It's been less than a month since the martial arts academy exams, and the weather has turned from warm to a somewhat irritating heat. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that His Majesty the Emperor moved out of the Dongnuan Pavilion early this year and lived in Changchun Garden, which is twenty miles away from the Taiji Palace.

The garden is full of greenery, and the emperor would move here every year in the middle of summer. This is not an uncommon thing, but this year, the emperor moved in a month earlier than usual, and it is a bit intriguing. The courtiers inevitably discussed this matter in their spare time, but no one could think of what made His Majesty the Emperor's heart hot and dry earlier than the arrival of summer, and he had to move to Changchun Garden to be clean.

The emperor really needed to be pure, because he found that his heart was becoming more and more unstable.

He himself knew what it was, but it was probably only on the day it happened that he would be completely quiet. After eleven years on the throne, the ambitious emperor is finally about to use the knife in his hand.

"Su is not afraid"

Leaning against the wall of the earthen kang, the emperor pointed to the teacup on the table in front of him and said, "You have been getting lazy lately, add tea to me." ”

Su Buxing didn't dare to remind him, it was His Majesty the Emperor himself who said just now that there was no need to add more tea. Hurriedly came over and poured out the tea, replaced it with a new one, and re-brewed it.

"Your Majesty is tired?"

He asked cautiously.

The emperor closed his eyes and rubbed his frowning brows, and said after a while of silence: "Go and find Cen Guiren, her massage technique is incomparable to others." I don't know if I was affected by some wind last night, or if I came early and didn't get used to the coolness in Changchun Garden, my shoulders hurt too, and my back hurt. ”

"Slave and maid, go now."

Su Buwei hurriedly turned around to leave, but the emperor shook his head slightly and said: "Just let the people below do this kind of thing in the future, you are a eunuch in the imperial study who does some errands all day long, and you are not afraid that others will say that you are incompetent and will not be the emperor, just order the people below to go, I still have something to ask you." ”

"Whoa"

Su Buxing went out and instructed the little eunuch to invite Cen Guiren, and hurriedly returned to the house and stood with his head bowed.

The emperor rubbed his temples and asked, "Is there any news from the martial arts arena outside the city, I have ordered that once there is a result, I will report it first." ”

Su Buxing hurriedly said: "There is no news yet, the last competition of the top three rankings of the Martial Arts Academy is limited to three days, and it is only the first day today, so it shouldn't be so soon." ”

The emperor looked at the sky outside the window and nodded, "It's almost dark, and I guess I can't fight today." Those three guys are all human spirits, and no one will rush to do it first. But Dean Zhou thought of this method this time, and I like it. There has never been a shortage of generals in the Great Sui who can fight well, but there are not many people who can really see through the overall situation at a glance. Some people say that Xu Xiaogong was promoted to be a general by me because of his qualifications and family background, but those who say this are just jealous, and those who can't see Xu Xiaogong's talent are all mediocre. ”

"In my opinion, among the generals of the Sixteen Guards of the Great Sui, the one who sees the overall situation most clearly and clearly, except for Xu Xiaogong, is also a Luo Yao. As for the others, there are brave warriors and resourceful people, but their vision is inevitably limited, and their eyes only look at one line, and they can't see the whole face. ”

On such a topic, Su is not afraid to talk.

The emperor smiled, waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about this, I see that I am tired of excerpts today, you want to tell me a joke, if it is good, I will be rewarded." ”

"Whoa"

Su Bu was afraid to respond, and said after a while: "It's difficult to make the slave think of a joke to make Your Majesty happy for a while, and there are not many things in the slave's stomach. Let's talk about the minion when he was a child...... I remember that I was only seven or eight years old that year, and it was also the height of summer, and I had nothing to do to dig and play with the monkey under the tree, and met an old man, who said to the slave that the monkey should lie dormant underground for at least three years before it can transform into a cicada, flutter its wings and chirp. The slave didn't believe it at the time, but later learned that it was true. It's not easy for this inconspicuous little thing to scream so loudly that it can hold back underground for three years. ”

After he finished smiling, he raised his head and glanced at the emperor, only to find that the emperor's face did not know when it became cold, so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down.

"Slaves don't tell jokes, Your Majesty forgives you."

"You can't say this, who taught you."

The emperor asked coldly.

