Linque

Xuanxi ten years, autumn.

Ningzhou, a lonely city.

After the Double Ninth Festival, sweet osmanthus is fragrant, and Lishan Mountain is springing to the south. Several disciples of Lishan Mountain are drying scented tea by the gazebo. Their hands are busy, and their mouths are not idle. It's all about Lishan Shanhua.

One of the tall men said: "Speaking of which, Senior Brother Chu has been in the imperial capital for more than two years, and he doesn't know when he will come back."

"I miss him," the other said vaguely, holding his chin and holding a grass in his mouth, "Could it be the little goblins from the imperial capital who snatched us, Senior Brother Chu? That's too much!"

The companion said "Hey": "Ji Chen, can't you come up with something good?"

The young man named Ji Chen pulled the grass out of his mouth and said: "Then I am better than the second senior brother. He has nothing to do and writes the words of Chu senior brother and... and Dongjun. He was almost scared to death by him. Dongjun is so angry. Angry, he ran to Yishan Academy to participate in the celebration, and Xinghui took the blame, and was imprisoned in Shuijingtai and copied the rules of the school for more than a month. At that time, I said——" Ji Chen lowered his voice, "Dongjun It's so fierce, how could it be possible to have an affair with Brother Chu, the two of them can't fight together!"

"Tch, didn't you look very enthusiastic at that time?" The companion squinted.

Having said that, Dong Jun may not have shown up in Lishan for a long time, but the elder brother always sees the head and sees the end, and everyone is used to it.

While talking, there was a figure approaching from the other end of the floating suspension bridge. The figure was like a jade tree, walking towards here at a leisurely pace, passing through the flower vines, revealing a picture-like face.

"...Chu, Senior Brother Chu?!" Ji Chen was the first to see, dropped the dry tea in his hand, and stood up with bright eyes.

Chu Heng raised his head according to the sound, and saw several juniors in the gazebo, with his eyes slightly bent, he called out his name and said hello.

A few people ran down excitedly, "Why is Brother Chu back! I didn't hear the news before, otherwise I would have gone to the city gate to pick you up if I knew about it!"

Chu Heng smiled: "I have something to do when I come back. I asked the Hall of Martial Arts for leave. I came in a hurry, so I didn't say it in advance."

At that time, when Chu Heng was sent to the Hall of Martial Arts by Marquis Zhong Ping as soon as he returned to the imperial capital, everyone in Lishan got the news, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried when he mentioned these juniors: "Brother, you are in the Hall of Martial Arts, no one provokes you, right? "

"No," Chu Heng smiled, "Besides, didn't Xinghui go too?"

In the spring of this year, Ye Xinghui, the young lord of Lishan Mountain, complied with Dayin's national law and joined the Emperor's Guard Camp in Wuying Hall.

He is the only son of Ye Jianwei, the leader of the Eastern Capital, and the future helm of the Ye family in Lishan. His going to the imperial capital will mean that Lishan's position will be shaken.For a moment, the eyes of the entire Kyushu almost fell on this 17-year-old boy.

But what outsiders think is their business. For the young master, the bottom line is that he has stayed in Lishan enough, and he wants to go to the imperial capital, and it is best to find a daughter-in-law and bring him home—ah!Life is complete!

As soon as the young master entered the Hall of Martial Heroes, he was tied with Su Lang, the leader of the South Hall, and finally he did not fall into his father's prestige, and earned back the "Lishan face" lost by Chu Shanhua, who knew nothing, That is called an elated.Later, in July, it shined again in the autumn of Ulsan in Pingjing, and it was very prosperous.

After chatting for a while with several juniors, Chu Heng was stuffed with a pack of fresh scented tea and entered the mountain gate.

When I went to the square in front of the hall, I met more juniors and younger sisters head-on, and there was a lot of joy and encouragement, greetings and greetings. When I arrived at the Changji Hall, it was already half an hour later.

Chu Heng came back suddenly this time. Before coming here, Flying Falcon sent a letter to the Landlord of the Eastern Capital, and the chief elders of Lishan Mountain did not know about it.

Although he had business to do, when Chu Heng thought about him and Ling Ye, he couldn't help but feel uneasy. He hesitated for a while in front of the gate of Changji Hall, and then heard a light cough from inside, followed by a cold sentence: "Come back If you don’t come in, do you want someone to invite you?”

