Chapter 214: The Scapegoat

Singing and dancing, staggering, pushing cups and changing lamps, extremely extravagant.

Chu Nian sat silently in the corner, his brows furrowed, fortunately, the strength of this plum wine is not very strong, otherwise this moment of kung fu would be enough for Chu Nian to drink a person who turned over on his back.

After a while, the dazzling silver-white figure slowly walked down from the high platform, until he paced to Chu Nian's side, he flicked his sleeves, didn't care about the gazes of others, and sat down cross-legged generously.

Chu Nian glanced at him sideways, then withdrew his gaze, silently looked at the table of wine and food in front of him, and took a sip from time to time with the wine cup on his side.

The two figures, one white and one silver, instantly became the focus of the audience, the gold cup and jade bracelet, one handsome, the other glamorous, but also very commensurate, so that people clearly talked with colleagues and did not forget to peek at this side.

After a long time, the dark Rin on the side spoke lightly, still hoarse, "County Lord, plum wine or me, which one is good-looking?" ”

Chu Nian didn't look at him, so he said: "Each has its own merits, compared to plum wine, Mr. Dark Rin is naturally more necessary to savor it." ”

"Oh?" Dark Rin's side eyes with great interest, and the gray-white eyes fell intently on Chu Nian's cold side face, "Then why doesn't the county lord want to look at me more?" ”

Chu Nian didn't speak, she put down the wine cup and gently pushed it away: "Mr. Dark Rin, do you use the people as generals?" ”

Dark Rin's face sank.

I saw Chu Nian tilting his head slightly, and his hands reached the wine cup on the table: "Mr. Dark Rin, your morality is to abandon the people?" ”

The pale thin lips were tightly pursed into a straight line, and the gray eyes were like a warm line, falling straight on the white and slender jade fingers: "The idea of grain and grass was not from me." ”

Chu Nian took a deep breath: "Who is that?" Why did the Queen Mother choose to push Mr. Zhuqing out at this time and be the scapegoat for this extravagant banquet? ”

She looked at those strange eyes fixedly, and her face was serious: "I don't care whether you are water or dark now, you remember, if you do something unright, I will never care about the old feelings again." ”

Dark's gray-white eyes that shone with a bit of light gradually dimmed, and the moonlight fell under his eyes through the gap in the candle flame, his thin lips pursed and pursed, and the hand holding the wine cup under his hand tightened more and more, and after a moment, a smile overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

"I'm not Shuiyin, don't treat me as the old man of the county lord, I'm not the same person, why is it the same? Besides, why do you think that the water sound you know wouldn't do such a thing? ”

The small figure sitting lonely in the moonlight flashed in Chu Nian's eyes, and she looked at the darkness in front of her with indulgent eyes: "The water sound I know, of course I wouldn't do such a thing, but if you are not Shui Yin, then Shui Yin's revenge, you don't need to avenge him." ”

"Bang-"

The jade cup in Dark Rin's hand shattered, and the scarlet plum wine sprinkled the silver white, like broken moonlight, he still had a smile on his face that could not see joy and anger, and slowly took out the handkerchief from his arms, half-lowered his eyes and slowly cleaned up the scarlet on his hand.

"I didn't expect the county lord to be so eloquent, but," he raised his head, his gray pupils met Chu Nian's watery eyes: "The one who wins in the end is still me." ”

With his thin lips hooked, he got up gracefully and disappeared into the crowd.

Most people have noticed the changes here, but on the other hand, if Dark Rin and Chu Nian turn their faces, many people will like to see it.

They want to see how many fishermen will benefit if the unparalleled county lord of the current dynasty and the red man Mr. Dark Rin, who is the queen mother's strength, are really opposed?

Chu Nian, who was sitting in place, did not move, her eyes shifted from the fragments of the wine cup on the ground to the scarlet plum wine stained on the corner of the plain white long dress, her eyes flashed slightly.

After a moment, she withdrew her eyes and let the maid clean up the mess as if it had never happened.

Everyone only knew that there was a confrontation between the Wushuang County Lord and Mr. Dark Rin, but no one knew what the content of this confrontation was, and it was only clear that it seemed that Mr. Dark Rin was angry, and later, the Wushuang County Lord had also silently left the table.

By the time Chu Nian arrived in the imperial garden where no one was around, the banquet had already been carried out for most of the time, and the liveliness of Cining Palace and the silence of the imperial garden formed a strong contrast.

Zhu Qing's body was still the same cyan robe that had not changed for thousands of years, except for the stubble on his chin, the starry eyes still looked fairy.

He followed Ming Xiu's side, and when he saw Chu Nian, he opened his mouth, "Sanniang." ”

Hearing this, Chu Nian turned his head, looked at Ming Xiu for a moment, nodded in tacit understanding, and the black robe completely disappeared into the lonely night.

Chu Nian looked at Zhu Qing at this time, "What's the matter?" It's been a long time since you've been in contact with me, but what happened? ”

Zhu Qing's face darkened slightly: "The palace maids in my palace were all replaced by the Queen Mother, these people do not take bribes, I have passed the news to you several times, and the news has been stopped." ”

It turns out that the Queen Mother simply monitored Zhuqing? Is this trying to imprison Zhuqing and then use it for his own use?

Chu Nian pursed his red lips: "What about the children?" ”

She was talking about the children who were rescued from the traffickers, those children were picked by Tao Jinyan because of their poor physique, Chu Nian was afraid that they would be placed in Jishitang, and she would not be able to protect them by herself for a long time, so she simply sent them to Zhuqing to be a Taoist boy for Zhuqing, fortunately, those children were talented and intelligent, and they followed Zhuqing and even learned one or two techniques.

