Chapter 49: Haunted, one thing leads to another.
It was difficult to move his arms, so naturally, he could not eat breakfast together. After Chu Yuan finished eating the two rice dumpling candies, he asked, “Have Senior Nan and Yao-er gotten up?”
“They went out for a stroll a long time ago.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Neither of them have been here before, if they are interested, it’s not certain if they can come back at night.”
Chu Yuan laughed, “A place used for a cultivation palace is naturally not that bad. Although Yunde City is not as rich and prosperous as Wangcheng, it still has good mountains and good water to look at, and this 7th and 8th month of the year when the rain is falling and the flowers are blooming, it is the most beautiful time in the mountains.”
“Then get well soon.” Duan Bai Yue held his hand, “And then we will go to listen to the rain and enjoy the flowers.”
Chu Yuan nodded, “Good.”
Duan Bai Yue reached out his hand and wanted to fix his clothes, but outside, Eunuch Si Xi presented another report, saying that Lord Tao is asking for an audience.
“Yes.” Duan Bai Yue said, “You’ve really got me, he’s here early in the morning.”
“Avoid it for a while.” Chu Yuan said, “Lord Taifu is old, don’t let you scare him sick.”
Duan Bai Yue leaped to the beam of the room.
After Tao Rende entered the room, he saw Chu Yuan lying on the bed with a sickly look on his face, so he worriedly said, “I just met Imperial Physician Zhang on the way here and he said that Your Majesty’s dragon body is sick because of overwork, and last night he slept at dawn, so don’t be like this in the future.”
Duan Bai Yue rubbed his chin, these words sounded better.
Chu Yuan nodded: “Thank you, Taifu.”
“There is a blind man in Yunde City who, despite his blindness, specializes in acupuncture and massage. If Your Majesty still has paralysis in his hands and feet, would you like me to bring him here for treatment?” Tao Rende asked again.
“No need.” Chu Yuan shook his head, “Physician Zhang also said that there is no problem, a good rest for a while will be fine, it is rare for me to be quiet for a few days, if outsiders cannot see, or not see it.”
“Yes.” Tao Rende bowed his head and took orders.
“Taifu looking for me, can there be something else?” Chu Yuan asked.
Tao Rende continuously said, “Your Majesty, as long as you can rest at ease some of the trivial matters in this place, just leave it to the ministers. If there is a major event, I will come back to petition Your Majesty, it is not too late.”
Chu Yuan nodded: “Then we will have to labor on Taifu.”
Tao Rende excused himself and left the sleeping palace, on his way, he happened to meet Liu Da Jiong who just came back from the morning market, carrying a few buns in his hand, saying that they are specialties to be sent to His Majesty for a taste of freshness.
“His Majesty has just finished taking his medicine and has just taken a rest.” Tao Rende took the paper bag from his hand, “Don’t bother.”
” His Majesty is sick again?” Liu Da Jiong was puzzled. When he first ascended to the throne, he worked hard every day and stayed in the royal study until dawn, but now that the world has stabilized, he is bedridden every now and then.
“I guess it was too much labor earlier, he fell sick.” Tao Rende said, “The physician did not say last time, His Majesty relies on the Ninth Prince’s medicine at night, so that he can barely sleep. If you are so young, it’s not because you were exhausted in the first few years.”
“Then this bun will be given to His Majesty even more.” Liu Dajiong snatched the paper bag back again, “And you, our emperor, finally came to this palace to rest for a few days, so let him enjoy the tranquility. Keep an eye on the group of people under you, don’t hold a stack of folds and beg to see you again and again.” Although the Liu family has fallen, the factions in the court are still divided into three or five. Tao Rende is upright, and his subordinates are also a group of stubborn temperaments. When they argued in the Golden Hall, it was not Chu Yuan. Even Liu Dajiong felt that he wanted to drag this group of people out and throw them away.
Blushing and thick necked, still noisy, not necessarily so good-looking when born, it’s annoying.
In the palace, Duan Bai Yue was massaging Chu Yuan. No matter how good the blind people in this city are, they will not be better than Xinan Wang. He knows the light and the heavy, and from time to time he will say a few love words to make him happy. He is also quite handsome and tall. In short… he can’t pick out any shortcomings.
Chu Yuan asked, “Do you want to go to Yulang Mountain?”
“Where is it?” Duan Bai Yue asked.
“Not far from the palace, it is a lonely peak.” Chu Yuan said, “I sneaked up once when I was a kid, but I accidentally lost my way, so I stayed there all night. Although I can’t remember the scenery on the mountain now but leaning under the tree in the middle of the night listening to the wind and rain, that state of mind has never been forgotten.”
