Mikago

Could this be Qi Yunchu's plan in advance?

Thinking of this, Lu You couldn't help feeling a little flustered.He didn't want Tang Ruilang to see through the disguise, and this disguise was not only the appearance, but also the voice.

However, when handing over the new fire, it is necessary to say a word of blessing.

"The new fire is coming, shining on the nine clans."

When he recited these eight characters while pinching his throat, Tang Ruilang, who was originally careless, raised his head instead.

The four eyes met, and Lu You lowered his eyes guiltily.At the same time, he felt the glazed lamp being taken over by Tang Ruilang.

But before he had time to relax, he felt a sharp pain in the place where the tiger's mouth was injured yesterday.

It turned out to be gently pinched by Tang Ruilang.

Did he see it again? !

Lu You was really speechless, and felt that this should be Qi Yunchu's trick again.

Fortunately, Tang Ruilang probably wouldn't reveal his identity, so he had to take one step at a time.

After submitting the new fire, the seven eunuchs who spread the fire were welcomed into the flower hall to talk.

In the courtyard outside the hall, the young man brought the gilded copper stove for roasting tea, and was carefully preparing charcoal for the fire.

Everyone in the hall was chatting about flowers and the way of drinking tea, and appreciating the silver tea kettle, tea cakes and tea, which seemed harmonious on the surface.

Among them, only Lu You was restless.

Fortunately, everyone saw that he was still young, so they didn't pay any attention to him, so he just found an excuse and walked to the side yard, staring at a few phoenix trees in a daze.

On the tree, thousands of white flowers are in full bloom, like snow and clouds, clean and flawless, and exude bursts of refreshing fragrance.

It is obviously such a beautiful flower tree, but it grows on this kind of pickled rotten soil.

Lu Youzheng sighed a little, and only heard a "squeak" in his ear, and the courtyard door was suddenly closed by someone.

He hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw Tang Ruilang coming in a hurry, grabbing his arm and pulling him into the empty room beside him.

"Zuolan, Zuolan, I know you used Tianwu Palace's disguise technique!"

"……What do you want?"

Lu You was pressed in the corner by him, wanting to reprimand loudly but afraid of attracting others, so he could only stare at him resentfully.

But Tang Ruilang completely ignored Lu You's hatred.He frowned tightly, showing an extremely rare irritated expression.

"It means that you really entered the palace... Are you crazy?! How could you do such a reckless thing?! You really asked someone to cleanse yourself? I don't believe it!"

As he said that, he even reached out to pull Lu You's belt.

Lu You firmly grabbed Tang Ruilang's hand: "What's none of your business?!"

Tang Ruilang opened his mouth to answer, but he couldn't say anything, he just looked at Lu You with a look of disappointment.

For some reason, Lu You suddenly remembered that many years ago in the Imperial College, he still kept an eye on Tang Ruilang, thinking about Ruilang's intentions in every move, for fear of disappointing him.

Thinking about it now, it really seems like a lifetime away.

When others meet again, they hold a cup to persuade each other and don't stop each other.But when they met, they hated the old and worried about the new, and they had tears but nothing to say to Wanchun.

Thinking of this, Lu You's resentment suddenly turned into full of helplessness.

"I'm no longer the Ye Zuolan I was back then, and I hope you don't call me that again. You don't need to tell me, I know that I have changed a lot, but I don't regret it."

"But the price of the transformation is too great!"

Tang Ruilang was still worried about him: "Whether you understand or not, it means that you will not be able to carry on the family in the future!"

Lu You was stunned for a moment, and asked him back: "Is it important for you to inherit the family?"

Tang Ruilang's eyelids twitched, and he scratched his head to explain: "That's not what I mean! I really have no position to criticize you in the matter of inheriting the family. But you must know that anyone who has been punished by the sky will fall a bit. The root of the disease. You are a good person, why don't you love yourself?"

"..."

Lu You also understood that he really cared about him, so he was silent for a while, and then he sighed.

"Now that the matter is at this point, you and I are sticking to each other. No one can convince the other. It is always futile. Why don't we just put aside those reasons and complaints, and simply make a conclusion-the past, the past, and from now on, we will meet again I don't know. Would you like to?"

