Moon Maze Ferry

The Battle of Longya Bay was well covered up. Although Jinling had heard rumors for a long time, Yiren had rushed back to Jinling before it was confirmed.

Ye Huiming once again proved his guess. When Shen Haiyuan, who had never been far from Yiren, put the head of the nine admirals in front of them, Yiren just glanced at it with a smile, and sighed softly: "It's a pity, it is A faithful man."

The gates of Jinling City without the nine admirals were opened wide, and Yiren drove straight in with the army.

A few gold medals recalled the guards of the major battalions. Those generals’ mansions were all set up in Jinling City. This was originally intended to be convenient for the imperial power to control, but now it has become Yiren’s most powerful weapon to summon them. It's so fast that there's no room for those veterans who are used to ups and downs in the court to say a word and wait and see what happens.

Ye Huiming came out drunk, and leaned against the lake in shock. Although he has become the most powerful general now, the scene of Ke Yiren smiling and asking him to choose his supporters is still in front of him.

What would have happened if I had been cowardly at the time?For Yiren, it is just the loss of a confidant general, but for himself, it may be a catastrophe.

Not long after he returned to the city, Ye Gusheng came to join them. He learned that when the black armored cavalry attacked Ye Mansion, Ye Gusheng and his wife and children escaped through the back door. The black armored cavalry just burned Ye Mansion, but No one was hurt, and they were not chased.

Ye Huiming suddenly had an idea in his mind, those black armored cavalry might not be Yang Zhilong's team.It seems that Yiren will neither let himself lose a general, nor want to see him in disaster, this kind of love.Ye Huiming just smiled wryly, and dared not say anything to Yiren.

Lu Zhanting has been busy taking care of Ye Huiyi these few days. She is weak, and the fluctuations in the past few days have made things worse.In addition, Dali Temple finally began to investigate the death of the former emperor.

Lu Zhanting turned out to be the original culprit, but this time he was a witness. The guards of Shenwumen confirmed the time when he entered the palace and ruled out the possibility of him drugging.

Lu Zhanting personally testified against the eunuch Zhang Consul of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.It was confirmed that there was no one in the Hall of Mental Cultivation that day, and the emperor took sulfur like a reminder.When he was about to use spells to treat him, Eunuch Zhang sent people to stop him forcibly.

That father-in-law Zhang was beaten to pieces, at first he complained of injustice, and finally began to confess, he changed several masters in a row, and finally changed to Yiyu, the director Qingqing immediately asked him to plead guilty.

Lu Zhanting said dissatisfiedly at the side: "You are so tortured and tricked, even if there is a statement, it is not counted!"

Director Qing was very polite to him, exchanged some pleasantries, and asked someone to send him out of the mansion.

Lu Zhanting just stepped out of the gate of Dali Temple with a stomach full of sulking, but ran into Zongbu Guo who was wearing a brand-new doctor's uniform, and he was overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him.Unexpectedly, Zongbu Guo walked past him without even raising his eyelids.

Lu Zhanting yelled beside him: "No problem, you lost the prescription!"

When Zong Buguo heard it this time, he turned his head quickly and looked around, but he didn't see half a piece of paper scraps on the green brick floor. When he saw Lu Zhanting who was leaning back and forth with a smile, he realized that he was playing hard on himself, and his face turned pale with anger. Black turned around and left.

Lu Zhanting also knew that he was going too far, so he hurriedly chased after him, saying, "Hey, hey, it's okay, I'll buy you a drink!"

But Zongbu Guo fled away like he was being chased by a ghost.

Lu Zhanting made a pot of wine and went back to the palace. Now Yiren often lives in the palace to handle affairs, but Ye Huiyi still lives in the mansion where Yiren was not entrusted.on the way back.After passing Fireworks and Willow Lane, surrounded by those Yingying and Yanyan, I had to promise to write more poems for them, and then I got out of trouble and went back to the house.

Returning to his own house, he was about to drink a few cups of it, which he had suppressed for the past few days, when he saw Yiren in casual clothes in his house.

