Chapter 169: Emergencies
Teacher Shen and Zhao Dehuan entered the legendary palace under my plan. However, some things are not so simple, this palace is so hierarchical that you are not allowed to go wild in it.
The day after they came in, I took them to the Aromatic Garden.
The Aromatic Garden, as the name suggests, is the garden of the royal family. It's different from the Imperial Garden, where you can plant plants, flowers, herbs, and so on, and it looks pleasing to the eye.
And here, there are trees, peach trees, pear trees, apple trees, as long as there are trees with fruit, there are all of them.
According to the guards and eunuchs here, when the flowers bloom every year, the garden is full of incense. Peach blossoms and pear blossoms are competing to spit out. In autumn, the trees are full of fruits, not to mention looking at them, but smelling them is incomparably fragrant.
Therefore, this place was given the name of Aromatic Garden by the emperor.
Of course, this emperor is not the current Emperor Wu, but the father of Emperor Wu, that is, the emperor who has died.
It's a bad time for us to come today, mainly because it's past the flowering season and we can't see that beautiful view. But I wasn't discouraged by this, because the tree was full of unripe fruit.
"Oh, isn't this the Lord of the East? I'm really excited today, how did you have time to get here? ”
As soon as I entered the garden, Liu Jian, the eunuch guarding the garden, stepped forward to talk to me.
This man was an old eunuch in his fifties, who was the caretaker of this garden. He had more than a dozen little eunuchs and twenty palace maids, all of whom served this garden.
What is watered, what is fertilized, what is weeded, what is picked, etc., anyway, it is the things in this garden, whether it is big or small, these people do it.
I have been with the emperor a few times, and this guy has known me. Because the emperor likes to go to the garden to relax when he has nothing to do, and discuss his troubles with me.
You may say, how can I, a little courtier, be appreciated by the emperor and come and go in the palace casually? In fact, it is very simple, because my back is simple, and I am not a person of this dynasty at all, so it is very simple for me to be an official.
Don't form a party for personal gain, don't form a gang, don't embezzle, don't take bribes, and don't be a woman...... Anyway, the emperor is not a fool, I believe that he has definitely figured out my background, so he can talk to me about anything that bothers him.
To put it bluntly, I'm a tree hole, and I don't hear anything when I hear it. Such a good listener, the emperor is very willing to talk to me.
At one point, I never deliberately flatter him in front of the emperor, which is a matter of who can do it among the courtiers of the court?
Finally, I reckon...... It's because of Princess Pingyang. Although the emperor did not say this explicitly, I believe that he knew about me and the princess. Since he didn't say anything, it was a tacit acquiescence. On the other hand, I am also the emperor's brother-in-law.
Of course, this "brother-in-law" is a bit obscene. On the surface, I didn't dare to make much movement at all.,It's only at night that you can talk to the princess......
"Ahh That's the case, the emperor recruited two people into the palace. I pointed to the two standing behind me and said, "The emperor said, let me take these two people around the palace for a while." ”
"Oh, I see." Gonggong Liu looked at Zhao Dehuan, this kid looks okay, he is a beautiful man. Then, he looked at Teacher Shen again, and at this look, his eyes couldn't help but stand for two seconds, and then he found that he was out of shape, so he quickly pulled out his gaze, looked at it and said with a smile: "Lord Dongfang, do you want to take these two people to see in the garden?" ”
"Yes, this is the emperor's intention, how dare we disobey it as courtiers." I smiled helplessly.
"Yes, whatever the emperor says is what it is." Father-in-law Liu said, and took me three small wooden cards.
This wooden sign has a big word written on it - enter.
As I said earlier, this palace has the most rules, and it can be regarded as the place with the most rules in the world. No matter where you go or what you still do, you are restricted everywhere.
It's like entering the garden, not only do you have to register it, but you also get a wooden plaque.
If you don't have a wooden sign, you can't go into the garden. With this wooden sign, you can pass unimpeded.
I thanked Gonggong Liu for taking them to the garden, good fellow, as soon as I entered the door, I smelled a foul smell.
"Teacher Yin, isn't this an aromatic garden? Why does the air have an indescribable smell? Teacher Shen covered his nose and said, those eyes kept looking for something in the garden.
