Capture the Jade:

Changyi had no choice but to say to Chen Erniang: "Why don't you go ahead and talk later, and when Big Brother Ah is free, we can ask him what the origin of this monster is."

Chen Erniang shook her head: "I don't know the rest, my nanny only told me this."

Azhi was very curious: "Is the inn where the accident happened far from Chang'an?"

Chen Erniang thought for a while: "It's not too far away. My nurse is from Tongzhou, so the inn is on the way from Tongzhou to Chang'an."

Changyi asked: "When such a murder case occurs, someone must report to the police at the inn. Can your nanny hear what the local state government said?"

"I heard that the government is looking for the murderer everywhere, but there seems to be no clue."

"Murderer?" Everyone wondered, "The government suspects that the murderer did it?"

Chen Erniang blushed: "Maybe it is... My nanny said that the government found out that the couple had feuded with others in their hometown. The husband brought his pregnant wife to Chang'an for refuge. The government suspected that the enemy was chasing after him." Come on, I checked a lot of passers-by in those few days... My nanny was also stopped by the government for questioning."

"According to this, it is possible that the couple was not murdered by monsters?"

Several courageous young ladies couldn't help discussing: "If it wasn't for the monster, the murderer knew that if he killed the mother's fetus, he wouldn't be able to live. Why should he steal the fetus too? Isn't it superfluous?"

"And someone in the neighboring room heard the baby's cry that night. It is impossible for the cry to come from the fetus. The murderer came to seek revenge, and he would not bring his own child with him, so whose cry was it? ?”

The more everyone thought about it, the more they felt chills on the back of their necks: "Stop talking about it, whether it was done by evil spirits or criminals, this... this is too evil."

Teng Yuyi was listening to the story, but all his attention was on Lu Zhaoan and Lin Chengyou on the deck. Must have found something.

It's a pity that we are too far away, otherwise we can eavesdrop on a few words.

She glanced left and right, hey, where did Shaotang go, he just wanted to vent his anger on his sister's behalf, the opportunity has come.

The cabin has already begun to discuss whose turn it is to tell the story next, but unfortunately, many young ladies were scared out of their wits by the story just now.

The girls were afraid that Princess Changyi and Princess Azhi would not give up, so they hurriedly changed the subject: "Your Highness, my aunt said that the Queen said at the banquet today that she would reopen Yunyin Academy. I wonder if this is true. Really."

Changyi’s disposition is as gentle as his father’s and brother’s. Hearing the words, he nodded and said, “Grandpa and Auntie have this plan, but the academy is not at the former site of Yunyin Academy, but at the Golden Fairy Guanguan, the name of the academy It's not called 'Yunyin' anymore, and the new name hasn't been drafted yet."

Everyone can vaguely guess the reason. Many strange things happened in Yunyin Academy back then. It is said that it was related to the saint’s biological mother, Concubine Hui. It was reopened for various reasons, and it is absolutely impossible for the saint to agree to continue to use the original site.

At this time, a young lady in red who was sitting next to Changyi spoke up: "His Royal Highness, I heard that there were various regulations for recruiting students in the academy, for example, only the daughters of officials above the sixth grade were recruited, and the number of places was also limited. I don't know this time. After the relocation, are the rules for recruiting students still the same as before?"

The person who said this was Wu Qi, the second daughter of Wu Ruyun, the prime minister of Yushi. She was born with a pair of flying phoenix eyes, and she has a very sassy temperament.

Teng Yuyi met Wu Qi in the Daming Palace in her previous life. At that time, Wu Qi, like her, was also on the selection list for the crown princess. Wu Qi seemed to love vermilion very much. She wore a red dress when she had an audience with the empress in Daming Palace, and today she wore a pomegranate red flower and bird gold silk pattern sarong skirt.

Chang Yi said to Wu Qi: "I don't know too well either. Grandfather and Grandmother have always disliked these pedantic rules, but the new academy is only so big, if people don't refuse, the academy will be overwhelmed. So I guess the number of people is limited, at most one hundred and eighty people."

Everyone has different complexions. The women's academy of the imperial court has always intended to choose relatives for the royal family. Entering the academy means that they may be accused of marriage by the imperial court, and other aristocratic families are fine. Speaking of the royal family's children... Today's saints do not fill the inner palace, and there are few brothers and nephews. Only the crown prince, second prince, Lin Chengyou and Chun'an county king are really at the age of marriage.

The faces of the girls are slowly covered with red clouds.

Teng Yuyi frowned secretly, who would want to be accused of marriage by the court? Her marriage can only be decided by herself, grandpa must have heard the news long ago, and when he returns to Chang'an tomorrow, he has to ask grandpa.

Suddenly felt the ship shake slightly, Chang Yi and Ah Zhi asked what happened.

The palace people came in and said with a smile: "The Queen and His Highness the Crown Prince have also come to the Shisha Lake. His Highness ordered people to hang a crossword lantern on the shore, saying that we will play crossword puzzles tonight."

Chang Yi and Ah Zhi cheered immediately: "Please get the boat close to Yanxia Terrace, and set up a barbecue rack in the house by the way, Brother Ah has been fishing for so long, there should be a lot of fish in the fish basket Already, I will let the prince and elder brother grill the fish for us later."

As soon as the words came out, the people in the cabin also stood up, Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan got out of the cabin, Lin Chengyou and Lu Zhaoan were no longer on the deck, and saw Du Shaotang head-on, Du Shaotang looked for something in the crowd with his head held high, Seeing Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan suddenly, he relaxed and walked against the crowd to meet them.

