The wind

The branches and leaves are sparse, the moon is bright and silent, and the lamp in Li Yunyi's study is still on.

Cuiyu yawned, and took advantage of the moonlight to walk all the way with a food table, suddenly a person flashed in front of her eyes, Cuiyu was startled, and was about to speak, but saw the person's face clearly.

Qu Yeliang smiled and said, "Let me do it."

Cui Yu blushed, thanked her and hurriedly handed it to the man, and ran away.

Qu Yeliang pushed the door and went into Li Yunyi's study room, before he got his foot down, he heard the other side say: "Didn't I tell you, go back to the room and wait for me, I'll go to your place tonight."

"Mu Han, no matter how busy you are, you must take care of yourself." Seeing that he was talking to someone else, Qu Yeliang was slightly displeased, and closed the door smoothly.

Li Yunyi raised his head, saw that it was Qu Yeliang who came, put down his pen, and said with a smile: "So it's Wei Ji."

Qu Yeliang put Hugan Decoction aside, staring at the tired-looking Li Yunyi, with a soft light in his eyes, all the displeasure just now dissipated: "It's too late, it's time to go to bed, what's the matter until tomorrow?" Do."

"There will be more things tomorrow." Li Yunyi picked up the soup, scooped up a spoon, took a sip, his eyes fell on the huanghuali wood carving of a horse in the corner of the desk, and sighed, "Sometimes I envy my fourteenth brother."

The fourteenth young master, Li Yunjing, has been by Li Yanqing's side all the time. Before he was a dancer, he experienced arson for three months and fought thousands of miles. Therefore, he is now a well-known major general.

"What's the point of fighting and killing?" Following Li Yunyi's gaze, Qu Yeliang recognized that the wood carving was carved by the Fourteenth Young Master himself, "You are not suitable for the battlefield."

"He wholeheartedly follows his father and doesn't have to deal with everyone like me. I'm very envious." Li Yunyi put down the bowl, lowered his head and sighed again, "Father's temper is too stubborn, he insists on going his own way, and he doesn't know the current situation. He went to the north this time. It was Zhong Bugui who did it on purpose. Although he can't do anything right now, if Zhong Bugui wins over the Privy Council again, I'm afraid that the Tiger Talisman will fall into his hands sooner or later. At that time, I was too young to save the situation, and now it's too late. It is full of people who have not returned, and if he moves one day, it will be a shocking change."

"I understand, you should take care of it up and down, and if something happens, you can leave a way for everyone in Li's residence." Qu Yeliang glanced at Li Yunyi's study, and it seemed that something was missing, "Mu Han, did you put away that porcelain vase? "

"Qiu Xu came here today and said he liked the item, so I gave it to him."

Qu Yeliang understood in his heart: Jiang Pian has always been friends with Li Yunyi, and because of their marriage, they are even more close: "Isn't that given to you by the Holy Majesty, you are really generous."

Li Yunyi glanced at Qu Yeliang, and said quietly: "Sometimes not."

Without waiting for Qu Yeliang's reaction, Li Yunyi withdrew his gaze from him and asked, "Is it clear why the Wenshan Building leaked?"

"There are some remnants of rice stalks there, it is estimated that garbage has come in from the mansion." Qu Yeliang said, "When everyone is not prepared."

"It's really an auspicious day, and I can't hold it anymore. I'm really curious, who put the garbage in." Li Yunyi sighed again, "Brother Seventeen came back with me this time and said, Uncle The sides are full of..."

Qu Yeliang knew that the uncle Li Yunyi referred to was Li Yanqing's younger brother Li Yanyun, who served as Yushi Zhongcheng in the court.Li Yunde, the seventeenth young master in Taixue, often lives in his house, firstly, it is indeed a borrower; secondly, although Li Yunyi did not say it clearly, Li Yunde has always been placed in the eyes of the capital.

Qu Yeliang replied: "It's not easy to do under Zhongshu's school."

"When I go back this time, I will try other methods. If the capital is on fire, there will be a response here." Li Yunyi stood up, "What's going on with Xiao Zhouheng?"

"I don't know, people are watching in the dark, and all the books in his room have been turned over. According to the gossip map, it is correct, but I still can't find out how he gave Zhong Bugui back."

"But the code word has changed?"

"Otherwise, the Bureau of Publications has a lot of staff, not to mention the No. [-] clerk who has nothing to do with the information flow, but the official writer himself. It would be really difficult to change the secret language."

"He actually has such ability." Li Yunyi said, "Wait and see what happens, since they don't act, we don't need to act. Then the rumors about the sixteenth sister Xinyue Xiao Zhouheng in the market have been investigated?"

"It's been a long time ago, so it's hard to find out the source, but it's said to be from Yu Bocheng, the chief arrester of Jinling."

"Him? What's his history?" Li Yunyi had heard this person's name before, and knew how capable he was.

"No, it must be the quickness of the tongue."

Li Yunyi lowered his eyes: "Wei Ji, you know how to do it."

"I understand." Qu Yeliang said, "You still have to go..."

