Chapter 5
Wu Chi has heard of Chihua Palace, Xuan Niang has been talking about it since the year when Wu Chi was obedient, when she was a child, she said that there was a monster living in Chihua Palace with a golden light all over her body and full of fangs, and she specialized in eating children to replenish her energy.
If she told Xuan Niang that she was going to enter the palace to perform, she would probably be angry on the spot. Wu Chi walked on the road, kicking the stones on the side of the road, and whispered
"Anyway, Xuanniang will know sooner or later, it's better to be honest now."
I thought about it again, "If Xuanniang knows, with her temperament, it is not impossible to confine me at home, and when the Ming county lord finds Xuanpu again, then I Xuanpu ......"
Wu Chi shook his head in despair
"It's over, it's over, it's over, on the one hand, I'm going to die, and on the other hand, the whole shop is going to die, no, no, as long as I finish speaking, I get out of the palace with lightning speed, and the undercurrent won't be able to roll me."
Finally, he nodded with determination, and he couldn't offend the people in the palace.
Unlike yesterday, the door of Xuanpu is only slightly closed today, and Wu Chi walked into the atrium, only to see Xuan Niang sitting in the lobby, her face was terrifyingly black, and it seemed that it would explode in the next second.
Realizing that something seemed wrong with the situation, Wu Chi immediately knelt down in recognition
"Why kneel," Xuan Niang said.
"I did something wrong," Wu Chi said tentatively, but he didn't know why
"At noon, Aunt Yang, who sells peaches, made a special trip to Xuanpu in sackcloth to thank you, I know all the things you did. ”
Wu Chi immediately knocked his head down, and now he knew the reason, "Chi'er just looked at those soldiers pitiful......"
"So you're going to change the law, what is your identity, you dare to put your beak in front of the war field, the people in that circle, you can't even look at it, now you are good, you are in the limelight."
Xuan Niang scolded, her voice was full of anger and some remorse that hated iron and could not become steel.
"Chi'er was wrong, which made Xuanniang worried." Wu Chi lowered his head and whispered
Xuanniang sighed, "Chi'er, I know that you have people in your heart, and I also know that your temperament is like this, but in this world, you can't change it, especially those people in the palace are the most untouchable, understand?" “
Xuan Niang helped up the fog, her eyes were full of pity, "I only hope that you can live a safe and ordinary life, and run Xuanpu well, which is my greatest hope." “
Wu Chi lowered his eyes, uncomfortable in his heart, what he saw and heard in front of him and what he thought was never different from the ordinary people that Xuan Niang hoped for, he was a different person, if he really responded to Xuan Niang's words, he pretended to be deaf and dumb from now on, and his eyes were dizzy, and he would become a wooden man who would always stand next to the world.
"Xuan Niang, but in that case, I am not me."
Wu Chi had tears in his eyes, reflecting Xuanniang's white-haired appearance.
The moonlight was in the sky, and the moonlight shone on the figures of the two supporting each other, and when they were reflected on the ground, they looked like hugging.
Xuan Niang slowly stood up, turned around, and said calmly, "Go to sleep"
After Wu Chi saluted Xuan Niang, he walked a few steps and then turned back, the moonlight illuminated Xuan Niang, and the candlelight of the oil lamp stretched Xuan Niang's back very long, Xuan Niang didn't know when she was getting older and older, and her back was also a little bowed, as if she was bent by something.
Xuan Niang is always melancholy, and it seems that there is always a shackle that locks Xuan Niang.
Inside General Yin's mansion
Yin Qu sat on the main seat, calmly watching the bandits who were beaten to the point of flesh and blood
"Don't say it?" Yin Qu's cold voice was rigorous.
"Back to the general, I won't say anything." The person who replied was the one who proclaimed the law in the street - Song Lin, Yin Qu's bodyguard
Yin Qu got up and walked to the bandit, the bandit's mouth was gagged with a white cloth, his eyes widened, and when he saw Yin Qu, his muscles burst out, and he struggled to go up.
Yin Qu raised his hand and tore the white cloth from the bandit's mouth, and the bandit immediately opened his mouth to scold, dumb and full of anger
"Yin Qu! If you dare to destroy my village, I will make your life worse than death. “
"It's not easy to hang your life for so many days, and after explaining today, I can naturally reunite with your brother."
Yin Qu lowered his eyes and looked at the knife company, surrounded by a murderous aura.
"Yin Qu, if you kill my brother, someone will definitely avenge us."
"Oh? There are still people behind the master of the knife village. ”
The knife didn't even fight in one place, but he wanted to step forward but was suppressed by the young generals, Yin Qu pulled out Song Lin's sword, drew an arc in the air, and turned his hand to put the sword against the neck of the knife company.
"The novelty of the weapons in the knife village has killed many soldiers in our field army, and the knife village does not have the place and ability to build weapons, saying, where did those weapons come from?"
Yin Qu's eyes were full of murderous aura, and there was even blood, which was the anger of those dead soldiers.
