I can tell fortunes, so I’m not easy to mess with [Cross Book]

The story of the fox turning into a human and Ye Lai's tryst with a scholar has been made up and made up by countless literati, but the truth has never been verified.

It just so happened that the story book of Bimozhai came out, and because of Bai Yiling's handsome appearance, people have always talked about it, and now some people half-jokingly guessed that maybe that fox has become a spirit, and can become a great beauty in the middle of the night , That's why Master Bai is treated like a baby.

Originally, it was only a half-joking statement, but for some reason, a lot of details were added as it was passed on.Due to the identity of the other party, the storyteller dared not speak, but the common people talked about it vividly.

Have you heard?The emperor was poached by a vixen!

Shhh, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, if you spread it out, you will be beheaded.

What are you afraid of, maybe our emperor already knew it!Back then, the Supreme Emperor wanted to give Lord Bai a marriage, so the Emperor knelt on the ground and begged the Supreme Emperor to take back his will, saying that he liked Lord Bai, which scared Lord Bai...

Everyone sighed, how happy it is to gather together and gossip, which is more interesting than reading a storybook.

The emperor had an unrequited love for Mr. Bai, and finally got him, but Mr. Bai never forgot about the fox spirit he raised, and kept him with him all the time, alas... I really want to know what will happen next.

Mr. Bai, who has always been obsessed with foxes, is speechless. He is really convinced by his imagination and observation skills. These people's skills are only used to spread gossip. What a shame!

Lu Yu also felt so happy to listen to other people's gossip. Qi Ji was talking, and the corners of his lips became more and more raised beside him, and finally he couldn't hold back any of them, and burst out laughing.

Qi Ji stopped talking and looked at him.

When he heard about this incident, although the people kept saying that the fox in the rumors was "brought up by Mr. Bai himself", Qi Ji firmly refused to believe it. He thought it was ignorance of people who did not know the inside story.

The fox raised by Mr. Bai himself is His Majesty himself. How could His Majesty go to give someone a favor?It is said that he would pick cherries from chairs or something, so it is impossible for him to do that well.

— Otherwise, wouldn’t you have made a fortune long ago?

So Qi Ji insisted that the rumored "third-party fox" was not Lu Yu, it must be another fox poaching the wall, maybe it was the big red fox basking in the grass at this time, shameless!

As a result, Lu Yu smiled so much that he was a little uncertain.

Qi Ji: "Your Majesty, the rumored fox is... you?"

Lu Yu nodded happily, with a sense of pride that "my lover cheated, but the mistress is still me".

Qi Ji: "..."

Shang Xiao: "..."

When we were not together for a while, it was too much to become a fox and run around. Now he even participated in the pet competition. Was he proud of running there to compete with a bunch of pigs, dogs and cats? !

Patriarch, come back and see your son!A fox has been cultivated for thousands of years to become a fairy. He was born and wants to transform himself back into life!

Bai Yiling said: "Are you still smiling, are you proud?"

Qi Ji Shangxiao silently nodded.

Lu Yu said with a smile: "I remembered what Sang Hongjin said last time. No wonder he emphasized that the fox listens to you and can serve tea and water. It turned out that he was waiting here. We were just together At that time, many people didn't believe it and waited to see the joke. Unfortunately, we had such a good life. There was not even a woman in the harem, and there was no way to pick things up, so even you can make up such a story with a fox every day. The story—the unnatural birth really made them hit the mark, you say it’s fun or not.”

Bai Yiling couldn't help laughing either.This matter is probably a little rumor among the common people and a little fueled by someone with a heart. I didn't expect that they wanted to know about the rumors about the imperial examination, but another one was involved.

Qi Ji doubted his life for a while, then suddenly remembered another matter, and said abruptly: "By the way, there is a vixen riot in the Ruan family's mansion recently, and people must have heard about it. Thinking about it. The book of Bimozhai was written based on this rumor."

Lu Yu said: "It can't be the people on our side who are messing around?"

