Chapter 20: The Black Kite of the Old World
When he returned to the Floating Moon Palace, a group of people led by Ruomei immediately gathered around.
"Your Highness, what's the matter?"
"Your Highness has fallen into the water, why is it so wet?"
"Go get hot water and clothesβ"
"You guys go get some Hearth's warming soup and supperβ"
............
The Floating Moon Palace was busy.
After bathing and changing clothes, Murong Jin drank the decoction to ward off the cold, but felt a churning cramp in his stomach, so he didn't eat any other meals.
Dongxian and Ruomei silently stood aside, while the other palace people knelt outside the hall tremblingly.
Murong Jin said coldly: "I just stumbled and fell into the water, it's not a big deal, and I don't have to investigate anyone's fault." I am tired today, so go down, all of you. β
Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes." β
Murong Jin said that it was fine, but in the end, he still contracted the cold, and he could only ask for leave in the school palace.
Murong Shu came to look at it for a while, shook his head, and sighed again.
"Why is Uncle Rui here today?"
Murong Shu said: "This king heard that Xiao Ah Si is sick, so come and take a look." How's it going, okay? β
Murong Jin said with a smile: "Uncle Rui Wang is bothered, the little nephew is no longer in trouble." How did Uncle Wang know that I was sick? β
"Didn't you take a leave of absence from the school palace? Master Gu told me. I didn't know that you were so sick, but when I went to ask the royal brother for peace this morning, the imperial brother told me, and then I knew that you had fallen into the pool, why were you so careless? β
"What did my father tell Uncle Wang?" Murong Jin frowned.
"That's right," Murong Shu said, "and said that if it weren't for the little beauty of Xiqin who saved your life, you wouldn't know where you are now." This son, Princess Xueji's thank-you gifts may have been delivered, and the king looked at it, and there was a lot of weight. Little Ah Si, your father really feels sorry for you, you should ...... too"
"Uncle Wang." Murong Jin interrupted Murong Shu.
Where is this because I feel sorry for him, it is obviously for Dayan's face.
"What's wrong?"
Murong Jin was silent for a moment and shook his head again.
Murong Shu said with concern: "What's the matter, Ah Si, but is it uncomfortable again, do you need this king to go to the imperial doctor?" β
"No need Uncle Wang," Murong Jin pretended to be tired, "It's just that I just drank the medicine, and I feel a little sleepy at this time." β
"Well, you can sleep well, and this king will not disturb you." He was about to leave, and when he went out, he looked back, but saw that Murong Jin had already closed his eyes, so he muttered alone, "I also said that I wanted to go out of the palace to play, such a disease, it is estimated that it will be ten days and a half months, alas......"
Gu Mansion.
Murong Shu carried two boxes of newly made silver needles, planning to find Gu Shiyi to taste tea together.
"Yo-I see that the weather is very good today, when did the strong wind blow you, Your Royal Highness King Rui?" Gu Shi held a pair of flower scissors in his hand and smiled at Murong Shu.
Murong Shu looked at a small black pine carefully pruned by Gu Shi, "tsk" twice, and said, "Master Gu is so Yaxing, tell me, how much silver is this pine?" β
"Don't have a penny," Gu Shi looked at Murong Shu proudly, "When I went to play outside the city a few days ago, I dug it on a mountain. β
Murong Shu stretched out his hand and flicked the tiny pine branch of the black pine, "No wonder, it's shriveled and shriveled, it must be that you have too much evil in your house, and you can't even stand this grass and trees." β
Gu Shi unceremoniously slapped Murong Shu's hand away, "It's clearly you, Lord Wang...... The body of a daughter, this little wood can't help it. β
"Come on, if this king is really a daughter, Master Gu will not throw this king into the pawnshop a long time ago, and then change the new incense set of Yuxuan Pavilion with a thousand gold, and come back to smoke your mosquitoes all over the yard."
