That night, Mu Yan's words to him were still in my ears:

"Big brother, didn't Geng Hai claim that he knew where the bones of his uncle and aunt were?"

"Since Geng Hai dares to blackmail you in exchange for this, I guess the bones of my uncle and aunt should not be in a mass grave or something. Otherwise, after so many years, how could Geng Hai still be able to find their bones. ”

"With Geng Hai's cold-hearted and cold-hearted temperament, he doesn't know what is wrong, he won't feel guilty, he won't regret it, and he won't bury his uncle and aunt properly, I wonder if the bones are in some special place."

"I once looked at the account books that were copied from Geng Hai's house, and one of them had a strange account from sixteen years ago. I suspect that Geng Hai not only borrowed 5,000 troops from the Beiyan people on the surface, but also had some kind of transaction with the Northern Yan behind the emperor's back in private. Geng Hai is a selfish person, since he can hide those two secret decrees behind the emperor's back to protect himself, I think it may not be impossible for him to reach some kind of deal with Beiyan behind the emperor's back. ”

"So, I sent someone to go to Beiyan quietly, and found out that the bones were in Beiyan, so I took advantage of this peace negotiation to exchange them from Beiyan."

Cen Yin looked at the two black coffins in a daze, his eyes were deep and bottomless.

This matter Mu Yan said in a few words, and it was simple and light, but Cen Yin knew that Mu Yan must have spent a lot of time and energy to find the clues.

I'm afraid that when Geng Hai threatened himself with this matter, Mu Yan had already started to investigate.

Mu Yan hadn't told himself before, and he was afraid that he would have too high expectations before the matter was decided, and then usher in disappointment.

Cen Yin's eyes were slightly sour, and under the seemingly calm appearance, his heart was surging.

How could he have imagined that one day he would be able to recover the bones of his parents, and he would have the opportunity to bury them properly......

Cen Yin clutched the reins in his hand tightly and remained motionless.

The red horse under his crotch felt the strange emotion of his master, paced his hooves twice, and let out an uneasy neighing sound from his mouth.

At this moment, most of everyone's eyes fell on Mu Yan and Jun Ran, and no one noticed Cen Yin's gaffe.

Jun Ran took a peace letter from the cronies at hand, and said loudly: "The northern border is a great victory, Beiyan is defeated, this king has signed a peace letter with Beiyan, and the peace book is here." ”

A young general took the letter and solemnly presented it to Mu Yan in the eyes of everyone.

The atmosphere became solemn and solemn.

The great victory in the north and the signing of the peace letter between the two countries, Jun Ran had already sent a military report to the capital before, and all the ministers present also knew about it.

But at this time, when they saw the book with their own eyes, all the ministers couldn't help but show joy on their faces, and there was a feeling that the dust had settled. The hard-won peace has finally ushered in the north again! You can recuperate for the next few years!

Immediately afterward, they listened to Jun Ran calmly and casually threw out another astonishing sentence: "In addition, the bones of Xue Qiyuan, the king of Zhenbei, and his wife have also been ordered to be brought back. ”

The ministers didn't expect to hear the name "Xue Qiyuan" at this time, and they were caught off guard, and there was silence for two miles before and after, leaving only the sound of the cold wind whistling.

“……”

“……”

“……”

Everyone's eyes widened in amazement, and they didn't react for a while, with complicated expressions.

Last year, after the emperor gave Geng Hai the two secret edicts about the Zhenbei Wangfu sixteen years ago, it caused an uproar in the imperial court, and the people of the world were full of righteous indignation. As a last resort, the emperor could only rehabilitate the Zhenbei Palace, but the rehabilitation was rehabilitated, and the emperor neither admitted his collusion with Beiyan, nor did he restore the title of the Zhenbei Palace.

There are no descendants in the Zhenbei Palace, and the ministers all thought that this matter was over, but they didn't expect Jun Ran to bring back the bones of Xue Qiyuan and his wife.

The ministers couldn't help but think thoughtfully, exchanging glances in twos and threes. Jun Ran just said "by order", it is obvious that he is on Mu Yan's orders, and he also calls Xue Qiyuan the king of Zhenbei, could it be that Mu Yan intends to restore the title for the Zhenbei Palace? !

It was only in everyone's hearts that this year came to mind, and they saw Mu Yan suddenly move.

Mu Yan turned over and dismounted, and under the different looks of everyone, he strode towards the two coffins behind Jun Ran.

The ministers didn't know what Mu Yan wanted to do, and they all looked at him silently.

Mu Yan stopped less than a foot away from the coffin, and the cold wind blew the dark head canopy on his body, and the hunting sound was full of a sharp awe.

He directly lifted his robe and knelt in front of the coffin.

