Si Tian Guan

According to the usual practice, on the first day of August, Liu Chongming would go back to the Hou Mansion early in the morning, but this year, he stayed until noon and did not leave.

"Ling He, rather than proposing him as an opponent, it is better to accept him as a friend."

He leaned on the door frame and watched the people in the house pack their things.

"I'm not good at making friends with people," Qu Shenzhou replied without turning his head, "Instead of playing the emotional card to be friends, I'm more used to pinching people's weaknesses and making them willing to cooperate with me."

Liu Chongming couldn't help but laugh, this really fits the little fox's character.

"Teach me too. Where do you want to pinch him, show me, and I will pinch him for you."

He watched Qu Chenzhou tidy up for a long time, and there was still an empty bundle on the bed, so he couldn't help but stop talking to remind him.

"It's cold and the water is cold. You should bring more warm clothes. After you go there, change the dirty clothes and don't wash them. When you come back in a few days, ask Shi Yan to send someone to bring them back together. Let Shi Yan take care of the rest. you prepare."

Qu Chenzhou slowly stuffed half of his body into the suitcase, and slowly took out a set of clothes.

"Forget it, let steward Lin clean up for you, and you don't have to worry about it."

Liu Chongming saw that he was not a person who was used to packing up and going out, so he was in a hurry, so he pulled him out and sat down in the yard.

The autumn wind is refreshing, the sun is warm, and it is a good weather for basking in the sun.

"After you get there, tell Shi Yan if you have anything to say. He is also a person who knows everything and will not treat you badly. If you need anything at home, let someone come and pick it up. Anyway, he will be back in half a month."

"But Shi Yan is very busy, so it's impossible to watch you all the time. Take care of yourself, don't kick the quilt at night, don't drink cold water in the morning and evening, lest you have a stomachache like before."

"Don't run around, uncle's house is not as loose as here."

After Liu Chongming babbled a few more words, he realized when he became so verbose, like a mother who babbled to him endlessly, but this person in front of him really made him worry.

A few nights ago, this man obviously had a stomach ache so much that he curled up into a ball and refused to speak. Fortunately, he heard the messy breathing outside and went out to take a look.

If it is not a last resort, he does not want to foster people in other people's homes.

Qu Chenzhou hummed lightly, paused, and waited for the nagging sound to be blown away by a gust of wind, before asking: "Your Majesty wants to win Ling He over?"

Liu Chongming sighed in his heart, he knew it was just nagging, this person paid far more attention to the outside world than to himself.

"Collection is not counted. You should have heard of Linghe's temper. He won't take anyone's side. If you go to Dali Temple in the next year, you will always have to deal with them. Since the target is Liao Guangming and others, you must make him, It's better to be a friend than an enemy."

"Ling He is rigid and serious," Qu Chenzhou glanced at him, "Your Majesty is now... not the same as Ling He."

"Heh," Liu Chongming said with a smile on his face, "thanks to you."

He used to focus on his brother's affairs, but in Beijing, he was only regarded as not doing his job properly and obsessed with business, that's all.After encountering Qu Shenzhou head-on, the banquets he went to became more and more unfettered.

Although it is indeed a wider road, many people get closer to him on the scene, but coupled with the embarrassing turmoil with King Ning, half of Liu Chongming's reputation is stained with the word "dandy" .

Qu Chenzhou looked away from his face.

"Lin Xiang is Ling He's benefactor, he has the kindness to support and support, and he has a good relationship with Liu Hou. Should the prince consider starting from here?"

Liu Chongming gritted his teeth and smiled.

Ever since Qu Shenzhou's weak point in the lower back was pinpointed, he wisely refrained from confronting him head-on, and immediately pretended to be stupid and changed the subject when he encountered a difficult answer.

He couldn't find any faults, so he felt sullen, and said, "Lin Xiangruo is not a stubborn temper, so why would he favor him? Let's see, let's make such a plan first."

The Prime Minister they mentioned was Zhongshu Ling Lin Boqian, who shared control of the three provinces with Liuhou and the empress' brother Tang Shuxin. It was because of this hard-line temper that orders were banned and the Tang family's hand was not stretched too far.

Qu Shenzhou nodded, and asked again: "Has the emperor allowed it? The location of Dali Temple?"

"I haven't said it yet, but after listening to the tone these few times, it will be soon."

"Your Majesty, do you want to hear my words?" He paused for a moment, but he didn't hear any words of refusal. He glanced again and said, "Things are hard to come by."

