He walked up to Rao Di, touched the red marks on her face with his fingers, and then turned his head to look at the mountain ghost: "Your master is being bullied, what should you do if you are a slave?" ”

The little girl's face was full of anger, her body moved, and in the blink of an eye, she slid in front of the county lord of Changping, raised her hand and slapped her twice.

The heat was just right, so as not to knock her unconscious, but it was also full of blood. The county lord of Changping burst into tears, holding her cheeks with both hands, she was full of grief and indignation: "Okay! Good! Lord Shen, the fifth prince, today's shame, the lord of this county has written it down! ”

Shen Zhu looked at her and asked in a deep voice, word by word, "What did you write down?" ”

The county lord of Changping was frightened by his gloomy eyes, and suddenly did not dare to speak.

Shen Zhu said slowly: "Mountain ghost, go back and get the thirty boards." ”

The mountain ghost bowed his head and responded, "Yes." ”

Shen Zhu grabbed Rao Di's hand, "If you don't stay at home honestly, you have to come out to make trouble, and you are happy when you are beaten?" ”

Rao Tu shook her arm, "It's not like you're going to a palace banquet and leave people aside." ”

The voice was so charming that it almost hooked people's souls, Shen Zhu glanced at Xiao Yanning, did not speak, and walked out of the hall with Rao's waist in his arms.

Rao Tu turned around and smiled charmingly at Xiao Yanning, and Xiao Yanning also returned a gentle smile.

The mountain ghost had some heart palpitations, and for some reason, she always felt that the fifth prince's eyes were calm, and he was not smiling.

In the silent alley, he took her hand and walked slowly, "Make such a fuss, deliberately ruin my reputation?" ”

Rao Di looked at his slender figure and muttered, "It's just a moment of boredom, who would have thought so much?" ”

Shen Zhu turned his head to look at her, "Before leaving, you dare to flatter the five kings?" I want to let the whole city know that you are debauched and frivolous, so that the emperor can naturally marry Princess Xunyang to me? ”

Rao Di didn't look at his eyes as deep as well water, and looked up at the sky, she muttered, "Are the lanterns in the palace beautiful?" ”

Shen Zhu was soft in his heart, and the words of reprimand could not be spoken, so he had to give up after thinking about it. He Shen built a dying person, what reputation does he care about? All he wanted at this moment was her smile.

The more she laughed, the more he earned.

When Rao Di stepped into the simple carriage parked on the side of the street, she found that there was a woman in different clothes in the car, with small sleeves in a thin felt shirt and exposed waist skin, showing a woman's soft waistline, which was not enough to hold Yingying, and there was a leather belt tied to the skirt, and the leather belt was decorated with several small ribbon gold bells.

The woman's eyes are bright and bright, but her skin is slightly yellow, and her expression is a little sluggish.

Rao's face didn't change, and she turned around and was about to get out of the car, but Shen Zhu blocked her behind, "What do you want to do?" ”

Rao Tu said lightly: "I don't take a car. ”

Shen Zhu frowned, grabbed her waist and pushed her in, and then sat in as well.

He glanced at the northern beauty cowering in the corner, and ordered, "You go out." ”

The northern beauty shuddered for a moment, and hurriedly wanted to withdraw, Rao Tu bit her lip in her eyes, stretched out her hand to put her hand on the beauty's slender shoulder, and glared at Shen Zhu: "Why let her out, on such a cold day, you want to freeze the little beauty to death?" ”

As he spoke, he untied his cloak and thoughtfully draped it on the body of the northern beauty, who was surrounded by the warm cloak that lingered in fragrance, but trembled even more.