Originally, there were very few foxes in Kyoto, but since Lu Yu came here, some clansmen who like to be lively followed, and they were scattered everywhere.At that time, after Qi Ji heard the rumor, he counted the heads on purpose, knowing that the vixen incident had nothing to do with them, so he was relieved.

He said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, it shouldn't be. What the vixen said may be just spreading rumors."

Qi Ji said that the Ruan family mansion was originally inhabited by a family of merchants. Later, due to an accident, the whole family passed away. Since then, the mansion has been empty for several years.It was only at the end of last year that a man who claimed to be a distant relative came and took over the house.

I don't know if he felt taboo in his heart, but he didn't live in this house himself, but after cleaning it, he rented out the rooms to candidates who were going to Beijing for the exam.

Because the scientific examination is coming soon, the rent in the capital has almost doubled. Although people died in the Ruan's house, the price is cheap, and scholars don't believe it, so it will be full soon.

As a result, within a few days, everyone found that there was always a woman's figure wandering around in the house in the middle of the night, and sometimes faint laughter could be heard. What's more, some candidates even said that when they were sleeping at night , There will be women touching their thighs and lifting their quilts.

It wasn't until they accidentally found some fox fur on the bed that everyone finally confirmed that there was a lot of vixen in this house!

It's the intense review time, who can stand such a commotion in the middle of the night every day!Gradually, many people moved out, and some people who had no money and looked for a new house stayed in that house, but there were not many people who persisted until the end.

After the candidates finished their exams, the courtyard of the Ruan family was emptied again.Although the legend is weird and bizarre, the "fox spirit" does not hurt people, and everyone is not very afraid.It is said that after the exam, because of curiosity, they went back to live again, wanting to see the beauty, and several people actually saw it.

Qi Ji told this story again, and Bai Yiling listened to him with a smile as if it was a rare thing at first, but after listening, he realized that the matter had something to do with the candidates in the imperial examination again.

It is normal to live in a dilapidated house that is too expensive to rent. It is normal to move out because of fear of being interrupted from studying. It is also normal to go back curiously after the exam to see what happened.On the whole, it seems that it has nothing to do with what Bai Yiling is investigating, but he just feels an inexplicable movement in his heart.

He asked: "Who are the people who moved back after the exam, does Master Qi know?"

Qi Ji mentioned the names of two unfamiliar people, and he couldn't remember the rest of the life and death. Bai Yiling also knew that this question was a bit embarrassing, so he thanked him and stopped asking. check.

Lu Yu asked again: "Then, have you heard about He Zicheng's cheating in the scientific examination?"

Qi Ji shook his head.

Lu Yu looked at him and sighed deeply, his eyes were distressed, as if to say, why don't you learn something better?Why can't you be of some use?

Qi Ji: "..."

He spent a long time telling the story with all his eloquence, and then left under the disgust of everyone.

After both Qi Ji and Shang Xiao had left, Bai Yiling got up and touched the big fox in the grass. The big fox couldn't speak, but looked at him with dark eyes. Bai Yiling fed the fox two more sticks of meat, and told Lu Yu: : "I'm leaving the palace too."

Lu Yu complained: "You haven't been here for long, and you have to leave again. I didn't see how reluctant I was, but I went there to touch the fox. Do you like it very much?"

Bai Yiling said: "It looks pitiful. If I say I like it, I still like smaller things, such as children, puppies, and little foxes."

He was originally joking with Lu Yu, but when Lu Yu heard these words, he thought of other things, hesitated, and asked a little cautiously: "Do you like children very much?"

Bai Yiling said, "That's right."

Lu Yu said: "Then... then we won't have children, do you feel... regrettable?"

Bai Yiling didn't expect that he thought about it a lot, and he was amused. Could it be that he has other ways to do it based on Lu Yu's tone?Like turning into a little fox again?

He was a little curious, and teased Lu Yu: "Then what if I say I feel sorry?"

Lu Yu was very entangled and in a difficult situation. He was with Bai Yiling and vowed to always be nice to him and to make everything go well for him, but when it came to the matter of the heir, I really delayed him by myself.

