At night, Changshengju

When Chu Yingyang walked into the noisy wine house, the black-clothed drinker was already sitting on the bench drinking, the man raised his wine glass and smiled at him, he looked no more than in his early thirties, his thin face, and the slight stubble on his cheeks made him look chic and down, Chu Ying looked calm, waved his hand to drive away the guards behind him, and walked into the warm wine house.

"Your Royal Highness, long time no see. He didn't bend over his chest like the others did when they saw the prince, and his eyes were full of smiles.

"Long time no see. Chu Ying sat on his back opposite him and raised his wine glass, but was held down by the man.

"There's a bitter base in this cup, I'll brush it for you. The man took the wine glass in Chu Yingyang's hand, brushed it with white water with a bamboo brush on the side, lifted the steaming wine jug on the side, poured in a line of rice wine, and handed it to Chu Yingyang.

There are two red lanterns hanging outside this wine house, not far from the outside of the palace, on which the word "wine" is written with freehand pen and ink, a few benches made of red lacquer, and a few pictures of ladies bought from the portrait shop are hung on the wall, looking up at the bustling crowd outside the house, occasionally feeling melancholy, maybe next time he can secretly bring his younger brother to drink, let Chu Xun find the two of them in the palace and can't find it, it must be very interesting, thinking about it, a smile appeared from the corner of his mouth.

Chu Ying looked up at the wine in the cup with a mellow breath, and thought to himself that it was autumn now, and when autumn came on September 8, the city was full of the fragrance of yellow wine, this kind of rice wine can be seen everywhere in the shops in Lin'an City, characterized by a rich aroma of wine, warm and delicious, very suitable for those coolies to drink a big pot after a day of fatigue, but there are also restaurants that add brown sugar and plum to it, and sell it to those girls who can't drink spirits, which is popular in Lin'an City for a while.

"What's the matter? I'm used to drinking the elixir and jade dew in the palace, and I don't even dare to eat a glass of rice wine? Do you remember how we survived when we were in Yunanguan?"

"I will never forget it in my life, and I swear that one day I will make those people in Yan Yu not even able to eat. Chu Yingyang drank all the rice wine in the cup, and said with a cold look in his eyes.

Two years ago in the Yunan Pass, Chu Yingyang was ordered to go to the border of Yinguo, as a centurion under General Zhan Tiancheng, so that he was naturally loved by the general with a good halberd, at that time Hou Chu was fighting in Yan Fu, at the beginning Yan Yu general Yi Shao hoped to lead 30,000 soldiers directly into the Yu Nan Pass, along the sheep intestine deep into the rear of the Hou Chu army, front and back.

Yi Shao hoped that Zhan Tiancheng would let his soldiers enter the Yunan Pass, and he promised his soldiers not to hurt the people in the city, but just to borrow the road, as long as they defeated the Hou Chu army, he would immediately send 100,000 taels of gold and offer three cities to Emperor Yin, but how could Zhan Tiancheng let the soldiers of Yan Yu enter the Yunan Pass casually.

Yunan Pass is the first checkpoint for Yinguo to resist the southern forces, once the forces of other countries enter the Zhenbei Pass, he has three ways to go, one is to enter the Guyun Pass along the sheep's intestines, at that time Yi Shao just wanted to enter the Guyun Pass to give the Houchu army a powerful attack, the second is to go all the way to the east, you can reach the Sunrise Strait, and the third can go all the way to the north, and enter the city of Lin'an.

Yi Shao, who was refused, jumped like thunder, he set up camp outside Yunanguan, completely blocked the sea and land supply lines of Yunanguan, killed all the Yinguo convoys that delivered food, and ordered the soldiers to shoot down all the birds in the sky.

He will not give Zhan Tiancheng the opportunity to pass the message to the court of the Great Yin Dynasty, to see who can survive whom, the siege battle was nearly two months, it was originally the winter solstice, the food in the city was quickly eaten, and the supplies could not be transported, when there was a cannibalism incident among the soldiers, they killed some elderly veterans and put them into an iron pot to cook in order to survive the long winter.

Chu Ying looked up at the black Yan Yan soldiers outside the gate, they set up a high-speed iron pot to cook mutton soup, the fragrance of green onions and mutton wafted into the city, they also said that as long as the city gate is opened, everyone does not have to starve, mutton soup and dumplings are allowed to eat, at this time, some soldiers began to jump up from the city wall because they couldn't help the smell of meat, and even some soldiers under Zhan Tiancheng conspired to kill Zhan Tiancheng, but Chu Yingyang found out and executed him on the spot with a halberd.

