776 indulgence
King Jin Jun stupidly followed Duanmu Fei's finger to look in the direction of the court, this look, he was dumbfounded, the folding fan in his hand fell down with a "snap", and smashed on his upper shoes.
"......" King Jinjun's face was distorted, and he didn't know whether it was shocked or painful.
King Jinjun looked at Mu Yan and Cen Yin, who were galloping in the field, and the whole person was almost stunned.
What's going on?! Why did these two ancestors play?
Mu Yan is just that, after all, he is young and vigorous, and he has always been used to being wanton, but why did he even play Cen Yin? I've never heard that Cen Yin likes to play polo......
King Jin was thinking wildly, and a deafening gong sounded again on the side of the court, suddenly waking him up from his thoughts.
The second half was over.
Mu Yan rode his horse leisurely and Cen Yin in parallel, and said with a smile: "I haven't played enough!" Do you want to go Kemari next time? Let's have a game? ”
Cen Yin glanced at Mu Yan faintly, remembering that he was "tricked" by him today and ignored him.
"Then it's decided." Mu Yan has always been good at talking to himself, and without waiting for Cen Yin to agree, he turned over and dismounted, and ran to Duanmu Fei in three steps and two steps to ask for a reward, "Zhen Zhen, how am I doing?" ”
This scene was seen in the eyes of King Jinjun, his expression was a little complicated, he only saw Mu Yan frequently showing favor to Cen Yin, but Cen Yin did not give face at all, so that Mu Yan could only run to curry favor with Duanmufei.
The key figure in the alliance between Mu Yan and Cen Yin is indeed Duanmu Fei. King Jinjun felt that he was the truth, and said secretly: Mu Yan's luck is really good.
Duanmu Fei praised without hesitation: "Unsurpassed." By the way, he was handed another glass of pomegranate juice as a reward.
The game was over, but there was no winning atmosphere here on the red team, and the surrounding spectators didn't dare to gather around Cen Yin to congratulate, including most of the members of the red team, who didn't feel the joy of victory.
In the game just now, they and the blue team were all terrified, and now that the game is finally over, everyone only feels relieved, and they are dry and watered again and again.
It was probably the toughest game they've ever played!
The boys and girls who had just participated in the competition exchanged glances with affection, and probably only people with big hearts like Hanxing enjoyed the fun of the competition.
It's also a blessing! Li Tingyou looked at Han Xing, whose eyebrows were dancing, with a subtle look, and Han Xing almost thought that his face was not flowered, so he handed the handkerchief to Li Tingyou and motioned him to wipe himself.
Li Tingyou took the handkerchief and wiped the sweat from the corners of his forehead, but found that Han Xing was glaring at him fiercely, completely unaware of what he had done wrong.
Congzhen, who was serving on the side, saw this scene in her eyes, and sighed in her heart: This horse master is too incomprehensible.
On the other side, King Jinjun had already come to his senses, quickly pulled the eldest daughter and the third son, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" Why did he play polo with you too? As soon as he thought that Cen Yin was actually playing polo at home, King Jin felt that his heart was a little unbearable.
Of course, Lan Tingyun knew that his father was asking Cen Yin, so he answered truthfully.
As he listened, his thoughts couldn't help but diverge, wondering what Cen Yin's intentions were in playing polo at home. He is on two sides with his sons and daughters, could it be that he is beating himself with a polo? Or is he trying to hint at something?
The more King Jin Jun thought about it, the more he felt that Cen Yin's intentions were unpredictable, and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead with his cuffs.
Since he couldn't figure it out for the time being, he simply didn't think about it for the time being, and hurriedly rushed over and praised: "Admire!" The regent and the lord of Cen are really both civil and military, and they play polo well, which makes this king really ashamed. ”
King Jinjun complimented Mu Yan and Cen Yin with a smile on his face, and then bluntly turned to the topic: "This king is in good health, and he has already gone to cancel his vacation just now, Ming'er, no, I will go to the yamen immediately in the afternoon." ”
After a pause, he was afraid that the two of them would still have doubts about his sincerity, and added: "In the future, this king must be cautious and never get sick." ”
Duanmu tilted her head, it was the first time she had heard someone promise that she would not get sick.
She turned her head to look at Lan Tingyun and blinked, meaning what's wrong with your father?
Lan Tingyun didn't know what his father was thinking, and shrugged his shoulders.