“When you were a kid, how old were you?” Duan Bai Yue tied his clothes for him, “The children of ordinary people get lost in the mountains in the middle of the night. I’m afraid they don’t even have the courage to cry. How can anyone miss listening to the sound of wind and rain.”
“Are you going?” Chu Yuan asked.
“Naturally, Yulang mountain, it sounds like a good name.” Duan Bai Yue said, “When the poison in your body recedes, I will accompany you up the mountain.”
In the next few days, the courtiers in the court really did not come to recite the file again. It was rare for Chu Yuan to be at ease, he did not even go out of the door of the sleeping palace. Just lie in bed for a long time, but sleepier, from time to time to sleep, the head is also dizzy throughout the day. That night, Duan Bai Yue held him in his arms and checked him again, and sighed: “Why don’t you have any capital to be a fainting monarch? After only a few days of sleep, the whole person was out of energy.”
Chu Yuan did not want to say a word and yawned.
“Tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to Yulang Mountain to walk around and also see the scenery.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Otherwise, if you continue to sleep like this, you should really be sick.”
Chu Yuan pulled over the quilt, covered his head, and continued to sleep.
Duan Bai Yue was dumbfounded, lying beside him and patting him.
In the next room, Duan Yao gleams as he wonders if the red eggs can be boiled, after all, his brother has been staying in the emperor’s bedchamber for the past few days. The red satin prepared by Auntie Jin can be put to use right away, which is really exciting.
Chu Yuan did not even open his eyes and said, “Chop off your hand!”
Duan Bai Yue calmly retracted his hand, how is it that he just cannot feed the fat.
Chu Yuan yawned, continued to sleep, and closed his eyes on the dizziness until dawn – if not the next day by Duan Bai Yue forced to pull up, he really still would not want to move.
“Let’s go to Yulang Mountain to listen to the wind and rain.” Duan Bai Yue dressed him.
Chu Yuan said, “Uh-huh.”
“Come on, open your eyes for me.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Don’t be silly.”
“Nonsense.” Chu Yuan slammed his palm and stepped on his own soft shoes, staggering to wash up.
Sixi was frightened, and said in his heart what Xinan Wang had done, and even if the emperor was so exhausted, he couldn’t even walk.
Duan Bai Yue looked at his back, distressed in his heart, if he had to stay up late to approve the folding again in the future, whether he would agree or not. Although he wanted him to rest early, it seemed that it was not good to sleep too much this time.
Easy to stay.
After washing and eating breakfast, Chu Yuan’s spirit finally came back. Huo Yunshi is too eye-catching. Duan Bai Yue did not bring it out on this trip, but the horses rented from the city are also very strong. Although they cannot travel thousands of miles a day, it is still more than enough to climb hills and walk mountain roads. The breeze in the mountains was gentle, and Chu Yuan stretched out his waist vigorously, feeling…completely awake.
Duan Bai Yue breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this: “Fortunately.” Don’t sleep silly.
Chu Yuan looked around and said, “Let’s not say that I haven’t been here for ten years.”
“It’s nothing more than a mountain.” Duan Bai Yue hugged him from behind, letting the horse pace slowly on the road, “You like to watch, there are so many in the Southwest.”
“Go down for a walk.” Chu Yuan said, “It’s boring to ride a horse all the time.”
Duan Bai Yue turned over and dismounted with him.
Although it was midday, the mountains were still cool and pleasant, not the least bit hot. The two walked hand in hand for a while, Duan Bai Yue picked a few wild fruits from the trees, wiped them clean and handed them to him, “Eat it or not, it is sour.”
Chu Yuan took a bite, his eyebrows wrinkled: “You are really not polite.” If you say it is sour, it is really sour, and your teeth are going to fall out.
Duan Bai Yue held his hand, lowered his head and tasted the place where the teeth marks were, and lost his smile, “It’s not ripe yet, otherwise it should be sweet and sour.”
Chu Yuan raised his head to look at the trees, wanting to find a reddish one, but in the distance, a flock of birds flew up, as if frightened.
“There are wild animals on this mountain?” Chu Yuan took a few steps forward and stood on a rock to look down.
Duan Bai Yue said, “I can’t say about the beasts, but there are definitely wild animals. Do you want to eat? I will go and fight two rabbits for you.”
Chu Yuan shook his head, “I brought those snack biscuits, just warmed them up.”
Duan Bai Yue said, “Raising you really saves money.”
Chu Yuan laughed, “You, raising me?”
Duan Bai Yue fluently said, “You support Xinan mansion, Xinan Wang supports you.”
