Emperor Que Shaohua

In the afternoon of the next day, Luo Pingyuan thought that it had been five or six days since he was ordered to move into Prince Jing's Mansion, so he went into the palace to greet Emperor Tianyi.

Emperor Tianyi had just finished his meeting in Jing'an Hall and drove to Qingliang Hall.When Luo Pingyuan walked into the hall, he saw the emperor sitting behind the imperial case, beside the lotus leaf vase with the jasper lotus pod given by the concubine Lian, a handle of topaz Ruyi on the desk, and several tubes of Zihao in the sandalwood carved pen holder, who were carrying Writing with a pen seems to be in a good mood.

King Ning saluted, and Emperor Tianyi just finished writing the last stroke, looked at it for a while, and then asked Luo Pingyuan about taking over Jingyuwei and living in Jingwang's mansion, and his tone was very caring.

Luo Pingyuan replied that everything was fine, and when he talked about King Jing, his tone was still calm. Emperor Tianyi knew this well, but he didn't care about it.Hearing that King Jing is recuperating these days, he only nodded slightly. Bihai Chengxin is the secret key held by the royal family, and it is extremely difficult to prepare it, and not many people are qualified to use it.He only used it once or twice in the early years, so he kept some tentative observations on the efficacy of the medicine, but now it seems that he has started a little harder.

Luo Pingyuan said again: "I have asked, when Commander Wu of the Jingyu Guard was killed, he was investigating a case at the order of his father. After his death, Jing Yuwei didn't bother to investigate it. Now my son The minister should try to avenge him and investigate the case."

Emperor Tianyi praised him very much, and said: "When your uncle Xu visited Yuzhou, he came back and told me something. The local gentry is very powerful, and even the magistrate has to be respectful when he sees him. Just the rumors in the tea house and wine shop have already claimed several lives. I am very relieved that you can think about it and investigate it carefully. I give you the pure Jun sword, and I hope that with your vigor, you can get rid of the evils of the government and the opposition."

After hearing this, Luo Pingyuan smiled and said, "I will definitely do my best and remember my father's teachings."

Emperor Tianyi chatted with him for a few words, and said with a smile: "Ping Yuan, come and take a look, how about the words I just wrote?"

Luo Pingyuan went up and saw the eight characters "Look at Jieshi to the east, to see the sea".Emperor Tianyi studied willow style in his early years, which has a good structure, but the proportion is somewhat insufficient.Mo Hanshan once commented on various fonts, and thought that the Liu style was more soft and graceful, and he was asked to use Ouyang Xun's style, which was upright and upright.

Emperor Tianyi is not an ordinary father, of course it is impossible for him to express this opinion, he just smiled implicitly: "Father Emperor's characters are clear and upright, his luck is refined, and the meaning is long, I just think it is very good." In fact, He prefers King Jing's calligraphy, which is thick and elegant, and has a style of its own, but if you want him to say it out and admit it, he will definitely not do it.

Emperor Tianyi was a little surprised by the comments, if it was a prince or an ordinary courtier, he would have already praised the emperor's generosity with a bunch of compliments.However, he always likes that King Ning speaks moderately and does not lie. He looked at the words on the case and said with a smile: "The emperor speaks to the point, and your handwriting is also good. I like it very much. You can practice more on weekdays." .”

Luo Pingyuan bowed in response, he was almost close to the case at the moment, and smelled a scent of ink in his nose, which was not ordinary, and his attention was immediately attracted by an ink ingot on the case.

Emperor Tianyi noticed his gaze, and picked up the ink to show him: "Does the emperor like this ingot of ancient ink?"

Luo Pingyuan took it over, and saw that the ink ingot glowed faintly red in the pitch-black light, and couldn't help but praise: "It's really good ink."

Emperor Tianyi was in a good mood when he heard this, and said: "There are a lot of ancient inks in the palace, and there are many treasures. I will give you a few ingots. You can practice calligraphy and enjoy it when you go back."

Luo Pingyuan returned to Prince Jing's Mansion, sat in Hanxiaozhai for a while, and walked to the back garden with some time before dinner.

Walking past the pond where water lilies were planted, and passing by a small piece of vibrant vegetable field, I realized that I was unconsciously walking towards Lancangju.He stopped immediately, feeling conflicted, and then forgave himself: Since we are in the same mansion, it's no big deal to visit once in a while, besides, there is business.

However, when he was approaching Lancang Residence, he saw a green-covered carriage parked in front of the door from a distance. King Jing came out of the room, followed by Qin Su, and both of them got into the carriage.

Luo Pingyuan didn't know what state of mind he had, but he dodged and hid behind a tree to avoid being seen.Only then did he realize that Prince Jing, who lives in seclusion, can also leave the mansion at will, but he was still sick two days ago, where is he in a hurry to go now?