Fortunately, a brave soldier of the Yinguo State disguised himself as a soldier of Yanfu, outside the snowy pass, the north wind howled and the snow was cold, he successfully broke through the blockade line of the Yanfu soldiers, smoked the tobacco given by Zhan Tiancheng to refresh himself, and rode to Lin'an City, and finally sent the military letter covered with ice and snow to the hands of Emperor Yinhuang, and starved to death in the palace.

The angry Emperor Yinhuang took out his sword on the spot and divided the table into half, Emperor Yinhuang was wearing eagle pattern heavy armor, led his troops to the battle, 100,000 eagle horsemen poured out, plus 3,000 warlocks, and went straight to the Yunan Pass!

In the end, the city gate of Yunanguan was still opened, but the Yanfu soldiers were not facing a group of remnants of the famine, but the heavily armed Yinguo Eagle Cavalry!

It was a massacre at all! The arrows shot by the eagle riders blocked the remaining sunlight, the warlocks used large-scale secret techniques to immobilize the soldiers leaving the country, the soldiers waved their spears and iron swords in their hands to turn the battlefield into a slaughterhouse, and finally Chu Xiaohua waved the matching sword in his hand and took down Yi Shao's head personally, wearing eagle feathers, proud of the army, singing in the wind, not afraid of ice and snow!

"Those who offend me will be punished even if they are far away! If there is a next time, I will let you Yan Fu be erased from the territory of the world! From now on, there will be no return!" At that time, the heads of thousands of soldiers who had left the country were hanging outside the Imperial South Pass, and the father and emperor supported himself and the scrawny bodies of the war general and roared.

"At that time, you wanted to drink, and I said that there was only blood and snow in the city, where did the wine come from. He filled Chu Ying with another glass of wine.

"But you ended up getting me some wine, and I thought it was an illusion. Chu Yingyang clinked glasses with him and smiled at each other.

"I fermented in a bucket with moldy oranges, brown sugar, and some minced steamed buns for a few days...... There was wine, and you drank it all in your arms. ”

"I'll never forget that smell, and sometimes I dream that I'm drinking that wine, and I wake up in the middle of the night thinking I'm in Zhenbeiguan. Chu Ying scratched his head.

"Now you can feel that smell too, if you don't mind. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the bucket outside the wonton shop opposite, and a few flies were flying around the bucket, Chu Ying was stunned for a moment and laughed loudly.

"I said Brother Ge, it was really not easy for us to survive at that time. A little bit of alcohol welled up on his cheeks, and he patted the man on the shoulder, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Didn't we get through it too?" He poured the boiled rice wine into Chu Yingyang's cup, and watched the dense wine bubbles overflow the cup, full.

"Brother Ge has ever thought of finding a Lin'an girl to marry and live in Lin'an City, so that we can come out and drink every day. He patted him the shoulder and chuckled.

"His Royal Highness the prince laughed, I have no money, plus I am a warlock, no girl will be willing to marry someone like me. The other man sighed.

"As long as Brother Ge is willing, I, Chu Yingyang, guarantee that on the day you get married, you will be dressed in silk and satin, ten thousand taels of gold, and the team to welcome you will be able to go outside Lin'an City!" he said with a fluttering eyebrow.

"I appreciate the kindness of His Royal Highness the Prince, but I probably won't live long, the life span of a warlock is only half of that of ordinary people, this is the reason why warlocks rarely get married, even if they are married, what can we do, we can't give women and children any future, and what can I leave them after I die? ”

Chu Yingyang was silent, and the silence between the two was a little astringent, but in the end, it was the other party who spoke first.

"Let's get down to business. The other put down the glass and looked him straight in the eye.

"Presumably, Brother Ge also knew what happened in the palace that night. ”

"The emperor was assassinated, the prince went crazy, the assassin was killed by the three princes, and the three princes were really gods. He said quietly.

"The assassins of the Emperor belonged to an organization called "Blood Rose", which specialized in training underage girls to serve as their assassins, and these girls underwent rigorous training from the day they entered Blood Rose, and when they became adults, they hid in the Qinglou Music Workshop, bought flowers in the streets, and had various occupations, and they needed to kill thirteen targets before they could leave Blood Rose. ”

"Where did these girls come from?"

"Most of them were bought by Blood Rose from some poor families, and some of them couldn't bear the harassment of their stepfather, so they went to Blood Rose after killing each other, after all, in the troubled times, it is really difficult for a girl to survive without support. He paused, but said it anyway.

"Then who would want to assassinate the Emperor?"

"The cost of assassinating an emperor is not low, even if you can afford it, maybe no one dares to accept it, for a principled assassination organization like Blood Rose, the target of the assassination is determined according to the identity of the buyer, in other words, if you are a prince and ask the Blood Rose assassin to assassinate a tavernkeeper, they will not accept it, on the other hand, even if you are rich in a country, spend a lot of money to let the assassins of Blood Rose assassinate the emperor, they will not accept it, if you want to assassinate the emperor, you must be a member of the royal family, at least a duke. The man spread his hands.

