Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

Zhan stood where he was and waited for Liu Molin to finish his salute, and then went up to help Liu Molin up, let him sit on the seat, and stood aside to watch Yucun and Liu Molin play chess.Fortunately, Liu Molin was not that pedantic character, he sat down happily, and saw a young man in red sitting on the side opposite him, he just nodded his head as a greeting.Go habits are not judged by age, Liu Molin didn't underestimate Yucun, and Shui Zhan's brisk tone, Liu Molin just thought it was for fun and relaxation, but as the game was played, Liu Molin unexpectedly found that his own chess was being blocked by the opponent on the other side. The young man led in the direction of the draw.Surprised by the young man's advanced chess skills, Liu Molin understood what the young man meant, smiled slightly, and another draw gradually appeared.

Shui Zhan watched from the side, and immediately became very happy. He put the teacup that Su Peisheng handed over to him heavily on the table, and said, "Forget it, it's all just playing tricks on me! Liu Molin, I'm looking for you today Come, another happy event!"

Hearing this, Liu Molin's heart skipped a beat, wondering if the emperor wanted to give him a promotion?But his political achievements are not enough to be promoted?Thinking this way in his heart, Liu Molin did not neglect his actions at all, he lifted his butt that was only half sitting on the couch, Liu Molin stood aside respectfully, waiting for the emperor to continue.

"What do Aiqing think of the princess of Prince An's family?" Shui Zhan looked at Liu Molin with some awkwardness. Yinglian is Yucun's adopted daughter. She is raised in the palace on weekdays and is closer than ordinary princesses. At the age of marriage, Liu Molin is indeed a rare young talent in the court, he is really reluctant to part with it.

Hearing this, Liu Molin's expression changed, and he was silent for a long while, before saying, "Princess Yinglian is both talented and beautiful, beautiful and intelligent, and has a noble status. I promise you, but I am a humble minister, but a humble minister... I already have someone I like , never dare to ask for the princess again!"

Shui Zhan was furious when he heard the words, and immediately wanted to drag Liu Molin out to give him a good lesson, and said, "Good job Liu Molin! You really are not afraid of death!"

Seeing that Shui Zhan's complexion was not good, Yucun got up, gave up his seat, led Shui Zhan to sit down, and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry, why don't you ask Master Liu which lady you like?"

Sitting down at Yucun's position just now, Shui Zhan took a sip of tea, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said, "Tell me, which girl did your dog eyes fall in love with?"

Liu Molin smiled wryly when he heard the words, knelt on the ground and said, "Report to the Holy Majesty, I have admired Zhang Canling for a long time!"

Eight times down

It is said that what Liu Molin said in the imperial study that day reached Zhang Wen's ears, and that afternoon, Liu Molin was flattened into a pig's head for many days and could not go to court without explaining.

On this day, September [-]th, the best day in half a year, the great general Nian Gengyao returned to the imperial court in victory, Shui Zhan led a hundred officials to stand outside the city to greet him, there was no cloud in the blue sky, and the autumn wind blew the water Behind Zhan, the fiery red cloak fluttered.In the distance, a piece of yellow sand and smoke is approaching. It is the army of the Great X Dynasty marching at full speed. The sound of cold iron armor colliding with each other and the roar of heavy footsteps are getting closer and closer. The leader is riding a bay red horse. He rushed to the spot in front of Shui Zhan, got off his horse, walked quickly to Shui Zhan, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister Nian Gengyao is back!"

With a smile on his face, Shui Zhan stepped forward to help Nian Gengyao, who had returned from victory, and said, "Okay! My leopard is back!"

Putting one arm on Nian Gengyao's shoulder, Shui Zhan opened his arms and said to the officials, "Nian Gengyao, the general of Fuyuan, is brave and good at fighting. He defeated the enemy army and praised the prestige of our country. male!"

Immediately, Baiguanshan shouted long live, and then the army who arrived later broke the sky with the shouts of Da X Dynasty, prosperous age and Yongchang. Civil officials, at this moment, are also infected by the military power of the Great X Dynasty, as if seeing the invincibility of the Great X army on the battlefield, the pride in their hearts swelled infinitely.

Arranging for the army to return to the camp, several generals, Shui Zhan, and other officials returned to the palace to have a banquet. The celebration banquet was placed in the imperial garden. Geng Yao sat in the lower seat on the right and left of Shui Zhan, facing the third prince.

When the banquet was halfway through, Nian Gengyao raised his wine glass to Shui Zhan, and said, "Your Majesty has become a vassal first-class duke, so you shouldn't ask for more, but I have a merciless request, and I want to take advantage of today's good day to Please, Your Majesty."

Shui Zhan was instructing Su Peisheng to take down a plate of West Lake vinegar fish that he thought tasted good to Nian Gengyao, when he saw Nian Gengyao say this, his heart turned a few times, and he said with a smile: "I don't know what Nian Aiqing has Please, come and listen!"

Nian Gengyao was obviously in a good mood when he heard Shui Zhan's tone, and he said with some confidence, "I have admired Princess Yinglian for a long time. I used to be afraid that my status would not be abrupt enough, but now I have some confidence. Take the princess!"

