Riling Up The Jianghu

A restaurant next to Fangji was overcrowded, and cups and cups were already mixed before noon.In the upper room on the second floor, Huo Linfeng and Rong Luoyun sat facing each other, watching a steaming pot, in which was stewed delicious and soft mutton.

Rong Luoyun took a piece and just stuffed it into his mouth, his thin lips trembled and babbled when it was hot. Huo Linfeng looked up, couldn't help but laugh at first, then gloated, and said, "Prince Rui's mansion is full of delicacies, how can you look like a hungry little girl?" Beggar?"

Swallowing the mutton, Rong Luoyun said: "Xu was when I was a little beggar, Luoxia fell ill." He was referring to the fact that when I first arrived in Xiganling, I was separated from my sister and was begging on the street alone.

Rong Luoyun glanced at the window, it was closed tightly without leaving any gaps. The man specifically told him to close the windows and doors tightly so as not to cause trouble.He asked, "What trouble can it cause?"

Huo Linfeng said: "Not long after the late emperor passed away, the common people would not dare to laugh and laugh, but now it is the end of the year, and it is the happiest time of the year." So, "I can only close the doors and windows, and secretly enjoy myself."

Rong Luoyun snorted: "The Meng family is so thick-skinned, they die as soon as they die, and they still want the people to remember it for several months."

After thinking about it, he remembered the situation after Huo Zhao's death in battle. The body was sent back to Saibei City. It was so chaotic at that time, but the people all flocked to the long street, and the crying could almost drown them out.During the few days of vigil, the people in front of the gate of the Hou Mansion never stopped. Everyone offered a prayer flag, piled up so high, and burned it for four hours on the day of the burial.

Rong Luoyun couldn't help feeling that the people's support was the most difficult thing to hide.

Lifting his eyes slightly, he saw that Huo Linfeng was feasting, stared at it for a moment, and laughed silently with his mouth pursed.Huo Linfeng sensed that he didn't eat well, so he put down the leg of lamb, wiped his mouth and stopped.

Rong Luoyun was still smiling, his shoulders were trembling, and his face was smoky with a light blush.

Huo Linfeng asked: "What are you happy about?"

Rong Luoyun hesitated, but suddenly his calf hurt, and Huo Linfeng kicked him under the table.He had no choice but to beat him up: "It's nothing, I suddenly remembered the box of medicine my sister gave you..."

Huo Linfeng's expression suddenly changed: "Don't mention it again!"

Rong Luoyun said: "In the past two days, my sister has looked at me in the wrong way." He couldn't stop it, he laughed so hard, "That look seems to say, my brother is really amazing."

Huo Linfeng was depressed, wishing he could grab a ball of cotton to plug his ears, and was about to have a seizure, when under the table, Rong Luoyun reciprocated and hooked his leg with the tip of his shoe.He remained tense, and said: "You can joke around, you can only enjoy your mouth."

That smile stopped immediately, and Rong Luoyun asked, "What do you mean?"

Huo Linfeng replied: "What else do you mean? If you talk about breaking the sky, the medicine is also for you." He turned his ankles and clasped Rong Luoyun's feet. When you can only pouted and allow yourself to be bullied, let's see how you still laugh."

Rong Luoyun was ashamed and annoyed: "Blue sky and white sun, what nonsense are you talking about!"

He was so guilty, he swept the end of his eyes towards the door, afraid that others would listen.Unexpectedly, before the corner of the eye was retracted, a shadow loomed outside the door and knocked twice.

Huo Linfeng said, "Come in."

The door opened, and it was Zhang Weiren who came.Just now he blushed, Rong Luoyun raised his hands to cover his face, lowered his head in embarrassment, his feet were still restrained by Huo Linfeng, he struggled, but did not escape from the imprisonment.

On the table, it looks serious and dignified, but under the table, it looks like a drunken banquet in a romantic scene, and there is no one to see at all.

"General, Second Palace Mistress." Zhang Weiren said politely, "I heard that Azhatai has been imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, but the trial has not yet been passed."

Huo Linfeng said: "Yes, how about Chen Ruoyin?"

Zhang Weiren reported: "The day before yesterday, the corner gate on the west side of Chang'an City was exchanged, and the first-level school lieutenant personally visited the prime minister's residence."

This meant delivering the letter. Chen Ruoyin's soldiers and horses entered the city through the corner gate on the west side in groups. A few days ago, Huo Linfeng arranged for the elite cavalry to strangle them in the forest. Calculated, they should have noticed.