Chu Yuan didn’t bother to talk to him, sat on the stone to rest, and picked out sweeter wild fruits from his hand to eat by the way. When lovers are together, time will always pass faster. The sky darkened before he knew it, and it really rained for a while. Duan Bai Yue found a hidden cave to make a fire and laid clean withered grass at the entrance of the cave, sitting with him listening to the wind and rain. Neither of the two spoke first, and occasionally they looked at each other with a sense of connection, and the smile spread from the fundus of their eyes to their hearts.
In the second half of the night, Chu Yuan leaned on Duan Bai Yue’s shoulder and fell asleep, holding his hand gently with him.
It also rained in Yunde City, and even the fisherman did not go out. There were only a few drunks on the street who staggered and bragged, and only went back when they arrived at the door of the house. One of them was named Zhou Da. He was used to being lazy and his hands and feet were not clean. He was twisted and sent to the government. After a beating, the board was closed for half a year. It didn’t take long for this person to be released.
Seeing that the rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, Zhou Da cursed and swore, threw the hollow jug in his hand on the ground, and took a few steps to run home, but a figure faintly appeared in front of him. A closer look was still a woman.
The wine is strong and bold, not to mention that he was not a kind person originally. Zhou Da was overjoyed, and stepped forward with a booze hiccup and said, “This little lady, where are you going late at night?”
The woman lowered her head, did not look at him, nor did she speak.
“Little lady, don’t be ashamed.” Zhou Da smiled hippiely, and when he grasped her hand, he wanted to take advantage of it, but he felt that there seemed to be something wrong… Unlike a living hand, it was cold and stiff, and there was no trace of heat.
The woman slowly raised her head, with a pale face and blood-red eyes under her drenched black hair.
Zhou Da was shocked, and before he could scream out, there was a dull pain at the top of his head, and then he fell into boundless darkness.
Early in the morning of the second day, Tao Li, the magistrate of Yunde City, was still sleeping when his assistant came to the door in a hurry, saying that something had happened again.
“What?” Tao Li was so shocked that he didn’t even have time to put on his outer robe, so he stepped forward and opened the door with only his inner clothes.
“Sir, it’s not good.” His assistant said anxiously, “There is another corpse in the alley in the center of the city, and it is the skinny Zhou Da. It is also the same as the night watchman of the previous days, naked, eyes protruding, all dying hard.”
“This, how can this be good?” Tao Li was in a hurry. Yunde City is not far from Wangcheng, so naturally it is not much poorer. Although the folk customs say that they don’t go on the road and don’t pick up the details, they are also polite and law-abiding. The biggest case on normal days is nothing more than elopement with a servant girl. Who would have thought that as soon as the emperor came a few days ago, a man-in-law in the city died tragically on the street. Fortunately, the street patrol officials discovered it early and were not noticed by the people. For fear of being blamed for the crime, Tao Li originally planned to suppress the matter first, and wait for the emperor to drive back to the palace before the trial, but he never expected that after a few days, there was another murder, and it was the same as before.
“My lord, it’s too late.” His assistant was carefully comforted by the side.
Tao Li thought for a long time, and finally stomped his feet hard, and said, “Hurry up and go to the palace with me to meet your mentor, Master Tao.”
The mist in the mountains was faint, Chu Yuan took a deep breath and said, “After staying all night, it’s worth it for this moment of scenery.”
“After watching the sunrise, I will go down the mountain and take you to eat fried noodles from Fu De Lou.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Otherwise you should be hungry.”
“That’s why I said you are vulgar.” Chu Yuan poked his chest with a finger, “If you are a literati, you should be drunk and drunk, what kind of noodles to mention.”
“If you said vulgar, then vulgar. I can’t bear to let you take a sip of the wind in the morning.” Duan Bai Yue put his arm around his shoulder, “At most it will take another cup of tea.”
Chu Yuan said, “By the way, I received a written letter from Kim Tae yesterday, Goryeo Kingdom has already received the bride price and sent Kim Shu to Nanyang.”
“This is considered a marriage?” Duan Bai Yue said, “If the man is really an honest businessman, it will be a beautiful thing.”
“Kim Tae is a man with details, since he is willing to promise, he must have already checked it out clearly.” Chu Yuan said, “In fact, this is not a bad thing, Goryeo and Chu have always been good friends, if the border is really unstable in the future, there is this relationship, on the contrary, it is good for us.”
“If the border is unstable, there is still Southwest China to guard it for you, what are you afraid of?” Duan Bai Yue said, “Just leave it to me.”
“If I want to give it to you, the court officials won’t let me.” Chu Yuan said, “All of them will not let me.” Chu Yuan said, “I can imagine what Taifu will say.”
