Competing in the morning and evening

"My lord, the owner of Dongfang Manor, please see me."

Chu Yin stretched out his finger to light up the candle lamp, took a pen to write, and said, "Master Dongfang, it's so late at night, why don't you come back?"

Dongfang Jingyuan outside the door gave a wry smile, and said, "Could it be that the prince doesn't understand the reason why Dongfang doesn't return?"

Chu Yin wrote his handwriting steadily, and said: "I don't understand. Your Zhuangzi has not paid taxes for nearly ten years, and my people just took away the money that you should have paid to Jingzhou for so many years. Zhuangzi is still yours." Zhuangzi, the people are still your people. Your family is small, you can bring it back now, but it is a bit too much for a Zhuangzi to need [-] people. Jingzhou is located on the border of the three countries. I have to guard against some of these people. Infiltrate them carefully, and when the king's people sort out the origins of these people, they will naturally return them to you."

Dongfang Jingyuan said bitterly: "My lord's move can be said to be a poor one. It cut off Dongfang's vitality, and it didn't dirty the lord's hands."

Chu Yin smiled slightly and said, "Could it be that the owner of the Dongfang Villa is in trouble, let me tell you about it, and see if I can help you."

Dongfang Jingyuan let out a long sigh, and said: "I think I, Dongfang Jingyuan, is just a first-rank white man. Although I have some talents, how could I win such a fortune in Jingzhou without help. I was wrong. I am actually just a dog under the throne of King Rong. Although King Rong is courageous, he is helpless, suspicious and irritable. Dongfang is afraid that this time, he will not allow me to argue, and even the whole family will die."

Chu Yin frowned slightly, and said, "Then what does Dongfang Zhuang want King Mu?"

Dongfang Jingyuan knelt down, fell down, and said: "My lord, if you think highly of Dongfang, Dongfang is willing to work for you in the future."

Chu Yin was unmoved, and just said indifferently: "I heard the story of the seventh son's eighth son, how many people does Mr. Dongfang have?"

"My lord, my lord... my lord!"

Chu Yin put down his pen and said: "Go back, I don't doubt the employment of the king, but don't use the suspect."

Dongfang Jingyuan gritted his teeth, and suddenly took out an account book from his bosom, and said, "My lord, Dongfang is a traitor from other people, and I dare not extravagantly ask my lord to take him in. This is the account book that King Rong has smuggled salt and earth tea in Jingzhou for many years. I just hope that the prince will see that I offered it on my own initiative, and take in the villain's family, and the villain will die and rest in peace."

Chu Yin was still writing his handwriting slowly, Dongfang Jingyuan was in despair, he walked out of Chu Palace step by step, his six concubines and four boys, four girls and eight children gathered outside the door.Dongfang Jingyuan stroked the children's heads, sighed, took them by the hand and slowly descended the high steps of the Chu Palace, and got into the carriage.

Dongfang Jingyuan was thinking about how to take care of the remaining funeral affairs, when the sound of a sword breaking through the sky came from the night sky.

"Be careful!" Dongfang Jingyuan shouted urgently immediately, Chu Hao was never lenient in dealing with traitors.

Those hidden guards had always hung a sword around Dongfang Jingyuan's neck. No one knew the fate of those traitors better than Dongfang Jingyuan. He was always afraid that he would have the same fate, but now he finally faced it.Even if he is knowledgeable and witty, so what, in the face of power, he is nothing more than a praying mantis, vulnerable to a single blow.

Dongfang Jingyuan looked at the children huddled together in the carriage, smiled wryly, a cold light came, the curtain of the carriage was raised, the children screamed loudly, Dongfang Jingyuan closed his eyes.

"Kill..." There was a sudden roar from outside the car, and with a plop, the guard who was holding a sword and wanted to kill them fell in front of the car, with a feathered arrow stuck in his back.