Zhang Weiren said: "When Chen Ruoyin got the letter, he will definitely send someone to check in the wild forest. He probably already knows that the general did it."

Huo Linfeng said: "Our Dingbei Army can't fight and kill in Chang'an City. It's not right and wrong, so those ten elite cavalry are wearing the clothes of Prince Rui's personal soldiers." He poured the wine himself, "If it is exposed, It is only said that the gang of barbarians harmed the common people, and Prince Rui sent troops to suppress it for the sake of peace outside the city."

The hot soup in the pot was boiling all the time, and when the small stove below burned out the charcoal fire, the soup stopped bubbling so quickly.Huo Linfeng lowered his eyes and sighed: "Without charcoal fire, good soup cannot be cooked."

Rong Luoyun's heart is like a mirror, and the implication of these words is that without troops, great achievements cannot be achieved.

This time they came to Chang'an, there were only thirty Jingqi, and even Prince Rui's personal soldiers were far from enough.On the day the late emperor passed away, Huo Linfeng met Zhang Weiren once he left the palace, and he only ordered two words: dispatch troops.

Rong Luoyun asked, "How about the situation?"

Huo Linfeng said: "Brother received the news and started to prepare. The selected ones are all the soldiers of the Marquis Mansion. It's just that the new emperor is on guard. The contacts outside the pass are strictly checked, so we can only disperse them to avoid arousing suspicion."

After hearing this, Rong Luoyun said hesitantly, "Actually, I..."

Huo Linfeng looked at him: "What's wrong?"

Without waiting for Rong Luoyun to say it, Zhang Weiren suddenly smiled and intercepted him: "Second Palace Master, in fact, you have secretly contacted the Extraordinary Palace, haven't you?"

Rong Luoyun was slightly startled: "How do you know?"

Zhang Weiren said: "I am a secret agent, a carrier pigeon flew out of Prince Rui's residence, presumably the second palace chief delivered a letter to Xiganling."

Huo Linfeng looked at Rong Luoyun, not knowing why Feige was passing on the letter, Rong Luoyun couldn't hide it any longer, and said frankly: "I understand that there are not enough manpower, so I sent a letter back to summon the disciples of the extraordinary palace to come to Chang'an."

Although Xiqianling is a long way away, the disciples of Bufangong come from the rivers and lakes, so it is very easy to pretend to be scattered. When they receive the order, it shouldn't take too long to ride northward on horseback.He said: "Maybe your soldiers from Saibei have not arrived yet, but my soldiers from Xiganling have come first."

Huo Linfeng was dumbfounded for a moment, he was stunned and didn't know how to deal with Rong Luoyun's all-out help.Under the table, the clasped ankles were warm, and he stared at them intently, unable to say a thousand words in his heart in front of others.

Rong Luoyun was stared at embarrassingly, turned his face away, and said without money here: "Don't be too sentimental, I'm not for you."

"Oh?" Huo Linfeng was sweet, but jealous, "Then who are you, Prince Rui?"

Rong Luoyun said angrily: "Stinky virtue!" He kicked his feet, and the table shook lightly, "I am doing it for myself. Then I will lead the disciples of the Uncommon Palace to kill the traitors. In the future, it will shock the world, and maybe I can become the leader of the martial arts alliance." .”

Huo Linfeng laughed, and thought about it from a different angle. When this guy was the lord of the palace, he recruited big disciples, and he even had to serve him with clothes and hair. If he became the lord of the martial arts alliance, wouldn't he be the one who combed the hair, warmed the bed, squeezed the body... everything Can not be less?

The more he thought about it, the more biased he became, but his heart was really hot, he picked up the bamboo chopsticks and put them into the pot, wanting to add a big piece of mutton to Rong Luoyun.The chopsticks passed through the soup, pattering, and didn't even catch a piece of meat. Turning his face, he saw a mountain of sheep bones piled up in Zhang Weiren's plate.

"..." Huo Linfeng said angrily, "Are you here to eat!"

Rong Luoyun was also dumbfounded: "We don't have a single piece left!"

Zhang Weiren wiped his mouth: "I see that the general and the second palace lord had a very happy conversation, and they didn't care about eating, and they were afraid of wasting this pot of good meat." He spoke plausibly, "So I accepted it with a smile."

