Chapter 11: Shangyang
Pingyang didn't mind his assignment, so he happily rolled up his wide sleeves and tied them behind him, caught a fish and went to the water tank in the courtyard.
The warm pot was taken from the evening palace, as well as charcoal, side dishes, and a small pot of wine.
Xiao Huangmen said that the queen mother instructed that this wine was for the young master alone, and the six princes were not allowed to be contaminated with a drop, and if it was stained, they were not allowed to study with the young master in the future.
Pingyang actually seemed to be used to cooking, and after a while, the arm-long herring turned into two plates of pink and snow-thin fish fillets, which were placed squarely on the side of the warm pot, and the charcoal fire under the pot also gave birth to a strong heat, and a few red dates and a few green onion leaves were thrown into the clear soup, and with the twist of Pingyang's fingers, two fat white mushrooms rolled onto the table, and were quickly cut into thin slices and thrown into the boiling soup.
Pingyang poured wine into his cup and said earnestly: "This kind of technique can be used occasionally, and it must not give birth to greed." Greedy people will eventually be eaten by greed, and the gains outweigh the losses. There is a righteous path between heaven and earth, don't think that you have got a bargain, so you are arrogant, heaven and earth are looking at it, you shouldn't get it, and in the end you will take it back in a way you don't want to. Remember, a gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way. ”
Xuan Liuyao raised his eyes to look at him, pretending to be curious and asked, "Young Master, do you know how to refine the elixir?" ”
"The old man is not an immortal, what kind of elixir is he refining?" Pingyang replied very happily, it seems that the "elixir" dedicated to Xuan Shi has nothing to do with him.
He took a sip of wine, fished a fillet, and was so comfortable that his white eyebrows were curled. The corners of the mouth and the tips of the eyes are full of satisfaction, without a trace of the coldness seen in the past.
Xuan Liuyao couldn't understand it.
Two slices of fish that had been scalded white appeared in front of him, interrupting his thoughts.
Pingyang stretched out his long bamboo chopstick, carefully put the fish fillet into his bowl, his eyes were full of love, and his mouth also instructed: "Be careful, don't touch the edge of the pot." ”
Xuan Liuyao didn't think much about it anymore. What do you want to do so much?
If you think about it again, the fillet will be old.
The fresh fish fillets are slightly scalded in the light soup, and what remains on the tip of the tongue is a faint sweetness, and the soup slowly simmers into a pot of snow-white soup.
The two of them ate fish and drank soup with their heads bored, and Pingyang was busy and drank a few more sips of wine, and the quiet place used for classes for a while turned into the fireworks of ordinary people.
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It was another peaceful day.
After school, Xuan Liuyao was escorted back to the Wanqing Palace by the little yellow doors.
Fu Feiyan was pacing uneasily in the house, and when she saw him coming back, she hurriedly ran over and lowered her voice and asked, "The queen mother asked you, has the young master ever left you today?" ”
"No, I didn't."
"He never went out?"
"No, I didn't."
Fu Feiyan gasped.
She slowly stood up, thought for a while, and said resolutely: "Liuyao, we won't go to Qianshan Garden to study." ”
Xuan Liuyao was taken aback: "Why?" ”
"I suspect that the one in the garden is not Pingyang, but a monster."
"Monsters?"
"I saw Pingyang in the imperial study today, and I also said thank you for his care of you, but I didn't know that Pingyang looked at me like a fool, and I pondered for a long time. I went to Qianshan Garden when I came out of the imperial study, and Ah Shui said that you and the young master had been in it all day and had never come out. I don't think so. ”
Xuan Liuyao blurted out: "That's right." ”
"What's wrong?"
"I also don't think he's like Pingyang."
Fu Feiyan became even more nervous: "We let the guards arrest him, right?" ”
"Not necessarily. I don't think he has any ill will. ”
"......"
Xuan Liuyao waved his hand: "The queen mother didn't really want Pingyang to be my husband, but now this gentleman is ready-made, and it's not bad for children, I think it's very good." ”
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Xuan Liuyao went to Qianshanyuan to study as usual, but he didn't know that this little old man was a fake Pingyang.
I still practice those little tricks every day.