The eyes of the surrounding ministers widened, and many of them gasped.

Mu Yan didn't care about other people's eyes at all, let alone what others thought, and kowtowed solemnly directly to the two coffins.

Once, again, again.

He firmly kowtowed to the two coffins three times.

All the ministers looked at this scene dumbfounded, and even Jun Ran's eyes widened in surprise.

The tens of thousands of soldiers around also watched this scene, unlike these courtiers, they felt more deeply and their blood boiled.

It's quieter.

Cen Yin still straddled the red horse, and the red horse neighed again and paced in place twice.

Cen Yin did not pass.

Even if Mu Yan didn't say it, Cen Yin knew that Mu Yan's kneeling was for himself, and his kowtow was also for himself.

If he goes over, it will inevitably make others doubt his relationship with the Zhenbei Palace.

All he can do is greet his parents with his eyes as he does now......

Cen Yin closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, he became the Cen Yin who did not leak a drop of water, the overseer of the East Factory who was powerful all over the world.

After kowtowing three times, Mu Yan stood up, turned on his horse again, and ordered the tens of thousands of forbidden troops in front of him: "The army will return to the Xishan camp to rest, and then reward the meritorious deeds on a later day." ”

Tens of thousands of soldiers received orders in unison, and the shouts overlapped neatly.

Next, the soldiers were divided into two routes, and the tens of thousands of forbidden troops went to the Xishan camp from the other road, while Mu Yan, Cen Yin and Jun Ran led their ministers back to the capital from the West City Gate.

The people of the capital also learned the news of King Jian's triumphant return, and many people inside and outside the city gate were already waiting, cheering and cheering.

The whole capital was full of lights and beams, and all the people felt proud because of this hard-won victory.

The team went to the Huangjue Temple in the welcome of the people, and temporarily stopped the two coffins in the Huangjue Temple, and then they went to the direction of the palace, and there will be a celebration banquet in the palace today.

Whether it was on the way back to Beijing, or on the way from Huangjue Temple to the Imperial Palace, Cen Yin had been pursing his lips silently, his face was expressionless, at first glance, like a calm lake, it seemed to be out of the crowd, different from the usual indifference.

No one among the ministers dared to look at Cen Yin's face, and they didn't notice it, only Jun Ran noticed it by chance.

Jun Ran looked at Cen Yin's well-defined side face, and at this moment, thinking back to the scene from Wuli Pavilion, he realized that Cen Yin had never said a word.

This is also not very similar to Cen Yin.

Jun Ran squinted, and a hint of thought appeared in his eyes: Could it be that Cen Yin and the Zhenbei Wangfu have a reason?

At this time, the palace gate appeared at the end of Chang'an Avenue in front.

Amid the neighing of horses, everyone tightened their horses and stopped, dismounted one after another, and moved to the Zhonghe Temple.

After a chamberlain read out the peace book in public, Junran's reception banquet and celebration banquet began lively.

A series of exquisite dishes and wine are sent into the banquet like flowing water, and the tempting aroma of wine permeates the hall.

As the regent, Mu Yan rewarded the meritorious officials of this northern battle, and among the generals, Jun Ran was naturally the first to make the merit.

The officials present toasted to Jun Ran one after another, and the words of congratulations and praise came one after another, and some praised Jun Ran for having the style of a husband; Some people praise Junran for leading his troops, and the northern army is an invincible and mighty army; Some people say that Jun Ran is a martial arts star, and the champion Hou is reincarnated.

The hall was full of laughter and laughter, and the whole palace had not been so lively for a long time, and the maids in the palace walked one by one with the wind, and it seemed that even the cold wind of the moon was not so cold.

The celebration banquet in the Zhonghe Hall did not end until the end of the day, and the officials dispersed drunkenly and went back to their homes.

But Mu Yan was not in a hurry to go back to the princess's mansion, after he left the palace, he went to Cen Mansion alone, naturally to find Cen Yin.

Cen Yin only drank three glasses of wine at the celebration banquet today and left early, Cen Yin has always been unscrupulous, and the other officials didn't think much about it.

When Mu Yan arrived, Cen Yin was staying alone in the second room drinking wine, and the little scorpion rarely welcomed Mu Yan like this at this moment, so he directly let Mu Yan into the house, and ordered someone to prepare some snacks for drinking.

The air was filled with the faint aroma of osmanthus wine, mixed with the bursts of plum fragrance wafting from the window.

Mu Yan walked towards Cen Yin by the window and sat down beside him. He didn't come alone, and he brought with him a long box more than five feet long.

Mu Yan has never been outside, and after putting down the long box casually, he poured himself a glass and drank the wine slowly.

For a while, neither of them spoke, as if Mu Yan was just here to accompany Cen Yin to drink.

