Lord, you are so beautiful

After a while of silence, Mu Qing put down his book and got up to leave.Lou Lan hadn't noticed his emotional change yet, so she picked up the volume of "Three Words and Two Beats" and flipped through it by herself.

On the desk in front of Mu Qing is a scroll of paintings, in which peonies are in full bloom like clouds, in the painting a young man is holding a peony and smelling its fragrance, the clothes of the characters are simple and strong, the colors are soft and beautiful, and they are extremely skillful.

After a while, Lou Lan pushed the door and walked in. After looking at the painting for a while, he was a little confused, "Who is this?"

"Can't you see?" Mu Qing smiled lightly.

Lou Lan frowned and said, "It's me? But I have never seen such a large area of ​​peonies, nor have I been to such a place in the painting."

Mu Qing stretched out a finger to his lips and made a silent gesture, "Don't talk."

"Why?" Lou Lan said.

Mu Qing took his hand and went out with him, only saying: "Don't talk."

Lou Lan didn't know what he meant, but obediently stopped talking, and suddenly felt uneasy thinking of that picture.

At noon, Li Weiyuan called Mu Qing away, and the two started arguing again when they disagreed, and Lou Lan looked at him inexplicably.Li Weiyuan has always been a quick-tempered person, he was already anxious when he learned that Nanfa was still in the capital, but Mu Qing's side was calm, which undoubtedly angered him again, he dropped the teacup and left without looking back.

Mu Qing only smiled casually, and asked his servants to pass on the meal.Lou Lan was a little unhappy at first, but as soon as there was something to eat, she completely forgot about the unhappiness and began to eat happily.

After the meal, the servant girl served tea, and Mu Qing said indifferently: "He doesn't like tea, so give him some tea."

"Yes." The servant girl blushed and retreated with the tea.

Mu Qing looked at Lou Lan and said softly: "Sure enough, even if you don't speak, it doesn't look like it."

Lou Lan looked at him suspiciously, Mu Qing patted his head and smiled, "You can talk now."

"What's the matter with you?" The servant girl reloaded the incense stick and put it in front of Lou Lan, who asked while holding the teacup.

"It's okay." Mu Qing said, "You have held this book before, do you have any questions?"

"Ah, there's a story I didn't understand." Lou Lan remembered the purpose of looking for Mu Qing, opened the book and leaned over to him and said.

There is an inexplicable story in "Three Words and Two Beats", under the grass bridge in Hangzhou, there is a man who sells winter melons. This man has the ability to make his soul go out of his body. The soul of the man went out to take care of the business.One day, the soul bought a few pieces of dried salted fish on the road, and asked the neighbor to take it home. His wife harvested the salted fish from the neighbor. Say, dead man, make fun of me again.

After a busy day, the soul returned home and found that his real head was covered with the dirt of salted fish. The soul lingered in front of the bed, unable to get close to his body because of the dirt. Finally, the soul watched helplessly. His real body gradually became cold and stiff, his soul was helpless, and finally he could only leave crying.

Obviously Lou Lan didn't understand the story.

After Mu listened, he was a little dazed, and his heart sank suddenly, his five fingers slowly tightened on the scroll, and he said lightly, "I don't understand either."

Lou Lan let out an oh and didn't speak any more, and went to the side to read other stories.

Real body and soul, soul and real body.Mu Qing laughed dumbfounded, and suddenly felt that this story was so appropriate for her.He and Prince Chiwen are each other's real body and soul, and whoever kills the other will end badly.

It was Prince Ye's birthday, and the banquet was held in Zhaoyang Hall.Zhaoyang Hall is extremely magnificently built, warm in winter and cool in summer, with painted columns and carved columns around the sides, hollowed out red lacquer filled golden gates, faintly revealing the clear music of silk and bamboo in the hall.In the middle of the golden dragon banquet table, the prince sat alone, with a pot of Muqing's favorite pear flower spring in his hand, and poured himself a drink.The east and west are the banquet tables for relatives, wives, and concubines of the emperor. Because the prince has not yet married a concubine, there are very few young and beautiful women at the banquet.

At the same time, not even the Regent was seen.

In the past, the first seat to the left of the crown prince was the Regent Wang Muqing of the Yuzunjian Kingdom, but now at a glance, it has been replaced by Qin Taifu.The second seat is Prince Ren Muzhi, followed by other relatives and wives.

"I heard that General Weiyuan had a disobedient heart, and Prince Rong was deeply involved. He went to Peiping to investigate and never returned."

