The wind in the middle of the night in midsummer, there is still some scorching breath of the day, push open the carved Xuan window, the long wind sends a wisp of lotus incense, the window is placed with a few wide-mouth purple gold moire copper cylinders, the half-open bowl lotus floats in the clear waves, a breeze and a light ripple, half a pool of red pink and half a pool of green.

Opening the luodian black lacquered wooden cage at the foot of the bed, Du Gui carefully took out a black oil lamp, and through the dim moonlight, it was faintly visible that a treacherous blue bird was carved on it, raising its wings.

There was an inconspicuous white porcelain jar on the dressing table, only the size of a palm, Du Gui dipped some clear oil from the jar and smeared it on the inner wall of the oil lamp, and ignited the wick with a fire fold, after a few flashes of the flames, a vine grew in the depths, and with the flames kept swaying, he breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Master, okay." ”

Luo Kui gently bowed her head, took a written letterhead, lit it on the lamp, watched the letterhead burn out in the cold plum glass incense burner, burned into a handful of ashes, she rubbed her two fingers on the wick, pinched a wisp of bright yellow flame, and a faint green leaf floated up and down in the flame.

The flame fell into the incense burner, and as soon as Fang touched the ashes in the incense burner, it turned from bright yellow to blue, like a pool of blue water wrapped in the ashes, refining it all into the flames.

Luokui concocted it in the same way, and successively refined five pieces of letterhead into leaves of different shapes, and handed them to Du Gui in turn: "This ginkgo biloba leaf was sent to the Southern Qi Kingdom, this sycamore leaf was sent to Poria Mountain, the maple leaf was sent to the Changhe country, the bowl lotus leaf was sent to the Beigu country, and the begonia leaf was sent to the Tianmu country, so be careful and careful." ”

Du Gui raised his hand to make small holes under the leaves, put on a plain veil, which looked like bookmarks made of ordinary leaves, and then sandwiched it in a book called Yuanmen Bitan, and said in a low voice: "Well, now that the forces of all parties are intertwined in the countries, there are many forces that have been hidden for many years, and they are also ready to move recently, I don't know if it is due to the intention of the Beigu Kingdom to marry our Yunchu Kingdom." ”

Luo Kui pinched the trick to extinguish the blue bird oil lamp, carefully put it away, and said in a deep voice: "Beigu Kingdom has decided to marry the princess of our Yunchu Kingdom, in this way, the balance of more than ten years will be broken, all the countries can not panic, I am afraid that they are all calculating in private, how can this marriage be ruined, even if the two countries have decided to marry without waves, I am afraid that the princess's road to marriage will not be peaceful." ”

"Then according to what the master sees, which princess will His Majesty choose to marry. Du Gui raised his hand and wiped it on the book, and the book turned into a touch of light, and it disappeared into his palm in an instant.

The night breeze is thin, the eaves bells are jingling, and this light sound one after another sounds pleasant and quiet in the daytime, but it can fall in the silent dark night, but it is particularly deafening.

Who will marry far away, princess, there is only one princess born by His Majesty, but the princess is also sealed by His Majesty, and there is also a precedent for sealing the daughter of the clan as the princess to marry and kiss far away. This momentary thought, like a tiny insect gnawing at Luo Kui's heart, was empty in an instant, and the faint and distant voice when she opened her mouth startled herself: "Is Jingmo okay recently?" ”

Du Gui refilled a cup of hot water and handed it over: "Master Mo is all right, but he has a very close relationship with the eldest girl of the Qu family. ”

Luo Kui gently stirred the lotus pattern cup of the pastel entwined branch bowl, and the brittle lid of the cup was gently knocked on the edge of the cup, and the jingle bell rang softly: "Qu Lian is diligent." ”

Du Gui thought for a while and said, "Go every day, the eldest girl of the Qu family wants to find an errand for Mo Gongzi." ”

Luo Kui raised his eyes: "Where do the two of them go every day." ”

Du Gui pondered: "Every day, the eldest girl of the Qu family will go to the Leping Inn to have lunch with Mo Gongzi, and the two of them will go to Shengze Street together, all the way to the front of the Guan, and they will have dinner in the Gushan House at about a moment, and Mo Gongzi loves the lotus fish bun that he makes." ”

Luo Kui's heart was cold, but after three or five days of hard work, the two of them were already so close, which she didn't expect at all, two fingers lightly tapped on the table, although now the people are civilized, the boudoir is out in the room to hang out, and it is common for the temple to enter the incense temple to talk to each other, but there are still few girls and foreign men to interact, after all, this kind of thing is detrimental to the Qing reputation, it will delay the girl's marriage, not to mention Qu Tianxiong's bent on letting Qu Lian marry into the high gate, how can she let her get along with a foreign man of unknown origin, there must be a demon when things go wrong, her eyes flashed, and her voice became cold: "Qu Tianxiong. ”

There is a white-bottomed blue and white anther bowl on the rosewood plate with a lotus pattern, the dark rose-colored medicine is no longer hot, Du Gui took the medicine bowl and handed it to Luo Kui, seeing that she drank it obediently, the first time she didn't find any excuse to drink half and leave half, then she smiled, and said softly: "Since he came back from Yongzhou, everything has been as usual, and there is nothing unusual." ”

Luo Kui rinsed his mouth, diluted the bitter and astringent taste in his mouth, and thought: "Yongzhou is defeated, King Lin will not give up, you have to take care of the Huang family, don't be careless." ”

Du Gui handed over a handkerchief and said softly: "This morning, Indigo took people to Mr. Rui's house in Chengdong, but Mr. Rui's house was empty overnight. ”

Luo Kui's hand paused slightly, and his cold eyes dimmed: "It was Qu Tianxiong who did it." ”

