Ning Gu

Chapter 104 The Talk of Lantai

"It should be Mo Liu Han Chao."

Liang Zhuo took half a step closer, and said the four characters drawn with the vermilion pen.

When Zhao Zuo heard this, his brows were still furrowed and his expression was still tense. After a while, he didn't know what he thought of, and the end of his eyes twitched almost invisibly, and then closed the page in his hand.

"Do as you said just now." He looked at Liang Zhuo, "But Liang Ce's place, I'm afraid it will make things difficult for you."

Hearing this, Liang Zhuo immediately knelt down and said, "No embarrassment. Concubine Zhen put me in this position just for you. You are the prince chosen by Zhaoxing, so you should be the master recognized by the Wang family. I... ..."

Zhao Zuo raised his eyebrows, and raised his hand to stop Liang Zhuo's heart-wrenching afterwords. As for the relationship between her and the Wang family, Zhao Zuo can guess it somewhat, even though he hasn't asked a word for so many years.

How the Wang family saved her in the past is not important to Zhao Zuo. What Zhao Zuo wants to know is how dedicated she can be as the "Liang Zhuo" now.

As he spoke, he supported Liang Zhuo, and said: "Get up. You will have to take care of it in the future, and it will be hard work." Zhao Zuo tapped his finger on the cover of the book again, and the conversation changed When he came back, he continued, "If Liang Ce is really in trouble, let him come and find me."

Liang Zhuo responded, and Zhao Zuo gave a few more instructions before getting up to leave.Seeing this, Liang Zhuo called him, and stopped him: "It's rare for the Duke to return home, so he should stay longer." Liang Zhuo looked outside the door again, and added in a low voice, "Otherwise, someone should gossip .”

"gossip?"

"It's mostly nonsense, it's not ear-catching, you don't care if you don't listen." Liang Zhuo smiled and said again, "But the concubine Zhen still hopes that you don't get too close to Mr. Xie Xiao, maybe..."

Liang Zhuo hesitated to speak, and if it fell on Zhao Zuo, what she didn't say must be even more unsightly.

"Why would Concubine Zhen want you to pass on this message?"

"I... Concubine Zhen really asked me to bring her words to you next time I meet you."

Zhao Zuo turned around and looked at the women in the room, the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed, as if he had suppressed something, causing Liang Zhuo to break out in a cold sweat.

After a long while, Zhao Zuo finally pushed the door and went out. He still didn't forget to order: "If there are people who chew their tongues in this house, my wife should take care of it for me. When I return to the house tomorrow, don't ask me to hear it again." Such nonsense. Mister Xiao is a close friend of Congshan, and he is not a slave to talk about."

After Zhao Zuo finished giving orders, Fang stepped forward to leave, and then gouged out another look at the people in the house: "Madam's words will also be taken to Concubine Zhen for me. I don't need to bother the lady about the matter between me and Mr. Xiao. As for This stack of books will be sent to the garden in a while, and I will return them after I finish reading them."

"you……"

"The master of the Wang family should also be Zhao Xing. If the empress forgets, you should also mention something."

After Zhao Zuo finished speaking, he took off his robe and walked away.

There are many fragrant grasses in orchids, and Tinglan declines in autumn water.

The bells under the eaves of Xieshan swayed gently in the autumn wind, and the bells were in the middle, and in the small cabin near the bank, the heads of beasts were smashed, and the fragrance of saliva curled up.

Long ago, there was a person who was lazily sitting on the square mat under the window of the verandah, playing with a new osmanthus.

"Please, Mr. Xie Xiao." Huannuer led Xie Wuling into Lantai and stood still in front of the carved door.

"I'm sorry." Xie Wuling nodded, and went up the steps to enter the verandah, still looking a bit lenient in court clothes.

Xu, the female official with a hairpin bead and Dai Cui, understood what Emperor Hui meant.Ben stood beside the case, holding a cinnabar pot in his hand, and added new tea to the teacup.

Seeing Xie Wuling coming, she poured another cup, then Liu Kun glanced at Xie Wuling, Xie Wuling nodded lightly, then she made gestures with all the maidservants and retreated together.

"coming?"

Emperor Hui focused his eyes on the osmanthus branch in his hand, raised his hand to grab a handful of osmanthus from the flower branch, spread his hands over the teacup, and opened his five fingers slightly, letting the osmanthus fall into the teacup from the gap between his fingers. Two yellow flowers float on the surface of the tea.

Seeing this, Xie Wuling stepped forward to salute and said, "Pingzhi asks the Holy One how well he is."

Emperor Hui nodded, raised his hand to signal Xie Wuling to sit beside him, and passed the flower branch in his hand.

"Well? I heard that the quality of the autumn test this year is not high. Pingzhi said, how can I be safe?"

Xie Wuling took the flower branch respectfully with his sleeves up, and held it in his hands.Lifting the other hand, he picked a small cluster from the branch, grinded it between his fingers, and put it into the teacup.

