Strange Tale of Qingluan

Yu Jia didn't know that Bao Qin had already entered the palace, and she was still studying the flowers and plants in the imperial garden.

On this day, I ran into Su Zhongming who came to relax in the imperial garden again.

After several conversations, the two of them became a little familiar. At this moment, Su Zhongming squatted beside Yu Jia, watching him fiddle with the flower soil, he couldn't help but open his lips: "What's the use of you making these flower soil every day?"

Yu Jia didn't stop, and replied while busy: "Flower soil is very common to us, but it is very important to flowers and plants. If the flower soil is good, the flowers and plants will grow well. Looks like a fairy."

These words seemed very reasonable, Su Zhongming couldn't help but nodded slightly in agreement.

Yu Jia scooped out a little flower soil with a small shovel, and said to Su Zhongming, "Take a look, do you think this flower soil is different from ordinary soil?"

Su Zhongming immediately squatted down, took a serious look, and replied: "It seems to be loose, and there are many impurities mixed in?" After thinking about it, he guessed, "Could it be mixed with plant ash?"

Yu Jia smiled and said: "You, you only got half of the answer right." When putting the flower soil in the shovel back to its original place, he added lightly, "Anyway, it's not enough to use only soil, you have to add flower fertilizer and so on."

Su Zhongming was puzzled and said: "The flower soil here is also fertilized with flower fertilizer? But, isn't the flower fertilizer very smelly..." As he spoke, he couldn't help frowning.

Yu Jia replied: "That's why the gardener has to study the flower soil, so that the imperial garden only has the fragrance of flowers and no smell of flower fertilizer."

Su Zhongming couldn't help admiring: "It seems that planting flowers and plants is also a science!"

Yu Jia suddenly remembered a past event, glanced around, and then said in a low voice: "When you entered the palace, it was quite quiet. Before you entered the palace, there was a gardener who couldn't plant the Queen Mother The flower I like has already been wiped away..."

Su Zhongming was stunned for a while when he heard this.

Yu Jia sighed softly on this: "So, being a gardener is not easy at all! I plant flowers and study the flower soil every day, and I am worried that one day the queen mother will be unhappy and wipe me off..."

This was the cruelest and most helpless situation in the deep palace. Su Zhongming could only pat Yujia on the shoulder lightly to show comfort. Time to go back."

Yu Jia also stood up, but before she had time to say a polite word, Su Zhongming had already turned around and left. He only smiled slightly at Su Zhongming's back, and squatted down again, continuing to study the flower soil.

Su Zhongming walked all the way forward, although he was very quiet, but he was thinking about the problem in his heart, and the guards behind him also followed quietly, not daring to miss his figure from his sight.

The silence along the way was completely shattered after Su Zhongming stopped suddenly.The guards also hurriedly stopped, staring at him solemnly and cautiously.

Su Zhongming turned around and asked calmly, "Among you, who can play cards and mahjong?"

The guards froze for a moment, then looked at each other again.

Su Zhongming didn't have the patience to wait, so he asked again: "Among you, who can? Tell me if you can!"

One of the guards said helplessly: "This..., these things are all from Wen Kingdom, and only the royal family and older officials can play. Although we have heard of it, but... I have never played it."

Su Zhongming couldn't help frowning slightly, and said in his heart: These two entertainment methods are still brought by me!In the Taoxia Kingdom, it was only played by the royal family and officials, not popular among the people?

He thought so in his heart, but he didn't say anything, he just said: "I'm bored when I go back, and you are bored standing outside the hall. Since everyone is bored, why don't you sit together and play cards and mahjong? Yes." Looking at their expressionless faces, he hurriedly added, "Don't be cautious, if I can escape, I will definitely trick you into drinking poisoned wine instead of this."

Having said that, the guards still have concerns.Another guard said: "However, we are not good at how to play this, I'm afraid it will waste your time."

Su Zhongming said generously: "Where is the delay? This is exactly what I want! It doesn't matter if you are not good at it, I can give you free guidance, and I guarantee that you will master it as soon as you learn it!"

The guards all thought in unison: Anyway, the palace is so deep, he can't escape, we can have fun and watch him closely, kill two birds with one stone!

Immediately, they glanced at each other, nodded slightly, implying their agreement, and agreed.

One of the guards blurted out: "Since this is your honor, my lord, we should be happy to accompany you, but if you say 'you will be punished if you lose', please don't make things difficult for your lord."

Su Zhongming said with a smile: "If you lose, you can sing and dance in front of everyone!"

When the guards heard this, they couldn't help laughing out loud.

In the afternoon, two figures from outside quickly passed through the City God. The man riding a horse at the front was wearing a white robe, and the black fox fur cape on his back fluttered in the wind. appearance.Followed by two young men on horseback—the man in dark blue with a long sword hanging from his waist, his shoulders, chest and back are covered with leather body protectors, the man in black also has a leather body protector, but with silver steel double knives hanging from his waist , beautiful appearance, actually a woman disguised as a man.

