cold three feet

Chapter 9 Hongmen Palace Banquet

The brother Yingying that Zhou Ziyan was talking about was the only son of Chen Yu, Minister of Rites of Daliang Dynasty.Her full name is Chen Yingying.Because the old man of the Chen family was looking forward to having a granddaughter, but he didn't expect that a solid boy would be born. In order to make up for his private wish, the old man chose such a girl-like name.Naturally, the Chen family did not dare to disobey the old man, so everyone tacitly raised Chen Yingying as a girl.

Later, Chen Yingying became a servant of the Son of Heaven and became the commander of the [-] Imperial Forest Army. In order not to let her subordinates laugh at her, she changed her name to Chen Ying, but everyone in the Chen family still called him "Yingying" Na".

The friendship between Zhou Ziyan and Chen Ying can be described as a 'childhood sweetheart'.Before Mrs. Chen suffered from dementia, she forced her grandson into a little girl with white skin like snow and delicate features. Before Chen Ying was ten years old, she still wore the pink skirts worn by little girls. It's also a girl's bun.When he was young and ignorant, Zhou Ziyan always thought that Chen Ying, who was crying behind his buttocks all day long, was a girl or a younger sister. He once held Chen Ying's little hand, and said in front of the old man of the Chen family: "Grandpa Chen, I will do it later." In order to become a mighty general like my father, can your Chen family betroth younger sister Yingying to me as the general's wife?"

At that time, Old Master Chen replied to Zhou Ziyan with a smile: "Okay, okay, I will marry my good granddaughter to you as the general's wife, you have to treat her well."

Zhou Ziyan also said righteously: "I will definitely hide it in a golden house!"

At that time, Zhou Ziyan was only at the age of wearing ripped pants and eating snot, but he could remember historical allusions such as Jinwu Zangjiao. A person's romantic charm budded when he was young, and can bloom for you when he grows up.

Later, during the first two or three years before leaving Daliang, Zhou Ziyan gradually became more sensible, only to realize later that his younger sister Yingying, who had been called for so long, was really a boy like himself. But Chen Ying always made fun of Zhou Ziyan by saying that she wanted to marry him as the general's wife.

Zhou Ziyan strode into the hall, and at a glance, he saw Chen Ying who was tied to a wooden chair like a rice dumpling, with a gray rag stuffed in his mouth by Qing Huan and Ting Lan. It was ridiculous.It was rare for Zhou Ziyan to see the majestic Commander Chen of the [-] Imperial Forest Army looking deflated, with his hands folded on his chest, as if he was watching the excitement.

Although Chen Ying looks strong and strong now, but the habit of speaking softly and softly in his bones when he was a child is hard to get rid of, except in front of the [-] Imperial Forest Army under him, he can make a sonorous and powerful low voice On weekdays, he always speaks like a little lady, so it's no wonder that Qing Huan and Ting Lan described him as 'girly' when they saw him.

Chen Ying faltered and couldn't speak, her eyes were fixed on Zhou Ziyan, her porcelain-like face blushed completely.

Only then did Zhou Ziyan step forward, and only took out the gray rag from his mouth, but did not loosen it.

Chen Ying shouted: "Well, Zhou Ziyan, who doesn't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement, hurry up and let your people untie me. Be careful, I will sue you for murdering the Daliang Yulin Army Commander. That's a crime of losing your head."

Zhou Ziyan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh? Brother Yingying, you know my temperament. If you dare to falsely accuse me of murdering you, I will tell you that you pretended to be a girl and cheated on marriage when you were a child. Speaking of Nanxiafang."

Chen Ying used his long legs to reach Zhou Ziyan's calf desperately, as if he could kick him, and continued: "How many times have I said, I changed my name a long time ago, why do you still call me that? My name, I want to ask you a question, who was the one who wanted to marry me back then?"

Zhou Ziyan was too lazy to continue with Chen Ying about you and me talking about Chen Zhima and Rotten Millet wearing crotch pants, and turned his head to signal Qing Huan and Ting Lan to untie him.

Chen Ying got up and moved her hands and feet, which were tied with half a stick of incense, and asked, "I heard that you have adopted a new brother who is [-] or [-] years old. This time, you have to find out whether he is a boy or a girl. You I don't know men and women, if she is a little sister, I think you can wait for him to grow up to be your real general's wife."

Zhou Ziyan glanced at Chen Ying and said, "Go to your uncle, that's my father's adopted son. He just made me a cheap brother. I like my family with many brothers and sisters, and it happens to be lively. Why not do it?"

The old housekeeper Mo Bo reminded Zhou Ziyan: "Master, it's getting late, you should take a shower and change clothes, you are going to the palace for a banquet."

Chen Ying was reminded by Mo Bo's words, and remembered the purpose of coming to the general's mansion to meet Zhou Ziyan early in the morning, and asked: "I heard that the emperor will hold a banquet in the palace to cleanse you. This idea was proposed by Mr. Gao yesterday morning. Yes, I vaguely feel that Mr. Gao's purpose is not simple, you have to be careful!"

Zhou Ziyan patted Chen Ying on the shoulder, and said: "This grand banquet that Mr. Gao tried every means to set up for me, how can I disappoint the old man? I must go. But don't worry, I know what to say. Aren't you and your father still at the banquet? What else should I be afraid of."

