Chapter 17 (16)
Dark Night Death also vaguely understood that he was taking care of his own face, maybe it was just a pretext to stabilize the sect leader or something, he was righteous to himself, and he should also be righteous to him, so he said: "Forget it, this is all your private matter, I have no reason to ask, not to mention that even the sect leader can't talk about you, and I don't even sing." Good...... That's it, just be more careful yourself, and ......" He never thanked people easily, and his face was a little red, but he still struggled to squeeze out the words: "Thank you...... Thank you for speaking for me in front of the Master. I...... It's not that you saved my life, but that you persuaded the sect leader to let me come to the capital, although the words are a bit bold, but ......" took a deep breath, raised his head and looked directly at him, and poured out the few words that had been held in his heart for a long time: "However, you have the qualifications to be bold! If I dare to say those great rebellious words to the sect leader, I will cut off one of his ten heads." A few days ago, I only disobeyed slightly, and he was ready to punish me severely, but not for posturing. The sect leader does treat you very favorably, and I admit that I am not as good as you, but I have to say a word, you don't like to hear it, although you are outstanding, you don't like Menglin......"
This is exactly what Jiang Yanchen regrets in his heart, and said with a wry smile: "Of course I know, on the contrary, she hates me more than anyone else, this is called battlefield pride, love frustration......"
Dark Night Death sneered: "It's better than me being frustrated everywhere, I'm a complete loser." After speaking, he turned around and left, Jiang Yanchen stood in place, watching his lonely back gradually drift away, and sighed: "You don't understand, in order to fulfill you and Meng Lin, I have already withdrawn, this situation, I never thought of being your opponent." Besides, the old thing of the sect leader controls me all day long, how can I be proud of the battlefield? However, I am destined to be the leader, but I will never be the obedient, and the day when I raise my eyebrows and pride is not far away......"
For Jiang Yanchen, apart from pleasing Chu Menglin, there is indeed nothing he can't do. Soon he easily crossed the layers of blockade and stood in the inner courtyard of the palace, shuttling and dodging between the rockery pavilions and pavilions, avoiding the patrolling attendant satellite lines.
He was always convinced that the news in the list was a pure forgery, and he entered the palace only to consult the secret historical materials and verify an important guess. Anyway, there is plenty of time, before going to the study, I still want to go to the Yinxue Palace first, and explain the dark night under the pretext, but the real idea is to look at Shen Shiyun, and wonder what kind of stunning beauty she has become since Chang'an said goodbye.
If you want to find a map in the palace, it is not a problem, but Yinxue Palace is the residence where the emperor deliberately changed the name of the palace and rewarded Shen Shiyun, I don't know what the original name is, he doesn't want to arrest officers and soldiers to interrogate, he only looks for plaques everywhere, half to familiarize himself with the terrain. Through the south side of the Taihe Palace, the middle and the hall, the Baohe Palace, and the west side of the heart of the palace, Yuhua Pavilion, the terrain in the palace is indeed very complicated, he has a strong sense of direction, still went around several circles, only to find the Yinxue Palace. After quickly knocking down a few guards, he entered the main hall, which was empty, and there was a tall bookshelf standing opposite, and there was a sea of books of all kinds.
Jiang Yanchen said in his heart: "Shen Shiyun can really be called reading more than 10,000 books, and the scale here is no less than that of the study." "I took out a book from the right, flipped through it, but it was a collection of Tang poems, and then I took it after a few copies, and it was another volume of Song Ci, so I had to skip this layer, and there were many military books at the bottom, all of which he had read by heart. In the book "Wei Xuanzi" that he picked up, the focus he thought was the focus earlier happened to be marked on the book, Jiang Yanchen felt slightly funny, and said in his heart: "The hero sees the same thing." "But if you don't see the book you're looking for, it's in vain.