Seeing Qu Yeliang's hesitation, Li Yunyi couldn't help laughing and said: "Forget it, I'll go back to my room, lest you stand outside again, I've said it, Li's residence is not that unsafe; besides, you are not an outsider in Li's residence. , you don’t need to worry about such things.”

Qu Yeliang shrugged slightly: "If I don't stand still, I still have to have a scene of crying day and night with you, and let's talk about the maid a few days ago..."

"Suicide and homicide are not important, but leading the snake out of the hole is important, isn't it." Li Yunyi walked up to Qu Yeliang, stretched out his hand to straighten his front, "I want to see who performed this play."

Qu Yeliang knew he couldn't tell him, so he nodded, raised his sleeves, extinguished the candles in the room, and walked out of the study side by side with Li Yunyi.

Another night passed.

Today Han Tieyi stayed at the residence to teach martial arts, Xiao Zhouheng didn't need to lecture.

Xiao Zhouheng was in a bad mood, or in other words, extremely bad.Although it was said that he wanted to go to the Seventeenth Young Master Li Yunde with Li Zhongnan, unfortunately Xiao Zhouheng didn't want to see him now, so he could only lean on the veranda and concentrate on himself.

"Brother Xiao." The sound brought Xiao Zhouheng back to the mortal world, and as soon as he looked up, he saw Han Tieyi who had just finished teaching, standing in front of him covered in sweat.

"Dong Chi." Xiao Zhouheng had a colic in his heart, stayed up all night, and his complexion was very weak.

Seeing Xiao Zhouheng's dead face, Han Tieyi said with concern: "Brother Xiao's complexion is really bad."

Xiao Zhouheng didn't want to talk to Han Tieyi at first, but there seemed to be no one in the mansion who could talk to him except him at the moment, so he said, "Dong Chi, what do you think of Eighth Young Master?"

"Eighth Young Master?" Han Tieyi pondered for a moment, "I heard that he had practiced in the Jianghu for a period of time in his early years, and he seems to have a good friendship with Young Master Zhu Jian. I had two tricks with him a few days ago, and it was really extraordinary. .Compared to other young masters in the house, he is a little more arrogant from the Jianghu people."

"Is it possible that the Eighth Young Master is not the real Eighth Young Master?"

Han Tieyi was taken aback for a moment, and then understood what Xiao Zhouheng was thinking: "I haven't returned for ten years, so it's not impossible to impersonate him, but didn't the six young masters admit their identity at the banquet a few days ago? The title of Young Master of the Li Mansion is not so easy, there are so many people in the mansion, wouldn't it be a shame to mention the old things?" Han Tieyi paused, "Could it be that you discovered something?"

"I don't know if I found out, maybe I was overthinking." Xiao Zhouheng told Han Tieyi all kinds of things.

After hearing this, Han Tieyi answered everything: "There are so many things outside of me, how can I remember who my aunt's child is."

"He followed you to the Jiaofang Division to tease you. Maybe he also went to drink and saw you."

"Young Master Qu was also a well-known figure in Jianghu before, so it's not surprising to recognize him. Besides, Young Master Qu belongs to the Sixth Young Master now, so we don't meet in the mansion to avoid suspicion." Han Tieyi smiled, "Eighth Young Master doesn't want to be accused of wooing others."

For some reason, everything made sense to Han Tieyi, so Xiao Zhouheng forced the corners of his mouth to curl up: "Okay, I was thinking too much."

Han Tieyi patted Xiao Zhouheng's shoulder to comfort him, but Xiao Zhouheng didn't see the complex flash in his eyes.

As soon as Han Tieyi left, Li Zhongnan came.Xiao Zhouheng pretended to be fine, and went with him to the courtyard of the Seventeenth Young Master Li Yunde.

"I went to check and found that Fu Er has nothing to do with the Seventeenth Younger Brother. Presumably what Fu Er said is what he called the truth."

Xiao Zhouheng glanced at Li Zhongnan, and felt that the word "so-called" in this population was indeed appropriate.

As Li Yunde's residence got closer and closer, Li Zhongnan suddenly turned up a large piece of historical events in front of him-but he saw himself ten years ago following behind his master and entering this high-walled Houmen for the first time, this golden palace pavilion, pool water Ripples, lofty pavilions and clouds, and the courtyard full of red and green flowers made Amon, who had only seen the old scenery in the mountains, very at a loss. He could only hold on to the hem of his master's clothes tightly and dare not let go.

Not long after, Amon saw Li Yunyi again. At that time, he was also beautiful, with peach blossoms and watery Mingxia Xianlu. Li Zhongnan felt that this person was very different from the master in white—it was absolutely different. Not as good as my own master.

"Amon? But I was scared." At that time, the master said with a gentle smile, "This is the sixth brother of the master, and he will treat you very well."

Amon shook his head: "No, I just don't understand why Master doesn't come back when the Li Mansion is so good."

The master smiled again, and stopped answering, but instead set his eyes on the sword behind him - Amon knew at that time that the young master of casting swords also had such a sword, and his one was called Treading Snow. The name is Xunmei.