On this day, a lean goat was transformed into a baated goat, and when its thin tail was raised, dozens of small black round grains rolled out, turning this quiet place into a sheep shed and spreading wild.
Fake Pingyang's eyes lit up, he touched his goatee, and smiled: "The sixth prince wants to eat shabu mutton hot pot?" ”
"I just want to be a young master."
"Huh?" His smile broke down on the spot, "How did you change into a goat?" ”
Xuan Liuyao looked at the goat, and then at him, as if he was unscrupulous: "White hair, white beard, and thin, not wrong." ”
"Yes, yes, the Six Princes have not made a mistake. Or, Your Highness will send someone to get a warm pot, and I will kill the sheep? I'm afraid this sheep will be able to eat for three or two days, but fortunately, the weather is cool now, and it can be ......."
Before he finished speaking, Xuan Liuyao waved his hand, and the goat disappeared in front of him, leaving only a pile of round sheep dung scattered on the ground.
Fake Pingyang looked at him in surprise, not knowing what he meant.
"The sheep keeper must not want to lose this sheep, so I let it go back."
"Good! Good! The Six Princes are really ...... A good person. Fake Pingyang praised excitedly, smacking his lips with some regret.
"The young master wants to eat mutton in a warm pot, so I asked the queen mother to send someone to send it. But ......"
"But what?"
"Can the young master help me find someone?"
Fake Pingyang glanced at him in a daze, and sighed clearly: "Your Highness, if you have something to say." ”
Also, fake Pingyang doesn't look young, what kind of tricks are you playing with him?
Xuan Liuyao smiled secretly and said, "There is a little yellow door, called Ah Jiu, who was punished last time he went out of the palace with me. Locked up somewhere in the palace at this time, but I didn't have a chance to look for it. Can the young master take the time to help me take a look, and bring him some food by the way? ”
Fake Pingyang nodded: "Okay." ”
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At night, Xuan Liuyao saw the fake Pingyang sneaking around the palace from the eye of the sky, as if he really helped him find it. It's just that he doesn't know if he has found it, and he doesn't dare to use the eye of heaven for too long.
The next day's holiday in Binh Duong did not bring good news: "Some places were sealed by enchantments. ”
"Enchantment?"
"Yes." Fake Pingyang thought he didn't understand, "The enchantment is a kind of spell, and the place where it is enclosed can be used as protection, and outsiders are not allowed to enter." ”
"How can there be an enchantment in the palace?" Xuan Liuyao was very puzzled.
Fake Pingyang wants to speak and stops.
Xuan Liuyao decided not to pretend.
Secretive, a lot of words are not understood.
He looked at the fake Pingyang sincerely: "Sir, who are you?" Why do you pretend to be the name of Pingyang Young Master......"
Fake Pingyang looked at him in some surprise, and smiled bitterly for a long time: "I know that sooner or later I will be recognized, but the sixth prince, you are too bold, dare to call me alone to break me?" ”
"Although the gentleman is a fake, but the gentleman's heart is real, why don't I dare?" Xuan Liuyao was very calm.
Fake Pingyang seems to have turbulent waves in his heart.
He got up and made a deep gesture towards Xuan Liuyao: "The young hero of the six princes, the old man admires him very much. The old man's name is Shangyang, and he is the twin brother of Binh Duong. However, two hundred years ago, he and I had fallen out and stopped interacting. This time I met His Royal Highness in the capital, and the old man thought it was interesting, so he sneaked into the palace to be your husband, and he didn't want to be discovered by you so soon. I don't know what His Highness thinks of the old man? If he is disgusted, the old man will leave the palace immediately and will not disturb each other again. ”
Xuan Liuyao kept looking at him, believing that he was telling the truth, smiled slightly, got up and saluted back: "Mr. is serious." It is the luck of Liuyao's three lives to meet Mr., and Liuyao begs Mr. to continue to stay. ”
"Where do you come from? His Highness saw the outside. ”
The two of them pretended to fight one after the other, and finally laughed.
Smiling and smiling, Xuan Liuyao asked casually, "Sir, can you see whose hand the enchantment is?" ”
"Naturally, I can see ......" Shangyang blurted out, and then felt a gaffe.
