Branches on the moon.

The noise of the market continued, but the courtyard fell silent.

Dongfang Liren has never been in contact with medicine after all, and there are not many places to help, because he can't help, so he stood in the courtyard at this time, holding a dragon gun, and slowly practicing marksmanship.

The bird leaned on the recliner next to him and staggered, and from time to time he faked a "chirp~", praising the fat-headed dragon for playing so well.

Because of the need to maintain a constant temperature, the doors and windows of the dan room were closed, the stove was lit with a dim glow, and the smoke was exhausted from the flue on the roof.

Night Terror Hall sat on a small bench, holding a puff fan in his hand, carefully watching the changes in the flames in the stove, because he looked quite cold when he was expressionless, and his body was broad-shouldered and broad-backed, and his silhouette really looked like a master who was concentrating on refining the elixir.

Fan Qinghe grinded all kinds of medicinal materials, added them to the medicine furnace in turn according to the Dan prescription, and then sat down next to the Night Terror Hall, holding his cheeks with both hands and said:

"Okay, now let's simmer on low heat for twelve hours, and when the fire is up, add the snow lake flowers, and the beads will be condensed, and the order of the dosage will be exactly the same, and it will definitely not be fried... ...”

Although the words are relaxed, a little nervousness can still be seen on the three-dimensional moving facial features.

Night Terror pulled the small bench closer and sat closer, and said with a smile:

"There is no mistake in the process, even if it doesn't work, it is also a problem with Zhang Jinglin's prescription, just boil the medicine and wait to see the result, don't be nervous."

"I'm not nervous."

Fan Qinghe turned his head to look, and then made the appearance of a dignified female doctor, and held the wrist pulse of the Night Terror Hall:

"How are you? Is there anything uncomfortable in your body? ”

"Everything else is fine, but I feel a little weak and don't have much strength."

Fan Qinghe carefully called the pulse, didn't find any major problems, and thought about it:

"Are you hungry?"

Night Terror Hall smiled: "I've been squatting here for a long time, I'm definitely hungry, why don't you watch first, and I'll get something to eat?" ”

Fan Qinghe looked at the stove, then got up and said:

"It's nothing to do now, I'll just ask my uncle from the pharmacy to come and watch the fire, let's go out for dinner." In the afternoon, I told Bird Bird about grilled fish, don't take it to eat, and I will definitely ignore it in the future······"

"Tss

Bird's hearing was obviously very good, and after catching the keyword, he just cooed outside, and then ran towards the door.

Seeing this, Night Terror didn't say much, cleaned up a little, and went to the market outside with the two girls.

The East Market is a trade market connecting the east and the west, the scale is quite large, and the population is mostly concentrated in this area, because there is a demand for banquets to discuss business, and there is a nearby food street, in addition to restaurants, there are also Qinglou gambling houses and other occasions for people to have fun.

Fan Qinghe said that the grilled fish shop, is not an ordinary street stall, but a big restaurant, on the façade of the street, there is a sign of "Tianlang Legacy Rhyme", it is said that it is still a word to ask a great writer to mention, and the people nearby are generally called Tianyun Building.

Because the Xihai Duhufu is vast and sparsely populated, the land price is quite cheap, the restaurant is not only a building, there is a large courtyard behind it, for guests to have dinner in the room, and the open-air roast sheep outside is also a characteristic of the great northwest.

Night Terror Hall followed Fan Qinghe to Tianyun Tower, which is in the middle of the downtown area, and you can see that there are many businessmen from the south to the north feasting inside, the street is almost full of carriages, and the sound of pushing cups and changing lamps can be seen everywhere:

"Come and drink..."

"Brother Wang's good drinking ······"

Fan Qinghe had been here before, but he was familiar with the way, and after greeting the guy, he came to a courtyard in the back.

The courtyard is very smoky, with a large oven in the middle and firewood and charcoal next to it, which seems to allow guests to roast themselves; The room is quite elegant, with tables, chairs, tea couches and so on.

Although Night Terror wanted to roast the lamb in person, there were only three people, and it was obviously too troublesome to spend half a day roasting a lamb, so I just asked for a few special dishes.

The three of them sat down in the room, and waited for only a moment, and the steward of the restaurant asked the man to carry a large copper plate in, in which was a large fragrant fish, which was three feet long, and there were some side dishes.

After the dishes were put down, the restaurant manager asked with a smile: "What kind of wine do the three guest officers want to drink?" ”

The night terror hall pressed the bird that could not be held back, and before he could speak, Dongfang Liren, who was sitting next to him, asked, "Is there a white head in the night?" ”

"Uh·····."

