The protagonists have golden fingers

It is not so easy to install people in the imperial court. Su Lanqing probably thought of this. Before leaving, he directly pushed the person selected by Gu Zhuangcheng to Ye Changyan, and in front of the civil and military officials of the court, he spoke bluntly. It is very blatant to say that these people were specially selected by him to assist His Majesty.

Ye Changyan has been friends with him for more than ten years, how can he not know what is in his heart?

The little emperor was angry and funny, and a little bit aggrieved.He sniffled his nose calmly, and nodded with a smile: "Since that's the case, then I won't be polite. It's a long way to go, and I hope Zhennanhou will take care all the way!"

Su Lanqing hooked the corners of her lips, her eyes slowly wandered over the crowd, and after taking a full look at their expressions, she looked at the emperor and replied: "I obey."

Su Lanqing walked silently. The capital was as busy and lively as ever. On the streets and alleys, there was an endless stream of businessmen coming and going, bringing exquisite playthings from other countries, and yelling at the guests with smiles on their faces.

"Su Lanqing left, and you didn't say to see him off?"

In the Yunzhuang Pavilion, Shen Yan propped her face, playing with a chess piece boredly, and said to the people behind her without raising her head.

Gu Zhuangcheng snorted softly, put his arms around him from behind, kissed him on the cheek sideways, and said: "You just say that now, if I really go to deliver it, I might be kicked out by you!"

Shen Yan was caught off guard by a slobbering kiss, and was stunned for a moment, then helplessly raised his sleeves to wipe his face, he couldn't laugh or cry and said, "Am I that stingy?"

"I want to see you jealous, why is it so difficult?" Gu Zhuangcheng clicked his tongue, looking very dissatisfied.

Shen Yan knew that this person was deliberately making fun of him, so she just smiled faintly, turned her head away, and continued to study the endgame.

Gu Zhuangcheng was not annoyed at being left out in the cold, he moved a stool and sat behind Shen Yan, resting his chin on the other's shoulder, closed his eyes and began to take a nap.

It is not easy to choose people for the emperor. Gu Zhuangcheng didn't sleep for two days, and finally picked out four people who satisfied him before Su Lanqing left. He was already exhausted, let alone sitting Yes, I can fall asleep standing up!

Shen Yan sat stiffly, twisting a black chess piece with her fingers, neither moving nor moving, even breathing lightly.

He turned his head slightly, and he could easily see the person with closed eyes and long breathing.Gu Zhuangcheng was a light sleeper. To prevent waking him up, Shen Yan sat motionless for an entire afternoon, her entire arm was so numb that she lost all feeling.

Gu Zhuangcheng originally only planned to take a nap for a while, so he took Chen Yan back to the room to rest, but the afternoon sun was too warm, and he was too tired, plus the warm and fragrant nephrite in his arms, the nap turned into a deep sleep .

If it wasn't for the wind blowing in the evening, Shen Yan was worried that he would catch a cold if he continued to sleep, and would have let him sleep until the next morning!

Gu Zhuangcheng opened his eyes in a daze, staring at the face close at hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

Shen Yan blinked for no reason, raised her shoulders to signal him to get up, and was suddenly held in the face by the other party, and before he could react, something warm and soft was pasted on his lips——

Those were Gu's makeup lips.

The other party's eyes were half closed, and through the setting sun, Shen Yan could see the light streaming out of the corners of his eyes.

After a while, Pavilion Master Shen became angry after realizing it, and pushed the person away with a blushing face, and shouted: "Gu, Zhuang, Cheng!" He wiped his lips and said angrily, "Do you do this again next time?" Scoundrel, get out of here!"

-

It was a very delicate puppet.

She has a pretty face, a graceful figure, delicate fingers pulling out orchids, bright red lips slightly raised, long eyelashes like crow feathers drooping, and eyes made of obsidian shining brightly.

After finishing the last stroke with the carving knife, she reluctantly left the puppet's body. "She" was wearing a moon-white dress, with a white magnolia flower on her temples, and she was lifelike under the moonlight.

The hands holding the carving knife are no longer young, as dry as old bark, and trembling slightly in the past, but the moment they hold the carving knife, they are as steady as a rock.

"Crack, crack, crack."

There were three applause behind him, followed by a young man's voice: "I knew it, you must be coming out of the mountain."

The man who sculpted the puppet turned his head expressionlessly, revealing his face hidden in the shadows——

The left half of his face looks like a handsome boy, but the right half of his face is as ugly as if it had been splashed with boiling oil.

The young man walked forward as if he hadn't seen it, with a smile on his face: "With you, I believe our plan has a few percent more chances of winning! Don't worry, when my master succeeds, what you want will It will definitely come true.”

