Chapter 27: The Gentleman
Among the five countries, Tianxiang Kingdom is located in the southwest border, and its territory was originally very large, but with the invasion of the southern country in the past hundred years, Tianxiang Kingdom has been defeated again and again. had to cede land again and again to pay tribute, so that in a hundred years, Tianxiang Kingdom has become a small country on the side, and the population has decreased sharply. The war, which lasted for more than a hundred years, caused the men of Tianxiang Kingdom to die or be captured, or to leave the country, and the ratio of men and women was seriously imbalanced.
The last war between Tianxiang and Nanli happened fifteen years ago, at that time, Nangong Huan had just ascended the throne, on the grounds of the death of his brother Nangong Xuan, he raised troops angrily, Tianxiang suffered heavy losses, and in desperation, he had to cut the land and pay tribute again to stop the war, Nangong Huan was still not satisfied, and ordered Muyang, the eldest princess of Tianxiang Kingdom, who was only five years old at the time, to marry her newly born son, and then give up. Now I pinch my fingers, and there is another year to be the period of the marriage contract, but tomorrow, Princess Tianxiang, who has a marriage contract, will actually marry the worship flower Sleepless in the Guoshi Mansion. At that time, only by replacing this half-sister and marrying away from another country can he exchange for the peace of this Tianxiang country and the people be saved from the poison of war.
Thinking of this, Princess Shizuka Mu Yu couldn't help but cry. sighed lightly, rolled up his sleeves and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. Qiaoyue, the maid who had been waiting beside her, saw it distressed and said: "Princess, don't be sad anymore, your body is already delicate, don't get sick again." ”
Mu Yu said: "If it weren't for these Li people, I would be hanging from the beam, and I wouldn't marry a man I had never met, besides, I heard that Nangong Yan, the prince who left the country in the south, was short and fat, had improper facial features, a violent personality, and messed with all the servants in the harem. ”
Qiao Yue also said sadly: "Princess, the emperor and the queen have been bedridden for more than three years, and they have not improved, and now the entire government and the opposition are Wang Meiren's cronies, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also under house arrest in the East Palace. ”
Mu Yu said viciously: "But the ruthless thing is that this Muyang, a slut, has poisoned all the loyal and virtuous ministers in the Guoshifu in just a few years." Now the entire Guoxiang City is their people, and there is not even a person who dares to come out and say a word, if this continues, this Tianxiang Country will sooner or later become her own world. ”
Qiaoyue comforted her and said: "Princess Tianxiang has long been ambitious, but at the moment we have no choice but to do this, princess, you still have to be patient for the time being, and when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince grows up, he will definitely kill these rebellious ministers and thieves, and return Tianxiang Country to a peaceful one." ”
Mu Yu sighed and said, "I also believe that there will be a day, but I am worried that this day I can only be in the deep palace of a foreign country, and I can only hope for it from afar." ”
Qiao Yue said again: "By the way, princess, tonight Wang Meiren is going to have a banquet for the elders and disciples of all sects, and you will also attend together, you see, you want to wear that dress at night, and the maid will bring you a fit." ”
Mu Yu was bored and said, "Forget it, don't be busy anymore, you said that I was not feeling well at night, but I won't go." ”
Qiao Yue thought for a while and said: "It's okay, those scenes are messy, don't go or go, that maid will accompany the princess to play leaf chess at night, but she doesn't feel bored." ”
Mu Yu nodded and said, "Hmm." If there is nothing else, you can go down first, I want to be alone for a while. ”
Qiao Yue said yes, and was about to leave, when she suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile: "Which playboy did the princess want to meet in the morning?"
Mu Yu was thinking about the young man he met in the daytime, and was suddenly told by the maidservant, he didn't feel that his face was feixia, he blushed with shame, and said viciously: "I should tear your mouth apart, and then let you talk nonsense everywhere." ”
Qiao Yue stuck out her tongue and said, "Tear Qiao Yue's mouth to pieces, who will chat with you in the future to relieve your boredom." ”
Mu Yu said: "Hugh is going to talk nonsense, didn't you see the sachet on his waist, he already has a sweetheart." What do I think he's going to do?"
