Ji Mingsi has been reluctant to give up since he saw Xia Calamus in the Zenrui Bookstore a few days ago, and he sat at the desk on this day, his eyes were empty, and he dipped the pastry in ink and put it in his mouth. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Eh, eh! You're crazy, aren't you! Bai Qian, who had just pushed the door into the house, happened to see this scene, and hurriedly snatched the pastry in Ji Mingsi's hand, threw it aside, and said with disgust: "You can't make up so hard without ink in your stomach." Isn't that right, A-Yuan? He said with disgust as he looked at the little girl beside him.

The girl next to Bai Qian, who was called Ah Yuan, was the eldest daughter of the astrological Gu family, named Banxia and named Ah Yuan, who had been fostered in Xu Zongfu since she was a child. Ah Yuan was gifted since he was a child, and at the age of five, he was proficient in the art of gossip astrology and was regarded as a genius. It's a pity that the little girl is only a genius in this area, she has to be half a beat slower in everything she does on weekdays, and she suffers from stuttering, so she doesn't say a few words a day.

But the little girl has a very good relationship with Bai Qi, as long as Bai Qi is in the house, she will follow, like a little tail.

She listened to Bai Qian's questioning, didn't speak, and secretly swallowed her saliva.

Bai Qian took a piece of pastry in surprise, handed it to Ah Yuan very naturally, and then said to Ji Mingsi: "I said what happened to you these days, you always sit here in a daze. And don't you have to go into the palace to show your face, how long has it been, and you don't leave the master every day. ”

Ji Mingsi replied unexpectedly: "Bai Qi, you said that the young man next to Xia Calamus was the man in black who attacked you that day, are you sure?"

"Of course." Bai Qi said: "That man has something strange on his body, I probed his internal strength, but found that his breath is very different from the luck we are familiar with, maybe it is not from the Central Plains."

"You mean, he could be a barbarian from the north?"

"Quite possibly. After all, the southern shark's face is blue, and his face is fair. As for the beasts and inhumans on the west, it is even more impossible. Inhumans do not like light, and can only survive in the land of eternal night in the west. Besides, there is a Pinga stone guarding the border between the east and the west, and it is almost impossible for the stranger to come over. ”

That is to say. He might be a barbarian. Ji Mingsi pondered for a while. The barbarians lived in the northern part of the Zhao Kingdom, where it was extremely cold, and large areas of frozen soil were covered with snow and ice, and no grass grew at all. Barbarians are mostly tall, covered in animal fur, with large noses and wide nostrils. They are savage and powerful, capable of fighting alone with birds of prey, and often cross borders to attack the people on the border.

"If he really is a barbarian, I don't like him even more." Bai Qi said. He had never had a good impression of the barbarians, and a few years ago he had had the privilege of seeing the barbarian captives, more than two meters tall and with heavy, thick hair. He curled up in the iron cage, baring his yellow teeth, spitting at every passer-by, gnawing tooth marks after tooth marks on the iron cage.

Seeing Bai Qian, Ah Yuan frowned slightly, pulled the corner of his clothes, and Bai Qi saw it and rubbed the top of the little girl's head.

Ji Mingsi lightly tapped the table a few times and said, "Then you say, that day...... That one...... Girl, it's going to be fine. ”

Bai Qi's eyes widened, and he said incredulously: "My God, boss, don't you really like that girl!"

Ah Yuan was startled by Bai Qi's exclamation, hesitated for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Where, where... Which one... Girl, girl? ”

Bai Qi leaned in Ah Yuan's ear and said, "It's the boss's good look."

"What an old friend!!" Ji Mingsi slapped the table anxiously: "I just had some relationship with her before, you are a person with dirty thoughts!" Anything can go to this! ”

"Okay, yes, yes, the boss is right." Bai Qi covered Ah Yuan's ears with both hands, and said indifferently. He whispered to Ah Yuan: "Let's stop listening to his justification, see that he is in a hurry."

Ah Yuan listened, and secretly pursed his lips and smiled. Ji Mingsi saw Ah Yuan snickering, patted his forehead helplessly, sat down on the chair and said, "I was careless in making friends." He wailed for a while, then suddenly came back to his senses and asked, "By the way, Bai Qian, what did you come to me for?"

"What's the matter?" Bai Qi was stunned, and after three seconds, he suddenly remembered and shouted, "It's broken!" I forgot about business! I'm here to run errands, and Master wants me to call you, saying that Zheng Zhilu has come to visit and wants you to go to the living room quickly. ”

Ji Mingsi was helpless, he should have thought that Bai Qi would not come to chat with him for no reason. At this time, there was already a personal servant who stepped forward to serve. Bai Qi saw it and teased on the side: "Boss, you have been living too nourishing these days."

"I'm willing to give you this nourishment, do you really think it's so easy to be the emperor's son." Ji Mingsi said while changing clothes: "You too, you don't want to call Zheng Zhilu Prime Minister, but respect him for Lord Zheng, how can you always call him by his name." He knew that Bai Qian had always been proud of his grandfather, the first prime minister Bai Yue, and he couldn't shout the word prime minister in the face of others.

"I see." Bai Qian stuck out his tongue and secretly grimaced at A-Yuan. The little girl "hey" sounded out two voices.

