hold this little monk

The sky was getting darker and darker, probably to echo the exclamation over there, suddenly it rained heavily, and the ministers who were still outside were in a panic, including Xiaoxuan and Ming An.

Now everyone crowded to the side of the main hall, but the voice did not come from the main hall, but from his study.

Bi Kong hurried over, only to see the [-]-year-old official who had just asked him for pens and inks was standing in his study, tremblingly pointing to a portrait he hung on the wall. It can be seen that it is today's upstart, King Yi.

This old minister is a loyal minister of the late emperor, and he has always followed only those who he thought were right. If he hadn't also supported the empress, he would not be able to stand in this place now and cause an uproar.

He will stay until this time, which shows that he supports Bi Kong, but now his expression is full of anger.

"I am not talented, but I know a little calligraphy and painting. I would like to ask Your Highness, who painted this painting, and where did you get the materials?" The old man with white hair shook his head in disappointment, "This kind of material looks similar to that of our Ziling Palace. The paintings are similar, but they are actually different. I have seen paintings of this style before, and in the hands of Yue people, how could His Highness hook up with Yue people again? Should Your Highness give an answer?"

Shi Xu's heart skipped a beat. This painting was drawn by Xiaoxuan with the brush and ink of the Yue people when he was admiring the snow. He did use the things of the Yue people, but what is the use of this explanation?Ming Qiao has already died in Changle, if he tells the truth, those who don't know the inside story will only think that they are prevaricating, and those who know the inside story... those spies hiding in the palace and the court will be frightened.

This step is really unexpected.

Xiaoxuan ran over with Ming An in his arms along the way, Ming An was fine, he was really in a mess, he intended to find Bi Kong to change into his clothes, but didn't want to see this scene.

He barely squeezed to the front of the crowd, and found that the painting in the old man's hand was indeed the one he had painted.

The old man picked a good time, and I don't know if it was intentional. When he did this, countless celebrities and courtiers who stayed until this time, who were biased towards Bi Kong, were shocked and shaken.

"My lord, you misunderstood." Xiaoxuan stood in front wetly, holding his arms a little coldly.

The veteran recognized him and waved his hand: "Master Xiaoxuan, I admire the friendship between you and His Highness, but you should know better than anyone else that the paint in your Ziling Palace is not as sticky and thick, and you still want it. Said that you accidentally made a Danqing with the same material as that used by the people of the Moon Kingdom by chance? Lord Xiaoxuan, you have to think about it before you talk about it, this is a major event that cannot be ambiguous!"

Xiaoxuan understood the warning meaning in his words, if he said that this painting was made by him, it would be tantamount to implicating him with the people of Yueguo, but these words were indeed painted by him, it was hard for him Draw a gouache painting, but now you can't even admit it?

"My lord, I appreciate your kindness, but..."

"Xiaoxuan," Bi Kong interrupted him, "Yuhe is outside, go and change first, don't catch a cold."

He interrupted Xiaoxuan without hesitation. Whether it was for the overall situation or for Xiaoxuan's sake, he couldn't tell the truth in front of so many people. No one can guarantee that Wang Min has been investigating. Whether the spies are mixed in, if they startle the snake, the consequences will be disastrous.

It’s not that Xiaoxuan doesn’t know this. He just wanted to say that these paintings were indeed made by him. Although this will make everyone associate him with the people of Yueguo, it’s better than them stuffing Bikong into the muddy water. He's just a painter anyway.

But Bi Kong...

"Okay, call me if you want me to come." He patted Bi Kong on the shoulder and accepted Bi Kong's choice to push him out of the chess game. At this time, he could only trust and support him unconditionally.

Distraught, Xiaoxuan dragged away Ming An who was still at a loss outside the crowd, Bi Kong heaved a sigh of relief, Shi Xu didn't say a word, he seemed stunned, but he was actually thinking about all the countermeasures .

