Poor monks do not break the precepts

The sub-years are like the New Year, the street vendors are closed, and the courtiers have a three-day holiday. These days, the Yueci and Chenghuang temples are the most noisy places. The women and children on the road are dressed in dazzling clothes, and the traffic is very lively.In the market, people can always be seen playing the game of "counting nine to dispel the cold", and He Dong can be seen everywhere.

Xu Sheng sat under the eaves holding a bowl of hot vegetarian dumplings, watching A Yu burn paper money in a copper basin to worship his ancestors.Occasionally responding to Mr. Gong's words twice, the court has not been peaceful recently, and I can hear news from the previous court all day long.

In the past two days, Emperor Meng and his ministers went to the suburbs to sacrifice to heaven, and the crown prince and other princes would definitely follow him. It was rare for Xu Sheng to be free.Chewing and swallowing the plain dumplings, Xu Sheng stared at the dwindling paper money, and stopped A Yu, "Keep some for me." Zigui's death has always been the pain that Xu Sheng hid in his heart. Those in the know dare not persuade Xu Sheng face to face.

Hearing this, Ayu smiled lightly: "Hey, good." She sorted out the scattered paper money, "I leave it to the landlord."

The more you eat the vegetarian dumplings in your mouth, the more tasteless you feel the food, and the brows of Xusheng are covered with a layer of sadness, like the mist in the twilight of cold winter.He put the azure agate glaze bowl aside, and squatted beside the copper basin to burn paper money.Watching the paper money falling down and being burned to ashes, the warmth in his heart gradually dissipated.

"Who?" Xu Sheng asked in a cold voice, looking up along his arm, he saw Huai Mingmo with a soft smile on his face, "Why are you here?"

Huai Mingmo took away the paper money from Xu Sheng's hand, and sent several pieces to the copper basin, "Everywhere in the street is visiting He Dong, and I just told you to come here when I have nothing to do. Swords are all masters, but no one knows how to cook."

"I'm going to have vegetarian dumplings and fermented sweet potato soup."

Huai Mingmo chuckled and said, "That's fine, but I have a lot of people here, I'm afraid you're not prepared enough."

Hun is never used in the Xu house, suddenly there is a strong smell of mutton in the yard, which makes people's index fingers wide open.Ayu walked out of the small kitchen with many bowls of mutton soup, and said with a loud smile, "Yes, yes. Last night, Mr. Guo made the mutton soup. Let's try it."

Xu Sheng covered his nose with his index finger, and said indifferently: "Who allows you to cook meat in the house."

Mr. Gong moved his jaw slightly, instructed A Yu to share the soup, and said with a smile: "Sir, you don't eat meat, and you can't let the guests who come here always be like you. Besides, seeing how wolfish the girl is, Mr. is planning to drive her away." Do you come in after eating outside the house?"

Bringing out agarwood to deal with Xu Sheng is really effective, Xu Sheng glanced at the agarwood, put his hand on Huaiming Mo's arm very lightly and made a push, "The stench is so bad, go away."

Handing the full bowl to Zang Li who had already eaten the whole bowl, he politely said to A Yu: "Could you please give me a bowl of sweet potato soup and fruit?" The paper money was burned, "I privately sent someone to Wuwangya to worship Zigui, I'm afraid I will offend you."

Xu Sheng is indeed in a gloomy mood, but it has nothing to do with anyone, and he has no intention of angering others.He shook his head slightly, smiled lightly and said, "You have a heart."

It's only been more than a month, Huai Mingmo is well aware that it is inappropriate to say anything, so he simply stays by Xu Sheng's side silently, reaching out to pat Xu Sheng's wrist to show comfort.As soon as the palm touched the back of Xu Sheng's hand, Huai Mingmo was startled. Under the palm, the skin was icy, the skin was white, and the jade bone was as soft as if there was no bone. "You really are..."

Abandoned by his biological mother in the mountains, Xu Sheng has hated contact with people since he knew it. His hands are drawn out like spirit snakes, and his gaze is fierce like a threatened beast.