The royal family members in Lin'an City, he can count them with one pair of hands, and in addition to his aunt, Chu Xun and Xiao Zhao, plus the little girl in the national teacher's family is barely five and a half, most of them are underage, as for those ministers, it is difficult for him to judge who is loyal and who is traitorous.

"One of them ran away, is it possible to find her?" Chu Ying asked.

"The assassin's escape methods are as fast as her concealment methods, it is unlikely to find them, the assassins of the blood rose are cold-blooded, and their methods are ruthless, which makes people unguardable, if they fail, they will not come again, and most of them will apologize with death, so His Royal Highness can rest assured. He said, playing with the cup in his hand.

"That's good. He nodded.

"By the way, is there a cure for my brother's madness?"

"I'm a sorcerer, not a doctor, and we've been pursuing the ultimate path all our lives, trying to see through the starry sky and talking to the gods and Buddhas, and that's what we do. Chu Ying was stunned for a moment, as if he had been poured a basin of cold water, but the other party's words rekindled his hope.

"I know someone who might be able to help His Royal Highness. He clapped his palms outside the door, and a woman dressed in white pulled the chain and walked in, she was wearing a white fox golden fur, her long black hair fell to her waist, she waved her hand at the two inside, revealing her white porcelain-like forearms and rounded elbows, she raised her snow-white slender neck, and Chu Yingyang could see her face from her pearl-like eyes.

"You've made me wait outside for a long time!" the woman's eyes were full of smiles.

"Isn't that what you like most about creating a perfect time to appear?" the man still looked at the wine in his glass, and didn't look up.

"Yu, didn't you bring the piano here? I still want His Royal Highness the Prince to listen to the music you played. ”

"No way, the little hidden son had a cold last night, and there is no way to come out with the piano, if His Royal Highness the prince is interested, you can come to the Qingnuan Building, and the little girl will play it for His Royal Highness the prince in person. She was not restrained, she sat next to the man, a pair of straight and slender thighs looming under the white clothes, and the eldest prince pretended to look out of the window deeply, and couldn't help but be restrained.

"Yu, are there many guests tonight?"

"As long as you open your mouth, I don't have to come at all, but I'm afraid that some guests will be in a hurry and run to my mother to make trouble, and say that if you can't see me, you will tear down the signboard of the warm building, what can I do?" she frowned, and her spring-like fingertips gently tapped on the desk.

Lyre ...... Chu Yingyang finally realized the identity of the comer, and the man opposite saw the worry in his heart, and explained: "Open the Zhu Gate in the south and look at the Qinglou in the north...... Su Nianyu, she is one of the best geisha in the warm building, good at playing music, and she is also the top brand in the warm building, the rich businessmen in Lin'an City fight for their heads in order to listen to her play a song, Yingyang, you should have heard her name. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince......" The woman's voice floated into his ears, half lazy, half graceful, this Su Nianyu he really didn't understand, he couldn't keep busy with the little dyed flute in the palace, how could he manage a geisha in the Qinglou? Okay, you Ge Ping, Fang just told me that he was a warlock, not close to women, and now he found a geisha to tell me that he could treat his younger brother.

"Can you cure my brother?" he asked tentatively.

"My mother was a student of the famous doctor Lu Shituo, and when I was a child, I heard my mother talk about the causes of madness...... And the treatment, the little girl dares to try it?" her tone was full of confidence, and her eyes were bright.

"Lu Shituo is the famous doctor who can bring the dead back to life, I have heard a little story about him. He nodded.

"It's hard to talk about bringing the dead back to life, but it's certainly not a trick. ”

"You just said that your mother is a disciple of Lu Shituo, so how can you do it-" He suddenly stopped talking, and the woman in front of him slowly lowered her head and was silent.

"His Royal Highness, she is a ...... from the north," Ge Ping reminded on the side.

Leaving the north, with the wolf soldiers of the bottle country stepping out of the north gate, the country has been erased from the map of the world, officially included in the ruling area of Zunguo, the woman from the north is naturally beautiful, the skin is as tender as milk, bathed in incense since childhood, with a fragrance of the north, these years the palace nobles who do not raise one or two girls from the north at home, said that there is both face, and at home is willing to hollow out the body.

"I understood, and in three days, bring her to the palace. He took a deep breath and said.

"His Royal Highness...... With your brother's pride, will you refuse Nianyu's treatment? After all, she is a Qin Ji. ”

"What is proud or not, my brother doesn't care, he doesn't like a beautiful sister? He groaned for a moment, as if he had made up his mind.