Qingguan Nightmare Shadow

Chapter 64

The little banshee knocked on the door, came in and said excitedly: "Mr. Minyou is here!"

Zihua: "To meet your father?"

Yunli: "I don't need it."

Having said that, after Zi Hua and the little banshee left for a while, Yun Li went to watch the excitement at the crowded place.Looking back, he saw that the house he had stayed in for a few days was lonely and independent, and he didn't know what its original purpose was; after walking a few steps, he felt that the surrounding environment was very strange, it didn't look like Siming Wonderland.

When you reach the end of the road in front of you, turn right, and you will see the feast of immortals and gods feasting.

When Siming Xiaoxian invited Minyou and Zihua to come to the sky, he originally agreed on a date, but Minyou lived too long and his life became more and more loose, so he was late for more than a day or two.Zi Hua had to take on the role of entertaining the guests. For the past few days, she was busy surrounding the celestial beings and gods who attended the banquet after hearing the news.

Minyou thought it took a thousand detours, but today is finally here.Immortals and gods with bigger airs sat on the sidelines and drank alone, observing the situation silently; those who thought they were of low rank flocked to Minyou and invited him to sit at the same table with Zihua.

More than a dozen Siming Immortals snatched a good seat and put together the viewing mirror, which is not only a record, but also transmits this scene to other Siming Immortals who are not present, so as to share the banquet with the immortals and gods everywhere.

There was another person who came with Minyou: Mrs. Jinwan.As we all know, Jinwan and Minyou were married a long time ago. The Siming Immortals were very happy about her arrival, and specially peeled off a mirror to watch the expression of this lady.Jinwan was sitting next to Minyou, facing Zihua with Minyou, although his face was not broken, he did not smile at all.

Minyou was very willful, called "Xiaocui", and wanted to toast with Zihua.Zi Hua held his chin, raised his eyes and gave him a sideways glance, and let the wine in the glass drain before Minyou continued to gossip.Immortals and gods at the neighboring tables praised her for "a good drinker", and all held their cups to offer her a respect.

The center of the banquet, the guests, the arrangement... No matter from which angle you think about it, the situation is very understandable, probably only these gods who are in a panic can do it.Yun Li stood in the distance, staring at his father for a long time, gradually feeling blind, so he beckoned one of the Siming Immortals to come over.

Seeing that it was Yunli, the Siming Immortal was quite surprised, hurriedly squeezed over from the crowd and said, "Mr. Yunli?"

Yunli: "Musha-kun's idea?"

In the stories spread in the Three Realms, the ancient god who fell in love with the ancient tree demon leader has always been a vague face. The only one who really knows who he is and can guide Xiaoxian to post accurately is probably only Mu Zhe who takes over his son.

Si Ming Xiaoxian scratched her head and said "Yes", and said, "Why is Mr. Yunli here? By the way, Mr. Muzhe contacted you, it seems that you lost the viewing mirror again, she has been worried something happened to you..."

"Where is this place?"

Siming Xiaoxian looked very proud, and said with a smile: "Nine Heavens. Mr. Minyou said that our Siming Fairyland was not grand enough, so he went to see the Emperor of Heaven and asked him to approve a place to come out. We are also lucky to be able to Come to Jiuchong in your lifetime...hey, Mr. Yunli, how did you go? Where are you going?"

Yun Li felt that he didn't need to think anymore.

The little banshee caught a glimpse of him, chased after him and asked, "What's wrong, Young Master Yun?"

Yun Li paused: "How many days have I slept?"

The little banshee wrenched her fingers and said an approximate number: "Seven days...eight days, right? You were injured so horribly, and it's a miracle that you recovered so quickly." Seeing Yun Li's face turning pale, she probably Guessing that he still has hidden injuries, he hurriedly advised him to go back to the house to rest.Ran Yunli sealed his ears, and walked towards the Tianmen with all his heart.The little banshee was anxious, and cast her eyes at Zihua for help.Zihua took a look at Yunli, with an imperceptible arc on the corner of his mouth, he shook his head at the little banshee and let him go.

eight days.

eight years.

Yunli went straight down, and after an unknown amount of time, the sound of fireworks exploding pulled him out of his dazed state. He settled down and realized that he had already seen the night sky of Xia Kingdom's capital.The colorful fireworks are extraordinarily grand, and the fireworks that rush to the top are scattered, not so much withering, as it is the capital that has blended into the red tone.

