Yang Ling rushed back to the mansion first, threw the horse to his family, and when he asked if the emperor was still in the inner courtyard, he hurried over.

When he arrived at the flower hall, he called twice but no one answered, Yang Ling's heart tightened, and he was a little panicked for no reason, he ran to the small courtyard where he and his young mother lived alone, and then went to the opposite Yutangchun, Xuelimei and Cheng Qiyun's residence, which was still empty, and Yang Ling couldn't help but be a little stunned when he stood there.

Just as he was at a loss, he heard a burst of laughter from the direction of the back garden, and hurried over. This piece of the house was the residence of the maids, and there was a porch in the middle of the two-story building that led to the back garden.

Yang Ling rushed to the backyard, only to see that in the open space where the young lady was practicing martial arts, more than a dozen maids were standing on the side applauding and laughing.

Three beautiful little girls stood aside, the ball passing at their feet, but never hitting the ground. The sphere is like a pearl, the face is like jade, and the three wives are graceful, and there is a sense of beauty when you look at it.

On the other side, the tall man in the green shirt tucked the front and back robes at the waist, revealing the white satin trousers inside, so neat, Han Youniang and the three of them were dazzled by the ball, and took advantage of it to be unprepared is a volley, the man in the green shirt is well-founded, not in a hurry, no matter how tricky the angle of the ball, how fast the speed, can always grab the ball in time, toes, surface, side, heel continue to skillfully use, the ball is full of tricks.

His teammate is Zhu Houzhao, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, this benevolent brother has limited ball skills, and always loses the ball after playing for a while, so he consciously acts as a cheerleader, standing there shouting, hoarse and more nervous than the blue-robed scholar who plays football.

Yang Ling was immediately relieved when he saw it, the blue-robed scholar was naturally Cheng Qiyun, and he couldn't imagine that she had a good kick backwards. Daming is Keju is very popular, even the army often organizes competitions, and Yang Ling has often seen it. Since moving to this village, when Bai Yue has time, the young lady and Yutangchun often play football together.

This game can strengthen the leg strength and strengthen the body, although Yang Ling himself does not like to end the game, but sometimes he often paced to the side to enjoy the three beloved wives and Yahuan playing ball.

This kind of ball skills are divided into two kinds of playing and playing white, playing a bit like the game of attacking each other in modern football, and playing white is to completely show personal kicking skills, depending on the situation on the field, Cheng Qiyun with one enemy three, the two sides are to receive the ball after the first white play, after showing the bowing skills and then volley each other.

Yang Ling noticed that there were still nine people standing on the opposite side of the venue, eight heroic and introverted men were clearly the master guards of Ouchi, and the other one was white-skinned and light-eyed, he was used to half-bending over, holding his sleeves and smiling on the sidelines, it was Liu Jin.

At this time, he also saw Yang Ling, hurriedly raised his hand to signal, and said hello, Yang Ling saw that Zhengde was staring at the ball intently, as if he was not finished playing, so he smiled and gestured to Liu Jin, and then turned his eyes to Cheng Qiyun.

Although Cheng Qiyun has superb ball skills, but with an enemy, at this time she is also red with jade cheeks, and there are some slight sweat marks on her forehead, she obviously also saw Yang Ling, when she saw Yang Ling looking at her, her eyebrows raised, and she suddenly raised her legs, and the toes kicked straight to her forehead, she was wearing a man's shirt, and she was not afraid of anything indecent like this.

I saw that the ball was kicked up, leisurely swinging several feet high, everyone looked up into the air, the ball stopped in the air for a moment, and then fell, it can be to Cheng Qiyun's boot tip still held high in the air, Cheng Qiyun's other leg knee bent slightly, and stabilized the ball, the ball dipped and swirled on the tip of the boot, and never fell, and everyone couldn't help but applaud.

The corners of Cheng Qiyun's lips pursed, and she smiled slightly, the ball seemed to be standing on the tip of her boots, and as it fell, she was about to kick, and the three of Han Youniang didn't know where she was going to shoot, so they all bent down nervously and stared at the ball, but Cheng Qiyun raised her leg and sent it gently, and the ball rolled softly to the side of Han Youniang and the three, and the three of them wanted to rush forward to catch the ball but it was too late.

Zhengde was overjoyed, Xue Limei raised her sleeves, stained her red face, and said lightly: "Cheng Gongzi plays Laipi, how can he use such a trick."