Chen Ying shook her head, sighed and said: "You are really the same as when you were a child. You are always so free and easy that you don't care about anything. I really envy you." Then she changed her tone and said cautiously: "Zi Yan , remember what I said, you must be on guard against Gao Chun, have you forgotten the fact that he bit your father, Old General Zhou, back then?"

Zhou Ziyan always knew that he was pretending to be free and easy. The knot in his heart was born when he left Daliang. It was about the relationship between his father and the emperor Qi Yuan who didn't know why, and he was also unwilling to be reconciled to his father's famous general. Facing Huang Sha Lieyang, in fact, he himself didn't know how many things he had pretended in his heart, and there might be some things that he hadn't noticed.

They all say "according to Jun Mo's words to seal the Marquis", but how many of them can be free and easy, and don't worry about the matter of being a noble and an official?From the moment Zhou Ziyan left southern Xinjiang, he knew that the court with the conspiracy of Daliang was waiting for him.He knew very well that coming to the capital was the beginning of the real intrigue, and the first battle was how to go to the Hongmen palace banquet, which he knew was full of dangers. The purpose of coming to Beijing.

The bells of the banquet in the palace are ringing, red walls glazed tiles, carved railings and jade buildings, and the wonderful sounds of singing girls dancing and playing shadows are wafting out one after another. The laughter of the golden palace.

This night, the capital city of Daliang was both prosperous and quiet.

At the beginning of the banquet, Mr. Gao Chungao, Minister of the Household Department, kept looking at Zhou Ziyan's direction from the corner of his eye. He thought that no one would see him, but Chen Ying and Commander Chen had already stared at him for a cup of tea.

This banquet is divided into three parts. The first part is the five graceful singers presenting a song "Jin Se" to add to the fun, the second part is the toast, and the last part is the banquet with food.

During the banquet, Zhou Ziyan just stared at the five singers with fluttering willow waists during the first session, and drank alone with his head down during the second session, at this moment Qi Yuan looked at Zhou Ziyan with a nonchalant expression Like this, he asked, "Xiaoyan, is this banquet not to your liking? Why haven't I seen you smile from the beginning to the end?"

Zhou Ziyan thought to himself: "Can I enjoy the Hongmen Banquet that Gao Chun lent you to me?"

On the lips, it said: "Weichen is just a little tired from running around for the past few days, it's not a problem."

Qi Yuan showed a hint of distress, and quickly said to Li Gonggong who was standing aside: "Li Wan, hurry up and send someone to present the meal!"

At this time, several court ladies and eunuchs came in one by one, carrying the so-called delicacies from mountains and seas, and carefully presented them to the tables of the adults. One court lady presented the dishes, and one eunuch signed up. Zhou Ziyan felt that there was an indescribably cheerful atmosphere at this time, but Feeling desolate and ridiculous at the same time, it is really troublesome for the emperor to have a meal.

Gao Chun kept staring at Zhou Ziyan, only then was the little eunuch next to him brought him back to his senses: "Master Gao, Mr. Gao, Mr. Gao."

Gao Chun looked in front of him, only to realize that the maid had already served all the meals.The eunuch was holding a pair of chopsticks and asked him to move the chopsticks.

He narrowed his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, picked up the ribs, put it in his mouth, and suddenly opened his eyes and rolled over on his back.I saw Gao Chun's pupils dilated like dead fish's eyes, and the spare ribs that had been put into his mouth slipped out with a slight slip. You are delusional like laughing.The little maid next to her staggered in fright, her legs went limp, and she collapsed.On the contrary, the little eunuch was bold, pushed it lightly with his hand, and realized something was wrong, then turned pale and shouted: "Master Gao, Mr. Gao, what's wrong with you, wake up, wake up..."

The little eunuch hadn't finished yelling, and suddenly, from Gao Chun's abdomen, three ocher-red mice the size of three adult fists were disemboweled, and they went around the Golden Luan Hall, all panicked. Is it a mouse, and if it is a mouse, why is it so much bigger than a normal mouse? Also, why is the color the same as if it was stained with human blood? To be precise, it should be darker and redder than human blood.

As soon as the mouse jumped out, it began to scurry into the crowd. The courtiers who usually wore crowns and awe-inspiring auras all paled like clowns, and roared loudly as if they were about to go to the world.On the contrary, Chen Ying quickly beheaded one of them, Zhou Ziyan then drew out the knife of the guard next to him and killed one, and the other one was taught by the servant of the household department, Lu Mingting, and Lord Lu, who was so frightened that he kicked Zhou Ziyan. Well, the mouse didn't know how to bite, but because of Lord Lu's foot, it was overly frightened, flew up and gave Zhou Ziyan's right hand a small bite.

Zhou Ziyan didn't change his face, as if he was just bitten by a mosquito, he flung it aside indifferently, and Chen Ying slashed the mouse in the air, causing a blood spatter.

Qi Yuan looked at all the civil and military officials of the court, and was scared to death by the three mice. He was furious, and sent an order: "Chen Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, obeys the order, and I order you to thoroughly investigate the tragic death of Gao Chun tonight." If you can't catch the murderer, don't come to see me."

Chen Yu was the only courtier standing beside him calmly, and now he bowed his head and said calmly, "Chen Yu leads the order!"

Just as Qi Yuan shook his sleeves angrily and wanted to leave, someone from His Highness exclaimed: "It's not good, the Major General has fainted!"

The author has something to say:

In the next chapter, the second son returns! ! !If you like it, please collect it~~~

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like