The steward's expression froze, and he said with a smile:

"Night white head thing, the officials of the court can be given a cup is a blessing, where to find the whole altar on the market. The "immortal kneeling" over there in the Southern Dynasty, the owner got a few jars from Shazhou, and only then did the high rollers order an altar, if a few wanted, I went to discuss with the owner, that is, this price must be higher than that of the Southern Dynasty······" Bring me an altar. "Okay, officer."

The steward hurriedly turned around and went out the door.

When Fan Qinghe heard that he was going to drink wine like 'Martyr' again, he was afraid that he would mess around after drinking, so he ran to help the Night Terror Hall push the stick at night, and naturally became nervous in his heart, and said softly:

"I still have to refine medicine, I don't dare to drink more······"

Night Terror Hall knew what Fan Qinghe was worried about, he wanted to take advantage, just come clearly, he couldn't kiss and touch Aunt Fan after getting drunk, and said with a smile at the moment:

"Just drink two glasses, eat with your own family, and you won't persuade you to drink. Let's eat the vegetables, this fish smells really good. ”

Dongfang Liren sat on the right hand side of the Night Terror Hall, and after the guy brought the wine, he poured a glass for the Night Terror Hall and Fan Qinghe, and the three of them drank it all in one go, and then began to eat.

Fan Qinghe did something very embarrassing last night, and he was not embarrassed to talk during the banquet, so he just ate with his head bored.

And Dongfang Liren was embarrassed to show that he had been bullied by the villain when Fan Qinghe did not go into the water, but he also maintained the look of a majestic queen.

Night Terror Hall sat between the two girls, seeing that this scene was really a little funny, helping to pick up vegetables left and right, chatting about some irrelevant gossip so as not to be too cold, just chatting without a word, suddenly felt that it was not right, and raised his eyes to look at the courtyard outside.

Dongfang Liren was feeding the birds and eating fish, and when he saw this, he turned his head and looked:

"What's wrong?" "Shh~"

Night Terror Hall raised a finger and listened carefully, and through the night wind, he could hear some conversational words coming from a certain courtyard not far away:

“······ It's not that Li doesn't help, Brother Hua also knows that not to mention the living plant, even if two leaves are dropped, the prince has to file it and store it properly, and wait for the court to dispose of it······"

"Aren't there wild plants recently, these have not yet been recorded, and the specific number of plants collected is not a matter of the prince's words······"

"Alas, this is not right, the prince has always had a righteous personality, how can he take it for private use because the wild plants have not yet been recorded······"

Fan Qinghe heard the words, frowned slightly, and leaned closer and said:

"Listening to the tone, it seems to be Li Xian, the housekeeper of Zuoxian's Palace, who used to pay tribute to Zuoxian's Mansion in the winter, and was embarrassed by him a few times······"

Dongfang Liren knew that the 'Brother Hua' should be the middle-aged man he met in Tianlang Lake last night, and frowned:

"Hua Qingzhi is also over there? Being able to get in touch with King Zuoxian's housekeeper is not like a young lady from an ordinary merchant's house...

As the saying goes, the seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door and the housekeeper of the palace are indeed not something that ordinary businessmen can climb.

Night Terror didn't care about any of this, but was just curious about what was being talked about, so he stood up silently and went into the courtyard to listen carefully······

At the back of Tianyun Building, there is a large courtyard that can accommodate more than 20 people to eat together.

There was a blazing fire in the oven in the courtyard, on which was a lamb, which had been roasted to a golden brown and dripping with oil, and there were a few tables on the surrounding terrace, sitting the guards of Washington and some private guards of Zuoxian's palace.

In the room next to it, the doors and windows are open, there are all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas on the table, and there is an old musician who is pulling the erhu next to him.

Li Xian, the chief butler of Zuoxian Palace, sat on the main seat, drank a few glasses of wine, and was already slightly drunk.

Hua Junchen sat next to him, kept pouring wine, and took a brocade box from his attendant, and sighed lightly:

"It's cold in the northwest, Brother Li is a literati, he works in the palace all the year round, but you have to pay attention to your body, these two old ginseng...

Seeing that Hua Junchen was about to give gifts, Li Xian raised his hand slightly:

"It's really not that Li doesn't help, now the empress of the Southern Dynasty is patrolling the border, there are still wolves on Tianlang Lake, the palace is busy, Li can come over, it is already the prince who respects the old lady, and he doesn't want to snub Brother Hua.

