Zhutian: My skills are not serious

Chapter 683 I am enough to take over your palace

"Oh, it seems that there is no such thing for the time being. What a pity, I think my dog ​​will like this delicacy." Chu Pingsheng turned forward, tilted his head slightly in the sunset, and glanced at the panda: "I haven't heard of the panda, and what about the tapir? I haven't heard of it either? What about Huang Longshi? He will die under my sword in the end."

Chu Pingsheng left, his feet on the blue bricks, a long sword on his shoulder, his oil-paper bag swaying, and his white prisoner uniform loose.

Do!
In the braised beef shop, the girl who usually just laughed chopped the freshly cut meat into the chopping board half an inch with one cut. The cut shattered the freshly cut meat. The old man was so scared that he quickly pushed her to the back kitchen. With a painful look on his face, he put the shattered beef into a bowl, prepared to bake two buns for dinner, put the beef in the middle, and drizzle some of his own special soy sauce. It was another nutritious and delicious meal.

Huh? Where's the soy sauce?
The small black porcelain pot that had been on the counter was gone.

Half a cup of tea later, the same scene appeared in Zijin Tower, the number one den of brothel in Lingzhou City. Unfortunately, ever since Yu Hua Kui was brought into the palace by the Prince of Liang, the number of customers in Zijin Tower has suddenly decreased a lot.

"Record it in the account of Beiliang Prince Xu Fengnian."

Chu Pingsheng's prison uniform was more colorful than before, because after removing the blood stains, there were many bright red fragrant lip prints. He bought it for ten taels, and added a pot of the best girl's red wine that had been warmed in the girl's arms. He also snatched the bracelet from the female Tanhua, vowing that he would use it to pray for the souls of the dead and suppress evil spirits, then hung it on the blade and went on credit.

……

"Tanhua Lin left Zijinlou and went to Lingchuntang in the south of the city. He asked the old master who had helped the eldest lady prepare her dowry to order a sachet. He used the piece of horsehide that was picked on the tip of the knife. He asked the shop to send it to my house after it was made, or... on credit."

In Xu Xiao's study in Prince Liang's Mansion, the smoke from incense sticks was rising straight up, the Hui ink in the inkstone was not yet dry, and a few paintings were piled haphazardly on the short table on the wide couch. They were all painted by Xu Xiao. The painting in the hands of the remnant of the Chu State who ambushed Xu Fengnian halfway was once the best and most realistic one among them.

At this time, Ye Xizhen was standing in front of the couch, narrating to Xu Xiao, who was listening with squinted eyes while turning the cloud-patterned green jade cup in his hand, about the whereabouts and actions of Lin Tanhua after he left the prison.

"and then?"

"Then he went to the Chinese medicine shop in Qingsongfang and got some herbs."

"Get medicine?"

"Yes, he asked for three qian of perilla leaves, two qian of safflower, half a handful of angelica dahurica, nine liang of purple placenta, and ten jin of ren zhong huang, and asked the apprentice to pack the load and go to Chu Lushan's house."

"Chu Lushan?"

Xu Xiao thought of something and looked at his own son who was sitting on a round stool next to the desk, taking off his boots and slapping the gravel outside. A few days ago, Xu Fengnian was assassinated by Yu Youwei while visiting Zijin Tower. In order to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and to force out the mastermind who might be hiding in the military camp, he rewarded Chu Lushan with a whip. The whip was so severe that his skin was torn and blood was dripping. He couldn't bear to watch.

"He also gave Chu Lushan a poem."

Ye Xizhen reached his hand into the sleeve of his Confucian robe with white edging, fumbled a few times, took out a rolled up piece of white paper and presented it with both hands. The paper was very narrow, his palms were very broad, and his waist was bent very deeply, and he looked so solemn that it seemed a little fake.

Xu Xiao took the piece of white paper, rubbed his hands on his legs, raised his sleeves, and unfolded it to take a closer look.

"In the arms of a woman, there are shampoo, food and beauty products. She has done nothing but make her master laugh."

"Hahaha……"

Xu Xiao laughed twice, and glanced at Xu Fengnian who was wearing boots: "What do you think of this poem?"

"Good work, deserves a reward."

"Did you hear what the prince said? Take the reward."

Ye Xizhen looked back at Prince Kitakura, who had put on his shoes and was jumping up and down on the ground with his arms and sleeves raised: "Godfather?"

"Didn't he pay on credit the entire time? Since he used the name of the prince, then go and pay him back."

That’s what it meant.

Ye Xi thought sincerely, it is true that no one knows a son better than his father.

"Godfather, he went to another place."

"explain."

"The coffin shop."

"Coffin shop?"

"Yes, he ordered a fine nanmu coffin, big enough to fit a bear."

"To his own?"

Xu Xiao suppressed his smile, saying that selling meat, drinking wine, and buying laughs by scolding Chu Gou was hard to understand for the time being, but something like ordering a coffin... made people think more.

"No, he asked the laborers outside the coffin shop to transport the coffins to Wuyun Town, a hundred miles southwest, the hometown of Ning Emei, the general of the Fengzi Camp. He didn't owe the freight. He put a knife to the neck of the coffin shop owner and ordered him to pay. Of course, in the end, it was put on the prince's account. Foster father, I wonder if this... will be rewarded?"

"reward."

"Yes."

"Any more?"

"Then..." Ye Xizhen pondered for a moment and said, "He climbed up the bell tower not far from the South Gate and wrote a line of words on the wall, "Lin Tanhua of Qingzhou was here and also..."

"What else?"