"Sister, Cousin Yu."

Teng Yuyi's heart moved. It seemed that Shaotang had listened to her words. Shaotang must have paid attention to the conversation between Lu Zhaoan and Lin Chengyou when there were people coming and going on the deck.

Sure enough, as soon as they landed, Du Shaotang pulled Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan aside, and whispered, "I heard a few words of what Lin Chengyou said to Lu Zhaoan. He asked Lu Zhaoan if he knew Hu Jizhen well." /

Du Tinglan was going to wipe his younger brother's sweat with a handkerchief, but when he heard this, he paused: "Hu Jizhen?"

"You should have seen him in Prince Cheng's Mansion. He is a classmate of our Zijian and a member of Princess Jingde's Four Seasons Poetry Club."

Teng Yuyi said in surprise: "It turned out to be him. Sister, do you still remember that last time we encountered corpse evil in Chengwang's mansion, you and I distributed the talismans of Qingyun Temple to everyone. Lu Zhaoan and this Mr. Hu were originally They shared one, but when the corpse evil came, Lu Zhaoan snatched the talisman and ran for his own life, causing Mr. Hu to be caught by the puppet ordered by the corpse evil, and almost lost his life."

Speaking of this, she was extremely regretful, although she took advantage of the chaos to kick Lu Zhaoan back to the flower hall, Lu Zhaoan only suffered minor injuries.

Besides, she originally thought that Mr. Hu would definitely complain about Lu Zhaoan's character after leaving the mansion, so she asked Cheng Bo to pay attention to the Hu family's movements, but after a few days, no one in Chang'an talked about it, and no one talked about it. I don't know if Hu Ji was really frightened by the corpse evil, or if he was too honest to reveal Lu Zhaoan's true colors openly.

"I remember him." Du Tinglan asked Du Shaotang, "What's wrong with Mr. Hu?"

Du Shaotang said: "Ji Zhen didn't come to school in the first few days. I heard that he was sick. I have a good friendship with him. I even asked some classmates to visit him at his house. His grandfather is a member of the Ministry of War. His family lives in Yiningfang. The servants in his mansion said that Ji Zhen’s injury has been healed up long ago, but Ji Zhen went out with friends for a few days, and suddenly fell ill when he came back. His parents were very anxious. No, I was trying to find a way to ask someone to invite Feng Yu from Shangyao Bureau. Just now when Lin Chengyou suddenly mentioned Hu Jizhen, Lu Zhaoan's face changed."

Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan looked at each other, Lin Chengyou would not bring up irrelevant people for no reason, and with Lu Zhaoan's city, he would not lose his composure in front of others casually.

Teng Yuyi hurriedly asked: "What did Lin Chengyou say?"

Du Shaotang recalled the situation just now: "Lin Chengyou said that the princess wanted to set up the Four Seasons Poetry Club, and asked Lu Zhaoan if he had any good suggestions. When talking about these people in the poetry club, Lin Chengyou said that Hu Jizhen had a strange disease. He asked Did Lu Zhaoan know about this, Lu Zhaoan said he didn't know, but his face suddenly became ugly."

Teng Yuyi became more interested. Judging from this, Lin Chengyou suspected that Hu Jizhen's strange illness was related to Lu Zhaoan.

But this is too unbelievable. She was the only one who saw that Lu Zhaoan abandoned Hu Jizhen that night. Hu Jizhen didn't say anything about it. Almost no one in Chang'an knew about it. According to the friendship between the two, Mr. Hu suddenly fell ill. I shouldn't suspect Lu Zhaoan, and I don't know what Lin Chengyou found out...

"What else did Lin Chengyou ask?"

Du Shaotang thought for a while, then shook his head and said: "Nothing else, just ask Lu Zhaoan if he is still used to eating and lodging after coming to Chang'an. Lu Zhaoan was only a little strange when he heard Hu Jizhen. It's quite calm."

Worry welled up in his eyes: "Speaking of Ji Zhen, he is very straightforward, and sometimes he is too serious, but as long as you get along with him for a long time, you will know that he has a pure nature, and his classmates like him very much." Otherwise, he wouldn't have made a special trip to visit him at his residence, but it's a pity that I couldn't see him last time, and I don't know how he is doing now."

Du Tinglan was puzzled: "Didn't you see Mr. Hu last time?"

"His servants said that Ji Zhen's face was terribly sick, and he was afraid of scaring us, so they wouldn't let us go in and see him."

"Terribly sick?" Teng Yuyi was taken aback. During this period of time, she had checked Lu Zhaoan's details to the bottom. Father, his family has plummeted. Over the years, he and his widowed mother depended on each other for life, and almost sold all the property in the family in order to study.

This time when he went to Beijing to take the exam, Lu Zhaoan heard that he was already heavily in debt. If he could go to high school, Lu's mother and son would be able to survive.

However, no matter in the previous life or in this life, Lu Zhaoan won the first prize in one fell swoop, and in order to become an official as soon as possible, he abandoned his cousin without hesitation and climbed up to Zheng Shuangyin, the daughter of Prime Minister Zheng Pushe.

She had suspected that the tree demon was recruited by Lu Zhaoan to deal with her cousin, but Cheng Bo and the others had sent people to watch Lu Zhaoan for a long time, and they had never seen Lu Zhaoan deal with evil heretics.

Now this Hu Jizhen, who knows Lu Zhaoan's character well, suffers from a strange disease...

