Yao Xitong was clever and quickly explained the reason why he wanted to leave Eleven in Spring City. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xiao Bao'er accepted this fact and said with a depressed expression: "Are you relieved to let me serve Eleven?"

"Stupid, Xiao Huafang only left the princess, not the princess's maidservant, you follow me back to Zhongling County. ”

Xiao Bao'er sighed, she really couldn't understand why the people of the Central Plains were so keen on playing word games. She asked curiously, "How do you know that Xiao Huafang will open her mouth to let Eleven stay, you know her very well?"

Yao Xitong hurriedly cleared up the matter, "How is this possible, it's just a coincidence, if she doesn't speak, I will let Eleven pretend to ......be sick on the day she leaves."

The next day, Yao Xitong said that he had passed away from his son's mansion to hand over official business, but he came back with a black coat.

He called Xiao Bao'er in front of him, "Try it, does it fit?"

Xiao Bao'er looked at the black clothes in front of her, except for the fur on the neckline, which was not bad, the whole dress was not as good as the padded jacket issued by Lord Chen's mansion to his subordinates. She didn't start with disgust, "Didn't you go to hand over official business, what is this, which horn picked it up?"

Yao Xitong said mysteriously, "It's hot, it's cold, it's raining." Go over and take a look. ”

Xiao Bao'er picked up the clothes again with some suspicion, curious about what fur was worth her more glances at.

She is a princess, and she can get the best fur in the world as long as she opens her mouth.

In Northern Liao, herdsmen wore sheepskins, wolf skins, nobles wore fox skins or mink skins, and the royal family wore all kinds of skins, but the selected skins were the rarest.

The sheepskin should be short-tailed sheep purchased from foreign countries, and the fur should be soft and thick; the wolf skin should only wear the skin of wolf cubs, and the fur should be delicate and breathable; the fox skin should be a snow-capped silver fox, which must be selected in winter, and the mink skin should only be a sable, which must be a female mink.

The black coat is mink fur when turned over, and the long dark brown and black fur looks very light, and the long and narrow hair is very comfortable to touch. Xiao Bao'er grabbed it a few times, but there was no hair loss, but she saw that there would be silver-white needles evenly mixed in the middle of the black hair. Seeing this coat color, she frowned unconsciously.

Seeing her like this, Yao Xitong was afraid that she didn't know the goods, so she hurriedly asked: "Does Xiaoxiao know anything about mink fur?"

Xiao Baoer said: "Mink is divided into sable, flower mink, yarn mink, Taiping mink and mink. ”

"Mink hair is the best quality to keep out the cold, the people of Northern Liao say that mink hair, it is warmer in the wind, the snow is gone, and the people and water are not wet. The best mink fur is no more than sable, and sable is divided into golden sable and gemstone sable, both of which are of the highest grade, the difference is that the golden sable coat color is a beautiful amber color, and the jewel sable coat color is brownish-blue. ”

"In addition to this, there is also a species of marten in distant foreign lands, which lives above the snow line and is nicknamed Black Lightning. At first glance, the fur of this mink is black, but when touched, you will find that the silvery-white needle hairs are evenly hidden under the black hair. This kind of mink is extremely rare, and it is produced in a foreign country, and those who do not know its value do not know its value, where did you find the clothes?"

"Pawnshop, damn it, I bought it when I saw the price was right, do you like it?"

"Dead tortoise, do you want to be so picky, God knows how many people have worn this garment, I don't want it. ”

Yao Xitong was anxious, this dress was originally going to be given to Wu Ya, but she heard Xiao Bao'er say that it was cold all day long, and she couldn't get over it with her conscience, so she asked the people in the shop to send the clothes over quickly, and she actually disliked it!

The rare clothes of the daughter were disliked, and he said: "Don't forget it, I'll send it to Eleven in a while, even if it's a fake princess, you can't dress too shabby." ”

"Don't," Xiao Bao'er snatched the clothes and ran, and when she got to a place where there was no one, she buried her head in the fur and sniffed for a long time, sure that no one had worn this clothes, and it had never been put on hold in the pawnshop. Thinking of the black front of the clothes, it should be to keep the wearer low-key, Yao Xitong's little caution is really superficial and pitiful.

But this person is not bad, she casually said "cold", and the clothes were delivered to her hands, and she was quite careful.

Yao Xitong was thinking about another matter, since Xiao Bao'er knew so much about mink fur, why did she frown the moment she saw the clothes? What taboo did this mink fur commit? The more advanced the item, the fewer users there were, and the more taboos there were.

For example, if a concubine likes a certain material, another concubine of the same status as her will definitely not use that fabric. Thinking of this possibility, he asked people to check this mink fur, and a dusty past would soon shatter all his insistences.

In the middle of the night, the sleeping Yao Xitong was woken up by Xiao Baoer.

He looked at Xiao Bao'er sleepily, and found that this person didn't speak for a long time, and asked helplessly, "What are you going to do?"