Qiao Yue said: "Hehe, you can't hide it from me, I see it in my eyes, princess, the way you look at that playboy is completely different from when you look at others." But that playboy is really good-looking, anyway, the slave girl is so big, I have never seen such a good-looking man. ”
Mu Yu feigned anger and said: "Look at your portrait, haven't you ever looked at a man, you started to think about spring at a young age, see if I don't drive you out of the palace and let you get married." ”
Qiaoyue hurriedly begged for mercy: "Princess, don't, there is no Qiaoyue, who will accompany you to play leaf chess, chat to relieve boredom, and burn fragrant soup for you." ”
Mu Yu said: "Then close your annoying mouth." ”
When Qiao Yue heard this, she hurriedly covered her small mouth with her hand, Mu Yu saw it, chuckled, and then said: "He is a disciple of Baicao Valley, and he is also the junior disciple of Hua Wumian, the sect of Baicao Valley has withered in recent years, and there are very few disciples." ”
Qiao Yue replied: "Yes, now in the entire Guoshi Mansion, except for the disciples of Lingxu Mountain, all of them are from the Wuwu Palace, but the annoying thing is that the people in the Wuwu Palace are all from the eldest princess faction, and he is only a flower sleepless in Baicao Valley, but who would have thought that he would also take refuge in the eldest princess." Thinking about it, this junior brother who has no sleep is not a good thing. Princess, don't think about it anymore. ”
Mu Yu sighed and said, "Qing Ben is a good man, but he is a thief." Okay, okay, don't mention this matter in the future, it's just a nuisance. Stand down. ”
Qiao Yue responded obediently, and then turned around and left, leaving Mu Yu alone to feel sorry for herself.
The day is about to be twilight, outside the outer city of Guoxiang City, the door of the 'Qi Ji Pharmacy' is closed, the shopkeeper Qi has already closed the shop, the business of the past two days is surprisingly good, with this new spice, the shopkeeper Qi has really made a good fortune. However, the shopkeeper of Qi is obviously not here, in the Qi Ji pharmacy, there is a room full of people in black, dressed in black clothes with brushes, everyone looks solemn, one of them, dressed in black, and a black scarf is wrapped around his head, Rao is so, it is still difficult to hide his handsomeness, this person is Mo Yangsheng, and the young slave standing behind him is also dressed like a master, less silly in Pingsuli, and a little more solemn.
Mo Yangsheng aligned with the shopkeeper and said, "Third uncle, have you ever come back?"
The shopkeeper replied, "The Guardian has entered the palace. He has to answer the internal response of Baicao Valley, and today the Guardian and Baicao Valley should agree to bring the young master out. ”
Mo Yangsheng nodded, and said to everyone in the room: "In today's battle, death and life are inevitable, you don't have to be entangled, be sure to hit with one blow." Your brothers and companions, dead or alive, don't take care of it, just remember your respective tasks, and everyone, the responsibility of recovering from the Fire Cult will be entrusted to you. With that, he clenched his hands into fists and made a gesture.
The black-clothed people united and said: "If the fire is not extinguished, the Holy Religion will live forever." The mark will live up to the expectations of the sect leader, although there is no fear of death. ”
Mo Yangsheng nodded with satisfaction, turned to the young slave and asked, "Have you brought anything with you?"
