Chapter 4 • Fleeting Beauty

"The world says that shemales have different paths, but there are so many tricks between people."

——"The Biography of Kong Wensheng"

A wisp of sword qi frightened the yellow warbler who stopped in the treetops to rest, at this time it was early spring, the weather warmed up the earth, the warbler flew and swallowed dance, the willow buds sprouted, a scene full of vitality.

The glazed pavilion of the imperial garden of the Yan Imperial Palace, is one of the five major scenic spots of the imperial garden, it is named after the moon pavilion of a whole body crystal white if the glaze, it is rumored that this pavilion is the first emperor of Yan Gaozu Zhaolie, a stone from outside the sky fell here, this stone is crystal clear throughout, the crystal jade is white, Emperor Zhaolie listened to the words of the scholars around him, and thought that this stone is the heavenly machine stone given by God, can refer to thousands of stars, the world changes, and then summons skilled craftsmen to build a royal garden within a radius of dozens of miles, And this stone was also made into a crystal moon pavilion by skilled stonemasons, and Emperor Zhaolie would come here whenever he was confused to observe through the top of the pavilion.

At this time, not far from the pavilion, there are two elegant figures flying and staggering, both are double ten years, with the two of them agile you come and go, a line of invisible sword qi swept out from their side, rowing up the fallen leaves of the winter up and down, although it seems that the two of them have sharp moves, each other is feeding each other without leaving their hands, but the expressions of the two seem very relaxed and freehand, it is conceivable that the two should often be together to learn, and continue to fight dozens of moves after the establishment of the move.

"Sister, I found that every time I learn from you, you are a little stronger than the last time, did you privately find Mr. Dugu to open a small stove to make up for the class."

Speaking is one of the two just discussed, I saw that this person was dressed as a child, with delicate eyebrows and clear outlines, but if you look carefully, it is not difficult to see that this person is Jinhong, the son of Sima Jinran, the great Sima Jinran of the dynasty, the childishness of the past is difficult to find at this time, replaced by the man's perseverance and chic, only the naughty mischievous in his expression is still faintly visible.

It is Yan Changfeng who is called by Jinhong as a sister, she has been slim and slim in her two decades, looking forward to the brilliance between her eyebrows, wearing a tight-fitting armament, and perfectly outlining her curves, charming and more heroic, anyone who sees it, will not help but think of the words "Fenghua peerless".

Yan Changfeng put the sword into the sheath, gave Jin Hong a coquettish white eye and said, "I haven't used all my strength yet, I can't bear to hurt my good brother." ”

Jin Hong scoffed at this answer, but he didn't dare to show it, otherwise his ears would suffer again, so he ran over very diligently to take the sword in Changfeng's hand, and walked towards the glass pavilion with his own arms.

"Ahh ”

Jinhong grabbed the teapot and shook it, and instantly said with a bitter face: "Sister, there is no water, I haven't drunk it yet." ”

"Well, really? Hit it, and you can still use it for a while. "I didn't look back to take care of the camellia trees I planted last year.

Jinhong had no choice but to tell the waiter to fetch a new pot of tea, and snuggled on the pavilion pillar to watch the long wind take care of her tea trees.

"Hey, what's the daze, you won't agree." Jin Hong, who was slapped on the shoulder by the long wind, came back to his senses and found that the pair of beautiful and agile eyes were looking at him, Jin Hong felt that his face was hot, and hurriedly turned his face away and said:

"I was thinking about the second brother just now, yesterday I happened to hear my father and the head of the military department talking about the north seems to be a military incident again, the second brother led the troops to the border last autumn, and I haven't heard a letter for so long, I'm very worried."

It's good that Jin Hong didn't mention it, but when he was mentioned by this, Changfeng also sighed in his heart, and a calm heart was also raised, he didn't feel it when he was often together before, until Yan Shuyi was entangled in state affairs every day and couldn't get out of his body, Yan Wuji was difficult to contact when he went to the northwest, and Yan Changfeng felt how nostalgic the days when several people were together before.

"Yes, I don't know what happened to him over there now, my brother is busy dealing with all kinds of political affairs every day, and he has no spare time at all." Changfeng stared at Jin Hong with a roll of his eyes, and said with a smile: "It's okay, at least there are still you...... Can make me a bully. ”

Looking at Jin Hong's dejected and bitter face, Changfeng pursed his lips and laughed softly, as if he had thrown away the troubles just now, and said softly: "It's your blessing to be bullied by this girl, and others can't ask for it." ”

"To be serious, how far have you practiced extreme martial arts? I fought with you just now and found that when you were fighting against Jiwu, your Jiwu successor was very strong. Speaking of business, Changfeng has regained her nobility and elegance.

