CHAPTER IX

The emperor pondered for a while, nodded at Dou Zuo, and the old yellow gate immediately bowed down and disappeared behind the curtain.

Ying Yue knew that Xiaolou was about to come out, and he remembered the lights and stars and moon he saw on the Wangxi Pavilion that day, he suddenly raised his eyebrows involuntarily, and looked at Xiong Lan with a hint of ostentation, but found that he was just looking at the Chiqi Tie under the stairs intently.

Ding Rongyi, who was sitting quietly on the side, slowly opened his eyes, and when the group of dancers retreated, he closed his eyes, as if he was reminiscing about the desert scenery in the dance music, "Chiqi, why don't you call your guests up at this time, my old man also wants to meet him." ”

The waiter bowed from outside the door: "Guest...... Here it comes. ”

The Emperor looked at Chi Qitie, and he shook his head, indicating that he had not called.

For a while, everyone's eyes in the hall were focused on the door, and suddenly a cool breeze blew in, the flame of the candlestick in front of the door was extinguished, and the air fluctuated visibly with the naked eye. He walks slowly, but he has a breathtaking charm of his own.

As soon as this person came out, Xiong Lan's face immediately turned pale.

The man in black glanced around, his eyes were full of warmth, like a melting moonlight, all the people on the front couldn't help but have a good impression of him, only when he looked at Xiong Lan, his eyes were suddenly cold, and then he relaxed, and smiled shallowly, as if there was a sensitive and irritable little beast in his eyes, it felt a familiar aura, first vigilant, and then found that it was actually an amiable person, so he relaxed his thorns and no longer showed his fangs.

But Xiong Lan read a fierce tiger from his black eyes, and the tiger licked its claws and teeth, with colorful patterns.

Everyone was secretly smacking their tongues for his hand, but the man in black walked slowly, and he passed by every table, and everyone with a sword and a sword was now groaning in his master's sheath.

It was as if he was on the road to the coronation, the road was flat, and the sword was worshipped all around!

Compared with the emperor Tong Yu, who was nervous on the throne and secretly swallowed his saliva, he seemed to be the emperor who held the authority of the world and killed thousands of people in his hands.

"Your Majesty, do some landlord friendship." Ding Rongyi, a veteran of the battlefield, squinted his eyes at this moment as if he was returning to the battlefield, licking his chapped and skinny lips, his hands were still unconsciously moving up and down his waist, nearly sixty years of military career, he had long been accustomed to hanging a treasure knife on his waist at all times.

Hearing Ding Rongyi's urging, the emperor finally came back to his senses, and couldn't help blushing, thinking that I was also the king of a country, and I couldn't lose my respect in front of the courtiers, so I redressed my clothes a little, and wanted to restore the emperor's dignity, but I found that when I came just now, Tu Liang quickly tore open the placket, and at this moment, to be honest, it was really untidy.

The man in black approached, but suddenly fell to the ground, his head buried very low, as if he was forced by the emperor's authority to look up at the imperial driver, "My emperor, long live, long live, long live!" He shouted three times, the emperor was stunned for a moment, and then heard the people below: "Grass people and foxes, use a little skill, and hope that Your Majesty will not blame." ”

"Where's the word, sir...... Gao Shen, it's the first time I've seen it. "After all, the emperor has been sitting in the seat for decades, and he is not a fool.

As soon as the picture of the monarch and the ministers enjoying each other appeared, Dou Zuo appeared from behind the curtain, followed by a young official in a crimson court robe.

As soon as the emperor saw the official, he immediately raised his eyebrows, took his hand and said to Hu Yan: "This is Lu Jian, a scholar of Hanlin in my dynasty, speaking of knowledge, I am afraid that he is the first person of the younger generation in Yanjing, Lu Jian, this is ...... Mr. Fox. ”

Lu Jian saw the fox who was kneeling on the ground and threw himself on the ground, his eyebrows couldn't help jumping, he first bowed down to the emperor and bowed to him, and said: "Your Majesty forgives the minister for being rude, just after finishing his studies with the prince, I happened to meet Gonggong Dou to summon the prince into the palace at your behest to come, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive me." ”

The emperor likes him to be knowledgeable and widespread, all kinds of barnyard stories and wild histories are said, every time the emperor is happy, Dou Zuo also knows that his holy family is long, so he invited him over, and sure enough, the emperor is very happy, he thinks that there is Lu Jian, maybe in these secret techniques and tricks, it will not be so that the fox will not overwhelm the entire court...... As for how to see it, he only felt it.