Since Bai Yiling said he likes children, he would be unhappy without him, so what should we do?

Lu Yu said: "Then, if you really like it, then...or..."

He gritted his teeth: "Oh, why don't you find someone else."

Bai Yiling saw that Lu Yu was so entangled, so hard to say, and didn't know what he was going to say. He thought in his heart that he was going to say "Why don't I give you a baby", but he didn't expect that Lu Yu's answer was better than he imagined. It also surprised him.

Bai Yiling: "Huh?"

Lu Yu felt extremely uncomfortable, and said listlessly: "Some people in our clan like to give birth to children. They can cultivate Xianyuan in the process, and they don't care much about who the father of the child is. If you want to find it, I can... I can……"

He couldn't continue, and asked Bai Yiling weakly: "You really want an heir, right? Are you sure?"

Bai Yiling lost his sense of humor, leaned over and kissed Lu Yu, and said with a smile, "Little foxes are enough."

Lu Yu looked at him.

Bai Yiling said: "I like children, whether it's my own or not. Just like when my master took me in, he always treated me as his own. It's a pity that his life is too short. In the future, you will also need an heir. After two years In [-], we just adopted a few children, and besides, you have other brothers, doesn't the King of England have several sons?"

He made some plans, then smiled and said to Xiang: "Why are you thinking about it all day long? You said that in my heart, who can compare to you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his lips were covered. His shallow kiss just now seemed to make Lu Yu feel dissatisfied. He forced his teeth open, sucked his lips and the tip of his tongue, and it took him a long time to separate from Bai Yiling, rubbing the tip of his tongue intimately Rubbing his slightly flushed cheeks.

"I really can't live without you more and more." Lu Yu said with a low smile, "As long as I listen to you talk, I'm very happy."

Bai Yiling still hadn't recovered from his panting: "Then what if I scold you?"

"You can try." Lu Yu urged him enthusiastically, "Come on!"

Bai Yiling: "..."

An old minister who was summoned to the imperial study to wait for the discussion was led by the servants through the garden, and saw Lord Bai kicked His Majesty in the pavilion and scolded "Get out", His Majesty laughed happily, and then Lord Bai also laughed. Also very happy.

The old courtier almost stumbled, shook his head after standing still, and slowly followed the servant to continue walking into the imperial study.

I'm so jealous, I miss my wife, alas.

After Bai Yiling left the palace, he immediately sent people to identify and investigate the candidates who lived in the Ruan family's mansion back then, and the original source of the rumor that He Zicheng Huiyuan's grades were false.After some investigation, the latter was as he expected, but the former surprised Bai Yiling.

"Sixth brother, look at the confession of the boy in Yuexiafang. He said that it was because Yuexiafang was the closest to the place where the rankings were released. Just after the rankings were released that day, many candidates went to drink and celebrate in the workshop. Then they heard Some people say that He Zicheng's grades are not worthy of the name, there must be something wrong."

Bai Yiling took a look: "Have you found the person who said that?"

Yan Yang said: "Yes. He is also one of the current candidates. Although he was on the list, the results were not as good as he expected, so he was not satisfied. It is said that after reading the results, he ran into He Zicheng and taunted him. After talking for a while, he said that he was incompetent and stupid, and that he could pass high school even without reading books, so that the examinee was so angry that he said such words."

After Yan Yang finished speaking, seeing that Bai Yiling was silent, he asked, "Sixth brother, I think He Zicheng probably poured black water on himself on purpose. What do you think he is trying to do?"

Bai Yiling said: "Although this incident was a coincidence, after all, most of it was inferred by us. There is no evidence. Even if we asked him in the past, he would not say it. But I think He Zicheng must have done this during the exam. If there is any problem, he can't say it directly. Let's check along another line first. Is there a list of candidates who have lived in Ruan's house?"

Yan Yang nodded and handed him the list.He has always been careful in handling affairs, and it is divided into three categories according to "candidates who started to live in Ruan's house", "candidates who lived until the end" and "candidates who moved back to look for vixen after the exam", and listed them very clearly.

