Chapter Forty-Three: A Thousand Trees Bloom at Night

Rustle~~

Raindrops fall on the main street in the center of the city, and the glimmer of light emitted by the pavilions on both sides of the street is rendered by the rain and fog, making the whole street dreamlike, and even the reflection of pedestrians and street scenes can be seen on the ground.

The night terror hall held an oil-paper umbrella, covering the top of Sanniang's head, enjoying the rain scene that was completely different from the capital, and the tense heartstrings of running in Wushan for a few days slowly turned comfortable at this moment.

King Wu rebelled and made a big mess, the people in the city were afraid that King Wu would be trapped due to the closure of the city, and many of them fled out of the city, but since the arrival of the forbidden army, the situation has stabilized, and many people have returned to the city.

Today's coming out is a private visit to microservices, which can also be said to be casual shopping.

Dongfang Liren put on a son's robe, except for the chest muscles that were a little too developed, he was very handsome in other aspects, and he held a folding fan with a sense of Yushu in the wind.

The Queen Mother naturally dressed up as a mother-in-law, followed by a maid behind her, and was dressed in a very house-headed lady's charm, but with a pair of big eyes and a face that could be broken by blowing bombs, she looked more like a sister who left the East.

Xuanji is the most special, dressed as a scholarly lady who has not been out of the cabinet, a little lover of an apprentice, wearing a white light gauze texture of a fairy dress, holding a flower umbrella, walking in the East is very matched, anyone who sees it has to say a word about the appearance of a talented woman.

Night Terror Hall was also wearing a child's robe, and his appearance was too eye-catching, so he came to the front, either mistaken for Xuanji's real person's good looks, or mistaken for the little wolf dog raised by the Queen Mother, which was a little inappropriate, so he kept his distance and followed behind with Sanniang.

A few people came out, belonging to the Queen Mother as a companion, the Queen Mother held back in the palace for too long, and she would stare at everything for a while, and her mood did not get better, but became more and more sentimental, it should be a carefree day when she was the eldest lady in Jiangzhou before.

Pei Xiangjun dressed up as a little daughter-in-law, leaned on the side of the Night Terror Hall, and saw that Xuanji Zhenren and the queen were enlightening the Queen Mother, and sighed a little in his heart, and said in a low voice:

"The queen mother is also pitiful, before she came to the capital, the first emperor died, the palace people during the first emperor's period, after ascending the throne on the saint, they were able to leave the palace, those who have children go to the fiefdom to enjoy happiness, and those who do not have a fief return to their hometowns to remarry, but the queen mother can not go, and there are no concubines in the holy harem, and they live alone in the harem, and they are depressed when they think about their lives......"

Night Terror Hall has been to the harem many times, knowing the suffering of the Queen Mother, although it looks eccentric and fun-loving, and quite resentful, but the Queen Mother can meet outsiders a few times a year, and encounter a few big and small things, in exchange for him being confined all day long with nothing to do, I am afraid that he would have already gone over the wall and flew away.

Night Terror Hall held an oil-paper umbrella, and Sanniang walked out of each other, seeing that Ben Ben was just talking about some historical allusions, and he didn't know how to please the girl, so he thought about it and looked left and right......

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"This bridge has been 300 years old, and when Taizu laid Jianyang, he was moved here and wrote a poem......"

On the covered bridge across both sides of the long street, the oriental fan is gently swaying, telling the various deeds of the founding of the country; Seeing that there were no passers-by around, Xuanji Zhenren took off the wine gourd from behind his waist and leaned on the fence where the carved stone lion drank a small wine.

The Queen Mother stood under the umbrella, enjoying the beautiful night view of the city, and seemed to be listening carefully to the story of the Oriental Liren, but she was not very interested in it.

After all, the Queen Mother was born in Jiangmen, although she is not good at martial arts, but it does not prevent her from being a tiger girl in general, and it hurts a little to hear these teaching gentlemen talk about historical allusions.

But no matter how boring it is, it is more interesting to be able to see the scenery in a different place than to stay alone in the palace in a daze, and the Queen Mother has no intention of going home, just looking around, looking for objects that can arouse her interest.

After looking at it for a while, the Queen Mother suddenly saw the Night Terror Hall, carrying two boxes from the side of the street, her expression was still mysterious, and she couldn't help but wonder:

"Night Terror, what did you do?"

