Chapter 32: Miscellaneous Conversations in the East Palace
It wasn't until Cheng Ru was full of food that he suddenly remembered, "Huh, what about Lu Zeren? I just remember that he was with us, why did he disappear at this moment?"
Jiang Lili was holding a cup of tea and eating it carelessly, but in fact, he paid attention to his surroundings, and after hearing Cheng Ruyi's question, he replied: "You just found out?
Cheng Ru shook his head, held his stomach again, and looked left and right, "Hey, you said that the imperial city is really much better than other places, look at this flower, how colorful they are? Eh, Jiang Lili, have you been to Cheng'an, have you ever been to the imperial city of Cheng'an?
Jiang Lili didn't have the heart to take care of Cheng Cheng now, and said coldly: "What are you doing with this? ”
Cheng Ru sighed, didn't say more, got up and walked around the courtyard at will, looked left, looked right, and it was fun to walk alone.
Liu Dan and Jiang Lili are not acquaintances, so why did they suddenly bring themselves to this imperial city? Where did they learn that they and Cheng Ru were from the Great Sui? Why didn't they see Lu Zeren's trace? What kind of ghost was hidden in this heart? Unable to figure it out, Jiang Lili felt that a trace of fire had appeared in his heart, and he was about to burn everything around him.
Jiang Lili had never seriously thought about such a thing in ordinary times? He was not good at pondering, and he didn't want to or was too lazy to ponder such a thing. But he wasn't stupid, and he knew that he was annoying everyone now, and he couldn't be at ease if he didn't think through what was going on.
He asked himself that with his own force, he would not be able to break out of this heavily guarded imperial city under any circumstances, if Liu Dan came to the trick of catching turtles in an urn, then wouldn't he and Cheng Ru be dead on the spot?
He has always been self-centered, and has never been stingy in considering the kindness of others to the other extreme.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Jiang Lili shouted at Cheng Ruyi.
Cheng Ru turned around, "What's wrong?"
"What kind of trick do you say this Korean prince has in his hands?"
Cheng Ru frowned, "What kind of tricks? I look at that person very well, and he can be regarded as kind, why do you say that?"
"Kindness, I think you are a monk!" Jiang Lili snorted coldly: "Do you know what this Korean prince has hidden in his heart? I can see that Liu Mao wants to kill the two of us, but why is this Liu Dan so good to us?
Cheng Ru was stunned, walked to Jiang Lili's side, looked left and right cautiously, and replied in a low voice: "Originally, I also wondered, but the thickness is actually not too difficult to figure out. It is true that these two people are brothers, but there is only power in the imperial family, so where is there brotherhood? Although Liu Dan and Liu Mao have done well on the surface, they can have one of them to be the emperor in the future! Could it be that Liu Mao will really willingly give up the throne to this Liu Dan? Therefore, although they are brothers, who can think clearly about what each of them thinks about each other and what they want to do?
Jiang Lili nodded, and said, "But why does he know that the two of us are from the Great Sui? How does this come from? and why did he bring the two of us into this imperial city and do everything possible to us."
The two of you are courteous?"
Cheng Ru smiled, "Jiang Lili, you still don't know much about these things. This Liu Dan is the crown prince of South Korea, doesn't he have the slightest means in secret? Killers, spies, none of these things should be missing! We have already said on the road that we are from the Great Sui, and we did not deliberately conceal it. At the gate of Tianfu City, you scolded those two guards again, could it be that this matter could not reach Liu Dan's ears? He only needed to order the spies to inquire at will. As for why you said that Liu Dan brought the two of us into this imperial city, it is actually not difficult to guess. Liu Dan and Liu Mao, two brothers, compete for the position of the royal family, we have already made it clear before. I think that Liu Mao must also have some means in his hands, and the position of Prince Liu Dan is not stable. Therefore, he also needs to borrow some forces from the side roads for his own use, and the reputation of the Great Sui is extremely loud, so Liu Dan hit the two of us with the idea, wanting to use the reputation of our Great Sui to give him prestige. Isn't that the reason, you say?"