"Sister." Teng Yuyi asked Du Tinglan in a low voice, "When you were in Yangzhou with Lu Zhaoan, did you ever see him behave differently?"

Du Tinglan frightened and thought about it for a while, shook his head and said: "I only know that he is very hardworking. Apart from studying hard day and night, he only associates with literati in Yangzhou city on weekdays. I don't see anything wrong with him."

Teng Yuyi fell into deep thought. Lu Zhaoan came to Chang'an in October last year. At that time, his cousin was infatuated with him. Lu Zhaoan's fame was not yet determined, and his cousin's reasoning was still of value to him.

Could it be that Lu Zhaoan predicted that he would be in high school a few months ago? It was too unbelievable.

The palace servants came over and said, "Miss Teng, Mistress Du, His Royal Highness is looking for you."

Teng Yuyi's eyes moved, and she touched her forehead and was about to call her sick, but the palace servant laughed and said: "Your Highness said that Lady Teng has a small sword that can ward off evil spirits. The queen is very interested, and people ask where is Lady Teng?" .”

The three of them were startled. Teng Yuyi couldn't pretend to be ill, so he had to go to Yanxia Terrace with the palace servants to meet the queen.

After walking a few steps, Du Shaotang turned his head to talk to Teng Yuyi, and was startled suddenly: "Cousin Yu, what happened to your face?"

Du Tinglan turned her head when she heard the sound, and saw Teng Yuyi's creamy face covered with little red spots for a moment, she panicked: "What's going on?"

Teng Yuyi scratched her face in doubt: "I was a little uncomfortable when I was blowing the wind on the boat before. I just felt itchy and unbearable. It's much better this time. What's wrong with my face?"

"It seems to have suffered from a wind disease, and there are many small rashes all of a sudden. Don't scratch it, and be careful to leave marks." Du Tinglan took Teng Yuyi's hand distressedly, "What should I do? Father-in-law, Zhuangzi can Is there any Fengyu?"

The palace man said anxiously: "There is a female medical officer beside the queen, go and see the queen first, just let the medical officer give Lady Teng a good look."

The palace man said this, but he felt sorry for Teng Yuyi in his heart. The empress clearly intended to look at the lady for the two brothers. Lady Teng was beautiful. In order not to startle the highnesses, he could only cover his face with a veil.

"Teng Niangzi, use the handkerchief to block it first."

Teng Yuyi looked at the Yanxia Terrace while taking the handkerchief, and just happened to see the prince and his party entering. Recalling the scene in the previous life, she doesn't want to have anything to do with the prince in this life. A little bit can cause a rash, although it can only last for a few hours, it is enough.

As a matter of course, she covered her face with a veil, planning to excuse her illness and leave after seeing the queen.

Only walking to the shore, I saw a few young palace people coming from a distance leading a beautiful red horse. The horse's hoofs were like snow, and its mane was as shiny as satin. Knowing that it is an extremely rare famous horse, I couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

Du Shaotang was also very surprised: "Why did you suddenly bring a horse here?"

The palace man smiled and said: "His Royal Highness brought it from the palace this morning, and said it was for a reward."

***

The lights in the Yanxia Terrace are as bright as day, and everyone has already taken their seats. The queen sat at the top, with Changyi and Azhi beside her.

There are two tortoiseshell six-curved screens on the east side, and in front of the screens sit the king of Chun'an, the crown prince and Lin Chengyou in turn.

In front of Lin Chengyou stood a red clay stove with a copper wire grill on it, and in the bamboo basket beside the stove were a few silvery live fish, which seemed to have been caught earlier,

Changyi and Azhi looked at the grill expectantly. The fish grilled on the grill was half-cooked and was sizzling with oil. Sitting in front of the grill, it was unavoidably smoky. The night wind blew away the smell of oil, and there was no good charcoal used in the stove, so there was not even a wisp of smoke in the water pavilion.

In order to let the two younger sisters eat fish as soon as possible, the prince fanned Lin Chengyou half-jokingly.

The female official directed the young master and the ladies to visit the queen. The queen asked, "Where are the two granddaughters of Old General Peng? I heard they are twins. There are too many people during the day, so I can take a closer look." "

Peng Huayue and Peng Jinxiu came forward to bow in fear: "My daughter, see Your Highness the Queen."

The queen is always funny, and while looking at the two of them, she said: "The shorter one is sister Huayue, and the taller one is sister Jinxiu. You guessed right? It seems that I have good eyesight."

Suddenly remembered something again, and asked: "Everyone in the east of Zhejiang Province knows that the daughter of General Li, the soldier and horse envoy, has heard that she is talented in poetry. Is she here today?"

Li Huaigu left the meeting with lowered eyes, and bowed before the case: "My daughter, Li Sanniang, has seen Her Majesty the Empress."

The queen's eyes lit up. The child was beautiful and well-dressed. Standing in the shadow of the lamp, he looked like a magnolia in full bloom.

She thought of those rumors about the child's ability to predict good and bad, and she couldn't help shaking her head secretly. Li Guangyuan has made great achievements many times, and he has such an outstanding daughter under his knees. Those people are afraid that the Li family will gain power, so they can come up with such rumors.

"Get up." The queen asked Li Huaigu, "Your name is Sanniang? Do you have a famous name?"

While talking in this room, Lin Chengyou patiently grilled fish in that room.

Smoke came up in bursts, making his eyes hurt, but it was just what he wanted, the ointment he brought was almost used up, and he couldn't find any ointment, so he had to apply some ointment Teng Yuyi gave him Unexpectedly, the smell of the ointment was not only pungent, but also lingering for a long time. No matter where he went this afternoon, he would attract concerned inquiries. He uniformly replied that it was Yu Fengyu's new ointment, but it was inevitable that he would be upset if he was asked too many questions.