Yiren was dressed in a white brocade gown, a light chrysanthemum and yellow leaf silk country gown, and a hair-tie hat inlaid with an emerald jade plaque. The whole look was refreshing and handsome.Lu Zhanting couldn't help thinking, although Yiyu is handsome, but he is indeed far less elegant than Yiren.

"Zhan Ting, so you planned to hide and drink secretly." Yi Ren said with a smile.

"Where?" Lu Zhanting said with a smile, "I'm actually worried that I can't find someone to drink with me. If the prince has the mood, then he can drink with me."

As he said that, he picked up two wine glasses, first picked up the wine jar and poured it for Yiren. What he didn't expect at this time was that Yiren also stretched out his hand, as if to help Lu Zhanting with a wine jar, but his Two hands just pressed on Lu Zhanting's.Lu Zhanting was startled, and subconsciously wanted to withdraw his hand, but found that he couldn't move.

Facing Lu Zhanting's slight confusion, Yiren lowered his head and smiled, "Actually, I've always wanted to say thank you to Zhanting."

He raised his head and met Lu Zhanting's eyes tenderly, and said, "Thank you for coming to my art fair alone when you were seven years old; thank you for telling me that having a mother is a very lucky thing; thank you for being 17 You saved me from my father when I was [-] years old; thank you for the two whips you gave Yiyu for venting my anger."

He held Lu Zhanting's hand tightly, and said again: "I still want to say sorry to you, I'm sorry I made you suffer a lot, I promise I won't let anyone hurt you again in the future."

Lu Zhanting's eyes turned hot, and he murmured: "Actually, I'm just a little effort, you don't need to keep them in mind."

Yiren smiled and took the wine jar in his hand and put it on the table, spreading his arms to embrace Lu Zhanting in his arms.Although Lu Zhanting has a good impression of Yiren.But his ambiguous actions still aroused his subconscious resistance, and he resisted Yiren's approach with his hands almost without thinking about it.

Yiren didn't force it either, he took advantage of the situation and changed the hug to patting Lu Zhanting's shoulder a few times, and said with a smile: "Come with me, I have something for you."

He took Lu Zhanting's hand and led him to a courtyard gate.

Lu Zhanting stood in front of him, he felt Yiren's approach behind him, he almost smelled the ambergris from Yiren's clothes, when Yiren was about to press against his back, his whole back was almost stiff, but also Ren just missed the door and pushed the courtyard door open, and said with a smile, "Go in, everything inside is yours."

Inside the house is a small library, which is divided into categories, including files and scrolls. Although the collection is not very rich, it is still a considerable number.

Yiren wandered around inside and said, "These are the collections of me and Huiyi over the years, and they are all books that are unknown to the people but quite insightful." He turned his head and smiled, and said, "It's all I picked it according to your taste, I hope you like it.”

Lu Zhanting only felt his head buzzing, his heart beating violently, and his mind was filled with Ye Huiyi's voice.

"It was chosen for someone dear to the prince... His greatest hobby is reading. I hope to collect more good books. In the future, he can stay with the prince for a few more days because of these books."

"But do you know why the prince likes chrysanthemums?...Because in the past, the prince would hide in a corner and peek at him after school every day, but that person never walked well, and always ran past the prince. But one day, He stopped suddenly because he saw a daisy in the garden."

"You think the prince stood there for so many days and waited so long before he could take a good look at him. So since then, the prince loves chrysanthemums the most. The prince told me that after so many years, he has not been so good. opportunity, to see him for so long.”

Yiren called Lu Zhanting several times, and he seemed to come back to his senses.Yiren smiled and asked, "Is it silly to like so many calligraphy and painting at once?"

Lu Zhanting reluctantly grinned, as an admission.

Yiren smiled and lit the lamp, and said: "There are desks, chairs, and a couch next door. You can take a good look here. I'll go and see Xiaoyi first." He walked to the door and turned back with a smile Head, said: "Don't forget to go to bed early."

The sound of Yiren's footsteps disappeared in the yard, before Lu Zhanting dragged his feet to the bookshelf, picked up a book, slowly slid along the wall to the ground, leaned his head against the wall, and then covered his face with the book .

Lu Zhanting was thinking about what to do, and his first thought was to leave, but he sighed again when he thought of Ye Huiyi who was seriously ill; thinking about Yiren again, he always felt strange and unpleasant.