"Went buy something."

The Night Terror Hall carried the box to the covered bridge and opened it - there were lanterns inside, and some Mid-Autumn Festival blessings were on it.

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, covered her chest and looked at it:

"There's a month left in the Mid-Autumn Festival, where did you find it?"

"The red and white wedding shops on the street, these things are all prepared in advance, and they just started to be made, and they are all bought by me."

"Oh......"

Xuanji Zhenren saw that the queen mother and the little girl seemed to be possessed and looked at her, the round buttocks line was quite sultry, and the old mistake was committed again, so she came to her and pinched it quietly.

The Queen Mother hurriedly straightened up and pinched Xuanji Zhenren's waist, and then continued to watch the Night Terror Hall fiddle.

The Night Terror Hall took out a small lantern from it, put a candle on the hanging pole, and handed it to the Queen Mother, who was full of bright eyes:

"Give."

“……”

The Queen Mother blinked, smiled and took the small lantern in her hand, and Hongyu took the fire fold to help light it.

Dongfang left people to see that the Queen Mother was coming to the spirit, and he didn't know whether to praise the Night Terror Hall for coaxing the girl, or whether to say that the Night Terror Hall even dared to coax the Queen Mother. Seeing that the Night Terror Hall had made another lantern and handed it to her, she stood up a little straighter and motioned to her dress:

"This is something that the girl is playing, what is this boy holding it like?"

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall handed the lantern to Miss Xuanji, who was watching the play next to her.

Xuanji Zhenren took the lamp, and showed off his skills, flipped it lightly with his bare hands, swept it from the candle, and lit the candle, and several people around him were surprised.

"Fairy Lu, how did you get this?"

"This is Daomen Immortal Technique, if you want to learn it, you will learn it first."

"Master, you didn't teach me this hand!"

"Go back and teach you secretly, lest anyone steal the lesson."

Xuanji Zhenren carried the lantern, and the lotus step on the covered bridge moved around slightly, with a light gauze and fairy skirt, her posture and temperament were amazing.

The Queen Mother also followed in circles, but there was no such extraordinary light skill to enter the sainthood, and the turn was a little rough, but there were a lot more fireworks in the world, which had a different charm.

Night Terror Hall couldn't stare at the two women who shouldn't be looking, shook his head and chuckled, and after getting two more lanterns, he opened the other box.

The boxes were full of ruthless goods, about the thickness of a bucket, skyrocketing fireworks, and so on.

Dongfang has seen a lot of fireworks, but for safety reasons, he has never been allowed to light them in person, and when he saw this, he also came to the spirit, half-squatted down, took out the largest one, and wanted to light it to try.

"Eh, ......"

Night Terror Hall hurriedly held down Big Ben and motioned to the verandah above:

"This is the wooden bridge, you have to burn the bridge here, go down there."

As he spoke, he picked up a few large fireworks and came to the relatively empty embankment on the side of the street.

Dongfang Liren followed him to the river, helped the Night Terror Hall hold an umbrella, and asked:

"Is that loud?"

"I don't know, I'll know if I light it."

After the Night Terror Hall set up the fireworks, he handed the fire fold to Ben:

"Uh-huh."

“……”

Dongfang Liren was holding a fire fold in his hand, and he wanted to light it, but when he saw the cannon battle thicker than her waist, his heart was a little cowardly after all, and after glancing at the man who was waiting, he still cautiously put the fuse into it and put it away.

In this situation, several people shook their heads secretly, but no one dared to laugh at Dongfang's cowardice.

The Queen Mother relied on the domineering physique that as long as she was not killed on the spot, she couldn't be beaten to death at all, and her courage was not small, she covered her ears and waited for a long time, and when she saw that she was useless, she trotted to her with her skirt in her hand:

"It's not just a firework, what's there to be afraid of, come from this palace."

Seeing this, Dongfang didn't hesitate, and stepped back, hiding behind the Night Terror Hall, covering his ears.

Finding that Night Terror Hall had strange eyes, he looked at her back, Dongfang Liren's expression was cold again, he stood up straight and snatched the umbrella over, making a steady appearance like Mount Tai:

"Go and stand in the back, what is the pestle doing here?"

"Your Highness is not afraid?"