Seeing Chu Nian mention those children, a hint of relief flashed in Zhu Qing's eyes: "The children are all fine." ”

Seeing this, Chu Nian nodded, but there were too many questions in his heart, and after his eyes flashed slightly, he asked the most important question: "Do you know that the person who collaborated with the enemy and treasoned the country, is it the Queen Mother, or is it Dark?" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Qing shook his head as if he was a little confused: "Mr. Dark Rin is good to me on weekdays, and often comes to my place to discuss Taoism with me, although sometimes he is a little weird, but he is by no means a person who can make such a decision. ”

Mr?

Chu Nian glanced at Zhu Qing a little strangely, now even Zhu Qing, who talks about it on weekdays, can have such a high opinion of Dark Rin, could it be that she really saw Dark Rin wrong? But if this plan is not the sacrifice of the dark Rin, who can offer such a general's plan?

But now it explains why Dark Rin is so angry...... Chu Nian's gray eyes seemed to appear in front of him, and now that he thought about it, he was so smiling at that time, his eyes were obviously disappointed.

Disappointed that she would be so mistaken for him.

"But ......" Zhu Qing's voice pulled Chu Nian back from his thoughts, and the puppet-like face loosened a little: "The Queen Mother's illusion of her own face is becoming more and more obvious now, don't we start with the Queen Mother?" ”

Hearing the eagerness in Zhu Qing's words, Chu Nian knew that he didn't want to continue to stay in the deep palace, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "Now is not the time, I will arrange someone to come to you later, if you have any needs, you can find Concubine Liang to communicate with me." ”

Now, I can only ask Concubine Liang, Concubine Ling's own family lifeline is pinched in the hands of the Queen Mother, she doesn't dare to put any action on the bright side, but Concubine Liang is different, without the emperor's order, Mingyue comes and goes freely, if Zhuqing goes to find Concubine Liang, she will definitely not be able to hide the Queen Mother's eyeliner, but the Queen Mother can't take Concubine Liang for the time being.

Seeing this, Zhu Qing was a little disappointed, but still nodded and said, "I know." ”

Chu Nian glanced at Zhuqing, who had entered the palace with some distress but seemed to have experienced vicissitudes: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Zhu Qing shook his head, and said as if he remembered something: "By the way, the children sent medicine to the Queen Mother before, and it seems that they saw Shen Du appear at the back door of Cining Palace, thinking that he had looked for the Queen Mother." ”

Chu Nian raised his eyebrows, Shen Dui? Isn't he already a pawn of the Wang family? How can I still enter and leave Cining Palace? Don't......

In the darkness, Chu Nian's eyes were shining, this idea was come up with Shen Duan?

If it was Shen Dui, everything would be connected, but Chu Nian still doubted in his heart whether Dark Rin was also involved, after all, if Shen Twilight really conspired with the Queen Mother, it was impossible for Dark Rin not to know, since he knew...... He shouldn't have meddled either!

How can border affairs be used as a bargaining chip for court disputes? You must know that today's border pass is not only the 100,000 elite soldiers and a town far away, but also hundreds of thousands of people! If the barbarians overwhelm the territory, how can the people be happy?

Seeing that Chu Nian's face was not good, Zhu Qing shook his head helplessly, and sighed silently: "Now that the Daliang Imperial Court is so pedantic, is it difficult for the people?" ”

Chu Nian lowered his eyes slightly: "This matter is handled by me and the prince, you continue to plan and make sure that nothing goes wrong." ”

Her eyes flashed slightly: "This kind of calamity to the queen mother of the country, the disaster of the people's royal family, wait for me to remove these tumors from the court one by one!" ”

When the words fell, Zhu Qing's eyes flashed slightly, and he nodded and said: "Taoism cares about the common people, and now that Sanniang can have such a heart, he will achieve great things one day." ”

Chu Nian smiled slightly, without saying anything, at this stall, there was a sudden sound of rustling footsteps on the side, and the two of them turned their eyes vigilantly, but the figure was already in front of them.

The person who came looked at Chu Nian and Zhu Qing with some surprise, "Wushuang County Lord, National Teacher...... My lord? ”

Chu Nian frowned and looked at those eyes, the surprise in her eyes didn't seem to be fake, she glanced at Zhu Qing, and said calmly: "General Liu." ”

Liu Qi nodded, a little curious: "Why are you two ...... here?"

Hearing this, Chu Nian turned his eyes to Zhu Qing and smiled lightly: "Thank you for the elixir of the National Teacher, if my headache can be cured, I will definitely reward the National Teacher with a lot of money when I turn around." ”

Zhu Qing suddenly realized, he straightened up and nodded slowly, "The county lord doesn't need to be polite, this is what I should do." ”

Liu Qi seemed to understand the interaction between the two, his eyes flashed slightly, and after a while, he saw Chu Nian blinking, looking at Liu Qi strangely and said, "Why didn't General Liu come to the Imperial Garden instead of the banquet?" Could it be that you are also here to ask for the elixir of the national teacher? Don't worry, if you have a stubborn illness, you can't open your mouth, I will not tell General Liu's secret. ”

As she spoke, her eyes seemed to be casually glanced at Liu Qi's crotch, and suddenly Liu Qi's face sank, he took a long breath of relief and shook his head and said: "The county lord misunderstood, Weichen didn't know that the national teacher was here, this time it was only because an assassin broke in, so I came here to investigate." ”