As he was talking, Dou Zuo leaned over the emperor and whispered a few words, and after the emperor heard this, a pair of small eyes widened, and he said in a loud voice: "This...... It's really spoiled...... What a ......."

"Your Majesty, dare to ask the princes if they have arrived? The gift in the grass people's hands is too heavy. Fox Yan laughed.

The emperor shook his head left and right, but he didn't come up with a way after all, covered his face, turned around and waved his robe: "Hand them over...... It's really spoiled......"

He didn't speak loudly, and only a few people around him could hear it clearly, Dou Zuo also looked helpless, bowed behind the curtain and beckoned, a young man in a four-clawed golden dragon robe walked in, the young man was tall, and his long body stood in the palace, but he couldn't say chic, but he left a fine black fluff on his lips, making him look like a child trying his best to pretend to be an adult.

As soon as the young man appeared, the ministers in the palace all stood up and saluted except for a few highly respected people, and Yingyue heard the sound of greeting from their mouths, and realized that this young man was the prince of the dynasty, Tong Qiancheng. Not to mention, the people of Gyeonggi praised the prince who was only 16 years old, saying that he had the appearance of a bright lord at a young age, and that the corporal was a good soldier who seemed to have a talent for playing small, and once led the army led by the prince to destroy three notorious bandits in a month, which can be described as an all-round talent in civil and military affairs.

The prince saluted everyone, and looked at Lu Jian with a smile: "Mr. is still here." ”

Lu Jian smiled but did not answer.

"I look at the appearance of His Royal Highness the Prince, the dragon's eyes and phoenix eyes, the strange bones running through the top, the sun horn and the dragon's face, ah, it's really wonderful." Fox Yan took the lead.

When he was told by a fortune-telling liar, the emperor smiled so much that he stroked his chest, and the prince couldn't laugh either, and said, "Sir, what else is so wonderful in the royal family?" ”

"Hey, it's not the same, you have a ball of qi on the top of your head, and it has changed into a dragon and tiger sumo wrestling scene, which is the so-called royal qi."

The prince laughed again, he was born as a prince, the head of the royal family, isn't the royal spirit the wealth that grows on his body? Anyone can see it at a glance.

"And this king is so angry that it is also strange," the fox stared at the top of the prince's head with concern, as if there was really some dragon and tiger qi there, "neither red nor purple, to the faint ......"

"Vaguely what?" The prince asked curiously.

"There's a faint hint of pure white."

As soon as the words came out, there was silence all around, and the smile on the face of the emperor who was smiling on the throne leaned forward and backwards to watch the show slowly changed color, and the prince's face turned pale for a while, and his fingers trembled and pointed to the fox: "The word Wang is white...... You...... What does it mean! ”

In front of the living emperor, he said that the crown prince would ascend the throne, and any dynasty would be punished for the great crime of rebellion and disrespect, but Hu Yan did not panic at all, but smiled slyly: "Why did the prince say this, I just said 'vaguely', because there is a white gas above this white gas, which is bigger and more prosperous than it, and it has the weather that covers the eight desolations in the universe, and if the prince's white gas wants to become a climate, I am afraid that it will have to wait for thousands of years." ”

The crown prince breathed a sigh of relief, and the emperor laughed: "Sir, what a funny person, come here, take a seat!" ”

After he was so frightened and handful, half of the wine woke up early, and the sweat that the ministers in the hall secretly pinched was also dried, and there was talk and laughter in the hall again.

The emperor's sons walked out from behind the curtain one by one to greet them, but during this time, Hu Yan did not have any enthusiasm for the prince, but only praised or gave some small gifts, although they were worth a lot of money, but they were far from treasures in the eyes of everyone.

Yingyue sat far away, couldn't hear their conversation, just picked vegetables to eat, and looked at the people in front of her from time to time who seemed to be dancing, and suddenly thought that it seemed that the fox was picking a daughter-in-law...... As soon as this idea came out, he couldn't control it anymore, and he clutched his stomach and laughed on the table.

Suddenly, the appearance of a man caught his attention.

It was a child of eleven or twelve, the same age as Yingyue, he was young and thin, standing in front of these many people at the moment, his hands were restlessly folded together and twisting the corners of his clothes, he was born with a sad brow, the corners of his eyes were also drooping, his face was red, Yingyue didn't know why, and suddenly felt like he saw himself.