"What is this king afraid of? It's just a firework, can something happen with the master here? ”

The night terror hall saw Xuanji Zhenren standing behind the Queen Mother to watch the play, and deliberately came to a "Bang!" "I scared the Queen Mother, and I didn't say much, I came to the eaves of the street and stood with Sanniang.

Hongyu stood behind the Queen Mother holding an umbrella, a little uneasy, and muttered in a low voice:

"Niangniang be careful, if you light it, you will immediately retreat, this is scary to look at."

"This palace knows, don't bother."

The Queen Mother held the lantern in one hand, carefully half-squatted, and put the fire fold on the fuse.

呲呲~

The moment the flames touched, sparks erupted from the cannon.

The Queen Mother was so shocked that her shoulders trembled slightly, and the fire folds were thrown on the ground, so she quickly picked up her skirt and got up, hugged Xuanji Zhenren's arm, and looked at it intently.

呲呲呲......

Phew-

Boast~!

Under the rain curtain, a flash of fire rose into the sky, flew to a height of dozens of feet, and then exploded, scattering fireworks in the sky.

"Wow-"

"Look at ......"

Together, the noise of women, children, old and children suddenly sounded on both sides of the river.

The Queen Mother's eyes were also bright, and she raised her eyes with Hongyu to look at it, and let out a stunning soft exclamation.

Phew-

Bang Bang~!

The fireworks shine brightly on the streets.

Night Terror Hall stood under the eaves and looked out, and saw several women looking up at the sky, their hearts moved slightly, and they turned to their sides.

Pei Xiangjun grew up in the capital since he was a child, and he watched a lot of fireworks in the world like this, and he was not as excited as the Queen Mother, but he just admired the beautiful scenery with a soft expression.

Finding that the night terror hall looked over, Pei Xiangjun blinked, and was a little puzzled:

"Huh?"

Night Terror Hall smiled, raised his hand and quietly hugged Sanniang, and lowered his head slightly to his cheek.

?!

Pei Xiangjun's expression froze, and he was so bold that he was ready to kiss her on the street, and there were people next to him, he must have been a little confused, but before he came back to his senses, the red lips came out warm.

"Woo~......"

Pei Xiangjun's heart was raised in his throat, his hands were curled up on his chest, and Yu Guang carefully paid attention to the few women watching the fireworks, and slowly opened his red lips......

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Shout~

Bang Bang –

A series of fires rose into the sky, and soon countless neighbors and pedestrians came to the riverside to watch the excitement, and Jianyang City, after experiencing a turmoil, also regained its usual vitality at this time.

There are a lot of fireworks bought in the night terror hall, lined up by the river, the queen mother lit them one by one, and the queen mother was brave enough to leave the people, so she also went up and lit two, and it took two quarters of an hour to finish.

Seeing that there were too many onlookers by the river, Dongfang Liren returned to the palace with the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother had a good time, she didn't even care about the last time she was knocked out, and her attitude towards the Night Terror Hall was much better, and she praised the Night Terror Hall along the way.

When I returned to King Wu's Mansion, it was already dark at night.

Dongfang was tired from running around for a day, so he didn't let the Night Terror Hall work overtime, and the Night Terror Hall was finally able to get off work and went back to the courtyard where he settled with Sanniang.

In the dead of night, the people living in the royal mansion have already rested, and the night terror hall entered the courtyard verandah, and when I raised my eyes, I saw the birds standing alone under the eaves, looking in the direction of the center of the city, and watching the fireworks set off by other people.

Finding that the night terrors came back, the bird may have been left at home unhappy, tilting his head and ignoring it.

Night Terror Hall shook his head and sighed, pulled Sanniang to the outside of the wing, and asked:

"It's getting late, you still have injuries on your body, it's better to rest early or ......"

Pei Xiangjun was just knocked down on the street, and now he hasn't eased up, seeing that Night Terror Hall asked about this, he hesitated for a moment, and Dafang pulled Night Terror Hall to Fox Meizi's room:

"You must be thinking about Shuangjiao offering peaches in your heart, if I rest, you can't worry about it for half the night......"

While speaking, Pei Xiangjun gently pushed open the door and looked into the inner room.

There was no movement in the bedroom, Luo Ning was lying between the curtains, with her back to the door, and she could only see the back of her head, which seemed to be asleep.

Pei Xiangjun didn't believe that the fox could fall asleep alone in the empty boudoir, so he quietly walked over to him and lifted the thin quilt slightly.

