Chapter 44: Nightshade (Part 1)
"When~~~~" melodious and elegant chimes swirl around the ears of everyone, this side hall of the palace is made of mahogany beams, there are twenty-four huge pillars in the hall, and the surrounding walls are mainly purple and red. There is the green dragon relief carving that swallows the clouds and spits out the fog on the top of the hall, the relief is inlaid with glazed tiles and gold leaf copper sheets around the relief, there are several small cases in the hall, and there are several people who are holding the bottle and drinking together.
The main seat facing the palace gate is the prince of Jiang Guo Longyang, who is wearing a black and red brocade robe, wearing a long crown, and a white crown belt hanging down the side of his neck, with his handsome and bright face, heroic and compelling, so that everyone secretly praises in their hearts.
On both sides below the main seat, on the left is Jiang Guo's doctor Chen Qi. Chen Qi is short in stature, dark and thin, not outstanding in appearance, old-fashioned and solemn, and has few words, which also shows that this person is either not good at words, or he is not willing to participate in such a banquet.
On the right side of the main seat are Xu Mo and the others, but only Xu Mo is sitting cross-legged on the futon, and Qin Long and Dina can only stand behind him. After three rounds of drinking, Chen Qi excused himself and retired, passed by Xu Mo and the others, snorted coldly, waved his sleeves and left. Long Yang waved his hand to let the attendants in the hall exit the main hall, obviously having something to say to Xu Mo.
"Don't blame the leader, Dr. Chen just blames me for drinking and having fun here, not for the leader!" Long Yang coughed lightly and explained to Xu Mo.
"Why does the prince have to take care of a certain face, the siege of Jiangcheng is not solved, Nie Li is no more than a mountain and a wild villager, but he drags the prince to pick up the wind here for a certain person, and he can't manage the government, it is really Nie Li's fault, and there is a reason for the doctor's gap." Xu Mo shook his head and smiled.
"It's not that Longyang ignores government affairs, it's just that the crisis in Jiangcheng can't be solved overnight. However, as long as the leader is willing to help Jiang Guo, Long Yang believes that Jiang Guo's danger will be solved. When Long Yang said this, his emotions became a little excited.
Long Yang stood up from his position, walked towards Xu Mo, walked to Xu Mo, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists, and said with hope: "The leader and Uncle Wang are friends of life and death, and they will not sit idly by and watch the mountains and rivers of Jiang Guo shatter and the people suffer." Longyang has something to ask the leader to help, and he also asks the leader to agree. ”
Xu Mo didn't squint, looked at Long Yang's hopeful gaze, sighed softly, stood up, paced two steps in the main hall, and said, "Nie Li knows what the prince wants, give a little time to think about it!" ”
After that, Xu Mo went out of the hall directly and did not look back.
"Big Brother K, wait for me!" Dinah caught up with Xu Mo from behind, and seeing that Xu Mo was unwilling to answer, she quietly followed behind.
"Prince! Why don't you just kill Nie Li! Qin Long walked to Long Yang's side and coldly suggested.
A fine light flashed in Long Yang's eyes, and he looked at Qin Long indifferently, until a trace of cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and then he spoke:
"If it weren't for Miss Wenwen's recommendation, Lone would never use you. What kind of person do you think of Lone, not to mention that Nie Li is Uncle Wang's friend of life and death, and he has saved countless people in Jiangguo Village, just because he is a chivalrous and righteous man, Lone will not touch him at all. Otherwise, how will the world view Lonely, how will the Jiang royal family be viewed. Don't mention this again, step down! ”
Qin Long hurriedly clenched his fists, slowly retreated, and walked out of the main hall. Just under Long Yang's gaze, he felt as if he was facing the mountains and peaks that were about to fall, and the heavy pressure made his eyes flutter and his head dizzy, and there was even a brief blank in his mind.
Outside the hall, Qin Long took a few deep breaths, stabilized his beating heart, and looked at the hall with palpitations, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.
"Chivalrous righteous man? Hmph, since you can't see his true face, don't blame me, I don't want to do it! Qin Long hesitated slightly, then gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.
The place where Longyang entertained Xu Mo was a side hall of the palace, and the palace of Jiang Guo was not large, but it was also divided into several areas. After Xu Mo and Dina left the palace, they were led out of the palace by several palace maids in the arcade.
"Hee-hee!" Suddenly, at the corner of the arcade, there was a burst of laughter like a silver bell, and when she heard the laughter, the maid who was leading the way for Xu Mo and the others in front hurriedly dodged to the side, bowed her head and served, and made way for the person who came from the corner in front of her to make way for the walkway of the arcade.
Xu Mo's heart moved, and he also learned to lead the way The maid stepped aside, but instead of bowing his head, he looked curiously at the corner where the laughter was emitted. did not disappoint Xu Mo, and several young women immediately appeared around the corner, several of them were dressed as maids, and they were walking towards Xu Mo and the others in a cluster.
The young girl surrounded by several maids in the middle, dressed in a light blue curved deep robe, her long hair turned out to be a strange sky blue, and her long hair was coiled into two horn rings, showing that this was a girl who had not yet married.
The girl's melon seed face, white complexion and translucent red, thin ears and blue rings, like honey ~ peach, tall figure, slender waist, and willows swinging between walking. At this time, her big watery eyes were looking at Xu Mo and the others, with a hint of playfulness between her eyebrows.