Noticing that there are several inner rooms in the hall, I first entered the first room on the right, and the windows in the room were bright and clean, and they were spotless. There are bookshelves on the side wall again, the shelves are still stuffed with large and small books, here you can see a lot of historical records since the founding of Manchuria, but the distribution is uneven, the relevant characters and years, events involve many books, I have to look through them one by one, and all those involved are temporarily stacked aside. It didn't take long for it to become a high pile, and suddenly I heard some noise outside the room, and the sound of chaotic footsteps came one after another.
Jiang Yanchen concentrated for a moment, first spread a volume of "Manchurian Eight Banners Clan General Pedigree" on the top floor of the book pile, dodged behind the door, and peeked out through the crack in the door. I saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs walking in with several richly dressed officials, from the obvious dress of the rank, a woman in scarlet clothes came out of the crowd, Jiang Yanchen recognized it at first glance that it was Shen Shiyun, when she walked with her, her temperament was as beautiful and elegant as a hibiscus out of the water, but at this time she was dressed extremely enchanting and gorgeous, and her gestures, smiles and smiles all revealed the charm of seduction.
Jiang Yanchen said in his heart: "Sure enough, the Buddha relies on gold, and people rely on clothes, and Yun'er is more beautiful with heavy makeup." She is like a poppy flower with a bright exterior and poisonous inside. Then he felt funny, and said in his heart: "I'm not doing my job like this, and I'm not a womanizer in the market, what are you staring at her face?"
A beautiful palace maid served a few people and sat down, pointing at the maid who served tea and poured water, and then dispersed the rest of the people, she still stood on the side with her hands down. This palace maid is Luo Jin, but Jiang Yanchen didn't recognize her, and secretly thought: "When the master speaks, she doesn't need to avoid it, it seems that this little girl is very comfortable in front of Shen Shiyun." ”
Shen Shiyun first pretended to be polite with several officials, and as soon as the scene passed, he immediately turned to the topic. The discussion is still about the old saying, that is, how to stabilize the territory, calm the people's minds, how to deal with the stubborn people, and also summarize the shortcomings of the previous dynasties, and discuss how to carry on the reforms, so as to ensure the long-term peace and stability of the country.
Later, he talked about the rampant thieves in various places recently, most of them multiplied in small groups, and there was no need to worry, only one gang of bandits was dominant, occupying the mountain as the king, recruiting many minions who went up to the mountain to defect, and there was a hidden momentum of open rebellion. However, they are now doing some things to rob houses and houses, causing the people to boil over, if they can successfully get rid of the thieves, not only to stabilize the rule, but also to establish prestige among the people. As he spoke, he spread out the map and pointed with his fingers, detailing the formation of the soldiers, where this team attacked, where the other team intercepted, and where that team set up an ambush, and attacked from the end to the end, so as to wipe out the chaotic party. The offense and defense are properly distributed, and it is said in an orderly manner, and the head is the way.
Jiang Yanchen listened to a few words, because the matter was not related to the Shadow Sacrifice Sect, he could also analyze it calmly, and secretly praised: "It is worthy of my favorite opponent, and his mind is really good enough." ”
Luo Jin also made a few suggestions from time to time, Jiang Yanchen only paid attention to Shen Shiyun, didn't notice when she left the table, and walked straight to the door. He leaned against the door at the time, Luo Jin didn't see it, and as soon as he stepped into the room, he noticed the bookshelves that had been turned into a mess, and said unhappily: "This is a dead girl who doesn't have long eyes, and said that my room is not allowed for them to tidy up blindly, but they don't listen!" scolded and scolded in his mouth, walked to the bookshelf to clean up, put the stacked books back on the bookshelf one by one, and suddenly felt a chill all over his body halfway, as if someone was peeping in the dark, first look carefully to the left, the window is closed. He turned his head to the right again, perhaps because he didn't expect a stranger to be in the room, so frightened that all the books he was holding in his hand were scattered on the ground, and he was about to scream when he took a step back.
Jiang Yanchen had already moved when she turned her head, and her body turned into a black shadow, sweeping in front of her like a gust of wind, covering her mouth and nose with one hand, and choking her throat with the other, and said in a low voice: "Don't scream, do you hear it?"
