Competing in the morning and evening

As soon as Zhang Chuyin's words fell, Rui'an said angrily: "Brother Ten, Yuan Xizheng is appointed by the Supreme Emperor to be Rui'an's son-in-law, how can he play the piano every day for people's entertainment?"

The result of this banquet was that everyone didn't wait for the son-in-law's outburst, but waited for the eldest princess to fly into a rage.

In an instant, the hall became silent. Before Chu Yin could answer, Yuan Xi stood up and said, "It's my honor that the emperor likes my qin skills. I hope that I can have the honor to serve the monarch till the end of my life, and I can also play more." Play a few songs to comfort the king."

Chu Yin's eyes are very beautiful, especially when he is usually gentle, there is even a little flamboyance in his eyes. At this time, his eyes are completely expressionless, and his eyelids are slightly lowered to look at the bowed Yuan Xizheng. Such a pair of flamboyant His eyes seemed a little cold.

"Look at Ruian, you are so anxious..." Zeng Chuyu smiled lightly: "You know that the emperor likes music, and he can't put it down when he sees a good score. However, among us, there is no one who is as proficient in rhythm as Ziqing. Inevitably, it’s hard to find a close friend, this point... I’m afraid Ziqing also feels the same way.”

Seeing Chu Yin's gloomy face, Rui'an also knew that he was too impatient, so he endured it and said, "It's Rui'an who is vulgar and has forgotten the good talk of Boya Ziqi. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Chu Yin's expression became more natural, and he just smiled and said, "You only know how to fight and kill, and you have given Ziqing to you. You really have wronged him."

Ruian Teng's face was flushed. Before Yuan Xizheng could speak, Chu Yin had already rushed ahead and said, "Okay, I'm done with fun today, and I'm tired, so let's leave."

As soon as he opened his mouth, the ministers present all kowtowed as if they had been greatly relieved, and those who were slightly drunk also helped each other away.On the contrary, Tang Cihu looked at Yuan Xizheng twice more, stepped out of the hall and caught up with Dongfang Jingyuan, saying: "Master Dongfang, what does the emperor mean today..."

Dongfang Jingyuan was just about to get on the carriage, but was stopped by Tang Cihu, so he withdrew his foot, turned his head and said, "Didn't the emperor invite us to a home banquet?"

Tang Cihu smiled awkwardly: "Old Master, although I, Tang Cihu, is a rough person, don't take me for a fool."

"Well said!" Dongfang Jingyuan sighed: "You have such a heart, it seems that General Tang's future is far beyond what it is today."

"Master Dongfang, I'm not here to ask about your future."

Dongfang Jingyuan said leisurely: "It seems that sooner or later there will be a memorial to reconcile the son-in-law and Princess Rui'an."

Tang Cihu was taken aback, and said: "This, this, the emperor is dissatisfied with the son-in-law, or dissatisfied with the princess, why did the two reconcile?"

Dongfang Jingyuan looked at the sky, and said: "General Tang, this autumn is as cool as water, you should come back earlier." After saying that, he stepped into the carriage and drove away.

After Tang Cihu watched the carriage go away, the confusion in that one eye was swept away, but he frowned, looked at the princess's ride not far away, and sighed, but he didn't go forward to talk to Yuan Say hello at night.Instead, he walked towards the stable and threw a piece of broken silver to the guard at the door. He was so happy that the guard smiled and brought his horse over, saying: "General Tang, you see how much the emperor appreciates you. You eat, this is something that other ministers dare not even think about. It is a family banquet."

Tang Cihu took the horse rope, and said playfully: "Oh, the emperor was very happy today, but the princess almost broke up."

The guard was taken aback, and said: "It's Princess Rui'an!"

"It's not her old man."

"This princess has always been courageous, but the emperor invites her to dinner, how dare she offend the emperor?"

"No, the emperor is good at music. Everyone knows that, but this son-in-law also likes music. When the big guy was in Jingzhou, the son-in-law played the piano for the emperor. It happened that the old department had dinner together today. Let the son-in-law play the piano, the son-in-law is very happy to play, but this princess lost her temper so much that the emperor's son-in-law couldn't even get off the stage."

The guard shook his head repeatedly, listening with gusto. He had heard such secrets on weekdays, but they were all from the mouths of grooms and servants in the minister's house. If it weren't for General Tang, who was born as a bandit, no one would be able to take it seriously. The Eight Classics listened to these noble subjects say the last time.

