my demon

Chapter 83 Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet

Shocked, Xiao Yan recalled the clues, after all, there were only all kinds of fillings between the soldiers and horses. Zhu Rufeng's silent expression and neat and busy work, Wei Fanjun... I almost didn't see him during the battle. Beijing, he was busy with state affairs, and Wei Fanjun only took a part-time job in the Ministry of Rites, so he was not qualified to meet him at all, so he alienated him.

It was because the Lich came back during this period, and he summoned the familiar Wei Fanjun to accompany the Lich. Where did he pay attention to them?

Xiao Yan felt a little guilty: "These years are too many, I haven't paid attention to them."

The Lich said thoughtfully: "It's okay, you are too busy."

Xiao Yan said in a low voice: "I will think about how to persuade Mr. An..."

The summer evening wind blew the fragrance of flowers, and the ground was still faintly steaming with the fragrance of vegetation. For some reason, Xiao Yan felt a little lonely: "They are quite courageous, and I will support them."

The Lich said: "Is it rare?"

Xiao Yan thought for a while: "Actually, it's not too rare. The wind of broken sleeves has always been prevalent in the south, and many people are also serious life-and-death friends, such as Uncle Duan Wang..." His voice sank again, as if remembering The news that Lin Jiangping brought back that day with a hoarse voice, red, swollen eyes, and ashes, was a day of tragic pain but with a glimmer of hope, and he still remembers it so many years later.

He drooped his eyelashes, not wanting to touch those scars again. Over the past ten years, how many days and nights he had broken up the news that Lin Jiangping brought back word by word, and recalled it carefully, worried that he had misunderstood, doubted, hated, feared, pain.He even wondered in disappointment again and again whether Lin Jiangping had lost his love forever, so he wanted to take revenge on the royal family and punish him with the most tragic means, so he made up a false news that the Lich didn't say goodbye at all, would he? It has long been obliterated by the laws of the world.

He actually kept his reason until now, he looked up at the Lich's handsome face, the Lich's hand was still holding his wrist, and when he saw him looking at him, he even smiled slightly, with some encouragement, he Take back the Lich's hand, feel his pulse beating.

Isn't he really having a sweet dream?Seeing that he seemed to be in a trance, the Lich waited for a while, seeing that he was still in a trance, feeling a little helpless, took his arm and said, "Let's go."

Xiao Yan walked all the way to Yutang Hall and suddenly realized: "Why are you here?"

The Lich was familiar with the way and went in to undress: "After taking a walk to digest food, it is natural to take a bath, otherwise you will be sweating. I think your pool is good. I will draw a water element rune and add some fire element. Rune, there will be hot spring water here automatically in the future... so you don't have to worry about being too extravagant and wasteful. I have ordered He Changan to arrange for the water to be diverted to your Yuhe."

"At that time, I'll plant some nasturtiums and silver-grass flowers in the pond. These two magic plants can clean the water, keep the fragrance in the water and keep the water clean."

Xiao Yan looked up and saw that in just a few words, the Lich had quickly removed his robes, revealing a powerful body with wide shoulders, narrow waist, narrow legs and long legs. The legs showed a beautiful and tight streamlined curve, which was the most perfect figure bestowed by God.

His face was already flushed with blood: "Sir, wash first, I still have something to explain." After he finished speaking, he had already walked away, if he didn't leave, he would show himself in front of his husband.

The Lich turned his head to see that Xiao Yan had quickly disappeared in front of the palace gate, and walked into the water with some distress: "Why are you so reserved and shy."

He still wanted to hear a confession. The first time he confessed, he was a lich without emotion, so he didn't refuse, but he didn't dare to promise.The confession I made a few days ago, I used the truth potion to say it in a state of confusion, so it cannot be counted.As a mortal, he wanted to listen to the other party's confession again, confirm it again, and say with certainty that he likes him, admires him, and wants to stay with him for the rest of his life.

Lich submerged his whole body in the water, felt the suffocation that only living people have, and his heart beat faster, what would happen when he heard the confession?My heartbeat will also speed up, can't I help being excited?Will be full of joy, very happy, right?

The blond hair floated in the water, and the Lich slowly opened his eyes. The golden pupils glistened in the water, but his determination was still so firm: Although he had no memory, he still longed for the affirmation of love, just like a dry fire dragon. Earth, anxious and eager for rain.It takes abundant, grand, persistent and passionate love to satisfy his empty and dry heart.

However, instead of scaring away a shy and reserved partner, you have to take your time, be gentle, and not let the other person discover your abnormal possessiveness.

As expected, Empress Dowager Sun returned to the capital at the beginning of August, and Xiao Yan went to pick her up in person to return to the palace. As expected, Empress Dowager Sun stayed in the West Palace with the concubines very well, never interfering with the emperor's affairs at all, and often called Zixiao Yuanjun He went into the palace to talk, and found the Zijin Furnace and other alchemy materials left by the late emperor, rewarded Zixiao Yuanjun, and started to refine alchemy in a Taoist temple on the outskirts of Beijing.