"I don't want to!" Tang Ruilang objected without even thinking about it: "If you live a peaceful and healthy life now, and you are accompanied by someone, I have nothing to say if you want to make a clean break with me. But now you are walking on the tip of the knife every step of the way. How could it be possible to sit idly by?"

As he spoke, he held Lu You's hand again, as if to express his determination to him.

Lu You withdrew his hand, and subconsciously caressed the scar on the tiger's mouth: "But I feel that if you leave me alone, I will be safer."

Tang Ruilang knew that he was talking about yesterday's shooting, so he hurriedly apologized in a low voice, and then he had many questions to ask.

But at this moment, the courtyard on the side became lively, presumably the tea soup was ready.

Lu You ignored Tang Ruilang again, and walked out of the courtyard to have tea.

Strangely, Tang Ruilang never appeared again after that.

After tea, all the eunuchs who sent the fire received a heavy silver-painted wooden box.It contained a seal of gold, a bag of pearls, some other treasures, and spices.

Such extravagant handwriting actually surpassed the bag of money left by their mother Tuo Zhongbo back then.

He got this huge sum of money easily, but Lu You didn't feel the slightest bit of joy in his heart.

He went out, put the box into the girdle on the horse, and asked the leader Chang Yunu for leave, then left the crowd alone, and rode his horse towards the city square.

The first thing he was going to was Dongshi, which was next to Shengyefang.In the southwest corner of Dongshi City, there is a fierce store, where you can buy all the items you need for grave sweeping.

Thinking of finally being able to visit the graves of his parents, Lu You reluctantly put his displeasure behind him.

He turned a corner close to the side of the street, exited the Nanfang Gate, walked through the bustling West Market to find the evil shop, immediately bought gold paper joss sticks, and only picked expensive ones.After everything was prepared, the two large wicker baskets were filled with items, so I had to rent a donkey from the nearby cart workshop to follow behind.

So, the horse and the donkey slowly started walking towards the south of the city.

There was a lot of people along the road, most of them went out for outings and tomb-sweeping. Seeing him as an ordinary-looking young man, wearing silk all over his body and riding a tall horse, he naturally knew that he was from the north, so they all gave way.

Just like this all the way to the vicinity of Yongchongfang, seeing that it would be deserted further south, suddenly a man riding a white horse appeared in the corner, stopped him abruptly, and stretched out his hand to hold his hand the reins.

Who else could there be besides Tang Ruilang?

Lu You was no longer surprised, and just reined in the horse and looked at him coldly.

"Could you find a place where you can have a good talk." Tang Ruilang lowered his voice and said, "I'm gone today, and I don't know when we can meet next time."

As he spoke, he took out a small and exquisite ebony square box from his bosom: "If you don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face, just take it as a gift from me to keep this thing for you."

This thing is—? !

Lu You's pupils narrowed slightly, and he immediately thought of the answer.

There happened to be a restaurant by the side of the road, and the two tied up their horses and donkeys, and went up to the second floor to ask for a secluded private seat.Lu You always had a cold face, so Tang Ruilang decided to order a table of vegetarian dishes on his own.

When the dishes were ready one after another, Lu You finally couldn't help asking, "Give that back to me."

Tang Ruilang took out the small square box again, flipped the small gold button, and opened the lid.

On the lavender velvet lining, Lu You's amber orchid bead was placed safely and securely.

Lu You hurriedly took the beads and put them in the palm of his hand to examine them carefully.The body of the bead is still golden and clear, and the purple orchid has not changed in any way, but there seems to be a bump on one side of the bead body, and there is a gap half the size of a fingernail.

He felt distressed immediately, and raised his head angrily to look at Tang Ruilang.

"I didn't do it." Tang Ruilang hastily clarified, "Do you still remember what happened that day? I fell into the water, and this bead rolled out of your arms. I guess it should have hit the water first. It was on the ground, and then rolled into the water. When I picked it up, it already looked like this."

"Did you fall into the water?" Lu You rarely asked back.

"Yeah." Tang Ruilang nodded: "When I fell into the water, I saw it fall with me, but I didn't know how to water at that time, so I couldn't catch it at all. Later, when I woke up, I found a few With the help of a water-loving person, he carefully touched the bottom of the water around the pavilion, and finally found it.”

