Theism

In Jinghua City, the moon is already in the middle of the sky, but the city is still full of fireworks, the lights are bright, and the stage is full of singing and singing. It will not be tomorrow.

At night, when the atmosphere in the building is the hottest, Fengmanlou has three floors in total, and red silk hangs down from the center of the roof, which complements the bright lights.

This building is very distinctive. It connects up and down, but a round platform is placed in the middle of each floor, and there is another air corridor connecting the surroundings. There are boxes around the second floor, and the corridors outside are still very spacious. , you can see the scene downstairs through the purposely vacated annular gap from above.

The sound of the pipa is full, and the sound of the qin is full.

Rows of women in emerald green dresses, leaning against the railings carved with patterns, showing tenderness with pipas in their arms, playing the lutes, and girls in pink dresses dancing on the circular platform, with outstanding grace.

Goose yellow and willow green, like the posture of brushing willows, with flimsy sleeves fluttering, every frown and smile is touching.

Time flows slowly here as if frozen, the atmosphere of the grand banquet is very lively, and bursts of laughter can be heard from the box from time to time.

Needless to say the sound of flowers and music, beauties and soft willows are indispensable, fine wines and wines need not be said, and the Taoist world is full of flowers and prosperity.

"Xiaosheng Chu Xingsi, please take care of me from now on." During the banquet, a young man in smoky blue clothes raised his glass to invite everyone.

This person is just twenty-eight years old, but he already has a unique demeanor, and his gestures are all different.

I saw Chu Xingsi raised his hand and drank the contents of the cup in one gulp. Because he drank too quickly, the mellow wine flowed down the corner of his mouth, crossed his Adam's apple, and wet his clothes.

"Young Master Chu is really kind. Although this Chunhua Noodle has a pleasant fragrance, it has a lot of stamina." Some people praised it during the meeting.

Of course, many people were looking at Chu Xingsi carefully. They saw that the young man was only [-] years old, but he already had a handsome face that made countless women dream of him. The slightly raised eyebrows and eyes made the women present blush. His demeanor is that of a son of a nobleman.

"Master Zhang's praise. I haven't thanked Mr. Zhang for this restaurant matter. Xing Si would like to offer you another glass." Chu Xingsi raised his glass again.

The land of Fengmanlou was originally used by the government. This is the intersection of Changlin Street, Bei'an Street and Fushuang Street. There are usually people coming and going, and the traffic flow is large. Chu Xing thought to take this land, if there is no government It may be impossible to clear the relationship.

"Nephew Chu Xian is being polite. Compared to your help to me, this is nothing worth mentioning." Zhang Zhuolin smiled, his old face flushed.

Zhang Zhuolin was the Minister of the Household Department of the second rank at that time. Chu Xingsi accidentally helped him find out a major corruption case and kept his official position.

However, after this incident, Chu Xingsi also offended many people. As for whether it will cause disaster, Zhang Zhuolin will definitely not worry too much. He has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has already become an old fritter.

If it weren't for this sudden accident, the Ministry of Household Affairs wouldn't need an outsider to intervene.

But Zhang Zhuolin is still very face-saving, and he knows Chu Xingsi's identity, he is the nephew of the current prime minister, Qi Zisui.

He and Qi Zisui have always had some friendship, so it's okay to help the younger generation casually, although I don't know why he didn't go directly to Qi Zisui, but what does it matter.

"Come on, drink and drink, everyone will not be drunk tonight." Everyone had a lively atmosphere and had a great time.

The banquet in the building was lively, and the night was like day.Looking at the scene of blooming flowers, Chu Xingsi couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

Sin grows in darkness, greed struggles in desire.

"Master Zhang, go slowly, come again when you have time." Chu Xingsi smiled and slowly helped Zhang Zhuolin into the carriage.

"Walk slowly on the road, and remember to cook a bowl of Erchen soup for your adults when you get home." Chu Xingsi said to his servants one by one.

"Okay, thank you, sir." After the boy finished speaking, the groom drove away in the carriage.

After delivering the last guest, Chu Xingsi's smile gradually faded: "Tell me, what's going on."

He flicked his sleeves and asked Liang Cheng beside him as he walked.

"They are all betting in the wine cellar. There are 21 people in total, but seeing that their clothes are different, it seems that they are not all the same." Liang Cheng said in detail.

He has been by Chu Xingsi's side for several years, and he usually handles some chores, just like a housekeeper.

"Really, go and have a look." Chu Xingsi walked into the door and was about to go to the kitchen, when suddenly a shout came from upstairs.

"Master Chu, my son has an invitation, please come up here."

He said yes, but he was leaning on the railing with his left hand around his chest and holding his sword, as if he would tie you up if you didn't come up.

"Who are you, you dare to threaten my son." Liang Cheng looked over and scolded loudly.

Everyone in the restaurant also tensed up, and immediately surrounded him, with their right hands gently touching their waists to match their swords.

But Chu Xingsi waved his hand to make them retreat.

"Zhu Qing." Zhu Qing spit out two words lightly, with a bit of disdain in his tone.