Gu Shi was surprised: "How did His Royal Highness King Rui know that the price of the new incense set in the Yuxuan Pavilion was a thousand gold, didn't he send it to the lower officials today?" β
Murong Shu glanced at him, "Master Gu hasn't woken up today, so it's better to go and make up for sleep." β
"His Royal Highness King Rui's words are so cold, look at your good robe, this year's latest cloud brocade satin, the best embroidery in the Great Thorn City," Gu Shi took the flower scissors and poked Murong Shu's water-blue brocade robe, "The style designed by the best master of this lotus workshop, plus this silk silk with a good blue sea stone, not to mention the daughter, there are also eight hundred." β
Murong Shu stroked his robe distressedly, and said unhappily: "I know that you still poke, and you will pay for the damage?" β
"There is the best tailor in the Xiaguan Mansion," Gu Shi raised his finger and pointed to the coarse cloth patch he had just made on his sleeve, and said with a smile, "Look, is it just in line with the current fashion?" β
Murong Shu glanced at an extremely bright red patch with rough stitches on Gu Shi's shabby green shirt, and turned his head away in disgust: "Master Gu should keep it for himself, this king doesn't have this blessing." β
Gu Shi continued: "Your Royal Highness King Rui, look at the two good horses you parked outside the humble house, they are worth a thousand gold. β
Murong Shu ignored him anymore and walked straight to the hall, "The silver needle tea that was just delivered yesterday is specially brought to you today." β
Gu Shi then took the flower scissors and followed, and ordered: "Go and make a new pot of tea." And he took the two boxes of fine silver needles.
"His Royal Highness King Rui is here today, not just to drink a pot of tea in the cold house."
Murong Shu said: "Why, can't?" This king tea has been brought, you are still too troublesome"
Gu Shi smiled and said, "Your Highness is laughing, and the lower official will serve the new tea in the mansion." β
"Just your tea," Murong Shu muttered disdainfully, and then turned to the right path, "A few days ago, the four princes in the palace fell into the water and were rescued by Princess Xueji of Western Qin, do you think it's strange?" β
"Stumbling? Princess Xueji? Gu Shi thought for a moment, "You mean the proton sent by Xi Qin?" β
Murong Shu nodded, "Not bad." β
Gu Shi smiled: "What's so strange. The weak prince was killed by a traitor in the palace, and the princess of a foreign country happened to pass by and rescued him. β
"If that's what you say, that's fine. But this king thinks that this matter is not simple. Who is the adulterer? β
"How do I know ......"
As soon as she chatted a few words, the nimble girl had already brought the tea. Gu Shi took a sip of the new tea slowly, and said lightly: "It's not good to analyze serious matters, but to pay attention to these palace trivial matters." β
Murong Shu also took a sip of tea, frowned, and said, "Are you sure this is this year's new tea?" β
"Who said it was this year, it's obviously last year's new tea."
Murong Shu's eyes widened, "You-Gu Shi, don't be too picky." No...... I came all the way to drink good tea with you, and you put it away yourself and didn't brew it, and you still let me drink old tea! β
"Okay, okay," Gu Shi stopped him from continuing to chatter, "Have you found out the identity of that beauty?" β
Murong Shu said: "Bai Xiying, twenty-eight years old, more than seven feet tall, has not yet married a wife, has no parents above, and has no children below. β
Gu Shi glared at Murong Shu and said, "That's it...... Was this information useful? β
Murong Shu spread his hands and said helplessly: "What can this king do, since this person came to Dayan, there has been no news of his whereabouts, and that Si Le is protected like a baby, and nothing can be found." β
Gu Shi frowned, "The more you can't find it, the more it means that this person's identity is suspicious." β
Murong Shu touched his chin and thought for a while, "It's not that there are no clues at all. β
"What clues?"
