Chapter 683: I am enough to take over your palace
"Oh, it seems that there is no chance for the time being. It's a pity, I think my two dogs should like this delicacy." Chu Pingsheng turned forward and took another advantage. Sunset tilted her head slightly, her gaze flickering : "I haven't heard of pandas. What about tapirs? I haven't heard of them either? What about Huang Longshi? He will die by my sword after all."
Chu Pingsheng left, with his feet on green bricks and his shoulders. He carried a long knife, a dangling oil paper bag, and a white prison uniform that was baggy.
Duo!
In the Sauce Beef Shop, the girl who usually only laughed and laughed slashed her knife down half an inch into the chopping board. The newly cut meat slices were shattered by the knife. The old man was so frightened that he quickly pushed her to the back kitchen. , put the crushed beef into a bowl with a painful look on his face, prepared to bake two steamed buns for dinner, put them in the middle, and poured some homemade soy sauce on them. It was another nutritious and delicious meal.
Huh? What about soy sauce?
The small black porcelain pot on the counter is gone.
After half a cup of tea, the same scene appeared in the Zijin Tower, the first gold-selling cave in Lingzhou City. Unfortunately, since Yu Huakui was brought into the house by Prince Liang, the number of guests in the Zijin Tower suddenly decreased a lot.
“On the account of Xu Fengnian, the crown prince of Bei Ming.”
Chu Pingsheng’s prison uniform was even more outstanding than before, because the blood stains were removed and a lot of big red lipsticks were added, a ten He bought two, plus a pot of fine red wine that had been warmed in the girl's arms. He also snatched the bracelet from the female Tanhua, swearing that it would be used to save the souls of the dead and suppress evil spirits, so he hung it on the blade and took the credit. .
...
"Lin Tanhua left Zijin Tower and went to Lingchun Hall in the south of the city. She ordered a sachet from the old master who had helped the young lady prepare her dowry, using the piece of horse picked on the tip of the knife. Pi, tell the store to prepare it and deliver it to my house, or... it will be on credit."
In Prince Liang's Mansion, in Xu Xiao's study, the incense sticks and green smoke are straight, the Hui ink in the inkstone is not dry, and there are some paintings piled randomly on the short table on the wide couch, all painted by Xu Xiao, intercepted halfway The painting in the hands of the remnants of the Chu Kingdom by Xu Fengnian was one of the best and most similar paintings.
At this time, Ye Xizhen was standing in front of the couch, spinning a moiré sapphire cup in his hand and telling Xu Xiao, who was listening with squinted eyes, the whereabouts and actions of Lin Tanhua after leaving the prison.
“What then?”
"Then he went to the Chinese medicine shop in Qingsongfang and grabbed some medicine."
"Get medicine?"
"Yes, he asked for three qian of Suye and two qian. Red flowers, half a handful of Angelica dahurica, and nine liang and nine purple river carts, ten kilograms The man was yellow, so he asked the apprentice to pack the load and go to Chu Lushan's house. "
Xu Xiao thought of something and took off his boots while sitting on the stool next to the desk. , and glanced at his own son who slapped the gravel outside. A few days ago, Xu Fengnian was assassinated by Yu Youwei while visiting Zijin Tower. In order to scare the monkeys, and to force out the mastermind who might be hiding in the military camp, Xu Fengnian was given a whip by Chu Lushan. He was beaten until his skin was torn and his flesh was dripping with blood. He couldn't bear to look at it.
"He also gave Chu Lushan a poem."
Ye Xizhen put his hand into the sleeve of the white-edged Confucian robe, touched it a few times, took out a rolled white paper and presented it with both hands. It's very narrow, his palms are very wide, and his waist is deeply bent, so solemn that it feels a bit fake.
Xu Xiao took the white paper, rubbed his hands on his legs, raised his sleeves, and unfolded them to take a closer look.
"In the arms of a wealthy woman, there is shampoo, food and care essence. She has nothing to do in her life, which makes her master laugh twice."
"Hahaha..."
Xu Xiao laughed twice, raised one eye and glanced at Xu Fengnian, who was wearing boots: "How about this poem?"
"Good work should be rewarded."
"I heard that the prince Did you say so? "
Ye Xi. He really looked back at Prince Bei Ming who had put on his shoes and was jumping up and down on the ground with his hands and sleeves raised: "Adopted father?"
"Didn't he pay the whole process on credit? Since it was in the name of the crown prince, then Just go and pay the money back.”
That’s what it meant.
Ye Xizhen thought to himself that he really knew his son better than his father.
"Father, he went to another place."
"Say."
"The coffin shop."
"Coffin shop?"
"Yes, he ordered a fine nanmu coffin, big enough to hold a bear."
"For himself?"
Xu Xiao suppressed his smile and laughed and scolded Chu Gou for buying meat and wine. It was hard to figure out for a while, but ordering a coffin... had to make people think more.
"No, he asked the hard worker outside the coffin shop to transport the coffin to Wuyun Town, Baili in the southwest, the hometown of Fengziying Wudi General Ning Emei. The freight was not owed on credit. It was he who held the knife rest against the coffin shop owner. On his neck, he was ordered to pay. Of course, in the end, it was on Ji Shizi's account. I wonder if this... is a reward?"
"Reward."
"Yes."
"Is there any more?"
"And then..." Ye Xizhen pondered for a moment and said: "He boarded the distance south There is a line of writing on the wall of the bell tower not far from the door. Qingzhou Lin Tanhua came here and..."
"What else?"
"He also peed in the corner very rudely."