There was no one following Luo Pingyuan, so out of curiosity, he followed quietly.With his lightness skills, the speed of the carriage is not a problem, but he has to be careful not to be noticed by Qin Su and not to get too close.

There is no sign of the palace on the light carriage, and it is not conspicuous when passing through the streets with horses and pedestrians, and it walks very quickly.King Ning hadn't used lightness kung fu for a long time, and now the wind was blowing from the soles of his feet, but he was at ease.I saw the car passing through several streets and alleys, heading south, the more noisy and bustling it went.He was thinking about what King Jing was going to do?Still want to meet someone?The car stopped in front of an inconspicuous shop, Luo Yanhua got out of the car and walked in.

Luo Pingyuan looked at the signboard, Chai Kee Tofu Nao.He was stunned for a while, King Jing would not just come to eat tofu nao just after recovering from illness.Now that you have come, you have to figure it out. When you walk to the front of the store and look through the curtain, there are a few small tables inside and some customers are sitting, but there are no figures of King Jing and Qin Su, so he still uses lightness kung fu. Enter the store and sweep towards the back door.He moved extremely fast, the store clerk only felt a white shadow dodge, a gust of wind blew by, and he was gone, he only suspected that his vision was wrong.

Walking through the back door of the small shop, Luo Pingyuan saw that the back of this small shop led to a deep courtyard with several steps. Except for a towering old tree in the courtyard, there was nothing special about it.He stopped, thinking that this place should be someone else's residence, and it seemed a bit rude to rush in like this.

While hesitating, a human voice could be heard faintly from the house in front of him. He lifted his breath and walked lightly, trying to hide his breath as much as possible, and carefully swept to the half-closed door, and saw King Jing.

Luo Yan Huaying also just entered the door, smiled and bowed to the person in front of him, and said softly: "I have seen Senior Chai, this junior has been neglecting greetings in recent years."

The man's voice was a little old, but it was very flat: "It's okay, you sit down and talk." He turned around and looked towards the door.

This person looked everywhere, as if he could see through walls and doors. Although Luo Pingyuan hid in the dark, he had the illusion that he had not only been seen, but also seen through. He knew with awe that his whereabouts had been discovered.Sure enough, he heard the other party say to King Jing: "You have been careless since you haven't gone out for a long time. You must be careful in the future, and don't be followed everywhere when you go out."

King Jing was slightly astonished, and looked towards the door, Luo Pingyuan had no choice but to show up and walk out.His face was hot, and he didn't know how to explain it. He followed him all the way, hiding and hiding, as if he was watching and stalking him, but he was caught in the end.

The person standing next to King Jing was over fifty, of medium build, dressed in coarse cloth, and had a very ordinary face.It's just that this person's hair is black, but he has a pair of gray eyebrows, which are much longer than ordinary people, and they can almost hang down. His eyes don't seem to be very sharp, but when Luo Pingyuan is swept away by him, he feels nervous and cramped for no reason. Feeling, as stable as the opponent's Confucian Mountain, but there are flaws in his every move.In the past, apart from his master Mo Hanshan, he had only met one Li Pinglan who could give him such a sense of oppression. With that pair of eyebrows, he immediately understood that this must be Chai Ming, who is known as the Ming King of Shoushan Mountain. The name of the weapon is Ruoji Ruoli Hook, and it is ranked among the top three in martial arts public opinion.

Why is such a master-level peerless master in a tofu shop in Los Angeles?Moreover, it seems that he has lived here for a long time.

"Pingyuan, why are you here?" Prince Jing looked helplessly, and said to Chai Ming, "It's my fifth younger brother. He is still young, and he accidentally bumped into this place. Please don't blame me, senior."

Luo Pingyuan was given a step like this, walked forward awkwardly, and slightly bowed to salute: "I have met Senior Chai." Fortunately, neither Chai Ming nor King Jing asked him why he didn't invite himself, Chai Ming just glanced at him indifferently, and said to King Jing: "It turns out that this is your fifth younger brother, Mo Hanshan's proud disciple, but I don't know what he is capable of." Then he said to Luo Pingyuan: "You and your elder brother are two people. What are you doing in front of the old man, no one is sitting, do you want the old man to stand and chat with you?" Before Luo Pingyuan could answer, he slapped him across the air.

He felt a great force pushing himself back, knowing that Chai Ming wanted to try, so he didn't take it hard, he just blocked it with a palm, and took two steps back.There was a chair behind him, and he was about to sit down, but Chai Ming's palm strength suddenly increased at this moment, he resisted instinctively, but the opponent's internal strength was suddenly withdrawn.

If it was an ordinary person, he would probably fall forward, but Luo Pingyuan's foundation was extremely solid, he just swayed slightly, and sat down firmly, and said: "Thank you, senior, for giving me the seat."