Rao Tu patted her on the back and said with pity: "Don't be afraid, as soon as this man gets on a woman's body, he will be a beast, my sister is suffering, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, does it hurt?" ”

Shen Zhu closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then stretched out his foot and kicked Rao Tu gently, and scolded: "What nonsense? Do you want a woman's face? ”

The woman from the north fell to the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Madame is wrong, my lord just brought the slave and maid back to serve Madame." ”

Rao Tu was surprised: "You are a beauty from the north, how can you be a maid for me?" ”

Shen Zhu was sullen, "Okay! ”

The northern beauty hurriedly climbed out of the carriage, and Shen Zhuyi stretched out his arm to take Rao Tu into his arms and wrapped it in his cloak. Rao Tu snorted coquettishly and sniffed at him vigorously.

Shen Zhu raised his eyes, "Dogs?" ”

Rao Di was indignant: "Why is it so strong? It wouldn't be to cover up the smell of fat powder in women, right? ”

Shen Zhu cupped her face, he wanted to see a trace of vinegar in those eyes, but he could only smile lightly.

His heart hurt a little, and he was silent for a while before he said, "There is no smell of fat powder, it is the wine stained with clothes." ”

Rao Di thought thoughtfully, "I heard that the princess splashed a northern beauty who took the initiative to flatter you at the palace banquet, and the hero saved the beauty and stopped it?" ”

Shen Zhu let out an "um" and stared at her eyes, which were clean and empty.

Lou Tu turned her face away, didn't look at him, didn't pay attention to him.

He said softly, "The envoy of the northern border gave me that woman, so I will be your handmaid." ”

Rao Di also said lightly, "You can't get along with the princess for this beauty, but now you give me a maid, aren't you slapping the princess in the face?" ”

"Are you afraid?"

"What am I afraid of? When will Shen Lang marry a princess? She lay in his arms, her fingers wrapped around a strand of gray hair hanging from his sideburns.

Shen Zhu's heart was extremely depressed, and he closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"If you make a fuss today, I'm afraid that tomorrow's impeachment of you will fall like snowflakes in front of the Holy Case." She smirked.

"I don't need you to remind you." His fingers gently rubbed the red marks on her cheeks, and he said nonchalantly.

"Shen Zhu, do you really want to marry a princess?" She stopped laughing and tugged at his sideburns.

Shen Zhu lowered his eyes and said softly: "You don't care? ”

"Whatever you want." She got up to break free from his arms.

Shen Zhu held her waist, "It's Chinese New Year's Eve in a few days, go buy a few lanterns." ”

"Lanterns...... It was late at night, and the shop was already closed. ”

Shen Zhu instructed Yang Qian, who was driving: "Go to Yang's lamp shop." ”

Yang Qian answered, drove the car to East Street, and stopped in front of a lamp shop that had closed. Yang Qian jumped out of the car and knocked on the door, and after filming for a long time, the boss scolded and scolded to open the door, "...... at night"

Before the dirty words could be spoken, he immediately paused, and the boss patted his face and was surprised and delighted, "Young Master Yang? ”

"I'm going to pick up the lamp I ordered earlier."

"Good, good, good...... I have prepared it for a long time, three lamps, still in the old style, and I will give it to you. ”

From time to time, Yang Qian came back with three lamps, lit one of them, and sent it into the carriage. Rao Di looked at the marquee intently, both surprised and delighted.

Shen Zhu's eyes were soft, and the picture of the military general riding a horse drawn on the lamp surface turned slowly, and it looked like a few people were chasing me, shuttling back and forth, hence the name of the marquee.

Rao Tu held the lampholder, her face was reflected in the warm yellow of the lamp, and her eyes shone with a strange light. She muttered, "Walk the horse, go the horse, turn off the light and stop." ”

Shen Zhu picked up the other two lamps that didn't have a sticker pattern, "These two lamps, let's go back and cut the paper stickers ourselves, okay?" ”

Rao Di liked the lamp very much, held it in her arms and couldn't put it down, and when she heard Shen Zhu's proposal, she nodded casually and said the word "good".

There are three days left before Chinese New Year's Eve, the court is closed, and the court is only opened after the Lantern Festival. Shen Zhu didn't go anywhere in the past few days, just in the green tile cottage in the plum blossom woods.