No matter which method is used, it is impossible to explain the source of this painting well in public, but the truth cannot be easily revealed, so the only way to retreat is to keep silent for the time being, and when the matter gets to His Majesty, we can talk to you again. Explain the matter clearly to His Majesty alone, Wang Min must have reported the matter of Mingqiao to His Majesty.Only in this way, King Yi's reputation abroad will definitely be affected.

Apparently Bi Kong agreed with him, he said: "Master Xu is right, this is indeed made with the Dan Qing of the people of Yue Kingdom, but does Master Xu know that the material of Dan Qing was brought from Tianzhu?"

"Tianzhu?" Xu Yang frowned, "Does Your Highness want to say that this painting was brought back from Tianzhu by His Highness? Your Highness is really courageous."

"This thing was brought by the Persians in Tianzhu, but we haven't had a place for it in Daping, so the Persians didn't bring it to Daping, but Ziling Temple is already preparing to go to Tianzhu to bring back these paintings. , these things may not be exclusive to Yue people in the future."

"What about now? Your Highness, why beat around the bush."

"Some things are not as simple as they appear on the surface. When I say this, Mr. Xu probably doesn't believe me, but this painting really has nothing to do with the people of Yueguo." At this point, Bi Kong was relieved, "My lord can report to His Majesty. How can Xiao Wang explain it to His Majesty, but there are too many people here, so I can't speak clearly."

He said everything that could be said, and did not involve Xiaoxuan at all. He could only say this. Believe it or not, go or stay, it's up to those people.

Shi Xu seized the opportunity and said: "Although I don't have much weight, I am willing to use my life to guarantee that what His Highness just said is true."

Xu Yang pondered for a moment with a cold face, shook his sleeves and left, and said in a deep voice: "I hope His Highness can give His Majesty and me a clear answer, instead of such vague words now!"

He took almost half of the people away, and some of the remaining people didn't understand the reason. Shi Xu had nothing to say about the twists and turns of the banquet. One day he would feel that he should comfort Liu Ling of.

But Liu Ling's face didn't change, and he didn't even frown, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you okay, Your Highness?" Shi Xu asked in surprise.

Bi Kong smiled: "It's okay, I will solve it. It's raining heavily outside, do you want to stay overnight?"

Shi Xu immediately realized what he was thinking, and said with a wretched expression: "Will you tell Xiaoxuan exactly what he said later?"

"No, needless to say, it's impossible for me to let him go back in such heavy rain." Bi Kong held up the oil-paper umbrella and handed it to Shi Xu, "You can stay as you like, and if you want to rest, just find a maid Lead the way, I'll go first."

Holding an oil-paper umbrella, Shi Xu folded his arms and looked at the tall and clear figure in the rain, which looked like otherworldly fireworks. His heart was filled with emotion, and he muttered: "Who would have thought of such a cold figure? In fact, I was thinking of beasts and beasts." things."

The rain changed from heavy rain to light rain, and it was late at night, and the people who stayed in Prince Yi's mansion were all their own people, even those little maids were sent back by Shi Xu's hands.

Yuhe was also very sensible, and led Ming An to live in another courtyard, leaving Xiaoxuan alone in Bi Kong's main house.The person serving Bi Kong's daily life is an old woman with an amiable smile, but unfortunately she is dumb, which is also in line with Bi Kong's quiet temperament.

I don't know what Yuhe and the old woman explained, Xiaoxuan just felt that the woman looked at him more kindly, and there were even pink flower petals floating on the hot water prepared for him.

"Tsk, extravagant feudal aristocrat." Xiao Xuan took off his clothes and entered the barrel happily.

He soaked in the wooden barrel prepared for him by the woman, and the bath was warm and steamy, barely dispelling the depression caused by the absurd incident just now. He has lived here for 21 years, and he has never soaked in such a big wooden barrel. The bucket bath can almost make him lie down.

No wonder the Japanese like to take a bath so much, it is really comfortable.

Xiaoxuan thought to himself, the whole person dived underwater, only pink petals, long black hair and bubbling bubbles remained on the surface of the water.

Since coming here, without the professional and modern swimming facilities, he has never gone swimming by the river or stream.In his previous life, he liked swimming very much, and this hobby was so frustrating that he was lying in this big wooden barrel now, and he had the urge to swim in place here.

