The Nuo operas at Baixilou were the only ones in Beijing. Mu Nijing loved watching Nuo operas, especially those in which the protagonist was a general.

Rong Shu would leave for Yangzhou in a few days. By the time she came back, Mu Nijing would have already returned to Datong, so he just spent the next two days with her in Beijing to have some fun.

As soon as the gongs and drums sounded, a servant came forward and opened the door.

Rong Shu was listening to Mu Nijing with his head tilted, until Mu Rong handed him a Nuo mask, then he turned his head and smiled at Mu Rong, saying: "Thank you, Brother Mu."

She has a very delicate appearance, because Due to the pure and gentle temperament on her body, her delicate facial features will not appear kitschy, but instead have a kind of elegance that is gentle but not enchanting.

Mu Rong looked into her eyes, smiled lightly and said, "You don't need to be so polite with me."

He had always been a well-rounded person. In Mu Nijing's words, her brother was simply an outlier among the upright Mu family.

As long as he wants to, even if you are his enemy, he can make you feel like a spring breeze.

At this time, Rong Shu could feel the "spring breeze".

She smiled gently and was about to reply when she caught a glimpse of sight from the corner of her eye and looked over subconsciously.

When he met Gu Changjin's dark and deep eyes, he couldn't help but be slightly startled.

Some people were surprised that Gu Changjin would come to Baixilou to watch a show.

Just at this time, the performers below came on stage one after another, and a "bang, bang, clang, clang" sound of gongs suddenly sounded.

Mu Rong had long noticed the people in the room opposite. Taking advantage of the sound of gongs and drums, he turned slightly sideways, blocking Gu Changjin's sight, and said with a warm smile: "Rong Shu, Ni Jing, it's time to watch the show."

Rong Shu . Shu said "hmm", and just now Mu Rong stepped forward. She originally wanted to nod to Gu Changjin, but she took it as a courtesy. Only now that Mu Rong blocked his view, there was no need.

So he and Mu Nijing looked towards the stage and watched the play with relish.

Mu Rong glanced sideways and nodded at the man in scarlet official uniform across from him.

Gu Changjin looked at him for a moment, then nodded lightly, glanced at the lotus-colored sleeves behind him, and slowly walked to the stage.

Liu Yuan had already left the wing when the door panel was opened. Now he was the only one left in the wing, alone, as if the excitement outside the wing could not spread to his house.

Gu Changjin had no intention of staying to watch the Nuo opera.

He is a person who doesn't have many hobbies. He doesn't like the plays that others like to watch or the music that others like to listen to.

In the past, my only hobby was hunting in the mountains with my brother and father.

The wind in the mountains, the shadows of the jungle, and the rabbits and deer hiding in the bushes always made him feel at ease.

Only this hobby, like those in the past, had died in the fire.

At this moment, he would sit here and watch the Nuo opera that he had no interest in at all. He knew exactly why.

The Nuo play lasted for an entire hour. Mu Nijing was satisfied with the performance. He took Rong Shu's hand and walked out, saying,

"Don't go back to Minglu Yuan today. Didn't you ask me to give you some self-defense before?" Did you use a hidden weapon? My brother will be at home tomorrow. I asked him to teach you how to use it. If you want, you can ask him to teach you archery. He knows how to catch others off guard. ."

Mu Rong's lips twitched.

What he said... it seemed like he was burying people.

Rong Shu really wanted some concealed weapons for self-defense. After listening to Mu Nijing's words, he said, "I won't bother you, Brother Mu. I can just let Luoyan and Qingyuan teach me."

"What? You're afraid that I can't teach you well. ?" Mu Rong took over the conversation with a bright look on his face and a bit of joking.

"Of course not." Rong Shu said with a smile: "Brother Mu probably has a lot of things to do when he returns to Beijing. How can I bother you?"

"It doesn't matter, I just have a lot of leisure these past two days." Old God Mu Rong is here Said: "After all, I have to teach Nijing, and teaching you is just a way."

Mu Nijing secretly rolled his eyes.

She didn't need his teaching.

The three of them got on the Mu family's carriage. Rong Shu didn't notice the lonely figure following her until the carriage left Chang'an Street.

Gu Changjin looked at the Mu family's carriage driving away with a pale expression.

Mu Rong likes her.

When a man is attracted to a woman, he can always be keenly aware of the other person's thoughts about her.

When Gu Changjin made peace with Rong Shu, he somewhat guessed that she would leave for Beijing.

But she never thought that one day she would marry someone else.