He looked at Xuan Liuyao with a hint of embarrassment in his eyes.
Xuan Liuyao understood.
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In order to avoid Fu Feiyan's worry, Xuan Liuyao informed Shangyang's identity.
"Binh Duong's twin brother?"
"Yes."
"What do they want to do when they sing and harmonize?"
"I don't necessarily want to do anything, Mr. Shangyang's personality is different from that of Pingyang Young Master." Xuan Liuyao argued.
Fu Feiyan glanced at him and muttered in a low voice: "What do children know?" ”
That being said, he had nothing to say: "Okay, I'll drive Mr. out of the palace right now." ”
"Don't worry. The queen mother went to test it. ”
"How is the Queen Mother going to tempt?"
There was no response, because Fu Feiyan had already walked out of Sanzhang away with Xiangling. Xuan Liuyao said: Is this woman so anxious?
The anxious Fu Feiyan appeared in Qianshan Garden not long after.
Facing Shangyang, she still looked very respectful: "Young Master Pingyang, during this time, the six princes have learned well?" ”
"The sixth prince is smart and clever, and he learns very well."
"That's good." She pretended to breathe a sigh of relief and motioned to Xiangling to give the silver, "Young Master, this is a little bit of the palace's heart, and I hope that the young master can support him more in the future." ”
She pretended not to know his identity, but Shangyang didn't plan to continue to hide it: "Queen Mother, the old man has made it clear to the sixth prince that I am Pingyang's twin brother Shangyang." It was really reckless to enter the palace this time, and I hope that the mother will forgive her sins. ”
"Oh?" Fu Feiyan was surprised, as if hearing it for the first time, "Shangyang? Binh Duong's twin brother? ”
"Exactly."
"Great. In the past, the palace always felt that the young master of Pingyang was only close to the fourth prince and the fifth prince, but now it's okay, I want to come to the young master of Pingyang and really lack the skills, so I let you take care of the six princes. Fu Feiyan looked happy, "I'll go and thank Young Master Pingyang in person after a while." ”
"Niangniang, don't let Pingyang know about this."
"Why?"
Shangyang glanced at her face and said solemnly: "Although the old man and Pingyang are brothers, they have not been in contact for many years. I don't have a relationship with him, and he doesn't want me to be in the palace. ”
"This ......"
"The old man has no disciples and no children over the years, and he is really related to the six princes, and he wants to teach him his meager skills, and he is considered a successor, and he hopes that his mother will be perfect."
Fu Feiyan nodded: "The heart of the gentleman touches the palace. Mr. is the twin brother of the young master of Pingyang, and his skills are not bad if he wants to come, I wonder if I can let this palace see it? ”
"Okay."
Shangyang didn't shirk, I saw him close his eyes and muttered a few words, his fingers flipped like lotus flowers, and then, he opened his eyes and roared in a deep voice: "Niangniang, please let someone stab me and cut me with a sword!" ”
"Huh?" Fu Feiyan had never heard such a domineering request. I came out in a hurry, and I didn't bring any knives or swords. She hurriedly turned around and ordered Xiao Huangmen to follow: "Quick, go find a guard!" ”
Xiao Huangmen ran away, and after a while, he led a strong and powerful guard with a knife to rush in, shouting as he rushed: "Cut him!" Cut him! ”
The cry is as eager as the strings of the piano, and the people who confront each other are like Zhilan and the old tree.
The guard Dingqing took a look, wasn't the little old man in the robe the young master of Pingyang?
Why, the queen wants to cut down the young master of Pingyang? This is a palace secret worth eight taels of silver.
He excitedly drew his knife forward and stammered: "Queen Mother, are you going to cut the young master?" ”
"Yes, you cut hard. Hack to death the one who counts the palace. ”
With permission, the guards suppressed their excitement, a white crane flashed its wings, and another long rainbow pierced the sun, and the bright sword light rushed straight to the top of Shangyang's head and slashed down, with a bang, like a waterfall falling on a feldspar, magnificent, but it slid obliquely along Shangyang's body to the side.
One of the guards couldn't hold their feet, and stumbled and rolled on a donkey.
What a handsome kung fu!