Xiao Bao'er was embarrassed to open her eyes, it was the first time she found that Yao Xitong's half-asleep appearance was really good-looking, even if she frowned, she was stunned for a while. Hearing his impatient question, she said, "You said that Gao Wenyu would die, and you plan to kill him?"

"Yes. ”

"Gao Wenyu is very skilled, he is protected by hundreds of guards every day when he enters and exits, and the food is tested for poison by a special person, and assassinating him is simply looking for death. ”

Yao Xitong yawned lazily, brushed his long hair behind his head, and asked, "How did the Empress Dowager die?"

"You mean acquaintances?"

Yao Xi Tongguaner is worthy of being a princess, and her political consciousness is quite high.

He said: "At today's banquet, Xiao Huafang accidentally sprinkled wine on Gao Wenyu, and the person who came out to relieve the siege was Gao Mian. Gao Wenyu is in his early fifties, Xiao Huafang is less than twenty, and he is the same age as Gao Han and Gao Mian, and the brothers watch such a delicate beauty being snubbed by their father all day long, do you think they will have other thoughts?"

"No, Chen Di is not without a woman, Xiao Huafang is their stepmother. ”

"In other words, Xiao Huafang has no children, Gao Wenyu avoids her like a snake and scorpion, once Gao Wenyu is dead, how will Xiao Huafang live the rest of her life?

Xiao Baoer understood, not so much that the brothers were interested in Xiao Huafang, it was better to say that Xiao Huafang took the initiative to put the future on Gao Mian.

She asked: "Gao Han is the son of the world, and he can inherit everything without taking risks." Gao Mian is different, he is deeply loved by Gao Wenyun, but because of the inheritance system of the Great Xia concubine, he can't get anything, and he will be jealous of Gao Han, so why don't you take a risk?"

Yao Xitong got back into the quilt and said dreamily: "I left Eleven here just to see Xiao Huafang's purpose. ”

"Well, I know, I'll step on the house early tomorrow morning. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Didn't you ask me to assassinate Gao Wenyun?"

Yao Xitong woke up completely, and looked at Xiao Bao'er dumbfounded, "Hurry up and go to sleep, you still want to assassinate Gao Wenyu with your three-legged cat's kung fu, you plan to let Northern Liao and Great Xia go to war!"

"Who else knows martial arts but me?"

"Of course, this kind of thing has to be done by professional people, such as crows. ”

Xiao Bao'er asked uncertainly, "Will the crow go?"

"Before leaving, he gave you silver, do you know why? He is currying favor with you, hoping that through you can find an errand in Northern Liao, you can not only avoid the pursuit of Princess Huanting, but also live a life of fine clothes and food. It is not difficult for him to assassinate Gao Wenyun, as long as the time is right, I believe he will go. ”

That being said, Yao Xitong really didn't know why the crow gave Xiao Bao'er silver.

Xiao Bao'er looked at Yao Xitong and fell into deep thought.

Gao Wenyu was absent from the mansion all the year round, and all the people who did the work went to Gao Han's Shizi Mansion, so that it became the yamen of the office. You don't need to get close to see that the door of the Shizi's Mansion is open, and there is an endless stream of people who come to do things, you don't need to pay respects, just tell the door what you want, and the door will help you arrange it.

When the two of them entered the door, they could see a corridor on the left and right, and countless officials were sitting in the corridor against the cold wind waiting for Gao Han to summon them.

Xiao Bao'er said: "It's really pitiful, in Dadu, they are roasting charcoal pots, drinking good tea, and thinking about where to go to drink flower wine at night." ”

Yao Xitong did not speak, most of the officials who served in the capital were from family families, and only a few officials who passed the imperial examination could stay in the capital.

Even if there is, it is all idle work, and it cannot enter the inner circle of power at all. Half of these officials in front of them are through the cold door of the scientific examination, blowing a little cold wind is really nothing to them, every day thinking about how to please both ends, neither offend the Son of Heaven, nor offend Lord Chen, this is the real headache for them.

"That's right," Xiao Bao'er stopped suddenly, stretched out her hand to Yao Xitong and said, "Yan Xingdan, one pill in ten days." Ten days ago, you gave me one pill, and now after another ten days, you should give me a second pill. ”

"I did say that Yan Xingdan had one pill for ten days, but I didn't say that I would take many pills. ”

"Why do you emphasize the ten-day deadline when you only take one pill?"

"If you don't say that, will you spend a hundred taels of silver to buy a pill? No, one hundred and two taels of silver. ”

There were many people in Gao Han's mansion, Xiao Bao'er held her breath and did not have a seizure, and she had already cursed Yao Xitong half to death in her heart. Turtle, profiteer, nasty ghost, stinky scoundrel, and ...... who kills a thousand knives The more I scolded, the more I felt that there were too few words I had learned, and so many words were not enough to describe the badness of Yao Xitong.