"The Taoist temple is near Qiyunzhuang. It mainly sells colored glass and other things. Of course, occasionally some primary blood-enriching potions and primary spiritual potions are mixed with water and mixed with sesame and bean powder. They make balls for her to eat. The effect is immediate. The Empress Dowager Sun likes it very much, and I can't leave the Bone Lord more and more." The Lich spoke to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan responded casually while criticizing the papers. He would follow everything the Lich said, and the court began to slow down Slowly found out that suddenly a supernatural emperor teacher Ren Jianzheng appeared in Qintianjian, although he had never been to court.

These days, the lich lived a regular life.Every day when I get up, I go to the Qin Tianjian to have a look, give pointers on the progress of the printing calendar office, and give lessons to the officials of the Qin Tianjian on calendar calculation and astrology, answering questions, and seeing that it is noon, I went leisurely In the palace, have lunch with the emperor, take a short break, read in the royal library in the afternoon, and accompany the emperor back to Jin'oufang after dinner in the evening.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is here in a blink of an eye, and the palace is decorated with lanterns and festoons, and countless lanterns are decorated on the trees on both sides of the Yuhe River in the palace. In fact, the palace has not held a serious Mid-Autumn Palace banquet for several years.Xiao Yan was in a bad mood before, how could he be in the mood for this, he only stopped all festivals except sacrifices and even the Qianqiu Festival on the grounds of difficult state affairs and frugality.A lot of taxes were also exempted, many fortifications were stopped, and their corvees were exempted. Only some corvees other than border work and river work were retained, and the remuneration for corvees was increased.

Affected by the palace, the atmosphere in Beijing and the folk has been very simple in recent years, there have been fewer singing and dancing banquets, and everyone is not favoring luxury clothes. After hard work and hard work for the past few years, the atmosphere has changed, and a few more days have passed In a good year with good weather and good weather, the national treasury, which had been impoverished by the war, began to have some room to turn around, and the local grain depots also had surplus grain, and there was a hint of prosperity.

Therefore, there will be a palace banquet in the palace, and the emperor will go to Zhengyangmen to watch the lanterns with the people and have fun with the people. As soon as the news spread, all the wealthy families and high-ranking officials put all their efforts into making beautiful and brilliant wedding dresses on the Imperial Street. The lamp shed only said that it wanted to pray and present gifts to the emperor.

As usual, there is a palace banquet first, rewarding the meritorious ministers, and then boarding the Zhengyang City Gate, watching the lanterns with the people, and then they can leave.For palace banquets, Xiao Yan hosted honorable officials and high-ranking ministers above the third rank in the Qinghe Hall, and the Empress Dowager Sun hosted a feast for the wives of the third rank and above in the Qinghui Hall of the Inner Palace.

As usual, Xiao Yan accompanied the Queen Mother Sun in the inner palace first, and the Princess Protector and the 12-year-old little prince were also in the inner palace. They would only come out after being congratulated by the wives inside and outside. When he arrived at the Qinghe Hall, Qin Tianjian was the only one who was eligible to participate in the palace banquet. After all, most of the Qin Tianjian were small officials of the seventh or eighth rank, and Fan Zuosi, the deputy envoy, was only of the fourth rank. yes.But An Guogong still firmly implemented the principle of keeping a low profile until death, and still said he was sick and did not come to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet.

When the Lich entered the hall under the guidance of the servants, there was a slight silence in the hall, and then seeing the Lich enter the table with an indifferent expression, he began to whisper again.

Most of the princes and other nobles, the cabinet and other ministers and important ministers were admiring the moon in the imperial garden. When the time was approaching, there would naturally be palace people urging them to be seated, but the Lich didn't know it, and went straight to the outer hall under the guidance Kneeling down at the table, today he is wearing a crimson official robe embroidered with cranes, his skin is like snow, his appearance is beautiful, his golden hair hangs down his shoulders, his golden eyes look forward like lightning, and he has a sword on his waist. Too eye-catching, when he sat down at the top of the right, everyone gasped slightly.

But even though the lich was in a state of indecision, the nature of the lich's soul hadn't changed at all. He was sensitive to these emotions such as curiosity, envy, jealousy, etc., and he was slightly displeased, and his face was like frost.Especially in these emotions, there are several very sharp and clear malice.

He frowned, seeing the servant come over to pour tea for him, but he didn't drink, just sat with his eyelashes slightly lowered, didn't speak or move, like a gorgeous god statue.

After a while, seeing that the time was approaching, several prime ministers in the cabinet began to come out slowly, surrounded by officials from the six ministries, Ji Tongzhen was stunned when he saw the place where the Lich was sitting, and Ding Xunhua beside him whispered He clicked his tongue: "What's the matter? Why did the civil servant take the position of the military officer? How did the Ministry of Rites arrange the position?"