Name others by their surnames, call them husband, bear children for others, and live their lives in harmony with others.

He had never thought about such a thing, and it seemed that as long as he stopped thinking about it, such a thing would never happen.

But how could he be the only good person who saw her?

And...does she want to learn archery?

Gu Changjin suddenly lost his mind.

His eyesight has been amazing since he was a child, and he has always been talented in archery. When he was six years old, he could draw a three-power walking bow and hit nine out of ten arrows.

At that time, his father was still teasing him with a smile, saying that we, the officials of the new year, had left the army, and in two years we would be able to get some snow fox skins to keep as betrothal gifts for our wives.

He stopped slowly.

People were coming and going on Chang'an Street, and the carriage of the Protector General's Mansion had long since disappeared. Not long after, the Gu family's carriage slowly stopped at Baixi Tower. Gu Changjin bent down and got into the carriage. As soon as he sat down, he said to Chang Ji: "Go and check on Murong."

Chang Ji looked stern: "What are you checking for? This Is there something wrong with him?"

Gu Changjin paused and said quietly: "Check whether he has a concubine, a married woman, or an outhouse in Datong Mansion, and whether he is discussing marriage with the woman next to him. Also, on weekdays You can go to Huajie and Liuxiang, and you can have a good relationship in those romantic places."

Chang Ji was dumbfounded: "Is this General Mu playing with some girl's feelings? Master, this is-"

He didn't know what to say.

Does General Mu have any concubines? What does it have to do with them whether he goes to prostitutes or not?

Gu Changjin didn't respond and just said, "Come back and tell me after you've checked."

The next day was a good day.

Rong Shu rested in Mu Nijing's yard for the night, and after breakfast he went to the Mu family's martial arts arena.

Mu Nijing had just finished performing a set of whipping tricks. When he saw her coming, he said, "Brother was invited into the palace early in the morning. I don't know why."

Rong Shu saw Mu Nijing's expression of pity and said with a smile: " Now that I'm in the palace, I'm busy with business. Besides, if you can't kill a chicken with a sledgehammer, asking Brother Mu to teach me is really overkill. Qingyuan can teach me those hidden weapons."

In Rong Shu's opinion. , whenever officials enter the palace, they are busy with major matters related to the country.

In the past, when Gu Changjin entered the palace, it was always because of the common people's affairs.

But this time she guessed wrong. Mu Rong was deceived into the palace by Liu Yuan.

Baixi Building is Liu Yuan's place. Just because he didn't stay at Baixi Building yesterday doesn't mean that he doesn't know what happened there.

The time Qixin killed Xu Li'er, he only slightly scratched the skin of his wife's wrist, so Master Gu said with a serious face that Qixin had hurt his wife.

There was a murderous intent inside and outside the words.

Liu Yuan knew at that moment that unlike the rumors outside, Gu Changjin took his wife very seriously.

Although people at Baixi Tower said yesterday that Gu Changjin's expression was calm when he saw Rong Shu, Liu Yuan knew that the calmer this man's face was, the more unhappy he felt in his heart.

They are all the same kind of people.

The more you care about something, the deeper it is hidden in your heart.

The purpose of luring Mu Rong into the palace today is just to make up for the fact that Qixin hurt Rong Shu last time.

Gu Changjin didn't know about Mu Rong teaching Prince Huai'an archery in the palace until the afternoon. The Qixin Eunuch, the Queen's Supervisor, specifically told him about it.

Gu Changjin stared at Qixin for a long time and said, "Eunuch Qi, please go back and tell Eunuch Liu that there is no need for anyone else to interfere in Miss Rong's matter."

Qixin heard the caution in Gu Changjin's words and felt for a moment Eunuch Liu was really meddling in his own business. He hurriedly lowered his waist and said, "Our family will definitely take Master Gu's words back to Eunuch Liu."

Gu Changjin said lightly "Yes".

Qixin came here for business. Seeing that his expression softened slightly, he said, "Eunuch Liu will tell you that he and Pan Xueliang will set off for Yangzhou. I also hope that Mr. Gu will take care of himself during this trip."

Pan Xueliang is a key figure in the fraud case. As a rule, he could not leave Dali Temple Prison, but Pan Xueliang wanted to go to Yangzhou.

"If possible, the common people would like to go with you." Pan Xueliang looked at Gu Changjin with burning eyes, "Even if he dies, the common people will die clearly."