“Your Majesty, this must not be done.” Duan Bai Yue cupped his cheeks with his hands, his face sad, “Xinan Wang’s ambition is known to the whole world, the cession of the sixteen states of Yunnan is already a desperate move, if it is united with the South China countries to wield their armies to the north, my Chu’s fate is worrying, the fate of the country is worrying, I hope that Your Majesty will think twice.”
Chu Yuan laughed until his stomach hurt: “Usually do not see you and Taifu adults have dealt with how to learn so like.”
“That bunch of pedantic old men, they all have the same tune back and forth, so you don’t have to think about it to learn it.” Duan Bai Yue gave him a kiss on the tip of his nose, “Whatever, we’ll talk about it when the time comes, let’s go down the hill and eat noodles first.”
The name Fude Lou is quite big, but in fact it is a small noodle shop. Duan Bai Yue squeezed through the crowd and bought two bowls of noodles, carrying them to the tea house’s elegant room across the street: “Eat here for a quieter meal.”
“Business is really good.” Chu Yuan said, “It took you so long to come back.”
“Not really, the boss is chatting, his hands and feet are slow.” Duan Bai Yue opened the door for him and said, “He said that the city is haunted.”
Chu Yuan said, “Haunted?”
“Which city did not have a female ghost, such as the streets and alleys of the story, every now and then will come out of the news.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Each is like heavenly fairies, once heard is the literati made up, miserable, can not marry a wife, want to have a beautiful woman for their own red sleeves, even if it is a ghost also recognized.”
“You, this person, how to have such a big prejudice against the literati.” Chu Yuan was dumbfounded, his own courtiers were almost read by him all over the place, out to eat a bowl of noodles and still have to say.
“Okay, okay, I won’t say it next time.” Duan Bai Yue said, “I’ll boast next time, won’t I?”
Chu Yuan stomped on him under the table and lowered his head to eat the noodles, salty-sweet-salty-sweet, with a pot of sour plum tea. It was quite appetizing.
“Teacher, Teacher must help the student.” Inside the palace, Tao Li knelt on the ground, his face anxious, “This …… student also does not know exactly what happened, really wronged ah.”
“First up.” Tao Rende said, and blame, “out of the matter, it should be resolved earlier, how can you hide like you?”
“Yes, yes, yes, the student was confused.” Tao Li said, “But now this situation, how to be good, but please teacher pointed out a clear road.”
“A clear path? The clear way is naturally to solve the case quickly, regardless of whether the murderer is a human or a ghost, it is necessary to bring him to justice.” Tao Rende said, “Only in this way will you live up to your black hat.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Tao Li nodded repeatedly.
“You go back to the house first. You can check the case as you want. On the emperor’s side, the official will explain it.”Tao Rende said, “It’s just that before the emperor sets off and returns to the palace, it’s best for your case to be solved so that it won’t affect your career in the future.””
“The student knows that the student will definitely send additional personnel to solve the case.” Tao Li said, “Thank you, teacher.”
“Solving a case is not a trick. If you casually find a person who says he is a prisoner, it will not be successful.”Tao Rende said, “Do you understand this truth?”
Tao Li continued to say yes.
Tao Rende asked him to stand down first, put on his official uniform, and went to the palace to find Chu Yuan, but was told that the emperor had gone to the imperial study early in the morning.
“I’ll grind the ink for you?” Duan Bai Yue asked.
Chu Yuan said, “Will you?”
Duan Bai Yue was dumbfounded: “Do you think I can’t read?” It’s nothing more than saying a few more literati, how can you not even grind ink.
Chu Yuan said, “Other people call it adding flavor to the red sleeves, but you call it adding to the chaos, retreat.”
Duan Bai Yue said, “Where to retreat?”
Chu Yuan pointed behind the screen: “Go to sleep.”
Duan Bai Yue propped his cheeks with both hands, doing nothing in front of the dragon case, dangling around.
Chu Yuan stopped writing and said suspiciously: “I didn’t find out before, why is your head so big?”
Xinan Wang’s chest was tight, so he had to retreat.
Chu Yuan shook his head, and just wanted to ask him to look at the folding together, but Sixi said that Lord Tao asked to see him.
Duan Bai Yue sighed: “This Taifu, it’s not okay if you don’t accept it.”
Chu Yuan waved him to the screen and let Sixi announce the people in.
“Your Majesty.” Tao Rende knelt when he entered the door.
“Taifu, please get up quickly.” Upon seeing this, Chu Yuan hurriedly went down to help him up in person, “What happened that you can’t talk about properly, why do you have to perform such a great honor.”
Duan Bai Yue rubbed his eyebrows and looked at this posture. If he wanted to go to the mountains to be at ease in the future, he was afraid it would be over.
Chapter 49: Haunted, one thing leads to another.