Ji Tongzhen had already walked up quickly, although there was still a smile on his face, seeing nothing changed, he stepped forward to salute the Lich, who then sat down and bowed his hands slightly to return the salute, Ji Tongzhen said with a smile: "It turns out that today the emperor The master is also coming to the banquet, and I invite you to sit with me at my table, so that I can ask you a lesson or two tonight."

The Lich frowned slightly: "Is there a problem with the ranking?"

Ji Tongzhen didn't expect him to be so perceptive, and said with a smile: "In the yellow tent above Majesty Dan, the rank of princes, nobles and honors has always been headed by the clan's clan king. After King Duan is gone, now it is Prince Rui who is the clan king, sitting in the seat. The first one. Under Majesty Dan, there are first and second-rank officials in the hall. It is customary for civil servants to sit on the left and military officers to the right. Usually the head of military officers is General Lin Lin, the Marshal of Military Affairs. It’s okay to make some small mistakes, it just so happens that you come to sit with me at the same table, so that I have the opportunity to ask for advice.”

The Lich said: "No need, Prime Minister Zuo is sitting at the same table as Right, don't worry about it, I will sit with Lin Jiangping."

Ji Tongzhen twitched slightly, and said in a low voice: "This General Lin, every time he attends a celebration banquet, he always leaves his head empty. If he refuses to sit with others, he has a bad temper..."

The Lich sat firmly as a rock: "It's okay, he is lucky to be seated with me."

Ji Tongzhen: ...

From this look, it is clear that someone is plotting, and it is estimated that this imperial celebrity, the Emperor Tongwei, clashed with Lin Jiangping. Killing the enemy is invincible. It's all a desperate style of play. It's all about dying, but it's invincible, invincible and invincible. His military exploits have made him fight all the way from a lieutenant general to a general. Before that, all the soldiers under Emperor Xianwu Lie obeyed his orders, and they finally returned to the position of generalissimo of soldiers and horses.

It's just that after the war was settled, Marshal Lin almost stayed behind closed doors on weekdays. I heard that most of the time he lived alone in the Chixia Valley and guarded the tomb, and he was a vegetarian and kept his filial piety all the year round.Only some important occasions had to attend, and he even got the nickname "Sick Tiger", because he always looks sick, gloomy and cold, but if anyone offends him, he will not give him any face He could draw his sword and cut off the opponent's hat on the spot. I heard that the sword was still the Emperor's Sword. The Emperor Wu Lie gave it to him before his death. Who would dare to provoke him?He will attend this Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. This is the news that the cabinet has known for a long time. It's just that the Ministry of Rituals has always arranged a lot, and he didn't expect that there would be someone else who could tamper with this arrangement.

The Ministry of Rites...it seems uncomfortable. Qin Tianjian, such a cold yamen as big as a sesame seed, built a calendar printing office all at once, and wanted to print the calendar himself. This is a huge profit, but this time, It’s not wrong to say that, after all, although the Grand Master is a civil servant of the first rank, it’s true that the emperor’s position is detached, and he is arranged first on the right next to the cabinet. Those who must be presented to the imperial court, those who have been approved by the emperor, who can say that the Ministry of Rites is wrong?

Seeing people taking their seats one after another, Ji Tongzhen had no choice but to return to his own seat.However, the left minister of the cabinet bowed to salute, and the emperor's teacher actually sat down to receive the salute, and everyone on the court was a little shocked.When the military officers gradually took their seats, some people began to notice that there was a civil servant sitting at the head of the military officers, all of them looked sideways, and some gloated and waited for General Lin to enter.One must know that the emperor has always been quite tolerant towards Lin Jiangping, today this can be regarded as a duel between the two famous men in front of the imperial court, and this is a rare good show.

Sure enough, he was talking, and there was another silence in the hall.I saw a thin man in a white robe slowly walking into the hall. This Mid-Autumn Festival, although he was wearing a first-grade uniform of a unicorn general, he was wearing a plain robe. He was too thin, and the robe was hanging on his body , coupled with his completely unpopular and indifferent face, just floated into the hall like a ghost, looking extremely cold and cold, but it was Lin Jiangping, Generalissimo of Soldiers and Horses.On the civil servant's side, some people couldn't understand his inappropriate and unlucky clothes, but they dared not speak out, they just talked in low voices and waited for a good show.

Just seeing Lin Jiangping slowly walking up the hall, he saw the Lich in the chief position at a glance, and the gloomy face that looked like a corpse suddenly moved, which seemed to be a very sad and touched expression to outsiders.They all thought that he was going to have a seizure, but he still didn't say a word, walked forward slowly and steadily, then bowed his hands to the Lich, and bowed deeply.

The hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard falling.