When the young slave heard this, he patted the package on his back and said, "Young master, don't worry, as long as the young slave does not die, this thing should be safe." ”
Mo Yangsheng patted the broad shoulder of the child, and was about to say some comforting words, but his chest was unbearable and coughed, and the childish slave saw it, and hurriedly took out a porcelain bottle from his arms, poured out a few pills and gave it to Mo Yangsheng, Mo Yangsheng took the medicine, and his expression improved significantly. Sighing, while looking at the small porcelain vase, he said to himself, "I hope I won't meet you today." ”
Rao is Mo Yangsheng whispered, but the young slave finally heard it, and said: "Young master, don't worry, they are drinking and feasting in the main hall of the Guoshi Mansion, we are in the secret vault of the Imperial Mansion, the two places are far apart, if the situation goes well, they should not meet." ”
Mo Yangsheng said: "This is the best, I am most afraid of owing favors to others in my life." Mo Yang said, raised his head and looked at the sunset outside the window, the red sun with the last touch of red glow, finally set, Mo Yangsheng said lightly: "Let's go." ”
Tomorrow is the period of the Sleepless Wedding of Princess Tianxiang and the big disciple of Baicao Valley, the lanterns in the Guoshi's Mansion are colorful, the colored balls linger between the beams, in front of each courtyard, the red light is hung high, a big Xi word, particularly eye-catching, the flower is flawless in the eyes but it is particularly dazzling, and the heartache is still. Tomorrow he will welcome Princess Tianxiang, and from then on he will be someone else's father-in-law. Hua Wufang hates, she hates herself for not being able to let go after all, why is it so painful to love someone, why is he so ruthless, Hua is flawless, Hua is flawless, from tonight, forget him.
Everyone in Baicao Valley changed into newly cut clothes, all of them looked handsome, talented men and women, even Hua Qingxi also changed into a brand-new plain robe, the disciples followed the master into the hall of the Guoshi Mansion, everyone just entered the hall, and saw Lin Yue busy arranging for everyone to sit down, really busy, Lin Yue was busy, seeing the arrival of everyone in Baicao Valley, he hurriedly stepped forward and said to Hua Qingxi: " Seniors Hua, come early, Lin Yue has already arranged a good seat for everyone, next to my Lingxu Mountain Elder Sanshan, Elder Hua and my uncles, I haven't met for several years, tonight I really want to talk about the old feelings. ”
When Hua Qingxi heard this, she said happily: "Senior nephew Lin, it's really a good idea, you are arranging it like this, and you are thinking about it." ”
Lin Yue smiled and said, "Senior Hua, come with me, and I will take you personally." ”
Hua Qingxi waved his hand and said, "Seeing how busy you are, you can give us some advice, and we will just go by ourselves, so we won't bother you." When Lin Yue heard this, he was no longer reluctant, so he had to point to the seats for everyone in Baicao Valley, and then turned around and went to work again.
Hua Qingxi followed the direction pointed by Lin Yue, looking for a seat, and after sitting down, her own maid served everyone delicious wine and food, seasonal fruits, and a table full of rich. Hua Wushuang looked around and saw that the hall was divided into left and right sides, and there were more than ten round tables on each side. He sat on the second table on the left, and the table on the right was already full of many women, all dressed in purple, all sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls, and the oldest was only eighteen or nineteen years old.
Hua Qingxi replied: "Yes, the people sitting opposite are the disciples of the Wuwu Palace, they only accept female disciples, but looking at their age and the purple clothes they are wearing, it is estimated that they are the disciples of the third generation of the purple generation of the Wuwu Palace. ”
When Hua Wuzhi heard this, the person opposite who was the same age as himself wanted to call himself uncle, and he couldn't help but feel energetic, and said, "Ha, I didn't expect me to be so many people's uncle at such a young age." It's really funny. ”
When Hua Qingxi heard this, he smiled and said: "Their master is green into the smoke, and my master Hua Yuehong is a disciple of the same generation, and I am a disciple of the same generation as their current head of the Great Palace, Qingshuang, and you and the second generation of their disciples of the Blue Character Generation of the Wuhu Palace are disciples of the same generation. ”
The disciples replied, "The disciples have written it down. ”
Hua Wushuang looked closely at the disciples of the Wuwu Palace opposite, but found that many of the female disciples were also boldly looking at themselves and others, looking at each other, Wushuang suddenly felt unbearable, those female disciples, while looking at them, covered their mouths and snickered, whispering. But I don't know what I'm talking about.