This smoke has been smoked for a long time, maybe it can cover up the smell of medicine on his body.

Li Huaigu returned to the queen and said: "If you go back to your highness, the minister's daughter's name is 'Huaigu', which means 'Huaiyang Yonggu'. Because there are two older sisters, her nickname is Sanniang."

The queen is still waiting for further questions, and the palace servants lead people in: "Mrs. Teng, Mrs. Du and Mrs. Du are here."

The queen looked at the three of them, and secretly praised the children of Tendu's family for their excellence. When the three of them approached, she hurriedly said in a warm voice: "Excuse me. Hey, what's wrong with this child's face?"

Lin Chengyou couldn't help looking up, Teng Yuyi had a water-colored handkerchief tied on her cheek, only her forehead and a pair of watery eyes were exposed, and her forehead was covered with small red and swollen rashes. appearance.

He looked at her suspiciously, she was fine last night, why did she suddenly swell into dough, and it was still white dough covered with red spots.

The crown prince and Chun'an County King heard that she was Teng Shao's daughter, so they had already cast their eyes on Teng Yuyi, and they were a little surprised at first glance. This appearance is really scary.

The palace man hurriedly said: "Ms. Teng had a red rash on her face just after getting off the boat, as if she had suffered from a wind disease. I was afraid that I would startle the empress, so I had to cover it with a handkerchief."

The queen worriedly said to the female officer behind her: "Show Madam Teng quickly, although the weather is getting warmer, after all, it is not yet summer, and the lake wind has been blowing for a long time, and the weak cannot help it."

Teng Yuyi said with a sigh of relief: "Madam Lao is concerned, my daughter will get rubella once a year, so it's not a big problem."

The female officer came over to take Teng Yuyi's pulse, and said it would be no problem, she wrote a prescription for the empress to look at, and sent it to the chef for decoction.

The queen called Teng Yuyi and Du Tinglan to come closer, but it was a pity that Teng Yuyi's appearance suddenly changed, and she couldn't take a good look at it. Fortunately, Du Tinglan was as gentle as a beautiful jade, which really made people happy.

She looked at the two sisters carefully, and finally took Teng Yuyi's hand and said: "Your mother is about the same age as me. When she was not married, we often played together. Looking at your eyes, they are similar to Teng Yuyi's." Your aunt looks very similar. How long have you been in Chang'an? Are you still used to it?"

She has a friendly attitude and treats Teng Yu differently from others.

Teng Yuyi suddenly felt countless gazes cast from all directions.

She had dealt with Empress Liu a few times in her previous life, and she knew that Empress Liu was approachable, so she replied with a smile: "Mother Hui, I have been in Chang'an for almost a month, and I am used to eating and living."

The empress nodded in satisfaction: "Don't be careless. Although this illness is a superficial matter, you need to pay special attention to your diet. You will take care of it these few days. If you feel unwell, go back to your room to rest."

Teng Yuyi was about to resign, but Changyi said enthusiastically, "Miss Teng, just now when we talked about evil spirits, Ah Zhi said that you have a small sword that can ward off evil spirits, and you used it to drive away evil spirits last time?"

Teng Yuyi leaned back: "If you go back to Your Highness, this sword is not so magical. Last time, it was able to drive back the evil spirits, all because of the protection of the talisman of Qingyun Temple."

Changyi and Azhi looked at each other: "That being said, it's not common to use emeralds to make swords. Azhi and I have been curious for a long time, can Madam Teng show us a look?

Lin Chengyou's eyelids twitched, that sword had just soaked in his bath soup last night, and the bath beans in the bath soup were especially uncommon.

He waved the smoke in front of him, as if he wanted to say something else, but Teng Yuyi calmly took out the small sword from his sleeve and handed it to the palace servant beside him, saying humbly: "I'm afraid I can't get into the vulgar things." Your Highness's eyes."

The palace man presented the sword up, Changyi and Azhi carefully played with it for a while, then handed the sword to their mother: "Miss Teng, where did you get this sword?"

Teng Yuyi said: "This is my aunt's belongings. Before I came to Chang'an, I accidentally found it when I was sorting out the boxes. I only carried it with me because I missed my mother."

Chang Yi and Ah Zhi asked Lin Chengyou again: "Brother, have you heard of such an emerald sword?"

Lin Chengyou smiled: "I've never heard of it. Since this thing is a beloved thing, it's no fun if it breaks. Give it back to others. If you want to play with the Taoist magic weapon, my brother will collect it for you." Already."

Chang Yi and A Zhi cheered up: "Okay, we also need the kind that can recognize the Lord."

Teng Yuyi sneaked towards Lin Chengyou, she naturally knew why he was covering her for her, in fact, there was no scent of his bath beans on the sword, after Xiaoya recovered his spiritual power, he refused to stay in the sword honestly , I ran out to ask her for a drink in the morning, and now the sword is full of the aroma of Sangluo wine.

The empress asked the palace servants to lead Teng and Du to their seats, and turned around to find that Li Huaigu was still standing beside him. She was only focused on talking to the Teng family's child, but forgot about the child, so she said with a smile, "Go back and sit down." .”

Li Huaigu responded softly, and stepped back to the table.

Changyi and Azhi asked Lin Chengyou: "Brother, you have heard the story of Chen Erniang. What kind of monster stole the fetus?"