Touching Xu Sheng's hand and lightly clenching his fist, Huai Mingmo clearly felt Xu Sheng's resistance. He didn't know the reason, but thought that Xu Sheng treated him with politeness from the outside, and his heart was slightly cold.He stood up with a distressed smile, and said to Ayu who came not far behind him, "Thank you."

A Yu said with a smile: "Young Master Huai is so polite."

When Xu Sheng came back to his senses, he realized that he had lost his composure. He looked at Huai Mingmo's disappointed figure, but he didn't know how to explain it, and his heart became more and more depressed.After squatting on the ground for a long time, when Xu Sheng got up, his legs felt numb and weak, and he stretched out his hands to support his slanted body.It's just that he had a second thought, he forgot the hot copper basin beside him, and pushed it away with his palm, he felt a tingling pain in his palm, and hummed in pain, he retracted his hand and saw that the palm was already covered in blood red.

Ayu threw the tray and exclaimed, "Lord, are you alright?"

Huai Mingmo clearly heard A Yu's address to Xu Sheng, and suddenly doubts arose in his heart, but right now is not the time to care about this.He hastily rushed to Xu Sheng's side, anxiously forgetting the unhappiness just now, he took Xu Sheng's scalded hand and touched it lightly with his thumb, only feeling the palm was hot.

Mr. Gong took out the scalding oil from the room, and when he walked past A Yu, he glanced at her fiercely, "Mr. Huai, let me come."

Huai Mingmo turned a deaf ear to Mr. Gong's words, snatched the small porcelain box from Mr. Gong's hand, carefully applied the medicine for Xu Sheng, and said in a firm tone, "Don't move."

Xu Sheng looked at Huai Mingmo's focused profile, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry just now."

Huai Ming paused for a moment, then continued to carefully apply the medicine for Xu Sheng.Chen Xiang was anxious at the side, seeing that the copper basin on the ground was becoming more and more obtrusive, and she was about to kick it over when she got angry, Xin Li swooped up in front of her, stretched out her hand to stop Chen Xiang, "I can't kick this thing."

Chen Xiang drew his sword straight to Xin Li's throat, and said coldly: "Get out of the way."

"The dog bites Lu Dongbin." The point of the sword was only half an inch away from his throat, but Xin Li didn't feel flustered at all. He stared straight at the indifferent eyes in front of him, thinking of teasing Chen Xiang, "I can't let it go."

The light in his eyes became colder and terrifying, and the veins on the back of Chen Xiang's sword-holding hand showed slightly, "Go away."

Chen Xiang held the sword in the air for a long time, his arm didn't move slightly, and he didn't stab forward.As a killer, Chen Xiang has never killed innocent people indiscriminately. She drew her sword just to intimidate Xin Li, but as long as Xu Sheng did not give orders, she would not move an inch longer even if she raised the sword until it was dark and the sky was bright again. .

After a long time like this, Xin Li seemed to have never seen the cold light on the tip of the sword, nor did he show any fear at all, and said with a playful smile, "Don't you feel sore when you raise your arms like this?" Admiration, there are only a few people in the world who can hold a sword for half a moment without moving.

The eyes of those who can wield swords in the courtyard were undoubtedly attracted by Chen Xiang, they all sighed in their hearts, and somewhat expected when Chen Xiang would move his hand.But Xu Sheng disappointed everyone, and when Huai Mingmo helped him wrap up his hands with fine cloth, he ordered Chen Xiang to put away the sword.

Zheng Fengnian stared at the gyrfalcon circling in the sky, feeling more and more strange, knocked on Luo Chen twice, and said: "Don't you think there is something wrong with that thing?"

Luo Chen raised his head and glanced, waiting for him to answer, the spear spread its wings and rushed straight down.Luo Chen shouted, "Master, be careful."

The Gyrfalcon's dive was extremely fast, but it landed on Xu Sheng's arm lightly and delicately.Xu Sheng knotted the letter box tied to the gyrfalcon's feet, handed the gyrfalcon to Mr. Gong, and said: It seems that the arrow has scratched its wings. "

Mr. Gong broke off the blood-stained feathers and found thin scars.Xu Sheng glanced at it, and ordered: "Let it rest well for a few days."

Huai Mingmo caressed the back of Girfalcon's neck and said with a smile, "You raised this?"