Cowardly, evasive, no one loves, no one cries when he is sad, hug him and comfort him, and say don't cry, I'll be with you, so that he and this child overlap.

The child's eyes dodged, but the fox Yan looked at it, and his eyes became brighter and brighter: "Your Majesty, who is this?" ”

The emperor was a little surprised, he didn't know why Hu Yan showed such great interest in this son when so many princes walked over...... Even faintly more than the crown prince.

"Tong Qianzuo," without waiting for the emperor to reply, the child said first, and then he looked at the emperor's somewhat angry expression, his face turned from red to white, and he lowered his head silently, his voice was as small as a mosquito humming, "My ...... Name. ”

"Good name!" The fox high-fived and shouted, startling many people, "Emperor Tianzuo's life, reward virtue!" This name is blessed! ”

It seemed that the child had been praised like this for the first time, and he hid his face in embarrassment, and the roots of his ears were red.

The fox reached out and touched it in his arms, and took out a green jade wrench, which was nothing special at first glance, but after a closer look, he found that this wrench was full of verdant feeling, warm and cool in his hand, making people always sober.

The child put the wrench on his thumb, but found that it was too big, and scratched his head and didn't know what to do.

"This is called 'Joan Hook Finger', I got it by accident, I hope Your Highness likes it." The fox's eyes became unusually gentle, and he looked at the child carefully, as if he was looking at a beautiful work of art of his own, with pride and appreciation in his eyes.

"His Royal Highness King Lu, here," Lu Jian interrupted the fox Yan's talk, pointed to where the prince and the others were sitting, and whispered with the corners of his mouth hooked, "Your sister is still behind, why don't you go quickly?" ”

When the boy heard this, he was frightened, and he hurriedly put the "Joan hook finger" into his sleeve, and found a place far away from the curtain and sat down.

As soon as he sat down, no matter how far or near the palace, everyone heard a girl's voice ringing like a bell, and there was a three-point anger, "Oh, I just don't want to go, you let go of me, let go of me!" ”

After begging for mercy, the girl seemed to be really angry, and shouted loudly: "Dou Zuo, you slave, let go of this princess!" Otherwise...... Otherwise, I will sue you for indecency, cause trouble to the palace, and punish you with death! ”

A helpless voice: "My Royal Highness the Princess, don't scare the old slave, just pity the slave?" Slave beg, Your Majesty is still waiting for you to come over! It was Dou Zuo's voice, but it sounded like he was ten years old.

The girl is still unrelenting, Yingyue can imagine that she is jumping on her feet, "Who wants to pity you, your wrinkled old face like an old chrysanthemum, this girl is disgusting to see!" Hey, you guys...... Why, let go of me, let go of me! ”

Her voice was getting closer and closer, and Yingyue's neck was stretching longer and longer, and Xiong Lan gave him a strange look.

With a coquettish cry of "oops", a goose-yellow figure was carried out of the curtain directly by the guards, followed by Dou Zuo, and kept muttering "Slow, slow down".

When the girl landed, she punched and kicked the two guards like crazy, and after tinkering for a while, her sideburns were scattered, and her foreheads were covered with a layer of sweat. Dou Zuo waved the dust and drove away the two wood-like people, and he couldn't even pretend to be in pain to cooperate with the princess, he deserved to be a guard for the rest of his life.

The emperor's face became darker and darker, and there were faint signs of seizures, "Xiaolou, where are your court clothes?" ”

"I cut and played with the dog fight a few days ago, hehe, is my father going to give me another one?" The girl ran up to the throne and hugged the emperor's arm, swaying left and right.

The emperor covered his face, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

Xiao Lou stood there talking to his father, his eyes were not idle, he was scattering around the crowd, seeing Yingyue, Xiao Lou smiled, and when he saw Xiong Lan opposite him, the girl just snorted coldly and quickly turned her head.

Xiong Lan was stunned. Yingyue covered her face and laughed quietly.

"Nonsense, it's all used to you." The emperor can't do anything about this daughter, he gave birth to a bunch of sons, and when he is old, he has such a pearl-like daughter, one is raised in the palm of his hand, and there are so many brothers who love him, completely let this child grow into a "little master of the forbidden palace", fortunately, he has a pure mind, otherwise he would really have no shame to face the underground ancestors.

"The princess was born so beautiful." Fox Yan exclaimed.