Mu Yan was suspicious that King Jin would disturb himself and Duanmu Fei, waved his hand, and impatiently sent the person away: "The prince doesn't have to greet us, please take care of yourself." ”
Of course, King Jinjun understood people's words, and quickly retreated with interest, but he didn't leave, and stood far away.
King Jinjun silently gave the third son a look, and asked him to hurry up and get close, just happened to have played polo together...... Although it is as an opponent.
Lan Sangongzi looked away, as if he didn't see it, he didn't have the courage to get close to Cen Yin.
Lan Sangongzi was afraid that King Jinjun would find himself to whisper again, so he simply pulled a few people and proposed: "Do you want to play with the pitcher?" I'm a little worse at polo, but I'm a master at pitching! ”
Other boys and girls also chimed in:
"It's as if we don't know how to throw pots!"
"Compare to compare!"
"Whoever loses, drinks himself!"
“……”
King Jinjun couldn't see his son's thoughts, and glared at him fiercely, the current occasion was not suitable for his godson, and he could only settle accounts with him at night.
A group of sons and girls talked and laughed, played and played, so it was not lively.
Although they will not run away from the wilderness, they will not take the initiative to lean on Cen Yin and Mu Yan, and they all avoid it one by one, playing their own games, throwing pots, horse races, shooting, etc., and have a lot of fun.
Obviously, they said before the game that the winning team would have a treat at Yunting Restaurant, but at this moment, everyone seemed to have lost their memory, and no one dared to mention it.
Several palace maids in one-style dresses shuttled between the crowds, serving wine, melons, fruits and snacks.
In a few bamboo sheds, the chips are staggered, and the words and smiles are smiling.
I don't know how long it took, Cen Yin and Mu Yan stood up one after another.
Seeing that they seemed to be leaving, immediately a lot of eyes looked in their direction, and a certain boy crooked his hand, and the bamboo arrow thrown out was also a few inches off, and with a "bang", the bamboo arrow hit the body of the iron kettle, and the sound was particularly loud.
Luo Fengyan quickly put on the peacock cloak for Mu Yan, and the cloak embroidered with the open-screen peacock sparkled in the sun, which inevitably attracted the attention of many people.
Outsiders look at freshness, insiders look at the doorway.
Those sons think that the peacock on Mu Yan's cloak is beautiful at most, but these girls who are good at being popular can see how difficult the peacock embroidered on this cloak is, and they are afraid that even the best embroidery workshop in the capital, Jinxiufang, can't do this kind of craftsmanship.
The girls like beautiful clothes, and Dangui and Lan Tingyun couldn't help but go to Hanxing to inquire about the news.
"Hanxing, this peacock cloak is really beautiful!" Dangui said tentatively, thinking that Han Xing, who loves the most beautiful thing, must also be interested in this cloak, maybe he knows something.
"Beautiful!" Han Xing nodded vigorously.
As soon as she saw the peacock cloak embroidered by Duanmu Scarlet, she thought of Mu Yan "opening the screen" to Duanmu Scarlet, and couldn't help but want to laugh, and the expression on her little face became a little strange. This cloak also has her share of credit, it was her idea, can it not look good?!
Not only is the embroidery good, but the artwork of this peacock is also vividly drawn. Zhang Lan stared at Mu Yan's cloak intently, and moved her eyebrows thoughtfully.
"Hanxing, do you know ......" Lan Tingyun wanted to ask again, but before he said two words, he saw Duanmu Jun suddenly stand up, and very casually raised his hand to straighten Cen Yin's cloak on his right shoulder.
Lan Tingyun immediately forgot about the latter words, and subconsciously rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was hallucinating.
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The other people present also saw this scene, and they were all dumbfounded, and some of them were so shocked that their jaws were about to drop.
After Duanmujun naturally trimmed Cen Yin's cloak, he easily dusted off a piece of residual flowers on his shoulders for him.
Cen Yin had long been accustomed to Duanmu's occasional closeness, and he didn't react at first, but by the time he realized that Duanmujun's movements were too intimate, it was actually too late.
Cen Yin looked at Duanmu Jun, who was only two steps away from him, with a complicated expression, and the dark tide was surging in his narrow eyes, as if something was about to overflow.
Over the years, he has been fearless, because he has nothing to lose, but at this moment, Cen is afraid.
He experienced a fear he hadn't experienced in years...... with regret.
He regretted it, he shouldn't have indulged himself.