It was difficult to move his arms, so naturally, he could not eat breakfast together. After Chu Yuan finished eating the two rice dumpling candies, he asked, “Have Senior Nan and Yao-er gotten up?”
“They went out for a stroll a long time ago.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Neither of them have been here before, if they are interested, it’s not certain if they can come back at night.”
Chu Yuan laughed, “A place used for a cultivation palace is naturally not that bad. Although Yunde City is not as rich and prosperous as Wangcheng, it still has good mountains and good water to look at, and this 7th and 8th month of the year when the rain is falling and the flowers are blooming, it is the most beautiful time in the mountains.”
“Then get well soon.” Duan Bai Yue held his hand, “And then we will go to listen to the rain and enjoy the flowers.”
Chu Yuan nodded, “Good.”
Duan Bai Yue reached out his hand and wanted to fix his clothes, but outside, Eunuch Si Xi presented another report, saying that Lord Tao is asking for an audience.
“Yes.” Duan Bai Yue said, “You’ve really got me, he’s here early in the morning.”
“Avoid it for a while.” Chu Yuan said, “Lord Taifu is old, don’t let you scare him sick.”
Duan Bai Yue leaped to the beam of the room.
After Tao Rende entered the room, he saw Chu Yuan lying on the bed with a sickly look on his face, so he worriedly said, “I just met Imperial Physician Zhang on the way here and he said that Your Majesty’s dragon body is sick because of overwork, and last night he slept at dawn, so don’t be like this in the future.”
Duan Bai Yue rubbed his chin, these words sounded better.
Chu Yuan nodded: “Thank you, Taifu.”
“There is a blind man in Yunde City who, despite his blindness, specializes in acupuncture and massage. If Your Majesty still has paralysis in his hands and feet, would you like me to bring him here for treatment?” Tao Rende asked again.
“No need.” Chu Yuan shook his head, “Physician Zhang also said that there is no problem, a good rest for a while will be fine, it is rare for me to be quiet for a few days, if outsiders cannot see, or not see it.”
“Yes.” Tao Rende bowed his head and took orders.
“Taifu looking for me, can there be something else?” Chu Yuan asked.
Tao Rende continuously said, “Your Majesty, as long as you can rest at ease some of the trivial matters in this place, just leave it to the ministers. If there is a major event, I will come back to petition Your Majesty, it is not too late.”
Chu Yuan nodded: “Then we will have to labor on Taifu.”
Tao Rende excused himself and left the sleeping palace, on his way, he happened to meet Liu Da Jiong who just came back from the morning market, carrying a few buns in his hand, saying that they are specialties to be sent to His Majesty for a taste of freshness.
“His Majesty has just finished taking his medicine and has just taken a rest.” Tao Rende took the paper bag from his hand, “Don’t bother.”
” His Majesty is sick again?” Liu Da Jiong was puzzled. When he first ascended to the throne, he worked hard every day and stayed in the royal study until dawn, but now that the world has stabilized, he is bedridden every now and then.
“I guess it was too much labor earlier, he fell sick.” Tao Rende said, “The physician did not say last time, His Majesty relies on the Ninth Prince’s medicine at night, so that he can barely sleep. If you are so young, it’s not because you were exhausted in the first few years.”
“Then this bun will be given to His Majesty even more.” Liu Dajiong snatched the paper bag back again, “And you, our emperor, finally came to this palace to rest for a few days, so let him enjoy the tranquility. Keep an eye on the group of people under you, don’t hold a stack of folds and beg to see you again and again.” Although the Liu family has fallen, the factions in the court are still divided into three or five. Tao Rende is upright, and his subordinates are also a group of stubborn temperaments. When they argued in the Golden Hall, it was not Chu Yuan. Even Liu Dajiong felt that he wanted to drag this group of people out and throw them away.
Blushing and thick necked, still noisy, not necessarily so good-looking when born, it’s annoying.
In the palace, Duan Bai Yue was massaging Chu Yuan. No matter how good the blind people in this city are, they will not be better than Xinan Wang. He knows the light and the heavy, and from time to time he will say a few love words to make him happy. He is also quite handsome and tall. In short… he can’t pick out any shortcomings.
Chu Yuan asked, “Do you want to go to Yulang Mountain?”
“Where is it?” Duan Bai Yue asked.
“Not far from the palace, it is a lonely peak.” Chu Yuan said, “I sneaked up once when I was a kid, but I accidentally lost my way, so I stayed there all night. Although I can’t remember the scenery on the mountain now but leaning under the tree in the middle of the night listening to the wind and rain, that state of mind has never been forgotten.”