Cheng Qiyun smiled and flew a glance at her, and Xue Limei saw Yang Ling standing on the side, her red pretty face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and she hurriedly squatted down and bowed, and called timidly: "Master."

Zhengde saw Yang Ling at this time, Yang Ling stepped forward to pay a big salute, he just shouted: "Emperor, minister"

Zhengde had already taken a step forward, held his arm and said with a smile: "Yang Shi reads his body, and I am out of the palace, so I don't have to make a big gift to the monarch and ministers."

He smiled happily: "Yang Qing, Mrs. Zun is not your cousin's opponent with three to one, I can't imagine that such a weak Jiangnan scholar has such superb skills in juju."

"Cousin?" Yang Ling was stunned, and glanced at Cheng Qiyun quickly, then he snorted and turned his head to look at Zhengde.

He wore a lilac robe, wide sleeves, a multicolored amber belt around his waist, a royal blue brocade armor on his upper body, and his long black hair was tied in a jade half-moon crown, which was only buttoned with a silver hairpin, and his face was like a crown of jade, handsome and extraordinary.

He was a little taller, with pale black fur on his lips, and a mature and majestic temperament between his eyebrows, Yang Ling suddenly felt a kind of excitement and joy, that feeling was like watching his relatives grow up and mature, only happy and happy for him, Yang Ling didn't know when he had such a feeling for Zhengde, and he was a little surprised for a while.

But when he saw Zhengde looking at him, he had a kind of kind of kind admiration, and his heart was very moved and gratified. The two have been separated for several months, and the Golden Palace is in front of the hundred officials in a hurry, and the two have to pretend to be pretending, and it is only at this moment that there is a real emotional exchange, and at this moment the two of them suddenly feel that each other's hearts have been drawn a lot closer, not the trust of the king and the ministers, but a kind of equality and mutual cordiality.

The two of them looked at each other for a short moment of emotional exchange, it happened so naturally, the two of them didn't know that they would have such feelings in their hearts before this moment, Liu Jin was waiting for Zhengde since he was a child, and he knew his joys, sorrows, and every move well, so if Zhengde's mood changed slightly, he could feel it.

This kind of feeling of cordial admiration, the feeling of being a relative, except for Hongzhi, Zhengde has never had this kind of feeling for others, including his mother, Liu Jin felt a little awe in his heart.

Cheng Qiyun's ability to observe faces and colors is very good, and she also saw the expressions of the two in a blink of an eye. Zhengde regained his natural expression and said with a smile: "There have been too many things recently, although I don't like to take care of things, but Lao Li is busy to death, and I am embarrassed to wander around, and now that Jiao Fang has entered the pavilion, I ran out cheekily, haha, ah!" ”

Liu Jin hurriedly snatched the soft brocade and thick satin gray squirrel skin from the guards and put it on Zhengde, and said with a chatter in his mouth: "Your Majesty, hurry up and go back to the room to drink hot tea, the weather is getting cold, but you can't stand the wind and cold."

The group returned to the courtyard, Han Youniang led a group of ladies to retreat, Cheng Qiyun also had to retreat, Zhengde saw it and said: "Cheng Qing stays, I come to visit Yang Shixue, just go out of the palace to play, don't have to avoid taboos."

Cheng Qiyun secretly glanced at Yang Ling, and saw that there was no displeasure on his face, so she gently answered yes and entered the inner study together. Yang Ling poured tea for Zhengde and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, do you remember the Huguo Temple that you went to when you first met?" ”

Zhengde smiled: "Why don't you remember? Ahh I remembered it, what did you use five hundred times to coax the young lady to cough cough, coax the lady, and coax me to say that if you and I didn't have lovers in our previous lives, I owe you a lot of money, haha oily tone, you should be beaten! ”

When he said this, he suddenly remembered his father, and the smile on his face couldn't help but smile, and he slowly pursed his lips. Yang Ling knew that he was thinking of his loving father, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He poured Liu Jin and Cheng Qiyun a cup of tea each, and then sat down lightly opposite under Zhengde's gesture, and said: "At that time, the minister did not know the identity of the emperor, and remembered that there were several Western monks who were bullied by the monks of the Western Regions, and the first emperor was merciful, and donated three thousand taels of sesame oil money to the temple, so that they could properly take care of these monks who came to my Ming Dynasty. ”

Zhengde said: "Yes, those monks have some strange things, but after playing for a while, those rare things are not rare, I almost forgot."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Those monks heard that my Ming Dynasty is the most powerful and rich place in the world, so they came all the way to preach, but their gods sound more powerful than the Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun, and the Buddha, so there are too few believers.