"But the snow lake flowers are alive, Li really can't help it, every time the prince has an emergency, he has to go to the court... ...”

Hua Junchen sighed and said: "The situation of the daughter, Brother Li also knows, no matter how difficult this matter is, I, as a father, have to find a way to not ······."

"Alas, Miss Hua's situation, Li sees it in his eyes, if there is a way, how can he not help, but Xuehuhua is in charge of the prince, and Li is a housekeeper, where can he dispose of it without authorization······"

Hua Qingzhi sat in a wheelchair, and was originally by the big stove in the courtyard, watching the chef roast the lamb.

Hearing these words, Hua Qingzhi's eyes flashed a little helpless, and she turned her head and said:

"Luzhu, there are a lot of fireworks here, push me out for a walk."

The green beads feel that the lambs are all roasted, so fragrant, and I am afraid that it is not appropriate to go now.

But the young lady wanted to relax, she was afraid that she would not be able to do it, so she still pushed it out of the courtyard at the moment.

Outside the courtyard is the passageway, and the full moon shines silver from the sky, which is very quiet.

Gurgling ······

Hua Qingzhi sat in a wheelchair, walked through the courtyard wall, came to the corner where she could see the moon, and looked up at the starry sky.

Lu Zhu lay on the back of the wheelchair and muttered in a low voice:

"A broken housekeeper, he really regards himself as a character, if the master doesn't ask King Zuoxian, where will he be polite to him. Miss rest assured, even if it is not convenient for Zuo Xian's Mansion, the master can collect all the medicinal materials in private. ”

Hua Qingzhi is not in a hurry to find Qi Hua Zhu, after all, Doctor Wang said that it is okay to use medicinal materials on the market, but it will only take three or five years to recover.

Seeing Lu Zhu's words of comfort, Hua Qingzhi shook her head and said softly:

"The wild plants of the Snow Lake Flower are just a trivial matter of nodding, if Grandpa is still in the middle of the court, how can Zuoxian Wangfu excuse half a sentence, not give ten plants, and will also give one or two plants to maintain affection.

"Now that my tone is so hard, I put Wang Fa in front of me in my words, it's just because my Hua family has been away from the court for many years, and my face is not as big as it used to be."

Lu Zhu sighed lightly: "If you want me to say, the old lady shouldn't have taken the initiative to tell the old man to return to his hometown. ”

Hua Qingzhi still shook her head at this, as the granddaughter of the Hua family, she knew very well what was going on at home.

When her grandfather was in power, it was when the first emperor was in power, and there was a tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers, and they were naturally high and powerful.

But once the son of heaven and a courtier, as the first emperor became critically ill, between her grandfather and the crown prince, it became 'the emperor and the young minister strong', but the prince was not a weak monarch who could handle it at will.

If her grandfather hadn't taken the initiative to return to his hometown, with the skills of today's saints, where would he have stayed in the Chinese family to this day.

Her father wanted her to marry the prince and the prince, because Emperor Liang was unpredictable, and he was afraid that the old lady would one day drive the crane west, and the Hua family would have no one to carry the Liang, and there was no one who could speak in the court.

These things are not easy to talk about publicly, and Hua Qingzhi didn't talk to Lu Zhu, just looked at the moon in the sky and secretly pondered in her heart.

But before he could think about it for long, at the corner of the wall, a voice suddenly sounded step by step:

"Go up to the west building alone without a word, the moon is like a hook, and the lonely Wutong deep courtyard locks······ Hiss~······"

The voice was originally clear and magnetic, but it sounded from the ears but not abruptly, and it sounded like a talented and talented young man.

But before he finished reading a poem, he suddenly gasped again, as if it was caused by pain.

!

Hua Qingzhi and Lu Zhu turned their heads in unison, obviously stunned.

When he reacted, Lu Zhu's eyes showed a bit of surprise, and he directly pushed the young lady back to the corner.

Hua Qingzhi was full of surprise, and looked back at the courtyard, obviously afraid that after being discovered, it would lead to a big mess. Grunt~

But in the blink of an eye, the wheelchair was pushed around the corner by the green bead and saw the other side of the aisle.

And the two figures were also presented under the moonlight.

The handsome boy in a black robe held a saber with his arms around his chest, leaning against the wall, his posture looked chic and chivalrous, he should have been looking at the moon and reciting poetry just now, but now it has become unsmiling.