Lin Chengyou: "You can't hear anything just by listening to the story. My brother didn't see the couple's corpses with his own eyes, and Tongzhou is not far from Chang'an. If there is something weird about this case, it should have been reported to Dali Temple Here we come, in my opinion, either the culprit has already been caught by the local state capital, or the rumors are somewhat distorted."

A Zhi's round eyes were full of doubts, and he tilted his head and thought for a while: "Then when it was Mr. Xu's turn to talk about tricks, he said that there was a man in the countryside who ran into many monsters within a year. Say that this kind of thing is unlikely to happen?"

Lin Chengyou strung a new fish on a bamboo stick, and answered his sister patiently: "Monsters are born in different places, and the pictures are different. Humans are born with the yin and yang of heaven and earth, and they have their own universe to protect each other." , there is a saying called 'Secret but bright, if you are not very happy', no matter how unlucky a person is, there is no reason to run into monsters one after another, understand."

When the words spread to the next part, a young man wearing a golden crown blushed and said, "His Royal Highness, Xu never lied. The person I'm talking about is a relative from our hometown. Passage technique, one year suddenly encountered many evil spirits, not to mention the inexplicable death, even the tomb was struck by lightning after death, but this happened more than ten years ago, and now I can still see the half of the person's grave in my hometown What about the tombstone?"

Lin Chengyou said with a smile: "Young Master Xu misunderstood. I'm not saying that you are lying, but that this kind of thing rarely happens, and if it happens, the person probably has something wrong with him. Either he is practicing sorcery, or his fate is wrong. Acting against the sky and reason will inevitably lead to bad luck, and it is not surprising that it will attract more evil spirits in a year with abnormal celestial phenomena."

Every time he said a word, the sweat on Teng Yuyi's back increased.

The person Mr. Xu mentioned must have been born by fate like her, but in the end he couldn't escape the bad luck, not to mention that even the tombstone was struck by lightning.

Will it be so miserable... The smile on her face can hardly be maintained, and hearing Lin Chengyou's tone, it is obvious that she is very disdainful of the technique of borrowing life.

She quietly touched the dumbbell on her wrist. It only needs to ring again, and Lin Chengyou is bound to be suspicious of her origin. The person who borrowed his life.

I only regret that Lin Chengyou couldn't take it off after helping her for a long time that day, and I don't know how long the bell will stay on her wrist.

Inadvertently looked up, and saw the queen staring at the Xuanyin bell on her wrist, Teng Yuyi's heart tightened, this thing is a rare treasure of Qingyun Temple, could it be that the queen saw something, subconsciously wanted to hang down her sleeves , and knew that doing so would be a guilty conscience.

Lin Chengyou took a look at the queen, and said to Azhi and Changyi suddenly: "Stop pestering brother about these things, didn't you just say that you want to help your aunt name the academy?"

The queen came back to her senses, the string of small golden bells on Teng Yuyi's wrist was inexplicably familiar, and she had seen it somewhere in the "Wuji Treasure Mirror" of Qingyun Temple, but because it was too long, I couldn't remember it for a while up.

Probably misremembered, how could things from Qingyun Temple get on Lady Teng's wrist, it's not uncommon for the little lady to use bells as ornaments, maybe it's just similar.

When Lin Chengyou interrupted her, her interest shifted to the proposed name: "The little lady at the banquet can also help you think about it. As long as you come up with a good name that is ingenious, I will give you something good."

Everyone is refreshed, and it would be such an honor to receive a gift from the queen.

The female officer took out the presents prepared by the queen. The first dish contained a medicine bottle and a horsewhip inlaid with agate and pearls; However, it is also extremely rare. It is a piece of bone-penetrating yarn and a few tins of high-quality snails.

The queen was full of interest: "The child who can come up with a first-class name must have a beautiful heart. In addition to rewarding her with this bottle of Yuyan Pill, I will also give her a thousand-mile little red horse. The second and third This file is only used as the name of the house in the academy, but each has its own reward. Children can do whatever they want, it is good to be selected, and it is not necessarily bad if they are not selected."

The banquet was buzzing, the bottle of medicine was actually Yuyan Pill, I heard that this medicine is the holy product of Zhurong, no wonder its weight is more than that pair of white jade bracelets.

Teng Yuyi stared at the whip, she had wanted to find a famous horse for a long time, and the little red horse on the shore was so beautiful, now she could get it at her fingertips, such a famous horse, even Cheng Bo They may not be able to find them.

The King of Chun'an County looked towards the shore through the window and asked the prince, "Ah Qi, did you choose that little red horse?"

Lin Chengyou sighed: "It's mine."

The prince smiled and shook his head: "Uncle Tang, I don't know. In order to draw up a name for the academy, Auntie began to choose gifts in the first few days. She finally drew up a few files, but she felt that Yuyan Pill was not fresh enough, so she wanted to do it again. Add a small thousand-mile horse suitable for women to ride, but all the famous horses in the palace with smaller physiques have now become the mounts of Changyi and Azhi, and it is too late to buy them again. A thousand li little red horse came, and A Niang forced Ah Da to donate the horse."

The crowd became more and more eager to try. This horse was personally selected by Prince Cheng, and was caught by the queen's eyes. Needless to say, it must be a good horse.

The ladies of the court handed out the paper to each case.

Du Tinglan has always been quiet and not very interested in competing for treasures. She sat quietly for a while, intending to write a random name and submit it, but Teng Yuyi tugged at her lapel on the case.

Du Tinglan was puzzled.