Although Tang Ruilang's words were understated, Lu You knew very well that the reality was far from easy.

He has also been to the water bay next to the pavilion.Not to mention the lush vegetation and thick silt, the amber orchid is a light and floating thing, and it will definitely move slowly with the water flow.If it is merged into the Sparrow Lake, how easy is it to find it? !

Although Lu You was angry, he was not unreasonable.He pondered for a while, then nodded to Tang Ruilang.

"……thanks."

Having said that, he took off the amulet around his neck again: "This is for you."

This time, Tang Ruilang didn't refuse any more, he reached out to take the amulet that still had Lu You's body temperature, and put it into his arms.

"I accepted this because it would bring you danger—I saw you wearing this on the day of the shooting ceremony, and I didn't know how surprised I was...Fortunately, I have a good relationship with King Xuan. If anyone doubts it, just say it's me It’s not unreasonable to give it to King Xuan.”

Lu You didn't answer, just silently felt the feeling of the amulet slipping away from his fingertips, and then asked: "The one who is close to vermilion is red, and the ink is black. Why are you so close to Zhao Yang?"

Tang Ruilang put a piece of tofu in Lu You's bowl.

"Since you have become Zhao Yang's substitute, you must have already understood the tempers of the princes. The prince thinks highly of himself, and he is surrounded and coaxed by several officials, so he has always been honest with eunuchs and relatives; King Duan and King Kang are my two brothers-in-law, so it goes without saying that they are related by marriage; the remaining two princes are still at the age of babbling, and what will happen in the future is unknown. In this way, only King Xuan needs to be wooed... somehow Yes, it becomes my responsibility."

Having said that, he gave a wry smile and smashed the tofu in his bowl to pieces.

"In the final analysis, it's all about consolidating one's own interests." Lu You said to the point, "You shouldn't have studied any imperial studies in the first place. Wouldn't it be closer to Zhao Yang to go directly to the Hongwen Museum?"

Tang Ruilang didn't argue with him, and gave him another chopstick of lettuce.

"Foreign relatives and eunuchs have been despised by people since ancient times. It's normal for you to have prejudices. But now that you have entered the palace as an eunuch, you should also understand that not all eunuchs are cold and bloodthirsty monsters, and so are foreign relatives. I I don't have any extravagant expectations. I just hope that you can still talk to me like before, and don't be alone in your heart when you encounter difficulties. I once promised your mother that I will take good care of you. If you have any accidents, I'm afraid I will never forgive myself in this life.”

These words stabbed the pain in Lu You's heart again.

"My father and my mother, what happened to them...how did it happen?"

"To be honest, I don't dare to make a conclusion on this matter. Since your father and mother traveled eastward, there has been no news. Then there was a news report from the Ministry of Punishment that the two of them died suddenly. However, the accompanying news It was also said that the exile was invaded by pirates... You must have heard of it? The remnants of the previous dynasty built hundreds of large ships, which have been lingering in the East Sea."

East China Sea ghost ship...

Of course Lu You had heard of it, but he always thought it was just a rumor with no real basis; but who would have expected that the tiger in the painting would come down the mountain to eat people.

He was silent for a while, then asked Tang Ruilang: "How do I know if what you said is true or not?"

"I'm afraid it's very difficult to prove it." Tang Ruilang was honest, "After a year, even if you go to the east now, I'm afraid you won't have any clues. Unless you find those pirates, maybe there will be a result. "

That's what they said, but whether it can be done or not, the two of them are tacit.

Fortunately, Lu You did not have extravagant hopes for this.

The two faced each other and quietly ate a few mouthfuls of food. Tang Ruilang asked again: "You are in the palace, is there anything you lack?"

Lu You shook his head.

Tang Ruilang said "Oh", took another two mouthfuls of food, and then asked: "Then did anyone bully you?"

Lu You still shook his head.

"Then do you want to..."

"No need."

Lu You put the chopsticks on the table: "I have something to ask you."

Tang Ruilang also immediately put down his chopsticks: "What's the matter?"

Lu You said: "Grandpa Qiu said, there was a reason why you came to me in the first place. Do you want to tell me yourself, or wait for Duke Qiu to tell me."