Cub Nursery

Jing Fengye took a deep breath, and hurriedly carried Yan Xun out, lowered his head and felt that it was inappropriate, and hurriedly turned away.Changed the warm water again, and then carried Yan Xun into the tub, holding him with one hand the whole time.

In the year of the dance statue, Yan Xun is only 16 years old this year, and he is also a brother. He is already slender, and Jing Fengye can hold it with one hand without any effort.

Squatting next to the tub and watching for a while, Jing Fengye touched his burning ears, took a step back, and hurriedly moved forward to look at Yan Xun and test the temperature of the water.

Yan Xun suddenly felt warm all over his body, snorted and opened his eyes, seeing Jing Fengye squatting beside him, "En?" He just woke up with a strong nasal voice, soft and sticky.

"My lord is asleep, I'll help you change the water." Jing Fengye hurried forward, took a handkerchief to help Yan Xun wipe off the moisture on his face.

"Ah." Yan Xun realized, "I'm going out."

Yan Xun was still a little confused, he stood up with the wooden basin, felt dizzy, and was about to fall to the side.Jing Fengye hurriedly put his arms around Yan Xun, worried: "Are you alright, sir?"

"It's okay." After wiping his face, Yan Xun leaned against Jing Fengye, "The windows inside are too small, and the outside is blocked again. This will happen if there is no oxygen for a long time."

Somewhat dizzy, he went to the small room outside, Yan Xun sat on the wide low bed covered with fur, Jing Fengye hurriedly took out clothes from the wooden cabinet and put them on for Yan Xun.

"Big... man, it's all right." Jing Fengye's voice became a little hoarse, and he turned his head away not to look at Yan Xun.

Putting on his clothes, he pushed open the door, Yan Xun woke up suddenly when the cold wind blew outside, and realized that he was being served by Jing Fengye, his cheeks turned slightly red, and he hurried out, "It's your turn to wash. ,I am going out."

The cub with the body of a snake outside was lying in front of the stove, its tail wrapped around firewood and thrown into the stove.

The claw cub was standing on a high bench with small gloves on his paws, stirring the soybean milk with a spoon.

"It looks like the pot is about to boil, let me come." Yan Xun hurried over, took the spoon and stirred gently, after a while, the pot really boiled.

Jing Fengye took a shower, and washed Yan Xun's clothes at the same time, and then came out to help clean up the soap and tofu.When seeing Yan Xun, Jing Fengye subconsciously wanted to retreat, but her body obediently stepped forward.

"This is the soap I made, for you to use." Jing Fengye said, and handed over an oiled paper package alone.

Inside the oiled paper bag is transparent soap without flowers, with a pattern of dragon scales on it, which smells a little special, Yan Xun smelled it, and said clearly: "New pattern? It smells good."

After leaving Honglu Temple, I saw Du Qinsheng again, very high-spirited and extremely proud.

"Yan Xun, my father is fine, and he got a reward." Du Qinsheng said happily.

"The tofu recipe..." Yan Xun remained calm.

Du Qinsheng was still excited, and proudly said: "Song Feiliang wrote a new poem, comparing tofu to a boudoir girl, and those whorehouses and brothels are busy singing it. Don't mention the tofu business, you can get it next time." Do more for me."

"Fang Zi." Yan Xun reached out and knocked on the table, "If you don't listen to me again, I will tell the people in the yamen what your father and you have done."

Although the tofu and soap passed the emperor's clear road and Du Xuanfeng's life was saved, the others didn't know that these two were made by the cubs who came from Honglu Temple and were taken as hostages by the demon kingdom.

"Are you still threatening me?" Du Qinsheng's eyes widened.

"En." Yan Xun admitted generously.

Du Qinsheng was really helpless, even Du Xuanfeng couldn't think of a way but to admit it.

After getting the letter, Yan Xun took the money to buy paper and ink.It happened that they met Zhou Guang at the paper and ink shop, and ended up going back to Honglu Temple together.

"Master Zhou, is there something you don't understand?" After entering Honglu Temple, the cubs ran into the house to prepare fruit bowls and honey water, Jing Fengye went to boil hot water, and Yan Xun led Zhou Guang to sit in the side shed Down.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and there is a thick layer of hay around the shed, and the wooden benches inside are covered with a layer of fur cushions. There is a charcoal stove on the table, which can be warmed by boiling water.

Glancing at the little cub who was peeking out of the shed because of curiosity, Zhou Guang actually smiled and said: "The old man has already played the emperor, and I will definitely give my brother a credit."