Teng Yuyi wrote in her hand: Buddha.

Du Tinglan: What does that mean.

Teng Yuyi added: The Queen bowed to the Buddha.

Du Tinglan suddenly understood that Ayu was reminding her to draw up a name that would please the Queen.

She has always had a keen mind, and she immediately thought that her uncle has a large army in his hands, and recently there has been a change of officials inside and outside the court. This sudden "rubella", but looking at this posture, Ayu clearly wants to win the first prize...

Du Tinglan can't laugh or cry, you don't want to be noticed by the queen, so you ask your sister to help you?

Teng Yu nodded confidently.

Du Tinglan was a little embarrassed, and she didn't want to make such a move, but before she could wink at her sister, a thought came to her mind, Grandpa is just a doctor of imperial education in the Imperial College, and she can't be the candidate for the crown princess. Even if she won the first class, she would not be favored by the queen because of this, Ayu had thought of everything.

She twisted Teng Yuyi's arm helplessly, you.

Since the younger sister wants it, the older sister can only help to seek it. Du Tinglan thought about it carefully, and solemnly wrote two words on the paper: Xiangxiang.

Teng Yuyi's eyes were full of smiles, and he wrote casually on his note paper: Xingyuan.

The two handed the paper to the female officer together.

When everyone was in line, the female officials began to read their names one by one. The queen listened carefully and looked around happily: "What do you think?"

Everyone discussed and agreed that three names were the best: Dongyou, Zimu, and Tanli.

The queen asked: "Who proposed these names?"

A certain little lady bowed: "If you go back to Your Highness, the 'self-shepherd' was drawn up by a court lady."

Wu Qi also got up: "The word 'Tanli' was taken by the courtier. Liezi has a saying: 'The pearl of a husband's daughter must be in the abyss of nine layers and Lilong's jaw." According to the appearance of the courtier's daughter In my opinion, knowledge is like a 'thousand-gold pearl', and reading is like 'exploring the li to get the pearl'."

The queen clapped her hands: "It's quite ingenious. 'Zimu' is simple and connotative, and 'Exploring Li' is so powerful that it's rare to have any makeup."

Ask again: "Who drafted Journey to the East?"

Zheng Shuangyin stood up: "The word 'East Journey' was drawn up by a courtier, and it is taken from the allusion of 'The cloud will meet Hongmeng',"

The queen snorted: "Yunjiang's pursuit of knowledge, from 'not knowing what to ask, not knowing where to go' to 'answering questions', is exactly in line with the purpose of the academy. The word 'East Journey' is especially suitable for today. It is a rare and good name for the prosperous scene of all nations coming to court."

Everyone looked at Zheng Shuangyin with admiration, it seemed that this first-class gift was going to her.

Lin Chengyou glanced at Teng Yuyi, her eyes were so bright just now, she made it clear that she wanted to get Yuyan Dan into her bag, but she didn't even get in the top three because she chose a bad name.

Even if she didn't want to be famous, why didn't even Du Tinglan move?

She has such a clear mind, doesn't she know that her aunt worships Buddha?

Look at her rash, if you don't think about it, the medicine pill will belong to others.

He took off the dagger at his waist to pick the fish bones, picked twice and then stopped. For the sake of her giving him the medicine last night, he tried his best to think of an idea for her. So he put the grilled fish on the plate calmly, and wanted to invite Ah Zhi to come over and talk.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the queen pointed to the other two pieces of paper on the desk, and asked with a smile, "Which two young ladies took the word 'Xiangxiang'?"

When Du Tinglan heard that her name was not chosen, she shook Teng Yuyi's hand regretfully, but Teng Yuyi always had a plan in mind. I won't look down on those two words.

As soon as the queen said this, Teng Yuyi's smile froze, the two of you? Besides her and her cousin, who else thought of this name?

Du Tinglan got up to answer, just happened to Li Huaigu also got up at the same time, the two looked at each other in astonishment, and then smiled again.

Queen: "Why do you remember this name?"

Du Tinglan said softly: "Back to your mother's words, there is a saying in the "Upasaka Precepts Sutra": Like the water of the Ganges, three beasts cross together, rabbits, horses, and fragrant elephants. Rabbits do not reach the bottom, but float through the water; horses or To the bottom, or not to the bottom; the image is to the bottom - it can be seen that the fragrance image can understand the Tao, all in the word "to the bottom", the enlightenment has a depth, and the study is the same. You should 'sink your heart to the bottom of your heart'."

The crown prince has been paying attention to Teng Yuyi. When he was training in Teng Shao's army, he often saw General Teng take out some copybooks that his daughter had silently written at home. General Teng seemed to miss his daughter very much. hour.

The characters are very grand, but unfortunately they are not neat enough. The teacher clearly drew the frame, but the characters refused to stay in the frame honestly, either flying to the side, or crooked like a tadpole. Grandpa is angry, in short, he looks like an unruly child.

This reminded him of Ah Da. When he was young, he and Ah Da went to the Chongwen Museum to study together, and Ah Da was also so mischievous.

Ever since he saw Teng Yuyi's handwriting, he has been very curious about Teng Yuyi's handwriting. The handwriting is like this. I don't know how lively and weird people can be. Today, I got my wish. It's a pity that Mrs. Teng had rubella suddenly, and I couldn't even see her appearance clearly.

Hearing Du Tinglan's words, the prince turned his eyes to Du Tinglan. There are many people who love to read Buddhist scriptures, but most of them only know how to copy them. This Mrs. Du is not very old, but she understands all the allusions in Buddhist scriptures. , seeing that she is as gentle as orchid, she should be a person with kind thoughts at all times.