If the wooden barrel was really big enough to straighten him out, he might even play with the "floating corpse".

Bi Kong came from the study on the other side of the main hall, and saw Wang Ma standing outside his house at a glance. Wang Ma was smiling, her eyes were narrowed into a slit, her slightly round face was radiant, and she looked into his eyes. It is full of kindness.

There are only a few servants in his yard, and Wang Ma, who has been in charge of his personal internal affairs, is still the nanny of Prince Yi's mansion. He has always treated Wang Ma as a family member. Wang Ma has no son, and basically treats him as his own son.

It was the first time he saw Wang Ma's smile so meaningful...

Seeing him coming, Wang Ma pointed to something inside the room.

Bi Kong suddenly understood: "Is he taking a bath? You also took the biggest wooden barrel in the mansion... Well, it's been hard work... Ah, and you also sprinkled flower petals?"

Wang Ma was really hardworking.

Bi Kong held back his smile, quietly pushed open the door and walked in, and quietly went around behind the screen. For the first time, he felt that his room was too big, and he had to walk such a long way to get close.

The people in the wooden barrel behind the screen were just doing nothing, diving into the water to hold their breath, holding their breath for several rounds and still having fun, unaware that someone was coming.

Bi Kong leaned against the screen, looking fondly at the petals and hair on the water, his eyes were full of smiles, Xiao Xuan always liked to use the fact that he had lived two lives as a bargaining chip for reason, to show that he was mature, now Look, which door is mature?

With his elbows on the rim of the barrel, he reached out to scoop up his long, wet hair from the water.This action finally startled the underwater people, Xiaoxuan jumped up from the water, pink petals were still left on the chain bones on his face, the water droplets outlined his cheeks and flowed down, before he had time to raise his hand After wiping off the water around the eyes, a womanizer pinched her chin and kissed her warm lips.

"Well, I...wait..."

Xiaoxuan wants to cry but has no tears, can't wait for him to wipe his eyes, the eyes are a little sore, and he just finished holding his breath, and he hasn't recovered at all, so he kissed him suddenly...Although he likes it very much...but he is out of breath ah!

After a long while of lip and tongue entanglement, Bi Kong let him go and wiped off the water stains on his face. Their faces were still close at hand, and each other's warm breath was clearly hitting the skin.

"I regret that I can't draw, otherwise I would have drawn your appearance just now." Bi Kong thought of the lively and fragrant picture just now, and felt that the temperature in the room was a little higher.

Xiaoxuan stared at those dark and bright eyes, stretched out his wet hand to his lips, and said with a smile: "I will, why don't you come in and let me enjoy the look that makes your heart flutter, and then I will Draw you down... Hey!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he was lifted up, and the suddenly cold air forced him to huddle in the arms of the instigator. Facts have proved that with great strength, one can do whatever he wants.

"Leng—Your Highness, are you trying to freeze me to death, so that you can flirt with others?" Xiao Xuan unceremoniously stretched his cold hand into the man's clothes.

Bi Kong only felt that he was holding a piece of hot firewood in his arms, rubbing it close to his ear, and said softly: "There have been too many pictures of bathing since ancient times, why don't we go to bed, brother can consider drawing spring and palace pictures .”

After all, he couldn't help but walk towards the bed with the person in his arms.

"It seems that there are very few erotic palaces," Xiaoxuan was puzzled at first, then noticed his reddened ears, and raised his eyebrows playfully, "Are you embarrassed to take a bath with me?"

"……No."

"Then why did your ears turn so red?" Xiaoxuan marveled, "I really couldn't think of it, I thought you were not afraid of anything, and you didn't change your face when you said dirty words, but it turned out to be a paper tiger. I'll be scared after taking a bath... Hiss... Don't bite my mouth! Puppy!"

"Puppy?" Bi Kong smiled, "It seems pretty good."

Xiaoxuan: "..."

He seems to have inadvertently pressed a strange button.

This night is still very long.