Chapter Twenty-Three: The Soldiers
The huge Wu Wangfu is empty and there are not a few domestic servants, as if the whole house is empty, and people go to the empty building in one day!
In Ciyun Garden, the little eunuchs and palace maids swept the courtyard boredly, secretly exchanging heads and ears with acquaintances, or giving them a look.
From time to time, when I looked up at the gazebo on the left side of the mourning hall, my eyes were less contemptuous and disdainful, and more cautious and awe!
In the pavilion, the two seriously injured people from the Yang Fu Hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs stood aside respectfully at this time, and they couldn't bear to tell something.
Wu Ming took a sip of the spiritual tea gently, feeling the constant state of life fire in his body with a comfortable expression, and inadvertently frowned slightly, wordlessly showing that he was not as relaxed as he appeared.
"Little prince, everyone who comes out of the palace knows that the king of golden scales can be described as a dragon who sees the head but does not see the tail, and I have never heard of any vices in him, but his son Jin Gongzi, who has just been transformed for three years, I don't know how many palace women have been killed in the past few years!"
"I also heard that this Jin Gongzi has a crush on the eldest princess, and he is even interested in the third princess, anyway, he is a restless master!"
The two little eunuchs, you and I are talking about the secrets of the palace like beans.
One is named Wu Shou, and the other is named Liu Lu, both of whom are quite perceptive.
"Hey, what kind of dragon sees the head and doesn't see the tail, it's just a miscellaneous fish!"
Wu Ming pursed his lips, muttered in his heart, and waved his hand to signal the two to continue.
The reason why the two of them came was not to concoct anything, but to get some useful information from the two people.
Although it is impossible to convince people in just a few days, it is nothing to inquire about some innocuous news.
In addition, there are good medicines to recuperate, and the two of them have gained a lot of benefits, although they can't say everything, but many secrets that ordinary people don't know have opened Wu Ming's eyes.
Especially the golden-scaled king who is more interested, even if it is two little eunuchs, I don't know how old they are, I only know that since the emperor of the third and fifth generations, he has been cultivating in the golden pool of the palace.
"Why do you only say the eldest princess and the third princess, and the second princess?"
Wu Ming retracted his thoughts and asked lazily.
The eldest princess and the third princess, he has already seen it, the eldest princess's name is Zhao Yingluo, on the first day of returning to the dynasty, the girl at the palace dinner is this woman, and the third princess is Zhao Yao, a scheming woman!
"This~"
The two little eunuchs looked embarrassed.
"This is not the Imperial Palace, don't worry, no one hears what you say!"
Wu Ming pursed his mouth, and the people around him were quite far away, and he deliberately lowered his voice, so he couldn't hear it at all.
"Little prince, that graceful princess is rumored to be an ominous person!"
Wu Shou didn't dare to speak, and Liu Lu said boldly.
"Oh, what's the ominous law?"
When Wu Ming heard this, he became interested.
Wu Shou tugged at Liu Lu's sleeve and shook his head, but Liu Lu didn't notice it, the spittle flew sideways, and he shook off his cheeks and said.
After some words, Wu Ming finally understood why this second princess, who only heard her name and didn't see her, was ominous!
It turned out that this woman lost her mother since she was a child, and her life broke the army, if she was born in a male body, she would fight on the battlefield as a general, win a hundred battles, practice martial arts, and move forward, congenitally supreme, and practice literature, then she will be in charge of the criminal law, and she will be upright.
But it's a daughter, not to mention the death of her mother, and those who are close to the mother's family are half of a disaster.
The palace maids who were close to him flew into trouble, either suffering disasters or contracting diseases.
Even the people of the royal family are not very close, let alone Zhao Yukun, the Song Emperor who is closest to her bloodline!
Therefore, since he was born, he was sent to the cold palace and served by several elderly palace maids, and the one who lived was miserable.
Doodle!
After listening, Wu Ming was silent for a long time, his fingers moving rhythmically, tapping on the armrest.
It seems that he didn't go to his heart, but in fact, his heart was surging.
With his character, he actually doesn't believe in fate, but when he came to another world, he saw all kinds of strange stories and legends, and naturally began to believe in those Shinto things.
But about the illusory thing of life, Wu Ming still has a refined attitude!
"Hey, break the military life, Kefuke relatives, are you lonely and widowed all your life? It is said that the strong change their lives against the sky, the innate strong can live for hundreds of years, and what about the grandmasters and even the saints?
Countless speculations turned around his mind, and Wu Ming was more inclined to the latter.
It's not that he is too conspiracy theory, but the royal family of the Li Dynasty really didn't leave a good impression.
It's just that even if there is really anything dirty in it, it is not something he can mix with now.
"Little prince, what you ordered has been completed, and the fine silver charcoal has all been ground into fine powder!"
At this moment, a little eunuch came over with a wooden bowl and respectfully placed it on the stone table.
"Well, put it here!"
Wu Ming twisted a little, groped carefully, nodded, waved his hand, got up and walked to the mourning hall, "That's it here today, your injuries will heal in a few days, and you will do things in the palace in the future!"
The two looked at each other, neither dared to say anything, and retreated respectfully.
Came to the mourning hall, closed the door, and the green light on the table flashed, Qingxia flew out, sucking away the fire of life without saying a word, and disappeared with a cold little face, so that Wu Ming didn't have a chance to talk to her.
"This girl!"
Wu Ming touched the bridge of his nose and did not force it.