Zhou Guang refused to say anything else, and Yan Xun was not in a hurry.

It just so happened that it was time for dinner, so Yan Xun ordered a brave little cub to accompany Zhou Guang in the shed with Jing Fengye, and went to prepare a few dishes by himself.

Stir-fried ones, stir-fried ones, and Yan Xun’s specially marinated ones, they don’t look very good, but they taste great.

Served on the table steaming hot, there are sliced ​​meat rolls with fat and lean meat inside, which is very fragrant.

The cubs are also in the shed, holding their own wooden bowls, which contain meat rolls and vegetables.The snake-body cub has a spoon and fork specially made by Yan Xun, both with special grooves, and the tip of the tail just rolls up firmly.

Before eating, the little cubs lined up to wash their hands with soap and wipe them clean before coming in.

Zhou Guang looked at it, stood up and washed his hands, his eyes were a little strange.

Needless to say, the taste of the food, like Zhou Guang, who is used to delicacies from mountains and seas, eats more than usual, and he gets close to Yan Xun a lot, so he said directly, "How old is the old man, Mr. Yan, why don't you take advantage of it and call you Yan Xun?" How is brother?"

This is a university scholar, a figure in the cabinet with hands and eyes open to the sky. Yan Xun originally thought about step by step, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, so he hurriedly agreed, "Brother Zhou, this is the little brother who took advantage of it."

"Haha, where is it." Zhou Guang laughed loudly and chatted a few more words before saying, "I think the bathhouse seems to be very useful, but I don't know how to build it. Brother Yan doesn't need to say how, I just want to ask , can you build me such a one.”

Zhou Guang is getting old, his hands and feet get cold when it's cold, he had this idea when he saw the steaming bathhouse last time, and he has been thinking about it for a few days after going back.

"It's not difficult, but it's not easy either." Yan Xun looked at Feng Ye in his glasses, and lowered his voice slightly, "Brother Zhou, I have an unfeeling request. I need his help to build a bathhouse."

As far as the point is concerned, Zhou Guang understood.

Yan Xun carefully looked at his expression, found that there was no embarrassment or frowning, he just thought for a moment and said: "I need to go back and think of a solution." This means that Yan Xun must help.

"That's good, don't force it." Yan Xun said with a smile, "The bathhouse of Honglu Temple is used every day, Brother Zhou can come anytime."

Zhou Guang was sent away, and the gate of Honglu Temple was closed.

Jing Fengye hurried over, puzzled and said: "The bathhouse is clearly..."

"Hush." ​​Yan Xun stretched out his hand and pressed Xia Jingfengye's lips, "Zhou Guang must be responsible for this matter. So whatever I say is what I say, don't you want to leave Honglu Temple and go look outside?"

Every time Yan Xun goes out these days, he always talks about the changes outside.

The tofu is blown out from Honglu Temple like the wind, and now it is everywhere in the capital. Even Sunjia Village knows that tofu is fresh for three days, but it's a pity that they haven't tasted it yet.

Pei Yu'er likes the soap that looks like a cub with a snake's body, and when she gives it away, she changes it into a soap that looks like another cub. Wang Zhen'er knew about this, and it spread everywhere.

At that time, Yan Xun happened to see it outside, Pei Yuer was not happy, and asked Wang Zhener to reason, now everyone in the capital knows that the family Ziyu likes the soap that looks like a snake body, and others don't like it.

The little cubs and Jing Fengye imagine what it looks like outside every day.

But they knew they couldn't leave Honglu Temple, and there were countless Taoist soldiers guarding outside, and they couldn't even show their faces every time the door was opened.

If there is a chance to go out...

Jing Fengye glanced at the expecting cubs, "You can let them go out and have a look."

"You don't have to be humble." Yan Xun smiled and touched the snake cub's head, "Everyone has a chance to go out, but you need to wait patiently, you know? Let Jing Fengye go out first this time, he is already so old I haven’t even seen what it looks like on the street outside.”

As soon as he heard that he had a chance, the little cub hurried over, looked at Yan Xun eagerly, and wanted to hear what was going on outside.

"I heard people say that Song Feiliang actually washes his feet with soap every day." Yan Xun said with a smile.

"Huh?" The snake-body cub looked over curiously.

Jing Fengye is also curious. Although everyone often uses soap, they don't wash their feet with soap every day.