"Yin Qu, my Dao Lian is a rough person, but he is also a person who can control his mouth, don't want to talk from me."
Yin Qu exhaled a breath of turbidity, and waved his hand to let Song Lin take the knife that was still scolding down.
Yin Qu's face was calm, his thoughts sank, and the weather outside suddenly became gloomy, the thunder roared continuously, and the wind was different from before, blowing viciously, and after a while, it began to rain heavily.
Ten days later, a carriage made of expensive yellow wood stopped at the door of Xuanpu, and Wu Chi saw at a glance that even the red jade beads on the decorative pendants hanging on both sides of the carriage were of the highest quality.
When he was stunned, Sang Luo dressed as a man and opened the carriage curtain, walked down, and saluted Xuan Niang.
"Sangluo? How do you" Misty Chi looked at Sanluo with amusement and a different image from the past.
"Today I will accompany you on a study tour in the suburbs." Sang Luo gave Wu Chi a look, and Wu Chi quietly glanced at Xuan Niang to confirm that Xuan Niang was not suspicious of this excuse.
Xuan Niang said calmly
"Miss Sangluo is calm and knowledgeable, and I can accompany Chi'er to study abroad, and I can relax most of my heart."
Xuan Niang's face was calm, and she beckoned Dafu to bring the package
"Take this package again, there are some essential items to go out, as well as the ice cake that Daifuku got up early today to buy for you."
Wuchi was overjoyed, "Thank you for your hard work, I'll invite you to drink when I come back." ”
Daifuku saluted respectfully, "I hope the girl has a smooth journey and a safe journey." ”
Sang Luo got into the car and pulled the curtain to beckon Wu Chi to get into the car.
"I'll be back early tomorrow morning." Wu Chi hugged Xuan Niang tightly, and before the tears in his eyes gushed out, he turned around and got into the car.
The carriage was getting farther and farther away, and Xuan Niang had been standing outside the door, watching the carriage disappear at the intersection
"She really wanted to go to the palace, and the carriage knew at a glance that it was the carriage of those people."
"Xuan Niang should tell the girl, the palace is very dangerous, and if you make a mistake, you may lose your life."
"I have repaired a book and put it in that bag, Master Yihe said that Chi'er must have this calamity, and I hope that Miss Xun has the spiritual energy to protect Chi'er in the sky."
"It's getting cold, Daifuku, let's go back to the house."
The carriage walked towards the palace, and the two people in the carriage looked at each other
"Why did you come" Wu Chi looked Sang Luo up and down, still not thinking of the reason
"I said, I'll accompany you on a study tour." Sang Luo shrugged his shoulders and said ghostly
"You know that I'm going to the palace, that tiger and wolf cave, it's very dangerous"
The fog hit Sang Luo, and he wanted to shoot Sang Luo normally
"That's why I'm going with you, the two of us can take care of each other, besides, you go to announce my name for the Sansheng Tavern."
Wu Chi sighed, opened Xuan Niang's package, took out a piece of ice cake and handed it to Sang Luo, "Oh, thank you for the ice cake." ”
Sang Luo took a sip and freed his mouth to "no thanks, no thanks"
Wu Chi was about to take another piece, but he saw something slipping out of the package, picked it up and saw that it was a letter, and the payment was Xuan Niang
After the fog was opened, reading from top to bottom, tears slowly welled up in Qingxiu's eyes, and after Sang Luo swallowed the ice crisp urgently, he hurriedly asked
"What is written in the letter"
"Xuan Niang already knew."
Wu Chi folded the letter neatly and put it back in the envelope.
"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from Xuan Niang."
"The letter contains something that will save my life." Wu Chi sorted out his mood and placed the letter firmly on the inside of the green robe
Wu Chi pulled the curtain of the car, and watched the mahogany palace gate in the distance getting closer and closer, as if pressed over, and the heavy cement wall was several feet thick, like an impermeable cage
Once inside, the carriage could only go here, and the rest would have to go on its own.
Wu Chi helped Sang get out of the carriage, and saw a young little eunuch waiting in front of him, only to promise.
The little eunuch saluted: "Two, please follow me to the leisure pavilion to rest and prepare." “
The two of them did not dare to slack off in etiquette
Wu Chi looked at the Chihua Palace as he walked, different from the black tiles and white walls in the streets, the houses in the palace were all golden yellow tiles, red pillars like blood, Wu Chi thought that it was really made of blood
Along the way, Wu Chi and Sang Luo knelt down several times, several of them were women from families with status outside the palace, and one of them turned into ashes Wu Chi recognized it, it was Li Yangyang, she actually had such a status, Wu Chi thought about how he had escaped with his whole body in the first place.
In the distance, a golden wide sedan chair is slowly being carried up, the light yellow gauze curtain on all sides is raised in the air, the clouds know the smoke and the beautiful eyes are looking forward to it, the muscle light is better than the snow, the air is like a quiet orchid, dressed in luxurious clothes, holding a gilded mandarin duck and relying on the fan, the style is various, and it is breathtaking.