Dongfang Jingyuan quickly raised the curtain, and saw a cavalry rushing towards the flock like tigers, and a fierce battle, the hidden guards were cut down to the ground.

With the torches lit, a man in white clothes came in on horseback surrounded by cavalry. Dongfang Jingyuan took a look, got out of the car and said, "Liang Wang." He leaned down and said, "Thank you, Liang Wang, for your help." Grace."

Chu Yin got off his horse, helped him up, sighed, and said, "Actually, I have admired Mr.'s reputation for a long time, and I also know that the reason why Mr. was sent to the border by my third brother is because you are dissatisfied with his actions, and you have persuaded him many times. It offended my second elder brother. Peili said something inappropriate just now, please don't blame me, sir."

"King Liang." Dongfang Jingyuan burst into tears and said, "It's a villain... a villain..."

Chu Yin took his hand and said with a smile, "Sir, please..."

Dongfang Jingyuan narrowly escaped death, and he was still in a dream. Chu Yin called out Mr., and he just woke up like a dream, and he didn't dare to say it.

But for a while, Dongfang Jingyuan's mood was quite different after going back and forth. Before a cup of tea, he expected that Chu Hao would not let him go, but he couldn't help but feel lucky. After a cup of tea, he already knew that Chu Hao was indeed I will not let myself go, and the friendship of the host for many years seems to fade after a while.

After Dongfang Jingyuan and Chu Yin sat down in the study, a woman came over to make tea for him. Dongfang Jingyuan had been depressed in Jingzhou for many years, and his ambition was unfulfilled, so he laughed and said that he tasted tea and Dongfang tasted beauty.I saw that although the woman's attire was flashy and not beautiful, and her eyebrows and eyes were slightly sickly, but at first glance, one would be amazed.

"Mr. Dongfang, this king is in Jingzhou, and I have no choice but to embarrass you."

Dongfang Jingyuan quickly put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said, "My lord, please don't hurt me."

Chu Yin sighed and said with a smile: "Since you regard your husband as one of your own, you don't need to say such kind words anymore. In fact, if I don't say anything, you also know that I have no choice but to come to Jingzhou."

Dongfang Jingyuan smiled lightly, and said: "My lord, you are so humble. Your move to Jingzhou is really a unique move. Jingzhou is the only remaining important town in the north of the Han River and the Southern Dynasty. The defeat of the Southern Dynasty and the forces that are now incompatible with other countries, the hidden dragons and crouching tigers here are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. I once mentioned to King Rong that Jingzhou is more important than any town in the Southern Dynasty..." Dongfang Jingyuan chuckled After a moment, he sighed again.

Chu Yin smiled and said, "Mr. Dongfang may place too much hope on Jingzhou. This king is just using this place to avoid the chaos of Xiaoqiang."

Dongfang Jingyuan said: "My lord, now Rong Wang Chu Hao and De Wang Chu Sheng are at odds, have you ever thought about what to do?"

Chu Yin gently brushed off the tea foam with his slender fingers, and said with a slight smile, "You want to ask Mr. Dongfang?"

"Dongfang dares to send you eight words to the King of Liang." Dongfang Jingyuan said word by word: "Borrowing a knife to force the palace, brother will end up with brother."

Chu Yin's eyes jumped slightly, and he said coldly: "Do you know that these eight words are enough to destroy your nine clans."

Dongfang Jingyuan lifted his clothes, fell on the ground and said: "My lord, Dongfang knows, but the lord's wisdom, generosity, and wisdom have already fascinated Dongfang in the past few days. You must know everything and say it, otherwise what is the difference from having two minds."

Chu Yin sighed softly, helped him up, and said, "From now on, you don't need to kneel when you talk to this king. I respect your wisdom, and you must not break my heart."

Dongfang Jingyuan thanked him and got up to sit down. At this time, the woman came over and made him a bowl of tea with a smile.

"This..." Dongfang Jingyuan couldn't help asking, seeing that Chu Yin was not shy about discussing such a confidential matter with this woman.