Seeing someone in front of her, the girl gently stuck out the tip of her tongue, grimaced at the maid beside her, lowered her voice, pretended to be elegant, put her hands together, and stepped over everyone with small steps.
After Xu Mo waited for the girl to walk over, he was about to walk forward, but suddenly heard a call from behind him.
"Please wait, sir...... Nie Li? ”
Xu Mo frowned slightly, stopped again, turned around and smiled: "In Xia Nie Li, I have seen Princess Nightshade. ”
"Ahh Is Mr. really Nie Li? That righteous man Nie Li? Nightshade tilted his head, his eyes widened, and he looked at Xu Mo curiously, "How does Mr. know about Nightshade, oh, it must have been Brother Wang who told Mr." ”
"Hehe, Prince Longyang didn't tell a certain princess. However, this is a forbidden place in the palace, and the princess should be the only one who can move around freely here and match her age. Xu Mo smiled faintly, "The most important thing is that the princess is somewhat similar to the crown prince." ”
"Really, is Nightshade very similar to Brother Wang? Hmph, hateful brother Wang, he also said that he loves nightshade the most, and if he doesn't come to see nightshade these days, he must be lying! Nightshade first smiled happily, then raised her eyebrows, and said with annoyance.
"The princess is so cute, how can the prince lie and deceive each other, it may be that the prince is busy with government affairs, and when the prince is free, he will accompany the princess!" Looking at the lovely girl in front of him, Xu Mo felt a lot less gloomy in his heart, and said a rare word of comfort.
When the girl heard Xu Mo say that she was cute, her big eyes narrowed into a crescent moon with a smile, her eyes rolled, and she learned Longyang's heroic tone and said: "Since Brother Wang is busy with government affairs and can't entertain Mr. well, Long Kui is willing to share his worries for Brother Wang and entertain Mr. well!" ”
Xu Mo blinked his eyes, looked at the girl in front of him, and couldn't turn around for a while. It wasn't until Long Kui pouted, tilted his head, and looked at him dissatisfiedly that he came back to his senses and hurriedly said, "How dare Nie Li bother the princess!" ”
"Don't bother, don't bother, no one plays with nightshade anyway...... Oh no, the nightshade is saying that you should entertain the distinguished guests for Brother Wang! Nightshade smiled slyly, and without waiting for Xu Mo to reply, he turned around and walked forward briskly.
"Oh, this...... This one...... The princess ......" Xu Mo looked at the nightshade waving to him as he walked, a little at a loss.
"Huh!" Dina next to her covered her mouth and snickered, it was the first time she had seen Xu Mo like this.
Xu Mo looked at the nightshade in front of him helplessly, he had no less than ten reasons to refuse this girl, but when he saw that she was in a good mood, he couldn't bear to say it.
"Brother K, you said that Jiangcheng was besieged and in danger, does Long Kui know about it?" Dinah quietly approached Xu Mo and asked.
"She shouldn't know, Long Yang won't tell her." Xu Mo shook his head and said, although Xu Mo didn't have much contact with Long Yang, he already had a general understanding of what Long Yang was.
is different from Long Sheng's meticulous and elegant, Long Yang's surname is closer to Gao Yan, heroic, hearty, and does not like intrigues. Such a person would rather carry a heavy burden on his own body than let his relatives worry about it, and he is a real iron-blooded man.
"Mr. Nie Li, come on, nightshade is waiting for you in the front garden!" Nightshade waved at Xu Mo from afar.
Xu Mo smiled dumbly, the long-term depression and restraint seemed to be in the playful wisdom of the nightshade, clear and empty, turned around and glanced at Dinah, and the two of them quickly chased after the happy little lady in front......
"Sir, what are you doing?" Nightshade fluttered in the garden for a long time, and finally got tired, panting and pulling Dinah, squatting in front of Xu Mo, tilting his head, and looking curiously at the small toy that had just been made of bamboo in Xu Mo's hand.
Although they are in the deep palace, Jiang Wang and Long Yang are very doting on Nightshade, and they have also developed her happy and cheerful surname, if it were not for the untimely death of their mother, it can be said that Nightshade had a perfect childhood.
"Princess, don't call me Mr., just call Nie Li's name like the prince! This is called a bamboo dragonfly, and it was given to the princess by Nie Li. No, it's not like that, it's ...... Such! Xu Mo smiled and taught nightshade how to release bamboo dragonflies.
"Ahh Hee-hee~~~~! Nightshade chased the bamboo dragonflies flying in the air, and let out bursts of laughter like silver bells.
"I really envy her!" Dinah said a little sentimentally.
“…… Everyone will have his own destiny! Xu Mo looked at the nightshade running happily on the grass, and there was a layer of dark clouds in his eyes.
"Brother K, if Jiang Cheng is breached, she ...... nightshade" Dina suddenly shuddered and looked at Xu Mo nervously, hoping to get a more reassuring reply from Xu Mo's mouth.
"Everyone will have his own destiny." Xu Mo repeated, closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened his eyes, "Let's go, it's time for us to say goodbye to the princess!" ”
"Nie Li, are you leaving?" Nightshade's big eyes dimmed for a moment, and then lit up again, "Next time, will you come to see me?" ”
"Yes, Nie Li will come." Xu Mo smiled, stretched out his hand to touch the blue cloud of nightshade, and was immediately startled and immediately took it back.
"Hehehe!" Nightshade and Dinah looked at Xu Mo's embarrassed expression, and they both laughed happily......