Chapter 131: The Paper Man on the Willow Branch
If a person has been engaged in a profession for a long time, there will be some occupational diseases more or less.
For example, a racing driver will involuntarily increase his speed when driving.
Doctors or nurses always have a faint smell of disinfectant in their homes.
Another example is the so-called success masters on the Internet, although they are poor, they always habitually regard themselves as Ma Dad in their speech and demeanor.
So Jiang Zhen is no exception, he has been a spy leader for most of his life, and he will always unconsciously look for something from the words and deeds of others.
He didn't mean it, he just got used to it!
So he habitually felt that the two girls that Zhu Yunxi brought back from Chang'an were a little unusual.
Han Xiang talked about everyone in the court, and he understated it, and even when he talked about Zhu Yuanzhang at the end, his face did not show the slightest change.
Even if she is the number one prostitute in the world, if there is no special reason, she will definitely not be so familiar and calm.
As for Wen He, he is a little too naΓ―ve and careless, of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that this girl asked about the residence of His Majesty the Emperor twice in a row, and it also involved the emperor's living habits.
Ordinary people may not feel anything, but these words are unusual when they fall on Jiang Xuan's ears.
"I hope it's just that I'm thinking too much."
On the way back, Jiang Xuan shook his head as he walked, still muttering to himself.
After a while, he walked into the palace and went straight to the Qianqing Palace where Zhu Yunxi was.
As soon as he walked into the Qianqing Palace, Jiang Xuan saw Zhu Yunxi lying on the soft couch on all fours, and Liuli on the side was holding a small face, looking at Zhu Yunxi with a blank eye.
"Third master, is the king of the daughter country really a woman? Then when they went to court, were all female ministers? β
Liuli's voice was full of curiosity, obviously listening to Zhu Yunxi tell the story of "Journey to the West" again.
"Of course, otherwise why is it called Daughter Country?"
Zhu Yunxi rubbed Liuli's hair and said to himself:
"If I were Tang Sanzang, it is estimated that the road to learning the scriptures would have stopped."
Brother Liuli giggled, covered his mouth and asked, "Why?" Could it be that the little third master is going to marry the king of that daughter country? β
Her big smart eyes blinked: "Even if you marry the king of your daughter's country, you can still continue to learn from the scriptures, it's a big deal to bring the king." β
"Well, it makes sense, but if I bring a charming female king, I'm afraid that before I reach the Western Heaven, I will have no choice."
"Nothing to do?"
Liuli was puzzled: "Didn't you say that you have to go to the West Heaven Great Lei Yin Temple to get the canon?" β
"Alas, silly girl, this essence is not the other, you are still young, you will understand in the future."
Zhu Yunxi reached out and pinched Liuli's face, and said with a smile.
Liuli looked confused, and muttered: "What is this essence and the other scripture, third master, what you say, why does Liuli always not understand it!" β
"Didn't you just say it, you're too young, and these truths will only be understood later."
Zhu Yunxi said seriously, and when he turned his head, he saw Jiang Xuan walking in.
"How is it, have you given them all orders?"
Zhu Yunxi sat up straight, looked at Jiang Zhen and asked.
Jiang Xuan nodded, "I have already met Miss Han Xiang and Qian Duoduo, the Qinglou Conference and the Heaven and Earth, they have already started to prepare, but the Qinglou Academy doesn't know what to do yet." β
"This matter is not in a hurry, I have to go and talk to Scholar Song."
Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Jiang Xuan looked at Zhu Yunxi in surprise, feeling a little dizzy, and asked in amazement:
"Could it be that the third master really wants Scholar Song to help you open the Qinglou Academy?"
"Can't you?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and asked: "Eating sex is human nature, although Scholar Song is old, he is also a man." β
Jiang Zhen scratched his head, feeling that this was simply incredible.
Who is Song Lian?
That's the most famous Confucian of the Ming Dynasty!
It can be said that he is the literati leader of the entire Ming Dynasty, how could he help Zhu Yunxi open the Qinglou Academy?
Little Third Master, this is a magic barrier, right?
...... Jiang Zhen felt that he didn't know what to say in order for Zhu Yunxi to dispel this ridiculous idea.
He thought about it, and said a little embarrassedly: "Otherwise, I will make a bet with the third master, if Song Lian agrees to help you open Qinglou College, I will give you 20% of my shares."
If he doesn't agree, you just have to give me the equivalent of 10% of my shares. β
After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhu Yunxi with an expression of victory.
Zhu Yunxi didn't say a word, stretched out his palm and shouted: "A word is a certainty, and a high-five is an oath!" β
Jiang Zhen blinked his eyes, and suddenly muttered in his heart.
If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!
With his understanding of Zhu Yunxi, he can agree so resolutely, there must be something wrong with this!