“When you were a kid, how old were you?” Duan Bai Yue tied his clothes for him, “The children of ordinary people get lost in the mountains in the middle of the night. I’m afraid they don’t even have the courage to cry. How can anyone miss listening to the sound of wind and rain.”
“Are you going?” Chu Yuan asked.
“Naturally, Yulang mountain, it sounds like a good name.” Duan Bai Yue said, “When the poison in your body recedes, I will accompany you up the mountain.”
In the next few days, the courtiers in the court really did not come to recite the file again. It was rare for Chu Yuan to be at ease, he did not even go out of the door of the sleeping palace. Just lie in bed for a long time, but sleepier, from time to time to sleep, the head is also dizzy throughout the day. That night, Duan Bai Yue held him in his arms and checked him again, and sighed: “Why don’t you have any capital to be a fainting monarch? After only a few days of sleep, the whole person was out of energy.”
Chu Yuan did not want to say a word and yawned.
“Tomorrow morning, I’ll take you to Yulang Mountain to walk around and also see the scenery.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Otherwise, if you continue to sleep like this, you should really be sick.”
Chu Yuan pulled over the quilt, covered his head, and continued to sleep.
Duan Bai Yue was dumbfounded, lying beside him and patting him.
In the next room, Duan Yao gleams as he wonders if the red eggs can be boiled, after all, his brother has been staying in the emperor’s bedchamber for the past few days. The red satin prepared by Auntie Jin can be put to use right away, which is really exciting.
Chu Yuan did not even open his eyes and said, “Chop off your hand!”
Duan Bai Yue calmly retracted his hand, how is it that he just cannot feed the fat.
Chu Yuan yawned, continued to sleep, and closed his eyes on the dizziness until dawn – if not the next day by Duan Bai Yue forced to pull up, he really still would not want to move.
“Let’s go to Yulang Mountain to listen to the wind and rain.” Duan Bai Yue dressed him.
Chu Yuan said, “Uh-huh.”
“Come on, open your eyes for me.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Don’t be silly.”
“Nonsense.” Chu Yuan slammed his palm and stepped on his own soft shoes, staggering to wash up.
Sixi was frightened, and said in his heart what Xinan Wang had done, and even if the emperor was so exhausted, he couldn’t even walk.
Duan Bai Yue looked at his back, distressed in his heart, if he had to stay up late to approve the folding again in the future, whether he would agree or not. Although he wanted him to rest early, it seemed that it was not good to sleep too much this time.
Easy to stay.
After washing and eating breakfast, Chu Yuan’s spirit finally came back. Huo Yunshi is too eye-catching. Duan Bai Yue did not bring it out on this trip, but the horses rented from the city are also very strong. Although they cannot travel thousands of miles a day, it is still more than enough to climb hills and walk mountain roads. The breeze in the mountains was gentle, and Chu Yuan stretched out his waist vigorously, feeling…completely awake.
Duan Bai Yue breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this: “Fortunately.” Don’t sleep silly.
Chu Yuan looked around and said, “Let’s not say that I haven’t been here for ten years.”
“It’s nothing more than a mountain.” Duan Bai Yue hugged him from behind, letting the horse pace slowly on the road, “You like to watch, there are so many in the Southwest.”
“Go down for a walk.” Chu Yuan said, “It’s boring to ride a horse all the time.”
Duan Bai Yue turned over and dismounted with him.
Although it was midday, the mountains were still cool and pleasant, not the least bit hot. The two walked hand in hand for a while, Duan Bai Yue picked a few wild fruits from the trees, wiped them clean and handed them to him, “Eat it or not, it is sour.”
Chu Yuan took a bite, his eyebrows wrinkled: “You are really not polite.” If you say it is sour, it is really sour, and your teeth are going to fall out.
Duan Bai Yue held his hand, lowered his head and tasted the place where the teeth marks were, and lost his smile, “It’s not ripe yet, otherwise it should be sweet and sour.”
Chu Yuan raised his head to look at the trees, wanting to find a reddish one, but in the distance, a flock of birds flew up, as if frightened.
“There are wild animals on this mountain?” Chu Yuan took a few steps forward and stood on a rock to look down.
Duan Bai Yue said, “I can’t say about the beasts, but there are definitely wild animals. Do you want to eat? I will go and fight two rabbits for you.”
Chu Yuan shook his head, “I brought those snack biscuits, just warmed them up.”
Duan Bai Yue said, “Raising you really saves money.”
Chu Yuan laughed, “You, raising me?”
Duan Bai Yue fluently said, “You support Xinan mansion, Xinan Wang supports you.”
