I write novels in the East Palace

Even a young man can barely pass the cat hole. Although Zhou Chengyi's body has lost a lot of weight recently, it is actually eight feet long, wide shoulders and narrow waist.

Zhou Chengyi naturally didn't climb.

Hearing the footsteps of the patrol team coming this way, he should have noticed something. Although the corner here is secluded, there is no place to hide.Once caught, the Habayashi Army will definitely step up patrolling, and it will be difficult for him to find a chance to escape.

You can only take a gamble by enabling a temporary solution.

Zhou Chengyi glanced back, lowered his voice and said quickly, "Little devil, you must remember what I said now. Immediately find a way to find Prince He, and let him quickly go to the emperor to ask for a warrant to rescue me. "

After all, Xu Rui was just a child. He was taken aback by his sudden serious tone, and panicked, "I, I can't remember..."

"—You must remember. My life is in your hands." Zhou Chengyi got angry, and heard the child over there belching in fright.

Zhou Chengyi didn't have time to repeat it anymore, the sound of footsteps was close at hand, he could only whisper, "Run!"

The child subconsciously buried his head and ran wildly, and the sound of frantic footsteps stumbled away.

Almost as soon as Zhou Chengyi's voice fell, there was a shout behind him, "Who is it?!"

As he said that, he drew his sword and made a gesture to arrest him.

"It's me." Zhou Chengyi turned around and faced the knife slashing coldly, "Are you going to kill the prince in the East Palace?"

The knife stopped suddenly, and the man immediately knelt down and lowered his head, "I don't dare. I thought some bad guys broke in..."

"Heh. I usually pretend to be deaf and dumb, but now my ears are clear. The East Palace is completely surrounded by your Yulin army. You can't even see the eunuch who delivers the food. Who else can come in? And who is it? Qianyuan The palace does not go to the West Sixth Palace, but picks this east palace to break in, could it be that he intends to assassinate a prince who has been deposed?"

With Zhou Chengyi's bitter sarcasm, he lowered his eyes and sneered, "If that's the case, then whoever is behind the scenes is one of my good brothers."

Zhou Chengyi said he was "which" good brother, but actually he missed Zhou Chengan's name.

The emperor's descendants were weak, the eldest son drowned at the age of seven, the third son died in infancy, the sixth son died of smallpox, and the seventh son fell to his death on a horse the year before last... Excluding the newly weaned Xiao Ba and the less than full moon Xiao Jiu, only two have survived to this day. , four, five and three princes.

And the second prince is Zhou Chengyi who asked Xu Rui to look for him earlier, and Prince Zhou Chengyao, who is also the only one with a title among all the princes.

Yao who, variables also.

The second prince was born prematurely. He was born with a cold syndrome from his mother's womb. He was congenitally weak and lingering on the bed all year round. He was able to live until now almost because he was fishing for it with expensive medicinal materials.The emperor hoped that he could live longer, not only named him Yao, but also named him Changkang, and even bestowed titles with implied meanings.

Moreover, the Min family behind the second prince is a Qingliu literati, and the Min family and Zhong Li's family are family friends. Concubine Min, who is recuperating in Zhangtai, and Empress Xiaoxian are handkerchiefs. When Empress Xiaoxian was still there, Zhou Chengyao was almost raised under her knees. The original owner and his second brother are really close as brothers.

In the last life, after the original owner was imprisoned in the East Palace, and after the petition of the court officials was rejected, they were afraid of being implicated and kept silent. Only Zhou Chengyao ran around to take care of him. , Later, when he learned the news of the original owner's death, he vomited blood with grief and indignation, and never got up again after getting sick.

Zhou Chengyi ranked fourth, that is to say, the only one who wanted to harm him and was capable of harming him was the fifth prince, Zhou Chengan, who was two years younger than him.

The original owner was only young, and although he was a crown prince, he had never married a wife or concubines. Whenever he was urged to marry, he used the excuse of "how can I marry a wife before my brother is married?" It was only when the matter was brought up again that this incident happened.

The original owner is now abolished, and the marriage that he wanted to climb up before naturally fell through.

But Zhou Chengan, he is two years younger than the original owner, but the two concubines are already filled.The position of concubine has been vacant for so many years, and anyone with eyes knows that he is looking for an in-law who can support him in the position.

Zhou Chengan's desire to fight for the throne is clearly revealed, even Chang'an City has rumors.

The Yulin soldiers immediately knelt down, not daring to answer, and only said, "I will escort Your Highness back to the bedroom."

Zhou Chengyi sneered, "Father imprisoned me in the East Palace, not in my bedroom."

As he spoke, he really carried his weak body on his shoulders, and walked around the East Palace slowly.

Before going back, he deliberately walked to that secluded place again, and sure enough, he saw that the cat hole was covered.