He always hoped that she would always smile as calmly as before, that she should live in the brightest sunshine, unlike him who was destined to carry a weight in the shadows.
He didn't want to make her suffer and be wronged because of him.
Thinking about it, Cen Yin's eyes became deeper, and his long body was as stiff as a spear.
Duanmu Jun looked at Cen Yin with a smile, his eyes were clear, and he smiled slightly with a frank expression.
She knew Cen Yin's concerns, but she was not afraid of the eyes of others, and she didn't care about other people's gossip, so she had no scruples.
In her opinion, there was nothing unpleasant about her intentions for him, there was no need to hide, there was no need to cower.
"......" Cen Yin could naturally see what Duanmu Jun was thinking, and his mood became more complicated, and he stopped talking.
He closed his eyes, and after all, he didn't say anything, or rather, he was reluctant to say anything serious to her.
"Let's go." He said to Mu Yan, and the two left together.
King Jinjun, who was standing far away, didn't see the scene just now, and hurriedly ran over to see off the guests, and said honestly: "This king will send two people." ”
Mu Yan was annoyed by the king of the county, and said bluntly: "There is no need to send it." ”
The two walked side by side, leaving the racetrack, leaving behind the scrutinizing gazes and whispers.
Some people are looking at Cen Yin, some people are looking at Duanmujun, and some people are talking to each other, with different expressions, mostly with a little doubt, a little speculation, and a little thought.
"Is the peacock on this cloak embroidered by the four girls of Duanmu?" Zhang Lan stared closely at the open-screen peacock on Mu Yan's cloak and said.
Zhang Lan was standing beside Dangui, only two steps away from Han Xing, and Han Xing also heard it, and his eyes lit up.
Han Xing asked with great interest, "Fifth Miss Zhang, how did you see it?" Han Xing felt in his heart that the future eldest sister-in-law was really visionary.
While speaking, Mu Yan walked out of the racecourse and disappeared between the flowers and trees outside, and the peacock cloak was naturally not visible.
"Intuition." Zhang Lan retracted her gaze regretfully, and sighed that Duanmufei's painting skills were really outstanding, and she still had practice.
Zhang Lan's eyes looked at the horse race diagram she had just drawn, thinking that she could ask Duanmu Fei to give her some advice.
Only the restless King Jin Jun was still stretching his neck to look in the direction where Mu Yan and Cen Yin had left, still wondering if he had passed the test today? Shouldn't it count?
Mu Yan and Cen Yin, who had left the racecourse, walked unhurriedly towards the gate of the county king's mansion.
Cen Yin walked forward silently, the sunlight shining mottled light and shadow on his beautiful face through the gaps in the leaves, making his deep and distinct facial features appear more cold, and a pair of eyes as deep as a cold pool faintly revealed the alienation of the living.
Along the way, the subordinates of the county king's mansion were all silent, standing on the side of the road from a distance, not daring to move.
Probably only Mu Yan can walk beside Cen Incognito like this.
Two young people, a month of cold frost, one cloud and light wind.
Cen Yin was preoccupied.
He was only worried about Duanmujun.
He has long been notorious, and this Dasheng doesn't know how many literati and ink scholars have criticized him, and how many people have cursed him for ten thousand years.
He didn't care about any of this.
He doesn't care what others will say about him, he doesn't care about those so-called false names at all, anyway, it doesn't hurt or itch, but Duanmu can't.
He can't let her be criticized and pointed at...... It's his reverse scales!
Cen Yin shook his hands behind his back.
Mu Yan looked at Cen Yin without saying anything, and he also knew what Cen Yin had been worried about.
Thinking about it, if he was in Cen Yin's position, he would not be willing to suffer the slightest grievance and private discussion.
Suddenly, Mu Yan stopped, and Cen Yin turned his head to look at him.
"Big brother, life is only a few decades." Mu Yan said inexplicably, and continued to walk forward.
Mu Yan didn't say anything further, but his meaning was very clear.
How much time do they have left?!
His father, the emperor, Cen Yin's father...... Jun Ran's father, none of them have survived the years of confusion!
Life seems to be very long, but in fact it is very short, I don't know when there will be natural and man-made disasters, like Ah Ci did not survive and Xu, if she didn't come back...... What awaits you is endless loneliness.
Mu Yan's eyes seemed to hide a thousand words, containing an indescribable emotion, what he wanted to say.