The sound of firecrackers rolled down the street, and every household was greeted one by one; occasionally there was a wind, and red debris was scattered.

The smell of reunion oozes out from the countless gaps in the door, blending into the unique atmosphere of Dadu.

The hustle and bustle in the house set off the coolness of the street.Yunli, who was walking quickly on the street alone, looked like a strange person. On the way, he turned in the wrong direction and made a lot of detours. Finally, he found Su Tong's residence through the north gate of the palace.He did not forget to take a look at the woodcut on the wall of the north palace, the missing picture of the lotus pond had already been re-hanged.Maybe it was put up this year, maybe last year, maybe the year before... maybe eight years ago.

Yun Li knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered, just when he thought that there was no one in the garden, the door opened a crack.The person inside cautiously looking at the door probably felt that he had a kind face and didn't ask any questions, so he undid the latch and opened the door wide.It was a young man who opened the door, dressed in the clothes of a civil and military scholar, not up to his crown, with some broken hair hanging on his two handsome sword eyebrows.

Yun Li had never seen the young man in front of him before. Judging by his age, the young man had been separated from the batch of civil and military scholars he had seen for several years.

The young man greeted the "little son" who came to visit on New Year's Eve outside the door. Hearing that Yun Li said that he came to see Su Tong, he thought that Master Su had returned to his hometown in Shuzhou, and he was the only one in the garden.The young man invited Yunli to enter the door, but after closing the door, he didn't know where to take Mr. Su's friend, so after some hesitation, the young man took Yunli into his study room where he always stayed.

Yunli: "Are you spending New Year's Eve alone?"

The young man smiled and said no, and said: "My family was in trouble, so I was the only one left. Mr. Su let me live here. Everyone took good care of me. I went to Brother Jiang's house to eat the New Year's Eve dinner just now. But after all, it’s a family reunion, so I don’t feel comfortable sitting there, so I came back early.” He walked out while talking, and when he came back, he brought a stack of pastries, saying that if the young master is hungry, he will use this will to eat Just be it.

Yun Li thanked him, and the young man said, "I still don't know what your name is and where you come from?" Then he added: "My name is Luo Rong, you can call me whatever you want, Young Master." Yun Li said his first and last name. , Said he was from Xiuzhu, and asked when Su Tong would come back.The young man said regretfully: "Mr. Su went back to Shuzhou, and Mr. Yun came to the capital again. The two just diverged." But he quickly changed his tone: "But Mr. Yun, you don't have to go back in a hurry. Mr. Yuchi We are going to get married soon, Mr. Su will return to the capital to attend his wedding banquet soon."

"Master Yuchi?"

"The one from the Supervisory Office, Vice Minister Yuchi Ling."

"Isn't he the auxiliary country next to the emperor?"

The young man seemed to be surprised by the other party's doubts, but he still patiently explained: "Master Yuchi has been serving as the Fuguo for many years. After finding a suitable position for Mr. Yuchi, and with the approval of all the ministers in the court, we moved 'Yichi Fuguo' to the deputy department of the Supervisory Office."

"How is Mr. Su?"

The young man thought for a while, and did not directly answer Yunli's question, but cut in from the side, and said, "In the past few years, His Majesty has reviewed the old and accepted the new, rearranged the official positions in the capital, and made certain changes on the basis of the initial one. Some old people were recruited, and many new people were hired...the permanent official positions in the capital are no longer vacant, except, except..." The young man stopped abruptly, as if he felt that he should not say such words in front of strangers; however, he was cautious He glanced at Yunli cautiously, knowing that the other party had already filled out the content behind under his inadvertent guidance, so he pursed his lips and said, "Of course, we guessed this, and please don't spread it, Mr. Yun, so as not to hurt others." Mr. Su has caused a bad influence." After thinking for a while, the young man continued to remedy: "Maybe His Majesty will set up a new permanent post, after all, His Majesty also created the 'Cultural Relics Judgment', and it has been going on for several years now. Besides, we Civil and military subjects have always belonged to Mr. Su."

But what Yunli was thinking at this time was not whether Jiahui would let Su Tong sit in the seat vacated by Hu Xiaobei, what he was thinking about was what happened after that day?Didn't Su Tong advise the court on the matter in the enchantment?If he had said it in front of Jiahui in front of civil and military officials, how could he walk so smoothly in the capital?No wind, no waves, since someone dared to guess that Su Tong would worship as prime minister, then the emperor obviously favored him on the surface.