Under the thin quilt, the eyes are delicate and graceful white greasy figures, the upper body is a hollow coat, and the bottom is a bow pants, which the moon can't cover up.

Syllable~

Pei Xiangjun saw the commotion of this 'wolf ambition is clearly revealed', snorted softly, and patted lightly:

"What? Don't hurry up and wait for the shock. ”

"You ......"

Luo Ning was indeed pretending to be asleep, and after being awakened, she looked displeased:

"Why don't you take care of your injuries, what are you doing here?"

"Sleep, or what else can you do?"

Pei Xiangjun took off his shoes and got into the quilt, learning from Luo Ning's appearance last time;

"Surprise, come."

Luo Ning must not have cooperated, twisted his waist, and lightly slapped Pei Xiangjun with his elbow:

"Something wrong with you? It's okay to be idle and take care of him yourself...... You take your hands away! ”

"Don't move!"

……

Night Terror Hall smiled at the corner of his eyes, sat down in front of him, and teased his fingers a few times:

"Okay, rest early......"

"Thief!"

Luo Ning shuddered, and when she saw that Night Terror Hall was so presumptuous, she wanted to get out of bed in a bad mood.

Pei Xiangjun was also about to get used to Luo Ning's small appearance, so he pressed her and commanded:

"Shocked, touch her, she will be obedient later."

"Little thief, you dare! Do you believe it or not, I'll go back to Nanxiao Mountain tomorrow......"

Night Terror Hall wasn't so rude, just leaned in and kissed two mouthfuls on the cold cheek.

Luo Ning turned her head and dodged a few times, unable to dodge, and finally closed her eyes in resignation and endured the humiliation......

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Before I knew it, it was early in the morning, and there was a rooster crowing in the distance:

"Giggle~~"

The sky was bright, and in an elegant courtyard behind the palace, the lights were all turned off, and only the two dim yellow lanterns under the eaves of the main house emitted a soft halo.

The bedroom was very quiet, and only three faint breaths could be heard.

Hongyu slept in the room, and on the table not far away, there were lanterns, smiley masks, rouge gouache and other messy objects, all bought on the street, which was regarded as a souvenir of a trip to Wuzhou.

In the bedroom, two sets of gorgeous dresses are placed on the screen.

The Queen Mother slept in a light belly pocket, with a little smile on her cheeks, probably dreaming of flying out of the palace one day and being free.

Xuanji Zhenren was lying flat on his side, although he was cynical on weekdays, but when he dreamed back at midnight, his cheeks still showed a faint sadness that outsiders could not see.

Xuanji Zhenren will go to Beijing to live in Beijing for a period of time every autumn, explaining to the outside world that he is visiting the queen mother, but in fact he is acting as a guard, so as not to encounter accidents to the empress.

In order to force the palace to seize power, the empress embarked on the road of no return, although the matter was completed, but the price of going against the sky has been left on her body.

Spring is born and autumn kills, autumn is the season of all things withering, every year after autumn, the empress's body will become very weak inexplicably, and the reason has not been found so far.

What Xuanji can really do is only search for the Minglong map in the four seas on weekdays, and return to Beijing to shelter his apprentices in the autumn, day after day, year after year, and he has been looking for a whole ten years.

But Minglongtu's success depends on luck rather than strength, and after so many years, she has only found possible clues, and she doesn't know how long Yuhu can last.

If something happens to Yuhu, she can't control the civil and military kings of the Manchu Dynasty by leaving people, and she said that breaking the sky is just a martial artist, and it is easy to guard one person, and it is difficult to defend one country, and there is no way to control the general trend.

These imminent things, only she knows, there is nothing she can do but there is nowhere to complain, and there is no way to return this responsibility to outsiders, what can she do in the future......

Xuanji Zhenren leaned on the pillow, and when she was secretly worried in her heart, she suddenly heard a movement coming from outside:

Knock knock~

"Your Highness? Your Highness? ”

Soon, there was a slightly sleepy sound in the main room:

"Something?"

"Just now, a chief of the Black Ya came to report that he had heard some news on the rivers and lakes, and Qiu Tianhe was going to Junshantai to fight ......"

"Oh...... Well?! ”

Liren obviously realized that Qiu Tianhe, who was half a master of the Night Terror Hall, would come to the door to stir up trouble when someone killed his son, and what would happen to him, and there was a sudden movement in the house of getting up and putting on shoes.

