Jade Fang, Scarlet Jade Pavilion.

The Qinlou Chu Pavilion of the Qunyufang has its own characteristics, and the incense pavilion is known for its dance, and the Fang Manting is crowned with color.

The Scarlet Jade Pavilion is different, taking the lead in gambling. The girls of the Scarlet Jade Pavilion have good gambling skills, and they are confident about how much they win and how much they lose, ensuring that the guests can win comfortably and lose willingly, and they can't get off the gambling table or get out of the door of the Scarlet Jade Pavilion.

Chu Zhixia dressed up as a man, and the appearance of the jade-faced Xiaolangjun made a group of girls laugh stupidly, and the crispy jade hand touched her. Chu Zhixia smiled and pushed their hands away with a folding fan, flexibly escaping the encirclement of fat powder.

The interior of the scarlet jade hall is mostly decorated in red, the red brocade woven with gold is formed into a hydrangea hanging in the air, a few red camellia sticks are inserted in the porcelain vase in the corner of the wall, and the staircase is also made of vermilion wood. In such a bright red, the blue figure leaning on the railing upstairs is particularly eye-catching.

Chu Zhixia raised his head and glanced at the man, and both of them smiled.

The little servant led Chu Zhixia to the private room, and Jiang Qiao was late.

Chu Zhixia looked at Jiang Qiao.

Jiang Qiao was wearing a wide dress in the color of the distant mountains, and the sleeves of his shirt slipped off between his hands, revealing a piece of his white arm. The long inky hair was pulled up, and a jasper hairpin was inserted diagonally, and there was no other ornament.

"If the eldest lady is willing to deign to come, then I must have proved my worth." Jiang Qiao ordered tea skillfully, slowly and methodically.

Chu Shixia nodded in approval.

The prince let Jiang Qiao go, which was only the first step.

If Jiang Qiao can get out of Fang Manting by himself, he will be qualified to go on Chu Zhixia's thief ship. Chu Shixia didn't need a vase with nothing but beauty, beauty without self-preservation would only invite disaster.

Chu Zhixia's knuckles knocked on the table again and again, and said calmly: "But you haven't told me yet, what do you want." There are also several kinds of blood feuds, if you just want the Jiang family's life, before the first snow falls this year, I can let their heads hang at the door of the Scarlet Jade Pavilion. ”

"Death is the easiest." Jiang Qiao pushed the fragrant tea in front of Chu Zhixia, his eyes were calm, "What I want is the Jiang family." ”

What is death? Jiang Qiao knew what the high-ranking Mrs. Jiang and the dustless Jiang Changgong were most concerned about and afraid of losing. Jiang Qiao wants to fight, he wants to grab, he wants to pinch the Jiang family in the palm of his hand, and see that their life is better than death.

Chu Zhixia smiled unexpectedly, "Jiang family? ”

The Jiang family has a wide range of industries, and it is also on the list in Jiangnan, where wealthy businessmen are like clouds.

"From the beginning of the game of "Guanyin Dashi Tu", I knew that the eldest lady had a lot of plans. If you want to achieve great things, how can you do without money? Jiang Qiao's fingertips pressed the edge of the teacup, and it seemed that Chu Zhixia would not let go of her if she didn't take it, even if her fingertips were burned red by the tea.

"If I am in charge of the Jiang family, whether it is in the clouds or the imperial capital, the eldest lady will teach the Jiang family whatever she wants."

Chu Zhixia was a little moved.

There are many impeachments in the DPRK and the middle of the country, and Chu Mingyan comes to the imperial capital every year to report on his work, in fact, to ask for money.

Grain, grass, horses, baggage, military salaries, piles and piles are all real money, the bitter cold land in the clouds, not suitable for growing grain, and the tax is even few. Chu Mingyan was so poor that he had to be sick for a long time every year for military expenses. The most abundant harvest of the year is to steal the property of corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

It's just in the peaceful years, if it is wartime...... Chu Zhixia remembered the great battle in the fourteenth year of the previous life, and his heart tightened.