"Do you know why?" Seeing that the cubs didn't understand, Yan Xun replied with a smile, "Because Seong Feiliang's feet are very smelly. But since he got soap, his feet are not It stinks."

Song Feiliang's poems and essays are famous all over the world, and his feet are also famous for his smelly feet, but since soap came out, this matter has changed.

Write the tofu recipe with gypsum brine on the white paper, Yan Xun also wrote pinyin on it, engraved the same pattern as the short and fat cub on the soap around it, and wrote the word "conservation hall" in the bottom right corner , the top is the word 'tofu recipe'.

The written white paper is pasted on the wooden board in turn and then carved into shape, and the printing is the appearance of the front.

"There is me." The flower tree cub held its chubby face and looked up at its little head. There was a flower floating beside the squat and squat figure.

The little cubs were all looking for their own appearance, watching happily.

"Can it be cut into small squares?" Yan Xun asked with a smile.

"En." Cub Claw nodded.

The small gloves were taken off, and there were thin ropes on both ends, just hanging around the neck.

The sharp claw cub's nails popped out, and compared with a straight wooden strip, it was quickly cut horizontally and vertically like cutting tofu, and the cut surface was extremely smooth.

Yan Xun found a larger wooden frame, put these squares in to form a complete engraving block, and took them out to form a scattered movable type engraving block.

Before leaving Honglu Temple again, all the cubs looked at Yan Xun expectantly, even Jing Fengye, who was always steady, kept rubbing his hands.Yan Xun saw it, smiled and said nothing.

He was going to see Du Qinsheng, so he might not be able to meet Zhou Guang, not to mention that Zhou Guang did not have the final say on Honglu Temple, it had to depend on the opinion of the man in the palace.

But Yan Xun didn't want to disappoint the cubs, so he came out this time to ask Zhou Guang for a question.

Seeing Du Qinsheng, Yan Xun cut to the chase and said, "I have no other requirements. I asked your father to present these things. I can only use this. If the person in the palace disagrees, your father will be in trouble in the future!"

"No, in the palace... what are you threatening my father for?" Du Qinsheng didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly held the wooden box with both hands.

"I'm happy." Yan Xun said lightly.

Du Qinsheng really had no choice but to hold his nose and go home to find his father.

The box was not sealed, so anyone could open it and read it. Du Xuanfeng looked at it right away, feeling vaguely that the contents inside were unusual, but he didn't understand printing, and he didn't even know a few words, let alone studying.

It's just that the person from Honglu Temple made this thing, Du Xuanfeng didn't dare to neglect it, and rushed into the palace in a hurry.

After entering the imperial study, Du Xuanfeng saw that General Yang Shuning was still there, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat, but he didn't dare to speak.

"Hmph!" Yang Shuning snorted coldly, he couldn't get used to Du Xuanfeng's kind of person who didn't even know how to flirt, and only knew how to flatter him.

"What's next to Aiqing?" These days Du Xuanfeng often comes to the palace to deliver tofu, the emperor eats it happily, but the other concubines eat plaster tofu made by the palace themselves, the taste is different, and they all change their ways Competing for favor, wanting to eat the same as the emperor.The emperor was in a good mood, and he was not angry when he saw Du Xuanfeng, but was in high spirits.

Du Xuanfeng hurriedly presented the wooden box.

There is nothing special inside, just a piece of paper that has been successfully printed, a box of movable type printing, and how to use it.

"Ask Zhou Guang to come and see me!" The emperor looked solemn when he saw it.

The printed paper was placed on the desk. As a general, Yang Shuning was extremely tall. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the pudgy cub on it, and immediately frowned.

He had already discussed the matter with the emperor, logically it was time to step down, but Yang Shuning just sat still.

The emperor kept gesticulating with the small square, and didn't notice that Yang Shuning hadn't stepped back.

As soon as Zhou Guang came, he saw the small square in the emperor's hand and immediately understood.He studied knowledge, and naturally he knew how difficult it was to print, and the printed books were extremely precious. The students of Guozijian and Taixue all copied books by themselves.

After putting the wooden pieces together, Zhou Guang noticed the sculptures of pudgy cubs around him, and the three characters 'Conservation Hall'.

"Is this what Yan Xun, Cheng Yanxun of Honglu Temple... did?" Zhou Guang suddenly understood.

The emperor looked at Du Xuanfeng, and the latter hurriedly explained, taking the opportunity to say: "Yan Xun must use this printing..."

