The courtyard is not large, only about ten meters long and wide, and there are pear trees planted in two rows, and when the wind blows, the fragrance is fragrant. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Clean and rustic.

This was Tang Fengyue's first feeling.

In front of the main hall, the door was open, and a sitting figure could be faintly seen. Tang Fengyue stepped in.

Hua Lao is not as majestic as he imagined, maybe the word ordinary is more suitable for him, wearing a blue cloth coat, and his gray hair is neatly combed. Seeing Tang Fengyue coming in, his eyes didn't move, as if he didn't exist.

"Uncle. ”

Tang Fengyue called out respectfully. This is the identity that Hua Lao arranged for the role of Hua Yi before entering the mansion.

"Little cub, come to the county king's mansion, listen to everything, watch more, think more, talk less, don't make trouble for me, you know?"

Hua Lao said.

"Don't worry, uncle, kid province. ”

Tang Fengyue said respectfully.

Next, Hua Lao asked him to go to Zhou Da to take care of things, and told him some precautions, just like an uncle educating his juniors.

After everything was done, Hua Lao waved his hand, Tang Fengyue understood, and Shi Li left.

Walking outside the courtyard, the middle-aged man suddenly said, "Your name is Huayi?"

Tang Fengyue said: "Adult, the small one is Ha (Hua) Yi." ”

The middle-aged man's pupils shrank, stared at Tang Fengyue repeatedly, and then snorted and led him to see Steward Zhou. After doing all this, the middle-aged man walked around in the mansion and walked into another larger courtyard.

"Elder Zhang. ”

The middle-aged man saluted the old man on the seat. The old man on the throne is extraordinary, and at a glance, it is known that he has a noble status, and he is the elder Zhang among the three major stewards.

Zhang Lao said: "What's the situation?"

"I'm eighty percent sure that the young man is indeed a relative of Hua Lao. ”

Zhang Lao didn't speak, and the middle-aged man said to himself: "Before he entered the mansion, I sent someone to Peicheng to investigate the identity of this son, and there is no doubt about it. ”

Zhang Lao said: "Why should Shichang play dumb riddles with the old man. The old man knows that you have never believed what other people have investigated. You only trust your own judgment. Let the old man listen to your judgment. ”

Lu Shichang, that is, a middle-aged man, said: "Since he first entered the mansion, I have been secretly observing him. First of all, his clothes are made of special silk in Peicheng, Shudi, and Peicheng is Hua Lao's hometown. ”

Zhang Lao held the teacup and took a sip.

Lu Shichang said: "That dress is very old, and I can smell it, the clothes are stained with the smell of the young man himself, as well as the fragrance of Peicheng pear blossoms." If you hadn't worn it for a long time, it wouldn't have had that effect. ”

Zhang Lao smiled: "Shichang, your nose has always been very smart, and you will never forget what you smell once." What you say, the old man naturally believes. Just by a piece of clothing, you can be sure of his identity?"

Lu Shichang said: "His walking posture is very strange. ”

"What's weird?"

"Since Peicheng is a mountain town, the terrain is rugged. So when people there walk, the outer soles of their feet land on the ground first. I observed that the young man was exactly that. Moreover, the force he uses in each step is almost the same, and it is difficult for a person who learns it on a temporary basis to do this. ”

Zhang Lao nodded, Lu Shichang's nose was smarter than a dog, and his eyes were sharper than an eagle, of course he believed it.

Lu Shichang said again: "The third point, when he speaks, he has a strong Peicheng accent. ”

Zhang Lao smiled and said, "Accent, you can imitate." ”

"Definitely. But from the moment he entered the palace, I accosted him intentionally or unintentionally, probably for fear that others would look down on him, and he deliberately concealed his accent. Later, when he came out of Hua Lao's place, I suddenly asked his name, and he was alarmed, and his accent was exposed. Peicheng people like to pronounce Hua into Ha. ”

Zhang Lao nodded: "From small to big, Shichang, your observation is indeed very comparable." ”

"Fourth, he's very composed. It's just that this superficial composure can't hide the fact that he is terrified in his heart. His heartbeat, his breathing, were a little fast. ”

"The fifth point, from the moment he entered Hua Lao's courtyard, his body relaxed again. This is the body's knee-jerk reaction, which means that he trusts Hua Lao very much. ”

Zhang Lao said: "Shichang, what you said is right. However, the above points can only prove that he is from Peicheng and has a close relationship with Hua Lao, how can you be sure that he is Hua Lao's nephew?"

Lu Shichang shook his head, and suddenly said in a shocking voice: "He is not Hua Lao's nephew. ”

Zhang Lao's eyes raised for the first time.

"His hands are clean and beautiful. ”

"Shouldn't a person who has been doing farm work since childhood have rough hands?"

Lu Shichang said: "So, he has not done farm work. ”

Zhang Laoqi said: "In this way, this person should be pretending." Hua Lao said that his nephew has been industrious and sensible since he was a child, and he works in the fields all year round. ”

"Because Hua Lao is lying. ”

Zhang Lao's eyes were unprecedentedly sharp, like two swords.

Lu Shichang said: "That time, after the people who went to Peicheng to investigate came back, I went there in person, and I found an amazing fact. ”

"What facts?"

"This Huayi, not only has he never done farm work since he was a child, but he is also idle, so his hands are very beautiful, and his eyes are frivolous with gangsters. Zhang Lao should know that with Hua Lao's methods, he made up some lies, and ordinary people couldn't find out at all. ”

Zhang Lao said coldly: "What a Hua Lao, he actually dares to deceive the prince!"