"Maybe he was detained in Peking?"

Whispering under the hood, Chi Min frowned, and slammed Jiu Jue on the table with a bang, like an arrow leaving the string, startling everyone.Qin Ranfu filled his wine jug with pear blossom spring again, with a faint smile on his lips, he said in a low voice: "Prince, please be safe and don't be impatient."

The banquet in Zhaoyang Palace was full of fun and fun, while the officials in charge of the ceremony over there were in a hurry, waiting for the banquet in a hurry.Nanfa wore black brocade clothes that blended into the night, with a black veil covering his face to hide his features, and sneaked into the Prison of Rites furtively.

A group of masters in Zhaoyang Hall are waiting to serve, and the palace guards who are in charge of ceremonies can't control the internal affairs.Nan Fa rummaged through boxes and cabinets inside, opened bundles of palace documents, looking for any clues.

After a long time, the supervisor of ceremonies suddenly became a mess, the footsteps outside were hurried, and the guards shouted angrily.Nan Fa was startled, knowing that something must have happened outside, he leaned lightly by the door and listened to the thoughts of the palace people outside, and he got a rough idea, the poison-testing chopsticks in the hands of His Highness the Crown Prince changed color in a plate of dishes.

Someone poisoned the prince, and the prince was furious, and ordered a thorough investigation of the palace staff in the imperial dining room and the supervisor of ceremonies. Now the outside has already been surrounded by guards.Nanfa sighed, knowing that what he said was tricked.

It can be said that the praying mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind. He was a praying mantis for nothing, but the oriole is someone else.

Nanfa calmly opened the door and walked out.

The inspector of ceremonies was dressed in a blinding golden flying fish suit. Xiaoye looked at Nanfa who came out of the internal affairs room expressionlessly. His eyes were calm and without any emotional fluctuations. The Jinyi guards were also calm and composed. The guard turned pale with fright and shouted for the assassin.Nanfa was dressed in black, with a veil covering his face, wasn't he dressed like an assassin.

Xiaoye waved his hands, and said in a cold voice, "Arrest him and take him to Zhaoyang Hall to wait for the crown prince."

Nan Fa said: "I will go by myself."

Xiaoye didn't ask any more questions, turned around and left, and the Jinyi guards surrounded him one by one, and went to Zhaoyang Hall together.

The people in the Zhaoyang Palace knelt on the ground, and all relatives and wives also knelt because the prince was furious and left the banquet. Only Prince Ren drank by himself on the seat, and Qin Taifu stood beside the prince to soothe his emotions.The prince's face lost its usual pride due to anger, and the brows were filled with the deterrent air of being in a high position.

Jinyiwei entered in a file, Nanfa's black clothes were particularly conspicuous in the light gold flying fish suit.Qin Ran said with a smile: "Jin Yiwei has always been clean and tidy, and Xiao Ye has done a great job in finding the prisoner so quickly."

Xiaoye said coldly: "He is only suspected, whether he is a prisoner or not has to be determined by the prince, what is the prince anxious about?"

Qin Ran's face froze, Xiao Ye went to fetch the imperial staff and weighed it in his hand.

The prince gestured indifferently, "Who ordered you to murder me?"

Nanfa tore off the veil, and Qin Ran turned pale with shock, "It's you!? General Weiyuan really took great pains, and even specially sent someone from Beiping to poison him! He doesn't feel sorry for the loss of his niece."

Nan Fa smiled and said nothing, the prince gestured hastily, "Are you ordered by General Weiyuan?"

"May I ask if the Taifu saw the grassroots poisoning His Royal Highness's meal with his own eyes?" Nan Fa asked eloquently. Seeing Qin Ran startled, he said without waiting for him to speak, "Did the Taifu see the general instructing that man again?" The maid poisoned His Highness the Crown Prince?"

"What do you want to say?" Qin Ran's eyes dimmed slightly.

"Based on just one side of the story, let's jump to conclusions. The general fought in the battlefield to defend the country in the past, and the Taifu wronged him like this. Aren't you afraid that the hearts of the people in the world will be chilled?" Nanfa's words were aimed at Qin Ran, but everyone could hear it He was referring to Sang and Huai, and the accusation was the crown prince, "The grass people came here this time only to thoroughly investigate the incident of the poisoned court lady a few months ago, and to restore the general's innocence, so he sneaked into the supervisor at night and asked His Highness the crown prince to forgive me." .”

"What did you find out?" The prince looked indifferent.