"Heh." Zhou Chengyi glanced at Habayashi Jun who was once again a wooden man next to him, the sarcasm on his face was undisguised.

He sighed inwardly, flung his sleeves and went back to the bedroom.

The wait was long and boring, but Zhou Chengyi had nothing to do and was still growling with hunger. Finally, he entered the original owner's study with a candle in his hand, intending to read some books or write something to pass the time.

The original owner's study room was named Tianlu Pavilion, and the lacquered gold characters on the plaque were written by his uncle Zhong Liyue himself.

This day, Tianlu Pavilion was rebuilt from the side hall on the right side of the sleeping hall. As soon as I entered, I saw a dazzling array of books, which couldn't fit on the bookshelves. I made a few book boxes and piled them aside, and even piled them on the table.

He stood still in front of the table, and unexpectedly found that the topmost book was a specially made book catalogue, with the heavenly stems and earthly branches as the horizontal and vertical lines, and which book corresponded to which grid and which book was written clearly at a glance.

——It is the word original owner that destroys the integrity and is very unsightly.

If you want to say that a dog can climb it, it’s not enough, but if you want to say how beautiful it is, it’s really not enough. The only advantage is neatness.

Zhou Chengyi had learned hard-tipped pen calligraphy before, and although he used a computer to type, he liked handwriting in outline, and the more he practiced, the less ugly his handwriting would be.

When he saw the original owner's ugly handwriting, he couldn't help itching.

So he unfolded the paper and began to grind it, picked up the brush in a dignified manner, and wrote the brush in a full-fledged manner.

then……

The dog crawled was actually myself.

Zhou Chengyi: I was so ugly, thank you.

Moreover, Zhou Chengyi also discovered a big problem, that is, dyslexia in ancient Chinese.

In fact, vernacular also existed in ancient times, which can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, when popular novels became popular.

But these books by the original owner are naturally not popular novels, but policy theories and the like.

These books are all written in classical Chinese, not only in traditional characters, but also without punctuation, and many meanings of words are different from modern ones.

As we all know, Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and the same word has different meanings. The position and tone in the sentence will affect the meaning of the word, and even the same sentence can represent different meanings.

However, the ancients especially liked to use allusions, to use nouns flexibly, and to omit verbs and objects.

In short, those who are uneducated cannot understand, and those who are educated may not understand.

Zhou Chengyi deeply understood the importance of the New Culture Movement.

Zhou Chengyi flipped through it casually, and suddenly found a book, the title page opened with the words "heavy money for manuscript".

Ask for a lot of money

This is a hundred gold for manuscript

Poetry, poetry, drama and prose are all available

Best of Pulp Fiction

Chang'an Bookstore

Zhou Chengyi raised his eyebrows, but before he could make much noise, there was a sudden commotion outside.

"Here we come!" Zhou Chengyi's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to throw away the book and go outside.

Sure enough, it was Zhou Chengyao who came, but he was stopped outside the palace gate.

"My lord came to see the prince, why are you stopping me?" Zhou Chengyao was so anxious that he was supported by someone, his face was as pale as a ghost under the light of the lantern, and there was hidden anger on his face, "Get out of the way, my lord." !"

However, the Habayashi Army remained unmoved, "Guarding the important place, please go back, His Royal Highness!"

"You cough cough—" Zhou Chengyao was so angry that he couldn't help coughing as soon as he opened his mouth, his face was unusually red.

"My lord!" The attendant was taken aback, and quickly patted him on the back, saying distressedly, "Our lord is dragging his sick body, but we just came to deliver some food and clothing to His Royal Highness, and leave as soon as it is delivered. If you don't let me Let's go in!"

The Habayashi Army refused to enter: "I will not obey your orders, please come back, Your Royal Highness!"

Hearing this conversation, Zhou Chengyi immediately stepped out and said loudly and eagerly, "You guys are so brave!"

"Second elder brother has always been in poor health. His father exempted him from kneeling and worshiping, and ordered him to ride in a carriage and sedan chair when he entered and exited the palace. He is still seriously ill. How dare you make him suffer? If there is any mistake, you I can afford it!!" He put his hat on immediately.

Before he finished speaking, he was stopped by the patrol team who heard the news.

Zhou Chengyi still remembers hatred, and the first thing to do is to slap people in the face first, and scolded him coldly, "A group of idiots, don't let people come in! It's not enough to use a knife on me today, what do you have to do with the prince?" Accident, so that you can just wait until the family is ransacked and the family is wiped out?!"

"At that time, even if your master has all kinds of means, he won't be able to keep you!"

Zhou Chengyi finished cursing happily, then eased his tone a little, and said to the other Habayashi Wei who were looking at each other in blank dismay, "You can go to His Majesty immediately to ask for instructions, when the time comes to ask about crimes, I don't know how many heads you have to chop off. "

"Don't let anyone in yet."