"Earlier, I heard that Mr. Dalang, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has a brilliant literary talent, and Mr. Xiaolang, the minister of Dali Temple, is also well-educated. From this point of view, there should be a wealth of talents. The Holy One can rest assured."

"A lot of talents?" Emperor Hui snorted softly, causing Xie Wuling to freeze, and looked up.Emperor Hui continued: "Mr. Xiao has heard quite a lot about it."

"Pingzhi only knows a little bit about it, and I heard it from him when I had tea with Changxielang, the Erlang of the Shen family that day."

"Then he believes you." Hearing this, Emperor Hui tightened his grip on the teacup, his face still calm, and slowly drank the cup of tea in front of him, "Then he said that this year the widow is more intentional." About the number one scholar from a poor family?"

"Even if Changxie Lang dared to speak, Pingzhi would not dare to listen to and believe in falsehood."

Emperor Hui's face softened slightly when he heard the words: "Mr. Xiao is a smart person." Xie Wuling wanted to respond with the word "dare not", but Emperor Hui replied, "But Mr. Xiao yesterday..." Emperor Hui Frowning on purpose, he asked seriously, "Did you hear that Mr. Xiao and Xiao Wangsun went to the Imperial College yesterday?"

Xie Wuling raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Hui hurriedly, guessing the meaning of Emperor Hui's words.

Lantai had a different meaning to Emperor Hui, since he was willing to talk about this matter in Lantai, it would not be to punish him, thinking about it, Xie Wuling replied in a deep voice: "Yes."

Emperor Hui put the tea cup back on the table, and the porcelain cup knocked against the wood, making a crisp sound, which surprised Xie Wuling, but Emperor Hui ignored it.He turned around and threw the impeachment papers he had prepared by his side on the case, and raised his eyebrows at Xie Wuling: "I just went there yesterday, but today the impeachment papers came up, what do you want me to do, Mr. Xiao?"

"It was Pingzhi's negligence. But..."

Only then did Emperor Hui look at Xie Wuling seriously: "But what?"

"But this is an ordinary responsibility, and has nothing to do with the little prince." Xie Wuling paused, then raised his eyes, and looked at Emperor Hui with neither humbleness nor condescension. It's just one of the things that Pingzhi ventured to guess."

Xie Wuling narrowed his gaze as he spoke, and lowered his eyebrows to look pleasing to the eye. Emperor Hui asked him to come to Lantai today, because he asked his father-in-law to come to the garden a few days ago to make a special announcement.

What happened yesterday should only be considered a coincidence, and the main event should have just begun.

Emperor Hui curled his lips and looked at Xie Wuling with cunning eyes: "Earlier, I heard from Lu Shencheng that half of his Lu family's jade antlers were lost among the people. I don't know if Mr. Xiao knows about this?"

Xie Wuling pretended to be stupid and was stupefied, and after a while it seemed as if he had digested the news, and said: "To tell you the truth, Pingzhi only found out about it today. I don't know, but Zhaoxing should help to find Mr. Lu's eldest son?" Xie Wuling took the opportunity to send The sweet-scented osmanthus twigs patted on the table, and then said nonchalantly, "But finding things is something you can't control."

"Mr. Xiao is not in charge. I'm afraid it's not the matter of finding things, but the jade antlers." Emperor Hui raised his eyebrows first, put the empty lamp on the case, and said, "Mr. Xiao, don't forget that you should The widow's words."

A man of Zhaoxing should believe in Zhaoxing.Xie Wuling has always believed in it, and it is precisely because of this that he complied with Emperor Hui's previous request.What Emperor Hui wanted was a Zhaoxing who supported his royal family, not a Zhaoxing counselor who only had Zhao Congshan in his eyes.

Of course Xie Wuling avoided this truth, this was the truth that Emperor Hui made him understand on purpose before Li Fufeng went to Guzang to meet Zhao Zuo.

Xie Wuling's hand that was clapping on the table gradually moved under the desk, hid it in his sleeve, and started to punch.Xie Wuling raised his eyes and saw Emperor Hui watching his every move calmly and calmly. Suddenly, he made up his mind and sat upright: "Pingzhi is bold, I have a merciless request."

"Say."

"Pingzhi invites the sage, why not throw the chess piece that is going to threaten Pingzhi later?"

"Mr. Xiao wants to hear it, but the widow thinks Mr. Xiao doesn't want to hear it now."

Would the Holy One not say anything because Xie Wuling didn't want to?Xie Wuling thought.

He pursed his lips and leaned towards the railing of the window.Some of his actions before, as long as Shen Changxi was in Fufeng, they must not be concealed.After he discovered Shen Changxie, he thought about how to respond.

After thinking about it several times, I feel that Emperor Hui should have noticed those little moves a long time ago, and it was just to see when Emperor Hui would put it on the table.

Sooner or later, struggling is useless.

"It's just that the court officials left Beijing without permission." Emperor Hui said leisurely, "I heard that Mr. Xiao left Fufeng once before Lord Qin returned to Fufeng. I remember that Mr. Xiao was a Did you say you were sick and didn't go to court?"