Bai Yiling took a look, and immediately noticed the name he was most impressed with - "Fan Min".

He said, "Isn't this person going to try No.2?"

Yan Yang also remembered: "Yes, I talked back to you when I surrounded the Ministry of Rites."

Bai Yiling felt that something was wrong.Fan Min's name appeared in all three categories. When Bai Yiling dealt with him, he felt that this candidate was arrogant, conceited and arrogant, and his personality was a bit narrow. Judging by his clothes, his family background did not seem to be very good. It would be difficult to live in the Ruan's house. Possibly, but it doesn't look like there is someone who Yaxing went back to find the vixen after the exam.

Yan Yang also thought of this, and said, "Will that stubborn scholar move back because of rumors about the vixen? Why do I think he can't do this?"

He said half-jokingly: "Don't you have been fascinated by the vixen before the exam, and you are reluctant to leave?"

Bai Yiling asked, "Is he still there?"

Yan Yang said: "Probably because I was afraid of attracting people's tongue after the list was released, so I have already moved out."

Bai Yiling thought for a while, and said, "Kuoda, please ask the brothers to look up the names of the people who lived in Ruan's house before and after the exam on this list, and then ask around if there is anything unusual about them before the exam. Behavior, or said something unusual. If you have any news, send it to me."

Yan Yang couldn't keep up with Bai Yiling's thinking, and he murmured to himself, isn't this really afraid that the examinees will be fascinated by the vixen?

He thought about it, but he didn't ask much, he agreed, and the servant outside came to report that a father-in-law had come with the emperor's command.

Just after the notification here, the eunuch who came to deliver the message has already arrived at the door.Lu Yu had no taboos, after taking office, he still used the old man left by his father, and Wei Rong who came this time was a familiar face to Bai Yiling.

With his status, even ordinary ministers can't compare to him. The princes would smile and stuff their money when they met each other. They should have sat in the hall and drank tea leisurely, waiting for the leader to go out to meet him, but this time Facing Bai Yiling, his status was extraordinary, Wei Rong would not dare to show his style even if he was beaten to death.

Based on his observations, the emperor Lu Yu is actually very easy to serve. He was on duty in front of him and made a few small mistakes unintentionally. Go home and buy a coffin to die.

After seeing Bai Yiling, Wei Rong, who was enlightened, was respectful and polite: "Your Majesty, you don't need to salute, but just ask the servant to send you a message, asking if you are busy, and if not, can you come in?" Palace lunch."

Yan Yang: "..."

This was simply the most humble oral instruction he had ever heard in his life. For some reason, he could even think of the emperor nodding and bowing.Brother Six, that's really amazing.

Bai Yiling really didn't have time: "Eunuch Wei, please tell Your Majesty that I still have official business, so I have to go to the Ministry of Rites. I'm afraid it will be too late for noon. Please forgive me, Your Majesty, let's have dinner first, the most important thing is to take care of the dragon body."

Wei Rong nodded and said yes, he hurried back to the palace without even drinking a cup of tea - the emperor was still approving the memorial and waiting for the news eagerly!

Bai Yiling simply flipped through the files that were handed over to him, and roughly dealt with the problems. Seeing that more than an hour had passed, he got up and went to the Ministry of Rites, trying to transfer the test papers of Fan Min and other candidates. Come out and check it out.

For the sake of investigating the case, Bai Yiling often ran here, and the guards outside already knew him, so he hurriedly said to come in and report.

Bai Yiling said: "There's no need. The adults are busy with business, so I'll just go in by myself."

He didn't wait for the people inside to come out to greet him, he entered the main hall of the Ministry of Rites by himself, and before he could say hello to the officials, he saw that familiar, fluffy red.

Bai Yiling: "..."

At the moment, a plate of chestnuts was placed in the middle of the table surrounded by several people. At one end of the table was sitting Song Yang, the official minister of the Ministry of Rites, and in front of the plate of chestnuts was a little red fox squatting with high spirits, surrounded by a pile of shells. .

