Nightfall Chapter 163: Royal Banquet
Volume One Early Morning Empire Chapter 163 Royal Banquet
Listening to these words, Yu-Ning Tsao's expression changed suddenly.
Moving a table home, although it would seem a little weird to pack it to the scholar's house anyway, it is the only thing in the world, such things as rubbing... as long as there is ink and paper You can make hundreds or thousands of copies. If you really take Zhang Tuoben back, how should you explain to your brother-in-law?
He looked at the dark face of the uninvited little maid, and said with a dark face, "Who are you?"
Shui Zhuer glanced at him and knew what he wanted to do. She smiled helplessly and introduced: "The table you are going to buy is written by... Master Yan Se, but it is Ning Que's original work. This girl is Ning Que’s personal maid. To be honest, I’m afraid that she can be part of Ning Que’s home. If you really want to take something back to the house, it’s better to be polite."
Tsao Yu-ning was surprised when he heard the words, and quickly followed the kindness, politely bowed his hand to Sangsang, sincerely expressing his intentions: "Little girl, although Takuto will be precious in the future, but what I want to buy is It’s something unique."
Sangsang thought that this was the first guest after the young master became famous. He always wanted some special treatment. After thinking about it for a while, he calmly responded: "I will print it for you. If it still doesn't work, my master will ask Master Yan Se for this Rubbing signed by himself."
After saying this, she took out a seal from her arms for a long time.
Yuning Tsao stared at the seal in her hand, and asked: "This is... everyone's private seal?"
Sang Sang is very unaccustomed to being called Master Ning by people. He always feels that this is too similar to the name Jane, and frowns slightly.
After a moment of silence, Yu-Ning Tsao put forward his own terms: "Can you guarantee that only my rubbings will be printed?"
Sangsang nodded.
Cao Yu-ning raised her head, looked into her eyes, and said: "Please make an offer."
Sangsang said: "Three hundred taels."
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Tsao Yu-ning exchanged three silver tickets for a piece of paper and a bright red seal, and left the courtyard with some joy and disappointment. Shui Zhu'er and Sangsang looked at his back disappearing in the doorway, then retracted their eyes and looked at each other.
Xiao Cao smiled and hugged Shuzhuer’s plump arm, shaking and saying, "Sister Shuzhuer, just apply some ink and hammer twice with a cotton cloth to get three hundred taels of silver tickets, you But I made a fortune."
Shui Zhuer responded with a smile: "That is the first one, and only Ning Que's private seal is worth the price."
"But you can print it casually." Xiaocao said with his fingers, "This business is more cost-effective than dancing and singing."
Shui Zhu'er smiled, didn't answer anything, picked up the tea cup on the table and sipped gently, then continued to look at Sangsang.
During this time, Sangsang didn't do anything, just watched the drops of water quietly.
The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little weird.
Shui Zhuer slowly put down the tea cup, looked up at Sangsang and said with a smile: "Seven three, you seven and me three."
Sangsang rushed to the *** trick today because Ning Que specifically confessed that she must find the chicken soup post, but she didn’t expect that she was still a lot late, not to mention that the original post was already Master Yan Se took away, even the handwriting left on this table has already begun to be used as a way to make money by Shuijiaoer.
Previously, she had been quietly looking at the girl Shuizier, just to see how the other party planned to deal with the matter. At this time, listening to you, seven, me, three or four, Sangsang felt very satisfied, and smiled and nodded to the other party.
Shui Zhuer raised her sleeves to cover her lips and smiled, and said softly: "With an old table, I can easily surpass Lu Xue. When will you bring Ning Que over, I will try to be Punish, and make him happy."
Sangsang smiled, did not answer the topic, walked to the table and looked at it curiously.
After entering the hospital earlier, she only took a cursory look. At this time, it was the first time she saw the original text of the chicken soup post. I saw this sentence that made the young master attracted by the magician and has already become famous in Kyoto. Written like this.
"Master Sangsang, I will not come back to sleep today if I am drunk. Remember to drink the leftover chicken broth stewed in the pot."
Sangsang was silent for a long time looking at the two characters at the beginning of the scribbled handwriting on the desktop, his name, and then laughed, his black cheeks full of pride and joy.
After Sangsang left the courtyard with Xiaocao, Shuijiu's close-knit maid came in, her eyes rolled, and she whispered, "Girl, although that note is indeed written by Ning Que, then The table is ours, and Master Yan Se is also the Yaxing who moves during the night at your place. Give him some dividends to the master and servant, but the ratio of seven to three is really a disadvantage."