Rao Tu was reluctant to go to Qingwashe, Cheng Ri and the mountain ghost Liu Xing'er two girls nested in the warm pavilion, eating sweet candied food, drinking osmanthus stuffed and reading books, and the gas became more and more lazy. Spring, summer, autumn and winter were sent back to the princess's mansion by Shen Zhu, and Rao Tu didn't care, she was willing to be out of sight and out of mind.

Lu Zhiming would come every day to cure the poison with Rao, smoke herbs every day, bathe in medicinal soup, clear the tendons and veins, and then cut half a bowl of blood, and the blood that flowed out gradually turned from black to red in a few days.

Shen Zhu was on the side every time he was treating the poison, and when he saw that she was obviously uncomfortable with the medicine, she was forced to smile and laugh, but there was nothing she could do except follow the discomfort, and she was only deeply remorseful.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, in the morning, firecrackers had just been set off outside, and Lu Zhiming came to Meihuawu again. Rao Di was crooked on the kang and was coaxed by Shen Zhu to cut paper, and when she saw Lu Zhiming, she smiled bitterly and begged: "Mr. Lu, let me rest for a day today." ”

Lu Zhiming smiled and said: "I don't smoke medicinal bath soup today, only take blood." ”

She stretched out her two wrists, the old wounds cut out were still oozing blood, and she looked at Lu Zhiming pitifully.

Shen Zhu took out an unusually delicate sandalwood box and said to Lu Zhiming: "This is the medicine sent by the Imperial Medical Department to clear blood poison. ”

Lu Zhiming opened the lid of the box, and smelled a refreshing fragrance from a long distance, and saw Lu Zhiming smiled: "It is indeed a good medicine, it is more effective than cutting blood and turning poison, but ...... This medicine is rare, how many can adults get? ”

When Shen Zhu heard that it was effective, he was overjoyed, "If you need a few, I can get a few." ”

Rao said: "I'm afraid that I will eat you poor." ”

He casually asked: "What kind of official is it to scatter all your family wealth?" ”

Lu Zhiming laughed and said: "The Tao is natural, what kind of Tao do you cultivate?" ”

Rao Di couldn't interject from the Zen machine of these two people, ate the pill, and Lu Zhiming tapped the acupoint with the Daomen Xuantong, only to feel that the pill entered the abdomen, and the effect of the medicine reached the tendons and veins, and the qi and blood flowed all over the body, which was extremely comfortable.

Lu Zhiming said goodbye and left, and said with a smile: "Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, where are you going?" ”

"On Chinese New Year's Eve, the new peach was exchanged for the old charm, and the day before yesterday I was picking medicine on the mountain outside the city, and I asked an old man in the mountains for a taste of hemp root, and promised the old man to give a peach charm, and now I will return the gift." The Taoist priest bowed his head and turned to leave.

Rao Di watched his figure go away, and her heart was slightly cold, she, Shen Zhu, Xiao Yanning...... These people all have their own reasons for staying in Jinling. So what about Lu Zhiming? What is he for?

Shen Zhu waved his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, and said angrily: "Your eyes are straight?" Just that good-looking? ”

Rao Tu came back to his senses and smiled at him: "It's really good-looking." How could there be such a young living immortal in the world? ”

Shen Zhu sneered, "Whether it's good or not, it has nothing to do with you not half a copper coin." ”

Rao Tu picked up a piece of paper-cut and pasted it on the lamp, and said with a smile: "I don't look at it, and it has nothing to do with you." ”

Yang Qian announced outside the door: "My lord, there is a holy will, after half a pillar of incense, the eunuch will come to deliver the decree." ”

"The celebrant?" Rao Tu smiled playfully, "It seems that adults want to have a good marriage." ”

Shen Zhu was silent, he had long expected that the emperor would issue an edict today, ordering him to marry Princess Xunyang. A few days ago, a storm in the hot pot restaurant caused Long Yan to be displeased, not only banning Xiao Yanning's feet, but also detaining Shen Zhu for half a year.