Chu Yuan didn’t bother to talk to him, sat on the stone to rest, and picked out sweeter wild fruits from his hand to eat by the way. When lovers are together, time will always pass faster. The sky darkened before he knew it, and it really rained for a while. Duan Bai Yue found a hidden cave to make a fire and laid clean withered grass at the entrance of the cave, sitting with him listening to the wind and rain. Neither of the two spoke first, and occasionally they looked at each other with a sense of connection, and the smile spread from the fundus of their eyes to their hearts.
In the second half of the night, Chu Yuan leaned on Duan Bai Yue’s shoulder and fell asleep, holding his hand gently with him.
It also rained in Yunde City, and even the fisherman did not go out. There were only a few drunks on the street who staggered and bragged, and only went back when they arrived at the door of the house. One of them was named Zhou Da. He was used to being lazy and his hands and feet were not clean. He was twisted and sent to the government. After a beating, the board was closed for half a year. It didn’t take long for this person to be released.
Seeing that the rain seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, Zhou Da cursed and swore, threw the hollow jug in his hand on the ground, and took a few steps to run home, but a figure faintly appeared in front of him. A closer look was still a woman.
The wine is strong and bold, not to mention that he was not a kind person originally. Zhou Da was overjoyed, and stepped forward with a booze hiccup and said, “This little lady, where are you going late at night?”
The woman lowered her head, did not look at him, nor did she speak.
“Little lady, don’t be ashamed.” Zhou Da smiled hippiely, and when he grasped her hand, he wanted to take advantage of it, but he felt that there seemed to be something wrong… Unlike a living hand, it was cold and stiff, and there was no trace of heat.
The woman slowly raised her head, with a pale face and blood-red eyes under her drenched black hair.
Zhou Da was shocked, and before he could scream out, there was a dull pain at the top of his head, and then he fell into boundless darkness.
Early in the morning of the second day, Tao Li, the magistrate of Yunde City, was still sleeping when his assistant came to the door in a hurry, saying that something had happened again.
“What?” Tao Li was so shocked that he didn’t even have time to put on his outer robe, so he stepped forward and opened the door with only his inner clothes.
“Sir, it’s not good.” His assistant said anxiously, “There is another corpse in the alley in the center of the city, and it is the skinny Zhou Da. It is also the same as the night watchman of the previous days, naked, eyes protruding, all dying hard.”
“This, how can this be good?” Tao Li was in a hurry. Yunde City is not far from Wangcheng, so naturally it is not much poorer. Although the folk customs say that they don’t go on the road and don’t pick up the details, they are also polite and law-abiding. The biggest case on normal days is nothing more than elopement with a servant girl. Who would have thought that as soon as the emperor came a few days ago, a man-in-law in the city died tragically on the street. Fortunately, the street patrol officials discovered it early and were not noticed by the people. For fear of being blamed for the crime, Tao Li originally planned to suppress the matter first, and wait for the emperor to drive back to the palace before the trial, but he never expected that after a few days, there was another murder, and it was the same as before.
“My lord, it’s too late.” His assistant was carefully comforted by the side.
Tao Li thought for a long time, and finally stomped his feet hard, and said, “Hurry up and go to the palace with me to meet your mentor, Master Tao.”
The mist in the mountains was faint, Chu Yuan took a deep breath and said, “After staying all night, it’s worth it for this moment of scenery.”
“After watching the sunrise, I will go down the mountain and take you to eat fried noodles from Fu De Lou.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Otherwise you should be hungry.”
“That’s why I said you are vulgar.” Chu Yuan poked his chest with a finger, “If you are a literati, you should be drunk and drunk, what kind of noodles to mention.”
“If you said vulgar, then vulgar. I can’t bear to let you take a sip of the wind in the morning.” Duan Bai Yue put his arm around his shoulder, “At most it will take another cup of tea.”
Chu Yuan said, “By the way, I received a written letter from Kim Tae yesterday, Goryeo Kingdom has already received the bride price and sent Kim Shu to Nanyang.”
“This is considered a marriage?” Duan Bai Yue said, “If the man is really an honest businessman, it will be a beautiful thing.”
“Kim Tae is a man with details, since he is willing to promise, he must have already checked it out clearly.” Chu Yuan said, “In fact, this is not a bad thing, Goryeo and Chu have always been good friends, if the border is really unstable in the future, there is this relationship, on the contrary, it is good for us.”
“If the border is unstable, there is still Southwest China to guard it for you, what are you afraid of?” Duan Bai Yue said, “Just leave it to me.”
“If I want to give it to you, the court officials won’t let me.” Chu Yuan said, “All of them will not let me.” Chu Yuan said, “I can imagine what Taifu will say.”
