in the world of murder

The open space in the courtyard is surrounded by green pines.The monks sat on the futons and chanted scriptures together, and the Taoist priests walked around holding banners and bells.There was a large incense burner in the middle, burning incense thick as an arm, and the choking sandalwood permeated the entire courtyard.

There is a sandalwood armchair under the eaves, and Xi Zhen is wearing a black gauze dress, sitting in the armchair.He propped his head up, his posture elegant and leisurely, and the ring on his hand was shining brightly in the sunlight.

Xi Zhen was a little absent-minded, he recalled the night before, Xie Li's madness wished to drag him into the sea of ​​desire and drown him.But after waking up, there was no one around him. If it weren't for the traces on Xi Zhen's body, he really thought he was just having a nightmare.

Is it a nightmare?Or spring dream?

The group of demons dancing in front of him caused Xizhen a headache, he got up and went back to the house.Seeing this, Xi Shui stepped forward and followed Xi Zhen, saying: "Young Master, are you feeling unwell again?"

Xi Zhen shook his head, he looked back and said, "I think most of these people are liars."

Xi Shui paused, and said: "This is already a well-known magician from all over the world. Master Ming is still the abbot master of Jinshan Temple. People in the capital say that Jinshan Temple is effective."

Xi Zhen thought for a while, and said: "Master Qingran, please enshrine an ever-burning lantern in the temple, and send the rest of the people away."

Xi Shui replied, "Yes."

Xi Shan came over from the corridor and said, "Young Master, the East Palace has posted a post, please go to the East Palace to enjoy the flowers."

Xi Zhen stopped in his tracks, raised his eyebrows slightly, "Appreciate the flowers?"

Xi Shan nodded and said: "I was ordered by the Young Master to send a gift back to the East Palace. It happened that His Highness the Crown Prince was free. He saw me and said that the Young Master would come to the East Palace to enjoy the flowers tomorrow."

Xi Zhen looked at Xi Shan, "Have you seen the prince's true face?"

"That's not true," Xi Shan said, "His Royal Highness still sees people through the screen. However, I heard some rumors from the East Palace. Back then, His Majesty hid his only son in order to protect the safety of his only son. After hiding for more than ten years, it was not until His Majesty came to the throne that everyone knew that there was such a prince. Now His Royal Highness lives in seclusion because the big families are watching him. Not to mention us, even many ministers in the previous dynasty have never seen him. true colors."

Xi Shui said: "Although His Highness the Crown Prince does not have the support of his mother's family, His Majesty loves him a lot, and the Imperial Concubine loves him so much. Even if His Majesty has other princes in the future, his status may not surpass him."

Xi Shui and Xi Shan looked at Xi Zhen together, they knew that Xi Zhen was in a bad mood after returning from the East Palace last time, but Prince Chongming is Prince Chongming after all, even if he made Xi Zhen unhappy, Xi Zhen would not be happy Can't bear it.

Xi Zhen pondered for a moment, and said: "Go and prepare, and enter the East Palace tomorrow."

Xi Shan and Xi Shui agreed.

Xi Zhen went back to his room. Xi Shan looked at Xi Zhen's back and asked Xi Shui, "How about the exorcism?"

Xi Shui shook his head, "The young master ordered those people to be sent away."

Xi Shan said: "That's all, those people don't seem to have real materials. If it's convenient now, I should really ask the priests of the clan to bless the young master."

This reminded Xi Shui, and said: "Where do you have a purse given by the priest?"

Xi Shan said: "That's for attracting peach blossoms, it can't drive away ghosts."

"Maybe it will be useful!" Xi Shui snatched the purse from Xi Shan, intending to put it in Xi Zhen's room later.

Xizhen was not the only one invited to the flower viewing banquet in the East Palace.Prince Chongming hosted a banquet for the children of the aristocratic family, and all the younger generations with names and surnames in Beijing came, but Xi Zhen was the only one who was welcomed to the apse.

