Su Yan thought about mending the Buddha's body, withdrew the next month's money from the account room, and went to the street.

After turning for a long time, I stopped in front of a green building and was amazed.

In front of him, a three-story pagoda-like carved building, half-hidden in the shade of lush willow trees, is no different from the green building of Chu State.

Yunlai Pavilion

"Girl, have we met?"

A voice came from behind her. Su Yan was speechless, shook his head and lamented, how can this world be embarrassing, it is a man who opens with this sentence when he sees a woman!

She smiled bitterly: "Your Excellency, your eyes are not good, I have never known Your Excellency, how can I have seen it?" ”

In front of him was a beautiful man, dressed in a crimson brocade robe, with a golden bird trim, his hair spread out like splashed ink, and his sword eyebrows and starry eyes, which was very beautiful.

Su Yankan stabilized his mind and said, "Who is Your Excellency?" ”

The beautiful man tilted his head to look at her and suddenly smiled.

"Yanzhen, good sister!"

Su Yan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously took a step back. She tried to run, but her feet seemed to be rooted, and she couldn't take her eyes off. looked at his face greedily, as if he saw the immature child who had been, tilted his head hard, smiled at her, and called her sister sweetly.

Yan Zhen looked up at Yunlai Pavilion and said, "It's just right, I will step down today, I will be the east, please drink!" ”

After that, he grabbed Su Yan and walked straight into Yunlai Pavilion.

In the elegant room, the sandalwood is swirling, and the light yarn is flying.

Su Yan picked up the teacup and stared at the beautiful man sitting opposite from time to time, he was still leaning on the pillow leisurely, closing his eyes and smelling the fragrance of tea, looking like a rich son.

The teacup in his hand froze, and then knocked down on the food table: "Little brother, seeing that you are handsome, is it possible that you still fall in love with me, a sister who is a few years older than you?" Thank you for that! ”

The beautiful man opened his eyes, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "What did my sister say, I don't have time to respect you, how can I offend?" ”

"Sister and brother, we don't know each other, and the call is quite smooth." She chuckled dryly twice to avoid his gaze.

"Don't recognize?" The beautiful man was in a dilemma, and immediately relieved after a moment, "I don't know you today." ”

"Okay, okay, get to know each other!" Su Yan rolled his eyes and said.

"I haven't been back to the palace for many years, but as soon as I went back today, I saw the nurse, and she told me that she missed me." Yan Zhen said in a deep voice.

Su Yan stopped his chopsticks and wanted to respond to him, but he didn't know what to say.

He also said: "The nurse is still with the locust tree in the backyard of my palace, which was about to die, and she went to the mountains to pick up a few buckets of mountain spring water to save it. But the nurse shook her head and said that if the person who planted it suddenly wanted to go home, only to find that her beloved tree was dead, how sad she would be! ”

Yan Zhen sighed: "You say, is the nurse crazy?" ”

"Why don't you hate me?" Su Yan asked him sadly.

"I will take revenge if I say it, and I may not remember if I have grace, in addition to my parents in this world, there are only you and the Buddha, and I will never be able to hold a grudge."

"But I don't like locust trees anymore, to be honest, I have nothing to do with that palace."

"I don't care!" He stubbornly said: "It's okay if you go back, or if you don't go, I only recognize you anyway!" ”

"Your mother doesn't like me, why should you do it against your mother for me?"

"I am a brother to you and the Buddha, so it is worth it to do anything for you!" Yan Zhen suddenly tilted his head and coquettishly said to her: "Sister, don't be sad, come, I'll give you a smile!" ”

Su Yan turned sadness into laughter.

All misunderstandings were solved and vanished.

Yan Zhen took off the brocade bag on his waist and showed her a bloodshot jade ring: "The day you left, you told me that you wanted the Yan jade ring enshrined in the ancestral hall of the eldest grandson's family, so I went to the ancestral hall of the eldest grandson and took it out, and I have been hiding it on my body, and today it is finally returned to its original owner." With that, he took her hand and put it on her index finger.