"Man dies for money, and birds die for food." Chu Shixia took the hot tea from Jiang Qiao's hand and said slowly, "Miss Jiang tempted me with a lot of money, and I had to take the bait." In the decades that followed, we were both prosperous and losing. ”

Jiang Qiao smiled.

"This place is good," Chu Zhixia said curiously, "How did you escape from Jiang Changgongzi's men?" ”

"Fang Manting's old bustard embezzled public funds to raise his concubine, and the deficit on the books was too big to cover up. I straightened the books for her, and she introduced me to a client. Jiang Qiao raised his hand, and a string of transparent jade-colored arms on his wrist clanged.

Chu Shixia remembered Deng Mian's words and continued: "Dong Xian? ”

"Dong Xian is his pseudonym, this person's real name is Yan Ruhai, he made a fortune in gambling houses in Jiangnan, and he is obsessed with gambling skills, and he is very bad with the Jiang family. Unfortunately, he had met me because of my mother. Jiang Qiao said lightly, "Yan Ruhai didn't want to participate in the Jiang family's internal fighting, but when I won his money bag at the gambling table, he took me away." ”

Chu Shixia couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

Jiang Changgongzi used Qiao Ji to coerce Jiang Qiao to submit, and Jiang Qiao in turn forced him to release him in his own identity. If the crown prince learned that Jiang Qiao was the daughter of the Jiang family at this time, he would definitely believe that the matter of the three princes was designed by the Jiang family to curry favor with the Chen family, and the Jiang family would not be able to eat and walk around.

It's really shooting yourself in the foot.

"Then I'll take my leave, if you have something important, you can send someone to the Akiba Mountain Residence." Chu Zhixia got up and said.

Jiang Qiao also got up to see her off.

"Miss Jiang, you are a good woman." Chu Zhixia said suddenly.

Jiang Qiao was stunned, and was a little at a loss for a while.

"Your brother and your mother-in-law should be cut by a thousand cuts, but don't be blinded by hatred and go astray."

Chu Zhixia said softly, "I know what it's like to hate someone, I really can't wait to pull out all my bones, sharpen them one by one, and stab them to death." But Miss Jiang, you struggled to escape, to avenge your mother, to live, not to die. ”

Jiang Qiao's calm eyes suddenly trembled, like a pebble thrown into the silent stagnant water.

"What does it mean not to be lost?"

"My brother said to me, 'Closing your palms and reciting the Buddha to avoid calamity, your heart is upright and auspicious.'" Chu Zhixia put a string of bodhi seeds in the palm of her hand, pointed to her heart and said, "If you are not ashamed of your heart, you will not be lost." ”

Jiang Qiaomo held the string of Bodhi seeds, stunned and dazed.

"This is what I asked for from Yuanjue Temple. Miss Jiang, I wish you a smooth journey and get what you wish in the future. ”

——

The fourth year of auspicious charm, the first day of October.

The military martial arts competition is an annual event, and most of the participants are officers in the imperial capital, and there are also children of military families who volunteer. In previous years, those who won the top spot, in addition to the emperor's reward, also had a military rank promotion, and they would also be taken care of by their superiors in the army, which was really a rare good thing.

The emperor, princes, and court officials were placed on the towers with the best and highest views, and the rest of the petty officials or less powerful families were subordinated to them. The light snow on the school field was swept away, more than 20 rings were dotted, and the officers entered one after another.

Chu Zhixia's position was between the princes and princesses, and she didn't know whether the person who arranged the position was intentional or unintentional, so she sat next to the six princes and Bai Ziche. Regarding the New Deal, everyone knew that the emperor wanted to reuse the Pei family, and Pei Zhang naturally sat beside Chu Zhixia.

There was still snow in the sky, Chu Zhixia shrunk his neck and hugged the Tang Pozi in his arms tighter.

"It is said that it is a cold place in the clouds, but I didn't expect Miss Chu to be so freezing."

Chu Zhixia glanced lazily over, and the third prince poked out his head proudly, looking at her from three or four people.