Hearing the sound, he knew he was on fire.

A chill ran down Chu Heng's back, took a deep breath, and walked in boldly.

He closed the door behind his back, walked a few steps forward with his head down, knelt down, kowtowed and called "Master", but he didn't dare to get up by himself, watching his nose and heart, and lowered his eyes, waiting to be scolded.

As expected, Ye Jianwei didn't respond, flipped through the book in his hand, and after half a cup of tea, he couldn't help but look over to the apprentice he hadn't seen in two years.

Chu Heng bowed his head and knelt quietly, Ye Jianwei looked him up and down carefully, he was neither dark nor thin, he seemed to have gained two catties of flesh, and the prejudice against the imperial capital in his heart disappeared, and he said coldly: "Get up. "

Only then did Chu Heng dare to get up, walked to Ye Jianwei's side, called "Master" again, and asked him about his health.

Ye Jian snorted slightly: "I'm still alive for now, I'm not mad at you."

Chu Heng suddenly didn't dare to speak.

Ye Jianwei glanced at him, "I went to the imperial capital, and I fell in love with the one I couldn't take home, but was abducted by others!"

"..." Chu Heng was silent.

When mentioning this matter, Ye Jian Weiqi didn't make a fuss, and the son he raised with one hand went to Jiuzhong Que, "I knew I shouldn't have let you go to Zhongpinghou's mansion, this old Chu Hong... "Ye Jian coughed slightly, swallowed the word "bastard" in front of the child, looked at Chu Heng again, and asked angrily: "...is he treating you well?" "

This "he" knew who he was talking about as soon as he heard it.

Chu Heng nodded, "Master, I really like him."

Ye Jianwei remained silent with a serious face.

Chu Heng gently tugged on his sleeve.

After a while, Ye Jianwei looked at the scroll in his hand again, and said coldly: "There is only one, and you can't let yourself be wronged if you like it. I raised a son, and I didn't just ask for perfection. If he treats you badly in the future, Just come home, Master is here, huh?"

Chu Heng let out a "hmm".

Ye Jianwei's expression turned pale, and after finishing talking about the most important thing, he turned to other business matters, "You wrote that something went wrong in Ulsan?"

Chu Heng nodded.

At the beginning of June this year, the emperor led the princes and officials to Pingjing to escape the summer heat at the Jiushao Palace. Ulsan is located in the northern suburb of Pingjing and is the largest hunting ground in Kyushu.Since King Qi's rebellion was suppressed in the sixth year of Xuanxi, the government and the public were in turmoil, and there were many internal and external affairs. The emperor did not visit the Summer Palace for a long time. This is the first time in four years.In July, the Ulsan Autumn Festival held later is a long-awaited event in Kyushu.

When the great families gathered together, there was a small episode in the middle.There was a small commotion in the camp of Qiuxi—a fire broke out in Beishan in the middle of the night, some assassins sneaked in and injured people, afterward the shadow guards interrogated the survivors, and even faintly hooked up with Lishan.

This is obviously a set.

Fortunately, Beishan is still far away from the imperial tent, and King Xing's cavalry can't reach it.When the incident happened, Su Lang went out to inspect, and Xinghui also followed. The young master bumped into the assassin by mistake, and took the victim with his own hands.Coupled with Ling Ye's trust in Chu Heng, the mess was quickly sorted out without causing any disturbances, and the part involving Lishan was also handled secretly.

But with Chu Heng, this matter cannot be easily overturned.

The young master of Lishan Mountain, Ye Xinghui, came to the imperial capital this time. According to himself, it was because of Dayin’s national law that each family leader had to send a parent and child who had reached the age of [-] to join the Hall of Martial Arts. He had only one son under his knee, so the young master had no choice but to come.

But others dare not think so.

——After all, not long after Ye Xinghui joined the Hall of Martial Arts, he followed Su Lang to Jiangjin City, Wanzhou, and brought back Princess Qinghe, who was married to the Jiang family.

Princess Qinghe is no ordinary royal family member.

She is the daughter of the imperial concubine Huiyuan, and was deeply loved by the first emperor.The noble concubine Yan Lan was the favorite of the Sixth Palace back then, and she was at odds with the current Empress Dowager Zhong and her successor at that time, the Zhong family.Concubine Yan Gui has no prince under her knees, and in order to fight with her successor, the Zhong family, she once helped the prince Ling Ye who lost her mother.