Su Yan looked at the jade ring. That's just a way for her to deliberately break away from him in order to run away from home, a lie, and this ring is a treasure of the eldest grandson's family for generations, enshrined in the ancestral hall and guarded day and night, how can it be easily given away.

Su Yan suddenly realized: "You snatched it?" ”

Yan Zhen patted his chest and said proudly: "Then it goes without saying that the few people in the ancestral hall of the eldest grandson are not enough for me to beat." ”

"No one noticed?"

"Don't worry, I entered the house at night, no one saw through it, and they still think it's a thief."

Su Yan hurriedly took off the jade ring and handed it back to him, "I just lied to you back then, you better hurry up and return it, if you are discovered, it will be over!" ”

"It's just a jade ring," Yan Zhen disagreed: "The eldest grandson's family doesn't care much, so there is no need to be afraid." You can put it in a sachet and wear it with you, which will not be noticed, and it will have the miraculous effect of sleeping and warding off evil spirits. ”

Su Yanmo held the jade ring, feeling extremely sad. At the beginning, he insisted on leaving, and tricked him into going to the eldest grandson's house to steal the jade ring, and the eldest grandson's family would not be unclear. didn't pursue it, but it was just because of the eldest grandson Pingle.

But in this way, the eldest grandson Pingle will definitely be reprimanded in his mother's house, and Yanzhen will naturally not be able to please his mother.

As he was talking, a column of maids opened the door and came in, serving food and pouring wine, and then a graceful woman came in, shaking a feather fan, and said in a shrill voice: "Yo! It's been a long time since the two guest officers came! ”

Su Yan looked at this person with a familiar face, and it took him a long time to remember, slapped his thigh, and said happily: "You are destined to meet thousands of miles away, you are not the old bustard of Chucheng!" You've opened all of your branches to Rongguo?! ”

Only then did the old bustard recognize Su Yan, and he was also very surprised: "It turned out to be you, what's the matter, Chucheng's business is not good?" ”

"It's hard to say, if my sister is willing, I will tell you in detail in the future." Su Yan buried his head in catching up with the old bustard, and forgot the beautiful man who was still at a loss, and found out in hindsight, and hurriedly explained to him: "This is amazing, there are so many green buildings in Chucheng, and the competition is so fierce, but this sister's business is still standing, and even far exceeds other opponents, it seems that she knows how to do business." I think you are a frequent visitor to Qinglou, so it is better to stammer, and hope to cooperate and win-win in the future. ”

The bustard was praised in front of him for the first time, he giggled happily, shook his feather fan and said to them: ", I don't understand anything else, I am good at business, I see that you appreciate me very much, why don't you stay here with me, and I will accept you as a closed disciple?" ”

Su Yan's eyes were straight, and he was about to lean over to apprentice, but was pulled back by a force. When Su Yan looked back, he had already rushed up quickly and snatched the milfeather fan, "You are so bold, dare to force Liang to be a prostitute?" ”

carefully observed this person's appearance, whether it was clothing or bearing, this person was full of evil energy, and in the capital, I am afraid that there is only that general.

She calmly explained: "Childe misunderstood, I am an old acquaintance with this girl, and my friends are reunited, so naturally I want to make fun of it, what are you nervous about!" ”

The beautiful man was suspicious, but he still blocked her in front of Su Yan and didn't let her get close to half a step.

Seeing that he was so serious, couldn't stay any longer, thinking about returning the feather fan, but he didn't mean to pay it back. At this time, a burst of musk smell hit, getting stronger and stronger, and the three of them looked out at the same time, only to see a girl in green clothes fluttering and stopping outside the door, looking at them with strange eyes.

"Yo! Mo Xuan, didn't you say that you were allowed to lie down, why did you come down again? The went over to help her distressedly.

"I'm all right, you don't have to worry." She tactfully pushed away the hand that the had taken over, picked up the hairpin from the ground and planned to go back.

rubbed their hands awkwardly, but still greeted her with a smile, even if she didn't even look at herself.

"Mo Xuan, I'll boil you a bowl of lotus seed soup later, add more dates, and I'll let the kitchen slaughter a local chicken." Your body is not very refreshing, so you need to make up for it. ”

The two of them on the side couldn't help but snicker, this typical hot face sticks to the cold ass, people don't even look at you, and they would have taken off their shoes and threw her on the back of their heads!