"I picked up a nest in Cang'e Mountain. For some reason, I waited for three days without seeing the female return, so I simply raised it." While talking, he opened the bamboo tube, Xu Sheng rolled up the paper and glanced at it, his brows furrowed immediately.

Huai Mingmo immediately noticed the strangeness of the emptiness, and asked, "What happened?"

"Emperor Meng was assassinated while offering sacrifices to heaven. Except for the assassin who escaped, none of the others survived."

Surprised, Huai Mingmo's expression was a little worried, and he said for a while, "Emperor Meng...is he alright?"

Xu Sheng looked at Huai Mingmo meaningfully, exuding a reassuring breath all over his body, and said: "It seems that the arm has suffered a slight superficial injury, and it will be fine after a few days of care."

After carefully reading the content of the letter that Xu Sheng handed over to him, Huai Mingmo frowned, always feeling that things happened strangely, and the results afterwards were also strange.After pondering for a long time, he slowly expressed his doubts, "The imperial army around the emperor is all good fighters, and the leader of the imperial army, Qi Lingfeng, is even a well-known master in the martial arts platoon. Why did he let the only one escape alive?"

Luo Chen didn't think about it: "Could it be that he didn't notice during the fight, so he was accidentally escaped?"

Xin Li knocked on Luo Chen's wooden fish head, and said solemnly: "This subordinate will immediately send someone to investigate the whereabouts of the escaped assassin, and we must dig out the mastermind from the assassin."

Slowly stroking Mao Falcon's back, Xu Sheng was not optimistic that Xuanji Pavilion could catch the assassin.As for the arrow wound on the gyrfalcon, he also felt a little strange. There were many noble children who loved to hunt in the suburbs, but it was too coincidental that they happened to hit his gyrfalcon during the hunting ceremony.

Huai Mingmo sat in the tea room and listened quietly to Xu Sheng's instructions, until Chen Xiang and Xin Li had left together, then he said with a smile: "You don't have to let Chen Xiang go with Xin Li, with Xin Li's ability, you won't suffer."

"Multiple help is always good." Xu Sheng bent down and wrote two pieces of letterhead in small letters, handed it to Mr. Gong who was waiting outside, and said with a solemn expression: "The capital is a very bad place, you shouldn't stay here for long."

Huai Mingmo said with a light smile, "I'm just a Jiang Hu person, those people in the court will not take me seriously."

Xu Sheng lowered his eyes and said nothing, raised his eyes for a long time and said seriously: "Your identity is nothing less than this."

"Yes, I forgot that the imperial concubine is my aunt."

"Twenty years ago, during the hot summer days, the seventh prince of Beimeng stumbled and fell into the lotus flowers in the summer resort palace. When he was rescued, he fell into a coma. After three days of high fever, he died before he was two years old. The seventh prince is Hearing that Emperor Meng loves the emperor who was born when Concubine Ji was in full swing, Emperor Meng ordered him to be crowned prince, and was buried under the princely ritual." Xu Sheng looked at Huai Ming's pale face. , slowly said: "In September of the same year, Mr. Ji suddenly brought back a blind child and recognized him as his adopted son."

Huai Mingmo forced a smile and said: "I am indeed about the same age as the seventh prince, but if I am really him, why would my aunt send me out of the palace? It is better to be a blind prince than a blind quack."

"Compared the invisible common clothes to the prince who couldn't protect himself. Concubine Ji later used thunderous methods to reorganize the harem, and also killed Concubine Yang Xian, Concubine Kang and many other concubines. At that time, the previous dynasty was not peaceful. Emperor Meng deposed, It is dangerous to execute several heroes who have helped the Meng family conquer the world."

Seeing that Huai Mingmo was silent, Xu Sheng sighed and persuaded: "Meng Shi'an... Shi'an, Concubine Ji gave you a name with obvious meaning. She entrusted Xuanji Pavilion to you in the hope that it can be used by you and protect you I'll be safe forever. The pool in the capital is too deep, you shouldn't come."

"Who... are you?" Huai Mingmo gradually regained his composure, and said slowly: "Miao Monk, Incense Thief, there are still too many identities that I don't know."

