Chapter 66 I want to look back, but there is no way to look back
It was the middle of the night, and the lights in Guluan Pavilion were still bright. Ayu hurriedly carried the washbasin and almost flew into the room, and most of the water splashed away. She wiped her sweat and panted for a while and said: "The house manager said to my husband
It’s great that you came to take care of me so late, I feel ashamed!”
Xilou called her over, twisted a hot towel and put it on Su Yan's forehead, who was still unconscious and occasionally said drunken words.
"Do you usually take care of her like this?"
Ah Yu laughed silly and said: "A Yu doesn't know how to take care of people, but Mr. Su said that she comes from a small place and is not a pampered person. As long as I treat her well, she will be happy with her. As for Ah Yu, she is stupid.
These shortcomings of being slow to act and having a bad mind, Mr. Su said, it doesn't matter, as long as I am sincere to her." After saying this, he nodded seriously.
Xilou was a little confused and asked: "She said so?"
"Yes! Why did Amo lie to you? You are such a good person, if Amo deceived you, wouldn't his life be short?"
"Is that what she said?" Xilou couldn't help laughing, "Okay, okay, I'm teasing you. By the way, have you prepared the sobering soup?"
"Ah! I forgot to bring it." Ah Fu ran out again like a gust of wind, leaving behind the sound of wind and the shadows of lights outside the door.
Xilou smiled slightly and muttered: "This Ah Yu still can't change the way he was in Duanyunxuan."
"Amo! You stinky girl stole it again!" Su Yan kicked off the quilt and cursed with a dance.
He smiled and pinched the tip of her nose gently: "You are still watching out for Amin even when you are asleep. How much do you love to eat?"
Su Yan opened and closed his mouth, mumbling something unknown. Xilou curiously leaned closer to listen, but it was a name. His movements stopped suddenly, and his eyes instantly turned red.
But the soul seemed to have left the body, flying out of the room, passing over the pond, flying to the starry sky, overlooking him and her.
"At that time, you had two horns pierced. I asked my brother to help you pierce another one. You stared at me with a look of disgust and said: "My aunt pierced this, you are not allowed to move!" You looked cute with your cheeks puffed out.
Awesome. I always pinched your nose, and it turned red several times, so you burst into tears and went to your father to complain. Naturally, your father would not go along with your wishes, so you went to your aunt to continue complaining.
In the end, I will be scolded bloody, ha..."
He came back to his senses, looked at everything that had changed, and shed tears.
The man on the pillow was still talking nonsense, so he grabbed his wrist and put it under his face, smiling with satisfaction, "I tell you, you must remember that you owe me... I owe you too..."
Xilou's face changed drastically, and he pulled out his arm angrily: "It's Zuo Qing again! Can't you forget him and tolerate me?" He pinched her whole face, "Ayan, I am the winner, I am the winner.
He is the one who controls everything, Zuo Qing is just a chess piece in my hand, just a chess piece!" He had no confidence in the last sentence. In this overall situation of Ruoshui, who is not a chess piece of fate? But who can move?
Just farther.
"So what? As long as the player or the chess player wins, the opponent will be completely defeated. As long as they are all kicked out, then they all belong to me. I will take back everything I have lost with my own hands! Wait, everyone
Wait."
In the early morning of the next day, Wan Chaofang welcomed the first ray of morning sun. The servants swept through it and then retreated in an orderly manner. Then a group of students came here to borrow what they needed, then detoured to the backyard, walked through the narrow stone path, and then disappeared.
Under the outer wall.
For a moment, there was silence all around.
In the west building, a lacquered wood table was placed, thick cushions were placed, some sandalwood was lit, a pot of water was boiled, and then they sat down cross-legged.
A rustling sound was heard, and the servant immediately rushed in to report. As soon as he finished speaking, a man dressed in mysterious clothes came into view, and he slowly came closer. The man's face was cold and stern, which was extremely inconsistent with his thin figure. He walked around silently.
He sat down, straightened his robe, and sat upright in a manner that made people afraid to get close to him.
The tea has been brewed, and the lingering water vapor slowly rises to the eaves along with the sandalwood, and then dissipates under the tiles.
"Is there any verification?" Xilou asked lazily.
Zuo Qing took a sip of tea and said, "I asked Madam Xu to check it overnight and it is the original one. However, it will take some time to restore the whole thing."
Xilou nodded. As long as the weapon spectrum is restored, he can be used to win over Changsun Wuzheng.
