Si Tian Guan

"Chongming, how are you?"

Bai Shiyan's voice came from outside the moving carriage, and before Liu Chongming could respond, the swaying curtain was lifted, and Bai Shiyan jumped into the carriage.

The afterglow of the setting sun came in with the opened car curtain. Although it was not strong, it made Liu Chongming feel uncomfortable and blocked his eyes.

"You can't drink too much," Bai Shiyan muttered, stuffing the porcelain bottle in his hand: "Why haven't you made any progress for so long?"

Liu Chongming put the hangover medicine in his mouth: "What are you doing, I don't have time to hide from these parties. You go and let the car go slower."

Bai Shiyan leaned out to give some instructions, then retracted and sat opposite him.

"Have you heard that the people who went to deal with the rioters in Los Angeles came back and said that this spring there were frequent bandit activities, they looted many places one after another, and there were several murders. As a result, the people who were sent to suppress the bandits not only A few thieves were not caught, and an extra rent was charged, and chaos broke out."

Liu Chongming supported his forehead, opened his eyes, still feeling a little dizzy, and closed his eyes again to answer his words.

"General Feng who dealt with the rebellious people is from King Qi, and the one who suppressed the bandits in the spring is from King Ning. Now that the bandits are suppressing the chaos, King Qi will definitely not let this opportunity go. The two of them are really tireless, and they are so quarrelsome." up?"

"That's right," Bai Shiyan said, "King Qi doesn't need to stand up this time. There are people in the court who impeach King Ning. I guess it was Jiang Xingzhi's idea again. Xingzhi has a persimmon in his hand, so he can squeeze it however he wants."

"Talk down."

"There is no one else, why are you nervous. Prince Ning is the direct prince, and he is the closest to that position. He has performed well during this period of time, and he is in the limelight. Qi Wang Mingli seems to have the upper hand, but he is actually in trouble."

"It's not necessarily bad luck. King Ning's actions were not small before. He dared to use the Sitian official to suppress King Huai. What if the emperor wants to turn over this old account? These people are fighting around in the court, let's see Just be lively."

Liu Chongming had a headache and didn't want to talk much. Now his sister is not pregnant, and these muddy waters can't disturb their family. It's good if they can maintain the current situation.

What's more, there is no clue about the elder brother's matter, and he has no energy to think about other things.

Bai Shiyan opened the curtain for him and sat quietly for a while.

After the sun goes down, the air clears up, making people more or less awake.

"Let's talk about something else. How is that little monster in your family?" Bai Shiyan didn't think much at first, but after his friend woke him up, he also felt that something was wrong.

Especially when he saw the little monster once a few years ago. At that time, the little monster shrank into a ball and didn't even dare to lift its head. How could it have the guts to hit someone with a teapot.

"What 'my house'? I don't want it," Liu Chongming saw him suppressing a smile again, knowing what was going on in his mind, and frowned: "Didn't you see that Du Quan gave him a slave ring? He can’t come down. He doesn’t care if someone beats him to death, but as long as he still has breath, it’s his.”

"Tsk tsk, is it possible that this profiteer really intends to sell it to you and make a fortune from you?"

"My money didn't come from floods, why did you buy him? When did you see me doing this kind of loss-making business?" Liu Chongming sneered at his whims: "Since Du Quan sent people to me, he should be treated as Give it to me for free, and I will naturally make the best use of it.”

"How can you make the best use of it?" Bai Shiyan couldn't help laughing: "Let me give you a good suggestion. When you see the little monster covering the scar, the eyes are really charming. I think it will grow up again." It must be a beauty. Whoever sent him, you do it first..."

Liu Chongming threw the hangover medicine bottle in his hand towards him.

Bai Shiyan raised his hand to catch it, and he knew that his friend couldn't stand aggression, everything was calm and calm, but the matter of Fengyue was so lofty that he couldn't even mention it.

Naturally, he wants to give Liu Chongming face in front of others, but in private he likes to joke like this the most, and even sincerely intends to lure people to go for a few laps in the happy place.

But Liu Chongming has never been sensitive to respect and thanks, and has repeatedly become angry at his jokes. Thinking of this, Bai Shiyan couldn't help but choke on his internal injuries.

"Okay, Liu Shizi is elegant and peerless, and ordinary flowers and vulgar grass are not enough. I don't know what kind of fairy will accept you in the future." He accepted you as soon as he saw it, "How about it, I have been kept in captivity by you for so many days. Dead or alive?"

Liu Chongming's head started to hurt again.

In the past few days, he has made various deduction assumptions on many puzzles, but no matter which direction he goes, he will end up in a dead end, and it doesn't make any sense.

"Go down and walk."

It was not far from the side door of the other courtyard. He lifted the curtain of the car and went down. When his feet landed, he staggered, and then Bai Shiyan who jumped down gave him a hand.

"You also said that you are a businessman. Look at how many of them don't have a follower. They can stop drinking anyway. You can't hold alcohol in the first place, so what can you do?"

Liu Chongming didn't babble with him, and stood leaning on the wall for a while.

It was already dark for them, and in the alley by the side door, there were only a few lanterns hanging under the eaves, and the distances were not close, separated by sections of interlaced light and darkness.

Only his own shadow swung and circled under his feet.

The night wind blows over, and the hangover medicine seems to have taken effect, the drunken groggy gradually dissipates, and the confusion that has troubled him for several days occupies his whole mind.

If there is one person who can make him say a few more words, it is only the cousin who grew up with him.

He waved his hand and told his followers to go first, and walked slowly with Bai Shiyan in the dim alley.

"Shi Yan," he looked at the shadow hovering under his footsteps, and asked softly, "Do you believe in witchcraft?"