After Tang Cihu finished speaking, he rode out on his horse. Unexpectedly, when he turned the intersection, he saw Dongfang Jingyuan's carriage parked by the side of the road.Tang Cihu hesitated for a while, then he rode over on his horse, and said with a smile: "Master Dongfang, why haven't you set out on the road until now, and wait until the assassination of the tiger fails."

Dongfang Jingyuan lifted the curtain and said with a smile: "I didn't expect General Tang to spread the word very quickly. I thought you would take a while."

Tang Cihu became really embarrassed, and said: "My lord Dongfang, you are not embarrassing me, we rough people have weak mouths, the emperor always knows how to use people well!"

"General Tang, because you and I came out of Jingzhou together, there is a sentence that I want to tell you. General, you have accumulated to the position of General Rongwei through meritorious service. The emperor is a sensible person. There are certain things you can do well. No matter how good it is, it won't get his attention." Dongfang Jingyuan gestured behind him, and said with a smile: "Besides, the person behind is not easy to mess with, why do you bother to mess with yourself for some petty gains? What's the trouble?"

Tang Cihu was slightly taken aback, and only smiled wryly: "Master Dongfang is highly valued, and I am afraid that no one can replace him in the heart of the emperor. Who knows the hardships in the hearts of us little ministers. A ghost?"

Dongfang Jingyuan smiled, put down the curtain, and said, "See you tomorrow morning, General Tang."

Tang Cihu watched Dongfang Jingyuan's carriage turning into the alley, so he frowned deeply, and when he heard the sound of the carriage behind him, he hurriedly whipped the horse away.

Ryan sat in the carriage silently, and said after a long time, "Ziqing, am I being too childish?"

Yuan Xizheng smiled and said: "You are not naive, it's just that you have little experience, and there are some things you don't know how to deal with."

Ryan chuckled lightly, and said: "You might as well say that I used to take advantage of my father's love to act willfully and recklessly, thinking that I was so great. In fact, without my father, I, Ryan, would have been unable to take a single step."

"You are the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty, who can make it difficult for you to move?"

Ryan smiled wryly, and said, "To tell you the truth, Ziqing, although you are a man... But I don't think you have much dislike for Li Yan, so when you treat Brother Ten, don't you actually have a little affection for him?" ?”

Yuan Xizheng did not answer, the sound of horseshoes was clear and rhythmic, like the sound of rain in a trance, and as soon as he went out, he saw Chu Yin standing under the eaves, in a dilemma, with wet hair on his forehead, raised his eyes to look To myself, there are some embarrassments and some overwhelmed.

He raised his eyes and sighed softly.

Ryan didn't seem to be expecting Yuan Xizheng's reply, and said, "I have gradually understood your feelings in the past two years. This palace is like a jungle, with intricate roots and branches, and every corner is full of danger And conspiracy. Everyone living in it will gradually become a beast for their own territory, and regard others as their own food. He is like the king of this jungle. He looks at you, and you have no way of knowing who he is I'm looking at you, and I'm still looking at his food. Ziqing wouldn't be willing to live in such a place, and Ziqing wouldn't be willing to accompany such a person...is he?"

Yuan Xizheng smiled slightly, stretched his hand into his bosom, then pulled out a silver needle with difficulty, and said softly: "So I always say, those who know me, Ryan... also." After finishing speaking, his eyes As soon as he closed it, he fell on Ryan's shoulders exhausted.

Ryan hurried to look, and saw that Yuan Xizheng's face was not as rosy as before, but was frighteningly pale, just like what she had seen before.She glanced at the silver needle in Yuan Xizheng's palm, only to realize that Yuan Xizheng probably used some method to stimulate herself to move freely in a short period of time, just like ordinary people.

Zeng Chuyu slowly pushed open the palace door, Chu Yin was still reading under the lamp, but she knew that it was just Chu Yin wasting time waiting for her.She walked into the gate of the palace, gave a blessing, and then sat down beside Chu Yin.

"Your Majesty, my concubine has discussed with Wan Yang just now."

"How do you say it?" Chu Yin said indifferently.

"Wan Yang thinks that Yuan Xizheng has been poisoned deeply before, even if he took Cai Ji's antidote, it is impossible for him to recover like a normal person within two or three days, not to mention he vomited blood before."

Chu Yin turned his eyes slightly, and Zeng Chuyu continued: "Wan Yang believes that there are many methods in the Jianghu. It can make people accumulate blood in a short period of time, and can make even a dying person look like an ordinary person."

Chu Yin frowned slightly, and said, "You mean, Yuan Xizheng used some method to gather blood to make him look like an ordinary person, so as to deceive us?"

