In the small garden, many people couldn't eat, and many people still thought about those who were still staring at death just now, and thought of the bloody scene just now - whether it was a young strong man, or an old and weak woman and child, they all fought to the death with knives and spears. They have reached the death penalty, but they should die with dignity, and they should not be given such humiliation before they die.

Chen Renhai looked at the fresh fish soup in the pot, but he couldn't eat it. There was a feast in this small garden, and the dishes were better today than the previous two days, but many of them couldn't eat them at all. Although most of them are from the rivers and lakes, they have never seen such a formation.

But Zhou Xingyu took another bowl of rice, and when he saw that the rice bowl in front of Pu Mu had not moved at all, he stepped forward and said, "Pu Shaoxia, why do you have to do this...... Why do you all have to do this? There will be more swords and swords in the future, and these people are all death row prisoners, why pity him, Lao Zhou admires your benevolence, but we also have to eat—"

Pu Mu replied to his smiling face and said, "I just saw so much blood, I really don't have an appetite." ”

Of course, not only Zhou Xingyu, but also the rest of the people ate deliciously - at this time, Mo Xibo turned his head and glanced at Pu Mu, his kick just now kicked his sword away, giving him the feeling that Pu Mu didn't want to make meritorious service but let others give up.

Li Defei didn't eat much, and saw that there seemed to be musical instruments in an attic in the small garden, so he asked the eunuch on the side, "Dare to ask my father-in-law, is there a piano in the pavilion ahead?"

"Back to my lord's words, in front of me was the building where the music workshop in the palace was stored in the past, and then a new music workshop was built in the palace, and with new musical instruments, this building was abandoned. There are indeed some musical instruments in this building, but the details of them are unknown. The eunuch said.

"Father-in-law Lao and I take a pipa. Li Defei said.

The eunuch replied, and went to the pavilion in front of him to look for the harp. When he was young, the eunuch took a handful of pipa, wiped it clean for Li Defei, and said, "My lord, your pipa-"

Li Defei took the pipa, turned around and jumped onto the roof of the attic, plucked the strings two or three times, and then played it—the pipa was full of grievances, and he thought that he was telling his mood at the moment with music.

The sound of the piano filled the small garden, Long Xiangtian looked up at the person on the roof, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, but this mournful song made him less depressed at this time—he felt that there were many people who had the same attitude as him about what had just happened, and this identification was very important to him.

Everyone finished their lunch, and the palace ladies came here to collect the table. Everyone was chatting in this garden, only Li Defei was still playing the pipa, and after the last pluck, Pan Gonggong entered the small garden with the decree and said, "You take the order——"

Everyone knelt down to receive the order, and Pan Gong said fairly: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: The three-day assessment has been completed, and I congratulate all the heroes on their entry into the inner house." I appreciated all the heroic royal boats to visit the Xiangqian Lake in the Imperial Garden, and then gave the royal banquet in the Qingyi Courtyard of Fushou Mountain in the Imperial Garden, in order to reward the hardships experienced by the heroes. Tomorrow, the Lords will be enshrined in front of the Temple of the Extreme. Chin this—"

"Thank you, Lord Longn—"

Pan Gong said: "I congratulate you on all the heroes, today the emperor needs to discuss your rewards with all cabinet ministers, and tomorrow you will have official positions." In addition, tomorrow, you will need to offer treasures to the emperor before receiving the reward——"

"Offering treasure?"

"I don't have any treasures...... Why do you want to offer treasures so suddenly?"

"Yes, the emperor has read all the treasures of the world, and I will offer the treasures?"

Pan Gonggong said with a smile: "Don't be impatient, you can choose for yourself, the emperor doesn't want any treasures." You can take out your belongings and show the emperor, or show your unique skills to the emperor, or write poems and lyrics, play strings and music. The emperor just wants to see some of your other skills, and you can show the emperor when you think about it carefully. ”

After everyone came out of the small garden, they walked for about half an hour, arrived at an inner gate, entered the inner gate, walked about two miles of the corridor, and passed through a moon gate to a corner of the imperial garden. The Imperial Garden is really extraordinary—

I saw that the florist was still busy at this time, the colorful chrysanthemums were all over the courtyard, elegant and fragrant, this sea of flowers passed through, there were more than ten pavilions and water pavilions in front of him, and the Xiang'an Lake had appeared in front of him. Many people saw the scenery in front of them, and their depressed mood relaxed a lot.