He only felt that although the palm-to-hand palm contact was short-lived, Chai Ming's internal strength was already at the level of doing what he wanted, and he couldn't help admiring him: "Senior really deserves his reputation."

Jing Wang smiled slightly, found a chair and sat down.Chai Ming said indifferently: "It's just a false name. When Jiang Hengyuan and Xiao Suyu were still around, they still had the mood to compete with them. Now that the old friend is gone, these are meaningless. Li Pinglan came to me twice, thinking Invite me out of Los Angeles, I think he is also boring alone." He said again, "You are still stable, you still need to temper."

Jiang Hengyuan is the left envoy of Langhuan, the uncle of King Jing, Xiao Suyu is the right envoy of Langhuan, he rarely enters the palace, Luo Pingyuan only saw him once when he was young.Hearing these two names, he couldn't help but glanced at King Jing.

There was a flash of pain in Luo Yanhua's eyes: "Before my uncle passed away, he sent a letter to me, mentioning that the senior is still in Luo City. Luo Yanhua will never forget the kindness of staying with us for nine years."

Chai Ming glanced at him, and his tone became indifferent: "This old man was entrusted by Xiao Suyu, not because of Jiang Hengyuan. I used to think it was difficult to deal with your Jiang family's attitude of worrying about the country and the people, and now I can't bear it even more. You don't have to worry about it, and you don't need to pay back."

King Jing smiled: "The younger generation really can only owe it now. I came here today, just to tell you that no one should touch me for the time being. Qin Su is also back. Seniors don't need to stay here for the entrustment of the past. If you let an expert like you keep guarding it, not to mention Uncle Xiao's regret in the spirit of the sky, the younger generation will also be killed."

"Oh," Chai Ming's long eyebrows slightly raised, "Li Pinglan has not been able to drive the old man away, so is it your turn to drive me away?" He looked Jing Wang carefully, "The last time I saw you should be Three years ago, at that time you insisted that I leave it alone. The old man didn’t stay in Los Angeles to keep watch, but to send you back to the south of the Yangtze River and leave this Laoshizi capital. You child, why don’t you change your mind? Who do you look like? I really don't understand what Jiang Hengyuan and Xiao Suyu want, they all want you to be safe, so they can rest assured."

King Jing lowered his head slightly, Luo Pingyuan stayed aside, he was a little dazed at the moment, he didn't know that Brother Huang had always had the chance to leave for many years.

After a while, Luo Yanhua raised his head, did not explain, and said softly: "I'm fine now, seniors don't need to worry. At the end of spring and early summer, the summer tea in Junshan is green, and the disciples of seniors must miss you very much." .”

Chai Ming originally lived in Junshan, Dongting. He had no family or children, but he loved his disciples quite a lot. Hearing this, he snorted softly: "I have never given up on the promises I made in my life. Tell me, how can you say that there is no danger? What are your plans?"

At this time, there were faint footsteps outside, and the door opened gently, and a woman in plain clothes, about 25 or [-] years old, came in, holding a tray in her hand, and offering a cup of soy milk to several people in the room.When Luo Pingyuan took the cup, he saw an extremely long scar on the back of the woman's hand, extending all the way to her sleeve. He couldn't help but look at her a few more times before he noticed that there was also a long scar on the right side of her face. It seems that it should be a knife wound many years ago, which destroyed the original beautiful appearance to a certain extent.However, he always felt that the woman in front of him looked familiar. When he looked again, he suddenly saw a small mole hidden in her left eyebrow, and he stood up suddenly: "You...you are Yubo! You are not dead? Why are you here? ?”

Back then in Fengyi Palace, Empress Langhuan had two personal maids, one named Ruoye and the other the jade silk in front of her.Although not as close as Qingluan, Luo Pingyuan is familiar with them.

Startled by his actions, Yubo took a step back, stared at Luo Pingyuan's face for a moment, and then whispered: "Is it His Highness Fifth?" Her voice was hoarse, and she glanced at King Jing again as if asking for help.

King Jing nodded slightly to her, with a comforting intention: "Don't be afraid, I brought Ping Yuan, and he won't talk nonsense."

Only then did Yubo salute Luo Pingyuan, her movements were as demure as before, but her voice was hoarse, and Luo Pingyuan saw that she also had a deep scar on her neck.

Knowing that this is not the time, he still couldn't help asking: "How did you escape with your life, did Senior Chai save you?"

Yubo looked a little sad: "Your Highness, after the empress was forced to commit suicide, the servants were still mourning, so many guards with knives came to Fengyi Palace, and were ordered to go with the empress, and then swung their blades to kill. The blood flowed all over the place, and the servant fainted. He thought he was going to die, but His Highness sent people to the mass grave to check and rescued the servant. Afterwards, he followed Mr. Chai. These years, the servant lived in this courtyard."