Speaking of this incident, Ye Xizhen was a little angry, because Xu Xiao's order to him was not to miss any details, so he not only went to the scene After walking around for a while, just to be on the safe side, I had people fan the wind and smell it, fearing that the news would be conveyed by smell. Xu Xiao shook his sleeves, pointed at the ground and said angrily: "Is this something a scholar can do?" Shameless thing."
Xu Xiao raised his head and looked at the cool night outside, thinking about this. In half an hour, dinner will be served at the palace: "Where is he now?"
"On the way to the palace."
"It seems that the news has been passed on." Xu Xiao squinted, and his peripheral vision covered this tiger, two bears, three dogs, and six adopted sons. The reassuring one: "Do you think among those people who come into contact with Lin Tanhua? Who is the most suspicious?"
"They are all suspicious."
"Go and check the background of these people, and find out the power behind them."
“Yes.”
Ye Xizhen bowed and saluted, turned and left. Although he was wearing a Confucian robe and behaved in a gentle manner, he was straightforward, serious about things, and acted vigorously and resolutely. He was really a rare wise general, otherwise he would not be ranked among the "Two Bears" instead. Three dogs.
Xu Xiao looked at his own son who was resting on a round stool with his cheeks in his hands and said, "What do you think of this matter?"
"He knows the soy sauce shop I often go to. He threatened Lao Jiatou and Miss Hehe, and entered Zijinlou, whose business was greatly affected by the assassination of Yu Youwei. Not only did he know about Chu Lushan being whipped, but he also gave Ning E Eyebrow sets the coffin, Xu Xiao, he has a lot of information in his hands. How did you become the King of Beiyu? You can know everything about what happened at home."
"I let people know. Are you sure you did all these things?”
“I did it right, but Xiao Zuo must be yours.”
"Can't he be yours?"
"No, I haven't returned for three years and I don't know anything about the palace. Who knows who you let in."
"That can't be the case. It's the old man's ban in the palace. Can't resist the temptation, have you been bribed? I asked you to come up with an idea, but you exposed my shortcomings."
"..."
The father and son were blushing. It’s not that you’re so noisy that you’re red in the face.
"You want me to find a way? If Ye Xizhen can't dig out the power behind him, there is only one way now."
"What way?"
"It is better for a strong man to cut off his wrist than to let him hold him back. Walk with nose in your nose.”
"It's a bit cold today..." Xu Xiao hid his hands in his wide sleeves: "I'm thinking, if I kill Jiang Ni, who will warm your bed in the future."
"Xu Xiao..."
Xu Fengnian was just about to say a few words to Yin Yang, the guy who betrayed his own son, when he heard the sound of footsteps outside. Butler Shen's family was not in a hurry. After entering the house, he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, that Lin Qing has taken over the palace." The guards guarding the main gate were killed.”
Xu Xiao, who was still smiling just now, suddenly waved his sleeves and revealed the portraits of his sons on the table. There was a crash on the ground: "Didn't I tell everyone to go down and not stop him?"
"He said it will be cold tonight, so he killed two people to keep warm. He also said..."
“What else can you say?”
“It’s hard work for General Ye to follow you all the way. The two heads at the door are just for drinking.”
Xu Xiao didn't say anything, but waved his hand with a troubled look on his face.
The housekeeper bowed deeply, bowed and retreated slowly, walking back to the door before turning around and leaving the study in small steps just as he came in.
“I’ll do as you say.”
“Aren’t you going to dig out the power behind him?”
“It’s just a change of stones, the chess game will continue to play out. ”
at the same time.
Chu Pingsheng was still wearing the dirty white and red prison uniform that could not tell whether it was blood or rouge. He was walking on the road leading to Wutong Garden where Xu Fengnian lived. He carried a long knife on his right shoulder. One end of the long knife is the rosary of Purple Tower Girl Tanhua Zhenxie, one end is a dangling oil paper bag, the oil paper bag contains soy beef, and the other hand is holding two heads, the kind that refuses to rest in silence, looks a bit scary.
The corridors on both sides of the pond were wiped clean, the paint was bright and spotless. It was the result of two hours of busy work by Hongshu and the girls in the palace. However, as soon as he left, the blood on the knife head dripped. Yes, the head in my hand was also dripping, and it just drained all the way.
“Stop.”
In a voice full of anger, the maid Hongshu, who was wearing a bright red brocade robe and a precious Sichuan embroidered ribbon wrapped around her wrist, brought her with her, who had just escaped from her status as a dead soldier. The blue bird and the second-class maid Green Ant, who was the best at playing chess to make Xu Fengnian happy, walked out of the moon cave door leading directly to Wutong Garden and blocked his way.
"This is Wutong Garden, not the place you should come to."
"Wutong Garden? It is the residence of Xu Fengnian, the crown prince of Beiyu."
"Exactly."
"King of Northern Star The mansion sits on the entire Qingliang Mountain, with criss-crossed corridors and twists and turns. Wutong Garden is really hard to find. If I hadn’t killed two stupid servants, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have been able to find the one who came here even if I found Yuexia Guishao. Road." Chu Pingsheng pointed. The osmanthus tree on the other side of the courtyard wall was bright green and deep yellow. "The prince is the same. He took me to visit the back garden of the palace and the Tingchao Pavilion. I ate the newly arrived purple grapes and saw the three-thousand-jin giant tree at the bottom of the lake. Lao Kui, who was trapped by the iron ball, understood again The only thing I haven’t visited yet is the Wutong Garden where the prince lives. Do you think you are neglecting me, the man who went north to visit him specially? ”
(End of this chapter)