Murong Shu said: "Some time after the New Year's Festival, this Bai Xiying was invited to go to the Zhenguo Marquis's Mansion, and when he returned, he encountered an assassin and almost died. β
Gu Shi shook the tea in the cup and said, "Marquis Zhenguo, Nangong Jue....... How does he relate to this person? β
"I don't know," Murong Shu said, "but it doesn't have to be Nangong Yu's killer, he won't be so stupid." β
Gu Shi agreed: "Also, then who would be so stupid?" β
Murong Shu said helplessly: "I don't know." β
"Can't even find your people?"
"What Master Gu said ......" Murong Shu sneered, "What is the ability of this king, I can't find it, how strange it is." β
Gu Shi took a sullen sip of Chen tea and said, "Others, are there any other clues?" β
"Yes," Murong Shu endured a feeling of unfreshness mixed with a slight musty smell, and took a small sip of tea, "That Bai Xiying has a strong guard by his side, and his own skills are not bad. β
"What kind of clue is this?"
"He's the fourth child's teacher now."
"What is this?"
Murong Shu sniffed it, and finally put down the teacup very badly, "Teacher Lelu, the fourth brother treats people much closer than you, the left one is 'Mr. is good', and the right one is 'Mr. is not bad', when this king goes to the Floating Moon Palace, he will bump into him eight times out of ten." β
Gu Shi was puzzled: "Such a coincidence? β
Murong Shu lowered his eyes with a little weakness, looking at the yellowed tea soup, "How does this king know." β
Gu Shi smiled and said, "If this person has anything to do with this Murong Jin again, it will be even more interesting." β
"What can it do?"
Gu Shi put down the teacup and tasted interesting: "When the Northern Qi Dynasty was wiped out, although all the members of the royal family were exterminated, the mysterious organization of the Northern Qi royal family, the 'Black Kite', so many people, have not been traced so far, who is controlling it?" β
Murong Shu was shocked: "Are you saying that this person may be a member of the Black Kite?" β
Gu Shidao: "Xia Guan didn't say it, everything is just speculation, a joke, and His Royal Highness shouldn't take it to heart." β
Murong Shu couldn't help but feel irritable, and drank all the Chen tea with his head down, only then did Empress Fang feel uncomfortable in his chest, and he couldn't help but regret it, "There is one more point, this person's surname is Bai." β
"Oh?"
"The current royal family of South Vietnam, surnamed Bai."
"When there are more people with the surname Bai today, how can it be so coincidental and related to the South Vietnamese royal family."
Murong Shu said: "In short, that person's identity is not simple, ordinary people will not have that kind of eyes and temperament, that person must be in an extremely rich family." β
Gu Shi smiled and didn't say anything.
Murong Shu said again: "And this person doesn't show his face, maybe it's because someone in this palace knows him." β
Gu Shidao: "What if someone else is out of shape?" β
Murong Shu was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "No......"
"Why not," Gu Shi smiled more and more meaningfully, "You shouldn't be in love with someone else." β
Murong Shu's body shook, and he almost dropped the half-old teacup, and said angrily: "What nonsense! Then he got up.
Gu Shi hurriedly pulled Murong Shu to sit down and coaxed: "Okay, Your Highness, the lower official is rude, and the lower official will accompany His Highness." β
Murong Shu flicked his sleeves thinking he was very domineering: "Master Gu is really not serious!" β
"Oh?"
Murong Shu got up and dusted off his robe, and said, "This king still has important things to do today, so I won't accompany Master Gu to chat, and take my leave." With that, he went out.
Gu Shi followed up and said, "Your Highness's jade crown today is good-looking, but it is worth a thousand gold?" β
Murong Shu naturally knew what he was thinking, and he didn't reply: "When Master Gu pulls out the weeds in this courtyard one day, removes the moss, and then changes into decent clothes, this king will present that set of golden incense utensils." β
"Then Your Highness has to talk about it."
Murong Shu turned half of his body to the side and said seriously: "This king will never break his word. β