In front of the palace gate, the galloping horse's hooves suddenly raised towards the sky, and the horse neighed, but had no choice but to stop, because the way ahead was blocked by guards wearing copper and iron body armor.

One of the guards seemed to be the team leader, and he shouted, "Who are you, dare to trespass on the palace!?"

Hearing this, Lian Mi quietly glanced at Huang Yan beside her, seeing that Huang Yan was silent, she did not dare to speak rashly.Only Shangyuan Hexiang opened his lips and replied loudly instead of Huang Yan: "We are distinguished guests of Ge Yunguo, and we have sent a visiting letter to your queen mother a few days ago!"

The guard glanced at the three of them coldly, and asked calmly, "Do you have proof?"

Shangyuan He Xiang was cold and arrogant, and he only replied lightly: "If you ask someone to enter the palace and ask your queen mother, you will know!"

Hearing this, the guard said to his colleagues: "You stay here, I will report to the Queen Mother!" After saying that, he turned around and ran into the palace, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

At this time, Lou Linrou was drinking tea in the small pavilion in the middle of the lake. On the surface of the lake, bits and pieces of thin ice could be seen floating quietly. The wind blew past and swept away a trace of its chill, and brought it into the small pavilion. It is still unknown who wins or loses, but the people in the pavilion only feel cold and warm at times.

Baoqin, who had just entered the palace, was standing beside Lou Linrou. Seeing that her cup was empty, she poured tea for her to please her. , Just smelling the fragrance can make people feel soothed, it must be the dragon fairy flower produced in Guangling Kingdom."

Lou Linrou smiled: "You know this?"

Baoqin replied with a smile: "Just because I have traveled around, I know a thing or two. In ancient times, there were impatiens and dragon fairy flowers. The roots of the impatiens grow from the soil, and the dragon fairy flowers have no roots. They only parasitize on the ancient sycamore trees. It is said that it is waiting for the phoenix to fly. It blooms only once in three years, and it only blooms at night. Once it comes into contact with the morning light, it will wither, so it must be picked before dawn, put it in a porcelain filled with crushed ice, and seal it. , it will condense into ice cubes in the bottle, and the aroma will be locked firmly.”

Word by word, what he said was accurate, which immediately made Lou Linrou happy.

While chatting, a waiter led a guard captain in armor hurriedly into the pavilion.

Seeing Lou Linrou, the captain of the guard bowed respectfully and said, "Queen Mother."

Lou Linrou replied: "Is there anything to report to Ai's family at this time?"

The captain of the guard replied: "Just now, the subordinates of the humble officer reported to the humble officer that there were two people who claimed to be distinguished guests from Ge Yunguo."

When Lou Linrou heard the words, she immediately turned her head: "Ge Yunguo is here? What proof do you have?"

The captain of the guard replied: "There is no proof, but it is said that a letter has been sent to the Queen Mother."

After thinking carefully, Lou Linrou guessed the identity of the visitor, and ordered: "Take them to Luohua Pavilion, and tell them that Ai's house will be there later."

The captain of the bodyguard responded with a "yes" and took the order.

Baoqin listened quietly at the side, feeling in her heart that this distinguished guest from Ge Yunguo must be of considerable background, and only those of considerable background would dare to directly ask to see the Queen Mother of Yiguo.

However, she has entered the deep palace, and if she dares to intervene in the affairs of the royal family, she will be killed. Therefore, even though she is curious about this matter, she dare not find out.

Just as she let go of her curiosity and raised her eyes, she happened to meet Lou Linrou's indifferent gaze and said with a smile: "The queen mother seems to have something urgent to do, so she will leave first if she doesn't want to disturb you."

Lou Linrou also replied casually: "Well, you go."

Upon hearing this, Baoqin stepped forward generously, and accompanied by Gong'e, she left the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Huang Yan, Shangyuan He Xiang, and Lian Mi had been waiting outside the Wanggong City Pass for a while, neither in a hurry nor impatient.

After waiting for another cup of tea, I finally saw the captain of the guards rushing back quickly. Even after going back and forth, he was not exhausted, and his breathing was abnormally stable. He immediately announced: "The Queen Mother ordered you to go to Luohua Pavilion first." Wait." After finishing the words, he greeted a colleague with gestures, and each helped lead a horse to lead the foreign distinguished guest into the palace.

Not long after, there was rootless light snow all over the world, which confused people's eyes, but even in this weather, Li Xuan, the Marquis of Dingxue, who could see nothing but darkness, still insisted on walking outside, passing through the small paths in Luomei Village, as if he didn't know what to do. The chill gathered from around.

Slight snowflakes fell on his hair and shoulders, but he didn't know that the snowflakes invaded his clothes little by little, and then invaded his chest, and the cold took the opportunity to invade his internal organs.