"I've seen the Third Highness, the Third Highness's ass is good?" Chu Zhixia said casually, "If you are unwell, I can give up my place for His Highness to lie on his stomach." ”

"You!"

The third prince was annoyed and angry, and before he could jump up, he was grabbed back to his seat by Bai Huan with his ears.

Bai Huan saw that he sat down honestly, so Shi Shiran withdrew his hand and said indifferently: "If you make trouble again, you don't have to watch today's martial arts." Companion Reading House will choose it for you. ”

The third prince let out an aggrieved "oh", sat reluctantly, and no longer provoked Chu Zhixia.

As soon as the golden gong struck on the school ground, only the sound of falling snow was as subtle as the sound of cannibalization.

The exercise begins.

"When it comes to martial arts, the officers compare their martial arts. Group duels, the winner advances, a total of five rounds, until the last group to determine the winner. Pei Zhang intimately explained to Chu Zhixia, "I don't know if there is a difference in performing martial arts in the clouds?" ”

"Yunzhong has never engaged in a big competition in the army." Chu Shixia held his cheeks and smiled absentmindedly.

In the clouds, military merit is exchanged for life. If there is any other way out, the family will definitely not let their children go to the battlefield. There is no real talent and real learning, and when you get out of the snow pass, you will sharpen the knife for the Beidi people with your neck.

Pei Zhang smacked his tongue.

The sixth prince climbed onto Bai Ziche from his position, sat in his arms and played with his sleeve. Children are accustomed to entertaining themselves, and they can also have fun holding the gold lines on their sleeves, giggling from time to time.

Chu Zhixia looked at Yan Wu seriously for a moment, and couldn't help but shake his head.

"The young officers in the audience are not able to enter Miss Chu's insight?" Pei Zhang teased.

"Flower fists and embroidered legs are useless." Chu Shixia commented harshly.

It makes sense.

There are still a few sage books to be read in the scientific examination, and even if you don't do well in the exam, there are many powerful people who can operate by means, but there is always a day when you become an official in the court. But the army is different, there is no war in the imperial capital, and there is no way to take the examination for martial arts and soldiers.

For the gold-plated family, Yanwu is really a good deal.

As long as you have a little skill in the selection of people, and then coerce and lure the opponent, you don't have to worry about not getting a good ranking.

The third prince held back the fire in his belly, but he couldn't attack because Bai Huan was sitting next to him, and after listening to Chu Zhixia's words, he became more and more angry.

"Fourth brother, what do you mean by embroidering legs?" The sixth prince raised his face and asked Bai Ziche puzzled.

Bai Ziche just smiled and prevaricated him with pastries.

"Flower fist embroidered legs, which means embroidered pillows, are useless." Chu Zhixia rolled up his sleeves and scratched the nose of the sixth prince with a smile, "The Sixth Highness doesn't like embroidered pillows either, right?" The needlework is too hard, and it is uncomfortable to sleep. ”

The sixth prince nodded ignorantly.

The position of several people was not far from the emperor, and Yan Jie, who was guarding the emperor with a knife, couldn't help but laugh when he heard this childlike conversation.

The emperor listened to Chu Zhixia's words and shook his head with a smile.

"Yan Jue, you are also a military heirloom, do you have a brother to participate in the martial arts?" The emperor smiled and said, "If there is one, quickly point it out and let us see, so as not to let Yunzhong look down on the officers of our imperial capital." ”

How could it not be.

Yan smiled bitterly in her determination.

Since he was promoted to the general of Yulin Weizhonglang, the dishonest relatives in the family are still thieves. In this martial arts exercise, some people deliberately arranged weak opponents for the sons of the Yan family, and took the opportunity to flatter Yan Du. Yan resolutely refused the request of the elders in the family, and the rest was not easy to manage.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are indeed brothers in the minister's family who participate in the martial arts. It's just that their martial arts are commonplace, and they can't afford to bother Your Majesty to take a look. Yan never wanted to say more, and threw the conversation back to the emperor, "According to Your Majesty, is there anyone on the field who can be the prince's companion?" ”