The night breeze is cool and the moon shines brightly.
Through the bright white moonlight, Nie Yun could clearly see the simple log-colored plaque above his head, with the word "Shen Mansion" written on it.
This was the first time Nie Yun sent Shen Ling'er home, and it was also the first time he saw this mansion.
The mansion is located in the inner city and occupies a very large area. After a cursory glance, it should be not much smaller than the Xiao Mansion. However, considering the status of Elder Shen Dan, it is not difficult to understand that having such a mansion.
Nodding slightly, Nie Yun turned around with a smile on his face, "Just send it here, I'll leave first."
"Hey!" Shen Ling'er grabbed Nie Yun's sleeves with quick eyes and hands, and said softly, "Master, why don't you come in and sit down? My grandpa is also at home."
"Uh... next time." Nie Yun looked up at the bright white moon and scratched his head helplessly: "Don't disturb Elder Shen Dan so late."
"Then let's just sneak in!" Shen Ling'er said subconsciously.
Nie Yun's mouth twitched slightly... Why did you sneak in when you went home? And why should I sneak in too...
And Shen Ling'er seemed to feel something strange, her face turned slightly red, and she added hastily: "I mean, you don't have to trouble Grandpa."
"Let's forget it." Nie Yun patted his forehead lightly, shrugged helplessly, and said in a funny tone: "You know, I can't go back too late, otherwise I will get beaten."
The funny movements coupled with the helpless tone made Shen Ling'er smile, and then she waved her jade arm gently, causing a crisp silver ringtone: "Well, I'll see you tomorrow, master!"
"Well, see you tomorrow." Nie Yun nodded with a smile, turned around and continued walking along Suzaku Avenue towards the inner city.
Ling'er's house is also in the inner city. Well, it's not too far from Xiao's Mansion, so you can walk slowly.
Nie Yun thought like this, and couldn't help but slow down his steps slightly. He felt the cool breeze and quietly enjoyed the feeling of peace. He didn't pay attention to a group of people coming from behind and following his back closely. My line of sight had no choice but to drift away until I turned a corner.
...
Before Nie Yun fully entered the courtyard, he heard a burst of faint laughter.
"Senior sister, Xiao Xue, where did you go to play today? You are so happy." Nie Yun walked into the yard with a smile and sat casually on the only empty stone bench next to the stone table. At the same time, he kept moving his hands and moved Plate after plate of pastries "brought" from the eldest princess's desk were placed on the stone table, she said with a smile.
"I attended a banquet today. I thought the pastries were quite delicious, so I specially packed some for you to try."
"Why do you ask so many questions about a girl's family?" Xiao Xue glanced at the plates of exquisite pastries on the table, and the corner of her mouth twitched quietly.
I asked why there were so many pastries suddenly missing from the table. It turned out that you, the little thief, had stolen them!
"It's quite delicious." Han Yue gently picked up a piece of white pastry and put it into her mouth. She narrowed her eyes and glanced at Xiao Xue with bulging cheeks with a half-smile, and then asked with a smile: "Huh? Junior brother, why did you go to some banquet today? Didn't you say you were going out to play yesterday?"
"Yes, I went to the banquet to play." Nie Yun blinked his eyes, as if it was a matter of course: "By the way, I also brought Ling'er with me. If you don't go with me, I will have to drag you with me. The apprentice has gone."
I specifically asked my senior sister last night if she wanted to go, but she said she was not free, so it has nothing to do with me, right? Nie Yun thought confidently.
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If Han Yue hadn't learned from Xiao Xue that a banquet attendee could only bring one friend, she would have been fooled by Nie Yun like this, but she couldn't explain how she knew. So when he heard this, he could only smile "suddenly" and said: "Oh~ What kind of banquet are you attending? This pastry seems to be more delicious than the mung bean shop in the capital."
"Have you ever heard of the Qionghua Banquet?" Nie Yun smiled proudly, and before Han Yue could figure out what expression to show, he continued: "Today, His Majesty is organizing a banquet for young talents, intending to select civil and military talents. Kui, to prove that today's Daqian is far better than in the past."
"You mean you are also one of the 'heroes'?" Han Yue glanced at Nie Yun, who was smiling proudly, and said casually.
"Hehe, it's more than that~" Nie Yun's smile became more and more proud: "Guess again."
"Hmm~ What else can I do..." Han Yue raised her snow-white chin slightly, and at the same time put an onion-like jade finger on her lips, "meditated" for a long time, and finally shook her head: "I can't think of anything."
"Yeah, I can't think of it." Xiao Xue frowned slightly and nodded in agreement.
"Think about it again, it's easy to guess." Nie Yun continued without giving up.
"I'm tired, I don't want to think about it anymore, I'm ready to go to bed." Han Yue said and stood up, lazily stretching her waist, as if she was ready to go back to the house.
"Hmm...makes sense."
Nie Yun subconsciously stretched out his hands, grabbed one with each hand, and said hurriedly: "Hey, hey, no, what time is it now? Listen to me, oh, no, just listen to me and say a few words before we leave."