Su Buxing's body trembled slightly, hesitated for a while and replied truthfully: "It was the old man of the Ministry of Rites who taught the slave maid, the old man said that His Majesty was upset and impatient, and he was not in a hurry after listening to the slave and maid talk about this." Where did the slave and maid understand this, but I felt that the boss was also kind, and the slave and maid didn't dare to say a word more or less. ”

After a moment of silence, the emperor breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Get up, I don't blame you...... That old guy didn't dare to come and tell me himself, but let you carry the black cauldron...... I don't know the monkey, I haven't held it for more than three years, but I've been holding it for eleven years, if the time hadn't come, I would have held it for another eleven years...... You go back and tell Huai Qiugong that I will punish him for the crime of great disrespect, and let him crawl over and explain himself. ”

Seeing that the emperor's tone was softened, Su Buxing's heart became a little more steady. However, the admiration for Huai Qiugong is getting stronger and stronger. The boss once said that His Majesty is a Ming monarch, and he can understand it at one point, and he will never blame the people below for this.

"You go and prepare, I will go to the martial arts arena to see it in person after the early dynasty tomorrow. There is no need to make a noise, just let Luo Weiran and Hou Wenji accompany him. Yu Xiao, the son of Yu Manlou, the general of the left guard, Luo Wen, the son of Luo Yao, the general of the left guard, and Li Fubo, the nephew of Li Yuanshan, the general of the right Xiaowei, are all rare masterpieces, and they happen to be on this joint...... I wanted to see if the three of them were really up to the mark. ”

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By the time it was the second day of the third-class competition in the martial arts academy, there were four or five people left on the viewing stage. On the first day, the military department came to watch, and the adults of the ministry did not come to the martial arts arena again because they wanted to go to the court, and there were trivial matters in the ministry's yamen. After all, the imperial capital of Chang'an is too big, and it takes half a day to come back from Changchun Garden and then rush to the martial arts arena.

Your Excellency is so busy that you don't have time to spend three days here.

The first day I came, I had to come.

Prince Yi didn't go back to Chang'an City at all last night, but stayed in the martial arts arena. Although the small courtyard of the martial arts arena is not as spacious and comfortable as his prince's mansion, he is accompanied by four beautiful women who are like flowers and jades, and he can find some different sexual excitement when he sleeps in a different place. And living in this wooden house courtyard, compared with the magnificent palace, there is an artistic conception of feeling the fireworks in the world.

After breakfast, Prince Yi Yang Yin took his entourage to the viewing platform. As soon as I sat down, half a day passed, and it was inevitable that I had some backache.

He got up and stretched his body, looked at Dean Zhou, who was recuperating with his eyes closed, and complained: "You are always the same, it is enough to decide the winner in one day, and it will take three days." Although Lone is idle, do you know how many fun things you have delayed for three days? Girls on the banks of the Xinshui River...... Uh, no, Huai Lao also made an appointment to go fishing in Xinshui alone. ”

Dean Zhou picked the corners of his mouth, but he was speechless.

However, Xu Xiaogong, the general of the Right Guard, couldn't help laughing, and quickly lowered his head when he felt embarrassed.

Yang Yin glanced at him, and simply took care of himself and punched on the viewing platform to stretch his muscles. Although the tiredness of sitting for a long time is not comparable to the fatigue of work, this tiredness is really a kind of torment for this idle prince. If the emperor hadn't asked him to come here to watch the battle, he would have been too lazy to come, and he would have fallen into a gentle township somewhere and died of a drunken dream.

Dean Zhou squinted at Prince Yi Yang Yin boxing, and couldn't help but praise: "The prince's boxing method is very disciplined, but it seems that there are too many rules." The long-arm fist of the Lingnan Bai family, the iron three hammers of the Liu family in Hexi, the half-step fist of the Wu family in Qinling, and a few hands I can't see the source, it looks miscellaneous, but the prince makes it well-understood and not bad. ”

Yang Yin retracted his momentum, took a breath and said: "There are a few martial artists with good fist and foot kung fu in the house, which are used by the family and nursing homes. When I have nothing to do, I also follow them to learn a few tricks, and it is difficult to get started, but there is still some effect on strengthening the body. ”

Zhou Banchuan snorted, and he didn't know why a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes.

And Yang Yin's face changed slightly when he lowered his head, but he quickly returned to calm.

Xu Xiaogong's face was flat, but his heart was shocked.