Wu Chi knelt down skillfully, but he didn't expect the sedan chair to stop in front of the three of them, Wu Chi didn't dare to come out, only heard the words from the people above.
"Did you come from here?"
The little eunuch replied, "Concubine Yuyun is from the streets. “
Wu Chi thought that this Yun Niangniang should be Yun Zhiyan written by Xuan Niang in the letter, which is from the queen's faction, although she looks domineering but is kind by nature
Yun Zhiyan lightly touched his forehead, looked at the two kneeling on the ground, and snorted lightly
"Concubine Ming is also a person who doesn't know the number of etiquette, and the person who wants to perform in front of the Queen Mother doesn't know how to take them into the palace first and teach them, otherwise they will make a fool of themselves again, it's just that, this time it's not the queen's mother, I'm worried about something." Yun Zhiyan tapped on the edge of the sedan chair and beckoned the person carrying the sedan chair to go
After getting up, Wu Chi exhaled lightly, remembering that Xuan Niang had written a sentence in the letter, if there is anything difficult, the queen is close to her. Wu Chi turned his head to look at Yun Zhiyan's graceful back, his eyes were complicated, and his mind was dull, why did Xuan Niang know this, and what was her relationship with Chihua Palace?
It's finally time to get to the idle pavilion
The two were amazed that a small idle pavilion in Chihua Palace was larger than Xuanpu and the backyard, and the decoration was luxurious and atmospheric
"Leave people, if you are tired, go and rest, there is still a big scene waiting for you tonight"
Sang Luo made the bed and called the fog late.
"You said that we finally came to Chihua Palace, do we need to go around?" Wu Chi played with the light silk bed curtain, and his heart longed for the garden he had just passed.
"Don't die, run around or something." Sang Luo was righteous in his words, and his tone was firm.
"Just now the little father-in-law said that the idle pavilion is located in the northernmost part of the palace, no one has come, the most remote, and I heard that the snow banyan tree transplanted from Haisheng Country seems to be in Beiyuan, and the snow banyan fruit is a rare wine fruit, are you sure not to go" Wu Chi seemed to use the grass to scratch the mulberry on the heart
In the end, the two went out together
The two walked all the way to see it, Sang Luo was responsible for recognizing the snow banyan tree, and Wu Chi was responsible for letting out the wind to determine if anyone was passing by
On a high hall next to it, two people were talking, and one of them found something from a high place
"The behavior is suspicious, those two are not from the palace." Su Yi frowned and looked at the two people in the garden
Yin Qu took the opportunity to look at it, only to see Wu Chi probing his brain, sometimes arching his body slightly, sometimes turning around suddenly, looking ridiculous.
Su Yi saluted, "The general said, the humble will think seriously. Then he went down and arrested them.
"This is it!" Sang Luo seemed to have found some treasure, the snow banyan tree like a big umbrella was already full of snow-white fruits, Wu Chi fished out his sleeves, tied the front hem of the green robe to his belt, stretched his waist, and grabbed a thick trunk with one hand behind him, and climbed to the main trunk with his strength.
Sang Luo took out a small cloth bag and spread it with both hands, and his eyes were happy and ready to receive the fruit.
When he was about to pick the next, he only heard the sound of the mulberry falling below and the crisp sound of the fruit falling to the ground, and followed the sound
Su Yi grabbed Sang Luo's hand, the bright sword was against Sang Luo's snow-white neck, Sang Luo looked at Su Yi in horror, Su Yi frowned, his eyes were indifferent, his expression was cold, and he rushed over with a strong wind.
Wu Chi was shaken by the sword, his feet trembled, his hand didn't catch it, and he fell straight down, but he didn't wait for the expected shattered bones, he seemed to be caught by something.
The leaves of the snow banyan tree slowly fell with the wind, and one of them landed steadily on Yin Qu's broad shoulders, and Wu Chi closed his eyes tightly, clutching the snow banyan fruit in his hand.
When he opened his eyes, he saw that it was Yama, and Yama's eyes were still full of coldness, although the corners of his mouth were not curvature, but Wu Chi felt a hint of a smile
Wu Chi struggled to go down, Yin Quhuan's hand on Wu Chi's thin waist suddenly exerted force, Wu Chi fell firmly into Yin Qu's arms again, Yin Qu threw it up and caught it again, and weighed Wu Chi
"How can Mr. Liren be as light as a woman" The fog was stunned, and this time he definitely saw the corners of Yin Qu's mouth curled
When he came back to his senses, Wu Chi hurriedly jumped down and knelt on the ground not daring to raise his head, so that Yama's sword could not find his neck.
"I, Weichen, lowly, it's not right" Wu Chi's head was very messy, making a mess of the etiquette written by Xuan Niang in the letter.
"It's the grass people." Yin Qu found the answer for Wu Chi
Wu Chi took the answer: "The grass people meet General Yin." ”