Zeng Chuyu poured Chu Yin a cup of tea, as if he was considering his words, and then said softly: "Wan Yang thought that no matter what method he used, it would not last long. If we count from the time Wan Yang saw Ziqing to the present, It has been no less than three or four hours... Wan Yang thinks that no matter how clever Yuan Xizheng is, this has reached his limit. There is still more than half an hour's journey from here to Yuyuan, and Yuan Xizheng may not last until he goes back. Then the restriction will be lifted. Because any method of gathering essence and blood to cover the eyes will cause serious harm to the body, and in severe cases, it can even hurt people's lives."

Chu Yin listened and didn't interrupt until Zeng Chuyu finished speaking, when he heard a crackling sound, Chu Yin crushed the tea bowl in his palm.Surprised, Zeng Chuyu quickly spread out Chu Yin's palm and took out the fragments with a handkerchief. Fortunately, the broken bowl did not seem to hurt Chu Yin's palm.

Zeng Chuyu breathed a sigh of relief, and only heard Chu Yinye say: "It seems that your elder brother Ziqing has taken precautions against us to the extreme, and life and death enemies are nothing more than that. Okay, very good. Do you have any plans to do something? ?”

Zeng Chuyu glanced at Chu Yin and said, "I have asked Wan Yang to follow me down to find out the truth. This is just a guess. After all, I haven't seen the truth yet."

Chu Yinteng stood up, with a chill in his eyes, and said slowly: "Pass down my oral order, order three thousand imperial guards, and wait until Wan Yang comes back to report the truth, then send people to surround Yuyuan... I have drawn up a decree, that is to say...Princess Ruian and her son-in-law have different personalities, so she is allowed to make peace."

Wan Yang carefully lurks in the dark, she doesn't believe that Yuan Xizheng can be so miraculous, and she doesn't believe that her medical skills are wrong.Yuyuan's carriage moved slowly at first, but it sped up immediately after passing the moat of the palace.After reaching the end, it was even a kind of extreme rush, Wan Yang was secretly delighted, it seemed that his guess was correct.

Ryan's carriage didn't stop at the door, but drove directly into the backyard. Wan Yang approached cautiously, and saw Ryan and a guard carefully helping a person walk into the house, and then listened to Ryan's whispered instructions: : "Let me be on guard for the whole house tonight, even if it is a mouse, don't let me see it sneaking in...

Wan Yang sneered, and left quietly. Just now she was tracking with lightness kung fu all the way, so she was a little tired, but she didn't dare to stay near Yuyuan, and only dared to relax a little after running wildly to the street.Wan Yang looked up and saw two lanterns hanging high at the intersection, and there was a tavern open, he couldn't help but feel happy, walked into the tavern, and said, "Xiaoer, bring me a pot of tea."

The shop waiter responded, and after a while brought a pot of tea over, and dropped an old-looking celadon tea bowl on the table.Wan Yang poured a bowl of tea for herself, first brought it to the tip of her nose, sniffed it lightly, and then drank the whole bowl of hot tea with confidence. Use poison silently.After drinking a few bowls of hot tea, Wan Yang felt that he had regained a lot of strength, took out a piece of broken silver and put it on the table, and called the waiter to pay the bill.

But this time Xiaoer didn't respond, Wan Yang suddenly turned around, and found that Xiaoer who was standing behind the counter just now had disappeared completely, Wan Yang's complexion changed drastically.As soon as her figure moved, a beautiful young man in a fancy dress came in outside the door.The boy was wearing a small gold crown and a man's robe made of goose yellow damask. The corners of the garment were embroidered with a few branches of plums with fine silver thread, which made the man's suit extremely feminine and beautiful, and he was not a man at all. masculinity.

The young man smiled and said, "Want to leave? Wanyang, I have been waiting for you all night!"

"Who are you?" Wan Yang asked.

The boy sneered, and said: "You have no right to ask me who I am, you just need to hand over everything that has turned into butterflies in your hands."

"Hua Die?" Wan Yang was slightly taken aback, she naturally knew that Hua Die was Cai Ji, but generally speaking they were used to calling Hua Die as Cai Ji, but very few people used Hua Die's real name.

"Are you... from Yuyuan Mansion?"

The young man sneered, and said, "I'm not from the Yuyuan Mansion, are you going to hand it over or not!" Obviously the young man had no patience for chattering with Wan Yang, so with a wave of his hand, two or three black-clothed men came in. people.

Wan Yang's teeth brushed against his lips lightly, he threw something out with a flick of his hand, and said, "Here you are!"

After she finished speaking, she broke out of the window, got up and ran as soon as she rolled on the street, and she heard someone shouting behind her: "You are too naive to want to run."