The room was quiet, with only the occasional sound of pouring wine.

After drinking three or four glasses of wine in a row, Mu Yan looked at the blossoms on the branches outside the window, and suddenly asked in a low voice: "Big brother, is it okay to move the tomb on the fifteenth day of the lunar month?" ”

Cen Yin raised his head and drank the remaining wine in the cup, and nodded in response: "Okay." ”

When the imperial mausoleum was built for Emperor Chongming, Mu Yan discussed with Cen Yin to repair the deputy mausoleum in the imperial mausoleum, and later set up a crown mound for the king and wife of Zhenbei, and Cen Yin agreed.

At that time, Cen Yin didn't expect that one day he would be able to recover the bones of his parents and bury them together.

The imperial mausoleum of Emperor Chongming had been repaired last month, and Fan Peizhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, had already asked Mu Yan when he would move the bones of Emperor Chongming into it, and asked Mu Yan to press it for the time being.

Mu Yan was waiting for Jun Ran to bring back the bones of Zhenbei Wang and his wife from Beiyan, this matter was uncertain for a day, and Mu Yan didn't dare to speak out, what he was afraid of was that Cen Yin expected too much, but let him down.

Finally, everything went smoothly.

Now, they can finally bury their parents properly, and this day has been long, long for both of them.

"Whoa......

Mu Yan picked up the white porcelain wine jug and poured wine for himself, and then added wine to Cen Yin.

Cen Yin pinched the wine glass, and said in a difficult voice: "I have already found my sister's bones in the previous year, and I will also move together to accompany my father and mother." ”

Mu Yan shook his head "um". He had already left a place for the little lord of the Xue family in the mausoleum.

The room was silent again, silent.

Cen Yin slowly picked up the white porcelain wine glass, and looked down at the clear wine in the glass, as if a clear spring was reflected in his narrow and deep eyes, and there were ripples in his pupils.

The past was like a shallow ripple spreading out under his eyes......

Cen moved faintly, raised his head again and drank the wine in the cup, his demeanor was heroic, and there was a faint sadness in it.

The cold wind outside the window became even colder, and the plum branches danced in the wind, and the floral fragrance of the plum blossoms became stronger.

"Big brother, I brought you a gift." Mu Yan put down the wine glass, grabbed the long box he brought, and put it on the small square table between the two.

Cen Yin was stunned and opened the long box in front of him.

In the box, there is a pitch-black horn longbow and a dozen carved feather arrows, and the oily and smooth bow body is engraved with intricate and delicate patterns, as if shining with a faint halo.

Mu Yan said triumphantly on the side: "That craftsman named Da Rin is still in Tuli City, and his craftsmanship has improved, when I first saw it, I almost wanted to swallow it for you." ”

Cen Yin didn't hear it, picked up the longbow in the box, and gently pulled the bowstring, which made a buzzing sound.

Mu Yan smiled and asked, "Big brother, do you want to try it?" ”

Cen Yin replied to Mu Yan with his movements.

He stood up, holding the bow in his left hand and pulling the string in his right, looking out the window, pulling the bowstring little by little, slowly filling the bow.

The bow is like a full moon.

Cen Yin stood still for a few breaths, and then suddenly played the strings.

"Buzz!"

The bowstring fluttered in the air again, and the air seemed to be split by something intangible.

Cen Yin sent the bow from his left hand to his left hand again, and after padding the bow, he praised: "Good bow!" ”

This bow is very handy, and it is completely customized according to Cen Yin's body shape and arm strength.

Mu Yan smiled slightly and proposed, "Big brother, let's compare?" Whoever loses will be fined one cup, and each will be fined one cup for a tie, how about it? ”

Cen Yin's response was to take out a carved arrow from the long box, skillfully set up the arrow, draw the bow, and aim the tip of the arrow at a plum tree outside the window, and then release the arrow.

This series of movements was like flowing water, "whoosh", and feathered arrows shot out like meteors......

The feather arrow hit a plum, and then continued to gallop forward with the flower, shooting at a plane tree behind it.

"......

The trunk and branches of the sycamore tree shook violently, and the yellow-green sycamore leaves fell one after another.

Mu Yan hooked his lips and smiled confidently, took the longbow in Cen Yin's hand, and also pulled the string and released the arrow, all in one go.

"Whoosh!"

The feather arrow came out of the string and shot through a plum with precision, and then nailed the plum to the first plum on the plane tree.

"Tie!"

Mu Yan raised his wine glass and drank a glass with Cen Yin.

In the second round, Mu Yan started to shoot the first arrow, and this arrow, Mu Yan shot two birds with one stone, and shot two plums, and the plane tree became a poor target again, and shook off a large piece of residual leaves.