Thinking about this headache of the public case, he felt that his head was big, if it weren't for this big trouble, the matter of marrying the princess would have taken a turn for the better. Now that he has completely touched the emperor's scales, if he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, he will provoke Long Yan's anger.

Even if Shen Zhu can be arrogant and arrogant, he can't withstand the wrath of the Son of Heaven.

He rubbed his eyebrows, the matter of Princess Xunyang, the emperor has already given enough steps, if he refuses to accept the order today, then the identity of the daughter of the criminal minister of Xuanzhou will not be hidden, whether it is true or not, it is not a good thing to mention people to the prison of the Ministry during the New Year.

Glancing at Rao Tu with a smile on his face, he said angrily: "You did it on purpose? ”

Rao Tu was extremely aggrieved: "But a woman, who wants to share a husband with others?" ”

Shen Zhu's eyes were gently diluted a little, and he didn't say much, got up and followed Yang Qian to the mansion to prepare to receive the order.

Rao Tu lazily leaned on the back stack, making Liu Xing'er brush rice paste on the lamp surface, she picked up the messy red paper cuts on the kang table, and glued them to the lamp one by one.

The paper-cut is two villains, a man and a woman. The man leads the donkey, and the donkey carries the scroll on its back; The woman held a bamboo basket and picked green plums under the tree.

Rao Tu lit the wick, and the lantern slowly turned.

The scholar who led the donkey walked slowly among the green mountains and green waters, and met a young girl, she picked green plums under the tree, with a pure smile, he stepped forward to ask for directions, and the green shirt was indifferent.

That year, the origin.

The light and shadow flowed on her face, and her eyes suddenly changed from trance to resentment, and soon filled with hatred. She swept the lantern down with a flick of her sleeve, and it fell to the ground, and the candle fell on the wall, causing an instant fire.

Liu Xing'er was startled and hurriedly went to put out the fire.

Rao Di shouted: "Let it burn, burn it clean!" ”

Liu Xing'er didn't dare to move suddenly, and watched the lantern lamp burn out, and soon the lamp bones also burned to ashes, she heard the girl smile sadly: "What road do you ask?" It's a scam from the beginning, Shen Zhu, Shen Zhu, why are you doing that to me? What the hell am I ...... What exactly is being done wrong? ”

At the main gate of Shen Mansion, the celebrant eunuch read out the holy decree in a sharp voice: "When the sky is good, I am hereby ordered: Shen Zhu, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites and the priest of the country, has a ravine in his heart, hides the spring and autumn in his belly, and is a model of scholars in the world. Princess Xunyang has a soft temperament, bows and is cautious, and gives marriage to Shen Zhu, and on the day of the Lantern Festival, the full moon is completed. Bi-"

Shen Zhu's expression was indifferent, and he raised his hand over the top to receive the holy decree. He didn't say a good word to the celebrant and eunuch, turned around and left.

The eunuch who announced the decree was stunned on the spot, he had read out many emperors' decrees on marriage, and none of them had reacted like Lord Shen. Arrogant and indifferent, obedient, the emperor said that he could tolerate Shen Zhu's arrogance, but this scholar was also a little arrogant!

Shen Zhu went to the library, put the holy decree at will, and asked Yang Qian to grind it, and he spread out a big xuan on the bookcase, sketched with a fine pen, and quickly sketched a map of the beams.

Yang Qian looked at it bluntly, "My lord is really a good skill!" ”

Shen Zhu looked at the map, frowning in thought. This is nothing to him, he has been studying for several years, and he has already traveled all over the Daliang River. The girder is not in his hands, but in his heart.

He drew a cross in the direction of Xiangyang City with a red pen, and then drew a circle in an inconspicuous place in Shuliang, and muttered: "Abandon Xiangyang and go to Hanzhong, then the willows and flowers will be bright." ”

Yang Qian couldn't read or understand, so he was silent.