No matter what these four words point to, it makes people feel uneasy.

Liu Chongming frowned, knowing that he only did divination but couldn't understand the hexagrams, so he asked, "Can it be changed?"

It was known from the hand stove case that Qu Shenzhou's intervention could change the fate of some people.

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay, I'll wait."

Since it was a hexagram that even Qu Shenzhou couldn't intervene to correct it, let him wait and see.

Both of them stopped talking, watching the shadow of the tree cast in the yard, being stretched longer and longer.

The days to come are like mottled mottled swaying on the ground, who can grasp it, who can tell for sure?

A servant carrying a tray came quietly, put down his things, and left quietly.

Liu Chongming first took the medicine bottle and water and handed them over—today is Shuo Ye.When he saw Qu Shenzhou drinking water with his head up, his profile was delicate and beautiful, his throat rose and fell gently, and he swallowed the antidote, he suddenly felt as if he had been pulled.

"Shen Zhou..." He looked down at the medicine bottle in his hand: "Shi Yan said that there is no antidote that can completely get rid of Shuo Ye."

"I know."

He took another seven-return ointment, broke off the half and handed it over.

The antidote smelled bitter, and Qu Chenzhou couldn't eat sweet. This is the seven-return ointment he ordered the kitchen to make specially.

The tiny peppercorns in the cake were bitten open in his mouth, filling his nose with a pungent taste, and he heard his voice nasal because of this: "You..."

My heart was beating violently, and I wanted to ask, but I was afraid of hearing the answer.

Qu Chenzhou took a small bite of the Qifan ointment, heard his side hesitated to speak, couldn't help but pursed his lips, with a little smile on his lips.

As the shadow of the canopy crossed the steps from one end to the other, he patted the debris off his body and stretched out his hands.

Liu Chongming stared at the slender wrist for a moment, took the slave ring from the plate, and the lock fell down, with a crisp click, and turned it around casually.

On this rough iron ring, the names of the two of them are engraved.

"If the son wants to succeed, it is right to use some means." Qu Chenzhou's calm voice sounded, as if he was saying something that couldn't be more natural: "I don't blame you."

His breath was stuck in his throat, and he responded to the man's waving dumbly, watching the figure disappear outside the hanging flower door, he was stunned for a long time, and then looked back at the bedroom behind him.

empty.

There was no one in the corridor or in the courtyard.

It seemed that someone had taken away something important, leaving him only a deserted yard.

It was getting dark early in this season, and the carriage stopped at the corner gate of Baifu after the lights outside were turned on one by one.

Qu Chenzhou got out of the car, and saw that it was different from the ordinary family, there was a soldier with a halberd standing beside the door under the shadow of the eaves, looking at him with awe.

He had heard about it countless times, but it was the first time he had seen the White House with his own eyes.

A long time ago, when everything had not deviated from the track, every time Bai Shining went to the palace to meet the empress, he would meet these important ministers by order.

At that time, General Bai was walking like a dragon and walking like a tiger, with a heroic posture. When the two met at His Excellency Guan Xing, the general bowed his hands to him and said, "Qu Sitian, you still have the same demeanor, don't come here without any problems."

"General Bai," he arched his hands, and solemnly returned the salute, "We welcome you from afar."

When the two entered Guanxing Pavilion side by side, Bai Shining chuckled to him in a low voice: "Xiao Shenzhou, Chongming said you still want to eat lotus root box. Why don't you just recognize me and your aunt and change Minger from Baifu Get married to the Liu family."

He blushed suddenly, and blamed in a low voice: "General Bai, stop making trouble."

"General Bai?"

Bai Shining scowled at him unhappily, and he could only call out again: "Uncle..."

The corner door opened with a creaking sound, and he was led to live in a small courtyard.

What Liu Chongming said is right, after all, this place is not comparable to other courtyards.Although Bai Shiyan knew his background, the Mid-Autumn Festival was just around the corner, so he didn't have many chances to get married, let alone take care of him all the time.

Although Bai Shiyan planned to send someone to serve him, he knew that the mansion was full of soldiers and it was not good to lay down and serve a domestic slave, so except for the three meals a day that had to be delivered by someone, he did everything else by himself.

He spends most of the day in the small yard, but there is one thing that keeps him from going out - he needs water, but the well is not in his yard.

After a few days of observation, he chose to go out at dinner time to fetch water from the nearest well. The few people he met along the way saved him a lot of kneeling.