Not to mention that my Ming prestige is far and wide, they are from my Chinese education, the dignified Ming etiquette state, can not let them fall to Si, just by virtue of the first emperor's benevolence and care for them, the ministers did not dare to let it go, so they took them to Zhuangzi and let them live temporarily."

He quietly looked at Zhengde's face, and saw that Zhengde heard that he was thinking of the benevolence of the first emperor, so he paid tribute to the monk, and nodded his head again and again to express his approval, so he changed his words and said: "But it's not a way to keep it like this, and besides, it's not a bad thing for the people to have some divine sustenance."

Nowadays, I have Buddhism, Taoism, Islam and other religions of various ethnic groups, among which there are various schools, and there is no more Catholicism, and they also persuade people to be good.

The kingdom of the Celestial Empire is like a boundless sea, with the capacity of hundreds of rivers, why don't you allow them to build a hall to preach the scriptures, a few foreign monks, it is no big problem."

The role of religion in China is really limited, Zhengde himself has dabbled in Buddhism, Lamaism, and Islam in China, and he asked a few random questions about Christianity, which sounded somewhat similar to the God of Izhlanism, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart: Could it be that like Buddhism, this Western sect is also divided into Mahayana and Hinayana sects?

Zhengde waved his hand and said: "It's okay, they come to my Ming Dynasty from afar, they are always guests, and the emperor also takes care of them, so I can't be stingy, let them go." Liu Jin, go back and inform the Ministry of Rites, and make a book."

Liu Jin and Zhengde also sat casually in private, and after listening to it, they got up and answered. Yang Ling was overjoyed, and after solving this matter, he was not afraid that those foreigners would not give up on his life.

Zhengde smiled: "I just heard your cousin talk about your pirate fight in Jiangnan, it's really exciting", he sighed, a little distracted: "It's a pity, if I am also there, kill a few pirates with my own hands, and sail on the sea, the sky is high and the sea is wide, how comfortable it would be."

Yang Ling glanced at Cheng Qiyun and said quietly: "What the emperor said is that the 10,000 miles of sea territory is also the territory laid down by Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, how can some pirates be allowed to run rampant, and when he says that in addition to the Japanese invaders, the emperor can also find an opportunity to inspect the sea area of the Ming Dynasty, if that is the case, the emperor is the first emperor of the ages who can inspect the sea territory."

As the emperor owns the world, I am afraid that the most exciting thing for him is the prestige of the virtuous emperor who can be passed down through the ages, as soon as he heard this, his ambition rose, and he raised his eyebrows and said: "Ah, my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, how can the sea frontier be paid in the evening?" But why wait until the Haijing River clears? I am about to use martial arts in the forbidden world, and then I will be the generalissimo and personally lead the troops to quell the pirates."

"This", Yang Ling pretended to hesitate, Zhengde looked at the competitive heart, and said unconvinced: "What, Yang Qing can't believe in my martial arts?" ”

Yang Ling said with a smile: "The emperor is still martial and studious, and leading troops to fight is naturally called a general's talent, but fighting at sea is not as good as on land, and the minister can't trust His Majesty's ability."

Liu Jin knew the plan to lift the ban on trade, and said with an itchy heart: "Lord Yang, if you have something to say, don't hide it from your lordship."

Cheng Qiyun watched coldly, and took the opportunity to say: "The emperor forgives the sin, the grass people heard my cousin say, since the Ming Dynasty banned the sea for a hundred years, our Ming Dynasty's maritime frontier, the soldiers are no longer familiar with it, the invincible warship that made the four seas surrender back then, now few people can build it, and now the ships can only cruise in the coastal waters, and they can't even stand the wind and waves, so those pirates are rampant, it's not that my Ming soldiers are unwilling to use their lives, but they can only stay on the beach and be beaten passively."