Shen Zhu drew a red line on the rice paper, from Hanzhong to Tongchuan, through Xiangyang through Xinyang and directly hit Jinling. He put down the pen, folded the rice paper and handed it to Yang Qian, and said slowly: "With your ability, can you do it in front of the case of the five kings?" ”

Yang Qian lowered his head and replied with one word: "Yes!" ”

"God knows, you know, I know, he knows."

"Yes!"

After Yang Qian left, Shen Zhucai slowly walked out of the library. He showed Xiao Yanning the way to "Hanzhong" because he saw that the current royal family was incompetent, as for whether Xiao Yanning would rush to that barren place, and whether he could endure loneliness and achieve something, it was not something he cared about.

In the plum blossom dock, the door of the warm pavilion is closed. Shen Zhu stepped forward and knocked, and the little girl Liu Xing poked her head out to see that it was Shen Zhu, and she hesitated, and she didn't dare to open the door for a while.

Shen Zhu frowned, stretched out his hand and pushed the door, only to find that the door was actually bolted from the inside. "Liu Xing, what is Madam doing?"

Liu Xing wanted to say that Madam didn't do anything, she just didn't want to see you, but she didn't have the courage, so she cowered and said, "Madam...... Slept ......"

Shen Zhu looked up at the sky, it was the time to eat at noon, and he wondered, "But the body is not good?" Why do you fall asleep at this time? ”

"No...... Isn't it......"

His eyebrows tightened: "Open the door!" ”

Liu Xing was drunk and stunned for a moment, so she had to go up to unplug it, and her voice came from inside: "Don't open it!" ”

Liu Xing was in a dilemma for a while, annoyed that she had to stretch her neck to take a look when she heard the voice, and she caused trouble in vain!

Shen Zhu was a little confused when he heard Rao's angry voice, and asked Liu Xing in a deep voice, "What kind of evil fire is she making?" ”

Liu Xing was also the second monk at a loss, so she had to say: "The girl pasted the lamp, and saw that the lamp turned around a few times, but somehow she got angry, dropped the lantern, and ordered not to let the adults in......"

Shen Zhu's brows were slightly relaxed, he stood empty for a while, but he didn't get angry, and actually left silently.

Liu Xing was surprised that Lord Shen was getting more and more tempered by the girl, and couldn't help but secretly admire the girl's good skills.

Rao Di pushed open the window sash slightly, and saw Shen Zhu walking alone on the road to Meilin, the corners of her lips moved slightly, but her eyes were filled with indifference that she didn't want.

What he did to her back then, she returned little by little. Obviously, I fought back, but why, my heart was so stuffy, and it hurt sullenly......

Shen Zhu returned to Meilin Qingwashe, cold and cold, he sat in front of the worn-out bookcase, his fingers caressed the mottled and concave writing, and his eyes looked at the porcelain vase that he had broken and asked a craftsman to mend with silver wire and gold nails. The book case is from Qingzhou, the porcelain vase is from Qingzhou, and even the bricks and tiles in this house are all transported from Qingzhou.

Qingzhou's house is gone, Qingzhou's love has become hatred, he is here for Shen Zhu, after all, he has nothing.

The sigh of an uninvited guest broke his secret self-hurt, and he turned his head to look out of the door, but it was Xiao Yanning leaning against the withered peach tree, holding a withered grass in his mouth, and looking at the falling yellow plums around him with a casual expression.

When Shen Zhu first entered the capital that year, he saw Xiao Yanning leaning against an old locust tree in the palace, with his head resting on his arms, looking up at the sky lazily. That time, Shen Zhu also glanced up at the sky, he saw that the clouds in the sky were changing, and the sun was warm, and from then on, he didn't feel that the waste prince was really a waste.

