Huang Zhou to live in the mansion!"

Zhou Yin: "?"

Kong Jie smiled at him in the mirror: "There is also Wang Pu, Zhou Weng took Wang Pu away today, you can give him back to me."

Zhou Yin: "???"

The Duke of the State was worrying about Kong Jie's meeting with the queen, but this kid was in the mood to talk to him about something else: "Do you know who you're going to see later? You're still in the mood to joke."

"I know."

Kong Jie said obediently, "Go see the empress."

I said in my heart: That's why I negotiated terms with you. If I don't talk about it at this time, when will I talk about it?

Kong Jie: "Huang Daxian has real talent and learning, but his luck is not very good. If it is convenient for you in the future, you might as well support him."

Cheng Guogong folded his arms: "Recommendation is the simplest thing, but outsiders can only help for a while, not for a lifetime."

Kong Jie smiled brightly: "That's natural. In the future, it depends on his personal creation, and he knows it."

Grand Duke: "Then you let him go to Lord Fei, or take the initiative to fight with his junior brother."

Kong Jie:? ? ?

He was a little uncertain about the meaning of the Duke of the country. Does this mean that he is unwilling to help?

Kong Jie: "Give up the near...seek far away?"

Zhou Yin raised his eyelids: "I am a general, so I don't recommend civil servants."

Kong Jie blinked and blinked, and said in a daze, "You have such a status, why are you still so careful?"

Zhou Yin Yu Dashun's foundation of the country has made great achievements, the emperor and empress treat him like family members, why should they avoid it?

The Duke didn't speak, but raised his eyelids and gave him a cold look.

With this thought in mind, Kong Jie turned his mind again, and thought of a verse, which made him even more unbelievable: "So you have no intention of recommending any of your housekeepers?"

The Duke of the State did not hide it from him: "It is customary for the imperial court to entertain guests, I am not good and do not follow the custom."

Kong Jie: ...

So other people's family has hundreds of guests, and your family only has 30 people, and most of them are horse breeders like Wang Pu. You don't want to reuse it at all, you just want to do good deeds and let them eat for free...

Little Tang Hou's mind was spinning fast, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart. The child in the corner of his body heard it, and couldn't help explaining leisurely: "I didn't eat free food."

Little Tang Hou paused: ...

The child said: "I have worked hard to do things."

Little Tang Hou shut up in his heart.

The hair was quickly combed properly, Zhou Yin looked at it, and nodded reluctantly in agreement.

Kong Jie sat on the short pier and turned around, turned around and looked up, "Huang Daxian can't make it, what about Wang Pu?" He looked at Zhou Yin with puppy-like eyes, and said again eagerly: "Zhou Weng Take Wang Pu away today."

Kong Jie was not afraid that Wang Pu would betray him, but he was afraid that Wang Pu would be out of his mind and be tempted by Weng Zhou to come up with something else.

The bargaining was done so blatantly and without rules, Zhou Yin looked down at this coquettish little boy, and poked his head with his finger angrily: "Okay, okay, I promise you. Wait a little while, my mother, give me the money." speak nicely."