"Yan Xun has a great talent." Zhou Guang didn't know what Du Xuanfeng said, and said directly, "Your Majesty, this son has a broad mind beyond the reach of an old minister, and he often has strange ideas."

Having said that, the emperor thought of tofu and soap, both of which came from Honglu Temple.

It's just that with this engraving and printing, more people are bound to see the appearance of the short and fat cub, so the emperor hesitates.

Seeing the emperor pondering, Zhou Guang said, "Your Majesty, the old minister often goes to Honglu Temple these days, and there is something very strange there, the walls are hot, and I just want to ask Yan Xun to build one for the old minister..."

"What thing?" The emperor suddenly became interested, so he naturally went to Weifu to see when it was finished.

"It's just..." Zhou Guang lowered his voice, "Yan Xun needs to bring a monster from Honglu Temple with him."

"You must not!" Yang Shuning hurriedly knelt down and said loudly, "Please think twice, Your Majesty. The defeat of the Yao Kingdom is a good thing, but the Tiger Demon King sent ten cubs as hostages. It must have no good intentions. Now let the Dao Bing Tuan Tuan It’s good to surround Honglu Temple, but once released, the consequences will be unimaginable! The veteran has been fighting for more than ten years, and he knows how cruel those monsters are better than anyone else!”

Every time a monster invades, the border will be devastated. Even if the monster country is defeated this time, it will only be a miserable victory here.

The big monster covers the sky and the earth at every turn, as big as a mountain, and its magical powers are even more terrifying. It can swallow dozens of lives in one bite.There are Taoist soldiers who have been poisoned by demons, even if they look like they have no wounds on their bodies, they can't live long.

Yang Shuning has been fighting all the year round, and has countless wounds on his body, many of which are left by monsters and have not healed so far.

"Your Majesty, that's a big monster that eats people." Zhou Guang cupped his hands at the emperor and said calmly, "There are only ten cubs from Honglu Temple. Yan Xun gets along with them day and night, is there anything wrong? That adult big monster is just a prototype It's nothing more than a piece of dragon scales, if the emperor's real dragon suppresses the capital, what kind of waves can he make?"

Ordinary people can't see it, but people who practice Taoism know that the emperor has a real dragon to protect his body. Even if the palace is not heavily guarded, monsters will be torn to pieces by the real dragon as long as they approach.

The emperor immediately puffed up his chest, he did have such confidence.

"Monsters are always cunning and changeable, they can even change their appearance, Yan Xun may be bewitched by monsters." Yang Shuning refused to give an inch, "The emperor is aware that Yan Xun may be deceived by those monsters! There can be no ordinary people in Honglu Temple! "

"Why can't there be? Is the majestic Qin even afraid of a few cubs? Where is the soldier? Where is the emperor? How can he go to battle and kill the enemy? Could it be that he wants to hide when he sees monsters?" Zhou Guang simply lifted up his robe and knelt down. "Your Majesty, the capital has been stable for too long. Even if the Emperor is a real dragon and the Son of Heaven is in charge, he still has to tell the common people to see what monsters are."

If something happened, it was just right, and we could take the opportunity to get rid of the hidden danger of Honglu Temple, and the emperor could gain a good name again.

What's more, the capital is heavily guarded, and there is a general like Yang Shuning, if the emperor is still timid and let the tiger and demon king of the demon country know, he doesn't know how to spread the word.

"Okay, I have made my own decision, the two lovers kneel down." The emperor slapped the desk majestically.

"Your Majesty, please investigate!" Zhou Guang and Yang Shuning said at the same time.

When they got out of the imperial study room, Zhou Guang and Yang Shuning were not at all agitated, but very calm.They are civil and military, and they have different positions. It is impossible to have a deep friendship, but they will not turn against each other. They argue in front of the emperor that civil and military are incompatible, and obey the emperor's way of checks and balances.

To not communicate with each other outside is to abide by the duty of Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, otherwise the two of them would not have reached such a high position.

Du Xuanfeng was still concerned, thinking about Yan Xun's threat from his son, and hurried into the harem to find his daughter, and concubine Xian to discuss this matter.

"Father, it's easy." Concubine Xian is different from other concubines in the deep palace. She already knew that the soap with the image of a cub on the outside is very popular, and it is transparent and has flowers. It is extremely beautiful. She has long wanted to use it. up.

Sure enough, Yan Xun received a message from Du Qinsheng the next day that his movable type engraving block was used.

It's just that Yan Xun was a little curious about how this was done, so he asked.