Luo Jin was so frightened by this sudden fright that he forgot to breathe for a while, and instinctively grabbed his sleeves with both hands, pulling desperately. But the pressure on his face was not reduced, and the palm stuck in his throat tightened more and more, and he gradually felt a gold star emerge in front of him, mixed with darkness, covering his head and face, struggling to nod his head, trying his best but only shaking his head slightly.
Jiang Yanchen heard that her breathing was getting weaker and weaker, and she was afraid that she would suffocate to death if she was not strangled to death next, and with her current situation, she must not have the strength to yell anymore, so she let go of her, withdrew her hands at the same time, and pushed her body forward. Luo Jin was unsteady on her feet, staggered and fell, but fortunately there was a large square table in front of her, she supported the table with her left hand, and stroked her throat with her right hand, and broke out into a violent cough.
Jiang Yanchen was bored and said, "It's noisy and dead! You are not allowed to cough!" Luo Jin replied with difficulty: "You are in charge of the heavens and the earth, and you are also in charge of people...... Ahem, hey, can I be reasonable? What if I strangled your neck?"
Jiang Yanchen said with a smile: "That's good, as long as you can do it." After being silent for a while, she was really upset by her coughing, and said, "Be quiet! Do you want to attract attention from the outside in this way?" Luo Jin said: "What's so nice about coughing? Do you happily rush to see the excitement every time you hear someone coughing?"
This is the first time the two have looked at each other. Luo Jin's eyes lit up, seeing that although this person's temperament was cold, his appearance was more than several times more handsome than Li Yijie, Hu Wei and others, she was still a girl who had just fallen in love, and her heart was slightly moving, and she intended to help him with this, so that he would have a good impression of herself. He cleared his throat, hugged his shoulders, and said, "Oh, you are a bad person, you broke into the Yinxue Palace to assassinate, you don't know whether you are alive or dead! It's rare that Miss Ben is in a good mood, and if she doesn't care about you, you should leave quickly! I will pretend that I haven't seen you." After saying that, he peeked to see his reaction.
Jiang Yanchen leaned his back against the window frame and said coldly: "With you, a little palace maid, you also shout at me, do you know who I am?" Luo Jin took the opportunity to boast: "I am not an ordinary palace maid! I am Concubine Yun's personal maid, she values me the most, and I am usually in charge of the affairs of Yinxue Palace." The emperor is also very good to me, I am very famous in the palace!" Jiang Yanchen said to himself: "Concubine Yun, heh, so majestic." He glanced at her and said, "You still boast that you are Shen Shiyun's confidant, but you don't even know about it, and she never told you?"
Luo Jin shouted: "Bold! You dare to call the lady by her name?" Jiang Yanchen laughed and said: "This is also bold, something ten million times bolder than this, I have also done it, and there are countless of them." ”
Luo Jin said: "What's the big deal about that? There is a Zhang Daring in the north of the city, who killed a white-fronted tiger with his bare hands when he went up the mountain to cut wood; They're bold, aren't they? It's all gossip I heard from Hu Wei, and Niangniang hasn't mentioned it once. She is deeply favored by the emperor, and she wants to be promoted directly beyond the rank and directly as a concubine, what Manchu and Han are not allowed to marry, what harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, all of them are regarded as nothing, which of the other concubines has her honor? Hmph, even Li Daxia, the leader of the martial arts alliance, bowed down under her pomegranate skirt, but she didn't like it, so she asked me to be responsible for scolding him away, and it wasn't a joke? Why do you let the mother treat her differently?
Jiang Yanchen sneered: "Martial Arts Alliance Leader, Li Yijie, what kind of kid is that kid who doesn't know how to lift!" Luo Jin reprimanded: "What a big breath, he is the leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, and he is the biggest in the world, except for the emperor." The two most powerful men in the world are circling around Concubine Yun, she still doesn't pay attention to her, what are you?" Jiang Yanchen said: "It's okay to tell you, Shadowless Villa was destroyed by me, Shen Shiyun's entire family was killed by me, and the person she values most in the world is me, what kind of thing do you say now?"