The path covered with snowflakes was extremely wet and slippery. He walked slowly and paid attention to every step, but there was a person in his mind, and the silence merged with the surrounding silence, creating a stronger lovesickness.

In front of him came a tall and tall figure. The man's vigorous silhouette could be clearly seen in the light snow, and his walking was extremely slow. He couldn't meet Li Xuan face to face, and he opened his hands only ten steps away. .

"You still come out to relax when it's snowing? Or, don't you know it's snowing at all?"

There was a teasing taste in his mouth, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Li Xuan could tell that it was the voice of the man from Tuluo Kingdom, so he replied: "Aren't you too, you are relaxing in the snow."

Yang Bin said generously: "In our Tuluo country, there is no difference between a snowy day and a sunny day. A man can walk in the snow, walk in the rain, run in the fire, and run on the tip of a knife."

Li Xuan didn't change his face, he just said: "If you can really do what you said, then that's fine."

A simple sentence, like ten hidden sharp knives, hit Yang Bin on the forehead neatly when he was unprepared, which made Yang Bin very unhappy, and quickly shouted: "Don't underestimate people! Yours! It’s not because of me that this trip is so colorful!”

Li Xuan's face remained unchanged, and his words were also ruthless to the end: "It is indeed full of joy."

Accompanied by the biting cold wind and icy snowflakes, the sense of sarcasm became even more frozen, and the blood in his body almost flowed out from the seven orifices against the qi. Fortunately, Yang Bin held back and said helplessly: "Oh, you... Your tongue is more ruthless than your sword, I am open-minded, so I don’t care about it with you. However, I really want to know what you want to do next? It’s not an option to stay at my mother-in-law’s house all the time.”

Li Xuan was stunned when he heard this, but he just faced Yang Bin directly, and the atmosphere was very calm.

Perhaps because of guilty conscience, Yang Bin couldn't help looking around, making sure that there was no one else around, so he leaned into Li Xuan's ear, covered his mouth and said in a low voice, "Don't tell me about the fact that I call the owner my mother-in-law in private... "

Li Xuan snorted softly, and replied: "So you also know that you have a thick skin."

Yang Bin put his hips on his hips and said confidently: "I will be the owner's son-in-law sooner or later, it's just that I called him earlier."

Li Xuan didn't want to meddle in this man's private affairs, so he stopped talking about the matter.

But Yang Bin continued to chatter, like a river breaking its embankment, and now the topic changed to what Li Xuan cared about: "Su Zhongming's matter is very difficult, and the palace is also a complicated place, so it is difficult to break into it." , I'm afraid I can't get out, no matter how high a person's martial arts is, he can't beat so many palace guards."

This is the truth, and Li Xuan already knew it in his heart, and replied: "If my eyes are not blind, let alone one hundred thousand guards guarding the palace, even if there are one million guards, I would dare to break into the palace to save Zhongming." !"

Yang Bin wanted to comfort him for a while, but seeing his domineering manner, he had no choice but to comfort him: "Okay, everyone understands how you feel."

Li Xuan thought for a while and made a suggestion: "If we can't think of a good way, I think we can only cooperate from the inside out."

Yang Bin asked: "How do you want to cooperate with the inside and the outside?"

Li Xuan said in detail: "Let me break into the palace, bring Zhong Ming out, and hand Zhong Ming to other people. I will be the bait to lure those guards away."

Although Yang Bin has no great wisdom, although he is brave and foolhardy, he does not agree with such a strategy. He frowned and said: "Hey, according to your method, you go to be the bait, can you guarantee that you can get out? If you are caught I got caught, isn't Su Zhongming going back to rescue you again? Anyway, just save yourself, if you can't save Su Zhongming, you'll have to withdraw, Su Zhongming seems to be living well in the palace."

Li Xuan didn't refute directly, but asked instead: "If Wen Qian was arrested, what would you do?"

Hearing this, Yang Bin felt embarrassed all of a sudden, but it was just an if, he didn't want to think about an 'if' redundantly, so he said shamelessly: "Wen Qian is fine now, why should I think about bad things? I'm afraid of being possessed by the spirit of words!"

Hearing this, Li Xuan pursed his lips, unable to speak.

Yang Bin said again: "I understand, in fact, you are just worried about him. However, if you just meet to confirm his safety, I can help you, it depends on whether you are willing to cooperate."

Li Xuan asked: "You mean, are you willing to help me so that I can sneak into the palace?"

Yang Bin said generously, "I owe you a lot for this journey, and I should pay it back. But let's make an agreement, we just meet and confirm your safety. After that, you have to come back obediently. Don't take the risk of taking people with you." Leaving the palace..."

Li Xuan sighed softly, and reluctantly agreed: "Okay, I will listen to you this time."

Yang Bin believed him for a while, looked at the snowy sky, and persuaded him: "Go back, I'm afraid the snow will fall more and more, and if you keep wandering around, everyone will turn into a white and fat snowball." , one person goes first.

Li Xuan also turned around, followed him, and walked back.

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