Yangyue

"...After hearing what the white fox demon said, the elder sister Qingtao snake demon gave the white fox demon a pill. The white fox demon was puzzled and asked the snake demon what the pill was. The snake demon only replied: 'This medicine is called Meng Chunlu, you grind this pill into powder, put it in a sachet, let Zhou Langjun open it and smell it, he will be fascinated by you, he will be fascinated by you, he will do whatever you ask him to do, you say He will believe anything, and when the effect of the medicine wears off on the second day, Zhou Langjun will not remember anything. Moreover, the medicine of Mengchunlu only works once, and Zhou Langjun will open the sachet later and smell it. The only thing left is the fragrance, and the safekeeping is safe..."

There was a plate of jujube cakes on the small table in the study room of the side hall, and Qi Zhu was lying sideways on the pear-blossom noble concubine's couch, holding a book of stories about ghosts and immortals in his hand, reading it with gusto.

This story has been widely circulated in the market, and it is indeed written with some meaning, but I don't know if the author of this story is wrong, or he really has some understanding. In the world, there is indeed a medicine similar to "Meng Chunlu".

In Qi Zhu's hands, there happened to be some.

Qi Zhu turned a page, and suddenly heard a report from a maid outside: "Master Hou, the second young master of Guo Shangshu's family in the household department sent someone to invite you out for a gathering."

Since Qi Zhu came back from the southwest, he hasn't greeted the Minister of the Ministry of Household Calligraphy yet, and now that the other party came to invite him first, it is hard for him to refuse.

The second young master of the Shangshu Mansion of the Household Department is also a person with little talent in academics. His family donated an idle official to him. He just married a wife two years ago, and he is happy all day long.

The second young master invited Qi Zhu to a tavern, poured wine for him enthusiastically, and sighed: "Master Hou, my father was still sighing with me a few days ago, after this court, it will be the world of generals."

Qi Zhu: "Nowadays the emperor favors martial arts, it is not surprising that there is such a situation."

"Speaking of which, you have a very close friendship with the owner of the Duckweed Pavilion. I often hear people say that the owner of the pavilion doesn't want to get in, and even if you want to find a good friend, you can't find it."

"Do you want to make friends with him?" Qi Zhu smiled half-smile, "Forget it, Lord Pavilion Master is now the number one celebrity in front of the emperor, how can you and I compare."

The second young master's expression changed slightly when he heard this, he came closer and said in a low voice: "I can hear that a few days ago, the emperor summoned several ministers from the six ministries and officials in the imperial study to discuss the plan to help the Southwest in the near future. It is not a big deal at all. , As a result, a speech officer actually started to talk about the emperor favoring military generals and hindering the court, implying that Xiao Yangyue is a sycophant who serves the emperor with color."

"There is such a thing?" Qi Zhu asked back in surprise, and then couldn't laugh or cry, "How do you know?"

"My father was also there at the time. He said that the emperor had no expression on his face after hearing this, and then waved his hand to tell the speech officer to step back and stop waiting. The ministers around were so shocked that their legs were weak and trembling."

Qi Zhu took a sip of wine with a low smile: "Hearing what you said, the Pavilion Master wasn't there at the time? It's a pity, if he was there, I'm afraid it would be more fun to watch."

The second young master said "Hi": "Forget it, let's not talk about it. My father was sent by the emperor to Huainan to review the salt administration. He said that there was some discrepancy between the amount of salt and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The emperor ordered a clear investigation. Recently The emperor kept a close eye on Huainan, and a while ago, the virtuous king suddenly handed over a request to the court to allow the palace to expand his own soldiers, saying that he was plagued by nightmares recently, and he was afraid that there were unclean monsters in the palace, so he felt uneasy."

"Haunted by nightmares? There are monsters at work?" Qi Zhu asked in surprise, "Would the emperor believe such an argument?"

"The emperor naturally doesn't believe it, and suspects that the virtuous king will expand the barracks privately by strengthening the guards. But this matter is also strange, you know the virtue of the virtuous king, mud can't support the wall, he must have the courage to rebel. Can His Majesty let him return to Huainan alive?"

The virtuous king Zhu Yinye in the two populations was exactly the prince who caught a glimpse of Xiao Yangyue and fell in love at first sight.

The fiefdom of the Xianwang is in Huainan. It was said that the title should have been "Xianwang", but in the end he felt that the word "Xian" had a bad meaning, so he changed it to Xianwang.

"You are well informed." Qi Zhu rolled his eyes slightly, "Did King Xian say that he was haunted by some kind of nightmare?"