"I have already laid out everything with the prince. Unexpectedly, the prince has been waiting for me for a long time!"
Xilou stood up in horror: "You mean, the prince has discovered us a long time ago?!"
Zuo Qing smiled bitterly: "I thought he was a cowardly person who was afraid of death and hurting his family, but now I find that I am narrow-minded. Also, I also informed you of your identity. When I knew that you were still alive, I really
Very happy."
Xilou fell back on the mat, and it took him a long time to recover: "He knows everything? So... he has never forgotten his mother, and me?"
He murmured and couldn't help but shed tears. Zuo Qing handed him a cup of tea, then bumped his own cup against him and said, "You should be happy that someone still remembers you!"
Xilou smiled with tears in his eyes, shook his head repeatedly, drank the tea in one gulp, exhaled a long breath, and said: "I will find an opportunity to visit him someday. It has been ten years, it is time to meet him." Thinking of this,
He hurriedly asked Zuo Qing: "Master Shen, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Master Chen, the general. They are both close friends of the prince. Can they also meet each other?"
Zuo Qing shook his head and said: "He will remind us privately that we should not contact them easily. It is not too late to meet again at the last moment."
"In the past, apart from my mother, only my uncle loved me the most." Xilou held the tea cup with tears in his eyes, "I will live up to my expectations and avenge my mother!"
Wei Zhen also has his uncle Prince Zheng, his father Prince Yan, and Su Yan. How can he say he has lived up to everyone's expectations? What about himself? Whose expectations have he lived up to?
Thousands of thoughts came to my mind, and I just regretted that there was no wine to distract me at this time.
Shuyoutang
Su Yan put down his notebook, held the heater with both hands, and spoke earnestly to the students about what Xilou had said to him.
"I don't know if you have heard that the little princess has reached the age of marriage. Your Majesty is planning to hold a competition in the summer resort to recruit brides. At that time, the princes and nobles of Zhao, Yan, Wu and Chu will come to participate. Of course
It also includes some poor families, but these have nothing to do with us. What I want to focus on is that in this competition to recruit brides, students from each hall will be included in the roster, and then there will be auditions and wheel battles. In the end, two outstanding candidates will appear in each hall, and then they will compete with each other.
Nobles from friendly countries or civilians will fight, and one person will win in the end. Prepare in private, so as not to embarrass me when the time comes, not to mention your family’s face, and lose the good opportunity to make a comeback. Mr. I’s few male students
Listen well, this is a good opportunity."
Everyone looked like their parents were dead. Sun Ziliang jumped up and was extremely excited, "Is this true or false?"
Ran Ying glanced at him sideways, "It seems you are very interested. It turns out you are so vulgar and intolerable."
Jin Guan helped Sun Ziliang choke back, "You said it as if you were very noble."
Ran Ying said: "You are the most powerful. Since you are so powerful, why don't you go to find a matchmaker on behalf of the princess? Maybe some wealthy family son will not like the princess but likes you, and it will save your mother from arranging a matchmaker for you."
Save it. If one person is enlightened, the whole family will be enlightened!"
Sun Tzu Liang pursed his lips and said, "One person attains enlightenment, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven!"
Another round of ridicule, Su Yan helplessly held his forehead, it would be better to stay in the hunting ground, at least his ears would be quieter.
At this time, Chang Sunyue suddenly picked up the book and slammed it back on the table, "Shut up! The gentleman hasn't finished speaking yet, why are you arguing?!"
The school suddenly became quiet again, but Ran Ying still had an arrogant expression.
Su Yan couldn't help but give her a grateful look. It's rare to find a good student with such a correct outlook on life, such a vision and a kind heart!
Su Yan put on a compassionate expression: "Hey, everyone, this is a great opportunity, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Why reject it? I really can't figure it out. Your parents sent you here just to shine on your family one day?
"
At this time, Jin Guan also vomited bitterness, "It's right to shine on the lintel, but you also have to have strength. Do you think among the people in our school, which one is good?"
Sun Ziliang chuckled, "You're the one who least expects it! If you want breasts or a butt, I don't want either!"
The students started to get excited again. Jin Guan stood up angrily, pointed at him and scolded, "Sun Ziliang, you have no breasts! You don't even have an asshole!"
The tranquility that Su Yang had just restored was broken again. He couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily: "Shut up, everyone! You think I am nothing!"