Jiang Xuan, who had committed another occupational disease, looked Zhu Yunxi up and down, and hesitated:
"Third master, shouldn't you have already told Song Lian a long time ago, right?"
Zhu Yunxi pouted: "It's not that you haven't seen the scene in the early dynasty, if you don't dare to bet, you can say it clearly." β
Jiang Xuan thought about it again, stretched out his palm and hit Zhu Yunxi three times, and said with a smile:
"If you lose, then Song Lian must be crazy!"
Obviously, he thinks that Song Lian will never go crazy for no reason.
So obviously, he thinks it's a gamble without suspense.
Zhu Yunxi also smiled and said leisurely: "If a person dies without going crazy once in his life, it will be really a little boring." β
Jiang Xuan was stunned for a moment, and laughed and said, "As soon as the third master said this, I really want to see the crazy appearance of Scholar Song." β
He patted his forehead, as if he suddenly remembered something, and said to Zhu Yunxi:
"By the way, that girl named Wen He wants to enter the palace, should I go and ask the old prince to do me a favor?"
As soon as he heard this, Zhu Yunxi suddenly shook his head like a rattle, and shouted in his mouth: "Forget it, don't let her in." β
Jiang Xuan seemed to be a little surprised by Zhu Yunxi's reaction, and said with a smile:
"I see that this girl is innocent and romantic, and it is really suitable to enter the palace to be a little maid for the third master."
"Oh? Do you think so too? β
Zhu Yunxi remembered Wen He's appearance, and a smile appeared on his face:
"She said that she had no father or mother, only a master raised her, and she lived alone on the Tianshan Mountains since she was a child, with leopards and golden eagles as companions."
Zhu Yunxi said slowly, always feeling that he was telling a fairy tale.
He stared at Jiang Zhen and asked with a smile, "Old Jiang, what do you think of this story?" β
Jiang Zhen looked at Zhu Yunxi's smiling eyes and said in surprise:
"Could it be that Xiao San has long thought that there is something wrong with her?"
Zhu Yunxi patted Jiang Xuan, but looked out the window, sighed and said:
"Everyone has a secret, but if the secret has nothing to do with you or doesn't hurt you, don't worry too much.
I don't know why she is hiding her background, but to be honest, she is indeed a lovely girl, just like my little glass. β
Zhu Yunxi said and pointed to the glass on the side.
Liuli's good-looking eyes blinked, and asked, "Third master, did you find another maid in Chang'an, isn't she very beautiful?" β
"As beautiful as you are."
Zhu Yunxi pinched Liuli's little face:
"If you had the chance, you could be a pair of little sisters, but she's a person who likes to make a fuss and play pranks."
Liuli hummed, but bit her lip, walked to the side without saying a word, supported her little face with both hands, and was stunned.
This girl looks jealous...... Zhu Yunxi was amused in his heart, but he heard Jiang Xuan continue:
"What does the third master think of that Han Xiang girl?"
"Han Xiang?"
Zhu Yunxi looked at Jiang Zhen in amazement and said, "Do you think she also has a problem?" β
Jiang Zhen nodded a little blankly, but immediately shook his head and said to himself, "I just feel it." β
Zhu Yunxi stepped forward and patted Jiang Xuan, and said in a sincere tone:
"Lao Jiang, I'm really worried that you will think that Liuli has a problem one day."
He said and pointed at Liuli, but the latter glared at him with puffed cheeks and continued to get angry!
In fact, for Han Xiang, Zhu Yunxi also had a trace of doubts.
But that little doubt is limited to the time when Han Xiang appeared, which is too coincidental.
At that time, Liu An, the prefect of Chang'an, said that Han Xiang was specially invited by him to greet Zhu Yunxi, and later Zhu Yunxi once asked Qian Duoduo to inquire about it, Han Xiang has been traveling around the Ming Dynasty in the past two years, but he just happened to come to Chang'an.
Liu An said that, just to curry favor with Zhu Yunxi.
Ruling out this, Zhu Yunxi didn't find anything wrong with Han Xiang.
Jiang Xuan saw Zhu Yunxi's indifferent look, so he had to sneer:
"Alas, I've been in the dark for a long time, so everyone who sees it will think it's a ghost."
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At the same time, in the small blue brick building in the backyard of Longxing Restaurant.
Han Xiang sat in the room, frowning with curved willow eyebrows, and said to herself:
"Jiang Xuan?"
"Could he be the terrifying Dark Hades?"
"Giggle......
She suddenly laughed, as if she had heard a big joke, remembering Wen He's coquettish appearance just now when she held Jiang Xuan's hand, and her shoulders twitched uncontrollably.
"Uncle Jiang?"
