She looked around implicitly and ordered the little girl to go out to wash the fruit. Lou Xiliu rolled her eyes and left first. Xiao Zhao's accomplice meant that there was no such thing. Then she said in Lu Xiuyun's ear: "Let everyone think we are lovers.
"
"...We're lovers after just one drink?" Lu Xiuyun knew she was playing tricks upon hearing this.
"Gu Yushi obviously doesn't like me, but he still drinks with me. Don't you think it means a lot? Who can say for sure what's going on behind the scenes?" She looked sinister, "Our relationship is different when we drink.
Yes, right?"
"..." Why is it different? Are you trying to blackmail someone?
"Yes." She nodded quickly, didn't she just let Gray Thorn be fooled?
Just when Lu Xiuyun was about to scold her for being delusional, the door curtain opened, and a cold spring breeze came in. A middle-aged man in a snow robe and a gray crown walked in. Seeing this man's gorgeous clothes and majestic steps, he took off his wind hat to reveal his face,
Lu Xiuyun was shocked. She had eaten with Liu Ruhai in a restaurant and caught her, so she recognized him.
It turned out to be the sixth demon of Biying Palace, Gray Thorn.
Hui Xiang was even more surprised than she was. He froze in front of the door. He looked at Cao Xiwan and Lu Xiuyun, then turned back and looked at the door he entered.
That's right, this is the second courtyard of the Duan family.
He recalled that he had just entered the small courtyard through a pair of black lacquered doors, and there was a wooden and stone screen wall. He then entered the main room with three rooms, and there were also small side rooms on the left and right sides.
There is a large open space in the middle of the yard.
He knew that the second room at the back contained only three and a half kitchens, a woodshed, a miscellaneous room, and half a toilet.
There are bamboo trees planted in the front and back. It is elegant and generous, and there is a rockery wooden pavilion in the corner.
This courtyard is a great place to set up a table or two with good banquets.
——Although he doesn't come to this yard often, he never misses the door.
In the west room, the kang is still burning, and the apricot trees outside the window are green.
She and Lu Xiuyun were sitting on the kang, writing menus, waiting for the meal to be served, and staring blankly at Gray Thorn.
Hui Ji stood at the door, holding the curtain open with one hand. He froze half a step forward, and was still untying his cloak in the other hand. He originally wanted to wait for dinner in this west room. He had arranged the meal at the Duan family. It was probably the Duan family.
I deliver meals and occasionally come over to eat when passing by.
The Duan family's chef skills are well-known in Qinglefang. Mrs. Duan is good at dancing and has a bustling family. Naturally, she has a share of the chef's contribution. Nowadays, the tenants in the neighborhood have to make a small sum of money to cover two meals a day. This is what
Business people.
Xiao Zhao huddled in the corner of the west room, trying to pretend that he had disappeared.
Cao Xiwan was caught off guard by being killed. She was still chewing dried fruits in her mouth and stared at Huisi with big eyes. But she quickly calmed down and figured it out in the blink of an eye:
Gray Thorn lives nearby!? By the way, he lives in the back. She knows all the neighbors, but there is only an empty house in the back. It was originally lived by an old Lehu lady who made costumes, and her husband and children are gone.
, sublet the yard to live.
So, she thought about it again. Qin Meng kept his mouth tight and did not mention that Ash Thorn was nearby. He must have thought that she knew. This was probably the reason why Mrs. Duan was suspected.
No wonder! Shi Mingniang and Li Caihu, who are close to Princess Funing, received the post and saw that she was holding a banquet in Qingle Square, so they thought that she, Gray Thorn and Baofu Nu were in the same group. It was a good time for enemies to fight!
So these two people were the quickest to agree to come to the banquet.
This series of thoughts flashed through, just for a moment.
She immediately got up from the kang, patted the dried fruit crumbs in her hands, stood up and saluted: "Six kings. I wanted to hand over the note first and then visit the six kings, but Gu Yushi mentioned to me that Eunuch Zhao was inquiring about me in the palace.
Well, I think I'd better come over in person and ask about the important matter of Xiliu's apprenticeship with the Six Great Kings." She conveniently took the two big red boxes next to the kang in her hands, treating them as a visit with gifts.
Gray Thorn glanced at Xiao Zhao, who didn't dare to say anything nonsense and only laughed.