Xu Sheng smiled indifferently, with a hint of bitterness slipping from the corner of his lips, he said plainly: "I also want to know who I am. Unfortunately, I don't even know my own surname."

Huai Mingmo's eyes gradually darkened, and he asked in a low voice: "Have you agreed to help the third prince win the heir?"

"The crown prince is in power, why does the third prince want to seize the heir? If the crown prince is abolished and the position of the East Palace is vacant, why not fight for it." Xu Sheng stretched out his hand and patted the back of Huai Mingmo's cold hand, "Don't worry, the eldest prince will not Something happened."

Huai Mingmo showed distress, covered his face with his palms and lowered his head, "I'm useless, I can't help...brother."

Xu Sheng got up and sat next to Huai Mingmo, sighed and said: "The wind and rain in the capital has not yet arrived, you and I can't do anything now. Go back to the Hermitage Villa earlier."

"What about you? Are you going to stay in the capital and wait out the wind and rain?"

Xu Sheng said briskly: "I don't have time to spare, besides, I have other things to do. In less than five days, I probably have to leave here."

Huai Mingmo moved his body slightly, and sat closer to Xu Sheng, "Will you go back to the thatched cottage?"

"I won't go back, and I can't go back." Xu Sheng saw through what Huai Mingmo was thinking, and said with a light smile, "Don't come looking for me."

Huai Mingmo wanted to open his mouth to fight again, but he never thought that Xu Sheng would seal his acupoints, so he couldn't move his body, and he couldn't make a sound when he opened his mouth.Seeing that Xu Sheng took out the medicine powder from the small pocket, crushed it and blew it towards him, he was very tired after a while, his eyelids were as heavy as a thousand catties of stones and he couldn't lift them.

The sun was setting, the dark sky was getting colder and colder, Xu Sheng helped Huai Mingmo to lie on the Luohan bed carefully, and asked Ayu to bring a thick Sujin quilt from his bedroom, and settled Huai Mingmo, Xu Sheng He left a letter on the side of Huaiming Mo's head.

Xu Sheng's fingers moved slightly, and dozens of black faces appeared around the courtyard wall in an instant, "Protect the owner of the Xuanji Pavilion, and withdraw when his subordinates come back."

"Yes, my subordinates obey."

Mr. Gong immediately smiled and said: "The landlord is polite, but I can't bear it. I will definitely watch the capital. Although the secret guard who assassinated the landlord repeatedly is known to be from which family, the landlord should be more careful."

Xu Sheng showed disgust on his face, "I guessed it was him, so Tuo Longxiu punished him a little as a warning. I don't want to be a fool, so stubborn"

Mr. Gong said bluntly: "The landlord still remembers my reaction when I heard that you were going to support the fourth prince?"

"How can I not remember, it is Mr. Gong's eye poison after all." Xu Sheng laughed at himself, remembering the bad taste he had at the time, and now he has caused a mess, it is really wrong.

Taking a closer look, he could see the remorse of Xu Sheng, Mr. Gong said with a light smile: "Is the landlord planning to help the third prince win the heir?"

Xu Sheng smiled lightly and seemed to shake his head, "Let's see again."

Mr. Gong glanced at Huaiming Mo'an's sleeping face, smiled without saying a word, he really took Meng Qingrun's matter to his heart for future needs.Counting the time is about the same, he said: "Mr. Bianji is checking accounts at Mantingfang today, do you want to see the landlord?"

"Alright, you send someone to notify first, and I'll be there soon." Before he could follow Mr. Gong out of the house, Xu Sheng lightly held four fingers and accidentally touched the fine cloth in his palm, stopped walking immediately, and walked back to Huai Mingmo's side, The hand outstretched in the air failed to touch Huai Mingmo.

There was no candle in the room, and Mr. Gong, who had arranged for the carriage to go back, couldn't see Xu Sheng's face and actions clearly through the window. He wondered why Xu Sheng hadn't come out yet, and wanted to enter the room to have a look, but almost collided with Xu Sheng one is right.

Xu Sheng walked out of the house without looking back, before getting into the carriage, he suddenly whispered: "People in the house, please ask Mr. Gong to take care of you for a while."