Later, the imperial concubine passed away, and a year later, the late emperor passed away, and the young prince came to the throne, and the Empress Dowager Zhong came to the court to claim the ruling power.She married Princess Qinghe to Lianyan City, Wanzhou. The Jiang family had a bad family style, and was demoted by the late emperor in the early years because of the corruption of the personal morality of the direct line.The queen mother chose this marriage for the princess, obviously to avenge the concubine Yan Gui who had been at odds with her in the past.

Now that time has passed and the feng shui has changed, Empress Dowager Zhong's son Jing Wang has long since left the imperial capital for his food town, Jiang Jincheng.However, Princess Qing and Princess Chang, who had been neglected by Jiang's family, were welcomed back.

Of course, the emperor will not take it lightly.

For more than a year, because of the decline of Zhi Xingjuan and Wanzhou's Yanchuan Yan family, the emperor gave both kindness and power, picking a few small families that followed Yan's buttocks as a lesson, and also praised some aristocratic families that returned in time. And use this to arrange some manpower to the key points in Wanzhou to infiltrate the forces little by little.When the emperor made a move, some people couldn't sit still. After all, Jiang Jincheng was also in Wanzhou.The Lianyan Jiang family is not only a native of Wanzhou, but also secretly connected with King Jing.

This time, it was Su Lang, the second son of Lord Ying, who was ordered by the emperor to pick up the princess. The emperor wanted to deal with the Jiang family. It was normal for the emperor to go and investigate. , also ran to Wanzhou with Su Lang.

What does this Lishan Ye family, who has never been involved in political struggles, want to do?

The aristocratic family was curious, King Jing was anxious.

But in fact, this matter is not as complicated as they thought.Princess Qinghe's biological mother, Royal Concubine Huiyuan—real name Gui Haiyanlan, in terms of seniority and blood relationship, the princess is the niece of her junior uncle Gui Hai Mingyuan, which made Xing Hun follow her.

But they didn't know these secrets, seeing Lishan and the emperor getting closer, Ye Xinghui stuck with Su Lang all day long, King Jing couldn't help it.

So when he was in Bianyan City, the young master once encountered a sobering assassination.

This time, the chaos in Ulsan Qiuxi is likely to be related to King Jing.Since ancient times, emperors have been suspicious, so they first left a specious seed. Lishan has always been cautious and neutral. It has not yet officially boarded the emperor's ship.

And this time in Ulsan, the answer that the captured survivor finally bit out was related to the two Mahayana realms of Lishan, which was regarded as a secret of Lishan, so there must be someone familiar with the mastermind behind it.If it wasn't for Chu Heng's promise to Ling Ye, and Ling Ye's unconditional trust in him, maybe he would have been right.If it was just King Jing's framing and instigating, it was not enough for Chu Heng to take it seriously. What he was afraid of was that there were people in Lishan who had misbehavior and intended to cross the line, so he went back to Yiye Gucheng in person after the Double Ninth Festival.

Ye Jianwei listened to Chu Heng explain the ins and outs, especially when it was about the secrets of Lishan Mountain, but he was not surprised, but his brows gradually frowned, and there was a flash of anger in his eyes. His face was complicated, and he didn't know if it was the window. Because it was not turned on and the light was dim, Chu Heng actually read a trace of sadness from it.

There was no choice but to let the flowers fall, and it seemed that Yan once returned.

Yan returns.

Ye Jianwei closed his eyes, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry about this, I know it well."

Chu Heng was taken aback when he heard the words, not only Ye Jianwei's answer as if he knew everything, but more importantly, Chu Heng had seen such a complicated and sad expression on Mu Xiyun's face before.

One time was when Mu Xiyun said that he agreed with Xinghui to come to the imperial capital, and he mentioned Lishan's position; the other time was in the first month of last year, after the spring search, Mu Xiyun set off to return to Lishan, and the day before he left, Chu Heng came to see his wife farewell When he arrived in Luyuan, his wife just finished meeting an "old friend". Chu Heng failed to meet the "old friend" directly, but he felt that that person was a peerless master. ①

At this moment, Chu Heng saw the same look on Ye Jianwei's face again.

People who know each other well know Lishan so well...