Hua Wuregret was talking to Wuhuan, and in his eyes, he quietly pinched Wushuang, Wushuang was in pain, but he didn't dare to scream, and he glanced at Wuhuan with resentment, but Wuregret didn't seem to have anything to do with him, and continued to chat and laugh with Wuhuan, and he didn't look at himself at all, but the meaning couldn't be clearer.
Wushuang was deflated, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he had to chat and laugh with Hua Wuzhi, Hua Wuya and others.
After a while, a few people came in from outside the hall, the current three people, who were older, similar to their own master, those three people came together, followed by several disciples, there were men and women, Lin Yue saw a few people, and hurriedly stepped forward, respectfully, Hua Wushuang asked: "Master, are these people the elders of Lingxu Mountain?"
Hua Qingxi said: "Yes, the person in the middle is Qin Yi, the North Mountain Elder of Lingxu Mountain, the one on the left is the East Mountain Elder Mu Qike, the one on the right is the South Mountain Elder Wen Ziran, the West Mountain Elder Bai Qian and the head Ling Su did not come, so only the three of them came to the Mountain Protection Elder." ”
Hua Wuzhi asked, "How does their cultivation compare to your old man, Master?"
Hua Qingxi stroked his beard when he heard this, and replied: "Lingxu Mountain is different from our cultivation method in Baicao Valley, their spiritual energy on Lingxu Mountain is sufficient, and it is suitable for refining weapons and imperial objects, so several elders have their own unique skills, and they can volley imperial objects, which is very powerful. ”
Hua Wuya said curiously: "I have always heard that his Lingxu Mountain's spells are very domineering, but I don't know what a volley royal object is. ”
Hua Qingxi replied: "The volley of the imperial object is to use its own spiritual energy as a guide, secretly spell, and conjure up various immortal pets and strange beasts out of thin air to help fight, and the power is even greater, you can conjure up the Nine Heavens Divine Dragon, Jasper Qilin, you say it is not powerful." ”
Hua Wushuang couldn't help but secretly say when he heard this, I'm obedient, summoner, this Lingxu Mountain is really not covered. His Lingxu Mountain's spells are so domineering, and Lin Yue is still so polite to people, he is really a double of virtue and art. I couldn't help but admire Lin Yue and the people of Lingxu Mountain even more. I saw Lin Yue lead the three mountain protection elders to the first table on the left and sit down, the three of them walked to Wushuang and the others, and saw Hua Qingxi at a glance, Beishan Elder Qin Yi hurriedly said: "Senior Brother Hua, I haven't seen you for a long time, I remember that the last time we met was four years ago, it was really a long time ago." ”
Hua Qingxi got up and greeted: "Senior Brother Qin's brilliance is still there, there is no trace of vicissitudes, presumably his skills have improved greatly in the past few years." ”
Nanshan Elder Wen Ziran said: "Four years ago, Senior Brother Qin's eldest disciple Yi Feibai was defeated in the hands of Senior Brother Hua's first disciple Hua Wumian, and he was second. ”
When Qin Yi heard Wen Ziran mention Yi Feibai, his expression was suddenly unhappy, and he said: "Hmph, don't mention that scum again, I have worked hard to teach him for so many years, and I actually did such a brute, and it is really shameless to face the eldest princess and Wang Meiren as a teacher." If this beast falls into my hand, I will break his hands and feet, and I will destroy him for the sake of the world. ”
Mu Qike said: "I think Feibai must have been framed, Feibai's character, I know it clearly, he will not do such a thing, there must be a hidden secret." Senior Brother Qin, don't be angry, it's better to find out the matter clearly before it's too late. ”
Hua Qingxi said: "What Senior Brother Mu said is exact, I have also heard a little about this matter, Senior Brother Qin should not be in a hurry, whether it is black or white, it will be clear in the future, and you must not make a conclusion without asking about it." ”
Qin Yi heard this: "Can you still wronged him, what the eldest princess said herself, could it be that the eldest princess is talking nonsense and wants to kill him." That's it, don't mention such uninteresting things, I haven't seen each other for a few years, and today I will definitely have a good life to reminisce about the old feelings. After saying that, he glanced at the disciples behind Hua Qingxi, and said: "Senior Brother Hua's good apprentices, these disciples, all of them are full of energy, and they must all be talented and intelligent, it seems that next year's trial conference, Senior Brother Hua, you will come out on top." ”
When Hua Qingxi heard this, he laughed and said: "Senior Brother Qin, don't laugh, my talents in Baicao Valley are withering, and there are only a few remaining disciples, where can I compare to such a big sect as Lingxu Mountain and Wuwu Palace." ”
Hua Qingxi and the three elders exchanged pleasantries for a while, then they each sat down, and after the banquet was dispersed for a while, they would catch up together, and the four of them were like friends who had not seen each other for many years.
