in the world of murder

In the dim tent, the temperature is getting higher and higher.Xi Zhen was lying on the snow-white wolf fur felt, the neckline of the dark red tunic was wide open, the sleeves were drawn into the crook of the arms, the soft satin was almost piled up around the waist, revealing a smooth and white back.

Xie Li leaned on him, kissing his back inch by inch.

He is a treasure placed on velvet satin, let Xie Li enjoy it.

Xi Zhen raised his head with difficulty, his face was flushed, his hands were tied behind his back by Xie Li, and he couldn't move.

"Xie Li." Xi Zhen's voice was hoarse, "Let go of me."

Xie Li reluctantly kissed the back of Xi Zhen's neck, and untied the ribbon tied around his hands.

Xi Zhen got free, turned over, and lay on the bed panting.

Still not satisfied, Xie Li took his hand and kissed his fingertips delicately.On his hand was a red emerald ring that he never left. Xie Li kissed that ring very gently.

Xi Zhen didn't have any strength at all, he agreed to just kiss him, and Xie Li quickly kissed him all over his body.

"Xie Li, I'm thirsty." Xi Zhen was sweating all over, his throat was so dry.

Xie Li got out of bed and poured a glass of warm water, and when he returned to the bed, Xi Zhen took his hand to drink water in small sips, and his lips gradually became moist.

Xie Li lay down again, reaching out to hold Xi Zhen into his arms.Xi Zhen did not hide, turned over and rolled into Xie Li's arms.

Suddenly there was a drizzling sound outside the window, at first it was just tapping on the eaves once or twice, and then the sound became more rapid, and all the grass and trees in the shed made noise.

Xi Zhen listened for a while and said, "It's raining outside."

Xie Li lazily responded.

Xi Zhen continued: "This is the first rain this year."

"The weather is getting warmer, so naturally it should rain." Xie Li closed his eyes and said slowly.

Xi Zhen stroked Gou Xieli's hair, "It's agreed, you help me copy the scriptures, don't forget."

"You said you were going to copy the scriptures half a month ago, but you haven't written a single word until now." Xie Li said: "If you had started copying earlier, you would have finished copying by now."

Xi Zhen was not happy, "I agreed to kiss you, and you copied the scriptures for me. Are you unwilling now?"

Xie Li didn't speak.

Xi Zhen snorted, "If you don't want to, I'll go find someone else, but if you want to do something in the future, it won't work."

Xie Li opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes were heavy, he pinched Xi Zhen's chin, "Who do you want to find?"

Xi Zhen looked at his expression and quickly changed his words, "No one."

You can't mention others in bed, but Xi Zhen can't always remember.

Xie Li lowered his head and bit Xi Zhenzhen's lips, as if letting him go.

It rained all night, the mountain was wet and cold, the courtyard was muddy inside and outside, only a few climbing vines that Xie Li took care of in the corner of the wall were full of life, and the leaves were layer after layer, so lush.

The sky was gloomy, and the light fell on Xie Li through the window covered with rice paper.A white jade hairpin pulled back her waterfall-like long hair, Xie Li lowered his eyebrows and sat on the Arhat couch.Holding a thin brush in his hand, he wrote neat small characters on the rice paper.

Xi Zhen was wearing a vermilion long gown without a belt, and his whole body was relaxed.He was standing in front of the incense burner, holding an incense box in his hand, scooping up incense powder with a silver spoon, and sprinkled it in the incense burner.

In an instant, the room was filled with the smell of agarwood, which was strong and choking.

"What are you doing?" Xie Li looked at him.

"The room is very humid, light some incense for a while." Xi Zhen said, and sprinkled another spoonful.

Xie Li looked at him wishing he could all fall down, and said, "It's too dark in the room, go and light a lamp."

"Oh." Xi Zhen put down the incense box, clapped his hands, and took a jade hook cloud pattern lamp from the inside.

He sat opposite Xie Li with a lamp in his hand, and he was covered in a strong fragrance of agarwood.

Xi Zhen stretched out his hand and fiddled with the wick.Under the sleeves, there was a circle of bruises on the exposed wrists, and scars were left on the white skin, which could stimulate people's desire to abuse.

Xie Li was slightly dazed, this subtle change was noticed by Xi Zhen.He withdrew his hand, looked at Xie Li with great interest, and asked, "Brother, where are you looking?"

Xi Zhen touched the rice paper written by Xie Li with a ring-wearing finger, with a smile on his face, "You are copying scriptures, but your heart is not calm."

Xie Li withdrew his gaze lightly and said, "Don't laugh in front of the Buddhist scriptures."

Xi Zhen snorted, "It's a dignified appearance."

The two of them were talking in the house, and Xuan Yunhuai was standing in the yard, only whispering whispers could be heard.Holding the worship box in his hand, he walked up the steps and knocked on the door.

Xi Zhen came to open the door, he was still talking to Xie Li, with a smile on his face that didn't fade away.As soon as he turned his head and saw Xuan Yunhuai, his smile disappeared, leaving only undisguised disgust.

"What are you doing here?" Xi Zhen leaned against the door and refused to let him in.

Xuan Yunhuai sent a greeting card, saying: "My daughter of Xuan's family is getting married on the tenth day of the next month. Please invite Young Master Xi to attend."

He didn't use the title of a brother in the division, Xi Zhen's face changed slightly, and he stood up straight.

"The prostitute of the Xuan family..." Xi Zhen asked, "Who is she marrying?"