Wan Yang only felt a gust of wind coming from behind her, she couldn't help turning her head to look, and saw a pair of multicolored wings on the young man's back, she couldn't help being shocked and said, "Butterfly!"

Wan Yang had heard that Cai Ji, the head of Li Yan's hidden guard, was named Hua Die before. It is said that it was because she had a secret treasure, a pair of colorful wings, which could travel far away against the wind when spread out. Track, or escape never misses.Wan Yang had carefully searched Cai Ji's things again and again, but unfortunately he did not find this secret treasure. However, Cai Ji was kept in Yuyuan from the time she was captured to her death, and she never had the opportunity to torture Cai Ji.

Now seeing this pair of colorful wings appearing in front of his eyes, Wan Yang suddenly realized that the boy in front of him might be from Northern Qi.This Li Yan was able to send 30 troops to the south for Yuanxi, which is obviously very masculine. Seeing that this young man is neither yin nor yang, neither male nor female, he must be Li Yan's man.Before Wan Yang could open his mouth, the young man raised his hand, and a layer of mist enveloped him, Wan Yang felt his hands and feet go limp when he heard it, and she immediately thought of Cai Ji's special weapon - like a shadow.Wan Yang has always been intelligent, and at a critical moment, he took out a thunderbolt from his bosom and threw it on the ground, and suddenly flames blazed and smoke rose.Wan Yang took advantage of the chaos and forced herself to escape. This time she did not dare to go to the palace, but rushed all the way until she entered a remote courtyard.

After Wan Yang entered, he inserted the courtyard door, stumbled all the way into the inner room, moved a cabinet, took out a wooden box from the small wall behind the cabinet, put it on the table, opened the wooden box, and picked up a blue and white porcelain Bottle breathed a sigh of relief.But before she pulled out the cork and poured out the pills inside, a black whip suddenly appeared in front of her eyes and swept away the porcelain bottle.Wan Yang was taken aback, swayed, the door was kicked open, and the boy came in with a bottle and a smile, followed by a man in black, holding a whip in one hand and the pill that Wan Yang wanted to take in the other.

Wan Yang bit his lip, and the young man smiled and said, "I came here to correct a word, I am not from Yuyuan, yes, but I am from Yuan Xizheng, and what you smelled just now is not It is like a shadow, but it is just the secret fragrance of Ru Yuchun, a flower picker from the south of the Yangtze River." He hooked Wan Yang's chin, and said contemptuously: "However, if you give it to Ru Yuchun for free, you won't take it, I'm afraid You need to find another monk to be hungry." After he finished speaking, he laughed and walked away, so angry that he rolled his eyes and passed out.

Ruian fed the medicine to Yuan Xizheng, Yuan Xizheng slowly opened his eyes after a while, and Ryan heaved a sigh of relief and turned back to the boy, saying, "Wanru, you have helped Ziqing a lot this time. .”

Yuan Wanru smiled mischievously, and said: "This is a plan that Ziqing made himself. I just took the medicine according to the prescription, so I can't say that I have helped a lot."

Ryan was slightly taken aback, and said, "So you've been thinking about dealing with Wan Yang."

Yuan Xizheng raised her body slightly, leaned against the bed rail, and said: "Wan Yang hates me deeply, not to mention you, even the emperor may not be able to make her hand over the antidote. Her medical skills are quite good, even if Even if she didn't take my pulse, she would definitely be able to guess my condition to a close, and I would definitely not be able to hide it from her if I pricked the acupoints with silver needles to refresh my mind. She knew that we absolutely don't want the emperor to know that my poisonous wound has not healed, so she As soon as you saw you helping me out of the carriage, you couldn't believe my injury.

Yuan Wanru chuckled, and said, "I'm going out at this time, because Wan Yang was sure that Ziqing was unconscious, so at first he didn't quite believe that Yuyuan could send someone to track her down so quickly. I bought a pair of big kites... She was convinced that I was from Huadie, and if I casually made some cigarettes, she would naturally believe that the shadow in her body was accompanying me in her panic."

"Big kite?" Ryan asked in surprise.

Yuan Wanru said with a smile: "Ziqing has fought against Cai Ji, so I know that she has a pair of wings that can be spread out. I guess these wings are probably similar to some dancing utensils, but we don't have time to deliberate on those things in a hurry. Ziqing simply put a big kite on his back, and then asked the gang to pull me up in the next alleyway, Wan Yang really couldn't believe it."

Ryan's eyes widened, with an unbelievable look on his face, and he sighed, "You really are..."