He was thinking wildly, when he heard footsteps entering the courtyard again, he hurriedly got up, but an old eunuch came in with a box of eight treasures for mandarin ducks, and he said with a smile on his face, "Just now, my lord asked the kitchen to get some food for Mr. Lu." If you can drink it, come over and say that you have spoiled your lord's drinking pleasure just now, so he will accompany you another day."

A few delicate side dishes, a pot of half-warm flower carvings, Lu Zhanting smiled, took a few sips of wine from the white jade bone china jug, thinking that the world is like chess, since he is not the one who plays chess anyway, why should he be uneasy, happy No matter how sad or sad, some things cannot be changed, it is better to accept it readily and face it heartily.

Thinking of this, he leaned back in the chair, spread out the book in his hand, and read the book overnight with a sip of wine.

After Yiren came out from Ye Huiyi's place, he went out and got on the horse. Shen Haiyuan was a head behind him, and said with a light smile, "I'm still the master and I won't go back today."

After hearing this, Yiren smiled lightly and said, "To cook a kung fu dish, you must never rush it."

"Master's patience is unparalleled in the world, of course I know, but master should at least find an opportunity to talk about poetry and painting with Lu Zhanting, thinking that Lu Zhanting is a great talent, if master's talent and learning make him admire, maybe he can get twice the result with half the effort."

Yi Ren smiled, and said slowly: "You know what? Lu Zhanting has probably met more talented men and women than anyone else in his life, but he didn't fall in love with any of them. Only a trivial and worldly Su Ziqing made him fall in love with him." The soul has been attached to it for more than ten years, everyone in the world is greedy for talent, but Zhan Ting is greedy for love."

He turned his head and said with a smile, "To capture a person's heart, one must know what he needs." As he spoke, he lashed his horse several times, and the horse galloped away like an arrow leaving the string.

Under the night, the imperial city is like a giant beast crawling in the dark, looking down on all living beings under the moonlight.

Yiren rode his horse all the way until he reached the Hall of Mental Cultivation before jumping off the horse and throwing the reins in his hand to the guards who followed.Wang Shouren was waiting outside the hall, when he saw Yiren coming and walked a few steps forward, he flicked his sleeves and said: "Slave pays respects to master."

Yiren smiled and said, "Excuse me, come in!"

After he sat down firmly and drank a few sips of tea, Wang Shouren said with a smile: "What the master asked the slave to do, the slave will do."

"How?" Yi Ren gently skimmed off the foam in the bowl with the gold-painted tea cover.

"This person is truly a genius. If there is anyone whose medical skills are better than Lu Zhanting's, it must be this person. It's just..."

Yiren raised his eyes, seemed very interested, and said, "Just what?"

Wang Shouren seemed a little embarrassed and said: "Although this person's medical skills are superb, his techniques are too weird, and..." He considered for a while and said: "This person is obsessed with medical skills, but he doesn't take saving others as his own responsibility. To be precise, he I am only enthusiastic about the effects that can be achieved through various medical techniques.”

Yiren smiled slightly and said, "Show him in!"

Wang Shouren bent down and walked out, and after a while Zong Buguo lowered his head and was ushered in by him.

Zong Buguo was in a state of turmoil. Originally Yiren came to the stage, but he seemed to have picked up a treasure and suddenly became an imperial physician, but he always felt uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know what Yiren was thinking in his heart.He had always heard that the prince was kind, but tonight his expression was very cold.

Zong Buguo lay there for a while, sweat pooled on his face and dripped drop by drop onto the blue uranium brick surface.

Yiren spoke suddenly, and he asked Wang Shouren to go out and closed the door.

After Wang Shouren went out, Yiren said coldly: "I asked you to come today because I have a task for you. After you finish this matter, I will set up a lower court for you. You can specialize in your research." I want to specialize in medical skills. If it fails..." Yiren didn't continue, just chuckled.

But Zong Buguo felt his hair stand on end for a while, and repeatedly said that he would never mess up what the prince told him, so Yiren calmly said what he wanted Zong Buguo to do.