Lu Shichang sighed helplessly: "Elder Zhang, if you poke this matter up, not only will it not affect Hua Lao's status, but you will even help him." ”

"What do you mean?"

"Because when I went to Pei County that time, in addition to knowing that Hua Lao made up lies, I also knew that Hua Yi, who had never been masked, was Hua Lao's illegitimate son. Hua Lao Lao has a son, so he naturally refuses to let Hua Yi suffer. ”

“......”

Zhang Lao drank tea, one sip after another. He didn't ask Lu Shichang how he found out, because Lu Shichang had served under him for more than ten years and had never missed it.

Zhang Lao only knew that, as Lu Shichang said, if Huayi's identity was stabbed, he was afraid that it would make King Ningjun sympathize with Hua Lao, and treat Huayi preferentially.

It wasn't what he wanted to see.

"Hmph, this old fellow, I thought he was alone, but I didn't expect that there was an illegitimate child. ”

Zhang Lao snorted coldly. Originally, he still wanted to find Hua Lao's fault, but now it seems that the old thing is like a loach, and people have nowhere to start.

......

Tang Fengyue met with Zhou Da's housekeeper, probably a relationship with Hua's old nephew, who was assigned to live in a small house in decent condition, and his job was to take care of the garden in the front yard and regularly repair the flowers in it.

"It's been a tough day. ”

Back in the small house, Tang Fengyue fell on the bed and began to recall the little bits and pieces with the indifferent middle-aged man after entering the house, confirming that no horse's feet were exposed, and then he breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I'm only going to have a month left, and I have to get the Seal Stone. ”

Before coming, Tang Fengyue didn't feel how difficult it was. But now he knew he was wrong. There were many more masters in the Ningjun Palace's mansion than he imagined.

There were even a few breaths that made him feel frightened.

In the following days, Tang Fengyue became a gardener in parts, no one cared about anything but his own affairs, and he didn't take the initiative to talk to others, which was very low-key.

Even at night, he didn't dare to practice martial arts.

Because before entering the palace, Hua Lao had sent someone to remind him that anyone who had just entered the palace would be strictly inspected and monitored to prevent it from being unfavorable to the palace.

Tang Fengyue was calm on the surface, but she was a little anxious inside. Because five days have passed, he has not found anything, not even the face of King Ningjun.

On the eighth day, a major event spread throughout the Ningjun Palace.

Half a month later, King Ningjun is going to get married.

"Marriage?"

When she heard the news, Tang Fengyue was a little stunned. After all, the matter of King Ningjun's bitter love for Xue Yuxiang is not only known to the rivers and lakes, but also known to most people in the court.

And I heard that the object of marriage is the only daughter of the Yundong Jiedu envoy.

"Yundong Jiedu envoy, this person seems to be the same as Jiang Yanqin, the southeast jiedu envoy, and he is not among the thirteen jiedu envoys bribed by Tianjian Villa at the beginning. ”

Tang Fengyue suddenly remembered something. There are a total of eighteen Jiedu envoys in the imperial court, and the Yundong Jiedu envoys are not as self-respecting as Qiu Fengcheng, the envoy of Yunxi Jiedu, but are quite loyal to the imperial court.

A few days ago, because of the incident of Tianjian Villa, the relationship between Qiu Fengcheng and the imperial court was very stiff, and even the fact that Qiu Fengcheng wanted to rebel was widely rumored.

Tang Fengyue had no doubt that if Qiu Fengcheng was forced to be in a hurry, there was no shortage of possibilities for a real rebellion. And other Jiedu envoys who are good friends with Qiu Fengcheng, in order to protect their own interests, may not help the imperial court.

At that point, it is likely that the world will be in chaos.

Therefore, did King Ningjun marry the daughter of the Yundong Jiedu envoy in order to win over the Jiedu envoy for the imperial court, so as to prepare for a possible future war?

"It's too sudden, and they got married half a month later. ”

"I heard that this is a marriage given by the saint himself, and our county king can't refuse. ”

"County King, doesn't he admire that Hundred Flowers City Lord?"

"Hehe, according to the information I received, the king of the county did not agree to the marriage of the saint. However, later the saint promised the king of the county and made the daughter of the envoy of Yundong Jiedu the concubine. As for the Snow City Lord, it is very likely that he will become the concubine of the county king. ”

Hearing the words of the people around her, Tang Fengyue's brows furrowed tightly. What, Xue Yuxiang wants to be the partial concubine of King Ningjun, or is the emperor personally giving marriage, what are you kidding?

He suddenly became worried, and by the afternoon, the news had been confirmed. At the wedding half a month later, King Ningjun will marry Zhu Wenjing and Xue Yuxiang.

"Damn it!"

Tang Fengyue stayed in the small house and smiled coldly.

As early as a long time ago, he and Xue Yuxiang got engaged, although it was a one-sided engagement, but after all, it was recognized by the elders of the Xue clan and spread all over the rivers and lakes.

This King of Ningjun seems to be completely unaware of himself.

What Tang Fengyue didn't know was that the news that the Holy Lord had personally married King Ning Jun and Xue Yuxiang had indeed caused an uproar when it reached the rivers and lakes.

Hundred Flowers City, the City Lord's Mansion.

Yuxiang Pavilion.

Xue Yuxiang looked at the holy decree on the table, and the cold light flashed in her cold eyes.