"That big kite is really the finishing touch, Ryan, you haven't even seen Wan Yang's face..." Yuan Wanru laughed so hard that he leaned back and forth.

Ryan sighed, and said, "You guys are having a good time, and I'm the only one who makes me anxious."

Yuan Xizheng smiled and said: "If I tell you, it will be difficult for you to pretend to be so anxious."

Yuan Wanru stepped forward and took Ryan's arm and shook it: "Ziqing said that you are as straightforward as a child, but I didn't tell you, that's because you have a high praise for Ryan!"

Ryan feigned anger and said, "You guys took me for a fool, and now you're talking sweet as honey."

They were talking and laughing when a low voice suddenly came from the door: "Princess, there is an urgent report."

Ryan frowned, went out for a while, and then hurried in pale.It turned out that they were used to seeing Ryan's indifferent look on weekdays, but they had never seen Ryan's face look strange, and they immediately became a little nervous.

"Ziqing, Brother Ten ordered three thousand imperial guards to wait for orders tonight." Ryan paused, and then said slowly, "I'm afraid they came to Yuyuan."

"It came so fast..." Yuan Xizheng sat up, sighed softly, and said, "We don't have much time, maybe it's time to talk about where to go."

Yuan Wanru put down Ryan's arm, played with his fingers and said, "Ziqing, anyway, if you can hide from the first day of junior high school, you may not be able to hide from the fifth day of junior high school. Why don't you just leave here and look for Li Yan? He is the only one in the world." I can keep you there!"

Yuan Xizheng was depressed, and instead of answering, she asked Rui'an, "If I leave, Chu Yin will definitely not let you go!"

Ryan sighed, and said with a smile: "Actually, I am tired of being a princess, why don't I go with you, I was a little hasty to leave before, but fortunately, I did a lot of work recently to buy an antidote with Wan Yang." With a lot of money in hand, I won’t have to worry about food and clothing in the future.”

Yuan Wanru clapped her hands and said, "I said earlier that Sister Ruian is the most suitable to be a bandit."

"The rivers and lakes are treacherous, Ryan. Once we leave, it may be difficult to return to our homeland." Yuan Xizheng looked up at Ryan. This is the eldest princess of the Southern Dynasty, with golden branches and jade leaves. Her every move from birth to now has attracted people's attention.

Ryan looked directly at them, and said: "Ruian followed you, and he knew that he would no longer be a golden branch and jade leaf from now on. He might be a female prisoner wanted by the court. But if I stay, even if Brother Ten won't want me My life, this place is nothing more than a prison for me. Besides, I, Ryan, don't like the position of princess as much as you think."

Yuan Xizheng was silent for a while, then Fang said: "What about Zuo Yang's name? Did you leave him without saying goodbye?"

Ryan's face flushed immediately, and he stomped his feet and said, "What is he? I only asked him to come because of your previous case. Now that Cai Ji has been found, naturally I have to return your previous innocence, right?"

"Ruian..." Yuan Xizheng interrupted her hasty words, and said, "Ruian, you may not know what you will lose... It's everything about you, your homeland, family, friends, habits, and maybe you The real relationship that started."

Ryan gritted his teeth and said: "You don't need to say anything. If I don't go with you, I know you won't go either. The ending may be that both of us will perish. It's better to escape alive and leave the green hills behind. No firewood."

Yuan Xizheng didn't argue any more, and said: "Okay, since we have decided to leave, there is no need to hesitate any longer. Before Wanyang is found by them, we will leave overnight."

Yuan Wanru seemed extremely excited, and said, "Where are we going, are we going to Beiqi?"

Yuan Xizheng frowned and said, "Shu Kingdom."

Yuan Wanru still wanted to mess around, but seeing Yuan Xizheng's complexion darkened, she had always been fearless, but she was a little scruples about this "Brother Ziqing" since she was a child, so she didn't dare to say more.

Yuan Xi contended: "Listen well, you must protect Ryan along the way."

"What do you mean I protect Rui'an?!" Yuan Wanru yelled, "Could it be...you don't want to go to Shu."

"If I go with you, Chu Yin will concentrate all his energy to hunt us down. There are several important towns in the Southern Dynasty in front of us. Ryan's martial arts can only be passable, and you don't know martial arts at all.

And under the siege of so many troops, it is absolutely impossible for me to take you to cross the Han River and enter the border of Shu Kingdom. "

Ryan and Yuan Wanru looked at each other and said, "Then, you, you plan to..."

"You guys go first, I'll stay." Yuan Xizheng said calmly.

"No!" Yuan Wanru and Ryan flatly denied it without even thinking about it.