When Mo Xuan disappeared from everyone's sight, the closed her mouth that seemed to be inexhaustible.

It was the first time Su Yan had seen a woman with such a character in the Qinglou, and he was suddenly curious about this Mo Xuan, "Mo Xuan is the number one here?" ”

The didn't care about Fang Cai's embarrassment at all, and turned to her and said, "Envy, right?" Then you can come too! Mo Xuan is the baby I begged for, not only is he beautiful, but also both civil and military, looking at the whole Ruoshui, how many can compare! I will offer her as a bodhisattva, and if you come, I will offer you all together!" Then again, are you coming to my Yunlai Pavilion or not? I don't know how to make a big hand. ”

Su Yan laughed a few times, "You can go in a dream, let's just drink a little wine." ”

The sighed, said a word of pity and left.

A full meal of wine and food, Su Yan went out to breathe with his round belly and drowsy head, but he didn't expect this to be a Zuo Qing, and he was followed by the West Building. She was so frightened that she woke up most of the time, and hurriedly cheered up: "Lord Applause, Lord in charge, the two of you are good Yaxing, you can meet here!" ”

Zuo Qing seemed to be choked, and asked after a while: "Why are you here?" ”

Su Yan raised his eyebrows and asked him with sharp eyes, "Why are you here?" ”

"The two of us are just drinking here, don't think about it."

Speaking of this, Yan Zhen also came out to breathe, and several people took a photo, all of them were surprised.

Zuo Qing hurriedly stepped forward and arched his hand: "I didn't expect to meet the general here, it's really a blessing for three lives!" ”

Su Yan was impressed by him, and his kung fu to change his face was really amazing!

Yan Zhen saw that it was Zuo Qing, especially after seeing the West Building, he was extremely unhappy, and couldn't help but roll his eyes: "What's the matter today, could it be that I forgot to calculate a hexagram for myself when I went out, and I actually ran into the two most hated people in my life at one time, it was really black smoke from the ancestral grave, and I would be unlucky all day!" ”

Su Yan stubbornly played a round game: "Everyone is colleagues, colleagues should move around more!" ”

"Walk around? You're not afraid of losing your foot! Yan Zhen showed no mercy.

Xilou hurriedly saluted: "The general's words are serious, the humble position is just the head of the Wan Dynasty, the title of the second son of Yan Guo is just a false name, compared to the general's full of merits, the humble position is not worth mentioning, if there was a misunderstanding before, please also ask the general Haihan." ”

Zuo Qing also arched his hand and said: "Xiaguan has always admired the general, you have great military achievements, and Xiaguan can't reach the dust." ”

Su Yan was shocked, these two people usually look like they are tall and ignore people, why are they still patting sycophants at this time? It's so shameless!

Yan Zhen's expression was grim, and he said: "Your Zuo Qing's threshold is very high, even my good brother has not been able to buy you, why are you here to please me today?" ”

Su Yan said weakly: "They are all here to drink, the land of fireworks... It's all friends! ”

"You drink with them? What is your relationship? ”

"What's the relationship?" Su Yan pretended to be stupid, "That's the general relationship, Zuo Qing and I met in Pingshui... Hawkers! ”

Zuo Qing explained unhurriedly: "Xiaguan and Miss Su met in Chu State, and it can be regarded as friendship when they come and go, and it just so happens that Miss Su intends to come to Rongguo, so she came over by the way, thinking that Miss Su is not familiar with life here, so she was temporarily placed in the academy and given a position to make a living." ”

"You arranged it?" Yan Zhen was surprised.

Zuo Qing smiled and bowed, and then said goodbye to Su Yan and the others.

Su Yan wanted to pull them to drink together, but his hands were empty. Yan Zhen turned around and blocked in front of Su Yan, and asked her seriously: "Do you know Zuo Qing's details, dare to follow him all the way to Ruoshui, are you not afraid that he will use you?" ”

Yan Zhen understands that Zuo Qing's personality is extremely indifferent, but now he is with his sister, isn't it strange? He was worried that Zuo Qing had already discovered his sister's identity, and he didn't know what bad ideas he was holding.