Jin Hong chuckled in his heart, secretly said that he was careless, and said casually: "Maybe it's because I've worked hard in cultivation during this time, and I also feel that I've made a lot of progress recently." ”

Changfeng glanced at him strangely, and said without doubting him: "No wonder, to say that you are indeed the most talented of the four of us in terms of extreme martial cultivation." ”

"Hehe, if you compliment me like this, I can't help but be proud." Secretly relieved, Jin Hong saw that it was getting late, and thought that he would go to Mr. Kong's trip, so he got up and said goodbye.

Seeing Jinhong say goodbye, Changfeng just waved his hand casually, and Wu Zi picked up the teacup and said lightly: "The stinky boy is still hiding something from me now, see if I can't clean you up, hum!" ”

……

Emperor Jin waved off the guards who followed him, and walked aimlessly on the palace wall alone, looking at the endless Suzaku Street, there were still people coming and going on the bluestone-paved avenue, they were all people who had been running for life for a day, walking on the way home.

Yes, now the entire imperial capital of Dayan is already prosperous, the smoke of cooking in the city, and the roar of geese returning to their nests in the air make our Emperor Yan Jin really feel the responsibility on his shoulders, to be the one who makes them run without worries.

However, he now felt obstacles, both from the enemy and from his own people.

Humeng sent an envoy to the court, the main envoy is the great prince of Humeng Kelie, now that the Khan of Jilie is approaching the twilight of his life, the prestige and status of the eldest prince can be listed in Humeng far beyond the other younger brothers, if there is no accident, the eldest prince will become the lord of Humeng in a few years.

In previous years, there were also Hu Meng's envoys to the Hajj, those Hu people because Hu Meng has been pressing Dayan all these years, so even in the Jinluan Palace, it is also a rebellious appearance, no one else, although what they do seems to be showing off their might and causing people to be angry, but the joy and anger are in the form of color, after all, the city is not deep, and they can easily grasp the initiative between the exchanges.

And this morning can be included in the court, courtesy and humility, although his words are excited, but the joy and anger are invisible, the conversation is decent, it is difficult to know the depth, according to Yan Shu with the information currently available, this prince of Kelie is a male lord with no less ambition than himself, is he sure that he will win the other party in the future confrontation? Yan Shuyi doesn't know, who can say clearly what will happen in the future, and only now can be grasped.

Yan Shuyi patted his head in pain: "This is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" ”

waved his hand to beckon the chamberlain who was standing in the distance, and ordered: "Zhaodu Imperial Envoy House Xuanyu Study See me." ”

Seeing the inner servant taking the order and leaving, Yan Shuyi's brows furrowed even deeper, now the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, except for the imperial envoy Fang Xuan and a few ministers, the rest of the people are only Anpingjun Jinran, which makes Yan Shuyi, who is gradually becoming more and more complete, smell a trace of the crisis of losing power, but he also understands that with the power he currently has, it is completely impossible to regain what originally belonged to him from Anpingjun, so Yan Shuyi chose forbearance.

"Huh......" Yan Shuyi breathed a long sigh of relief, and temporarily suppressed these thoughts that suddenly appeared, Jin Ran's auxiliary government has been in the past ten years, although there is no great achievement, but there is no big fault, Yan Shuyi's ability to govern state affairs Yan Shuyi is still trustworthy, but now Yan Shuyi has passed the age of pro-government for several years, but Jin Ran has no intention of returning to politics, which makes Yan Shuyi a little dissatisfied in his heart.

The group went down the palace city, and just met Jin Hong, who was rushing out of the palace, and saw Jin Hong's anxious look, Yan Shu finally had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and ordered left and right: "That person is sneaky, quickly stop him and take him to the imperial study to see me." ”

The accompanying guards had already recognized that person was Jinhong, the son of An Pingjun, who was the same brother as His Majesty, and when they saw His Majesty's sudden order to arrest him, they were all stunned.

Jin Hong ran all the way, hiding and hiding, and finally saw the palace gate, and the little heart that mentioned his throat and eyes was also half lowered, he knew his cheap sister too well, if she found out that she was playing haha and deceived her before, she would definitely send someone to arrest her back to "torture to extract a confession", so along the way Jin Hong carefully tried to avoid the palace people he met to hide his whereabouts, just when Jin Hong thought he was safe, a team of forbidden soldiers had surrounded him silently in his stunned eyes, The hateful Gongsun Yan also made a gesture of invitation to himself with a smile on his face, which made Jinhong itch with hatred.