Nan Fa knelt down on one knee and pulled out two old files from behind his waist, "The former residence of the General is the capital, and the Li family has declined since ten years ago, and the division of the clan has nothing to do with the General. General Yuanda did have a niece, but she died young when she was five years old. The court lady was originally named Cui'er, a native of Sichuan, and the files of the Supervisor of Rituals and the files of the Li family are here, please look at the prince."

Xiao Ye presented the file and stood aside indifferently.

The prince didn't look at it, and brushed it aside, "Since that's the case, Tweety is dead, and there is no proof of her death. This is just your one-sided statement."

"You little guard dares to break into the palace at night, what do you think the emperor's residence is?" Qin Ran asked angrily.

Nan Fa lowered her long eyelashes and took out the gold token from her pocket. Everyone in the hall didn't know what the gold token represented, and they all looked shocked.Nan Fa looked directly at Qin Ran, and slowly said: "I was ordered by King Rong to enter the palace for a thorough investigation. The Tai Tuo wanted to punish me because he intended to disobey the Wang Ye's order. What does the Tai Tuo mean?" He paused and looked at the Crown Prince again. "Everything is ordered by the prince. Does His Royal Highness even suspect the prince?"

Only then did the prince slowly spread out the dossier of the supervisor of ceremonies, and looked at it for a while, "As you said, it was confirmed that Cui'er belonged to the Li family after changing her name and surname that day, but she neglected to be the supervisor of ceremonies. It was my fault for letting the general suffer the unjust injustice."

"The prince is the future emperor, how can the emperor make mistakes." Xiao Ye reminded coldly from the side, which meant that it was someone else who was wrong.

Qin Ran frowned: "King Rong's close personal followers are Qianxun and Qianhe, why did you let General Weiyuan's personal followers come to investigate the case?"

Nanfa didn't answer, the crown prince ordered him to get up, suddenly his eyes lit up, and his hand gestures were very quick: "Bengong had several encounters with the general in the past, but I didn't remember clearly when I was young. But at that time, the general was indeed accompanied by a personal bodyguard with a very good relationship, it was too long ago and I can't remember the name, but it was you?"

"Yes, Caomin has been with the general since he was a child." Nanfa said.

The prince's expression became relieved, and he could see that he was in a good mood, "The general treats that bodyguard like a brother, and I have heard about it, and Mu Qing often talks about you with me." He paused, His gaze became a little apologetic, "No wonder Mu Qing trusts you, I guess I wronged you, so get up and talk back."

"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince." Nan Fa said nonchalantly, he stood up and flicked the corner of his robe casually.

The Zhaoyang Palace was resplendent and brightly lit, and everyone realized that although Nanfa was dressed in black, the style was an ordinary guard uniform, but he had covered his face with a black gauze, which made people mistake him for an assassin.

The "unnecessary" crime of General Weiyuan was completely cleared in front of all relatives and nobles. The trust of the regent Wang Muqing is stronger than any evidence. , No one in the whole world has the courage.

After the palace banquet was over, the crown prince left Nanfa behind, chatted with him for a long time, and more often asked when Mu Qing would come back.These southern methods can't answer, so they can only pass by vaguely.It was released at Haishi.

Stepping on the snow on the ground, Nanfa finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Weiyuan's reputation was preserved, which made him feel more comfortable than anything else.

In Yongxiang, Xiaoye was standing in a flying fish suit with his sword in his arms, waiting for Nanfa to come out.

"What's the matter?" Nan Fa walked over.

Xiaoye said coldly: "The poison in that meal is very light. Even if the crown prince eats it, he will be a little tired at most, and he will be fine after a night of sleep. The weight is so light that ordinary silver chopsticks cannot be tested. I didn't intend to harm the prince at all, and the spearhead was still directed at the general."

"I know." Nan Fa said: "Fortunately, my general's innocence was also cleared in public, no matter who he is."

"You really don't know who it is?" Xiaoye's expression remained unchanged, as if covered with frost and snow, "Didn't you catch the meaning of protection in the prince's words tonight? If the prince didn't keep blaming himself I can break Taifu Qin's backbone on the spot."

Nan Fa smiled wryly and said: "He is the Grand Tutor, and now he has the power of regent, if you beat him, what will you do to save the Crown Prince's face?"

Xiaoye still had an indifferent face: "That court stick even hit the prince, it's just a magistrate, besides, his power of regent was also given by the prince."