Shen Zhu said slowly: "What are you doing?" ”

"I thought that Lord Shen had beauty on the side, Chinese New Year's Eve, it should be a happy scene, why such a miserable situation?"

"If the prince came to ridicule Shen, you can leave."

Xiao Yanning threw a jade gourd and was caught by Shen Zhu, the jade liquid in the gourd was swaying, and the smell of wine was intoxicating. Shen Zhu gently threw the wine gourd back again, "The wine of the fifth prince, forgive Shen for not having the courage to drink it." ”

Xiao Yanning sighed: "You are really boring sometimes. Although the king was often poisoned and assassinated, he still lived for thirty years. This person, when he dies is determined by God, it's useless for you to be afraid, it's better to be presumptuous, but to be chic. ”

"Shen is a man in his life, and he has nothing to do with chic. The fifth prince is also not a free and easy person, otherwise he would not have secretly arranged so many calculations. ”

Xiao Yanning pulled out the wine pot and took a sip of wine, and swallowed it slowly after a moment in his mouth, he sighed: "This wine is soft and soft, stuffed with bitter cold, and you won't be able to drink such wine in the future." Thank you for choosing that bad mountain and bad water for me, Hanzhong is facing enemies on all sides, it is really a good place. ”

"Hungry tigers come out of evil mountains, and fierce dragons come out of evil waters."

Xiao Yanning asked curiously, "What are Lord Shen's plans in the future?" ”

"Don't bother."

"Do you really want to marry my princess sister?"

"There are still some layouts in the capital that have not been completed, and I can't leave immediately."

Xiao Yanning said "um", understood what he meant, he couldn't leave immediately, he couldn't hide from marrying the princess. He said indifferently: "Anyway, that sweetheart beauty of yours doesn't care very much." ”

Shen Zhu suddenly looked at him and said slowly, "What does she care about?" ”

"I don't dare to understand this thing." Xiao Yanning smiled bitterly.

Shen Zhu got up and walked out of the Washe, "I won't accompany you." ”

Xiao Yanning stepped forward and grabbed his arm, and said with a smile: "I still haven't finished speaking, don't worry." ”

Shen Zhu frowned and said, "What? ”

"Do you want to know what she was like when I saw her that year?"

Shen Zhu was silent, but his heart was violently shaking, and after a long time, he brushed his sleeves and said coldly: "I don't want to!" ”

Xiao Yanning looked at his back in a hurry, a little melancholy, a little lost.

When I saw her that year, she was like a dead man. Today's glamorous beauty is nothing more than a puppet driven by hatred.

Shen Zhu came to the warm pavilion, Liu Xing'er was pouring water outside, and when she saw Shen Zhu coming back, the little girl was startled, and ran back in three steps and two steps to close the door, but was frightened by Shen Zhu's sharp eyes and didn't dare to move.

He pushed the door open and walked into the house, and the mist was thick. She was only wearing a light gauze dress, and her hair was wet and dripping with water, as if she had just bathed. Lying in front of the dresser, his chin propped up on the back of his hand, he didn't look at himself in the bronze mirror, but stared at the marquee on the desk.

On the lamp surface, there are silhouettes of various animals such as monkeys, cats, and dogs, which are rough and ugly, but she can see it. Shen Zhu was silent, stepped forward to take the cotton towel from the mountain ghost's hand, and gently wiped her wet hair for her.

Rao Tu Youyou commanded: "Mountain ghost, cut another Lord Shen out." ”

The mountain ghost is in a hurry behind him, girl, girl, she is usually very alert, why can't you see Lord Shen coming?

"Mountain ghosts?"

The little girl had to bite the bullet and say, "Not very well." ”

Rao Tu snorted and muttered: "The uglier the better, I know that you are not very good, just cut a rough shadow, just cut him with a stinky face and ignoring people......"

The mountain ghost wants to cry without tears, "It's a bit difficult......"

The corners of Shen Zhu's mouth were slightly upturned.