This place is remote, and there are few lanterns hanging under the eaves. He filled a bucket of water with the help of the dim yellow lamp, poured it into the pot first, drank another meal, washed his hands and face, and was in no hurry to go back. Well sits on the edge.

When I came here last time, I heard the sound of water in other places nearby. It seems that there is a pond built. It is inconvenient to wash in the past few days. I'm afraid I'm going to stink.

After sitting quietly for a long time, I heard the sound of water waves slapping on the stone platform on the shore again, not far away.

The guard got Bai Shiyan's order, checked his badge, and only reminded him how deep the pond was, so he let him pass.

Passing through the Moon Cave Gate, there is a unique world. Bantang lotus pods protrude from the dilapidated huge lotus leaves, intertwined and densely covered, and it is impossible to see clearly. The winding stone bridge goes straight in from the bank, and it is impossible to see where it extends.

Qu Shenzhou put down the water bottle, rolled up his trousers, sat down on the shore, and carefully stretched his feet into it.

The water is a little cool, the coolness is sober, and the moonlight is also intoxicating.He sat in a daze for a while in the dark, only to realize that he couldn't stay outside for too long, so he simply washed his calves, then picked up the kettle beside him again.

But he paused when he got up.

Through the shimmering surface of the water, he seemed to see a person in the water with his back turned to him, more than three feet away.

After taking a closer look, he noticed something was wrong. The man only exposed his head and shoulders from the surface of the water, his head was raised, and he was undulating slightly with the water waves without making a sound.

His mind exploded - he had seen someone like this before, this was drowning!

"Come on! Come on! Someone fell into the water!"

Qu Shenzhou yelled a few times, threw away the kettle, ran a few steps, jumped forward, and swam towards the man.

His water quality can only be regarded as average. In the past, when Liu Chongming heard that people drowned in every pond in the palace, he was very worried. It was inconvenient to throw him in the water to learn to swim, so he had to be forced to learn to hold his breath in the water. .

Jumping into the water at this moment, he choked on a few mouthfuls of water before he remembered how to calm down and how to stick his head out of the water.

Fortunately, after the ventilation was smooth, the body slowly floated up.

The distance was getting closer and closer, but the man was still floating motionless, which made him even more anxious. He jumped on the ground a few times with his hands and feet, jumped forward, and grabbed the man by the collar.

It was a grown man, much taller than he looked, and sank like a rock in the water.

Qu Shenzhou was dragging people with one hand and paddling water with the other. His strength and body temperature were consumed rapidly like straw burning in a fire.The cold water was more terrifying than the twisting aquatic plants underwater, dragging him down a little bit.

But as if with the help of a god, every time the water surface was about to cover his mouth and nose, he didn't know where the strength came from, and he was able to jump forward for a while.

Somersaulting, he finally dragged the man and struggled desperately to the shore.

Panting heavily, he turned around and forcefully dragged the man's upper body out of the water, then threw up a few mouthfuls of water to the side and sat down on the ground.

The lantern quickly approached with the sound of chaotic footsteps, and someone shouted loudly: "Who is there! Who fell into the water!"

The soldiers in the mansion were well-trained. Someone held a torch and shone it from the stone bridge into the water, and the person who spoke in front of him held a lantern and shone it on his face.

Qu Chenzhou hurriedly turned over and kowtowed to the shore: "Master, please be safe. Someone drowned in the pond just now. I have rescued him. Please call the doctor."

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that the man was still lying half-body on his back in the tall grass on the bank, and he seemed to be about to slide into the water. He hurriedly crawled over with his hands and feet, and wrapped his hands around the man's neck, and was about to drag him out. .

"Master Jun, people are here..."

Before he finished speaking, the person dragging him suddenly moved, not only moved, but also let out a loud "wow".

Qu Chenzhou's scalp exploded, and he fell to the ground in fright, his heart almost jumped out of his throat, but his body was like a piece of wood, sluggishly poking on the ground.

Seeing that he had succeeded in scaring people, the man couldn't help laughing loudly, he was very angry, he didn't look like he was half drowning, when he came up from the water, he was still holding a few lotus pods in one hand.

The soldiers on the bank immediately withdrew their troops, stood up together, and shouted: "General!"

In this loud address, Qu Chenzhou woke up like a dream, he didn't know if it was the cold or what, but he started to fight uncontrollably.

The man made a mischievous "Wow" just now, which not only let him know that the man was safe and sound, but more importantly, he recognized who the man was from the familiar voice.

This vile and mischievous person is none other than the father of the Bai brothers, Dayu's steel city wall, Bai Shining.

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