Li Huaigu smiled: "What Mrs. Du said is exactly what I think."

"It's rare for the two of you to have such ingenious ideas. Not only studying, but all kinds of knowledge in the world." The queen was full of enthusiasm, "'Xiangxiang' Academy... What do you think?"

Everyone knew that the name was taken from the Queen's heart, and hurriedly said: "This name is elegant and graceful, with profound meaning, and it should be the crown of the night."

Changyi said: "Aniang, what should I do now, there are two female talents who have thought of first-class good names, but Yuyandan and Xiaohongju only have one each."

Ladies and gentlemen: "His Royal Highness has prepared carefully, and it is not easy to add other treasures at the moment, why don't you ask Mrs. Du and Mrs. Li to get what they need?"

Teng Yuyi felt like a cat was scratching her head, but it was a pity that Li Huaigu was thinking about such a good name. Of course she wanted the little red horse more, but she still had a "rash" on her face, which in the eyes of others In this case, it is obvious that Yuyan Dan is more tempting to her. If she encourages sister to beat around the bush to get a famous horse, she may accidentally show her feet.

Right now we can only see how Li Huaigu chooses.

Li Huaigu spoke earnestly: "It is the luck of a courtier's daughter to be gifted by the queen. Rongchen daughter dared to say that there is only one bottle of Yuyan Dan. Lady Du and Lady Teng are sisters again. The lady has rubella on her face, so she needs this bottle of elixir more than the courtiers."

The queen nodded, Li Niangzi was weak, even if she won a thousand-mile horse, she could only give it to her father and brother. She thought she wanted Yuyan Pill more, but she took the initiative to give the medicine away.

"Miss Du, what do you think."

Du Tinglan only thought that her younger sister wanted Yuyan Pill, and Li Huaigu's words were just what she wanted, so she also said: "Everything is under the arrangement of Her Royal Highness the Queen."

Lin Chengyou was really surprised. He thought that Teng Yuyi would not be able to hide his joy after winning Yuyan Pill, but her eyes were actually calm.

Strange, didn't she want Yuyan Pill, but the little red horse instead?

The horse just came from Dawan Kingdom, and it is easy to travel thousands of miles a day. Although he is used to seeing famous horses, this is the first time he has seen such an exquisite Chollima. Teng Yuyi's temper is different from ordinary girls. It's not surprising at first glance.

The queen turned her head and asked Lin Chengyou and others: "What do you guys think?"

Lin Chengyou smiled and said, "Auntie, there is still a bottle of Saussurea Pill in the temple. The rareness is not under the Yuyan Pill."

The queen smiled slightly, this child is smart to the core, since it is a gift from the royal family, it seems awkward to unwrap the reward, it is easy to say with the snow lotus pill, just add another good horse.

The king of Chun'an county leisurely put down the teacup: "Sister-in-law, Nanzhao Kingdom has presented a batch of fine horses to the father-in-law to celebrate his birthday, and they are now kept in the stables. I will go to Gu Xian later for my younger brother and ask him Pick another one that is smaller."

The queen nodded secretly, the crown prince of Nanzhao Kingdom is also a good picker of horses, this is all right, Mrs. Du and Mrs. Li are still each rewarded in the same way.

"Then there is Lao Minlang."

The Prince of Chun'an lowered his eyes and bowed his body.

Everyone is more and more envious.

The queen said with a smile, "Did you hear that? Yuyan Dan is for Lady Du, and Snow Lotus Pill is for Lady Li. As for the two horses, the little red horse on the bank is for Lady Li. They were picked by the Nanzhao Kingdom." That horse will be given to Lady Du."

Li Huaigu and Du Tinglan attended the thank you.

The queen rewarded Zheng Shuangyin and the others with the second and third treasures respectively, and ordered the banquet to leave.

When passing by the shore, Teng Yuyi regretfully watched the palace people lead the horse away. It was in vain that she had put so much thought into it, and this lovely little red horse belonged to someone else.

***

After breakfast the next day, Mrs. Du took Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi to pack their bags and came out. On the way, they met Li Huaigu's mother and daughter, and the two families left Yueming Tower together.

The horses and chariots at the gate of the villa are in parallel, and there are calf carts from various prefectures coming out one after another.

On the corner gate on the east side, there are several young palace men in yellow clothes leading two horses waiting for their new owners. One horse has a mane as red as a flame, and it is the little red horse from last night. The other body is like purple satin, and the horse is not under the red horse.

Teng Yuyi looked at the two famous horses through the curtain hat. It seemed that the purple horse was another thousand-mile horse selected by the King of Chun'an and the Prince of Nanzhao last night.

Although it is matched by this excellent purple horse, she still thinks that the red horse is more beautiful, and the red horse seems to be more cheerful, standing in front of others, it seems that Lin Chengyou cherished this horse very much, even the saddle is unique Different, the white jade saddle with black brocade is particularly dazzling under the sun.

Teng Yuyi sighed sadly, famous saddles are easy to find, but famous horses are hard to find, even if Cheng Bo went to pick and buy them himself, he might not be able to find ones of similar quality.

The palace man led the two horses over, and happily said: "You two young ladies, accept the reward."

The elders of the Li and Du families were about to bow their heads to thank them, and the palace servants hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness has already ordered you not to kneel down. Your Highness also said that if the two ladies are too weak to ride horses, they can pass them on to your father and brother." , don’t need to worry about it, as long as you make the best use of it.”