Respectfully offering incense and saluting to the spiritual seat, morning, noon and evening, for a few days, this is already a habit!
"It's been three days, and there are no loyal people, and they haven't come to question, is it possible that there is anything to rely on?"
In the curling cigarette, Wu Ming stood with his hands in his hands, his brows furrowed slightly.
Just before, Zhang Shun and others were forced away, and the power of Fuzhong was recovered, and most of the shops in Beijing were dilapidated and could not be opened, but they were changed to the shops under the name of the Zhang family, and the business was prosperous.
It's just that the deed is not in the hands of Wu Wangfu, Wu Ming can't find a reason, and he doesn't have the heart to continue to press, after all, it is revealed that the sale of the border town is enough to cause a storm!
To his surprise, even so, none of the four sent anyone to negotiate!
"Do you really think that the deed is not in my hands, so there is nothing I can do with you? I~"
After pondering for a long time, there was a knock on the door, but it was Wu Fu who came back.
"Little master, everyone is here!"
Wu Fucheng's figure is now a little straighter, and he stands aside respectfully.
As the two of them came to the outside of Ciyun Garden, they saw about thirty young men and women ranging from ten to twenty years old, led by three middle-aged or old men who lacked arms and legs, looking at the old and the young curiously.
From afar, Wu Ming was looking.
These people are clearly standing in four groups.
The three older ones are a bunch, the one who lacks the right hand and is lame is called Chai Qing, the one with a sick face, the thin body, but as tall as a bamboo pole is called Hu Qing, and the last old man, with a goatee, blind in one eye, gray hair is a little messy, and there is a pair of dry tobacco smokers, named Hu Cang, and the thin and tall man, the face is somewhat similar.
And the rest of the teenagers were divided into three groups.
The most striking of them was the smallest group of four, the leader of which was a tall young man with his hands and knees, holding his arms with a rebellious face, and the other three surrounded him like a guard, dressed luxuriously, obviously not from an ordinary family.
There were two left, one group of people were covered in tattered clothes, and there were patches of blue and red on the exposed skin, and a few teenagers with panda eyes glaring fiercely at their hands and knees from time to time, with a fierce look in their eyes.
The last group of people, who are also the youngest, are dressed ordinarily, with patches stacked on top of each other, with yellow faces and thin muscles, and obviously have a bad life.
On the way here, Wu Fu introduced the situation of these people to Wu Ming, not to mention that he recognized them all at a glance, but he remembered the main characters clearly.
The others are just that, the identity of the young man with his hands and knees is the only son of Yuan Cheng, one of the five border towns of Wu Wangfu-Yuan Fei!
At the age of fifteen, he has already entered the qi realm!
In terms of strength, it is estimated that one finger can poke the current Wu Ming to death!
"This is the team I will stand on in the future, they are all a group of half-sized children, but it's good*!"
Taking everyone's looks into his eyes one by one, the corners of Wu Ming's mouth turned up slightly.
"Hu Cang, Hu Qing, Chai Qing, I've seen the little prince!"
Hu Cang knocked down the smoke pot and took the lead in getting up, and the other two bowed.
"I've seen the little prince!"
Among the young men, except for Yuan Fei, the other two groups saluted sparsely, with a lot of curiosity and awe.
"The three of you don't need to be polite, over the years, it has been the palace that has treated you badly!"
Wu Ming stretched out his hand to help the three of them, behaving in a decent manner, not overly enthusiastic or rusty, just expressing his apology as the heir of the palace.
"Hey, you are self-aware, why, did you want to let us continue to work for the palace when you called people back this time?"
Without waiting for Hu Cang and the three of them to say something, Yuan Fei sneered and said.
"Brother Fei is right, for so many years, our fathers and ancestors have worked hard for the Wu family, and how much kindness has been repaid!"
"That is, why does a person who comes out of a corner have to ask us to die?"
"Back then, for him, how many of our fathers lost their lives, and their deaths were unknown, and they didn't even give an explanation, and they still wanted us to sell our lives?
The three people around him sneered disdainfully and spoke viciously to each other.
Wu Fu's old face changed, he opened his mouth, his eyes flickered, he didn't know what he thought, and he didn't have an exit.
Hu Cang's brows furrowed, and the two of them looked at Wu Ming with curiosity, as if they were going to see how he solved it.
The second group of teenagers looked at the three of them, obviously related, and seeing that they didn't speak, a few teenagers who opened their mouths swallowed their words back.
Most of the last group of teenagers were a little cowardly, and the only few teenagers with clear eyes and spiritual light were watching.
"I didn't want you to die for me!"
Wu Ming spread his hands and said innocently.
"Hey, what about the deceitful ghosts, let Wu Lao call us here, not for you, what are you for?"
Yuan Fei pursed his lips disdainfully.
"The house is big, it's space, I want to find a few more companions and add popularity, can't you?"
Wu Ming was not angry, and said with a smile.
"You~"
Yuan Fei was speechless by Wu Ming's scoundrel.
"Brother Fei, since he said that he was looking for a companion to increase popularity, let's stay generously and see what tricks he plays!"
"Yes, yes, anyway, it's eating and drinking for nothing, even if there is something, it's none of our business!"
"That's it, I want to see what kind of heart he has!"
Several teenagers made up their minds without taking Wu Ming in their eyes at all.
On the contrary, it was Yuan Fei, his eyes flickering, staring at Wu Ming with some uncertainty, as if he had flowers on his face.