The fox and Song Yang confronted each other, and then they moved at the same time!

Song Yang took out a chestnut from the plate, quickly peeled it off and ate it, and the person next to him counted for him: "One!"

The little fox pulled the three chestnuts out of the plate at the same time with his claws, and patted them three times neatly, "Ka Ka Ka", the shells of the three chestnuts were all broken. He patted the table hard again, and the chestnut meat was shaken. Flying up, the little fox opened his mouth to catch it.

The crowd applauded: "Three!"

The fox shook his hair proudly, looked at Song Yang with contempt in his eyes, as if saying, "You lost again."

Although Song Yang is currently a fifth-rank official, but because he was born in a wealthy family, he borrowed the power of his family and is not very old. Seeing the fox going too far, he almost laughed angrily: "This little thing is quite good at eating."

The little fox stood up, reaching for one front leg, and hugged the chestnut plate into his arms.

He sent Wei Rong to ask Bai Yiling to enter the palace, but Wei Rong told him that Bai Yiling had no time and said he was going to the Ministry of Rites, so Lu Yu turned into a fox and ran over.It turned out that he was too impatient, Bai Yiling hadn't come yet, but Lu Yu arrived first, just in time to meet Chen Zong, Minister of Rites.

Chen Zong touched his fur last time, and the little grandson recovered from his illness within a few days after returning home. I am very grateful to this fox. After the old minister recognized him, he wanted to play with the little fox for a while, but he didn't. Master Bai watched from the side, but Lu Yu didn't let him touch it at all.

Chen Zong had no choice but to find a plate of chestnuts and serve it to the little fox, trying to please him. It happened that Lu Yu was a little hungry to eat with Bai Yiling, so he ate one very reservedly.

When everyone saw that the fox could eat chestnuts, they immediately came out to watch. Song Yang was in a hurry, deliberately teasing the fox, and took a chestnut from the plate to eat, but was scratched by Lu Yu.

Song Yang refused to accept it, so he took another one, deliberately took it quickly, but was scratched again.

He said "Yo Ha", and saw the little fox squatting on the edge of the chestnut plate, tilting his head and looking at himself, as if to warn him - if you dare to eat, I will still scratch.

He couldn't help but said: "You poor fox, even if I don't eat it, you can't finish eating so many chestnuts by yourself, how stingy!"

Song Yang didn't know that the fox that was not in front of Lord Bai was not the cowardly fox, but a domineering general fox.

So, somehow, a battle of chestnuts turned into the game just now.

His majesty the emperor, ran here to grab chestnuts from his courtiers, Bai Yiling suddenly had the idea of ​​revealing Lu Yu's true identity in public at that moment.He walked over and mercilessly snatched the chestnuts from the little fox like a vexatious adult.

Song Yang, who had suffered a crushing defeat, realized that Bai Yiling had arrived at some time. Seeing that he had the audacity to pick up the chestnuts on a plate, he was startled and said "Hey": "Be careful!"

The fox arched his waist aggressively, and immediately became happy again after seeing Bai Yiling, stood upright, grabbed his arm with his paws, and rubbed his head against him.

Bai Yiling patted Lu Yu's belly: "Ahem!"

Lu Yu immediately sat back dignifiedly.

Only then did everyone bow their hands to Bai Yiling, and Chen Zong smiled and said, "I wonder why this fox is here. It turned out that Lord Bai wanted to come. It must be for a scientific research case, right?"

Bai Yiling put the chestnuts on the table. He didn't fully understand Chen Xing. He just wanted to read the papers of a few people. When he was talking, his eyes were calmly on the officials present in the Ministry of Rites, but he didn't see them. There was a strange look on someone's face, and they suspected that they were being overwhelmed.

Chen Zong didn't ask any further questions, and happily ordered someone to fetch the test papers Bai Yiling wanted, and at the same time asked Bai Yiling to sit down and wait a while, and ordered someone to serve tea.

The little fox moved closer to Bai Yiling, and quietly pushed the chestnut plate to him, which was full of chestnut kernels.