Su Yan disagreed: "Zuo Qing is my life-saving benefactor, as soon as the master left, he took me over and placed me, how could he harm me."

"Do you still have a master? Can you beat me? If you can't even beat me, don't worship him as a master, and worship me instead! ”

Looking at his younger brother's cheap face, Su Yan couldn't help but ridicule: "Then another day, I will carry a pig's trotter to your house to apprentice, and by the way, kneel three times and knock nine times?" ”

Yan Zhen became distressed: "I am your younger brother, if you worship me, won't you be struck by lightning, it's just a pig's trotter!" ”

"I haven't seen you for a few years, your skin is so thick, look at you, what kind of fancy clothes are you wearing. I've heard people say, you haven't been studying at the academy for a long time, and you've bowed to the side? ”

Yan Zhen waved his sleeves: "Serious Sect Master, I am also a serious person!" ”

"Serious, not adulterated?"

Yan Zhen tugged at the corners of his mouth and lowered his head to drink. Su Yan's laughter lingered in his ears, but he couldn't laugh anymore.

Zuo Qing and his counterparts in the West Building turned into a very hidden room on the inside of the bottom building, and someone inside opened the door and invited them in.

The room is elegantly furnished and simple, there is a goose yellow screen in the center, which is no different from the furnishings in the room in the green building in Chucheng, there is a couch behind the screen, there is a tea table, a copper stove is placed in the corner of the screen, and the kettle on the stove is steaming, making a harsh sound.

The took it down casually and prepared to make tea.

"This is the first time we have met in Ruoshui, and Ruoshui's tea is the loudest, and I bought it in the morning." poured three cups of tea, raised their eyes and looked at Zuo Qing, "Your movements are faster than I expected, but, don't you want to hear what they say?" ”

Zuo Qing said: "You don't have to listen to it to know what they are talking about, but eavesdropping will attract suspicion." ”

While talking, the two of them were already seated, and the sat down opposite them, and said, "Yan really loves her sister, he will agree to whatever Su Yan says, as long as the West Building can get Su Yan's people, Yan Zhen will naturally only look forward to you." Even though he was no longer a general, there were brothers in the Praetorian Guard who were willing to die for him. When Yan Zhen resigned, hundreds of people from the Praetorian Guard left the palace and all went to Gezheng's patrol to register their names. She clasped her hands and rubbed her thumbs back and forth, "A word of caution, he won't care about his sister's face when he's crazy, and we have to take our time in this game." ”

Xilou said: "Although Yanzhen is strong in martial arts, he is simple-minded and easy to deal with. Just Prince Masa... It may not be easy to convince. ”

Nine years ago, he didn't want to investigate thoroughly, but under such a disadvantage, there were family ties behind him, and he had to swallow his anger. In the past nine years, he has indeed become cringe, but now the situation makes it impossible for him to back down. Zuo Qing said coldly, "Find a good time, let's go and meet this virtuous king for a while." ”

Xilou thought of Prince Zheng, sighed slightly, and thousands of thoughts came to his heart.

and Zuo Qing glanced at each other, and they didn't know how to persuade them, so they were silent.

Xilou didn't stay in the memories for long, took a sip of tea, and said to the: "I thought it would be very troublesome to move, but I didn't expect you to move Yunlai Pavilion so easily, I don't seem to have anything left behind." ”

smiled lightly: "Money can make ghosts grind!" As he spoke, he turned his head to look outside the door and said to them, "Just now I sent Mo Xuan back to the room, and I saw Changsun Xi coldly, it seemed that she was very shocked by the appearance of Changsun Yue and Su Yan, and then she hurriedly went back, as if she was thinking about something. This person is a nuisance, and I am worried that she will be unfavorable to Su Yan in the future and will affect your plans. ”

Zuo Qing doesn't pay attention to this precious granddaughter of the eldest grandson family, she is just a rich lady who thinks too highly of herself, relying on the marriage with the Mo family and the doting of the eldest grandson and eldest husband to do whatever she wants in the academy, this kind of person can't hold back the big conspiracy, there is no threat. If he really wants to stir up the storm, he has his own way to make her unable to move.