Xie Wuling heard the words, but the corners of his mouth hooked up, and he didn't dare to say anything.

"Leaving Fufeng without permission from the court officials, Mr. Xiao should know what the charges are, and with these three impeachments..." Emperor Hui hesitated to speak, and glanced at the impeachment that was pressed under the flower branch , Osmanthus fragrans were scattered around the impeachment letter, and the rich fragrance of osmanthus fragrans also disappeared, which made people lose their interest.

"The matter of the jade antlers, Mr. Xiao, do you have to think about it?"

Emperor Hui had a look, and he forced Xie Wuling fiercely, so that Xie Wuling couldn't ignore it, let alone act calmly: "The jade antler was indeed in the hands of Duke Qin. But he said the day before yesterday that the antler has returned to its original place." Lord, I hope the Holy Spirit will check it out."

"Really?"

"really."

"Mr. Xie Xiao." Emperor Hui's eyes softened a little.

Xie Wuling also had the courage to force him half a step: "Your Majesty wants to say, Old General Lu is old?" Xie Wuling leaned closer to the desk again, and asked softly, "Or should I say, the Lu family should leave in Fufeng?

"It's time for their play to end." Emperor Hui stood up and stood up, "The widow is also old and can't understand people anymore. This Lu Shencheng..." Emperor Hui shook his head, and Xie Wuling also stood up, Followed behind him, listening to him slowly say, "If this Lu Yan leaves, it will be difficult for his big man. It's a pity."

Xie Wuling followed Emperor Hui, step by step.

Back then when Wang Shuo left, Lu Shenben should have been a famous person in Fufeng, but he had an exquisite mind, so he asked himself to stay in the northern part of the fortress instead of staying in Fufeng, hiding the limelight of the Lu family.

Fufeng emphasizes literature, and military generals are originally from the dying family.It was when Wang Shuo was still unable to grasp the rise and fall of the Wang family, not to mention that his Lu family was also dragged down by a playboy Lu Weiming.If he really became a politician like Wang Shuo, I'm afraid the Lu family would have been drowned in the turbulence of Fufeng.

He, Lu Shencheng, had long known the thoughts of the various clans in Fufeng, and in order to prevent the Lu family from becoming a target of public criticism, he had been stationed at the border all these years, giving the Lu family the right to live in this land where dragons and tigers occupy.

"But..." Xie Wuling almost blurted out Yuanhua's secret, but stopped it at the end.

"Huh?" Emperor Hui turned back.

"It's nothing. Pingzhi just wanted to admit his mistake with the Holy One. That day was the birthday of his old friend, so he secretly returned to Zhaoxing. If there is punishment, Pingzhi should admit it."

"Then it will be regarded as the emperor's kindness, and there will be no punishment today, but there must be no next time."

"Yes."

"If there is a next time, Mr. Xiao should know..."

"My humble minister, thank the Lord for your kindness." Emperor Hui hadn't finished his words, but Xie Wuling understood it.

When Xie Wuling left Chongque, the autumn sun was fading to the west, and the afterglow was shining in Juheng Garden, a pool of autumn water was sparkling.

Xie Wuling stood under the corridor, looking over the autumn water, he saw a monk in cassock sitting in the pavilion facing the corridor.

Xie Wuling's eyes lit up, and he rushed quickly.

When I arrived at the pavilion, I saw that the monk was stirring a silver spoon in the porcelain cup.

He took two steps forward and sat down on the seat opposite him, as usual, took the empty cup without politeness, put it in front of the man, and begged for tea.

"Brother. Didn't you say how many days it will arrive?"

"Come earlier, so you can return earlier." Huixuan cooked tea as usual, and glanced at the empty cup that Xie Wuling handed over, "Your boy is more sensible than you."

"I haven't seen you for a long time, it's rare to beg for this cup of birthday eyebrows from senior brother, and senior brother is still stingy?" Xie Wuling said boldly.

"Since you know it's rare, why didn't you stay with me for half a day when you went to Miaofa's place that day?"

"Just now Chongque was explaining the matter of Li Fufeng, how dare you wait for half a day? After the things are delivered, we have to go back."

"Speaking of that thing, the Holy One is..."

"I begged for it, there must be someone who can save my life, right?" Xie Wuling said, raising his eyebrows, and laughed at himself, "It's just that I heard rumors in the market recently that I hid the treasure with Daoist Miaofa, but they don't know Bao, that’s my life.”

"You." Huixuan understood what he meant, and with a more helpless tone, he paused for a moment, or added a little more, "Don't bet on people's hearts when doing things, it's best to be alone, don't...learn Master."

"Master," Xie Wuling frowned upon hearing this, "Master, an old man, did he gamble on the wrong heart?"

Huixuan stopped his movements, but Fang wanted to speak, but his eyes turned away, and he looked outside the pavilion, seeing someone coming from outside the pavilion, so he changed his words: "The past is not enough."

The author has something to say: here is the time when Miaofa Daoist was abused at the beginning