Glaring at Gongsun Yan hatefully, Jin Hong flicked his front, held his hands behind his back, and held his head high like a victorious general: "Let's lose people and not lose the battle!" ”

Following Gongsun Yan for a while, Jin Hong felt more and more wrong, and took three steps and two steps to pull Gongsun Yan, who was walking in front, and asked, "Hey, Gongsun Yan, this is not the way to Princess Changfeng, where are you taking me?" ”

Gongsun Yan glanced at Jin Hong suspiciously, and replied, "Little Junhou, please come with me, you will know when you arrive." ”

In the imperial study, Yan Shuyi was casually looking at the music sent by the inner servant, which was presented by the servant of the ministry, which was written that the order of Xiaxiang County in Qianzhou was old, and he asked to resign and return to his hometown to retire, Yan Shuyi glanced at it, and then put up a pen to approve it; Then the next book is presented by the Ministry of Rites, which is written about a widow in Yuncheng, Jingzhou, who kept the festival for her husband from the age of 20 until she died some time ago, and the local officials asked to set up a chaste archway for her to show her reward.

After flipping through a few books in a row, they were all some flies and dogs, Yan Shu threw these folds aside in distraught, and said hatefully in his heart: "What an An Pingjun, I don't take me seriously anymore." ”

Jin Hong came to the front of the imperial study, and after the inner servant reported, he entered the imperial study with Gongsun Yan, who had returned to his life, Jin Hong was like a survivor of the rest of his life, and at the same time felt a little resentful of the emperor's eldest brother who teased him so much, and decided not to give him a good face after entering.

Waving away Gongsun Yan and the chamberlain who came to restore his life, Yan Shu looked Jinhong up and down with a smile, like a cat that had caught a mouse, thinking about how to tease his prey.

As soon as Jin Hong entered the imperial study, he turned his face and showed him the most smelly face in his life, with his hands behind his back, looking at the beams at a forty-five degree angle.

The two were so stalemate for a long time, Jin Hong felt that his neck was gradually sore, and he had to quietly change forty-five degrees to thirty degrees, and then to fifteen degrees, and then helplessly lowered his head and rubbed his neck.

"Humph! Laugh if you want to, see how you hold it back, don't cinch it. Jin Hong decided not to stalemate with Yan Shuyi anymore, and walked to the chair next to him and sat down.

"Hahaha...... you, you...... You let me slow down first. Yan Shuyi was lying on the table, his right hand was resting on his forehead, and his left hand was gently facing Jinhong.

Finally stopped laughing, Yan Shuyi asked, "Let's talk about it, why is it sneaky, it can't be that she stole something from the crazy girl, right?" ”

"No, I... How can I be sneaky, I'm just cultivating extreme martial arts. ”

"Heh, if you don't admit it, how about I call the crazy girl over and confront you?" Yan Shu raised his hand to beckon the waiter to come in and order.

Jin Hong hurriedly jumped to Yan Shuyi's side, pressed his hand and said, "It's really not, it's just that I won her in a competition with the third sister today, and she suspected that Mr. Dugu opened a small stove for me and asked me to teach her the secret." The question was that I didn't have it, so I found an excuse to run away, afraid that she would send someone to arrest me, and that's it. ”

"Really?"

"It's more real than real money, and besides, it's a crime to deceive you, do you think I am such a bold person."

Originally, Yan Shuyi just wanted to talk to Jinhong to relieve the boredom in his heart, and he was not really ready to ask why, so he didn't delve into it, and when he heard the words "the crime of bullying the king" pop out of Jinhong's mouth, Yan Shuyi's heart suddenly tightened, and he said secretly: "You don't have it, but your father has a big one!" ”

"Alas!" Thinking of this, Yan Shu sighed unconsciously.

Jinhong wondered: "Big brother seems to have something to worry about recently?" ”

"It's not a nonsense, okay, you don't understand these things for you, the eldest brother is looking forward to you maturing as soon as possible, and sharing your worries for the eldest brother like Mowgli."

Just when Jin Hong was pre-questioning, he went out to recruit the house Xuan's chamberlain to come in and return to his life, saying that the house Xuan was already waiting outside the palace, Jin Hong knew that the emperor had something to do, and he still had something to do, so he said hello to Yan Shuyi and slipped away.