Sun Ziliang and Jin Guan were stunned, but they nodded. Su Yan was a little dumbfounded. Did he take the wrong medicine when he agreed to accept Shu You Tang?
She calmed down and said to them: "This competition is not about your lives. Why are you acting like you are going to the execution ground? You will be gone as soon as you close your eyes."
Sun Ziliang said: "It's so easy to say, and you don't have to go up, so it doesn't matter. If any of us loses, it will make others laugh for half a year!"
Su Yan said: "What a bunch of cowardly rich kids! Don't be afraid of wolves before and tigers behind. It doesn't matter whether you are willing to do this or not. Since it is His Majesty's will, you must obey it. There is nothing I can do about it. If you
If you don’t want to make a fool of yourself, hurry up and practice your skills, so you don’t really become a laughing stock. Okay, class is over!”
After class, Su Yan hurried away from the place of right and wrong, followed the gravel path into the garden, cleared a piece of land, and prepared to take a nap on it. Before he could close his eyes, he saw a black shadow suddenly pass by.
After passing by, she immediately sat up. The dark figure was none other than her good brother Ge Yiyan, who is not a friend who never gets together, but a friend who has traveled thousands of miles to get together!
"Are you Su Yan?"
Su Yan mechanically twitched the corners of his mouth and said with a forced smile, "General, what do you want from me?"
He sneered and said: "It's better to be famous than to be seen. When I saw her today, she really has the potential to be a disaster."
Beauty is a curse?! After Su Yan has lived for so long, this is the first time that someone has called a beauty a curse. If the master hears this, he might want to celebrate that his good disciple finally has capital. Unfortunately, she can't be happy at the moment. This person in front of her
, seemed to be eating her alive.
Su Yan smiled dryly and said, "Sir, I just came to the academy not long ago, and it seems I haven't harmed anyone yet."
"Indeed not. However, your ability to confuse men is at its peak! Zuo Qing and Xilou both fell under your pomegranate skirt." Ge Yiyan took a few steps closer and said, "You have such ability, it's better to
If you become my disciple and you act as my spy, I will give you a reward a hundred times higher than what you get in the academy!"
It turns out that he is here to win people's hearts.
Su Yan straightened his body and said solemnly: "It's an honor for me to be respected by you, but you have misunderstood me. I am a little girl who doesn't know how to confuse, let alone harm others! Zuo Qing and I, Xilou
No matter what, it’s not the kind of relationship adults think of!”
Ge Yiyan laughed, "Your appearance suddenly reminds me of a person. She always talks in a condescending manner, as if I am such a lowly person. But everyone in the palace knows that her mother is just a
Countryman, a slut who only seduces men!"
"You!" Su Yan's fist was almost crushed. She could stand up and tell him righteously and sternly that her mother was not that kind of person, and Fozhen was not that kind of person! But now her identity could not have anything to do with the singer.
She suppressed her anger and turned to smile, "You are talking about Fo Zhen, right? But isn't Fo Zhen your biological sister? Why would you insult your mother? It would be..."
"What nonsense! How could my mother give birth to such a bastard?" He twitched his lips, regained his composure, and added: "Mr. Su, who originally thought he could solve unsolved cases, is a smart man, but now it seems that he is the same as Buddha.
Those people are just as stupid!"
Su Yan gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down. Seeing her like this, Ge Yiyan felt happy, patted the dust on his shoulders, and walked away leisurely. But the more she thought about it, the more something was wrong, so she turned around and ran away.
Zen Jingyuan. But as soon as she reached the forest outside the courtyard, she stopped immediately and stared blankly inside. At the end was Xinghan Pavilion, but she hesitated.
"What are you doing standing here?" A cool voice penetrated from behind. Su Yan was startled. She didn't dare to look back and ran away. Zuo Qing grabbed her arm with his backhand and pulled her back.
She pulled her back.
"Why did you see me running away?"
She said in a panic: "Well, I still have something to do, so let's go first!"
Zuo Qing frowned, with some displeasure in his eyes: "Is there anything that makes you so anxious that you don't even have time to explain it?"
She didn't know why, but every time Zuo Qing got angry, she had no choice but to tell him the truth: "I just met Ge Yiyan."
Zuo Qing immediately panicked: "What did he do to you?"
Su Yan shook his head and said: "He deliberately bribed me to be his spy, probably to monitor you. Originally, I wanted to remind you to be more careful about him, but then I thought about it..."