"Six kings, don't blame Xiao Zhao. I am now in the East Palace, so I will inevitably have more news. This is Miss Lu of the East Palace, the favorite person around the empress. She urges me to move into the palace as soon as possible. I will come out later.
It's difficult. I really had no choice but to come to the door rashly." She said sadly and pushed Lu Xiuyun.
Although Lu Xiuyun was straight-tempered, she only looked straight compared to Cao Xiwan. As a female official in the palace, she was the best at making eye contact. She just stood up, bowed her head to Gray Thorn in a reserved manner, and then sat down.
Gray Thorn is in a good mood these days. The seventh demon Nan Haoying, Lianhua Bao and his wife were suddenly killed, and Lion Fire was also injured. Princess Funing wanted to be the seventh demon and was chosen by her parents to compete for the position of the master of Biying Palace.
Of course this is impossible.
Xiao Zhao went out of the palace to report all kinds of inside information. Princess Dai had already planned and formed an alliance with the Esoteric Sect. There was also Shi Mingniang beside Funing, and behind Shi Mingniang was a master of Esoteric Sect from Prince Qin's Palace.
Biying Palace and Esoteric Buddhism already have a connection. They were originally the same sect. When Biying Palace became independent, it had a serious feud with Esoteric Sect. It was unavoidable that Gray Thorn, Russell, and Baofonu were not careful.
Gray Thorn glanced at her, and Baofonu came back that day and told her that she was hanging out with Gu Lina and Wen Ting from the Seven Demons of Tianshan in the outskirts of the palace, and it was probably the three of them who teamed up to kill the Princess Dai and his wife.
Gray Thorn walked into the west room, held up his hands and said politely: "Your love, you intend to become my disciple, but you don't have the palace master's letter. Even if I agree, it won't be considered a formal apprenticeship."
Hui Ji entered the house, and Xiao Zhao quickly dragged an official-backed chair in front of the kang, invited his master to sit on it, and slipped out to pour tea. He bumped into Lou Xiliu, who was washing fresh fruits in the kitchen, and coughed.
Lou Xiliu followed him inexplicably. When she entered the door and saw Gray Thorn, she was shocked.
"Xiliu, come and pay tribute to the six kings." Cao Xiwan rushed to the rescue.
"yes--"
Lou Xiliu quickly snatched the small red lacquered hexagonal tea tray from Xiao Zhao's hand, and offered both hands to Hui Qi. Hui Qi looked at the coward Xiao Zhao, and Xiao Zhao only dared to laugh with him.
Gray Thorn thought that there must be something fishy about this bastard disciple Xiao Zhao, but he also happened to want to make friends with this Qingluo female ghost. If he could get the Tianshan Ice Palace to help him, he could support Russell as the palace according to his original plan.
Lord, let Luo Shengji be the Young Palace Master.
Anyway, in their lifetime, they have been dissatisfied with each other about wanting to be the palace master, and have turned to support the young palace master.
At this moment, Hui Xi had not thought about Cao Xiwan's goal of making Lou Xiliu the palace master.
She's not kidding.
Gray Thorn took off his cloak and sat in front of the kang, got some tea, and then said to Cao Xiwan: "I have something to discuss with Su Jintian, and I would like you to pass a message to him. The Central Plains is going to be in chaos. Does he want to go back?"
The Lord's Faith Talisman is in his hand, and the position of Palace Master——"
She thought for a moment and took out the talisman: "This?"
"..." Hui Xi was stunned. Xiao Zhao's eyes widened.
"Is this enough? Xiliu, come and become a disciple." She urged.
"Yes, Madam Qing." Lou Xiliu suppressed his excitement and just looked at Huisi.
Gray Thorn stared at the Palace Master's Letter Talisman in her hand, and finally found her voice: "This matter... you really don't want to discuss it with Su Jintian?"
"No need. Anyway, when he harvested the willow trees, he didn't use the Palace Master's Letter Talisman. It was for the sake of our Lord Marquis's face."
"...He gave this to you?"
"This? I just borrowed it. He... he might want to be the leader of the Tantric Sect." She looked at Lou Xiliu encouragingly, "What a good opportunity!"
What a good opportunity? Lou Xiliu couldn't believe it. Su Jintian had killed six demon lords and avenged his master. Why don't you want to be the master of Biying Demon Palace now? Do you still dislike it?