Xuan Yunhuai said: "My lord today."

Xi Zhen frowned slightly, "Empress?"

Xuan Yunhuai shook his head and said, "My lord."

Under the queen, there are three wives, concubines, concubines, and nobles.Under it were Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, and Zhaohua, followed by nine concubines, 27 royal wives, and 81 royal wives.

The Xuan family is also considered a large family, and most of the prostitutes in the family marry into other families as clan wives, and there are also some who marry into the royal family to become queens.Now, the daughter of the Xuan family's first lineage married the emperor, and she turned out to be just a noble person.

Xi Zhen looked complicated, looked at Xuan Yunhuai, and said sarcastically: "It seems that your Xuan family is really at sunset."

Xuan Yunhuai did not refute, but said: "I hope Young Master Xi will attend on time."

Xi Zhen hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the invitation. Although the prostitute of the Xuan family was only a noble person, but Xuan Yunhuai sent this invitation to Xi Zhen, Xi Zhen had to give this face.

"Thank you." Xi Zhen said lazily.

Xuan Yunhuai cupped his hands, but Xi Zhen didn't even look at it, turned around and closed the door.

When he returned to the inner room, Xi Zhen still left the greeting card on the small table, he lifted up his robe and sat down, seeing Xie Li with downcast eyes, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Have you finished copying?" Xi Zhen asked.

Xie Li didn't answer, but only asked: "A newcomer has entered Emperor Yan's harem?"

Xi Zhen nodded, pointed to the invitation post and said, "This is from the Xuan family. The Xuan family's daughters are only enshrined as nobles when they enter the palace."

Xi Zhen pondered for a moment, then said: "However, I guess, not only the daughter of the Xuan family has entered the palace. Presumably all the major families have sent people into the palace. Now, the city of Yanjing is very lively."

Xie Li's eyes were dark and he didn't speak.

In the afternoon, Fu Gui came to look for Xi Zhen, and when they met, he said: "Have you heard that all the great families have chosen good women to enter the palace!"

Xi Zhen said: "I knew about it a long time ago, Xuan Yunhuai also sent me a post."

Fugui followed Xizhen into the door, and said: "I heard that the elders discussed with the owner of the mountain, asking the mountain to send a woman into the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Xie Li in the room, immediately tied up his hands and feet, and called out, "Eldest brother."

Xie Li nodded and asked, "And then."

Seeing that Xie Li was also interested in listening, Fu Gui hurriedly said: "The owner of the mountain refused."

"Why?" Xi Zhen asked.

Fugui leaned over to Xizhen's side, and laughed a few times, "Because our Jiuyi Mountain does not follow the usual path, everyone chooses women to give to Emperor Yan, and we choose direct disciples to give to Prince Chongming."

Xi Zhen frowned, thinking about it carefully, it really made sense, he cursed secretly, what the hell is wrong with this.

Fu Gui asked Xi Zhen, "Has anyone from your family entered the palace?"

Xi Zhen shook his head, "I haven't received any news."

Fu Gui said: "That's good too, so I don't have to go to that muddy water."

He moved a stool and sat down next to Xi Zhen, and said: "You don't know, this time, so many noble women entered the palace, all of them brought their own dowry, and they will be given positions according to how rich the dowry is."

Xi Zhen frowned, and Fu Gui told him, "In Emperor Yan's harem, there is no empress, only a noble concubine. The noble concubine and the former empress are sisters, and the prince of Chongming was raised by the noble concubine. After Emperor Yan ascended the throne, the family asked Emperor Yan more than once. Emperor Yan refused to choose a concubine for a long time, but finally came up with a bad move to let these aristocratic families exchange their positions with money."

"The Ruan family in Taiyuan gave out 40 shi of grain to replace his eldest daughter with a noble concubine. The Xuan family in Xihe gave out 20 shi of grain to change the girl of his family to a noble concubine. The rest is Ru Nanye family, the girl in his family is Zhaoyi, and the rest, who have 40 or 100, have also entered the palace." Fugui said: "It's a pity that your majesty refuses to be a queen, otherwise let alone [-] shi , [-] million stones are also offered."

Xi Zhen was amazed when he heard this, "I thought that the Xuan family was going to die, and the girl in the family could only be a noble person. I didn't expect their family's strength to be second only to the Ruan family."

Xie Li sat on the side drinking tea and did not express his opinion.

Xi Zhen said: "Tell me, what's the use of exchanging so much money and food for such a low position?"

Xie Li didn't speak, and Fu Gui said: "You don't understand this. Emperor Yan only has one Crown Prince Chongming, as long as he can enter the palace and be favored, and give birth to a prince one day, he is a candidate for the heir to the throne. The Chongming Crown Prince's mother's family He has no power and power, and Emperor Yan is in his prime, so it's hard to say what will happen in the future."

Xi Zhen twirled the ring on his hand and said: "In this way, the current status of Prince Chongming is in jeopardy."

Fu Gui smiled and said, "It's the time when someone's assistance is needed."

Xi Zhen glanced at Fu Gui, Fu Gui said to them: "I secretly tell you that the day to go down the mountain to practice has been brought forward."

On the day of Qingming, all the disciples went down the mountain to practice.The owner of the mountain issued twelve flower competition orders, and the people in the mountain gate took them down the mountain to hide in various places. The person who got the most flower competition orders and returned to Jiuyi Mountain within the prescribed time limit was the direct disciple of this generation.