Somewhere at a table in the hall, an official looked ahead and muttered, "Your Majesty's favor to Lord Xiao Tang has reached such a point, and that is a position where only the children of the royal family can sit......"

The colleague beside him took a sip of wine and said, "If you have the ability of Lord Tang, Your Majesty will also spoil you so much." ”

The official shook his head and said, "This is naturally impossible, as long as this official can do his job well, how can he be as proficient as Lord Tang......"

He looked ahead, and couldn't help but say, "Don't say it, Lord Xiao Tang and the princess are sitting together, and they look quite compatible......"

"It's a good match." The other person nodded and said, "A Kefu life, a broom star, it's a perfect match, if they get together, I don't know who is whom?" ”

"I think Lord Tang is even more powerful, he has walked so many yamen, and he has not met a single opponent."

"The princess is not a vegetarian, she killed the eldest young master of the Tang family, and even the throne of the crown prince of Chu is gone, I still think the princess is better......"

……

The two gossiped quietly, each holding their own opinions, but they just treated it as a joke, after all, even if Tang Ning got the holy favor again, he already had three wives and concubines, it was impossible for him to walk with the princess, it was impossible for the royal family to watch such a thing happen, even if His Majesty died, the new emperor would not agree, the new emperor would agree, and the clan would not agree......

The two of them want to walk together openly, unless Chen Guo is dead.

One of them looked at the two of them sitting together, like a golden boy and a girl, and sighed leisurely, "It's a pity, it's ......"

In front of a table at the front, Tang Ning sandwiched a piece of pastry, looked at Zhao Man, who was sitting up straight, holding his skirt tightly with both hands below, and whispered: "You don't have to be so nervous, just be natural, if you are too nervous, others will suspect ......"

Zhao Man also picked up a piece of pastry and asked in a very small voice, "Will the imperial grandmother see something?" ”

"You think she's sharp-eyed." Tang Ning picked up the wine glass, smiled and toasted her a glass of wine, and whispered: "Don't worry, eat vegetables......"

In order not to affect her, Tang Ning simply stopped talking to her, turned his head to the side to look, and found that it was King Huai who was sitting next to him.

Although the gift given by King Huai tonight was not very brilliant, it was not so embarrassing compared to King Kang and King Duan, and he was leisurely eating the wine, food and pastries on the table at this time.

He took a sip of wine, turned his head to look at Tang Ning, and asked, "Is there something on this king's face, why does Lord Tang keep looking at this king?" ”

"No, Your Highness is wrong...... Tang Ning picked up his wine glass and looked away casually.

King Huai didn't continue to ask, but he didn't keep his mouth shut, but looked at him and asked with a little curiosity: "This king is very curious, is the method of "blood exchange" that Lord Tang just said really effective for the queen mother's condition?" ”

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Is Your Highness suspecting Tang Ning of bullying the monarch?" ”

"Of course not." King Huai shook his head and said, "This king is just curious about these unheard of thaumaturgy, this king has heard before that there is a kind of Gu worm that can absorb the blood of a person's whole body and convert it to another person, which is similar to what Lord Tang said about exchanging blood." ”

Tang Ning looked at him and asked, "Your Highness also knows about Gu worms?" ”

King Huai nodded and said: "It is rumored that in Nanzhao, there is a hidden clan, hidden in the deep mountains, who knows the thaumaturgy of raising Gu, and it is rumored that the Liang people are good at Gu, but the traces of the hidden clan are difficult to find, after the death of the Liang Kingdom, this Gu art has also been inexplicably lost, and this king has only seen it in some classics." ”

What King Huai understood had already exceeded Tang Ning's expectations.

He once learned in detail from the old beggar that the statement that Liang people are good at Gu is actually biased, and the real good Gu is a certain sect of Liang State, this religion is called Wan Gu Sect, with the clan as the teaching, Wan Gu Sect was the state religion of Liang State, and many people in the religion worked for the Liang State court, so there is a saying that Liang people are good at Gu.

But in fact, the Gu art of the Wan Gu Sect is not passed on to foreign races, and in the Liang Kingdom, there are not many people who really understand Gu art.