And the heroic woman with a proud figure, standing next to the black-robed boy, her eyes narrowed slightly and looked a little fierce, her hand was still on the waist of the black-robed boy, and when they turned around, she let go of her hand and faintly "hum~'.

"Ye Gongzi, His Royal Highness King Jing, you ······"

Hua Qingzhi's cheeks were full of surprise, and she wanted to get up and salute, but she felt that the occasion was wrong, so she looked back, looked at the two of them again, and asked with her eyes - how dare you come here?

The Night Terror Hall was standing here, listening to the gossip in the courtyard, and wanted to pretend to be happy, but was interrupted by stupidity to cast a spell, and his heart was slightly embarrassed, and he said softly:

"Yesterday the occasion was wrong, I didn't say hello to Miss Hua, but I didn't expect to meet here again. I just listened to Miss Hua's small talk, came here to find medicinal materials? ”

Hua Qingzhi saw with her own eyes yesterday that the Night Terror Hall had cut dozens of people, but when she arrived in front of her, she didn't feel the slightest ferocity, whether it was her tone or demeanor, she was as sunny and easy-going as she was in Yun'an, and the contrast was so great that she wondered if the black-clothed Hades who scared the entire convoy yesterday was the handsome boy in front of her.

Hearing the words of the Night Terror Hall, Hua Qingzhi responded softly:

"When I was in Yun'an, Doctor Wang prescribed a prescription, and the flowers of the Snow Lake Flower can be used to achieve immediate results, but it can also be completely recovered with ordinary medicinal materials, it is nothing more than a long time, and the matter of medicinal materials is not urgent."

"Yes..."

Dongfang Liren stood beside him, looked at it a few times, and asked:

"You are the granddaughter of the old lady of Northern Lianghua?"

Hua Qingzhi estimated that both of them saw it, and they didn't hide it:

"That's true, the last time I went to Yun'an, I didn't want to be too eye-catching, and I didn't deliberately hide it."

Dongfang Liren saw Hua Qingzhi admit it, and nodded thoughtfully.

The Hua family in Hudong Province, although it is not currently in the Northern Liang Dynasty, has accumulated over hundreds of generations, and has a great reputation in Hudong Province, and is regarded as the leader of the family.

Although the Hua family has nothing to do with Great Wei for the time being, Dongfang Li knows his sister's ambitions, and if he enters Hudong Road one day, he will have to find a few famous people in the north to welcome their Emperor Majesty to Yanjing smoothly.

As long as the Hua family is willing to take the lead and set an example, the small families and even the literati below will definitely take advantage of the donkey to submit to the slope, and there will be much less resistance.

For this reason, after confirming Hua Qingzhi's identity, Dongfang Liren naturally had the idea of wooing people, and said:

"This king and you still haven't finished the game of chess, and it can be regarded as a bit of friendship. Since King Zuo Xian can't give it to you, this king will give it to you, how much do you want? ”

Hua Qingzhi was very smart, and when she heard this, she shook her head a little helplessly:

"The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, I regard King Jing and Yegongzi as friends, not because of the identity of the two, and I don't want the two to treat me differently because of the Hua family.

"Ordinary medicinal materials are also useful, I'm not in a hurry, but my family is afraid that I will delay for too long and miss the age of marriage, if Your Highness really helps me find all now, I'm afraid I should be even more worried."

Seeing that Hua Qingzhi was not in urgent need, the Night Terror Hall bowed slightly, and turned to say:

"It may not be peaceful in the city these days, Miss Hua and Ling Zun, it's best not to walk around. My identity is inconvenient, and it is really not suitable to stay for a long time, so I will leave first, and we will meet again in the future. I didn't say goodbye in the capital last time, and now I can make up for it. ”

"Huh?"

Hua Qingzhi said goodbye when she saw the two of them say a few words, obviously a little hesitant, but this is the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate, and the two of them ran in, they didn't know how much risk they had taken, and they really shouldn't delay here. Seeing that the Night Terror Hall turned around with the queen, she thought about it and asked: Read the book

"Childe didn't finish the poem just now, did he? What's in the back?

Dongfang paused slightly and looked at the night terror.

The night terror hall has just been picked up by stupidity, if it continues, maybe it won't be able to enter the bed in the future, and then look back and smile:

"I forgot to interrupt, if I have the opportunity to meet in the future, I will tell Miss Hua."

When Hua Qingzhi heard this, even if her heart was itchy, she was not in a hurry, and bowed slightly:

"See you again tomorrow."

Night Terror raised his hand and waved, then turned around the corner and disappeared.