Zong Buguo was at a loss when he heard this, but he still swore a few words before leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Although in just a few days, the situation in the dynasty has been increasingly moving in a direction that is beneficial to Yiren.

Although the evidence for Yiyu's patricide and usurpation of the throne is not very sufficient, there are generally witnesses and physical evidence. In addition, Yiyu's vague words about the late emperor's death are indeed suspicious.

Everyone in the court believed that it was Yiyu who wanted to seize the throne as soon as possible, so he couldn't wait to do the treasonous thing.Yiyu's untimely death also saves everyone the difficult problem of how to punish him.What needs to be done now is to get the unanimous approval of the royal family, and Yiren will take over the throne and change the dynasty.

Yiren is different from Yiyu, he is a prince on official business, he has good public opinion, he has close contact with low-level officials, and he is very popular with the court, he seems to have no party or affiliation, but in fact he has a lot of support.

There was nothing the royal family could do to him, he was already in control of the real power, and they wanted to oppose him, but they had no power to rely on.Only the empress dowager in the past, that is, Yiyu's mother, resisted death.

This empress dowager is the only daughter of the Great Khan of the Aljimu Grassland in the northern country. She has a very tough temper.

These things about Lu Zhanting were just heard, he went to visit Huimin's.Yiren has already released Concubine Huimin from Shaohua Palace, and now she seems to be in power all at once, and there is a constant stream of people who come to curry favor and give gifts.

Huimin is also a stubborn and domineering master, and she has suffered so much sulking over the years, these people are simply sending her to ridicule.

When Lu Zhanting entered, he saw a group of people standing tremblingly at the door, so he smiled and said, "Oh, the imperial concubine has so many guests today, I came at a bad time."

As he said that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but Hui Min hurriedly called him to stop, and stopped thinking about it, and drove away all these people, and dragged Lu Zhanting to gossip.

Huimin was a loser in the struggle for the harem, and her youngest son was poisoned to death because of his innocent involvement.She was hit by this, and her temperament was not good enough, which made her even more annoying.

However, Lu Zhanting was not afraid of her power, and he didn't care about her being unreasonable. He had a casual and easy-going temperament, and was about the same size as Huimin's dead child.Huimin had already replaced him with her own son in her heart, and took Lu Zhanting's hand and talked about a lot of court affairs.

Lu Zhanting saw that she was gloating about the empress dowager's affairs, so he couldn't help shaking his head secretly.When he left Huimin's palace, he walked while thinking, and unknowingly walked back to Shaohua Palace. Thinking of the spider, he walked in with a sense of loss.

When he entered the Shaohua Palace, he couldn't help being surprised. He saw that the palace had already been renovated, and the Shaohua Palace, which used to be barren with weeds, became tidy and prosperous.He saw a little eunuch running out of the house with a repair tool in his hand, so he grabbed him and said, "Why is this cold palace refurbished?"

The little eunuch said: "Returning to Master Lu, the Shaohua Palace is no longer a cold palace. Two days ago, King Fulu said that he would change this place into the Sixinyuan, so that people in the palace can meditate behind closed doors. I heard that the late emperor's concubine and the empress dowager will move here to live, so I ordered to turn it over again before it can be used."

Lu Zhanting let out a soft oh, and he let the little eunuch go. Sitting in the courtyard of Shaohua Palace, he seemed to be able to hear the spider's laughter like silver bells.I sigh in my heart that things are different now, which only causes sadness.As soon as he raised his leg and walked not far, he heard a voice calling him.

When he turned his head, he couldn't help being startled, and saw that behind him, hidden behind the palace wall, was Yiyu's queen who was dressed as a court lady.

"Sister Zhuang Zhidie?" Lu Zhanting looked around subconsciously, approached her, and followed her to the backyard.

As soon as the two entered the backyard, Zhuang Zhidie suddenly turned around and knelt down to Lu Zhanting. Lu Zhanting was taken aback, and quickly bent down to help Zhuang Zhidie with his hands, but Zhuang Zhidie refused to get up, so Lu Zhanting had to lift his clothes Kneel with her.

"Sister Zhidie, if you have anything to say, why do you need to do such a big ceremony?"