"I've heard of it." Nan Fa said with a smile, "When the emperor was in good health, he was dissatisfied with the prince's disobedience to him, and ordered Jin Yiwei to beat him with forty sticks. At that time, the prince was not a prince, and you were not Jin Yiwei."

Xiao Ye nodded, and said in a firm tone, "After the court, the prince killed the Jin Yiwei who carried out the imperial staff."

"So." Nan Fa said: "Your Highness has his own plan, let's just wait and see."

Xiao Ye's gaze melted into the dark Yongxiang, he hesitated to speak, looked in the direction of the Prince's Hall, shook his head slowly, and left.

Ten days later, Xiao Ye led a Jinyiwei to Beiping, and Nanfa returned with the Jinyiwei.

There was no news before that, Li Weiyuan was restless all day long, and today he was drinking and admiring the plum blossoms under the porch, feeling a little drunk.Dimly, he seemed to see Nan Fa picking a plum blossom and coming from the garden, he took the flagon from Li Weiyuan's hand, and said displeasedly: "Be careful."

Li Weiyuan groaned, and stretched out his hand towards Nanfa, "Baby, you're back."

Nan Fa didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I'm telling you to drink less wine!"

He splashed the rest of the wine on Li Weiyuan's face, and the icy feeling hit his face. Li Weiyuan was shocked and woke up completely. Seeing Nanfa opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say.Nanfa's long and slender eyebrows curled slightly, and the fur on his cuffs fluttered with the wind. His youthful breath was like a ray of warm sunshine, which melted away all the hostility and anxiety on Li Weiyuan's body.

Looking at each other for a moment, Nanfa said softly, "General, I'm back."

For a moment Li Weiyuan felt something in his chest rushing up to his forehead, and was about to hug Nanfa, when suddenly a neat and resounding sound made him almost vomit blood.Twenty Jinyi guards knelt on one knee, "Greetings to General Weiyuan!"

Weiyuan is not only his name, but also his title.

Nanfa was imprisoned in the capital for a few months, Li Weiyuan was extremely aggrieved at this call, and roared angrily: "What are you praying for! Go and worship your lord!" After saying that, he jumped off the porch and led Nanfa into the hall with one hand up.

Nanfa was dragged by him, and ordered the attendants to take them to see Mu Qing, but Li Weiyuan walked quickly, and at the end Nanfa simply shouted.

The attendant smiled silently for a while, and led Yi Xiaoye to meet Mu Qing, while the other Jinyi guards stood by and stood by.

Before arriving at the wing room where King Rong lived, he heard bursts of piano music coming from inside. It was light and lofty, and he could faintly hear the melancholy in the music.King Rong often played the piano, and Xiao Ye knew it was "The High Mountain" when he heard it, but King Rong only played this piece once in a while.

Xiao Ye knocked on the door and entered, Mu Qing was not surprised to see him, he was playing the piano by himself, Lou Lan was reading a volume of "San Yan Er Pai" next to him, and he was still thinking about the story of selling winter melons.

"My lord, the matter of General Weiyuan is over." Xiao Ye knelt down on one knee, and said without any expression on his face: "My lord has not returned for a long time, and His Royal Highness is worried that something will happen to your lord in Beiping, so he specially asked his subordinates to come here." have a look."

Mu Qing plucked the strings with his slender and fair fingers, without looking at Xiao Ye, he said calmly: "Did he ask you to see if the king is dead, or did he deliberately find a reason to send you to the palace?"

"My subordinates have told Qilin to be more vigilant, and I expect nothing will happen." Xiaoye replied.

Mu Qing hummed indifferently, "It's not so stupid that you know how to keep Qilin in the palace. Although the deputy envoy is not as good as you, he is tactful and changeable in handling things, and his ability is impressive. Has Tian Rong returned?"

"Yes, stay in the palace with Qilin." Xiao Ye said.

Mu Qing stopped talking and concentrated on playing the piano. After the song "The High Mountain" was over, Xiao Ye took out a letter from Xue Tao from his sleeve, "My lord, a letter written by the prince."

Mu Qing took it and took it apart, frowning, with a faint anxiety flickering between his brows.

There is only one line of small words full of lovesickness in the letter: the mountain is high, and the moon is small.The moon is small, He Jiaojiao.My thoughts are far away, I will not see you for a day, my heart is quiet.

He was slightly stunned, he played the piano here, and the prince wrote lyrics on the other side, so he had a good understanding.

After a long time, Mu Qing put Xue Taofa down, and only said two words: "Go back to Beijing."