As a subordinate who contradicts the general, there are no such rules in the Dingbei Army. Huo Linfeng was about to put on airs, but Zhang Weiren stood up first: "General, Second Palace Mistress, I have reported all important matters, so I will take my leave first."

This is not over yet, before leaving, Zhang Weiren said again: "Be less entangled under the table, carefully lift the table."

Suddenly, his legs were separated, and in response to the movement of the door panel opening and closing, Huo Linfeng and Rong Luoyun not only didn't eat enough mutton, they were also severely ashamed.

When they left the restaurant, the two returned to Prince Rui's Mansion with a distance of eight zhang.

The afternoon was the most sunny, and the Zheyuan Garden was bustling with activity. Rong Duanyu was sitting on the porch holding a hand stove, and Lu Zhun accompanied him to relieve boredom, making the other party rarely smile.Beside the stone table, Duan Huaike was playing with a qin, the strings of the qin were loosened due to bumps on the road, and needed to be adjusted one by one.

Huo Linfeng and Rong Luoyun returned, greeted each other and entered the house. When they arrived in the study, Huo Linfeng sat down and spread paper, while Rong Luoyun stood aside and studied ink.The pen is drawn into a line, and the lines are drawn into a map. The map drawn at this moment is more detailed than before.

"Time flies so fast." Huo Linfeng distractedly said, "Recalling the visit to Lingbi Tang, it still seems like yesterday."

Rong Luoyun's eyes were lowered: "It seems like it happened yesterday to recruit a big disciple in the martial arts competition."

The map of Chang'an City was gradually drawn, and Huo Linfeng held Rong Luoyun on his lap, and explained in detail, the rotation of each checkpoint, defense, and palace gate guards.

Rong Luoyun memorized it seriously, then picked up a vermilion pen, and lightly circled the prime minister's mansion.At this time, the sound of the piano came from outside the window, neither sad nor happy, but somewhat sonorous.

Huo Linfeng said: "Your sister is a powerful woman."

She was originally a daughter of a thousand gold, and she went to exile to the end of the world. In order to get revenge, she committed herself to the land of fireworks and ruined her reputation. Now that she has broken a leg, she doesn't feel sorry for herself, and the sound of the piano reveals a sense of determination.

Rong Luoyun murmured: "Your mother is also a powerful woman."

The two of them seemed to be falling apart at that time, but now they are complimenting each other again, it's rare that it's sunny and warm, why bother to live up to the sunny sky.Suddenly, the sound of the piano outside the window stopped abruptly, which was a bit unusual.

Rong Luoyun got up and went to the window to take a peek, and said, "The butler is here."

Huo Linfeng straightened his clothes, and when the butler trotted into the room, he asked, "But is Prince Rui calling me?"

The housekeeper reported: "It's not my lord, someone from the palace said that the emperor sent General Huo to enter the palace to interrogate Azhatai."

Huo Linfeng set off immediately, and changed his official uniform before leaving. The horses and chariots were already ready in this spare time, and they were all waiting outside the gate of the mansion.Before leaving, Rong Luoyun went out with him, and asked in a low voice: "Since you are required to be present, the emperor will not be partial, is it a good thing?"

Huo Linfeng said: "I wish."

Lifu boarded the car, and the whole team headed towards the imperial palace.

About the time of a cup of tea, the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion was gently opened, and the spies handed in the news, and it was tightly closed again.In the Book Pavilion in Fuzhong, Chen Ruoyin was holding a volume of Buddhist scriptures, burning sandalwood, and reclining on the trembling rattan bed.

The subordinates came down to report: "Master Xiang, Huo Linfeng has entered the palace by order."

"...to rescue the immeasurable bodhisattva and the shravakas." Chen Ruoyin finished reading, "what is the purpose?"

The subordinate replied: "Interview with Azhatai."

Chen Ruoyin squinted, and repeated: "Interview...Azhatai?" He put down the scriptures, turned over, made the rattan bed creak, and then laughed, laughing so arrogantly that his whole body twitched .

The subordinates were puzzled: "Master Xiang, you..."

Chen Ruoyin said: "Azhatai died in the dungeon last night, it was because of the poisonous wine that the truth poured."

At that time, the emperor was on the sidelines.

The subordinate was surprised and said: "The emperor ordered Huo Linfeng to interrogate..."

"What kind of interrogation?" Chen Ruoyin replied with a smile, "This trick is to invite you into the urn."