"Yes!"

In the end, the Habayashi Army still didn't dare to tell the prince to have an accident, and let people in, but blocked all the servants outside.

"Your Majesty's imperial order prohibits visitation, His Royal Highness, please don't make things difficult for me." Habayashi Jun said plausibly.

In fact, they all knew what was going on, but they finally saw someone, and the two of them didn't intend to cause trouble. Zhou Chengyao pushed away the hand of the attendant, took the food box and went in.

"Shuzhi!" Xuzhi is the word of the original owner.

Zhou Chengyao was very excited to see the younger brother he was thinking about. He suppressed the cough in his throat forcibly, stepped forward to scan Zhou Chengyi carefully, and said distressedly, "I lost weight."

Zhou Chengyi was fine at first, but when he saw his paper-white face, he suddenly had a sore nose.

The memory of the original owner suddenly flashed in his mind, and Zhou Chengyi called out sincerely, "Brother."

Zhou Chengyao replied with tears in his eyes and heartbroken.

He opened the food box and took out the hot meals inside one by one, "It's all your favorite food, eat more ahem, I'll deliver it tomorrow."

"You are not in good health, let the servants come in. And I don't know whether to let them in tomorrow."

Zhou Chengyi said while eating, "I knew this would happen a long time ago, that's why I asked that kid to tell you to go to Father Emperor to get a warrant first. Alas, it seems that kid really didn't remember."

He devoured the food without raising his head, so he naturally didn't notice the flash of sadness in Zhou Chengyao's eyes when he mentioned "Father Emperor".

Zhou Chengyao quickly suppressed his emotions. He tapped Zhou Chengyi's forehead with his fingers, and said with a helpless smile, "That is the young son of Duke Ding's mansion, how can you call him that. Where have you learned all the rituals of Zhou?"

"Brother, you don't know, he still told me to climb!"

Zhou Chengyi complained casually, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right. He stopped talking, and when he looked up, he saw Zhou Chengyao's old father's distressed face.

That kind appearance is very similar to the way the dean looked at him when he returned to the orphanage after his military training in college.

Zhou Chengyao was really distressed.

His younger brother has been rich and well-dressed since he was a child, and he has never suffered any hardships, but now he is living such a life here, suffering all kinds of humiliation.

He said, "Don't worry about it, this matter will eventually come to light. If you are wronged to stay here, I will take care of everything and don't make you suffer any more."

"Brother, no need, I'm fine." Zhou Chengyi smiled, "Besides, you don't have the money to manage it."

In fact, the prince's monthly silver is very high, and the emperor will allocate an extra sum of money from his own private treasury to this frail and sickly son every month, which is enough to support a dandy's squandering, but it can't stand the medicine that Zhou Chengyao used to hang his life. It is very expensive, so living with the Prince's Mansion will not be poor, but there is no surplus.

Of course, Zhou Chengyi couldn't pluck at other people's life-saving fleece.

Zhou Chengyao wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by him, "And if I remember correctly, sister-in-law is also pregnant, right?"

"Brother, you have some spare money, you should use it to buy something good for your sister-in-law, don't ask your sister-in-law to use the dowry to supplement the family."

Zhou Chengyao blushed at what was said, and kept silent.

Zhou Chengyi changed the subject and said again, "But it's really necessary to manage one or two things. Money can make money go away, and money is the most reliable."

"I'll pay for it," he said.

Zhou Chengyao frowned, "Nonsense! Where did you get the money from?"

The entire Eastern Palace was confiscated, and the rest were either large items that could not be moved, or books.If there is something that can be exchanged for silver, why ask him for help.

"Shanren has his own tricks." There are many ways to make money, for example, he can pick up his old profession - writing novels.

Ancient books are rare items. Judging from the previous "asking for a lot of money for manuscripts", the manuscript fee is also quite high.

Zhou Chengyi doesn't expect to be as valuable as a celebrity, but he can still think about improving his life.

Zhou Chengyi wanted to pretend to be mysterious, but he saw that Zhou Chengyao had disbelief written all over his face. He thought for a while and said, "Brother, let me tell you a story."

"Here is a fox demon named Yunmeng. As the name suggests, he has the ability of nightmares. He was enlightened by immortals and traveled all over the world to help extradition ghosts rest in peace."

"One day, Yunmenghu passed by a place, but saw the sudden change of the situation and the ghostly aura, there were tens of thousands of Yin soldiers fighting, shouting to kill and bloody everywhere."

Zhou Chengyi stopped and lowered his head to eat.

Zhou Chengyao endured it, but couldn't hold it back, and asked, "And then?"

"Then," Zhou Chengyi lied and fell into the pit like a ruthless scumbag, and declared loudly with confidence, "I haven't made up my mind yet."

Zhou Chengyao: ...