Gu Changjin knew that it was risky to take Pan Xueliang to Yangzhou, but when he Meeting Pan Xueliang's eyes, he couldn't say any words of rejection.

Therefore, at Baixi Tower yesterday, Gu Changjin proposed that Liu Yuan take Pan Xueliang out of Beijing secretly by land in advance.

Liu Yuan set out for Yangzhou in the name of the Coast Guard Supervisor, and was followed by half of the warrior battalion of the Royal Horse Supervisor. Pan Xueliang was safer following Liu Yuan than following Gu Changjin.

Liu Yuan took the land route, and he took the water route.

Gu Changjin went over the arrangements for leaving Beijing over and over in his mind, and felt that nothing was wrong. He nodded and said, "I hope Eunuch Liu can send Pan Gongshi to Yangzhou safely."

Qixin raised his eyes and looked at him.

Pan Xueliang was a prisoner, but Mr. Gu never treated him as a prisoner. No wonder Lao Shangshu said that only by handing the case into his hands could Pan Xueliang have a chance to survive.

"Don't worry, sir. Our family and Mr. Liu will send Pan Xueliang to Yangzhou safely."

Qixin said and was about to leave. However, after taking only two steps, he suddenly turned back, looked at Gu Changjin and said seriously:

"Then Zhong Xueyan committed suicide voluntarily. When Eunuch Liu sent people to find her, she had thoughts of committing suicide. We just made her death more valuable. As for Xu Lier, Eunuch Liu never asked our family to kill her. Our family is good at making decisions and we are afraid that Xu Li'er will do something bad."

He saluted Gu Changjin and said, "It was Qixin's fault for hurting Miss Rong that day. I will definitely apologize to Miss Rong in the future. "

Gu Changjin didn't answer, and Qixin didn't mind either. He flicked the fly whisk and left the house.

Royal Horse Supervision Room.

After listening to Qixin's words, Liu Yuan smiled nonchalantly: "Master Gu trusts me by putting Pan Xueliang in my hands. At least for this trip to Yangzhou, he knows that I will be of the same mind as him, which is enough Yes."

As he spoke, there was a sound outside. A chamberlain, Xiao Sui

, stepped into the room and said to Liu Yuan: "Eunuch Liu, someone has been sent from the big palm print."

Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows, closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "We will go there right now."

Prison.

Pei Shunnian was leaning on an imperial chair, with a young eunuch behind him gently pressing his temples. Hearing someone say that Liu Yuan was here, he raised his eyelids and waved to the young eunuch.

"Everyone, please go down."

The little eunuch responded and left. When he walked to the courtyard of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, he glanced at Liu Yuan who was walking towards him.

Liu Yuan always had a faint smile on his face. As soon as he entered the check-in room, he knelt down with a plop and respectfully shouted to Pei Shunnian: "Ancestor."

Pei Shunnian looked at him with lowered eyes.

This boy was Yang Xu's most favored godson. Yang Xu loved listening to music. When he went to Yangzhou, he brought back a boy who could sing and hid it in his private house for several years.

Pei Shunnian didn't like listening to music, so he didn't pay much attention to Yang Xu, his godson. All I know is that this kid went to the Royal Prison first, and then to the Royal Horse Prison.

He knew exactly what Yang Xu was doing by sending Liu Yuan to the Royal Horse Prison.

He was used to letting the infighting between his godsons go unchecked. After all, he was getting older, and what he feared most was the traitor who would pick on others. The supervision and restraint between his sons made him feel at ease the most.

But I didn't expect that such an enchanting-looking, androgynous actor would have such tricks.

Not only did he hook up with Gui Zhong, he was also able to have the General Secretary of the Metropolitan Procuratorate personally come to supervise the ceremony and guarantee his life.

Pei Shunnian could not tolerate the betrayal of others. Gui Zhong was brought up by the emperor to slap him in the face. Gui Zhong could not be touched but he endured it. Unexpectedly, he could not even touch Liu Yuan.

After so many years of being a big palm printr, he has never felt so aggrieved.

Pei Shunnian stared at Liu Yuan's beautiful face for a moment, then slowly tightened the jade ring in his hand.

"Do you know why our family is looking for you?"

"I don't know, but I hope our ancestors can give me some tips." Liu Yuan said with a smile, a cinnabar mole on his eyebrows glowing with an enchanting light.

Pei Shunnian always disliked people who looked too coquettish. He turned away to hide the disgust in his eyes and said, "The emperor sent you to Yangzhou. In addition to being the supervisor of the army, do you have other tasks?"