"Yes, King Lin fell in love with Mr. Rui's three girls, Indigo first coerced and lured, and then moved the heart of robbery, Qu Tianxiong had ordered someone to send them out of the city overnight last night. Du Gui said angrily: "There are countless girls who have been harmed by King Lin, and they are really hateful. ”

Luo Kui had a trace of suspicion in his heart, as if he was uneasy for a moment, but he couldn't grasp it or figure it out: "I remember that King Lin was not such an indulgent and lustful person in the past, why has he become more and more crazy in the past two years, by the way, when you followed your father, do you remember Aunt Yue." ”

Du Gui bowed: "I remember, when she was asked by King Lin to be a companion, the master, you are still young, what's wrong, why did the master suddenly mention Aunt Yue." ”

Luo Kui shook her head slightly: "It's nothing, her whereabouts are unknown after she went to King Lin's Mansion, and she can't be found." ”

Du Gui condensed and said: "Yes, the people of our Shui family, whether they die or live, they must be innocent, after Heng'er comes back, his subordinates will explain him and ask him to investigate." ”

A crescent moon hung in the sky, and the clear light was dim, like sleepy eyes, very sleepy but still trying to keep them open. Luo Kui covered his mouth and yawned, and said inarticulately: "I'm tired, you should rest early, and when Du Heng comes back from the Southern Qi Kingdom, you will rush back to Tianmu Kingdom, there is no you in charge there, I am always not at ease." ”

Du Gui put down the curtain, hung mosquito sachets at the four corners, and held a lotus petal gilt smoker to smoke back and forth in the house, the mosquito repellent incense mugwort, tobacco leaves, and rosin in the furnace were powdered, and after being smoked in the house, a faint aroma was left. After everything was cleaned, he fetched water and went into the house: "The master settled early, and his subordinates kept vigil under the porch, and the master only had to tell his subordinates if he had something." ”

Luo Kui was slightly surprised: "You don't have to keep vigil on weekdays, why do you have to keep vigil today." ”

Du Gui grinned: "There is something in the view today, and the senior brother in charge ordered it when he went back, saying that the world has not been peaceful recently, and the orders of the senior brother in charge, his subordinates dare not listen to it." ”

Luo Kui knew that the senior brother in charge couldn't rest assured of her, so she raised the corners of her lips and laughed at herself: "Senior brother in charge, the higher your cultivation, the less courage you have." She pointed to the rattan carved bed erected in the corner of the room and said, "Move the bed to the porch and support it." ”

After that, she turned out a blue ruyi pattern square silk tent from the Nanmu cabinet, and instructed Du Gui to find the four yellow bamboo poles in the courtyard, tie them to the four corners of the cool bed, and said with a smile: "Stand up the mosquito domain." ”

Everything is in order, Luo Kui clapped his hands, raised his chin and pointed to the side of the courtyard and said with a smile: "I have planted a lot of mosquito repellent grass in the spring, which can be regarded as coming in handy, you can take out the wormwood in the stove and smoke it in the tent, you don't want to feed the mosquitoes." As he spoke, he moved the gilded amphora copper smoker to the porch and added a spoonful of mosquito repellent incense to it.

Du Gui was busy cleaning up, and Luo Kui cleaned his face, removed the hairpin ring, changed into a plain bedclothes, sipped the warm soothing soup a little bit, and the corners of his forehead jumped suddenly, and he suddenly felt that life was really hard, and he should also live a rotten life of stretching out his hands to eat and open his mouth, and suddenly raised his voice: "Du Gui, tomorrow you go to find a good ginger and ask him to find a few reliable girls to come over." ”

"Wow. Du Gui didn't talk much, but Luo Kui's orders told him to rarely ask the reason, and only did it cleanly.

The events of these days were re-thought in my mind, and I felt that there was nothing missing, Luo Kui lay on the bed relaxedly, only to feel sore, looking up at the top of the tent, the lotus-colored soft gauze tent was embroidered with pink and purple flowers, she counted them one by one, and finally fell asleep with her count.

She slept in a daze, only to feel that she was on the head of thousands of snow-like waves, a wave whistling higher than a wave, she struggled for a long time, and when she wanted to drown, she heard Du Gui knock lightly on the door: "Master, master, are you resting, Yun Gongzi is here, saying that there is something important, and he is in a hurry." ”

Luo Kui was so frightened that a spirit sat up, hugged the quilt and his eyes were misty, and Mu Mu said: "Who, Yun Liangjiang, send me a girl." ”

Du Gui said softly: "The master thinks too much, Yun Gongzi said that he caused a fatal matter, and I beg the master to see him." ”

Luo Kui was still wooden, just thinking that Yun Liangjiang's courage had become bigger, and she broke out in the middle of the night, and she was not afraid of the family law of the liehou, she covered her mouth and yawned, and the thin brocade of autumn fragrance was slipped off her shoulder, and some chill swept over, and after a chill, the person instantly sobered up, and thought for a while: "Tell him to wait for the time being, let me change my clothes." ”

When the words fell, Yun Liangjiang shouted outside, although he lowered his voice, he could still hear that the voice was frightened and changed his tone: "What time is it, the fire has burned the eyebrows, what kind of clothes do you have to change, wrap yourself in the quilt, I'll come in." ”

didn't wait for Luo Kui to respond, only to hear Du Gui pulling him outside, and shouting with a white face: "No, Yun Gongzi, no, the master's reputation, no." ”

Yun Liangjiang opened the door and rushed into the house regardless of it, found a fire fold and lit the lamp and candle, tilted the chair into the chair, and shouted outside: "Du Gui, boil water, I want to drink Yunwu." ”