Bai Yiling smiled and said, "You peeled it just now?"

Lu Yu sat obediently and nodded.

Bai Yiling ate one, then fed another to the fox, stroked his little head and said, "Are you hungry? Let's eat wontons later."

The little fox remembered that when the two met, the first meal Bai Yiling invited him to eat was wontons, his eyes curved into happy crescents, and he nodded again.

Bai Yiling sat here, and the rest of the people stood aside to accompany him, and Bai Yiling let them do their own work.Seeing that he was approachable, all the officials of the Ministry of Rites felt a little more at ease. They all confessed their crimes and dispersed to work.

Song Yang was still a little unwilling to give up, watching the scene of this man and fox getting along in harmony, and then looking at the bloody gash on the back of his hand, he was so jealous that his eyes turned green.He hesitated, and finally mustered up the courage to approach Bai Yiling to learn how to teach the fox, but he was pulled aside by another colleague.

Song Yang said: "If you have anything to say, I'll talk about it later. I need to get closer to Mr. Bai before he goes to work."

"Are you close to Master Bai?" The colleague laughed angrily, "Aren't you afraid that the emperor will chop you up?"

Song Yang blushed: "That's not what I mean, I just want to ask how the foxes are trained so smart, and get one to raise."

"I'm just afraid you'd ask this."

Song Yang's colleague told him about the rumors in the capital a few days ago, and said mysteriously: "Got it? I'm not telling you this because I'm afraid that you accidentally raised a vixen who can seduce souls by mistake. It’s just that even if the rumors are false, it’s true that Lord Bai loves this fox very much, and His Majesty is probably not very happy right now.”

Song Yang touched the scar on his hand and shrank his head: "Is this story widely spread?"

"Except for you, everyone probably knows about it." The colleague answered him in a firm tone, "Just a few days ago, Mr. Sang Hong, oh, now he is the Marquis of Zhuyi, he once euphemistically spoke to His Majesty about this matter. , and guess what, His Majesty reprimanded him, but he didn't get angry with Lord Bai at all. But Lord Bai is different after all, but it's hard to guarantee that he won't anger the fox. You just want to get one to raise. Are you awkward?"

Song Yang couldn't help but click his tongue, thinking that the emperor likes a person, and it's really not easy to cherish it for this reason.He didn't dare to go to Bai Yiling's side to compete with the fox again. Fan Min and other candidates' test papers had already been sent over.

In order to prevent cheating, before the test papers of the candidates are sent to the examiners, they must be re-transcribed by a special person, and the names will be pasted up, so that the test papers cannot be recognized by the test takers from the name and handwriting. high score.When Bai Yiling checked He Zicheng's papers last time and Fan Min's papers this time, he asked for the original papers, from which he could better see the traces left by the exam papers.

Fan Min's handwriting was straight and smooth, and the papers were answered well. However, Bai Yiling found that there was a big question in it. The test was clearly about the content of "Mencius", but Fan Min wrote about a hundred words eloquently in front of it. It is based on the "Shangshu" discussion, it can be said that the lips of the donkey are not right, and then he seems to find something wrong, so he ticked off the wrong paragraph and started to write again, because it is only a stroke of the pen that crossed out the discarded content, so What was written before, Bai Yiling can roughly see clearly.

He flipped through other people's papers again, holding Fan Min's paper again and reading it over and over again.The little fox squatted on his shoulders, and was very focused on the research, Bai Yiling said, "You don't think so, do you?"

The little fox nodded seriously.

This scene was seen by everyone, and they sighed again, thinking that His Majesty is really an infatuated person.

No matter whether this fox can become a beauty or not, it will soon become fine. When Master Bai looked at it, his eyes were extremely gentle, and he was more affectionate than his majesty. In addition to those rumors, if the emperor is narrow-minded, he will be angry. There is nothing to say about putting people to death.

However, His Majesty still allowed this fox to follow Lord Bai. It really is because he loves Lord Bai to the extreme, that's why he indulged him in every possible way, and he didn't want to make him unhappy at all.