Chu Yin smiled slightly, and said, "I forgot to introduce you to my husband, this is my concubine, Chu Yu."

Dongfang Jingyuan was startled, and dropped the whole tea bowl on the table.

Chu Yin chatted for a while before sending Dongfang Jingyuan out. Qingxiang came in to clean up, but saw Zeng Chuyu propping up on the table as if his hands and feet were weak.

"Ma'am, what's wrong with you?" Qingxiang quickly helped Zeng Chuyu to sit down.

Zeng Chuyu looked at Denghua with a pale face, and said after a long time: "Qingxiang, do you know what that person said just now?"

"He, what did he say?"

Zeng Chuyu straightened his eyes and said: "Just now the owner of Dongfang Villa said that he made a mistake about Ziqing's birthday. He thought Ziqing was born in Zishi, but he was born in Chenshi. That's why the success fell short."

Qing Xiangwei was a little confused: "Madam, is it important when Master Ziqing was born?"

Zeng Chuyu said lightly: "There is a pair of dragon and phoenix twins in the original family, and the one born in Zishi was a dragon..." She slowly raised her eyes to look at Qingxiang, and said: "The one born in Chenshi..."

"It's Feng, Yuan Xizheng is Yuan Nalan?" Qing Xiang blurted out, but after she finished speaking, she saw Zeng Chuyu looking at her gloomyly, frightened out of her wits, and quickly knelt down and said, "Mother, I will never tell Anyone's..."

Zeng Chuyu pulled her up and said: "You don't need to be afraid of me. I, Zeng Chuyu, have no self-esteem anymore. You are the few relatives I have left. What is mine is yours. It is for your own good to teach you a lesson. You I look like a concubine, but in fact I can't make a wrong move, otherwise I will be lost forever."

"Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with this matter?" Qingxiang stood up and said hastily, "Didn't you say that the lord is already thinking about Young Master Ziqing, if it is true that Young Master Ziqing is Miss Nalan, wouldn't it be... ..."

Zeng Chuyu was silent for a while, then picked up the lantern and said: "This Dongfang should never have said that Ziqing was born in Chenshi in front of me. Unless Ziqing can keep it a secret, sooner or later the prince will remember that I hid today." To the prince, I, Zeng Chuyu, have no background and no usable value. The reason why I am still standing here is because I am wholeheartedly devoted to him... He will never tolerate my disloyalty to his selfishness. In particular, Yuan Xizheng is something he longs for but cannot obtain. If I don’t say anything today, the future will not be stronger than Wang Han’s.”

"Your Majesty, could it be that you made a mistake at all?"

Zeng Chuyu stood up, sighed and said, "Remember, in the past six or seven years, I have never seen Nalan and Ziqing appear at the same time. They were sent to Crouching Dragon Valley and Ziqing respectively when they were nine years old. Huashan. In the beginning, their brothers and sisters were sent back for the New Year, but after they turned 13, they never appeared together again."

"My lady, what do you mean..."

Zeng Chuyu looked out the window, and after a long time, he smiled, and said, "Maybe the real Ziqing...was gone by then."

"But Master Ziqing is both a scholar and a tribute student. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor."

"If she is really Nalan, then she has always been more courageous than the three of them combined." Zeng Chuyu looked at his hand and said, "I asked you to find out why Ziqing disappeared overnight. Have you found it?"

"Mother, I heard from Tang Cihu's subordinates that the bodies of Northern Qi people were found in the forest."

Zeng Chuyu smiled leisurely and said, "It seems that the prince is not the only one who is interested in Ziqing..."

Some time later, Chu Yin subdued Dongfang Jingyuan and couldn't help but feel happy. Although it was late at night, he only hesitated a little, and then walked towards the most remote palace of the Chu Palace - Yuan Xizheng's residence.