"Oh, don't explain this matter, I'll tell you." Zhao Dehuan didn't dislike this smell, and acted as an explanation: "The source of this smell is the roots of these trees. You see, the soil has just been refurbished, and it's mixed with some farm manure! ”
"You mean......" Teacher Shen said in surprise, "You mean the black thing on this is that?" ”
"Of course, eldest sister, think about it, there are no chemical fertilizers or hormones in this ancient world, if you make the trees grow strong and the fruits grow delicious, you can only go to the farmhouse to fertilizer! Haha...... "This guy said this, haha laughed.
Although I really want to refute this kid, but what he said is right, I am speechless!
"Hey, I'm weird, aren't you a detective? When did this happen? Did you ever work as a manure vacuumer? ”
No, you can't let this bastard do that. Obviously, I should have answered Mr. Shen's question, but you kid actually snatched it, it's really unbearable! If I don't hit you, you don't know why the flowers are so red!
"Hehe, Lao Yin, that's what you did, I can tell you, my father planted an orchard. Seriously, every year, he doesn't use any chemical fertilizer, he uses farm fertilizer! Zhao Dehuan said.
"Hey, I can't believe that you kid is still from this background. So how did you become this paranormal detective? "I'm interested, although this guy seems simple, but this guy is definitely not simple. I don't believe it, he doesn't have any adventures.
When Teacher Shen heard this, he also looked at Zhao Dehuan expectantly.
"Well...... the boy leaned closer to me and said softly, "Guess! ”
"How do I know that!" I gave this guy a cupola, of course, just on the shoulder.
In this way, a few of us wandered around the garden for half an hour. It's very pleasant to talk and laugh. But the good times don't last long, and there is a troublesome thing that is quietly approaching us.
The three of us went out of the apple orchard and into the pear orchard. Before we could enjoy the wonderful scenery, suddenly a vicious-looking dog appeared in front of us.
The guy is missing an ear and a piece above his tail. When he saw the three of us, he pounced directly on us.
"Oh my god......" I yelled, turned around and ran. Zhao Dehuan and Teacher Shen also ran with me.
But how can we two-legged people outrun four-legged dogs? This guy didn't have a few seconds to catch up with Teacher Shen. After all, Teacher Shen is a woman, and she can't be compared with us men in terms of physical strength.
"Ah...... Save me! Teacher Shen screamed and had fallen on the road. And the big black dog, baring its fangs, came to Teacher Shen's body at once.
", when I'm dead?" I shouted anxiously, and threw the green apple I had just picked at the black dog!
At this time, you can't think much about it, if Teacher Shen has something long and short, I'm really sorry for her.
"Ah......" Teacher Shen had already closed her eyes in fear, and the black dog's mouth was about to bite her body. At this critical moment, a black shadow came to Mr. Shen's side and punched the black dog. And at this time, my apple also hit this black shadow.
"Touching ......"
"Whew......"
"Ah......h
The first sound was the sound of a fist hitting the black dog, powerful and low. The second sound was the barking of a black dog, and it was not difficult to imagine how powerful the punch was, and the beast was directly knocked to the ground. And the third sound was from a shadow, because my apple was right on the back of his head!
"Oh, I said you ......" This black shadow is none other than Zhao Dehuan. He turned his head a little resentfully, glanced at me, and said complainingly: "Lao Yin, you say, did you do it on purpose?" ”
"Hehe, I missed!" I said it indifferently.
"You...... Never mind. "Zhao Dehuan was speechless by my shameless behavior.
At this time, Teacher Shen also opened his eyes, and I hurriedly came to them, and Zhao Dehuan helped Teacher Shen up.
"It's okay, this black dog didn't bite you anywhere, did it?" I nervously asked beside Mr. Shen and looked left and right. Fortunately, there are no blood stains on the body, and it looks like there should be nothing wrong with the body.
Teacher Shen's face was pale, and he had not yet recovered from the shock just now. She replied a little distractedly: "But it scared me to death, but it scared me to death!" ”
"Okay, okay, don't be afraid, as long as the body is not harmed." Zhao Dehuan comforted on the side.
"I'll go, what are you talking about!" I said, "Even if the body is not harmed, Mr. Shen is very frightened by this brute. With that, I turned my head to look at the black dog lying on the ground motionless. I looked at these two people and said, "Forget it, let's go back to the park." ”
"It's boring." Zhao Dehuan said this.
This time, the two of us big men didn't dare to let Teacher Shen suffer any harm, so we protected Teacher Shen in the middle one after the other, and we were going back.
However, as soon as we walked about ten steps, an angry voice came from behind us: "You three people stand for me, you dare to kill the black pearl of the imperial concubine, it seems that you don't want to live!" ”