People still need to be relieved, and Zhou Xingyu's words just now reminded many people that such situations may only increase in the future.

The boat was parked by the lake, and the eunuchs waited by the lake after leading everyone to the boat. In front of the cruise ship, there is a dragon head inlaid with yellow dragon jade as the bow, and the dragon tail is also engraved in the stern of the yellow dragon jade. The whole boat is made of teak, and the boat has two cabins, and the unique cabin of the dragon boat can be rowed and pushed.

Everyone went into the cabin, some went to the top floor to watch, and some stayed on the first floor to drink tea and chat. Lake Kaga is the central lake of the Imperial Garden, and you can enjoy many of the scenery of the Imperial Garden.

Pu Mu, Wei Feng and Chen Renhai drank tea and chatted on the table on the first floor, and Long Xiangtian sat on the board on the second floor, not looking for a seat. Li Defei, Bai Yang and Guo Yu were chatting at the table next to them.

"Your Excellency is Long Xiangtian, the supervisor of the weapons room?" asked Guo Yu.

Long Xiangtian looked at the three people on the table next to him and said, "It turned out to be a supervisor, and later the emperor asked me to participate in the rebuilding of the Yuelong Pavilion and became the rotating leader of the work class." The three of you are familiar with each other, which one recommended you?"

Bai Yang said: "We were recommended by Scholar Li. In the lower poplar, the remaining two Li Defei and Guo Yu. ”

When the emperor handed over the matter of reorganizing the Great Interior to him, many ministers in the court felt that he was not competent, but he did not expect to find three masters. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, Guo Yu said: "We are all friends of the protégé of Li University, and when we heard about this, we recommended ourselves to come. ”

"Scholar Li is an important minister of the imperial court, and his protégés are all over the world......." Long Xiangtian seemed to want to speak, but he looked at the surrounding scenery again and stopped making a sound.

"The pastries in the palace are really good, and the landscape of the imperial garden is also very beautiful. "Treacherous Wind.

Pu Mu took a sip of tea, pointed out the window and said, "How can there be such a building here-"

Chen Renhai and Wei Feng looked out the window at the building, the roof seemed to be built of golden tiles, the eaves were carved with peacocks, and the construction of the house was also different from many buildings in the palace.

One person carried his own teapot to add some tea, and when he saw Chen Renhai and others talking about this building, he said: "This building is the bedroom of Concubine Rong, the emperor's favorite concubine." Concubine Rong is not from the Central Plains, has southwestern blood, and is deeply favored by the emperor, and the bedroom of the concubines of the harem is not in the same place. ”

"Thank you Brother Tai for telling me, Brother Tai was originally an errand boy in the palace?" asked Pu Mu.

The man said, "Chen Gongzi, we've seen it." ”

"It was originally a Dugu guard, and I congratulate you on my promotion. Chen Renhai said, that person was the Dugu Nuo that Chen Renhai saw when he entered the palace that day.

"The three of you came to congratulate me, and the three of them will probably be my boss in the future, hahaha......" Dugunuo left a burst of laughter and walked back to his desk.

The boat crossed two white marble bridges, and the boat reached the widest part of the lake, where there were some small islands, and there were people chatting on the islands.

"Zicheng, that person is like a concubine. Wang Yu said.

Zhao Zicheng looked at the concubine in the pavilion and said, "It is indeed General Wang's sister, this can be regarded as your aunt——"

"Flim-" With that, Wang Yu's hand fiddled with Zhao Zicheng's head a few times.

The boat slowly floated along the lake, and there were concubines on each island enjoying the scenery and chatting, and they all looked at the boat from time to time. They all know that this is the boat that the emperor sat on when he went to the lake, and the emperor rewarded the people of Ouchi to swim in the lake this time, and also used the imperial boat, thinking that the emperor attaches great importance to these people in the inner world.

At this time, a small boat intercepted the cruise ship, and the eunuch on the deck of the cruise ship saw the people on the boat and said: "I have seen Gonggong Zhang, the emperor rewarded all the newcomers to swim in the lake, and at this time I was about to go to Qingyi Courtyard in Fushou Mountain, I don't know what the father-in-law ordered for this trip?"

Zhang Gonggong said: "The Queen Mother is on Qixin Island, I want to meet all the masters of the Great House, please make it convenient for my father-in-law to transfer the boat to Qixin Island, and then go to Qingyi Courtyard?"