Jiang Lili pondered for a moment, and then asked, "But what about Lu Zeren? What do you say? Just now Lu Zeren came to this courtyard, turned his head and disappeared. I have calculated, Lu Zeren and Liu Dan left at about the same time. ”
Speaking of this, Cheng Ru also frowned, "It's actually hard to say about this, there are too many possibilities." First of all, this Lu Zeren may be Liu Dan's subordinate, and he said that he is Chen Guoren, or maybe he is just a rhetoric to the two of us. Secondly, perhaps this Lu Zeren and Liu Dan are business partners, of course, we can consider the word 'business' here. Let's put it this way, let's make a guess, this Lu Zeren is really a person from Chen Guo, and there are some forces that make some private transactions with this Liu Dan. Maybe it's weapons, maybe it's trade, we don't need to know. At this time, the two of them left almost together, just to talk about business. ”
In the end, Cheng said again: "Actually, this matter is not a danger for the two of us, Liu Dan did not show any dislike for us, so this Liu Dan should not have much malice, and maybe he will add to us because of Liu Mao." Lu Zeren doesn't have much to do with us, and when he comes back, we can just ask casually, and he will answer if he is willing to answer, and we don't have to mind if he is not happy. ”
"I also know that your worries are nothing more than the fear of persecution in this deep palace and there is no way to escape. In fact, we are still safe in this deep palace, at least safer than outside, which is a good thing from another point of view. First of all, we have completely annoyed that Liu Mao, and that thing knows that he is the master of retribution by looking at his face. If we were outside the Imperial City, we might send many soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress us. And we are now in the Imperial City, and due to the majesty of the Imperial City, he will definitely not make a bold attack on us, just secretly guard against whether there will be assassins to assassinate the two of us. Then," Cheng Ru looked behind him nervously at this, and only replied after making sure that no one was there: "What are the two of us here for? ”
Jiang Lili's face was slightly happy, "You mean?"
Cheng Ru made a booing gesture, "Don't say it, this possibility is the greatest." We were already sure that the movement of the was done by the leaders of Korea. We don't need to know what we want, we just need to know that this move will have a positive impact on South Korea. So in this heavenly place, where else can there be more hidden and practical than here?"
Jiang Lili's eyes lit up slightly.
"Also," Cheng Ru lay comfortably on the rocking chair, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip slightly, "Jiang Lili, your heart is too tight, no matter where you are, your heart is always empty." You should learn to relax and prepare for the worst, but always think about the best. That's how you can live comfortably. "
Jiang Lili was stunned and sneered: "When did you also learn to be a monk and start fighting?"
"This is not a fight!" Cheng Ru defended: "This is reasonable. Have you ever heard those monks play a sharp game, and my head is big. ”
Jiang Lili shook his head and laughed.
At this time, Lu Zeren walked in from outside, Cheng Ru first glanced at Jiang Lili, signaled not to speak, and then asked casually: "Fang Cai was still thinking about why you disappeared, it turned out that you went outside to see the scenery? How about it? The scenery of this imperial city is not bad? I entered this kind of place for the first time anyway, for fear that a person who accidentally took the wrong step would be arrested, and I don't know how to excuse myself when the time comes." ”
At the end, Cheng Ru turned around and looked at Lu Zeren, "You don't want to go to the wrong place and be arrested, I heard that there are many rules in this imperial city!"
Lu Zeren said with a smile: "Where did I go to see the scenery? It's just a random walk outside, and I haven't even walked out of this East Palace." ”
"This place is called the East Palace?"
Lu Zeren was stunned, and then smiled, "The two sons are really shrewd people. ”
"What shrewd people? Cheng Ru pretended to be confused.
Lu Zeren picked a stool and sat down, and after looking at Cheng Yes's face, he laughed casually, and suddenly his face became solemn, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a greeting from outside, so he had to give up.
The person who came was Jiang Xian, the young scholar who followed Liu Dan or something.
"A few sons are good, I am a scholar below, and now I am doing some chores with His Royal Highness the Prince, I heard someone say that there are a few people from the Great Sui in the East Palace, so I can't care about washing, and I hurriedly came here to see a few, and I want to ask a few sons for advice. ”
Jiang Xian's posture was very low, Cheng Ru glanced at Jiang Lili, and then turned his head and flattered: "Don't dare to ask for advice, it's okay to talk to Xiucai at will." Just ask for a show, don't dislike it, it's good to be shallow in the next place. ”
Jiang Lili was not interested in this kind of polite words, and he was not interested in this kind of conversation between literati, looking at Lu Zeren, Jiang Xian, and Cheng Ru The three of them were talking enthusiastically, so they lay down on the chair boredly.
I don't know how long the people talked about it, and I don't know when Jiang Xian left, Jiang Lili only noticed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Liu Dan seemed to have come once, and after talking a few words with Chengru, he left in a hurry.
The June sun was not scorching, and Jiang Lili was drowsy in this courtyard.
Cheng Ru said that there was really some truth, Jiang Lili thought to herself, but this truth didn't fit so well on him.
If Jiang Lili has his own reason, then he is burying his head and doing it.
So when there were only two people left in the courtyard, he stood up and looked at the dim sky on the horizon, and his eyes flashed with light.