Zhengde was taken aback when he heard this, Huo Di stood up, walked back and forth in the room for a while, and said slowly: "Has my Daming Water Master fallen to this point?" ”

There was no word in the room for a while, Liu Jin saw that his face was gloomy, and he hurriedly glanced at Yang Ling, and said: "The emperor likes the novelties of foreign countries brought back by Lord Yang from Jiangnan, and he often can't put them down. Since the sea prohibits merchants, it stands to reason that in addition to foreign tributes, the people should not have goods from other countries, how did those things flow in? ”

Yang Ling secretly praised his cleverness in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The sea line is long, and the imperial court forbids the sea, which can only prevent the people of the Ming Dynasty from going to sea, but it cannot prevent more and more foreign merchant ships from coming to my Daming.

Oh, by the way, the minister also found a good thing in Jiangnan, which the minister brought back with him, and he has not yet presented it to the emperor, so the minister will take it." He stood up, finally a little relieved that Cheng Qiyun was staying here, and after a little hesitation, he looked at her deeply.

Cheng Qiyun glanced back at him strangely, her eyes flashed, her eyebrows were twisted first, and suddenly there was a sudden and hurt taste, and there was a flame of anger burning in her bright eyes, she stood up lightly, bowed to Zhengde and said, "The grass people accompany my cousin to get that thing."

Yang Ling saw her look, and felt a little ashamed in his heart, but this suspicion has been a long time, and there will always be a day when he has a seizure buried in his heart, the atmosphere between the two is a little stiff, and he silently walked to Yang Ling's inner library one after the other, Yang Ling opened the door and rummaged inside for a while, took out a dark green shark skin sheath long sword with a slight arc, and walked out of the door with it.

The heavy iron door slammed, the lock ring snapped on, Cheng Qiyun looked at him silently, suddenly took a deep breath, his eyes blinked rapidly, his eyes were thin with a layer of mist, and he asked in a stiff tone: "My lord, is it so difficult to trust someone?" ”

Yang Ling lowered his gaze and relentlessly said: "In the danger of the temple, you must not be careless in thinking, it is true", Yang Ling hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It is really your eagerness for utilitarianism, so that this official has no choice, and it is not a shortcut to serve the king."

He raised his gaze, there was a strange murderous aura and coldness there, and said bluntly: "If you really hit the emperor's idea today, I promise to put you to death before the emperor is crushed by you!" ”

As he spoke, his fingers pressed the circlip, and there was a "choking" sound, and the sword qi rippled between the two, and Cheng Qiyun Huo Ran raised his head, and his eyes were a touch of white.

Yang Ling let out a breath and said lightly: "But you behaved very well, but the official is suspicious." You have been of great help to this official, and I hope that this tacit understanding between us can continue, and you have done nothing unwise, which is very good."

Cheng Qiyun smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "Unwise? Of course I'm not wise, what kind of identity am I, how can I like something without conscience? With a background like mine, being willing to give a piece of true affection can be regarded as retribution."

Yang Ling didn't understand what she was saying, and couldn't help but look at her in surprise.

Cheng Qiyun lowered her eyes and said faintly: "The danger of the palace is worse than the rivers and lakes, the red face is old, and the beauty of an instant, a smart person like me, of course will not do that unwise act, can this reason reassure adults?" ”

Two lines of tears flowed down the jade cheeks, and the face that had just recovered from the illness was slightly pale and haggard, looking more and more pitiful. Yang Ling held the hilt of the sword and pressed it, the sharp blade "clanged" into the sheath, he smiled lightly twice, and said, "Very good, very good."

The pink wall and black alley are antique, Yang Ling seems to see the one holding an oil umbrella in his left hand and a skirt in his right hand, smiling like a water-cutting swallow, stepping on the wet green grass like oil, and the water-like jade who comes lightly.

He lifted his long sword and took a few steps, suddenly paused, and said without looking back: "Your past, there are a lot of treacherous things, I don't want to delve into it, it's really a selfish thing, the girl is very helpful to me, I am suspicious, and I hope the girl will understand."

The matter of Jiangnan, the merit is in the future, not for my personal future, maybe you don't understand, as long as this major matter is solved, as long as I am still in the world, whether you like power or money, Yang will let you get what you want.

Spring sleeves and beautiful alleys, alleys and corridors, like water Yi people, stepping on the waves, that scene Yang has always remembered in his heart, I really don't want you to be involved in the conspiracy alas", sighed leisurely, and quietly left.

Cheng Qiyun turned around suddenly, looked at his back with teary eyes, and complained: "Ruthless, you will cut off my thoughts, what do you owe you in your previous life?" I will continue to suffer from you."

(To be continued)