"It seems to be some kind of snake demon? In short, it is something strange and chaotic."

Qi Zhu pondered for a moment: "I heard that there was a cult in Huainan more than 20 years ago. The disciples of the religion used snakes as spirits, and they worshiped this thing very much."

The second young master was very disdainful after hearing this: "The emperor has always hated these three religions and nine streams of monsters, ghosts and snake spirits. The emperor and the sage don't believe in the rules and regulations, but believe in these things."

After the second young master's words fell, Qi Zhu turned his head suddenly, looking at the corner of the eaves exposed outside the window of the tavern, outside the eaves was the quiet night with lights reflecting.

Qi Zhu stared slightly, and said, "Since I'm out drinking, I won't talk about it, Brother Guo, please."

For three or four months in a row, Qi Zhu lived a leisurely and carefree life again.

That night, he was invited by a few friends to go boating and drinking on the lake. The lucky boats on the lake were brightly lit, and there were children putting up lanterns, making it very lively.

These people are all dandies in the capital, and they don't care about the etiquette of the old man. They smiled and said that because of the filial piety period and the Southwest affairs, Hou Ye might not have experienced the warm and fragrant nephrite for a long time, so he called a few dancers to help.

Several glamorous dancers danced lightly, their tulle-like sleeves with fragrance brushed over Qi Zhu's arms, and their bodies leaned against his arms as if they were limp and boneless.Qi Zhu didn't let the dancer get close, but let the dancer pour the wine for him.

The young master at the side was also surrounded by several beauties, holding the waist of the beauties and belching, he said: "Master Hou, what's the matter, but you are not satisfied with the girls here?"

"Where, the girls are all beautiful, and with beauties to accompany them, it's natural to drink a few more glasses of fine wine." Qi Zhu said slightly drunk, "Xiaoer, let's have two more jars."

Everyone was having fun, when the door of the cabin of the cruise ship was suddenly opened, and several soldiers in armor lifted the layers of gauze curtains, which shocked most of the people in the room sober.

A young man undressed in the corner and was about to have fun with the dancer girl. He was startled when he saw someone barging in. He hurriedly put on his coat and trousers, tilted his hair crown and cursed drunkenly: "Who would kill a thousand knives to intrude?" Come in?!"

The dancer in the room stood up screaming, and the soldiers who came in lined up on both sides without turning their eyes, and then one of them walked in steadily from outside the cabin.

The visitor holds a long sword in his hand, is dressed in Cui Lan Shu brocade robes, and his hair is tied up with silver double luan inlaid with rubies and hairpins. His picturesque eyebrows are cold, and it is Xiao Yangyue whom Qi Zhu has not greeted for a long time.

Most of these young masters in the room have never seen Henry Zhang himself, and they were dumbfounded for a while.

Before Henry Zhang could speak, Qi Zhu stood up first.

He smelled of alcohol and looked half-drunk, though he didn't know if he was still sober.He came to Henry Zhangyue, raised his hand and wanted to hug Henry Zhangyue's waist, and said with a smile: "Which beauty is this? Why didn't I see it just now... Would you like to have a drink with me?"

The two guards behind Xiao Yangyue showed embarrassment for a moment, and they didn't know whether to block or not. If they were other people, they would press it directly, but the person in front of them was Lord Hou, and they didn't dare Easy hands.

Henry Zhang frowned, avoided Qi Zhu's hand, pushed Qi Zhu away with the scabbard, and shouted coldly: "Master Hou is drunk, take him out to sober up."

The two guards immediately stepped forward and helped Qi Zhu out of the cabin.Henry Zhang didn't stay any longer, leaving a room full of stunned people, and turned to leave.

Jin Wei put Qi Zhu on the deck and brought him a bowl of hangover soup for him to drink.After eating a bowl of soup and being blown by the cool night wind, Qi Zhu seemed to wake up slowly.

Henry Zhang: "Is Hou Ye sober?"

Qi Zhufang was actually not drunk, seeing Henry Zhang coming, he made fun of him half-pretending to be half-drunk on a whim.Now the Master of the Pavilion is looking unhappy, obviously dissatisfied with his behavior, he didn't directly chop him off at that time, it can be regarded as giving him face as the Marquis.

Qi Zhu: "Why is the Pavilion Master here?"

The cruise ship docked slowly, and everyone on board was ordered to go down. The cruise ship was guarded by the officers and soldiers of the duckweed pavilion, and outsiders could not easily get on it. Seeing this posture, Henry Zhang may indeed have something important to find him.