Yangzhou is the richest place in Dayin. One of the prefectures of Yangzhou, Yang Xu collected a lot of yellow and white things when he was a supervisor in Yangzhou, and most of the money was given to him.

As people get older, they become less courageous.

Emperor Jiayou sent Liu Yuan to Yangzhou as a supervisor. The first thing he thought about was whether the emperor wanted to settle old scores with him.

Liu Yuan still had that smiling face: "Don't worry, ancestors. The emperor was worried about the pirates on the other side of Yangzhou, so he sent his slaves there."

Pei Shunnian couldn't tell whether Liu Yuan was telling the truth or a lie, but he felt confused in his heart. He became more and more fearful, and was thinking about how to beat him, when he suddenly heard the demon in front of him say: "Ancestor, do you know who the godfather asked his slave to sing a tune for last year?"

Pei Shunnian narrowed his eyes, "Who?"

"The left governor of the Qi family."

Pei Shunnian couldn't hold back the anger in his heart when he heard this, and slapped several cases next to him.

idiot!

How dare you secretly visit Chencang with Qi Heng? You are just looking at him because he is old and dazzled!

No wonder he fell down so quickly. The fool must have thought that the emperor was in poor health, so he secretly surrendered to the Qi family, hoping that after the second prince ascended the throne, he would be able to secure his position as a big paw.

After all, he doesn’t understand the emperor.

The emperor's attitude towards Queen Qi and the Qi family has always been ambiguous. Pei Shunnian still can't figure out whether the emperor wants to stay with the Qi family or not.

Now that the emperor's health is getting worse day by day, unless the Qi family is eliminated, unless the second prince succeeds to the throne, once the eldest prince succeeds to the throne, with the Qi family's military strength, the scene where the vassal princes besieged the capital to seize the throne will definitely happen again.

By then the whole Dayin will fall into civil strife again.

It was precisely because the emperor had not taken action against the Qi family that Yang Xu thought that the emperor was interested in the second prince, and he couldn't wait to surrender to the Qi family.

What a short-sighted person.

Pei Shunnian was afraid for a while. Wouldn't the emperor suspect that he was colluding with the Qi family?

The old eunuch's face turned blue and white, and soon he was covered in white hair and sweat.

Liu Yuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, ancestor. Your Lordship has already told the emperor that everything Yang Thief did was hidden from you, and you were also kept in the dark."

Pei Shunnian looked at Liu Yuan with complicated eyes. , a face like a withered leaf actually had a few traces of dejection.

At this moment, if he can no longer guess that Guizhong is the emperor's man, then his more than 20 years of big palm printing will be in vain.

If Guizhong is a member of the emperor, then is the demon in front of him a member of Meng Zong or the emperor?

That's all, his big palm is about to step down from office. Who does this monster belong to and what does it have to do with him?

Pei Shunnian said in a waning mood, "Let's go out and finish the errands for the emperor."

"Here."

Liu Yuan left in response and left the room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies. He happened to catch a glimpse of Murong striding towards the Meridian Gate. He wanted to come. It was time to leave the palace and return to the Protector's Mansion.

It's almost midnight, and Miss Renrong has already finished practicing her arrows.

Liu Yuan's lips curved into a playful smile.

The old minister liked Mr. Gu, and Mr. Meng also valued Mr. Gu. He himself also admired this gentleman.

If he hadn't interfered with Rong Shu's affairs today, General Mu might have succeeded in leveraging half of the corner.

Turning the ring on his hand, he called the little eunuch on the side and said with a smile: "Tomorrow, let Prince An invite General Mu to the palace to teach him archery."

Gu Changjin didn't know that Liu Yuan had already tricked Mu Rongming . My son's itinerary has been arranged.

After getting off duty, he heard Chang Ji say as soon as he got on the carriage: "Master, General Mu's matter has been investigated."

"Say."

Chang Ji looked at him and said in a serious tone as much as possible: "General Mu does not have a concubine in Datong Mansion. , There is no outside room, and I haven't heard of any good friends in the flower house. From what I saw, General Mu must be a young man, and he must be a well-off man."

Gu Changjin frowned at him.

Chang Ji shrank his neck and continued: "I still have something to tell my master. I heard that the young lady is also planning to go to Yangzhou. This is what someone from the Protector General's Palace said. I think it is not false news."

She is going to Yangzhou. ?

Gu Changjin's eyes paused, and he subconsciously squeezed the tea cup in his hand.

After a long silence, he asked softly: "When is she going to go?"