Then I thought about it, if I really came to find you, wouldn't it mean that I haven't let go of you yet?
"Why don't you say any more?" Zuo Qing asked doubtfully.
Su Yan took a step back and kept a distance from him, "It's okay now. Anyway, I rejected him and he shouldn't come to me again in the future. Don't worry, I won't betray you... No, I mean I won't betray the academy.
Yes!" After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
Zuo Qing looked at her back solemnly, feeling increasingly panicked. If Ge Yiyan really wanted to use Su Yan against him, then Su Yan's identity would be revealed sooner or later, and he could no longer be tolerated!
There are two paths from the Zen Jingyuan to the backyard, one is a gravel road with a small bridge in the woods, and the other is a winding water corridor. Zuo Qing walked on the water corridor paved with bluestone slabs, his loose robes fluttering in the cold wind.
There is a loud noise, and the weak body will be torn apart almost at any time.
After walking for a while, he felt tired, so he sat casually on the edge of the water corridor, letting the water splashing from the lake soak his robes. The sun hit his face, and it was as cold as the lake.
Yansheng chased after him, and as soon as he stopped, he started to complain: "I saw Su Yan just now, and he didn't walk like a lady like everyone else!"
"It's quite energetic, unlike me, who is lifeless."
Yansheng felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he immediately changed the topic, but it was still an important topic. He calmed down and said, "The little princess has contracted a serious illness, and I'm afraid she won't be able to recover within a year or so."
Zuo Qing didn't seem to pay attention to his words. He looked at the sky with a hint of indifference on his eyebrows, as if he had gained clarity after struggling for a long time, but there was still a bitterness that could not be erased.
"How is Fang Chaosheng doing now?"
Yansheng frowned, "He has never had the chance to be promoted. He is still a Zuo Shilang. I heard him say before that Mr. Mu Shun, the Minister of Rites, has trouble with him. Let alone being promoted, I would be thankful if he was not demoted."
Zuo Qing laughed it off and said, "Then I will give him a chance to be promoted now. Go and tell him and find a way to get the Minister of Rites to suggest to Your Majesty that you use a Buddha to replace the little princess in choosing a son-in-law."
Yansheng looked confused, "Why?"
"Your Majesty must be at a loss for the little princess now. How many people want to share your Majesty's worries so that they can get some credit in return? Don't you know that this credit is not easy to get. If the Buddha can be adopted, I will definitely let the Minister of Rites
Lost my job."
"Then, he will definitely ask me how to tell the Minister of Rites."
Zuo Qing shook his head helplessly and stretched out his hand. Yansheng immediately went over to help him stand up.
He added: "If you let him find his own way, he will be able to sit where he is now. Do you have to ask me for this solution?"
Yansheng nodded, "Indeed, Mr. Fang used to be a eloquent person. I remember at the beginning of last year, he scolded the brothel's madam to the government with just one mouth!"
Zuo Qing looked at Yansheng with admiration and said, "Young man, you usually pay attention to interesting things happening in the court."
"Don't dare!"
Yan was afraid that he would keep asking questions and wanted to get out of the way. Unexpectedly, Zuo Qing asked again: "If you were a political prince, which one would you choose between the safety of your family and the righteousness of the world?"
Yansheng looked depressed and thought for a while before replying: "I don't know...but I think family is more important. After all, justice in the world is too far away."
He continued to ask: "What if justice is the maintenance of survival?"
"Your Excellency, what you want to say is that Prince Zheng has already had the intention to rehabilitate the Queen?"
"Queen Yu died tragically, and Prince Zheng was seriously ill for several months. After recovering, he left the court and regarded himself as an idle prince. He did not go to court and was not involved in politics. However, he did not give up the power of Kyoto's security, and he has been in contact with the Jianghu these years.
, that Su Ming is from Jianghu. But I have never discovered this. If I had discovered it earlier and told the prince the truth, would it have been..."
"My lord, are you regretting that you lost Su Yan?" Yansheng suddenly realized that since he came back from the birthday banquet, his lord seemed to have fallen seriously ill in the blink of an eye.
"Xi Lou is the destined emperor. It's okay to follow him."
"But, sir..."
As Zuo Qing walked towards the end, a weak voice came, "In a few days, there will be a competition to recruit a bride. Soon, the chess game will start again. Those who should join the game will be destroyed, and when will I be destroyed..."