"Since it is the Empress Dowager's decree, how dare the little one not obey, come here, transfer the ship to Qixin Island-" After that, the eunuch sent someone to the cabin to explain to everyone.

The ship changed direction and arrived at Qixin Island in a short time. This Qixin Island is the largest island in Xiang'e Lake, the trees in the island are golden at this time, the fallen leaves are all over, the boat landed, everyone got off the boat in turn, Zhang Gonggong led the way up the mountain, there is a very spacious viewing platform after the stone steps are finished. There are more than a dozen steps on the viewing platform, there is a small garden on the steps, a group of people came out of the small garden, and the old man who was supported by four grandmothers and walked down the small garden was the queen mother, and then the woman who was supported by the palace maids and walked behind was the concubines who accompanied the queen mother to talk in this small garden.

Gonggong Zhang stepped forward and said to the Queen Mother: "The old slave has seen the Queen Mother, Concubine Ning, Concubine Lin, and Concubine Qian. The people in the Great Inner have arrived at the observation deck, what else does the Queen Mother command?"

The Queen Mother waved her hands, and the four grandmothers retreated to the rear. The Queen Mother stepped forward and said, "Well, well done, step down-"

After that, the Queen Mother stepped forward and said to the people who had lined up: "Heroes, Your Majesty's kindness, reward you for visiting the lake and the imperial garden, and feasting on the Qingyi Courtyard; The mourning family also congratulates all the heroes on their official positions in Ouchi, serving the court and His Majesty. ”

Everyone replied to the Queen Mother's words, and said in unison: "Obey the words of the Queen Mother, we will do our best for the court, and after death—"

The Queen Mother smiled: "Okay...... Heroes, today is a banquet from His Majesty, and the mourning family wants to see everyone's demeanor, so let Er and others come. By the way, who is Pu Mu?"

Pu Mu came out of the team at this time and said, "If you go back to the Queen Mother, you will be Pu Mu below." ”

The Queen Mother said: "You ...... Is that Pu Mu who would rather not be ranked and let the female prisoner go?"

"That's exactly what I did. Pu Mu said.

"Well, the people in the rivers and lakes are really righteous words, and the mourning family remembers you. The Queen Mother smiled. "Grandpa Zhang, send all the heroes to Qingyi Courtyard, don't miss the time of the banquet. ”

After that, Gonggong Zhang led everyone down the stone steps to the bottom of the mountain.

Everyone got on the boat, and Grandpa Zhang left Pu Mu and whispered to him: "Ouch, Master Pu, you have provoked a difficult master this time——"

Pu Mu asked, "What does my father-in-law mean by this?"

"The female prisoner you released is the prisoner ordered by Concubine Ning. Concubine Ning is the most favored by the Queen Mother, if you do this, I am afraid that I will worry about my career in the future-" Zhang Gong said

Pu Mu smiled: "Thank you Gonggong Zhang for reminding me." Then he didn't talk to Grandpa Zhang and boarded the boat. He didn't go back to the original table, but went up to the second floor of the cabin, looking at the Qixin Island that was gradually moving away on the deck, and he didn't know why the Queen Mother would see him by name, and he didn't know why the Zhang Gong Guild would focus on saying those words to him.

"What did the eunuch and Brother Pu say?" Long Xiangtian leaned back in his chair at this time, his eyes slanted at Pu Mu.

Pu Mu smiled: "It's just some cliché compliments, Brother Long laughed." ”

"Gonggong Zhang is the oldest chamberlain in the palace, and he is also a close confidant of the Queen Mother. How can his words of praise be cliché?"

Pu Mu said: "I have heard too many praises in the past few days, and no matter how good the words are, they are all clichés. ”

"Yes, Brother Pu quickly slashed the snake that day, unlocked it skillfully, and Long deserves all the praise. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

Pu Mu said with a smile: "Brother Long and I went out of the door in front of and back, so it was tormenting me." ”

Long Xiangtian got up, and the chair was shaking back and forth at this time, "In a millimeter, the most skillful." In the future, Long will have to ask Brother Pu for advice. ”

At this time, someone was passing by, it was the Mo family brothers, and Mo Xibo rolled his eyes at Pu Mu again. Long Xiangtian's hand was on the shoulders of the two of them, and he said, "Two, how come there are so many beams in the palace in one trip?"

Mo Xibo said: "Long Xiangtian, why do you have so many black words in your mouth, we are all from the Great Inner ...... now."