And the sixth brother who was so good in the master's mouth broke his wrists a few days later.Later, he vaguely remembered that his master got so angry that he took him away from Li's residence overnight, and he left for ten years.

Although he didn't know how much Qu Yeliang knew about his master, but he must have thought that he came back to settle the old account of breaking his wrists. Li Zhongnan thought to himself: I don't care so much, Qu Ye Liang also regarded himself as the youngest son of Mingmeng.

Li Zhongnan withdrew his thoughts, saw the things around him overlapped with the old days, and the touch was deeper, his heart couldn't stop beating wildly: "There is a room, the seventeenth brother lives in a room."

"How about a bedroom?"

"That is, the place where I lived ten years ago." Xiao Zhouheng saw Li Zhongnan's eyes full of waves for the first time, and couldn't help but wonder about Li Zhongnan's past experiences, and for some reason, his heart suddenly felt sour.

After getting the notification, the two entered Li Yunde's study, Xiao Zhouheng looked at the plaque, and it was not a study room.

There was incense in the study room, but because the windows were closed, it was a bit strong.Xiao Zhouheng couldn't smell this fragrance the most, tears came to his eyes in an instant, and he saw Li Yunde's study in the middle of Li Yunde's study desk and chair with carvings of red sandalwood, on which there was an emerald pen bed and Jun porcelain brush washer, but there was little A side of the inkstone.

Li Yunde stood in front of the shared window, wondering what he was thinking.

Hearing someone enter the room, Li Yunde turned around.Against the red sun, Li Yunde's side seemed to be coated with a layer of glaze, which showed his appearance even more - the bridge of his nose was straight, his lips were painted red, especially those phoenix eyes that were merciful even without smiling.

He is only sixteen years old, and if it takes a few more years, he will probably be even more charming.

"Seventeenth brother, why don't you open the window?"

"Brother, Mr. Juyan." Li Yunde nodded slightly, but did not salute, "The birdsong outside the window is very noisy, and even if the window is closed, the birds can't fly in."

Li Zhongnan smiled: "This kind of incense is to suffocate myself."

"That's as good as insects, birds and beasts entering my house." Li Yunde's voice was thin and high-pitched, making the listeners very uncomfortable.

After speaking, Li Yunde led the two of them to sit down and served tea again.

Li Zhongnan and Li Yunde were not very familiar with each other either, after Li Zhongnan said a few more words, he stopped making detours and said directly: "Brother Seventeen remembers a servant girl named Yuying."

Li Yunde calmed down and blew the froth in the cup: "Yuying?"

"Before you came back, a servant girl named Yuying died in Li's residence."

"Oh? What does it matter to me if a servant dies?" Li Yunde said, "If the starling wants to ask something, just say it, don't do that."

Li Zhongnan said: "Seventeenth Brother, do you recognize this maid?"

"So what if you recognize it, so what if you don't recognize it?" Li Yunde said, "A servant dies as soon as she dies. Could it be that she is pregnant?"

Before the two of them could react, Li Yunde gave a sinister smile, "What? I've been found out? It's true that I've slept with a few maidservants, but so what? Is it possible that I'll have to face these all day long? Can't remember?"

After finishing speaking, Li Yunde raised his hand and pointed to the bookshelf behind him. At this moment, Li Zhongnan and Xiao Zhouheng discovered that the wall was actually Fengyueben.

"Of course not, but there are some things that need to be clarified." Li Zhongnan withdrew his gaze, "That maidservant's life is not a pity, but that tongue was cut off before she was alive."

"Snakes, of course, shed their skin and become dragons." Li Yunde smiled half-smile, pinching the rim of the porcelain cup with one hand, and tapping the knuckles of the table rhythmically with the other, "In the end, the tongue is a living thing. If you can control it, it will grow on your own." If you can’t control your body, it will grow on others.”

Xiao Zhouheng said inwardly: This Seventeenth Young Master is really a weird person, he has nothing to do with himself, he answers irrelevant questions, and he doesn't hide his demeanor that melts into his bones and makes no effort.

Li Zhongnan also gave up hearing the news, and after winking with Xiao Zhouheng, the two took advantage of the opportunity to say goodbye to Li Yunde.

Xiao Zhouheng just left Li Yunde's study, his nose had not yet adapted to the strong fragrance that suddenly dissipated, when a gust of wind suddenly blew, Xiao Zhouheng felt that his concentration was insufficient, and he sneezed several times straight out.Li Zhongnan suddenly grabbed Xiao Zhouheng's sleeve and pulled him back.

"No." Li Zhongnan's voice gradually became hoarse, "It smells like burnt."

The author has something to say: the sixth young master Li Yunyi, whose name is Muhan.

The fourteenth young master Li Yunjing, named Chuanjun, fought in the battlefield with his father Li Yanqing.

The seventeenth young master Li Yunde, who has no words, is studying at the Taixue in the capital.

Stepping on the snow and looking for plum blossoms is a bit beautiful and a bit sad.