The weather was sunny and sunny, and Xi Zhen walked into the East Palace with Tang Zhi.The stream is getting wider and wider, and the water lilies are blooming on the water, which is beautiful and refined.Dozens of pots of crabapple peonies are placed on the corridor, sometimes mixed with jasmine lilies.

Xizhen came to a rose trellis, and the flowing water passed under it.Xi Zhen stood still, watching the rose petals fall and swirl with the flowing water.

"Mr. Xi, what do you think of Gu's flower banquet?" Behind the rose frame, there was a figure standing.The man was wearing a black robe with golden cloud pattern embroidered on it, very luxurious.

"Flowers are clustered together, so beautiful." Xi Zhen said these two words sincerely.

He raised his head, trying to see the man's face through the rose frame, but the layers of rose leaves blocked him tightly, and he could only vaguely see a tall and tall silhouette.

Prince Chongming smiled, and asked, "How did Mr. Xi think about what Gu said earlier?"

Xi Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Highness, stop joking."

"Gu didn't joke." Prince Chongming's eyes fell on him lightly.

Xi Zhen looked calm, and said: "In my case, His Highness is just joking."

There was some other meaning in the eyes of Prince Chongming, Xi Zhen felt that he didn't seem to be angry.

"Gu here is full of flowers, why is Mr. Xi dressed so plainly?" Prince Chongming suddenly changed the subject, and said, "I don't know, but I thought something happened to Mr. Xi's family, for whom are you wearing hemp and mourning?"

Xi Zhen is wearing a tea-brown gown today, it is still a heavy color with no pattern at all.Anyone who heard Prince Chongming's words thought he was cursing Xi Zhen's family.

Xi Zhen frowned, and said in a bad tone, "My family is very nice, so don't bother His Highness the Crown Prince."

The corners of Prince Chongming's mouth curled into a straight line, "If that's the case, change your clothes, it's an eyesore."

Xi Zhen pursed his lips, thinking that the crown prince was troublesome, and said: "I will change it when I go back."

"Just change it here," Prince Chongming said with an undeniable force, "The East Palace does not lack your clothes."

Xi Zhen's face turned completely cold, and he said: "Your Highness, don't bully others too much!"

Prince Chongming lowered his head, stroked his sleeves, and said: "If you change into the clothes that Gu prepared for you, Gu will write a letter and make you a guest of the prince."

Xi Zhen was taken aback, the prince's guest was an official of the East Palace, ranking third rank, in charge of attendants, admonitions, praise and etiquette, noble status and respected status.

Prince Chongming looked at Xizhen leisurely and said, "It's just a change of clothes."

Xi Zhen was silent in thought, for him, this is a good deal.It's just a change of clothes, even if Prince Chongming deliberately made things difficult, it's nothing compared to a third-rank official position.

Xi Zhen didn't know how to negotiate. He thought that he could get a third-rank official position by changing clothes, but he didn't understand that this was a sign of willingness to exchange himself.For Prince Chongming, the third-rank official position is the price that Xi Zhen can compromise.

He has always been like this, Xie Li thought, he was willing to use a few sweet words in exchange for the first place in the competition, and now he will agree to this deal.

He didn't know how much the price would be after this.

Xuan Yunhuai had been sitting in the main hall of the East Palace for a while, and Prince Chongming hosted a banquet for these princes from aristocratic families to enjoy the flowers, but he himself was late.

The first screen concealed Prince Chongming's face, only the soft and glorious brocade hanging at his feet could be seen.Xuan Yunhuai cheered up and greeted the prince with other noble children.

Although Prince Chongming was indifferent, he was still courteous and did not intentionally embarrass others. Everyone spoke one sentence at a time, and the atmosphere was actually quite harmonious.

The sun was shining brightly outside, and flowers of various colors stretched their delicate branches and leaves freely in the sunlight.Someone walked into the hall slowly, and the sunlight covered his body with a layer of gold. He was dressed in red, and his complexion gradually appeared in front of people.In an instant, Hundred Blossoms were overshadowed.