Yuan Xizheng seems to be a person who doesn't like excitement, and even chooses a residence far away from the main hall of Chu Palace.For some unknown reason, Chu Yin even acquiesced in Yuan Xizheng's choice of such a remote place.

Chu Yin slowly walked towards Yuan Xizheng's place, and the palace people far away saw him coming, and quickly knelt down, Chu Yin made a silent movement.

He Xin stepped into the side hall, and saw Yuan Xizheng writing under the lamp, his neck bent into a beautiful arc, the red mark had obviously been carefully treated, and he couldn't see it clearly.Chu Yin stood behind Yuan Xizheng for a while, but Yuan Xizheng seemed to be distracted and didn't even notice that he was standing behind him.Chu Yin's eyes fell on the paper, and he saw a few lines written on it: Qing Zimei was born after the rain, and the wind became a song of smoke, so how can people turn gray.The red leaves fell to the empty mountain in the evening, and made another wish, drunk all over the city.

"How is Qiu Mengling?"

Yuan Xizheng realized that Chu Yin was behind him, got up quickly, and said, "My lord."

Chu Yin smiled and pulled up the paper in front of Yuan Xizheng, looked at the lines of beautiful words, and said indifferently: "The drizzle turns into smoke with the wind, hitting the hairline like a white head, and the maple leaves all over the mountain follow The wind falls, if you look at it from a distance, how can you not be overwhelmed by the stunning beauty of the red leaves." Chu Yin squinted his eyes and smiled, "If it's not Qiu Meng Ling, what is it?"

Yuan Xizheng smiled lightly, took out the paper and said, "Ziqing has nothing to do, just write nonsense."

Chu Yin smiled and said, "Well, I'm still tired of being Ziqing... Otherwise, why do I feel like I want to see Nanshan leisurely and hide away in the forest when I read these few lines."

Yuan Xi refused to answer, but instead smiled and said, "Master, what about Dongfang Jingyuan?"

"As you expected." Chu Yin smiled and said, "In the past year, Ziqing has recruited many people for me."

"This Dongfang Jingyuan is quite talented in helping the world, and he can be regarded as the biggest local snake in Jingzhou. With him coming forward, I believe Jingzhou's affairs can be easily solved." Yuan Xizheng smiled and put her pen into the blue and white water dragon pattern on the side Washed in the flower cup.

This blue-and-white water dragon pattern goblet is extremely delicate, with the eight-treasure flower-shaped rim turned outwards, against the backdrop of the blue-and-white water pattern of the dragon seal on the wall, it does not look ferocious but has a touch of soft elegance.When Chu Yin saw this flower gu, he somehow remembered Yuan Xizheng, and specially ordered it to be placed in Yuan Xizheng's room.But obviously, this elegant thing that ladies and wives use to arrange flowers, in the hands of Yuan Xizheng, is nothing more than a pen-washing basin.

The slender fingers touched the pen lightly to the surface of the water, and the balls of ink curled away in the water, like layers of black veils covering each other, just like Zeng Chuyu's eyes when he saw Chu Yin that night.

"Ziqing's birthday will be in two days, have you thought about what to give him?"

Zeng Chuyu loosened the belt for Chu Yin, and said with a smile: "Ziqing has liked swords since childhood, and loved to dance with knives and guns. The prince gave him a good sword. I'm sure he will like it. Alas, it's Nalan's birthday the day after tomorrow. If she Now, then I will send the piano."

"That's right, I seem to have heard that Ziqing has a twin sister who seems to have become a monk."

Zeng Chuyu gently took off the clothes on Chu Yin's body, and said, "That's right, sister Nalan heard that she has become a nun."

Chu Yin took off his hair crown and said with a smile, "Since they are twins, they must look very similar."

Zeng Chuyu stroked Bu Chuyin's folded coat, then smiled and said, "You can't find anyone who is more similar than the two of them, so Ziqing is too delicate as a boy, and Nalan is too delicate." Girls seem too heroic, which is a fly in the ointment."