Zhuang Zhidie's immature face had a discordant solemnity, she said: "Brother Zhanting, I've thought about it many times, but after thinking about it, I can't think of anyone else who would help me except you." My hand?"

"What's the matter, just say it."

"Since Yu's accident, the empress mother has shed tears every day. She doesn't think about food and drink, and her body is getting worse every day. King Fulu has ordered her to move out of the Palace of Compassion. I'm afraid..."

As she spoke, she began to weep, and said: "If there is something wrong with her old man, how can I have the face to go to the Nine Springs to meet my ancestors in the future?"

Lu Zhanting smiled wryly, and said, "I can't help you with this matter. I'm just a little imperial physician, and I can't even be called an imperial physician now. Forgive me for court affairs, and I can't do anything."

Zhuang Zhidie sighed, and said, "Actually, if you don't help me, I won't blame Brother Zhanting. After all, Yu treats you like this..."

She looked up at Lu Zhanting's face, and then said in a low voice: "You may not believe what I say, but Yu has always cared about you, the only person in the world who can make him feel good, you are the one , King Fulu is one.”

Lu Zhanting quickly changed the subject, saying: "It's all in the past, I have...forgot."

Zhuang Zhidie smiled bitterly and said, "You don't need to comfort me, Brother Zhanting, some things are painful, even if you say you hold grudges in your heart, I won't blame you. It's just King Fulu, you and I may not understand it deeply, but you do know The most bitter thing in palace disputes is not the king who once stepped down, but us unarmed imperial wives."

Lu Zhanting sighed a long time, and said: "Don't worry, if I have the chance, I will definitely advise King Fulu to treat you well, and I will never let you suffer."

Zhuang Zhidie was silent for a while, then suddenly kowtowed a few times on the ground, and Lu Zhanting hurriedly used it to help him in a panic.

"It doesn't matter to mediocre girls like us, but the queen mother must not suffer like this. She won't be able to stay in Shaohua Palace even for a day." Zhuang Zhidie's forehead was bleeding, and he held Lu Zhanting's hand tightly, She lowered her voice, "Brother Zhanting, please help her escape."

Lu Zhanting was taken aback, and Zhuang Zhidie went on to say: "The queen mother is the only daughter of the monarch of the Aljimu grassland in the north. According to the rules of the Aljimu grassland, if the mother queen returns to the grassland, after the death of the sweat, her old man can Be the queen of the steppe."

Lu Zhanting looked at the anxious expression on her face, as well as the bloodshot forehead and teary eyes, and said weakly: "You let me think, you let me think." He broke away from Zhuang Zhidie's hand as he spoke. hands, got up, and dragged heavy steps out of the palace gate.

He has always hated being involved with the royal family. In the past, he would hide when he could, and avoid when he could. Now when did he start to become the center of the royal family's disputes.

He turned a corner, but saw a eunuch being punched and kicked by someone, Lu Zhanting saw that the besieged people were vicious, he was furious, went over and shouted to stop.

When those people saw Lu Zhanting, they knew that he was the favorite of the new emperor, they all bowed their heads and said: "Lord Lu, you don't know, this eunuch's hands and feet are not clean, the servants taught him to learn the rules. "

When the eunuch heard this, he quickly distinguished: "No, it's not."

Lu Zhanting looked at that face, even though his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, he was still surprised and said: "Little Fuzi!" He didn't expect that the eunuch Xiao Fuzi, the chief eunuch of Yangxin Palace who was scolding him before, was now being beaten by several eunuchs of no rank. Bullying so far.

Seeing that Lu Zhanting recognized him, the little Fuzi grinned, hugged Lu Zhanting and cried for a while.Those little eunuchs didn't expect Yiyu to fall, and little Fuzi still had a strong backer, and they were all so frightened that their limbs went limp.

Lu Zhanting reprimanded those young eunuchs with a sullen face, and comforted Xiao Fuzi before leaving the palace.

He walked all the way, walking faster and faster, and his thoughts turned, thinking that a eunuch would be bullied so far, let alone some weak women.

As soon as he stepped out of the Shenwu Gate, he turned around suddenly, and saw many rich families behind him, life seemed to have no end, he gritted his teeth, and finally decided to take care of this matter.

After thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't come up with a good strategy to get these people out of the palace. After much deliberation, he decided to go to Ye Huiming for a drink, and to find out what he said. If he was willing to help, it would undoubtedly be more effective.He thought about building an altar of old-fashioned flower carvings in the Changjiang Tower, and went to Ye Huiming's mansion.

Ye Huiming is now granted the post of General of the Jin Kingdom and enjoys a first-class salary, and the house he is given is also the best in the Bajiao Hutong.

Lu Zhanting strode into the newly painted rich door of his house, and Ye Huiming had already been driven out of the house.Lu Zhanting saw that the yard was full of boxes, and said with a smile, "You really moved the Ye family from Yangzhou to Jinling."

Ye Huiming patted him on the shoulder affectionately and said: "I'm sorry, I just moved to a new house, I originally wanted to settle down, and I asked Zhanting to come and drink, but I didn't expect you to come first."

Lu Zhanting raised the wine jug in his hand and said with a smile, "I'm poor and poor, this jug of wine is my congratulatory gift."

Ye Huiming put his arms around his shoulders, laughed loudly and said, "It's a great gift if you are willing to come to my house, why bother to buy a jar of wine." He turned to his servant and said, "Get me a jar of 50-year-old Zhejiang wine. Come over to Xi Hua Diao, and ask the kitchen to make some more delicate appetizers."

Lu Zhanting smiled and said, "You are embarrassing me."

After the life-and-death battle in Longya Bay, the two of them became close friends, chatted and laughed a few words, and started to drink with each other in the gazebo.

"I heard that the guards at the four gates of the imperial city are still the prince's black armored cavalry?" Lu Zhanting asked after a few cups.

"Exactly, the group of guards in the past have been assigned to various camps."

"Presumably the prince's guards are more capable than those old servants in the past. I don't want Yang Zhilong from Xizhimen to be lazy, and Song Gang from Dongzhimen is a greedy and lustful person."

"That's natural!" Ye Huiming said with a smile, "Speaking of the strictness of the army, King Fulu is second to none."

"I think back when he led troops to suppress a gang of bandits in Shanxi, he patrolled at night and found that a soldier on duty had fallen asleep. He didn't make a fuss, so he drew a white circle on the soldier's cap with a pen, and early the next morning , the prince asked people to drag out all the soldiers with white circles on their caps and cut them down, guess how many were cut down in total?"

Seeing that Lu Zhanting shook his head, Ye Huiming stretched out two fingers. Lu Zhanting guessed two, he laughed a few times, and said, "Twenty!"

Lu Zhanting was frightened for a while, and with a trembling of his hand, he spilled the wine in the glass.

Ye Huiming said with a smile: "So people say that there are absolutely no sergeants who dare to desert in the army of King Fulu. This sentence is exaggerated, but there are not many people who dare to desert in the army of the prince."

Lu Zhanting's heart was up and down like fishing for a bucket. Ye Huiming smiled bitterly and said, "So, next month, the team I'm training will be stationed in the Imperial City. I don't know if my head will Fell with that group of unaccustomed rabbit devils."

"Your team is going to defend the imperial city?" Lu Zhanting blurted out. Seeing Ye Huiming looking at him in surprise, Lu Zhanting realized that he was making too much noise, so he laughed dryly and said, "Your Majesty is so strict, why don't you continue?" Use the guards you are used to?"

Ye Huiming poured a glass of wine for Lu Zhanting, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is far-sighted, these soldiers have been trained for so many years, and they are only used to watch the gate. He recently relieved so many soldiers from their posts in one go, and he needs someone to go Substitutes, these people will naturally be promoted soon."

Lu Zhanting drank a glass of wine and said, "You said that since the prince is already in power, why hasn't he succeeded to the throne for so long?"

Ye Huiming had already drank several glasses of wine in a row, and when he heard this, he suddenly whispered strangely: "Brother has changed to someone else, I dare not say, this Prince Yiren is so powerful, he will never do anything It’s something that people can catch.”

The two continued drinking until they were drunk, Ye Huiming dragged Lu Zhanting again and said, "Let's go, brother, I'll take you to find a happier place."