Compared with the magnificent architectural pattern of Lord Chen's Mansion, the architecture of Shizi's Mansion is more like Dadu, with pavilions, ponds, rockeries, and cloisters, which look so exquisite and complex, full of the magnificence and extravagance of the rich and noble hometown of the Central Plains.

Gao Han was listening to the music in the courtyard, not caring at all how long the officials outside had been waiting, and whether the things they were asking for were important. He didn't seem to care about anything except the music, and even when he saw Yao Xitong, he never got up to greet the guests, and was still immersed in the beauty brought by the music.

After the song was finished, he asked people to serve tea, and said sorry with a smile, listening to the music was too engrossed, so that no one was in the land.

As he was talking, he saw Zhu Zhigao and Ma Jun coming to visit, and the two identified themselves when they entered the door, but Gao Han did not introduce Yao Xitong to them.

This behavior made Yao Xitong frown, and he couldn't understand why Gao Han deliberately arranged for a few people to reunite here!

Zhu Ma and the others saw that Yao Xitong was also in the Shizi Mansion, and the surprise of the two was no less than Yao Xitong.

Zhu Zhigao thinks that Yao Xitong is good enough to be appreciated by the prince. Ma Jun is slightly different from him, he is a scholar, and after he loses the list, he is determined to play to his strengths. In his eyes, Yao Xitong is not a life-saver, but a competitor.

The three of them saw the ceremony, Ma Jun wanted to mention the Chunjiang murder case to attract the attention of the prince, but Yao Xitong didn't give him a chance at all, and asked Gao Han directly, "The prince, I don't know if there is an exclusive department in the waters of the Chunjiang River?"

"My father did not set up an exclusive authority to govern the Chunjiang, and its jurisdiction has always belonged to the counties that flowed along the way. If a section of water flows through two counties at the same time, it is bounded by the center of the river, and each of the two counties is in charge of one side. I wonder why Tanhualang asked about this?"

Gao Han's words can be regarded as indirectly helping Yao Xitong to show his identity, as soon as these words came out, Ma Jun, who originally wanted to speak, immediately shut up, and the right to speak finally fell into Yao Xitong's hands.

The incident of the Chunjiang River was brought up again, and Yao Xitong had the responsibility to describe to Gao Han in detail the thrilling scene that happened on the water surface of the Chunjiang River that day. Because of the concise description and rigorous phrasing, he turned a story full of ups and downs and dangers into a script, highlighting the key points and ignoring the details.

Xiao Baoer's existence is a detail, and it is basically omitted. The dart game, the water bandits, and the nuns with good skills are the focus, and constantly emphasize the question, what goods are worth competing for by the three forces?

Gao Han's thoughts were indeed guided to the cargo by Yao Xitong, and he asked, "Brother Yao, according to your guess, what should be the cargo on the ship?"

What a kind Brother Yao, I feel that the two are very familiar. Yao Xitong cooperated and whispered in his ear, "Dragon scales." ”

"What?dragon scales?But that ......."

Yao Xitong nodded hurriedly. Gao Han realized his gaffe, instantly calmed down, and said calmly, "Where did Tanhualang get the news, you must know that this is impossible." ”

Yao Xitong smiled, "I also know that it is impossible, about this matter, maybe it is rumored by uninformed people in the rivers and lakes." Speaking of it today, it's just a joke. ”

Gao Han didn't laugh, and none of the people present who knew what the dragon scales were.

It has been a hundred years since the founding of Great Xia, and the unicorn has always been regarded as a totem.

It is said that when Xia Zi divided the princes, he gave the founding holy relic unicorn to the four ministers with outstanding merits, and in a hundred years, the holy relic was tossed and turned many times, and finally fell into the hands of the four tyrants. Liang Di has the head of the dragon, Song Di is the body of a horse, Qi Di has the tail of the ox, and Chen Di has the antlers.

Every time the eldest son succeeds to the throne, the four princes must bring the Qilin holy relics to the capital, and the priests will sacrifice the holy relics in front of the ancestral temple of the Xiao family.

During this period, the Xiao royal family must take out the sacred relics given by the ancestors - dragon scales.

Legend has it that if dragon scales are placed on top of the sacred relic, the unicorn in front of the temple will glow with a golden glow and thunder, representing the new Daexiazi officially succeeding to the throne.

The first emperor died violently, the youngest son ascended the throne, and the empress dowager assisted the government, but never invited the four tyrants to hold a real succession ceremony for her. In this case, as long as there are other Xiao royal families who can come up with dragon scales, the throne of today's son is in jeopardy.

On the day of Chunjiang's death, the old man shouted the name of the Megatron Dart Bureau and called the nun Guanyin with a thousand hands. With these two clues, Yao Xitong's subordinates quickly found out that the goods escorted by the old man were the legendary dragon scales.

Regarding this news, Yao Xitong, like Gao Han, did not believe it at all.

The dragon scales are holy relics, how could they be snatched up by a group of people in the rivers and lakes in such a high-profile manner? The empress dowager has just died, and the dragon scales appear in Chendi, so the timing should not be too coincidental.