Zhou Banchuan rubbed his nose, got up and apologized, saying that it was convenient. Xu Xiaogong then stood up and said I will accompany you, and asked Yang Yin if he would go with him. Yang Yin waved his hand and said, Why are you two from military backgrounds not lonely, you can't hold back your urine when you go down to a pot of tea, do you want to introduce a famous doctor to recuperate, after he said this, the three of them couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Banchuan and Xu Xiaogong left the viewing platform, and after the two of them left, Yang Yin immediately turned around and whispered a few words to a beautiful maid beside him, and the maid left quickly with a sigh.

In the latrine, Xu Xiaogong sighed and said in a low voice: "It's not a mistake to travel widely, but if you make too many martial arts people...... I'm afraid that someone will grab the braid and hold it down. ”

Zhou Banchuan unbuttoned his pants, sprinkled a long soak of sassy yellow urine, and said after a comfortable ** sound: "It's just that I'm really idle and playing, this matter should be worried about Hou Wenji's ruthless guy, what are you worried about?" Is breakfast salty or light? ”

Xu Xiaogong smiled and was scolded, but he was not unhappy at all.

"Ten years ago, Prince Yi was not what he is now."

He lifted his pants and said, "At that time, it was sharp, as fast as a horizontal knife. ”

"The blade is too fast, and it either hurts others or yourself."

Zhou Banchuan sorted out his clothes and walked out: "Make a bet?" ”

"What?"

"Less, no less?"

"There will definitely be less, four beauties, and there will be three left when I go back."

Zhou Banchuan glared at Xu Xiaogong and said, "It's boring, can you suffocate you by pretending to be stupid?" ”

Xu Xiaogong said seriously: "Don't dare to pretend to be stupid...... Pretend to be stupid and lose money. ”

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly ran over from the viewing platform, and said eagerly as he ran: "Lord Courtyard, General...... Your Majesty has arrived! ”

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On the official road leading to the southern city of Chang'an more than ten miles away from the martial arts arena, that is, in the send-off pavilion thirty miles outside the southern city of Chang'an, Wu Yiyi, the richest man in the Great Sui Dynasty, dressed in a sapphire blue brocade robe, seemed to sit leisurely in the pavilion and drank tea, but in fact, there was a trace of eagerness in his eyes that could not be concealed.

"When did the young lady say it would arrive?"

He asked a very fat middle-aged man beside him, this man was fatter and shorter than Xiang Qingniu, if he was walking on the street, it looked like a ball of meat was rolling from a distance. Because he was so fat, it was not easy to find the eyes on his face.

In such weather, such a fat person is naturally very uncomfortable.

is obviously outrageously fat and too short, but this guy also wore a very novel moon-white Confucian shirt. I was sorry for the tailor for wearing this expensive garment on him. The moon-white clothes had long been soaked with sweat, and the back had turned egg yellow.

"Master, I got the exact letter this morning, and Miss is less than sixty miles away from Chang'an City. Logically...... It stands to reason that it should be almost there. ”

"I spent a lot of money to stuff her into Qingle Mountain, but she stomped her foot and ran back. How long do I need to work hard to earn such a large sum of money? It's already been sent out, so can I still go to the cow's nose and get the money back? It's a big deal. ”

Wu Yiyi said with a look of annoyance.

The fat butler, whose name was Wine Color, corrected in a low voice, "It's gold." ”

Wine-colored wealth, no gas.

It seems that he is indeed a kind and amiable fat man who does not make him angry about anything.

"It's coming, it's coming!"

The fat man pointed to the official road and said in surprise: "Miss is back." ”

Wu Yiyi hurriedly got up, walked over quickly, and said fiercely as he walked: "It's not worry-free at all, look at how I teach her!" ”

"The old man is mighty!"

The fat butler didn't forget to pat a sycophant.

But when he saw the fine beads of sweat on the forehead and the tip of his nose of his only daughter Wu Yinyu, the richest man in the Great Sui immediately took out a handkerchief and handed it over: "It's hot, there is sour plum soup chilled in the pavilion, do you want to drink it to moisten your throat?" ”

Wu Yinyu wiped the sweat from his forehead, glanced at the pavilion and snorted coldly: "Do you want me to go over and get it myself?" ”

"I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming."

Wu Yiyi hurriedly turned around and trotted to get the sour plum soup.

"The eldest lady is mighty!"

The fat man immediately straightened his chest and praised: "It's really mighty." ”