"Wen He, Wen He, you are really stupid to the moon."
Han Xiang knew that Wen He's martial arts were very high, because Xiao Liulang said that he was not her opponent.
But Han Xiang never thought that high martial arts meant powerful.
So in her eyes, Wen He is a stupid Bai Tian, and she only needs to use her brain to play with this stupid Bai Tian.
She stood up, walking barefoot up and down on the somewhat cold velvet blanket, but the question in her mind could not be solved.
"Zhu Yunxi was locked up in the palace by the emperor?"
"Why?"
It is impossible for Han Xiang to believe Jiang Xuan's words, and that kind of nonsense is estimated to be only believed by a brainless girl like Wen He.
"Could it be that there is a change in the palace, and the game between the two emperors and grandsons has been divided?"
Thinking of this, she sat down again, staring at her white jade feet in a daze.
"Zhu Yunwen?"
He said softly in his mouth and stretched out his left foot.
"Zhu Yunxi?"
She stretched out her right foot again.
The jade feet are delicate, but the soft toes are gradually tightened, as if they are about to be deeply embedded in the thin velvet blanket.
"Whoever it is, I'm going to put these feet on his head!"
The corners of Han Xiang's mouth hooked up with a touch of pride, and a sneer froze on her pretty face.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and Han Xiang didn't have to look back to know that it was Xiao Liulang who was coming.
"Zhu Yunwen was crowned King Huai and opened a mansion outside the palace gate."
Xiao Liulang's words were very brief, but the mystery in Han Xiang's heart was immediately solved.
"I see!"
She chuckled: "It seems that the little third master of the Qinglou is out of play, the opening of the mansion has always been the privilege of the prince, if nothing else, Zhu Yuanzhang finally chose Zhu Yunwen." β
She stood up, as if a little excited, and walked up and down the room, when she suddenly stopped in front of the dresser.
The figure in the bronze mirror is graceful, and a delicate face is even more captivating.
Han Xiang raised his hand, touched his face, the corners of his mouth hooked a touch of arrogant arc, and chuckled:
"Zhu Yunwen, don't you want her to hide my golden house?"
"Hehe, I'm looking forward to this day."
From beginning to end, Xiao Liulang looked at Han Xiang silently, and the pain in his eyes flashed.
In the other room, Wen He's face returned to that cold and biting coldness, she looked out the window, and after a long time, a cold snort came out of her mouth:
"Little Third Master, you are really a little slippery head who doesn't talk much, since you don't take me in, then I can only go in by myself."
That night, in the Palace of Hundred Flowers.
Zhang Xuanmiao, who had just finished bathing, leaned lazily on a soft collapse, her cloud-like hair fell from her shoulders, and the whole silhouette looked a little lonely.
Luan Yu, who was wearing a palace maid's costume on the side, also looked a little dazed.
After a while, Zhang Xuanmiao spoke:
"Master, did you say that the third master is over like this?"
Luan Yu shook his head a little dazedly, and said with a sigh: "I don't know either." β
After saying this, the two fell silent again.
Zhang Xuanmiao stared at the candle flame that was swinging from side to side, and said to herself:
"Actually, the most important thing is not which emperor I should fall towards, but that I should have a child of my own."
After saying this, she looked at Luan Yu beggingly, "Master, let me give birth to a child of my own." β
Luan Yu shook her head and sighed, "Silly girl, do you know why Your Majesty pampers you so much? β
Zhang Xuanmiao nodded: "That's because I am young and young, and Your Majesty likes my body." β
"That's it."
Luan Yu glanced at Zhang Xuanmiao with some disgust, and then said:
"You have no foundation in this palace now, if you are pregnant, Your Majesty will definitely snub you, don't say it is you at that time, even your children will suffer."
She patted Zhang Xuanmiao and comforted: "So don't worry, just wait." β
"But Your Majesty is getting old......
Zhang Xuanmiao looked at Luan Yu and shouted.
Luan Yu naturally understood the meaning of Zhang Xuanmiao's words, but she was not moved at all:
"In less than a year, the situation will be clear, and by that time, the master will definitely let you conceive the dragon seed before Your Majesty sails to the west."
She patted Zhang Xuanmiao again: "What you have to do now is to choose a good direction and wait quietly." β
Zhang Xuanmiao looked at Luan Yu with some astonishment, and said in surprise: "What does the master mean is that the little third master still has a chance?" β
"That kid is very ghostly, how can he be beaten down so easily."
Luan Yu thought of Zhu Yunxi, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but show a knowing smile.
In the flickering of the red candle, the two of them whispered privately, not noticing at all that on the willow branch outside the window, a palace maid was quietly watching them.
The night breeze blew her clothes, outlining a graceful figure, like a paper figure gently swaying with the willow branches,