Xi Zhen walked up to him and bowed his hands to Prince Chongming.

Prince Chongming fixed his gaze on Xizhen, and said after a while, "Take a seat."

Xi Zhen took his seat first under Prince Chongming, and the topic continued, but everyone's eyes fell on Xi Zhen from time to time.

"Master Xuan," Prince Chongming suddenly said, "Is it good looking?"

Xuan Yun was agitated, immediately looked away, and said: "My minister is rude."

It was already very late when Xizhen went back, and it was always tiring to socialize with others, not to mention that there was an unpredictable Prince Chongming.

When Xi Zhen returned to the courtyard, he saw a big incense burner in the courtyard. He was startled and asked, "Why hasn't this thing been put away?"

Xi Shui said: "This is a large incense burner in Jinshan Temple for hundreds of years, put it in our yard for town."

Xi Zhen pursed his lips, but didn't say anything.Bypassing the censer, someone hung a gossip plate on the door of the room, and there were amulets written on yellow paper and cinnabar on the windows on both sides.

Xi Shui said again: "It's better to believe in its existence than in its non-existence. Maybe it will be useful."

Xi Zhen didn't speak, he opened the door and entered the room, and saw a white jade Guanyin in the main hall, with three sticks of incense sticking in front of him, the fragrance was wafting.

Xi Zhen didn't come up in one breath, and almost died of anger.

"Forget about anything else, I really can't move this one." Xi Shui said earnestly, "This is the white jade Guanyin sent by the priest. When the incense was first burnt, it was incense from our Sichuan land. Not to mention evil spirits, it is Immortals have to stay away when they see it."

Xi Zhen glanced at the white jade Guanyin, waved his hands helplessly, and let Xi Shui go down.

As the night darkened, Xi Zhen finished her bath and went out from behind the screen in a thin, wide-sleeved shirt.He combed his long hair, lay down in the rocking chair, and took a book in his hand to read.

The lamps and candles on the table suddenly turned without wind, and Xi Zhen noticed it immediately. He closed the book, turned around in and out of the room, and finally stopped in front of Baiyu Guanyin.

Baiyu Guanyin has a compassionate face and a solemn treasure, the lower the eyebrows and eyes, the more compassionate and compassionate.Looking at the Bodhisattva statue, Xi Zhen thought of Xie Li for some reason.

Xie Li is actually an indifferent person, but sometimes he lowers his eyebrows and eyes, and there is a sense of compassion for the world and others for no reason.

Xi Zhen was taken aback, the lights and candles in the room were gradually extinguished, and in a blink of an eye, he was plunged into darkness.

Xi Zhen's body stiffened, as expected, a pair of cool hands fell on his shoulders, obviously light and light, but Xi Zhen felt as heavy as ten thousand jun.

"You are so beautiful in red clothes," Xie Li whispered in his ear, "Like someone's newlywed."

Xi Zhen forced a smile and said, "Really."

"Yes," Xie Li stroked his cheek from the back of his neck, "who wears red clothes for filial piety? Only brides wear red clothes."

Sure enough, he came to ask the teacher for his crime.Xi really thought, luckily I was prepared.

He cleared his throat, and said: "I, it's also the first time for me to keep a filial piety for others. Isn't it normal to have things that I can't take care of?"

Xie Li looked at Xi Zhen's sophistry coldly, and said, "That's good, I'll explain the rules to you."

Xi Zhen closed his mouth and listened to Xie Li making rules for him.

You are not allowed to make fun of others, you are not allowed to undress in other places, you are not allowed to meet others without an attendant, and you are not allowed to talk to irrelevant men, not even women.Xie Li told Xi Zhen one by one, wishing that Xi Zhen would have to wear a veil when going out.

Xi Zhen was distracted while listening, thinking, it turns out that being a wife is so miserable.

The author says:

Xie Li: To be a ghost's wife