Ji Mingsi saw that the two of them were close and close, and suddenly felt that he was redundant, he cleared his throat and asked, "Bai Qi, have you caught the blood-sucking beast in the capital these days?"

In recent days, a blood-sucking beast has suddenly appeared in the capital, often taking advantage of the middle of the night to go to the homes of ordinary people who raise livestock to suck the blood of cattle, sheep and other poultry. It is said that the carcasses of the poultry were clean, except for a crescent-shaped bloody hole in the neck. It means that the beast doesn't want to eat meat, it just wants to suck blood, or maybe it's just playing tricks on humans.

Some people say that the beast had the body of a bull-headed tiger and a single horn on its head, and it was so fierce that its mouth could grow to the size of a crocodile. Others said that the beast could fly, had an eagle's beak, and had sharp talons. Others say that the beast was actually a human, with blue scales on its body and extremely fast movements.

This kind of strange case, the imperial court will not handle it, and it will naturally be handed over to Xu Zong's head. Xu Zong and Jiang Wangchuan also served as military generals in the army when they were young, and followed the first emperor Ji Yingbei barbarians for 300 miles. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the two were afraid that the new emperor would be suspicious, so they retired to the old and inherited the dragon protection villa established for generations to protect the emperor. Xu Zong is the owner of the village, and he also accepts some various students. The emperor was greatly alarmed and ordered the Dragon Guardian Villa to investigate thoroughly, so the matter was pressed layer by layer, and finally sent to Bai Su.

"I don't have a clue yet." Bai Qi said solemnly: "My brother has not investigated day and night in the past few days, but there are no clues at all. It's really strange, if it's really such a big beast, how can it leave no flaws at all. ”

"Maybe someone is behind it." Ji Mingsi said: "Bai Qi, this matter is not that simple, you tell Bai Su." Whether the case is solved or not, his own life is the most important. ”

"It's the boss, I understand," Bai Qi said.

Ji Mingsi didn't say much to Bai Qi anymore, finished freshening up, and went to the living room with Bai Qi and Ayuan.

As soon as the three of them entered the living room, an old man dressed luxuriously and with faint white sideburns stepped forward and said, "The old minister has seen His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Lord Zheng, please get up quickly." Ji Mingsi hurriedly helped the old man up and said, "This is not in the palace, Lord Zheng doesn't have to be polite, please sit."

Zheng Zhilu thanked the prince, looked at Bai Qi and Ah Yuan who came together, sat down, turned around and smiled at Xu Zong: "Dean Xu's beloved disciples are really dragons and phoenixes among people, and their bearing is extraordinary."

Xu Zong smiled: "The apprentice is stubborn, and the prime minister praises it."

Xu Zong was a thin old man, with a sparse beard on his chin and eyes as sharp as an eagle. He often wears a gray coat and does not smile. Except for Ah Yuan, several student apprentices were quite afraid of him. While drinking tea, Xu Zong saw Bai Qi standing aside, tall and handsome, and felt relieved in his heart.

Zheng Zhilu said to Ji Mingsi: "His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister will not beat around the bush. The minister came this time for His Majesty's southern tour. ”

Hearing the word "Southern Tour", Ji Mingsi wrinkled his good-looking eyebrows: "What, does my father have the intention of Southern Tour?"

"Ugh." Zheng Zhilu sighed and said, "Your Majesty doesn't seem to have made a decision yet, it's Your Majesty's...... Spread by the people around me. ”

When you say "people around you", it's just for the sake of sounding. Everyone in the world knows that today's saints are good men, and except for a few concubines who do decorations, most of them are white-faced and delicate male concubines. Otherwise, he would not be over forty years old, but there is only Ji Mingsi by his side.

When Ji Mingsi heard the words "people around him", a strong disgust surged in his heart. Since he was a child, he has seen a lot of these "palace people" who have entered and exited his father's palace, and he has also been stumbled and humiliated by them. No palace person can stay by his father's side for more than a year, and now this Xu Ye has insisted on it for more than three years. His father seemed to have a different feeling for him, and gave him an official position. This was unthinkable before.

"Lord Zheng, you can tell me something directly." Ji Mingsi said: "There will be no outsiders in this Dragon Guardian Villa."

Zheng Zhilu hesitated for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "It's Xu Ye, it's him who instigated His Majesty's southern tour." His Majesty has been ignoring the government more and more in recent days, and only knows how to enjoy himself in the harem with Xu Ye every day. Now Xu Ye is the only one in the court, a few days ago, several ministers went to impeach Xu Ye, and before the words were finished, His Majesty said that they had malicious intentions and put them in the dungeon, asking them to control their mouths, and the result was ...... Results ......"

"How's it going?" Ji Mingsi asked anxiously.

"The result...... Today, there is news that several adults are in prison....... Committed suicide. ”

"How so!" Ji Mingsi's face turned pale in shock: "Why don't several adults understand the truth of being able to bend and stretch...... No, it's not! They don't kill themselves! His voice was a little muffled, as if he understood something in an instant: "...... They don't kill themselves...... It's Xu Ye....."

Zheng Zhilu had tears in his eyes. He nodded silently.