For some reason, Chu Heng subconsciously recalled May [-] last year, the day Yan Xiang died, he bumped into a man on the long street full of people - a man who looked very much like a little uncle . ②

That scene was deeply engraved in Chu Heng's mind, his heart tightened, and suddenly he felt a little helpless, so he responded without further questioning.

"The trouble in Ulsan, has your sweetheart never been suspicious?" Ye Jian calmed down his emotions slightly and asked in a raised voice.

"..." Chu Heng's ears turned red, and he looked away, "He believes in me, and he is willing to believe in Lishan."

Ye Jianwei stood with his hands behind his back, and said: "Your teacher and I agreed that Xinghui went to the imperial capital, not for nothing. Kyushu has not been peaceful in the past two years, and what should come will come sooner or later. You don't have to worry about Ulsan. Respecting the king, not respecting the king, anyway, I know what she means." Ye Jianwei's eyes turned cold, "But Lishan doesn't need other people to hold their heads, we choose by ourselves."

"...He?" Chu Heng keenly caught the word.

Ye Jian shook his head slightly, did not say much, and continued, "You have His Majesty in your heart, so naturally you have to think about him. And since Xinghui has joined the Wuying Palace, as the emperor's guard, of course he must be loyal to the emperor. One Ye Gucheng It is your backing, and you don’t have to worry about doing things in the imperial capital in the future.”

This means that the Lishan Ye family is really going to join the team.

Ye Jianwei looked his apprentice up and down, and suddenly said, "Does Your Majesty know who you are?"

Chu Heng was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "I...um..."

At first, he didn't dare to tell Ling Ye because he was afraid of losing Ling Ye. As the time of knowing each other grew, those feelings of worrying about gains and losses have gradually dissipated in the rubbing of ears and temples.Up to now, he just simply didn't know where to start. He thought about it several times, Ling Ye should be angry, maybe he would ignore him first, and then teach him severely, but he definitely wouldn't want him.

"Let's go with the flow..." Chu Heng felt guilty when he thought of this, "When I go back this time, I will find a chance to confess to him..."

He spoke more and more quietly.Ye Jianwei looked at Chu Heng, and had an inexplicable intuition, always felt that the authorities were obsessed, and caring would cause chaos. With the emperor's heart and wrist, it shouldn't be that he didn't notice it at all.

Ye Jianwei suppressed the confusion in his heart, and then asked again: "By the way, before Xinghui went to the imperial capital, he swore to me that he would bring back a virtuous daughter-in-law. He has been in the imperial capital for half a year, can you Did you see which girl he is interested in? Your mistress and I should make preparations in advance and go to someone's house to propose marriage in the future."

"..." Chu Heng's expression froze slightly, and he thought that Ye Xinghui really dared to brag!

Chu Heng thought about it seriously, and decided not to say anything. After all, he himself was already an abducted "rebellious son" in the Eastern Capital, and he was not beaten because the Eastern Capital has been angry for more than a year up.But now if Ye Jianwei knew that there was another "rebel" under his knees, and his anger surged up, Xinghui would be beyond his control, but Chu Heng, who was in front of him, would definitely be beaten twice.

"I'm usually in the Hall of Respect and Sincerity," Chu Heng replied obediently, "I didn't notice if Xinghui had his eyes on anyone, but he promised you that there must be."

"It's all in the Hall of Respect..." Ye Jianwei repeated, glanced at Chu Heng, and waved his hand impatiently, "Go see your wife, second uncle and aunt, and Shuli, they miss you too .Since I’m back, I’ll stay at home for a while, so I don’t have to go to the Hall of Respect!”

Chu Heng responded, turned around and left.

Mentioning Ye Shuli, he suddenly remembered that Xinghui had been blamed for the "Shuangyue" script, and he hadn't settled with ghosts yet!

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Ye Xinghui (hún), Hun and Heng héng all mean beautiful jade.

①When my wife talked about Lishan’s position, see the middle part of "Chapter 110 Minglu"; ​​when my wife talked about "old friends", see the second half of "Chapter 143 Jingnian".

②Shanhua meets someone who is similar to the little uncle, see the middle part of "Chapter 166 I Go".

③The timeline of this chapter corresponds to Chapter 1 to Chapter 32 of Canghai (no need to see Canghai).The little uncle has indeed passed away. There is no suspense about this. In this chapter, "acquaintances" will be written soon. She is not the focus of this book, but because it involves some plots, it needs to be mentioned.