"The red horse is for Mrs. Li, and the purple horse is for Mrs. Du." Another palace maid smiled and handed out the reins.

Li Huaigu seemed to show his respect for the queen's gift, and took the reins of the red horse with his own hands. Unexpectedly, the red horse broke free from the reins and came towards Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi.

Li Huaigu froze in place.

The palace servants were startled, and hurried to drag the horse's reins, but the little red horse walked around Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi on its own, looking at it slowly, but couldn't catch it no matter what.

At first, Teng Yuyi thought the little red horse was naughty, but the more she looked at it, the more she didn't feel it. It looks like something delicious.

At this time, the imperial chariot of the emperor and empress came out from the main gate, and the crown prince and Lin Chengyou rode around to accompany them.

All the princes turned their heads and saw the situation at the east side gate, they were both funny and surprised: "This little red horse has a good temper."

The palace people were afraid that the emperor's imperial chariot would be frightened, so they had no choice but to go forward and report: "This horse suddenly became stubborn...I can't hold it for life or death, but the servants and servants should ask a few more people to tie this horse to Li's residence. Go?"

The sage asked in the car: "Is this the red flame horse of Ah Da?"

The queen said helplessly: "No, it's just as naughty as its original owner. It was supposed to be given to Li Guangyuan's daughter, and this should make the Li family unable to come down. Ah Da, you raised it, what do you say? Do it."

Lin Chengyou said with a smile on the horse: "It's wrong, this horse was very obedient when it was in the hands of my nephew. My nephew went over to ask what happened to it."

He got off his horse and quickly walked to Li and Du's family. The two families saluted one after another: "His Royal Highness."

Lin Chengyou nodded, whistled, and the little red horse ran towards him happily.

Lin Chengyou touched the little red horse's mane: "It doesn't grow, but its temper is getting bigger every day. Let's go, go where you should go."

As he spoke, he pulled the rein and led the horse towards Li Huaigu himself.

Li Huaigu's skirt moved slightly, and he stepped aside gently: "Your Majesty."

Lin Chengyou approached her, and was about to hand the reins to the servant beside her, when he didn't pay attention, the little red horse turned around and ran towards Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi.

Lin Chengyou pretended to whistle several times, but the horse was still disobedient, either returning to his side for a kiss, or walking around Du Tinglan and Teng Yuyi, and refused to go to Li's house anyway.

Everyone couldn't help laughing: "This horse is going to choose its own owner?"

The prince said to the queen: "Aniang, this horse has not been with Ah Da for long, so he probably doesn't know the habits of this horse."

Lin Chengyou had no choice but to return to the horse: "Auntie, I can't do anything about it. Anyway, the two horses are about the same in quality, or give the Li family the purple rooster and the red flame rooster." The Du family."

The Prince of Chun'an took a meaningful look at Lin Chengyou.

The queen does not doubt that he is there: "Forget it, all things have spirits, since the little stubborn horse has found a master by itself, let it go."

Therefore, the two horses switched places, Ziguangliu was owned by Li Huaigu, and Chiyanzi was given to Du Tinglan.

***

It was already afternoon when Teng Yuyi and his party returned to Chang'an.

The three siblings went back to their rooms, changed their clothes, and excitedly went to the stables to look at the little red horse.

As soon as the horse entered the mansion, it was handed over to the steward who took care of the horses. After entering the mansion, the little red horse was unexpectedly obedient, ate fodder, drank water, and lazily basked in the sun in the stable.

Teng Yuyi asked the steward to release the pony, and walked around it happily: "I'm still worried that it will be stubborn again."

Wherever she went, the pony's nose followed.

Du Shaotang snorted: "I thought it liked Aunt Sister, but looking at it now, it seems that it likes Cousin Yu."

Du Tinglan tried to hold the little red horse, but she couldn't hold it, she wondered: "It really is."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on." Teng Yuyi slowly took out a bag of Shi Dongchun from her armband. Apart from her usual sachet, she only carried this bag of wine today. The smell of wine smelled on her, so he kept moving towards her.

She patted the little red horse's neck: "Little horse, are you also hungry for wine?"

As he spoke, he moved the wine bag to the little red horse. The little horse twitched its nose and sneezed loudly. Then it backed away and fled back to the stable.

Teng Yuyi froze in place, Du Tinglan and Du Shaotang looked at each other in blank dismay.

"It's not like loving wine, it's clear that you've never smelled wine before." Du Shaotang said.

Teng Yuyi was puzzled. She had never known this horse before, so there must be a reason why she liked to go to her side so much.

She wondered and looked at herself, besides the wine bag, what else could arouse the interest of a thousand-mile horse?

She took a look at the sachet at her waist, and she loved to use roses to make incense since she was a child (Note 1). This flower is rare, except for her, who rarely uses it as a fragrance, but even if the smell is unique, it will not make people feel uncomfortable. A horse looks at her differently.

"Ayu, I advise you not to think about it, everything is about fate, and horses are no exception." Du Tinglan looked at the pony gently, "I said why did you tease sister last night, so you have already fallen in love with it , now it's yours, have you thought about a name for it?"

Du Shaotang helped with an idea: "Cousin Yu, it has a red mane as bright as flames, why don't you call it Zhu'er."

Teng Yuyi walked to the stables, tiptoed and stroked the little red horse's head again.

She put her arms around the little red horse's neck, and happily put her face on it: "The name 'Zhu'er' is too common, my little red horse is unique, I have to choose a good name for it .”