The girl raised her head and didn't say anything, but her face was clearly filled with the table of "I want you to say that this princess must be the best-looking and best-looking woman".

"It's also very cute," the fox smiled, and reached into his arms again, but he didn't know where to take out a wooden box nearly three feet long, "The princess came a little late, and there was only this one left." ”

Xiao Lou saw it clearly, and saw that he seemed to be a juggler in the downtown area, and the three-foot box was already admired, and when he heard him say this, he only felt that the box must be a good thing, so he stretched out his hand: "I want this, and I won't cure you of the sin of neglect first." ”

"Hey, wait." As soon as the fox turned over his hand, the box ran to the other hand out of thin air, and he said like a child: "You want it, but it still doesn't agree." ”

"Ah, look, what is that!" Xiao Lou suddenly pointed behind the fox and shouted.

As soon as the fox turned around, he only felt that his hand was light, and there was nothing behind him, and he was funny in his heart, a dignified seven-foot man, a bewilderment, and he actually fell into the way of a little girl, and it was still such an old-fashioned trick.

When he turned back, the box had been opened, and a scarlet sword spike was hanging down.

There is a sword lying quietly in the box, it is said to be a sword, but it is like a knife, its sword body to the hilt of the sword is pure white, like the first snow in the winter morning, and like the rain and broken jade, different from Xiong Lan's "world clouds", the white of this knife is like a cold but fire-like white, and the sword spike that hangs down seems to gather all the aura and emotions of this knife.

The white fingers touched lightly, the scabbard shook slightly, and then everyone present clearly heard the subtle and pleasant sound of the dragon's groan, the sword seemed to have been sleeping for thousands of years, and finally waited for the person he hit, sadness and joy mixed like a wave to flood the entire hall, people's eyes constantly flashed past the past, and their eyes were unconsciously stupid.

"I've met my master," Fox Yan sighed, "I've really found a home, princess, the name of the knife is 'Rainbow Life', it's yours." ”

"Glowing...... You guys...... Sure enough, it's true. "In the end, the old general Dingrongyi under the order is battle-hardened and determined, which is different from these rising stars," this knife ...... Legends, also true? ”

He said the last sentence with a question, looking at the fox.

The young man in black bowed his head slightly, and shook his head slightly: "It depends on what your old man thinks." Glowing Confusion never really dies. ”

"For I am in your hearts." He pointed to his heart, a smile on his lips.

When they said these words, except for the emperor, everyone around them was in a state of confusion, as if they had just woken up from a big dream, presumably because of the trick that the fox had used, and temporarily isolated the sound from coming out.

"Didn't you bring one with you? Why not take it out? Ding Rongyi said, "What are you worried about?" ”

"I don't have any worries, I'm just afraid that I won't find its owner here, and it's not good to make it unhappy."

"Why not give it a try?"

"It's fine."

He also clapped his hands, and a small yellow door walked in briskly from outside the palace, holding a wooden box that was also more than three feet long, exactly the same as the previous one.

Ding Rongyi looked at him strangely, as if he was curious why he didn't use the ability to retrieve things from the air just now.

"No way...... You have to carry a big box in your clothes and pretend that you're fine...... Do you know how hard it is for you. ”

Dingrong's clothes are absolutely down.

Hu Yan held the wooden box, and at this time, everyone gradually came to their senses, including Yingyue and Xiong Lan. They were surprised to see a long box suddenly appear in the hand of the man in black, and the man in black gradually turned the box in his hand to make it face everyone present.

The box remained calm until it turned to Yingyue.

Separated by a layer of wood, and perhaps a layer of scabbards, Ying Yue still seemed to feel the trembling of the hair when the blade brushed his cheeks, and he seemed to see a bottomless abyss in front of him...... That's not a lantern, that's ...... A pair of eyes! A violent wind suddenly blew in the abyss, and a slender figure with a majestic head and horns and a vigorous ancient arc leaped in the air, its eyes flashing with dazzling golden yellow, and the pure black scales on its body spewed out a cloud of water vapor.

The wooden box trembled slightly, the fox raised his eyes, and was facing Yingyue's eyes, he seemed to suddenly know something, Yingyue was a little uncomfortable by those eyes, and his heart kept trembling, as if ...... There was a voice in my heart urging me...... Quick, go up and open that box and get the contents inside...... With it, all ...... are protected Someone you love!

His red eyes were panting, the wooden box trembled more and more, the fox Yan pressed the wooden box, turned his head and smiled: "I said, no." ”