Yunli: "Do you know...about that tree?"

"Tree?"

Yun Li put it another way: "Eight years ago...the whereabouts of the old man in the big case that the emperor accepted into Beijing."

It was clear, and the young man immediately said: "How could you not know? Mr. Su's later reputation has been accumulated since then." A few stars of worship lit up in the young man's eyes: "In the court, Mr. Su is the king of the country. The 'sincerity' and 'benevolence', with their backs to the emperor, discussed in front of the adults; the adults were puzzled at first, and later rumors said that the emperor's expression at that time was extremely ugly. Interrupted by speaking, the original words were that he 'disturbed the order and talked nonsense'..."

Listening to the young man patiently telling him something that everyone in the Xia Kingdom knew, Yun Li gradually understood what happened at that time.

Su Tong held the wat to the center of the main hall, did not mention specific matters, but made some "empty theories" around the monarch's principles of governing the country.Jiahui lost his temper because he had something to say but didn't speak out for a long time, but Su Tong not only kept talking to himself, but also turned his back to Jiahui to avoid the emperor's face.Jiahui stood up from his seat, almost furious, and then Su Tong talked about the evil formation in the barrier, and said: "Master Guoshi imprisoned several people, killed people secretly, and cut the hope of the king. , with the power of a wizard, your Majesty is beautiful and straight, and believes in the principle of 'sincerity and benevolence', as for the actions of the National Teacher, you must observe."

Su Tong reminded Jiahui that the true whereabouts of Xu Xiao and others have been known, and at the same time indicated that in the eyes of others, this is the misconduct of the national teacher, and your fault, the emperor, is that you failed to discover what the national teacher did in time. for.

This remark caused a sensation, and then Jiahui did let Su Tong "lead" him to the enchantment under the lotus pond, and ordered Nie Cang to release Xu Xiao and others, and arrange them according to the previous promise.In addition, since then, Nie Cang has rarely appeared in the court, and people in the National Teacher's Mansion said that he has been in seclusion all year round.As for whether or not Jiahui cares about whether Su Tong's words are used to save face for him, and whether there is any intention of apologizing, "Sacred Heart" is hard to guess, and no one else knows.

Yunli: "This matter has no impact on Mr. Su? Since then, he has been taking over the people in the civil and military department?"

The young man said: "There are more and more people in civil and military examinations, Mr. Su must not be able to take care of everything. Mr. Su is only in charge of newcomers now. After a period of time under his leadership, newcomers will be assigned to each team of Beijing soldiers. Speaking of that matter It doesn't seem to have any influence on him. Your Majesty is strict and lenient. Knowing that Mr. Su is for the country, he will be informal and forget the momentary displeasure in the court. It's just... After that, His Majesty often treats Mr. Su It's rare for Young Master Su to be in Beijing."

"Where are you dispatched?"

"Frontier, lead the army to rule the chaos."

Yun Li frowned and said, "'Often dispatched abroad, rarely in Beijing', didn't he become a general?"

The young man said: "Being able to do both civil and military affairs, complementing each other with civil and martial arts, this is the original intention of the emperor to set up the civil and military department after all. Mr. Su's achievements can be regarded as proving to His Majesty that this is a good creation, and it comforts His Majesty's heart." Chatting and chatting, The boy's stomach growled, he couldn't help but smiled apologetically, and took a piece of pastry from the plate to eat.After taking a few mouthfuls, the young man thought of something else, and said, "By the way, we all said that Mr. Su is destined to have immortals to help him. The frontier is dangerous, Mr. Su encounters dangers frequently, and when it is extremely difficult, there will be divine power descending from the sky..."

As if wanting to change the subject, Yunli lowered his head and picked up a piece of peach cake.

"Young Master Yun, don't believe it, Brother Jiang said this. He was incorporated into the team of Mr. Su almost every time, and once he saw a female monarch appearing in the sky with his own eyes... Mr. Yun is Mr. Su My friends should know that he was infected with the disease when he was 16 years old, and he was also a fairy..." The young man spoke excitedly, but Yun Li interrupted lightly: "Yes, I know."

It's really hard work, Master.