After the saw that he didn't pay attention to it at all, they didn't say anything, and smiled and added tea to them.

At this time, Xilou thought that Zuo Qing had done a lot of things that violated his principles in order to gain Murphy's trust over the years, although if the water was going to be windy and rainy, but he should be tormented in conscience...

"When these things are done, I will leave you a few dead soldiers, whether the rivers and lakes are like water, you can do whatever you want, and be yourself well."

"Jianghu?" Zuo Qing had a wry smile extending at the corner of his mouth, "I've always been in the rivers and lakes, have you forgotten?" He took out the brocade box from his bosom, and when he opened it was a human finger bone, engraved with a man's name—Zeno.

He stroked his finger bones, and the sadness in his eyes became more and more intense under the candlelight, "Two years ago, in the woods outside the academy, I returned home with Murphy, and on the way, a group of swordsmen suddenly appeared, holding the top two sharp weapons on the weapon list, but before Murphy's body was even closer, all of them died under his death swords, killing with one sword, simply neatly!" It was the first time I had witnessed a fight, or rather, it was a massacre. I originally thought that I could eradicate Murphy without blood, and I could expose his crimes step by step, and let the law of the country investigate the crime! But I have forgotten how many righteous men have died in the course of each of these steps, and how many enemies have been killed by me on the opposite side! ”

Zuo Qing closed his eyes in pain: "Where there are people, there is desire, and desire derives killing, this is the rivers and lakes!" In the West Building, if the water is the center of the rivers and lakes, I have never gone out. Zeno was one of those swordsmen, he was only sixteen years old, and he hadn't married yet! I stood beside Murphy and watched it happen, but I couldn't do anything! ”

Xilou looked at him heavily, and Ze Nuo's face suddenly appeared in front of him, overlapping with Zuo Qing, opening his mouth in pain, but he couldn't say anything. Xilou closed his eyes, and when he opened his eyes again, Zuo Qing had already put his finger bones on the table, toasted a cup of tea in front of his finger bones, and said: "It was my carelessness that underestimated the dead soldiers around Murphy and buried these lives in vain!" I keep reminding myself of these painful costs, and one day, I will make Murphy pay back a hundredfold thousand! ”

The' expressions flashed a hint of strangeness, fleeting. She said to Zuo Qing: "We are here again so that he can pay it back, but before we can do so, we need to have a complete plan." Can there be detailed countermeasures in the three provinces and six ministries? ”

Zuo Qing pinched the porcelain cup, lightly touched the brocade box, and then drank it all.

"Liang Qiluo, the daughter of Liang Luan of Zhongshu Province, Sun Xi, the niece of Sun Xun, the chief of the military department, and Sun Yue, the daughter of Sun Wuzheng, the chief of the criminal department, are now in Shuyoutang, and their weaknesses have been exposed in front of my eyes. I just have to lay a trap, and they won't be able to catch them one by one? However, I can't do it myself, it's easy to leave traces, and when Murphy sees through it, our hard work will be in vain, so I came up with a good idea. ”

"What?" Both asked at the same time.

"From Su Yan to the beginning, we are secretly helping him, and God doesn't know it."

"In doing so, Murphy really didn't think that we were dealing with him. It's just that... This easily puts Ah Yan at risk. West House could not accept his plan and questioned it.

"Being in Shura is already full of dangers." Seeing that Xilou was still not at ease, he continued, "The strength of the people we have installed in the court is not enough, and it is easy to attract the attention of the Mo Party if we use it easily, if we take a wrong step, I am afraid that we will lose all our efforts!" can only find another way, and at present, he can only borrow Su Yan's strength. Perhaps, when Prince Zheng finds out, he will also speed up the pace to help us. ”

Xu Niang thinks this plan is feasible, Su Yan is in the academy, and he will always intersect with the children of the family, as long as there is a foolproof strategy, he will definitely be able to make good use of it.

"That's... Who do you want to move first now? ”

Zuo Qing slowly raised the corners of his mouth and drank the tea.