“Your Majesty, this must not be done.” Duan Bai Yue cupped his cheeks with his hands, his face sad, “Xinan Wang’s ambition is known to the whole world, the cession of the sixteen states of Yunnan is already a desperate move, if it is united with the South China countries to wield their armies to the north, my Chu’s fate is worrying, the fate of the country is worrying, I hope that Your Majesty will think twice.”
Chu Yuan laughed until his stomach hurt: “Usually do not see you and Taifu adults have dealt with how to learn so like.”
“That bunch of pedantic old men, they all have the same tune back and forth, so you don’t have to think about it to learn it.” Duan Bai Yue gave him a kiss on the tip of his nose, “Whatever, we’ll talk about it when the time comes, let’s go down the hill and eat noodles first.”
The name Fude Lou is quite big, but in fact it is a small noodle shop. Duan Bai Yue squeezed through the crowd and bought two bowls of noodles, carrying them to the tea house’s elegant room across the street: “Eat here for a quieter meal.”
“Business is really good.” Chu Yuan said, “It took you so long to come back.”
“Not really, the boss is chatting, his hands and feet are slow.” Duan Bai Yue opened the door for him and said, “He said that the city is haunted.”
Chu Yuan said, “Haunted?”
“Which city did not have a female ghost, such as the streets and alleys of the story, every now and then will come out of the news.” Duan Bai Yue said, “Each is like heavenly fairies, once heard is the literati made up, miserable, can not marry a wife, want to have a beautiful woman for their own red sleeves, even if it is a ghost also recognized.”
“You, this person, how to have such a big prejudice against the literati.” Chu Yuan was dumbfounded, his own courtiers were almost read by him all over the place, out to eat a bowl of noodles and still have to say.
“Okay, okay, I won’t say it next time.” Duan Bai Yue said, “I’ll boast next time, won’t I?”
Chu Yuan stomped on him under the table and lowered his head to eat the noodles, salty-sweet-salty-sweet, with a pot of sour plum tea. It was quite appetizing.
“Teacher, Teacher must help the student.” Inside the palace, Tao Li knelt on the ground, his face anxious, “This …… student also does not know exactly what happened, really wronged ah.”
“First up.” Tao Rende said, and blame, “out of the matter, it should be resolved earlier, how can you hide like you?”
“Yes, yes, yes, the student was confused.” Tao Li said, “But now this situation, how to be good, but please teacher pointed out a clear road.”
“A clear path? The clear way is naturally to solve the case quickly, regardless of whether the murderer is a human or a ghost, it is necessary to bring him to justice.” Tao Rende said, “Only in this way will you live up to your black hat.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Tao Li nodded repeatedly.
“You go back to the house first. You can check the case as you want. On the emperor’s side, the official will explain it.”Tao Rende said, “It’s just that before the emperor sets off and returns to the palace, it’s best for your case to be solved so that it won’t affect your career in the future.””
“The student knows that the student will definitely send additional personnel to solve the case.” Tao Li said, “Thank you, teacher.”
“Solving a case is not a trick. If you casually find a person who says he is a prisoner, it will not be successful.”Tao Rende said, “Do you understand this truth?”
Tao Li continued to say yes.
Tao Rende asked him to stand down first, put on his official uniform, and went to the palace to find Chu Yuan, but was told that the emperor had gone to the imperial study early in the morning.
“I’ll grind the ink for you?” Duan Bai Yue asked.
Chu Yuan said, “Will you?”
Duan Bai Yue was dumbfounded: “Do you think I can’t read?” It’s nothing more than saying a few more literati, how can you not even grind ink.
Chu Yuan said, “Other people call it adding flavor to the red sleeves, but you call it adding to the chaos, retreat.”
Duan Bai Yue said, “Where to retreat?”
Chu Yuan pointed behind the screen: “Go to sleep.”
Duan Bai Yue propped his cheeks with both hands, doing nothing in front of the dragon case, dangling around.
Chu Yuan stopped writing and said suspiciously: “I didn’t find out before, why is your head so big?”
Xinan Wang’s chest was tight, so he had to retreat.
Chu Yuan shook his head, and just wanted to ask him to look at the folding together, but Sixi said that Lord Tao asked to see him.
Duan Bai Yue sighed: “This Taifu, it’s not okay if you don’t accept it.”
Chu Yuan waved him to the screen and let Sixi announce the people in.
“Your Majesty.” Tao Rende knelt when he entered the door.
“Taifu, please get up quickly.” Upon seeing this, Chu Yuan hurriedly went down to help him up in person, “What happened that you can’t talk about properly, why do you have to perform such a great honor.”
Duan Bai Yue rubbed his eyebrows and looked at this posture. If he wanted to go to the mountains to be at ease in the future, he was afraid it would be over.