"......" Cen Yin's heart shrank suddenly, stopped in place, and looked at Mu Yan who was walking in front of him with a stunned expression.
The breeze blew in his face, blowing Mu Yan's cloak back, and the hunting sound.
Cen Yin's gaze fell on Mu Yan's cloak, and he raised his hand and touched his right shoulder, and the residual warmth of his palm when he was taking the cloak for himself seemed to be still engraved there......
He couldn't help but think about Duanmujun, and his heart hurt.
He was afraid, afraid that Duanmujun would be talked about, afraid that she would be laughed at, and afraid that she would be despised...... Now she is fearless, but what about the future?
Fang Cai, Mu Yan said, life is only a few decades.
It should be said that there are decades in life!
Not to mention decades later, what if a few years later, she regrets it?
A woman's most brilliant years are only a few years, if she regrets it in the future, will she complain about herself?
He was even more afraid of this day.
Cen Yin clenched his fists, and after stopping for a moment, he continued to walk forward.
After that, the two didn't say anything all the way, and after Mu Yan followed Cen Yin out of Jinjun Wangfu, he returned to Dongchang the same way.
Cen Yin asked the little scorpion to invite Wang Baihu to come over for questioning.
Wang Baihu didn't know that Mu Yan was also there until he entered the house, he was surprised at first, and then calmed down, thinking that this matter was related to Mu Yan, and it was natural that he was there.
Mu Yan sat by the window and played with interest with Cen Yin's tank of goldfish.
In the white-on-blue fish tank, seven or eight goldfish with red and gold flicked their tails and swam between a few green lotus leaves and aquatic plants.
"See Overseer." Wang Baihu respectfully saluted Cen Yin, and directly began to get down to business, "The subordinates tried those Nanhuai remnants and used some punishments, so they recruited them." ”
"Now that the overall situation in Huaizhou has been decided, there are still some Huaizhou people who are not satisfied with Dasheng, and they want to take Li Xining back to Huaizhou to preside over the overall situation, and even restore the royal family."
Mu Yan listened while casually sprinkling fish food into the fish tank.
The sesame-sized fish food fell into the clear water, and immediately made some ripples, and the goldfish swayed towards the fish food, spitting bubbles one by one, and eating greedily.
Cen Yin also glanced at the fish tank, looking at the swaying tail of the fish, the swimming goldfish was reflected in his dark eyes, and his pupils flickered twice.
While Wang Baihu spoke, he quietly glanced at Cen Yin's face, swallowed nervously, and continued:
"The last kidnapping of the four girls was also this group, when they fled to the town of Bawan on the outskirts of Beijing, they were rescued, the other party hid them for a few days, and after the rumors passed, they were placed in a village near Lijia Village on the outskirts of Beijing. However, they didn't know who saved them, they only knew that the other party was Dasheng, a man in his thirties who claimed to be surnamed Xu. ”
"It was also the man surnamed Xu who told them the time of Li Xining's execution and the route of the prisoner car, and this person also helped them buy the city gate and let them infiltrate the capital."
"My subordinates sent someone to check the Zhuangzi, which is the Zhuangzi under the name of Wang Qingli in the military department."
Wang Baihu was methodical and clear-minded.
Mu Yan grabbed the fish food from the box containing the fish food and sprinkled it into the fish tank, and his eyebrows moved slightly.
He has a little impression of Wang Qingli, this person should be a jinshi in the sixth year of Longzhi, and he was just promoted to the military department Langzhong last year.
"Also," Wang Baihu took out a folded portrait from his arms, unfolded it, and presented it with both hands, "This is the portrait of the man surnamed Xu that his subordinates asked the painter to paint." ”
The little scorpion took the portrait and spread it flat on the Ruyi small square table in Cen Yin's hand.
Cen Yin and Mu Yan both glanced at the portrait, and on the rice paper was a man with an ordinary appearance, with his hair tied in the simplest bun on the top of his head, and a short beard in the middle of the person.
This kind of person is the kind of ordinary person who will be overwhelmed immediately if he is thrown in the crowd, and he will not be too impressed at a glance.
Both Cen Yin and Mu Yan could be sure that this person was not Wang Qingli.
Cen Yin's right hand turned into a fist, knocked twice at random on the square table, and lightly ordered: "Go find someone according to the portrait, and bring the city gate guards who have been bought back for interrogation." Also, bring Wang Qingli for questioning. ”
"Yes, Overseer." Wang Baihu replied solemnly. When he heard Cen Yin say "questioning", he knew that Cen Yin didn't intend to embarrass Wang Qingli, but just wanted to find some clues from him to see how the people behind the scenes could target the Wang family's Zhuangzi.