If Henry Zhang came to send a message, it is very likely that the emperor has something to do, Qi Zhu asked: "But the emperor wants to summon me again?"

"Recently, there is a cult in Huainan generation, and the emperor is sending people to investigate." Henry Zhang cut to the chase, "If I remember correctly, Lord Hou's maternal ancestor's family is from Huainan. I wonder how much Lord Hou knows about Huainan?"

Qi Zhu's heart moved, the old Xian Kunhou's long-dead Yuan wife Chao Shi was indeed from Huainan, and Chao Shi married into the Hou's mansion about 25 or [-] years ago, which happened to be the time when Huainan's strange powers and gods were flourishing.

"Indeed, my grandfather's family has always lived in Huainan." Qi Zhu replied, "Although I have never been to Huainan, I have heard from my mother that there was indeed a cult of strange powers and gods in the generation of Huainan more than 20 years ago, and that sect believers worship the snake fairy and take the snake as a sacred symbol."

Xiao Yangyue pondered for a moment: "Three months ago, the virtuous king wrote to the emperor, requesting to send additional soldiers to protect the palace. The reason is that there are demons haunting the palace, and nightmares haunt the palace every night, so there is no peace. Lord Hou must know about this."

Qi Zhu had no other channels to learn about this, but Henry Zhang knew that he knew it in advance.When drinking with the second young master of Guo Fu that day, Qi Zhu noticed that the shadow guards of the duckweed pavilion around him had not been completely removed, and were still reporting his whereabouts to Henry Zhangyue or the emperor.

That being the case, he'd better not make up any other excuses, the truth is the best policy.

Qi Zhu was silent for a moment, then replied: "I heard about it from the second young master of Guo Shangshu's family."

Henry Zhang stared at him coldly: "Master Hou is getting closer to these official children."

"In the officialdom, there will always be some contacts." Qi Zhu said with a smile, "I don't know how long the Pavilion Master plans to arrange for people to follow me? There are also Xiankunhou Mansion, there are many new faces among the servants, presumably Is it also the handwriting of the Pavilion Master?"

Henry Zhang obviously didn't intend to hide the matter of sending people to follow him and planting people in his mansion. Although Qi Zhu was smiling, his words were veiled.

"Hou Ye is serious." Henry Zhang replied in a deep voice, "Those people are ordered by the emperor to protect Hou Ye's safety."

Since the emperor was lifted out, Qi Zhu had nothing to say. What he said was half true and half false, but he didn't really want to get angry with Henry Zhang.

Xiao Yangyue: "Nowadays, the cult is revived, and the Yanzheng and Xianwangfu will also need to send people to secretly investigate, and a lot of people will be needed at that time. Lord Hou was very appreciated by the emperor in the Southwest case, and now he also holds the position of Shaoqing in Dali Temple. If the emperor has an order at that time, please don't shirk it, Lord Hou."

This was against his will, if the emperor had an order, even if he wanted to evade it, he would not be able to evade it.

Qi Zhu replied: "Naturally."

Another cruise ship on the lake came slowly, several drunk guests leaned on the side of the ship, saw Henry Zhang standing on the deck from a distance, the lake was so beautiful under the reflection of the lights, they thought he was the diva dancer on the cruise ship Ji, waved at Henry Zhang: "Beauty... come here and sing a song! There are rewards for you!"

Henry Zhang frowned, his eyes turned cold, these people are really blind, can't they even see the sword on his waist?

Qi Zhu smiled softly, stepped forward and replied, "I'm sorry, everyone, the beauty only sings for me tonight."

The young masters resented and cursed a few times, but they had no choice but to give up and go back to the cabin.

Xiao Yangyue raised her eyes slightly sullenly to look at Qi Zhu, she seemed to be very dissatisfied with Qi Zhu's statement, and wanted to make Lord Hou respect himself, but his subordinates suddenly reported that the emperor had something to announce him into the palace.

Xiao Yangyue had no choice but to give up, and took a last look at Qi Zhu, reading the hint of teasing in Qi Zhu's eyes. She was annoyed for a moment and had nowhere to vent her anger. She just thought that she would not wear it like this again when she came to find Lord Hou next time. Whipped his sleeves and turned to leave.

[Volume [-]·End]

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The second volume will be updated the day after tomorrow~

The emotional lines in this article are relatively slow to heat up, but once they heat up, they will be very hot doge, and the emotional lines will gradually increase later