The puppet master was silent for a while, then nodded silently.He squatted down, fumbled to pack the toolbox on the ground, and staggered away.

After he left, the smile on the young man's face suddenly disappeared.He rolled his eyes, exhaled angrily, gritted his teeth with a distorted face, and cursed in a low voice: "Bah! What kind of ugly monster dares to claim to be a descendant of the Xie family? Now who doesn't know what is written on the Xie family tree?" Who is the descendant? I just carved a puppet, and the carpenter is better than him!"

After scolding, the young man let out a long breath, feeling that the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.He cleared his throat, smiled again, and walked towards the puppet placed in the yard.

Just now the puppet master didn't take it away, but put it in the courtyard to absorb the moonlight and add aura.

The young man walked in with a grin, and with a movement of his wrist, a small dagger slipped into his palm.

Since someone is overthinking his own strength and wants to deceive the trust of the Lord, then he will expose this lie!

If this puppet master is really a descendant of the Xie family, then the puppets he created must not be dead!

But now, this young girl-like puppet stood quietly in the courtyard, with lowered eyebrows and downcast eyes, smiling gracefully, exuding a dead silence.

The young man sneered, raised his arm fiercely, and stabbed down fiercely——

At this moment, he suddenly and unexpectedly discovered that the eyeballs of the puppet seemed to move.

Then, he felt a cold in his throat, and something flowed from his neck.

The young man's eyes widened in horror, and before he fell completely into darkness, he saw the girl's compassionate smile...

"what--"

Dawn broke, and a shrill scream woke up the sleeping city.

The fish seller fell to the ground, trembling all over.About four or five steps ahead of him lay a young corpse with a terrified face.

The poor fish seller is quite old. When he experienced such a thing for the first time, he was scared to death and then fell and broke himself into a bone...

The people from the yamen rushed over quickly. After investigating the scene, they found no useful information.

The little catcher quickly scratched his head, looked at his boss in embarrassment, and muttered in a low voice: "Master, I think this thing is a bit evil. How many times is this? When did the law and order in our Zichuan City become so bad?" ?”

"Shut up! It's not over for people to hear!" Jiang Butou slapped his little apprentice severely, twisted his ears and cursed, "If you have the time to chat with me, why don't you check more Look around, maybe you can find some useful clues!"

The little catcher was in so much pain that tears were about to fall!He rubbed his ears pitifully, aggrieved and followed behind the head catcher, and searched around again.

I don't know whether it is good luck or hard work pays off.Finally, at noon, they found a new clue - a piece of cloth with the scent of rouge.

This piece of fabric is light and delicate, and the color is simple and elegant. It doesn't look like something ordinary people can afford.

What's more, the rouge smell on the fabric is even more refreshing, and it should be used by young ladies in big families.

But it's too small to even be a handkerchief.But fortunately, with this clue, they can continue to investigate, and maybe there will be new gains!

None of them noticed that a figure quietly left among the crowd.Jiang Butou seemed to have sensed something, but when he turned around, he found nothing.

He scratched his head with a strange face, thinking that maybe he was too sensitive, how could it be so easy to see ghosts in broad daylight?If we want to see each other, we should see each other at night!

"Master...Master? Master!"

"Ah?" Catcher Jiang shuddered, almost breaking out in a cold sweat. He waited for the little cop in amazement, his pupils wide open.

The little catcher was startled by his appearance, and quickly asked: "Master, are you okay? I just called you several times!"

Jiang Butou let out a breath of foul air slowly, forced a smile and said, "No, it's all right! By the way, what did you just say? I was stunned, but I didn't hear it."

The little catcher frowned helplessly, and said, "I said, what should we do next? Although there are new clues, but...but..."

But the rouge gouache shop in Zichuan City has never sold such high-end rouge!

Catcher Jiang gritted his teeth bitterly, he closed his eyes, as if he had made some difficult decision: "Go...get my Wild Goose Order, I want to go to Yunzhuang Pavilion myself."

-

"What letter did you continue?" Gu Zhuangcheng lay on the table, and saw a face that was not afraid of any danger, and couldn't help being a little amused.

Shen Yan put the letter aside, and explained in a few words: "Something happened in the southwest, I need to go there."

"Huh? Southwest? Such a coincidence?" Gu Zhuangcheng raised his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised, "Just as Su Lanqing was leaving, there was a commotion in the Southwest. Tell me, is this a coincidence, or was someone doing it on purpose? ?”

"I don't know if it's a coincidence..." Shen Yan's face darkened slightly, "However, according to the unreliable news over there, it seems that evil cultivators have been found in the southwest, and the Zichuan Branch Pavilion suffered heavy losses. In any case, we Everyone must go!"