"It's hard to say. I'm not as free-spirited as you. I still believe in some things. Why did you bring this up suddenly?" Bai Shiyan thought about their previous topic, and asked again: "Is it related to that little monster?"

After all, not everyone has such weird eyes.

Liu Chongming did not deny it: "I am afraid that someone is behind him and wants to reach out to me."

It's not like this didn't happen before.

Since he cleaned up the other courtyard several times, no idler could be inserted in to reveal his every move.

But what happened this time made him helpless, and he didn't even know where to break free, so as to escape the feeling of being shrouded in nothingness and fear.

"You suspect that someone used him to perform witchcraft on you? What happened?"

"I... dreamed of him again."

It was not a horrible dream, but very warm.

In the dream, he and another person were sitting under the corridor of Jinxi Academy.

There was a food box on the man's knee, which contained the lotus root box that my aunt was best at. He was lowering his head and eating in small bites. His delicate fingers were twisting the lotus root box, which made people want to hold it.

He stared intently, and for a long while, couldn't help raising his eyes slowly from those hands.

The soft afternoon sun shone on the man's side face, covering the drooping fine sideburns and slender eyelashes with a charming golden layer, and the young man's handsome face still had fluff that hadn't faded, and it was pink, as if it was ripe Eight points of peaches.

There are a few ugly scars that cut the tenderness into pieces.

His fingers can't help but caress up: "Does it still hurt?"

The young man froze under his touch, and slowly raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes covered with a layer of mist that was pitiful.

It's those demon pupils again!

Liu Chongming woke up profusely in sweat with a splitting headache.

Thinking about that dream, he felt as if something was approaching him step by step, pulling him into a terrifying unknown.

He couldn't back down, and he didn't dare to face it.

"Shi Yan, I went to see him a few days ago, and there are more doubts about him than I thought."

Bai Shiyan listened quietly, waiting for the next sentence.

"I asked someone to put water, porridge, and snacks on the bedside. He drank a glass of water and ate half a bowl of porridge. There was no stain on the teacup. The porridge only ate seven or eight cents. After eating and drinking, he put it properly," Liu said. Chongming raised his eyes and looked at his friend: "His upbringing is beyond what a slave can do."

Bai Shiyan's heart tightened for a moment: "Whose person could it be?"

Liu Chongming did not answer this question, and continued: "His breathing is not heavy, and he is more tolerable than I thought. He can calm down quickly when he is flustered. He is definitely not someone who has never seen the world trapped in the Qisheng Tower . When I pass him tea, he takes it like this."

Bai Shiyan saw him raising his hands, four fingers together, middle fingers facing each other, and thumbs standing up, he couldn't help being horrified: "There are ranks?!"

"There are not only grades, but also not low," Liu Chongming suppressed the astonishment and fear in his heart: "When he sat on the chair, he deliberately changed his habitual posture... But if you look closely, you can see that it is the sitting posture in the palace. .”

"In the palace..." Bai Shiyan said in surprise, "Could it be the emperor..."

Liu Chongming made a silent gesture to him, then shook his head puzzled.

"This is what I don't understand. Now is far from the time to make a final decision on the candidates. Neither of our two families are standing in line. We shouldn't be so afraid of us. Even if we put someone in, the princes can understand. And... ..."

He smiled wryly: "If I hadn't been meddlesome, he would have been beaten to death by Du Quan or Pan He, how could he still be around me? Wouldn't it be too ridiculous to send someone out to be a spy? Besides, who among the high-ranking people in the court is so young? How could it be possible to fall into slavery?"

Bai Shiyan was also confused by these contradictions: "Then what is the result of your consideration?"

"No result." Liu Chongming said helplessly: "Everything doesn't make sense."

In addition to these, there are many things he did not understand.The child admitted that he had seen him in the firewood house and on the street, why didn't he say anything about it?

Is there something they can't say between them?

But after such cross-examination, he really believed Du Quan's words - this kid can't tell lies, otherwise why would he prefer to keep his mouth shut and don't know how to make up something else?

Who would send someone like that out to work undercover, fool?

Bai Shiyan was preconceived, he didn't have any doubts about this statement, and gave him an idea: "Didn't it mean that he can't lie? Ask him directly! I don't like you who have a crooked belly like you."

Liu Chongming looked at him hopelessly: "It's good to be willing to speak, he's like a dumb man, what can he ask?"

"Tsk tsk, don't you, Liu Er, have plenty of ways to make people speak? Do you want me to teach you?"

"With his body, if he is inattentive and dies, where can I ask?" Liu Chongming felt that he probably drank a little too much tonight, otherwise he couldn't suppress his temper when he mentioned this matter.

How long has he not encountered such a difficult problem.

"How about I come?"

"No," Liu Chongming refused, maybe because he was too close to that person in his dream, he didn't want others to touch the child: "No hurry, anyway, he's in my hands, take a look, I've called Fang Come here without any problems, and go to check his details."

"Fang Wuhai, tsk tsk... I thought this man had already drowned Ruanxiang," Bai Shiyan laughed and reminded him: "You can observe slowly, but be careful that the little monster ran away. He ran away in the Qisheng Tower." But more than once or twice."

"If someone really instigated him, how could he be willing to run away easily. Besides, I didn't do anything to him. If he ran away, he would be sent back to Qisheng Tower, and he would be more affected by that time. Don't worry, I think he is a smart man , I will never do such a stupid thing, toast and not eat fine wine..."

Before he finished speaking, Bai Shiyan suddenly raised his right hand, and a muffled groan came from the darkness not far away.

With the sound of tiles, someone rolled down all the way along the eaves, and was caught in the arms of Liu Chongming reflexively.