Xuanji Zhenren had already woken up, so she got up and put on her clothes and came out of the room.

Dongfang put on his clothes and walked out of the room, and when he saw Xuanji's real person, he said:

"Master, can Qiu Tianhe beat the Xuanyuan Dynasty?"

Xuanji Zhenren wore a belt and thought slightly:

"At the same level, the Tianhe Knife can't beat the Dragon Slayer Order and the Eight-Step Crazy Knife. In the past, Qiu Tianhe received at most three knives, but now that his strength has grown, it should be no problem to take five knives. ”

"What about after five knives?"

"If you admit defeat quickly, you still have a chance to step down. If Xuanyuan didn't talk about martial arts under the pain of losing his son, he shouldn't be able to run out of the ring. ”

"Isn't that certain death?"

Dongfang Liren felt that Qiu Tianhe was simply unlucky, as soon as he was released from the black dungeon, he turned his head and hit the muzzle of the gun, it was better to lock Qiu Tianhe in the capital to deliver food.

Dongfang Liren knew that the Night Terror Hall was affectionate, if it was because of killing Xuanyuan Hongzhi, causing the unwitting Qiu Tianhe to be slaughtered by the angry Xuanyuan Dynasty, the Night Terror Hall would definitely feel guilty, so he walked quickly to the outside of the courtyard.

Like the six courtiers who accompanied him, the Night Terror Hall lived in the guest house outside the palace.

Because he brought his female dependents with him, Dongfang Liren arranged it quite thoughtfully, with a single courtyard, no one lived around, and no one heard what he did at night.

Dongfang Liren jumped on the house on tiptoe, and walked through the huge palace in a straight line, and he could see that in several guest courtyards, there were old courtiers doing morning exercises, and the courtyard of the night terror hall was lit up, and it seemed that it was also up.

On the wall of the courtyard where Dongfang had come, he was about to scream, when he heard movement in the main house.

Then the door opened, and the night terror, who was wearing a robe, came out of the house:

"Your Highness, why did you come here so early? Something? ”

Dongfang Liren fell under the eaves, instinctively wanted to say the news just now, but subconsciously glanced into the house again, but unfortunately the inside was outside, and I couldn't see a few girls in the bedroom......

Night Terror Hall tasted the big peach offered by Ning'er and Sanniang yesterday, and slept a little dead, and just woke up, and didn't clean up the messy battlefield, where was it embarrassing to let the big stupid see it, and immediately raised his hand to protect her and walked out:

"Ning'er hasn't woken up yet, let's go to the verandah."

"Humph......"

Dongfang departed from people and suppressed distracting thoughts, and walked into the verandah together:

"I just received the news that Qiu Tianhe is going to Junshantai to fight for the sword. Qiu Tianhe was suddenly released, Jun Shantai must know that you have contributed, and you have old friends in the past. You just killed Xuanyuan Hongzhi, Qiu Tianhe is looking for someone else's father to fight ...... at this time"

Night Terror paused and turned his head:

"Already gone?"

"It doesn't sound like it has yet, but the wind is blowing, and it's only been these two days."

"These two days ......"

Night Terror raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, feeling that something was wrong, and thought for a while:

"I'll leave for a trip right away to see if I can pull Qiu Tianhe ......"

"You just killed someone, and when you go to Junshantai at this time, don't you throw yourself into the net? Why don't you send a message to Junshantai......"

"The sword has no eyes, Qiu Tianhe took the initiative to come to the door to fight, which is equivalent to signing a life and death certificate, Xuanyuan Chao left his hand to talk about martial arts, and he was really a killer, but he accidentally missed it later, and the government had no reason to punish him heavily.

"The government can't contact Qiu Tianhe for a short time, and when he steps into Junshan Terrace, he has to send an arrow on the string, and he can't escape from the battle. I have my own measure, and I will come back immediately after holding Qiu Tianhe. ”

Dongfang Liren was not at ease after all, and thought about it:

"Let Shizun follow you, with Shizun behind you, at least the Xuanyuan Dynasty can't kill you, be safe."

Night Terror Hall thinks that his strength is not bad, but he is still a little empty against the sword leader who has been famous for decades, and he did not refuse this, and after finishing speaking, he went back to the house and packed up his clothes......

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Thank you for the reward of the big guy [Little Flying Carpet]!

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