Shui Zhan squinted his eyes when he heard the words. This year, Gengyao has two hearts at this time, and he will not stay for long. Yinglian is Yucun's heart, how can he push Yinglian into the fire pit, but Nian Gengyao chooses Saying this at this time, if Shui Zhan directly refused, it would have chilled the hearts of all the soldiers. If Liu Molin agreed to the marriage that day, it would be fine, there is still reason to say that he has chosen someone else, and now...

Xu Shi saw Shui Zhan's hesitation, and Nian Gengyao took another step forward and said: "I know that I am too old for the princess, and I am also a warrior. I am afraid that the princess will not like it, but I love the princess. The heart of the Lord is true and sincere!"

Shui Zhan frowned slightly when he heard the words, and said: "I believe in Nian Aiqing's intentions, but you also know that Prince An is still ill, and Yinglian probably doesn't have such thoughts. Just wait a little longer!"

When Nian Gengyao heard the words, although he was not depressed, but the emperor had said so, he couldn't refute, so he just sat back in his seat awkwardly, and the singing and dancing afterwards felt meaningless no matter how exciting it was.

At the end of the month, the celebration banquet ended, and Shui Zhan returned to Qianqing Palace. He saw Jia Yucun wearing Jia Baoyu skin painting in front of the window, and ordered Su Peisheng to take off his heavy dragon robe and change into casual clothes. Yucun said: "Today Nian Gengyao asked me to marry Yinglian, but I temporarily rejected it. Looking at it like that, I'm afraid I won't just stop thinking about it."

Yucun paused with the brush in his hand, and the tip full of ink dripped immediately, smudged on the vine-yellow chrysanthemum pistils, sighed, Yucun put down the brush in his hand, smiled slightly, and said, "You just decide." .”

"Are you so relieved?" Shui Zhan said a little angrily as he took Yucun into his arms.

Yucun turned around, pulled Shui Zhan's arm from his waist, and said, "Could it be that you really want to marry Yinglian to Nian Gengyao?"

Poor Shui Zhan looked at his empty arms, coupled with Yu Cun's understated tone, only felt his teeth itch with hatred, and gritted his teeth: "No!"

Yucun took the discarded pair of chrysanthemums away from the case, spread a new sheet of white paper on it, and said, "Since that's the case, why should I worry?"

Shui Zhan stood behind Yucun for a while, seeing that Yucun didn't want to pay attention to him at all, he was so bored, he turned around and left the Palace of Heavenly Purity, damn Wenjue!It has been so many days, and the formation has not been repaired yet!

Nine times

In the center of the Forbidden City, all the decorations in the hall have been removed, leaving only an ice bed exuding layers of cold air. On it, a man in a white robe is lying flat, with a ruddy complexion and heaving chest. Fall into a sweet dream.The dark stone floor in the main hall was covered with totem-like patterns, and strange red lights flashed from time to time.

"Are you ready?" Shui Zhan asked as he stood outside the hall, tightly holding Yucun's hand, but fixed his eyes on Monk Wenjue.

"Report to Your Majesty, you can start at any time." Wen Jue said, and ordered the maid next to him to bring a bowl of brown medicine to Yucun.

After a while, Yucun will lie down together in the center of the formation, which does not prevent Jia Baoyu's soul from waking up, causing the formation to fail. Yucun needs to drink a bowl of sleeping medicine beforehand.

Gently pulling his hand out of Shui Zhan, Yucun took a deep look at Shui Zhan and said, "You, rest assured."

Taking the medicine bowl from the maid, Yucun drank it all in one gulp, walked slowly to the ice bed in the center of the formation, glanced at the very familiar shell next to it, lay down on the other side, and tilted his head to look at the face next to him. Shui Zhan on the collapsing rock quickly caught Shui Zhan's sight, and a gentle smile appeared on the corner of Yucun's mouth unconsciously, his vision gradually blurred, and his eyelids were more than a thousand gold.

"Let's start!" Shui Zhan said, his eyes fixed on the center of the formation.

While Wen Jue was sitting on the futon, 108 Buddhist beads were twirling quickly in his hands, and he read Sanskrit words that seemed to float in the sky. The formation in the hall also lit up from the periphery to the inside with the Sanskrit words, winding and twisting. Like the blood of a living creature, there is a pulse of life.When the rune finally touched the ice bed in the center, golden Sanskrit characters lit up in the air. It was obvious that only Wen Jue was chanting, but it seemed that tens of thousands of people responded.

About half an hour later, Wen Jue's chanting stopped, and the golden Sanskrit words seemed to be alive, and they all gathered towards the center of the formation, forming a huge golden cocoon, wrapping the bed of ice , and Wen Jue also lay down on the ground as if he was exhausted, his face was pale, the air was almost freezing because of the cold bed, but Wen Jue's face was covered with sweat.

"Come here, help Master Wenjue down to rest." Shui Zhan waved his sleeves.

At this time, Su Peisheng hurried in from the outside, and replied: "Your Majesty, Mr. Liu has sent a letter saying that all the rebels outside the city have been captured, but..."

"When did you learn to hesitate