I don't know if Master's technique of playing the pipa has improved.

"Hmm... You seem to have not seen Mr. Su for a long time?"

"Yes. I haven't been in Xia Guo these few years."

The young man first showed a look of "no wonder", then his eyes changed, and changed to "Isn't it in Xia Kingdom? Is it in Yidi?" After deliberating for a while, the young man picked out the words and said, "Mr. Yun's clothes and accent don't look like that. 'Outside'." Yunli made up nonsense with him, saying that if you go south from Haizhou or go east from Huzhou, you can reach the countries he traveled in these years by boat for several years.The young man opened his eyes wide, as if he could read some adventures in China from Yunli's face.

Yunli: "The people in the enchantment of the national teacher were really released later?"

The young man said firmly: "It has been released. Those are the servants in many mansions and the army in the capital." He stuffed the remaining cakes in his mouth, chewed them a few times, and said: " I have been to the lotus pond in the imperial palace, and I went down to see it myself, and there is nothing there."

Yun Li got to know him well, and joked, "I'm afraid you didn't find the barrier, you just swam in the water once."

The boy choked, his face flushed slightly.

Yunli: "Did you slip away quietly when you entered the martial arts arena? Mr. Su found out and didn't punish you?"

The young man rested his chin, tapped his fingers on the base of his ears a few times, raised his eyes and said, "Young Master Su said, 'Don't care about the common ways, but follow your heart', and do what you think is right. The boundary is detrimental to the country, so I will check it on behalf of others to see if it is really gone, and there is nothing wrong with it." As he spoke, he laughed at himself, admitting that he wished that the boundary was still there, and wanted to go in and have a good time. look.

Yun Li glanced at a pair of practice calligraphy on the table, the ink was still wet, it should have been practiced by the boy when he was alone tonight.The handwriting on the paper has the taste of Su Tong in those days. In the formality, there is a group of warm heart flames vaguely wrapped.Yun Li put his hand on the paper and thought about many things in a short time; the young man asked him to criticize, Yun Li suddenly woke up, subconsciously read a few lines of calligraphy practice, and found that the young man wrote "Wei Feng · Qi Ao" " and "Zheng Feng·Laoqiu".

"Zhanbi Qiao, Green Bamboo Yiyi, there are bandits and gentlemen, who are like cutting like sharpening, such as cutting like grinding. There are bandits and gentlemen, you can't be jealous..."

"...Adorned with lamb fur and leopards, Kong Wu is powerful, his son is the leader of the state. Lamb fur is Yanxi, and Sanying is charming, his son is the son of the state."

"..."

Yunli: "Your handwriting is similar to Su Tong's handwriting when she was a child."

Although the young man took Yunli as a compliment, he couldn't help being dumbfounded when he heard him call Su Tong's name directly in such a strange tone, wondering if he should be allowed to immerse himself in his own world for a while.After a long time, the young man still couldn't help asking: "Mr. Yun and Mr. Su have known each other since they were young?" Yun Li said "yes", and suddenly his fingers slid to the last two lines of Qi Ao's chapter, and said inexplicably: "I don't care about the usual ways, but follow the rules." Sincerely?"

It seems that the ages of the two are "not much different", but the young man feels that Yunli's tone has a sense of seniority that people are willing to accept.Following what Yunli pointed out, he looked carefully at his handwriting, but he didn't understand what Yunli meant, so he could only scratch his head for no reason.

Yun Li said with a smile: "'Jiao' and '拍' are written in the wrong place, and the difference between the front and the back is huge... Mr. Su, he can 'follow his heart' now, and you guys are still a bit behind." The young man suddenly realized Touching his palms, he was about to say "I'll rewrite another one", when Yun Li suddenly became serious and said, "What's going on outside?"

The boy was startled and said, "Outside?"

"Didn't you hear?"

Far away, there was a woman screaming.

Heart-piercing cries for help.

The two were relatively silent, slowing down their breathing rhythm; soon, not only Yunli, but also the young man caught the voice from nowhere.The young man was nervous at first, and then he said as if he was surprised: "If it's a woman, then it's nothing to be surprised..." Before he finished speaking, a very clear cry for help sounded outside the garden, and the two rushed out to check, but All I saw were empty streets.

Luo Rong shook his head and said, "Hey, these days, this kind of voice really shouldn't be ignored."