"Then tell me." Han Yue yawned, turned around casually, and then when Nie Yun wasn't paying attention, his right eye suddenly blinked playfully.
"Ahem, just listen." Nie Yun cleared his throat. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by a sound of "surprise". A mouthful of saliva got stuck in his throat, almost choking him to death.
"Yeah, I suddenly thought of it." Xiao Xue opened her red lips slightly, stretched out a jade finger in an unusually grandiose manner, pointed at Nie Yun with a trembling hand and said: "Xiao Yunzi, you, you are not the civil and military Qingkui. One of them!"
Huh? Is it so sudden?
"Uh...right." Nie Yun nodded blankly, and the pride in his heart quietly dissipated a lot.
Don't guess sooner or later. Such a disturbance will destroy your emotions. It's true!
Han Yue covered her red lips in "surprise": "Hey, I remembered it too! Junior brother, you are not the Qingkui who made the top-grade elixir at the Qionghua Banquet and became a blockbuster, right? !”
Uh huh huh???
Faced with the exaggerated acting skills of the two men, no matter how slow Nie Yun was, he noticed something was wrong at this time.
"You..." Nie Yun raised his eyebrows high and low, and a trace of disbelief flashed in his eyes: "You all know?"
"if not!"
The two women laughed and said in unison.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah...."
I've been pretending to be mysterious for so long...let me find a crack in the ground and crawl in!
"Didn't you go to some 'girls' party'? How did you know that?" Nie Yun said with a dying struggle.
"Junior brother, are you stupid?" Han Yue suppressed a smile, pretending to be normal and patted Nie Yun's shoulder, trying to keep his voice as steady as possible: "The Qionghua Banquet is not over yet, the Twelve Qingkui's
The imperial canonization list has been announced to the world."
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"Well, Xiao Yunzi did a good job." Xiao Xue nodded solemnly, and then suddenly laughed out loud: "Originally, I was thinking of punching you away as a talking point when bragging, but I guess it will have to wait a while.
Five or six years ago, I can't believe it! Xiao Yunzi, you are really good. I can say right now that I beat a martial arts master with one punch. Wow...hahahahaha."
Nie Yun covered his face with his hands and was silent for a long time, before his voice of shame, anger and helplessness slowly came out.
"...Senior sister, aren't you sleepy? Go to bed quickly."
"No, I want to hear from you, junior brother, what happened at the Qionghua Banquet." Han Yue shook her head, smiled and opened Nie Yun's covered palm, and blinked with a pair of bright eyes: "The Qionghua Banquet is so big.
I've never been to the scene, senior sister, why don't you tell me about it?"
"That's right." Xiao Xue also stopped laughing at this time and echoed from the side: "Xiao Yunzi, I'm not telling you, you are a man and you have to have a big picture."
...hehe.
Nie Yun raised his eyelids a little tiredly: "Is there anything to say? Isn't it clear from the emperor's list?"
"Hey, the imperial list just briefly talks about who the Twelve Qingkui are and what they did. Nothing else." Han Yue waved her hand casually.
There are benefits to being thick-skinned after all. Nie Yun let out a long sigh and spoke calmly again:
"Then I can only tell you these things." As he spoke, he spread his hands: "The scenery of Donglin Garden is beautiful, but you can't let me say it, right?"
"Who wants to listen to this?" Xiao Xue curled her lips and said with disdain: "Can you tell me something about the people or things you met at the banquet?"
No matter how beautiful the place in Donglin Garden is, you will eventually get tired of it after looking at it for more than ten years.
"Especially about some big names we don't usually see." Han Yue pursed her lips and suggested.
"Well... His Majesty the Emperor is wearing a tasseled crown, so it can't be seen clearly. As for the others..." Nie Yun touched his chin: "Elder Qi Gu is quite interesting, and he didn't compete for Qing Kuai.
..."
Elder Qi Gu...the elder of the Alchemy Association, is really a big shot...
Han Yue and Xiao Xue could only listen helplessly as Nie Yun recounted what they already knew. After finally finishing talking about Elder Qi Gu, they suddenly stopped.
"Uh... gone?" Xiao Xue's mouth twitched.
"Yeah." Nie Yun nodded.
"A Qionghua Banquet, do you know such a 'big man'? And he's from your association?"
"Hey, there's no way." Nie Yun shrugged helplessly: "The eldest princess didn't know which nerve was wrong. She suddenly asked me to teach her chess. After the lecture, she got close to Ling'er and wouldn't let me
Come on, sit behind the eldest princess, who dares to come and talk to me?"
Huh? Why does it feel like the temperature has dropped again? It’s almost spring, so it’s not that bad! I guess I was too tired today and my ability to withstand the cold has dropped...
"Haha, the eldest princess is just a small role in your eyes." Through Xiao Xue's fair skin, you can even faintly see the meridians on her neck beating slightly, but there is no trace of a smile on her face.
laugh.
"I don't have the intention to endure it. I thought the 'big people' you were talking about did not include members of the royal family." Nie Yun shrugged, his tone casual, but he suddenly felt that the weather had inexplicably warmed up a bit...