Hua Wushuang listened to the conversation between Master and the three elders, a trace of doubt rose in his heart, and when he saw that Lin Yue was not far away, he stepped forward and asked, "Senior Brother Lin, I heard Master chatting with the three elders just now, I wonder what happened to Senior Brother Yi Feibai, who drank with us that day?"
Lin Yue had just finished his errand, and when he heard this little brother ask him about Yi Feibai, he remembered that when he led the guards to search that day, the corner of the black clothes flashed under the Twin Bed, and said: "Senior Brother Wushuang, there are many people here, and it is inconvenient to speak, after a while, I will talk to you in detail, it's good." ”
Wushuang said: "It's okay, then Wushuang won't bother Senior Brother Lin." ”
Wushuang just sat back, but saw outside the hall, a bustle, came in more than a dozen young women of different shapes, walking in front of two women in green clothes, the two women look only twenty-eight or nine years old, the posture is simple and elegant, not as gorgeous as ordinary women, but there is an indescribable charm, so that people only look at it, it is unforgettable. I only heard the flower idiot next to him say: "It's so beautiful!"
Qin Yi smiled inexplicably, and said to Wu Zhi: "These two are the disciples of the previous palace master of the Wuwu Palace, if you talk about seniority, even your master has to be called a senior sister, but they have practiced charm since childhood, and they have a good appearance, so they look like women of twenty-eight or nine, hmph, if their kung fu is dispersed, that look, if you are lucky enough to see it, Uncle Shi will have to vomit for a month." Haha, haha. ”
Hua Wu's jaw was stunned, and he said in surprise: "I'm a good girl, older than my master, wouldn't it be more than enough for my grandmother!"
Hua Wuregret heard this, covered her mouth and snickered, and said without joy: "Hehe, it's the first time I've seen someone who recognizes relatives like this, why don't you come forward and call grandma, hehe." ”
When Qin Yi heard this, he laughed and said: "Good nephew, let me tell you, your cultivation is still shallow, and you can't resist their charms, your uncle only teaches you one sentence, and when you understand it, you can comprehend the essence of it, and their charms won't hurt you." ”
When Hua Wuzhi heard this, he hurriedly said, "Thank you Senior Uncle Qin, please ask Senior Uncle Qin for advice." The rest of the disciples of Baicao Valley also listened.
Qin Yi said faintly: "This sentence is, its flower and moon appearance is fake, its natural fairy voice is fake, its graceful posture is fake, its affectionate style is fake, its sincerity is fake, its rhetoric is false, its coquettish and disgusting monster is false, everything is illusory, only one is true, that is, their poisonous as arsenic, as ruthless as a snake and scorpion." ”
Hua Wushuang and the other disciples didn't expect this Uncle Qin Yi to say such a thing, but seeing that the master and the rest of the elders did not open their mouths to refute it, it can be seen that what they said was true, Wushuang thought to himself, he never thought that this palace would be evaluated like this, and he immediately felt disgusted with the two palace masters and the group of women opposite Yingying Yanyan.