Cen Yin learned well, and also shot two plums with an arrow, and then shot at the same position.

It's a tie again.

The two raised their glasses again and drank to each other.

In fact, the archery skills of the two are comparable, and they are not really comparing arrows, that is, they are just using it as a wine order to play.

It was naturally impossible for the little scorpion outside not to know that his overseer was playing archery, so he hurriedly ordered to go down and let people fetch more feather arrows, so that the overseer had a good time.

The two were drinking, shooting arrows, and gossiping, and before they knew it, the plane tree in the courtyard had been tied into a hedgehog.

The wine is full of seven or eight jars, osmanthus wine, wine, bamboo leaf green, mulberry wine, autumn dew white ......

From the afternoon until midnight, the two of them had long forgotten about archery, and they just drank casually, and they couldn't even remember when they lay down......

When Cen Yin woke up, it was already dawn.

The dazzling sunlight outside the window made his eyes astringent, his forehead ached faintly, his body was a little stiff because of lying on his stomach all night, and his body was still filled with a strong smell of alcohol.

The physical discomfort was a silent reminder to him that he had been drunk last night, and that he was drunk and out of shape.

Cen Yin had never been drunk before, when he was in the north, he was too young to drink, and later, he was in the capital step by step, and he couldn't even sleep soundly at night, let alone get drunk.

He raised his hand and rubbed his temples, although his head hurt a little, but his heart was much happier than yesterday.

There was a sudden sound of clothes rubbing next to him, Cen Yin turned his head to look, and saw that Mu Yan was still lying on the table and adjusted his posture, his eyes were still closed, and he obviously hadn't woken up yet.

"Zhen Zhen......" His lips squirmed twice, and he called vaguely, the corners of his mouth slightly curled, as if he had a good dream.

"......" Cen Yin couldn't help but smile, his eyebrows and eyes were soft, under the sun, his black hair was like ink, his skin was like jade, and his whole person was shining.

Cen Yin clapped his hands lightly, and the little scorpion who had been waiting outside for a long time immediately came in with a copper basin, and there was a small chamberlain behind him, also carrying a copper basin.

Cen Yin took the hot handkerchief that the little scorpion had twisted and applied it to his face, the heat was steaming, and his whole body was a lot lighter.

Cen Yin twisted a hot handkerchief again, and casually pasted it on Mu Yan's face.

Mu Yan woke up suddenly, raised his head suddenly, and the hot handkerchief slid down his forehead, revealing a handsome face that was still a little confused.

The little scorpion pursed the corners of his lips quietly, and deliberately asked, "Overseer, do you want to set up lunch?" ”

Lunch?! Mu Yan, who was still in a daze, seemed to have been poured a bucket of cold water on his head, and the whole person woke up all of a sudden.

He looked excitedly at the Western clock beside him, staring at the clock face in disbelief and winking.

It's almost noon!

Mu Yan jumped up from his chair all of a sudden, "It's too late!" There was a rare urgency on his face, which was usually careless.

He also called the cabinet yesterday to go to the Wuying Hall early this morning, and now it's noon!

Mu Yan grabbed the hot handkerchief on his face and wiped his face casually, then threw the handkerchief into one of the copper basins, and the water splashed and spilled on the ground.

Mu Yan didn't even look at it, he ran away directly, and only dropped one sentence: "I still have something to do, go first." ”

Before the words fell, Mu Yan jumped out of the window lightly, like a roc spreading his wings, and climbed the wall with a big tree in three or two, and ran away in the blink of an eye.

The corners of the little scorpion's eyes twitched speechlessly, and said secretly: The only person who dares to climb a tree and climb over the wall in front of the Overseer is probably this unobtrusive regent!

Cen Yin looked out the window at the empty courtyard, the plane tree that was used as a target for arrows still had those feathered arrows left last night, and the ground of the courtyard was full of fallen flowers and residual leaves, a mess.

This courtyard has never been so messy.

But Cen Yin's mood was quite cheerful, hooking his lips and smiling, and his long and straight body stood leisurely at the window.

Mu Yanfei, who was outside the wall, left the Cen Mansion by the wall, and then rode his horse directly to the palace and went to the Wuying Palace.

Several cabinet elders had been waiting in Wuying Hall for a long time, and they didn't even know how many rounds of tea had been changed, and the cabinet elders kept complaining:

"Why hasn't the Lord Regent come yet?"

"Where the hell are the others now?"

"That's not a good idea......

“……”

Fan Peizhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, almost proposed whether they should leave first, but Mu Yan finally arrived late.

Mu Yan hurried from Cen Mansion, he neither had a meal, nor bathed or changed clothes, and his body still exuded a strong smell of wine, looking disheveled and in a hurry.