Luo Pingyuan didn't expect that there were still people alive in Fengyi Palace, and he had mixed feelings in his heart, and said, "Yubo, you should leave Luocheng and stay in the city, it will be dangerous if you are recognized."

The words were well intentioned, but Yubo looked at him with complicated eyes: "Fifth Highness, the lord is still here, and the slaves will not leave. I have already died once, so I am not afraid of anything. The empress was wronged and hurt her. The people are so vicious, if they are all dead, the servants can't help the master, but they must stay in Los Angeles and watch those traitors be exposed, the servants live to wait for that day."

"Yubo," Jing Wang said lightly, "don't say it anymore, if you still think I am the master, then leave these words for later, don't mention them to others now. You step back." His voice was light, Yubo lowered her eyes, not When he spoke again, the hurt expression on his face disappeared, and he said in a low voice, "Yes."

Luo Pingyuan saw her salute to King Jing and retreated, feeling agitated in his heart.Yubo said so sadly that the queen died innocently, why should she think so, if what she said was true, then what happened to Rupin's denunciation.Yubo seemed to be using her traumatized voice and the scars on her face and neck to accuse, saying that the evidence presented by Rubi was untenable.

Later, Luo Pingyuan didn't listen to what King Jing and Chai Ming talked about.It was getting late, and Chai Ming asked someone to bring two bowls of tofu nao. He didn't notice the taste, but he heard Chai Ming say to King Jing: "This old man's tofu shop has a lot of regular customers. If you don't want to close the stall, you can buy it again." Open for two years. If your subordinates from the south of the Yangtze River encounter difficult problems, you might as well come over and eat two bowls." King Jing sighed slightly, got up and thanked King Shoushan Ming, and he greeted: "Bingyuan, we let's go."

Luo Pingyuan walked out of the tofu shop with King Jing. He didn't see Yubo again, only Qin Su appeared behind them, and he didn't know where he was hiding just now.

Although it was past dinner time, the weather was warm in early summer, most shops were still open, and there were still many pedestrians in the market.The sunset is like gold, and Jing Wang's calm expression blends into the lively street scene, reminiscent of the tranquility left by the wind blowing through the woods, and the quiet and open water lilies on the turbulent lake seem to be guarding the world and being forgotten But the background that has always existed.

After King Jing got into the car, Luo Pingyuan followed him unconsciously.Qin Su didn't get in the car, but just put a large bag of tofu and dried bean curd in the car, and said, "I bought it in the store."

Luo Pingyuan received quite a shock in this down-to-earth small tofu shop today, directly touching the deepest memories in his heart, perhaps like the hideous scars on Yubo's face, for those who have experienced the catastrophe of that year , Those traces will never fade away.Even if he had nightmares again and again, how did Luo Yanhua, who was in the center of the vortex, come here and still have such a calm expression now.

He asked: "Brother Huang, why didn't you explain what happened back then?"

He felt that what he wanted to ask was not this, but what happened back then, and how many other love affairs were annihilated in the light of blood, besides the situation he knew.He was vaguely afraid that he would hear something unexpected, which would shake or even subvert his hard-won cognition.

Luo Yanhua seemed to understand what he was thinking, and said after a long silence: "What is the explanation? It is said that the assassin was not ordered by the queen mother, she did not cooperate with the enemy, that the Langhuan Order was not passed on by her, and that Rupin's death is another matter." If there is an inside story, will Father listen? Are you willing to believe it? This matter can no longer be resolved with words."

If it was a normal day, Luo Pingyuan might ask: "Then how do you want to solve it, continue to pretend that nothing is wrong?" But after meeting Chai Ming and Yubo, he couldn't say it anymore, everyone seemed to know much better than him .He felt a sense of suffocation in his heart, and said slowly: "I believe it or not, what do you think, did you really care about it, Brother Huang? Before leaving the palace, I have been waiting for you to explain, even if it is just a sentence or a few words, I will keep it in my heart, but you didn't say anything to me until I left."

He stood up, regardless of the carriage moving, and jumped down directly.Qin Su followed near the carriage, saw that King Ning suddenly got out of the carriage and left, and disappeared in a blink of an eye, thinking that something was wrong, he hurried into the carriage.

King Jing didn't cough again as he worried, but his face was a little pale.Qin Su asked, "What happened to him? He lost his temper again."

Luo Yanhua looked a little sad, and said: "I can't blame him, I'm not in a good mood, and I said something harsh, and he felt uncomfortable." He smiled, "It's okay, Ping Yuan is not a child anymore. I miss him I'm a little scared, he cares about Rupin very much."

"He came by himself." Qin Su simply said a word, and then returned to the state of silence. He heard today's conversation, and Yubo didn't say much. In private, he felt that King Ning would have to face it sooner or later. The earlier you know the better.