As soon as Long Xiangtian's hand tightened, Mo Xibo's shoulder was in pain, he staggered, and his body was tilted to the side. Long Xiangtian said: "Since they are all from the Great Inner People, why do they still treat their own people coldly?"

Mo Xibo said: "Lord Long taught ......" Long Xiangtian let go of his hand when he saw this, and the hand that Mo Xizhong was about to pull out the sword was retracted.

"What, you want to dance and play with swords here?" Long Xiang said.

Pu Mu said with a smile: "Pu has obstructed your career, and I can't compensate you here-" The people in the second-floor cabin saw Pu Mu making an apology, and Long Xiangtian had a dispute with the Mo family brothers, so they immediately gathered over. When some of them saw Long Xiangtian and Pu Mu, a few people rushed to the crowd and said, "Brother Long, which miscellaneous is here to be presumptuous-"

It turned out that those people were also from the original weapons room, and they were doing things with Long Xiangtian, and when they saw this, they immediately rushed to teach these people a lesson with Long Xiangtian.

Seeing this, the eunuchs on the deck immediately rushed upstairs and said, "Ouch, for a lord, you can't do this in the palace-"

"My father-in-law is right, this is not a martial arts arena, but a clean place in the imperial garden. Mo Xibo said.

The man beside Long Xiangtian pulled out the knife on his waist, and slashed away from the eunuch who was blocking the front, and the knife was directly against the tip of Mo Xibo's nose and said, "Where did you come from, bastard, dare to be in this yin and yang weird-"

"Stop—brothers, let's go, go to the cabin for tea—" Long Xiang said. After that, he went to the cabin on the first floor with Pu Mu with those people, and the people on the cabin on the second floor were also persuading the Mo family brothers to value peace.

"The conflict just now frightened my father-in-law—" Wang Yu said to the eunuch who had just stood in the way of the two groups.

"The little ones are fine, but the small ones are afraid that you will be like this, if this happens, you will be fined at most, and the small ones will be miserable. The eunuch said. Zhao Zicheng patted the eunuch on the shoulder and said, "Father-in-law, don't be afraid, when brothers work together, there will always be conflicts, and when it happens, everyone will have some understanding, and they will get along much better in the future." As the saying goes: If you don't fight, you don't know each other, that's it. ”

"What the lord said is reasonable, and what he said is ......reasonable," the eunuchs said goodbye to everyone on the deck, and returned to the deck. By this time the boat had sailed to the other side of the lake, where there was a mountain with many pavilions, and the mountain was full of red maple leaves, which dyed the mountain red. In this way, the pavilion between the mountains and a thin waterfall between the attic makes people feel comfortable when they see this scene.

The ship docked, only to see the end of the palace maids and eunuchs on the steps of the attic, lifting and lifting, and all the big plates and small bowls were all on the highest attic, and there was a plaque on the attic, the book "Qingyi Pavilion".

Behind the temple is a waterfall that flows upside down, walking on the white marble steps, the water flows down the mountain and divides into several small streams, and the maple leaves will fall on the stone steps from time to time. Pu Mu took a maple leaf that had just fallen with one hand, folded it a few times, and turned it into a bird.

"Brother Pu's hands are so skillful. Chen Renhai said.

"Walking on this stone step, listening to the sound of murmuring water, watching the maple leaves fall, the scenery of the Imperial Garden is really beautiful, and each scenery has its own uniqueness. Pu Mu said.

Everyone walked on the steps like this, and after a while, they arrived at the gate of Qingyi Temple.

The eunuchs at the gate of Qingyi Courtyard led everyone into the Qingyi Courtyard, and there were also some autumn chrysanthemums planted in the Qingyi Courtyard, and after passing through the gate of the courtyard, they arrived outside the attic - the eunuchs and palace maids entered the attic from another stone step, and the banquet they wanted to come was not over.

The eunuch in front of the attic stepped forward and said to everyone: "The little ones see your lords, the dinner has not been set up yet, please go first, sit on the second floor and rest——"

Everyone went up to the attic in the eunuch, and saw that the palace maid on the first floor was being placed, and some people looked at the banquet table, which was full of delicacies, exotic delicacies, and eunuchs came with imperial wine before and after.

On the second floor, there are tables and chairs, where people sit quietly and wait for the feast.

After a while, a eunuch came downstairs to deliver a message, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, the banquet has begun—"

After that, everyone walked downstairs in turn, only to see four tables of long banquets set up downstairs. The eunuchs invited everyone to the table—and when the wine was served, the feast began.