Chu Yin smiled after hearing this, and said leisurely: "It is indeed...too delicate."

He lay down, and Zeng Chuyu slowly fell beside him and smiled, "You don't know that when Ziqing was young, she was as timid as a mouse, and every time she was scared by Nalan, she screamed. Nalan just loves to bully her brother. I pretended to be a boy, but forced Ziqing to pretend to be a little girl to lie to us, and I would fall for their tricks again and again, which is annoying..." She seemed to have returned to the most innocent time of the three of them. At the end, he involuntarily sighed slightly.

Chu Yin tilted his head slightly, and said, "Why are you sighing?"

"It's nothing, I just thought that sister Nalan has always been very strong. She said that Ziqing and I are lazy pigs and cowards, and she is a dragon, so we have to listen to her and she will protect us." She chuckled lightly and said: "Although I know that the promises I made when I was a child are impossible to keep, I don't know why I still feel very comfortable when I think about it."

Chu Yin stretched out his arms, hugged Zeng Chuyu and smiled lightly, "Why is my Chu Yu being called a pig?"

Zeng Chuyu smiled and said: "I can't help it, because I was born in Haishi, isn't Haishi Shangzhu?"

Chu Yin's whole body was stiff, Zeng Chuyu raised his body and looked into his dark eyes, it took a long time for Chu Yin's gaze to fall on his face, and he said slowly: "Could it be that what you want to say is that Ziqing should have been born in Zishi, Nah?" Should Lancai be born at Chenshi?"

Zeng Chuyu leaned on Chu Yin and said, "My lord, I was actually very contradictory just now. I don't know whether I should tell you. But I heard that Li Yan and Ziqing got too close. He is so handsome. A man is naturally fine, but if it is a woman... there is no guarantee that she will not be moved. If she is moved, the prince will be in a dangerous situation when dealing with Li Yan..."

Before she could finish her words, Chu Yin had turned over and got up, and said in a low voice, "The dark guards come in."

Dongfang Jingyuan had only just left Chu Palace, but he was called back by several hidden guards. He couldn't help but feel uneasy. He hurried into the hall and saw Chu Yin playing chess leisurely by candlelight. He didn't seem so anxious at all.

"It's nothing urgent, just sit down." Chu Yin was wearing a yellow brocade robe, inner jacket, middle jacket, and outer jacket with layered necklines, and the skirts that circled from the top to the bottom surrounded the high hair crown. Chu Yin made him look more graceful and majestic than before, who looked handsome and amiable.

Chu Yin dropped a piece on the plate, and said with a smile, "Mr. Dongfang, I just checked your record. It seems that you have a lot of experience in the match."

"Don't dare." Dongfang Jingyuan sighed: "If my subordinates were not loyal that day, I'm afraid I would have died in Mr. Yuan's formation."

Chu Yin nodded, and said with a smile, "Yes, I saw...that you got the wrong information and got Mr. Yuan's birthday wrong."

Dongfang Jingyuan smiled wryly, and said: "I think I do everything well, but I seem to be too confident, or Mr. Yuan has been predicting things like a god, deliberately confusing the public, and almost killed me."

Chu Yin frowned slightly and said with a smile, "Is there such a big difference between Zishi and Chenshi?"

"Naturally, it is absolutely impossible for a person born in Zishi to set the gate of dryness as the gate of death, unless he wants to die with us, but if we don't enter the battle, the person who dies first may be the one who set up the battle." Seeing that Chu Yin didn't believe him, Dongfang Jingyuan quickly explained.

Chu Yin squeezed the sunspot, and said with a slight smile, "But for a person born at Chenshi, it's completely different...the water is so golden."

Dongfang Jingyuan said with a smile: "My lord is smart, he can infer other things from one instance."