Lu Zhu stood behind him, and he didn't dare to speak, so he lowered his head and said:

"Just gone?"

"Or else? When the two countries confronted each other, they were able to show up and say hello, they already regarded me as a friend, and I just hope that the world will be peaceful in the future, and we can meet again. ”

"Absolutely. Yegongzi is so powerful, even if there is a war, I estimate that he will enter the Hudong Road, and when the time comes...

··· Ouch~"

Hua Qingzhi raised her hand and tapped on the top of the green bead that was unobstructed, and after looking back again, she returned to the courtyard in a wheelchair······

The wine party in Tianyun Building is over, and the night is dark.

Hua Junchen couldn't ask for Xuehu Hua, and looked a little depressed After bidding farewell to Li Xian, he took his daughter and the guards back to the store not far away.

And Li Xian, who was slightly drunk, came to the carriage parked on the side of the street with four guards, and threw the box containing the old ginseng into the hands of his entourage at will:

"Just take two old mountain ginseng to make a little relationship, I want to exchange ten snow lake flowers, I am really used to being pampered in the east of the lake, I think I have a big face, and I forgot whose place this is. If it weren't for Hua Tai's seniority, I wouldn't have bothered to see him······"

The guard caught the box and said respectfully: "Indeed, Wanbaolou has thousands of gold and silver, and this shot is also a little shabby, what should I do next?" ”

"Hua Junchen can't get it from the palace, he will definitely accept it privately, say hello to the below, and strictly investigate, and when he really can't find a way, he will naturally come to the door again······"

While Li Xian was talking, he boarded the carriage, and just bent down to enter the carriage, he suddenly found a shadow in the dimly lit carriage.

Before Li Xian could squint clearly, he found that there was a piercing coldness on his neck.

“......”

Li Xian was sober in an instant, he could be a housekeeper in the palace, he was obviously a smart man, the knife was already on his neck, and he opened his mouth to shout that the guards outside were too late, and after a little silence, he still entered the carriage and commanded:

"You stand down first, I'll rest and sober up."

The four guards outside didn't hear any abnormal aura in the carriage, so they naturally ordered them to retreat.

Li Xian was held by a knife and sat down on the side of the carriage, and the person sitting in the carriage could be seen in the afterglow of the man, a Jianghu man wearing a hat, with a fairly well-proportioned figure, holding a Xueliang long knife with one hand and pointing at him.

"This strong man, Li is just a housekeeper, some money, but it is all in the palace, and he doesn't have much on him, if a strong man asks for money, ·····."

Night Terror Hall didn't look up, took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, and put them beside Li Si:

"I'm here for the Snow Lake Flowers, and I'm honest with you, it's all yours. If you want to hide it, I can ask in another way. ”

As he spoke, Night Terror took out another vial, flicked the lid open, and poured the red powder into the knife.

Xijiang already produces medicinal materials, and Li Xian, as the housekeeper of the palace, may not be familiar with other things, but he has indeed seen too many rare medicinal materials, but he smelled a slightly pungent smell, and he could distinguish that it was the powder of "burning bone hemp", his face immediately turned a little whiter, and he raised his hand slightly:

"Zhuangman, Li is just a housekeeper, the snow lake flowers are placed in Xing Prison, and they are personally taken care of by the prince, I can't touch them...

"Last night, a master robbed the escort team in Tianlang Lake, what was the reaction of King Zuo Xian?"

"I haven't seen the prince these days, I don't know

······ Wait! ”

As soon as Li Xian said a few words, he saw the swordsman next to him, tilting the blade slightly, and the medicine powder slid down, and he hurriedly raised his hand and didn't even dare to come out:

"What the prince's reaction was, Li really doesn't know, but this morning, the prison sent someone over and ordered to feed the horses and arrange the clothes, it seems that the prince is preparing to go out, I really don't know anything else."

······

Night Terror Hall didn't think that King Zuo Xian dared to leave the prison half a step at this juncture.

If the team was robbed and went out of the city to chase him in a hurry, King Zuo Xian should have gone out last night.

If you don't leave, you should stay in the prison every step of the way, which is unexpected news that the palace was ordered to prepare in advance.

"Do you know when to leave?"

"I don't know about this, I'm just taking care of the internal affairs of the palace······"

Night Terror Hall carefully interrogated for a moment, to make sure that the housekeeper was not lying, in order to prevent the disappearance of the housekeeper from arousing the vigilance of Zuoxian's palace, he did not kill anyone, pushed the silver ticket over, put away the knife, and left the carriage silently······