Gongsun Ying and Su Mei's master, Bai Jin, must be the person of this Ten Thousand Gu Sect.

After listening to the old beggar's explanation, Tang Ning thought that he was a member of the Gu clan, but he denied it, according to him, when he was young, he was interested in Gu art for a while, so he went to the Ten Thousand Gu Sect to learn it.

The old beggar said it lightly, and the actual situation is certainly not as simple as he said.

Later, Tang Ning overheard from Su Mei that their Ten Thousand Gu Sect had two rules, which every disciple who entered the sect must keep in mind when they entered the sect.

The first is that Gu magic cannot be passed on to outsiders, and those who violate it will suffer from ten thousand Gu devouring hearts.

Su Mei is not a member of the Gu Clan, strictly speaking, her master Bai Jin can be regarded as disobeying the decree, but I don't know if the Ten Thousand Gu Sect exists now, so naturally no one will pursue her question.

The second canon is very interesting, all disciples of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect are not allowed to give alms to beggars, not even a grain of rice or a copper coin.

From this canon, it can be seen that there may be beggars who have done something unforgivable to their Ten Thousand Gu Sect, so that the sect leaders of that generation did not hesitate to write this article into the canon......

King Huai looked at Tang Ning and asked, "Lord Tang also knows about Gu arts?" ”

Tang Ning nodded slightly, and said: "I know a little bit about it, but this method of blood exchange is different from Gu Technique, if a person's body loses too much blood, it will be life-threatening, as long as you find a suitable blood source supplement, you can save your life......

King Huai nodded and said: "But this kind of thaumaturgy has a lot of restrictions, otherwise in the royal family, how can Yiyang be the only one who meets, if you don't believe in Lord Tang, this king almost thinks that you and Yiyang have some grievances." ”

"Your Highness's words are wrong." Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Even if I have any grievances with Princess Yiyang, I won't take revenge on her through this matter, I'm not such a stingy person." ”

King Huai glanced at him and asked, "But how did this king hear that Lord Tang is actually a careful-eyed person who likes to be careful, and if there is a grudge, he will repay it, and if he has revenge, he will take revenge......

"Who said that!" Tang Ning put down the wine glass heavily, and said: "Slandering the imperial court officials is to be questioned, please tell me who said this, this matter can't be left like this!" ”

King Huai looked at him and asked, "Didn't Lord Tang just say that he wouldn't care?" ”

Tang Ning said in a deep voice: "This is not a matter of calculation, this is a matter of principle!" ”

……

Although this birthday banquet of the Queen Mother has caused some more trouble for no reason, and she has become the chief nutritionist and fitness coach of the Queen Mother, there are also some gains.

If he didn't come tonight, he didn't know that Princess Yiyang would bully Zhao Man like this, and in the future, if she was safe, it would be fine, but if she was restless, he would let her bleed every once in a while, so that she could recuperate and replenish her blood at home, and stop coming out to harm people again.

After the feast, he went out of the temple and found a remote place to wait for Xiaoyi and them to come out.

A figure came out of the darkness, looked at him, and said, "Help me bring a word to Bai Jin." ”

Tang Ning was startled, turned his head to look at Gongsun Ying, and said angrily: "There is something wrong with you, hiding in this kind of place at night, if you have anything to say, you can go and ...... her yourself"

Gongsun Ying glanced at him and said, "If I can leave, why should I look for you?" ”

Tang Ning calmed his heartbeat and said angrily: "She went to Jiangnan, I can't take this sentence with me." ”

"What!" When Gongsun Ying heard this, his face changed greatly, and he asked, "She went to Jiangnan!" ”

Tang Ning looked at her and said in surprise: "She went to Jiangnan and didn't die, what are you worried about?" ”

Gongsun Ying didn't answer him, and left with a calm face and bowed his head.

Tang Ning stood in the courtyard, watching her leave, his expression thoughtful.

Gongsun Ying's expression just now was more shocked, obviously not worried about Bai Jin, but as if she was worried about herself, indicating that she didn't want Bai Jin to go to Jiangnan. What is so funny in this, he can't figure it out for a while.

He looked up again, Gongsun Ying was gone, and at the entrance of the hall, Zhong Yi and Tang Yaoyao walked out of it......