Chu Yin knocked down the sunspot, and said with a smile, "It's really a good harvest today." Seeing that Dongfang Jingyuan was puzzled, he smiled and said, "I've been in Jingzhou for quite a while, although I don't have anything too important, but After all, we still need to set up some hidden places, and now that there is Mister Dongfang who is proficient in formations, I can rest assured and leave this matter to you."

Although Dongfang Jingyuan didn't quite understand whether this matter warranted Chu Yin's haste to recall him late at night, but thinking that Chu Yin had actually entrusted him with building the most hidden part of the Chu Palace, this trust made him feel relieved, and he immediately knelt down He kowtowed and said, "The East will surely live up to the prince's expectations."

As soon as Dongfang Jingyuan left, a man in black came in silently and knelt on one leg and bowed to Chu Yin, and said in a low voice: "My lord, the previous information did mention that Yuan Xizheng has a younger sister named Yuan Nalan. "

Chu Yin looked at the chessboard and asked leisurely: "Do you know why a person has nothing and she still wants to hide her identity as a woman?"

The man in black was silent for a while, before asking: "My lord suspects that the current Yuan Xi Zheng is actually..."

Chu Yin made another bet, and said flatly, "Just answer the last question."

The man in black said: "Isn't it inconvenient to be a woman?"

"What's the inconvenience?"

The man in black said: "If Yuan Xizheng is really a woman, then she must be a woman who is easy to attract people's hearts. If she is not willing, it will add a lot of unnecessary troubles, and it does not match her purpose."

"Unnecessary trouble." Chu Yin repeated this sentence expressionlessly, and the man in black seemed to realize that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly said, "My lord..."

With a wave of Chu Yin's hand, he stopped him and said calmly, "Where is Yuan Nalan?"

"It is said to be in Huashan."

Chu Yin glanced at the chessboard, then raised his eyelids, and said a word coldly: "Check!"

After Chu Yin left, Zeng Chuyu didn't dare to sleep until late at night when Chu Yin returned, and she went up to meet her, and said timidly, "My lord."

Chu Yin glanced at her very tenderly, stretched out his fingers to stroke Zeng Chuyu's face, and said, "Chu Yu, you are fine... I know you are loyal to me, and I want to tell you that maybe I, Chu Yin, will There are many women, but you remember, only we are husband and wife, and I trust you the most..."

Tears welled up in Zeng Chuyu's eyes for a moment, she choked up a sob, and threw herself into Chu Yin's arms.

The next day, Yuan Xi got up very early in the fight, practiced the sword for a while, then sat in the courtyard and wiped the sword gently with a white sweat towel.This is a long straight sword. Since the incident with Cai Ji, Yuan Xizheng has not used the soft sword that he carries with him for a long time.

The courtyard was silent, and all the servants serving Yuan Xizheng knew that the young master liked quietness, so they would not come out for nothing.

"Young Master!" A crisp voice broke the silence.

Hearing that sound, Yuan Xizheng turned her head involuntarily, and when her fingertips touched the sharp blade, she couldn't help but groaned.

The girl at the door came in in a panic and said, "How's your hand?"

Yuan Xizheng chuckled, "Green Bamboo!"

"Hey, when did you do this kind of thing well, it's better to keep the green bamboo to wipe this sword in the future."

Yuan Xizheng watched Lvzhu take out the handkerchief and tie her hands carefully, and frowned slightly: "Shouldn't you take care of Wanru?"

"Miss Wanru is all well. She told you about young master taking care of her. She will keep it in mind. She doesn't need anyone there, but you need someone to take care of you, young master, so I'm here." Green Bamboo looked at Looking at the exquisite package that she tied up, she sighed and said, "Young master, how can you do without anyone?"

Yuan Xizheng chuckled, the arrival of the green bamboo was like a gust of wind, more or less blowing away the loneliness and anxiety in his heart.The sunlight behind the green bamboos is turning into streaks of light, seeping in through the layers of cypress leaves in the Palace of Chu, glowing with five colors and light gold.

At this time, the rising sun in Jingzhou is just right.