"He also urinated in the corner very rudely."

Speaking of this, Ye Xi was a little angry, because Xu Xiao's order to him was not to miss any details, so he not only went to the scene, but also had someone fan the wind to smell it for safety reasons, fearing that the news was transmitted by smell. Xu Xiao shook his sleeves, pointed at the ground and said angrily: "Is this something a scholar can do?"

"Who says it's not true? A top scholar in the imperial court actually did something so shameless."

Xu Xiao raised his head and looked at the cool night outside. He thought that at this point, the palace would be open for dinner in half an hour. "Where is he now?"

"On the way to the palace."

"It seems that the news has been passed on." Xu Xiao squinted his eyes and cast his eyes on the one he was most worried about among the six adopted sons: Tiger, Two Bears, Three Dogs: "Who do you think is the most suspicious among those who have contact with Lin Tanhua?"

“They are all suspicious.”

"Go and check these people's backgrounds thoroughly, and also find out the forces behind them."

"Yes."

Ye Xizhen bowed, turned around and left. Although he was wearing a Confucian robe and behaved in a refined manner, he was decisive and efficient in his actions, serious and responsible in his work. He was truly a rare wise general, otherwise he would not have been listed as one of the "Two Bears" instead of the Three Dogs.

Xu Xiao looked at his son, who was resting his chin on a round stool and thinking, and asked, "What do you think about this matter?"

"He knows the braised beef shop I frequent, and he threatened Old Jia and Miss Hehe. He also went into Zijinlou, whose business was greatly affected by the assassination of Yu Youwei. He not only knows about Chu Lushan being whipped, but also ordered a coffin for Ning Emei. Xu Xiao, he has a lot of information in his hands. How do you manage to be the King of Beiliang? He knows everything that happened at home."

"I've been cleared of all charges? Aren't you the one who did all these things?"

"It was me who did it, but the spy must be yours."

"Can't it be yours?"

"No, I haven't been back for three years. I don't know anything about the palace. Who knows who you put in?"

"Could it be that the old man in the palace couldn't resist the temptation and was bribed? I asked you to give me some advice, but you exposed my shortcomings instead."

"..."

The father and son argued with each other until they were red in the face, not quarreled.

"You want me to find a way? If Ye Xi really can't dig out the power behind him, there is only one way now."

"any solution?"

"It is better to cut off one's own arm than to let him lead you by the nose."

"It's a bit chilly tonight..." Xu Xiao hid his hands in his wide sleeves: "I was thinking, if I kill Jiang Ni, who will warm your bed in the future."

"Xu Xiao..."

Just as Xu Fengnian was about to say something to Yin Yang, the guy who betrayed his own son, he heard footsteps outside. Steward Shen's family was not in a hurry. He bowed his head after entering the house and whispered, "Your Majesty, that Lin Qing killed the guards guarding the main gate of the palace."

Xu Xiao was still smiling just now, but suddenly he waved his sleeves, and the portraits of his own sons on the table scattered all over the floor: "Didn't I order everyone not to stop him?"

"He said it was cold tonight and he wanted to kill two people to warm himself up. He also said..."

"What else can you say?"

"General Ye has been very hard-working all the way here, so just take the two heads at the door with you to eat with your wine."

Xu Xiao didn't say anything, just waved his hand with an annoyed look on his face.

The butler bowed deeply, then slowly retreated. He turned around when he reached the door and left the study in the same quick steps as when he came in.

"Just do as you say."

"Are you not going to dig into the power behind him?"

"It's just a change of pieces. The game will continue."

at the same time.

Chu Pingsheng was still wearing the dirty white and red prison uniform that was stained with blood or rouge as he walked along the road leading to Wutong Garden where Xu Fengnian lived. He had a long sword on his right shoulder. On one end of the sword was the rosary of the Purple Gold Tower's female champion Zhenxie, and on the other end was a dangling oil-paper bag filled with braised beef. In his other hand, he held two human heads, the kind that had died with their eyes open. It looked a bit scary.

The corridors on both sides of the pond were wiped clean, with bright paint colors and no specks of dust. This was the result of two hours of hard work by Hongshu and the maids in the palace. But when he left, blood dripped from the blade of the knife, and the head in his hand also dripped, just like that all the way.

"stop."

With an angry shout, the senior maid Hongshu, who was wearing a bright red brocade robe and a valuable Shu embroidery silk ribbon wrapped around her wrist, walked out of the moon-shaped gate leading directly to Wutong Garden, along with Qingniao, who had just escaped from the status of a death soldier, and Lu Yi, the second-class maid who was best at playing chess to amuse Xu Fengnian, and blocked his way.

"This is Wutong Garden, not a place for you to come."

"Wutong Garden? But it's the residence of Beiliang's prince Xu Fengnian."

"Exactly."

"The Beiliang Palace is located on the entire Qingliang Mountain. The corridors inside are crisscrossed and winding. The Wutong Garden is really hard to find. If I hadn't killed two short-sighted servants, I'm afraid I couldn't find the way here even if I found the laurel branches under the moon." Chu Pingsheng pointed to the bright green and deep yellow laurel trees on the other side of the courtyard wall and said, "The prince is the same. He took me to visit the back garden and Tingchao Pavilion of the palace, ate the newly arrived purple grapes, met Lao Kui who was trapped by a three thousand jin iron ball at the bottom of the lake, and appreciated the style of Lingzhou Prison. Only the Wutong Garden where the prince lives has not been visited. Tell me, are you neglecting me, a third place winner who came north specially for him?"

(End of this chapter)