It seems that they don't look down on them at all.

"Since that's the case, let's go up and have a look." Chu Xingsi had already guessed about Zhu Qing's name when he heard it, and he was also a difficult target.

"Yes." Liang Cheng slowed down and followed him upstairs.

Chu Xingsi went up to the third floor, saw Zhu Qing who was guarding the door, and bowed his hands in respect.

Zhu Qing returned the salute, turned around and knocked on the door: "My lord, you're here."

"Enter." The people in the room didn't say much, but with just this word, Chu Xingsi felt deep pressure.

"Please." Zhu Qing opened the door to signal Chu Xingsi to enter.

This conversation is very interesting, obviously this is my own room, when did the two of them get so close?

Chu Xingsi restrained his mind, tidied up his clothes, walked in slowly with a smile on his face.

The layout of the room is elegant and simple, but the decoration design is very exquisite. There are not many decorations in the room, but it is just right, and it does not appear cluttered and cumbersome.

There are few green smokes on the incense table, slow and long, outlining one kind of chaotic symbols after another.

A few freshly folded peach branches in the morning are inserted obliquely in the pot-bellied porcelain vase by the window, either in bud, or breathing out fragrance, or smiling sweetly.

But now Chu Xingsi has no leisure to appreciate it. After all, those fainted people in the corner didn't just come here to sleep.

"Chu Xingsi, a grass-roots man, has seen King Min." Chu Xingsi bowed his hands to the young master in light blue brocade clothes behind the bead curtain.

Chu Xingsi looked carefully from the corner of his eye, and saw that the visitor had half a bunch of black hair, his face was like white jade and his lips were bright red, and there was a piece of white jade hanging on his waist.

Time seemed to be silent for a moment, and the man behind the bead curtain didn't seem to hear his words, and he was still playing with the chess pieces in his hand silently, and the chess pieces fell on the table like crisp springs and dull silence.

"You are Master Chu's son." Ning Yumo asked calmly while playing chess in his hand.

"Yes." Chu Xingsi straightened his waist, although he heard a bit of contempt in his words, but the other person is a prince of the first rank, who is also in charge of the power of the Ministry of punishment, so a word of disdain is nothing.

"Let's go." Hearing what he said, Ning Yumo raised his head, glanced at him, and then stood up.

"Farewell to King Min." Chu Xingsi watched him walk out, and bowed his head to salute him.

After confirming that he was really gone, Chu Xingsi called softly: "Come here".

"Young master." Liang Cheng heard his call and immediately opened the door and entered.

"Take these people down, let's deal with them together." Chu Xingsi motioned to those people who fainted in the corner of Liang Cheng.

"My lord, don't you need another trial?" Liang Cheng asked.

"No need, anyway, I will know sooner or later." Chu Xingsi walked to the place where the man was sitting just now, looked up at the painting on the wall, and said lightly.

Hanging on the wall is a picture of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains made by a famous teacher. The color is clear and beautiful, and there is no trace of light ink.

"The soup is ready, young master, rest early after bathing." Liang Cheng cupped his hands at him.

"Well, I see, I was careless today, and I will send more people to the third floor in the future." Chu Xingsi said lightly, if it weren't for that person, there would be fewer officials who came today.

"It's my subordinate's dereliction of duty, so I ask you to punish him." Liang Cheng immediately knelt down after hearing his words.

In fact, these matters of defense are not in his charge, he just took care of them on behalf of Mei Jing for the past few days, but he never thought that such a mistake would happen.

"Forget it, although there is dereliction of duty, there is no loss. You don't have to worry about this matter. Let's talk about it after Mei Jing comes back in a few days." Chu Xingsi said lightly.

In fact, just a few glances later, Chu Xingsi saw that those were all first-class masters, but he didn't expect to break up like this. The person behind the scenes might be in a lot of pain, but after thinking about coming here, I guess A few days have passed since An's birthday.

Chu Xingsi's guess was right, the Liu's study was brightly lit, and there were endless voices of angry people.

"What did you say, none of them came back? What did I raise you for?" Liu Jiubing was so angry that he smashed the tea bowl in his hand.

I wanted to take advantage of Chu Xingsi's first arrival in the capital, and the foundation was not stable, so I directly brought a big one, and put them all together, but now you tell me that the others are doing well, but the people on your side are not. All folded in.

"Oh, that's not right. Didn't you say that Chu Xingsi's guards are just ordinary guards? How could he kill dozens of top masters in one go? Could it be that he is hiding someone secretly?" Thinking about it, Liu Jiufeng felt very puzzled , Where did he come from?

"According to the report from the spies, Chu Xingsi did not notice our actions this time, and it was Zhu Qing, the commander of the Imperial Guard who killed them." Jin Butler said cautiously.

"Zhu Qing? What did he come to interfere with? Wait a minute, so King Min also went to Fengmanlou?" Liu Jiubin turned around and asked in confusion.

"Yes, and I heard that they are staying in Chu Xingsi's room." Jin Butler replied.

Is this really the case?