The eunuchs waited outside the door, and all they could hear was the staggered and laughter inside.

The morning gore seems to have been washed away by the comfort of the garden, and the dinner party at this time has made many people completely forget those unpleasantness - of course, many memories are only temporarily sealed, which does not mean that they can be completely forgotten, but life is limited, troubles have always been attached, and nothing else will be left except for trouble.

A little starry sky over Qingyi Temple, the sound of chips and conversations in the attic is unabated.

At this time, the queen mother and the concubines had already had dinner, and the cruise ship they were taking was passing by the side of Fushou Mountain. There were bursts of laughter beside Fushou Mountain, and the Queen Mother looked out the window.

"Queen Mother, look, this group of people in the big house know that you are eating on Qixin Island, and they are still making such a loud noise. In the final analysis, they are all martial artists, even if they have been on errands in the palace, what grade of officials are they? Concubine Ning said - it seems that Grandpa Zhang's reminder to Pu Mu is not alarmist.

"Concubine Ning doesn't know? This time, the emperor does not ask about his background. Moreover, the emperor also took the literary examination with them, and they were able to be selected as the Great Inside, how could they be ordinary martial artists in the rivers and lakes? Many of them are famous in the rivers and lakes, and many of them are recommended by the adults of the DPRK and China, and they will not be reckless in the mouth of Concubine Ning. Today, they want to celebrate their victory, and they are just a little dissolute. Why do you have to talk like that?" said Concubine Qian.

Concubine Ning said with a smile: "My sister really has a clever mouth, Scholar Li is one of the recommenders for the re-election of Ouchi, my sister speaks for her father like this, I also know——"

Concubine Qian was a little unhappy, and just wanted to refute, but was stopped by the Queen Mother.

"Okay, let's not say a word. Concubine Qian is right, Yasheng said, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, you want these people in the rivers and lakes to do things for the palace, and you don't have to worry about some small things. However, their voices were indeed a little louder, and they were indeed a little carried away by His Majesty's reward. Father-in-law Zhang, go and tell them that it's time to have a feast. ”

Gonggong Zhang received the order, put down a small boat in the cruise ship, and Gonggong Zhang went by boat.

At the wine table, Zhou Xingyu ate the most happily, but he drank a little too much, and was helped out of the attic by the eunuchs, resting on the stone table in the courtyard, Zhou Xingyu asked: "Dare to ask my father-in-law, where will I stay tonight." ”

"Back to my lord, the emperor has ordered, you will rest in Fushou Mountain today, and there are still some pavilions next to Qingyi Courtyard, all of which have been arranged for you to live. The eunuch said.

"Thank you, father-in-law, I bothered my father-in-law to find a room for me, I drank too much wine, I wanted to rest and sober up, the wine in this palace is really delicious, so I drank two more glasses. Zhou Xingyu said.

"My lord, come here-" The eunuch carried Zhou Xingyu through a moon gate, came to the small building next to Qingyi Pavilion, and opened a room for Zhou Xingyu, "Thank you father-in-law-" After that, he staggered to the side of the bed, and before he took off his shoes, socks and clothes, he collapsed on the bed.

The eunuch covered him with a quilt, put on a mosquito net, and went out to wait.

At this time, everyone had been passed on by Gong Zhang to the Queen Mother, and they all dispersed the feast. Pu Mu also drank a little too much today, and when he saw that Gonggong Zhang also said hello, Gonggong Zhang pulled him aside and whispered: "It's Concubine Ning and the Queen Mother who said that the noise is too loud, and Lord Pu will have to worry about it in the future——"

Father-in-law Zhang looked at Pu Mu's pale red cheeks and said, "The old slave wants Master Pu or-"

"Father-in-law Zhang, I'll invite you to drink in the future-" Several people who had previously served in the palace and knew Father-in-law Zhang put their hands on Father-in-law Zhang's shoulders and said, interrupting Father-in-law Zhang's words. When they were drunk, their demeanor was indeed a little bad.

Gonggong Zhang smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid I'll invite you to drink in the future-" After that, he motioned to the eunuchs to help these people to rest in the room.

Pu Mu smiled: "I will also invite my father-in-law to drink in the future-"

Before Gonggong Zhang could continue to speak, Pu Mu asked the eunuch to take him into the room to rest.

"Hey-" Gonggong Zhang shook his hand and shook his head and walked down Fushou Mountain.