Cen Yin pursed his thin lips, and was about to serve tea, when the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of Mu Yan was about to catch fish food again, and glanced at him coldly, meaning, are you enough, do you want to kill these goldfish?
Mu Yan realized that he had fed these goldfish a lot of fish food, so he had to put the fish food back into the box. He just looked at this tank of goldfish and remembered the tank of fish raised by Duanmu, and accidentally fed some more.
But this tank of goldfish looks good, why don't he get a few more and add a few more fish to Zhen Zhen's fish tank?
Wang Baihu happened to take the subtle eye exchange between Cen Yin and Mu Yan in his eyes, thinking of some of the rumors he had heard in Dongchang before, and he was more and more uncertain about the relationship between the two people.
Forget it, they just have to listen to the Overseer's orders anyway! Wang Baihu said to himself in his heart.
Cen Yin pondered for a moment, and then said, "Can you judge this group of Nan Huaiyu's accomplices in Huaizhou?" ”
Wang Baihu came back to his senses at this time, remembering that he had almost forgotten something, a little cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he hurriedly replied: "Back to the Governor, this group of Nanhuai remnants is now ruled by the eldest princess of the original Nanhuai royal family, Suna, in the name of the Nanhuai royal family, gathered these dissatisfied Huai people together, and planned this operation to rescue Li Xining in the capital. ”
"However, these Nanhuai people have been coming to Dasheng for several months, and they don't know much about the current situation."
Wang Baihu was worried in his heart, his head was lowered, and he didn't dare to look at Cen Yin again.
Cen Yin raised his eyebrows, thinking that Mu Yan had also been in Huaizhou for a while, so he asked, "Do you know anything about this eldest princess Suna?" ”
"Suna?" Mu Yan slowly wiped his fingertips with a handkerchief, confused, and had no impression of the name.
As soon as Luo Feng saw Gongzi like this, he knew that he was afraid that he had forgotten all about Suna, cleared his throat, and reminded: "Childe, it is the eldest princess of Nanhuai who came to the camp with Nanhuai's envoys to negotiate peace......"
Mu Yan searched hard in his mind, thinking about what happened in Nanhuai Capital, and after a while, a figure finally vaguely appeared in his mind, and he suddenly realized: "By the way, it turned out to be 'her'!" ”
After remembering who Suna was, memories of her surged in his heart, and Mu Yan's expression became a little strange.
Cen Yin's eyebrows raised even higher, and he heard a little meaning from Mu Yan and Luo Feng's two words.
Mu Yan cleared his throat, and his expression showed some desire to speak.
Cen Yin rarely saw Mu Yan's appearance, and waved Wang Baihu away.
Wang Baihu hung up with a heart, and said to himself, since the overseer didn't ask about himself, then he should be fine. The next errand, he has to do it well, and he can do it for his crimes!
Wang Baihu hurriedly retreated, and after walking down the steps, he dared to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his cuffs.
Seeing that there were no outsiders in the room, Mu Yan told everything about Suna, including the pillow seat she had once recommended herself, including her identity as the Holy Flame Sect saint...... It also includes what happened during the blessing ceremony that day.
As he spoke, the corners of Mu Yan's eyes twitched, and his heart rose to his throat.
He leaned his face in Cen Yin's direction, stared at Cen Yin very solemnly and said, "Big brother, don't tell your sister about Suna, otherwise my inspection period will be extended!" ”
"Big brother, you must not say it!"
Mu Yan told Cen Yin again and again uneasily, for fear that Cen Yin's mouth would not be reliable, so he told Duanmu Jun. If Duanmu Jun misunderstood him and thought that he had two hearts for Zhen Zhen, then he and Zhen Zhen's marriage date would not know when it would be postponed......
The more Mu Yan thought about it, the more frightened he became, staring at Cen Yin pitifully, thinking of a poor little milk dog.
"......" Cen Yin didn't bother to pay attention to Mu Yan and sorted out his thoughts.
This Suna is the former Nanhuai royal family, and she was once the holy daughter of the Holy Fire Sect, and she can also participate in state affairs...... So many things have happened to make her fall from a height to the dust, it is conceivable that he must have hatred for Mu Yan and Dasheng.