Shui Zhuer smiled, poke the loyal servant girl's eyebrows lightly, and said: "You, things are always so shallow, not to mention that the first two of these twenty-nine words belong to Sangsang. The name, only to say that if I have the big head, which high-ranking official in the court will take a look at it in the future, how should I refuse? Now that the big head belongs to the master and servant of Ningque, I am just a custodian. Whoever dares to force this small table will not come at me. They have passed the Ningque pass first."
The servant girl was slightly startled and understood what the girl said. She bit her lower lip lightly and said, "But girl...Isn't it a good relationship between you and Ning's father? In private, you also occasionally match your siblings, this Putting him on the table, is it a bit..."
Looking at the maid who is hesitant to speak, Shuijiu laughed, and said, "I don’t think I’m being kind, girl? I really don’t know if you are my maid or Ning Que’s maid. He has been for months. He didn’t come, but he still read him like this. Don’t worry about these things. Ning Que is now appreciated by His Majesty, and he is also a descendant of the runemaster. Not to mention that he can bully people in Chang’an City, but at least not. Who dares to bully him casually."
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***On the table next to the window in the elegant room on the second floor, there are a few refreshing snacks and two pots of fruit wine. A girl sitting by the window, looking at Sangsang who was sent out of the building by Xiaocao, smiled and said to the middle-aged guest beside her: "Have you seen that little girl? That's the little maid who lacks a master, our building The girls in here feel that she will definitely be the one in Ning Liao’s grandfather’s room in the future. If it weren’t for such an identity, how could Jane’s personal servant girls be so nice to her?"
The middle-aged guests have white eyebrows and iron complexion, which looks quite vicissitudes of life. He followed the girl’s instructions and looked out the window. After a moment of silence, he curiously asked: "This young man named Ning Que really moves in Chang'an for a day, but I don’t understand why you call him rather than his master’s name. So smooth? He was not as famous as he is today."
The girl smiled and explained softly: "Ning lack of a master is not an ordinary person... Although the girls in the building didn't know what was unusual about him before, they made the Shuijiuer feel distressed. People who make a call from a younger brother to a call from a younger brother, and a person who can make Miss Lu Xue take a special trip to dance a Huxuan during her vacation, there must always be something different."
The middle-aged customer raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in surprise: "Why is this again?"
The girl thought for a while, and found that the girls in the building really liked Ning Que, but it would be very difficult to summarize what Ning Que has to like. She shook her head and said with a smile: "From When he entered the building for the first time, everyone at Jane looked at him differently. Maybe you know something about other benefits? But just with everyone's attitude, Jane deserves to be honored by us."
The middle-aged guest smiled and stopped discussing the matter. He drank some fruit wine with the girl, talked some gossip, and left.
A *** move was made. The middle-aged man got into a carriage and instructed the coachman to walk around the city of Chang'an, making a few turns, and finally stopped somewhere in Beicheng. After he paid the car money and got off the car, he walked through two alleys and came to the back of a solemn building surrounded by green trees. He knocked on the back door and walked in.
In the study room behind Chang'an Mansion.
Shangguan Yang Yu looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and asked blankly: "It took three months to narrow down the suspect to seven people. Ning Que ranked last among the seven names. , Why do you doubt him? Is there any evidence?"
The middle-aged man, whose surname is Tie Mingying, was the head of the criminal name team in Chang'an Prefecture. He had worked in the Criminal Ministry for more than ten years and was extremely experienced in investigating cases. He hesitated while listening to the question from his boss. After a while, he said: "When Zhang Yiqi died, Ning Que was in the middle of a trick."
Shangguan Yangyu's face suddenly chilled, and he denounced: "At that time, there were hundreds of people in the *** tricks, are they all suspected!"
Tieying lowered her head and clasped her fists, and said in a deep voice, "But the subordinates feel that this person has a problem."
Shangguan Yang Yu frowned slightly, and said displeased: "How can you act on your feelings when investigating a case is bad?"
"Zhang Yiqi died outside the *** side door. At that time, he was not dealt with as a murder case. Therefore, the scene was not inspected. The people in the building did not detain for questioning. It is really difficult to find evidence."
Tieying continued and said quickly: "But if you believe my intuition about the case, please let me continue to investigate. Subordinates have been dealing with homicide cases all their lives. This case can detect problems even by sniffing. ."
Shangguan Yang Yu seemed very interested, so he asked: "What are you smelling?"
"Ning Que did not have a lot of money in the past, and it can even be said that he is a little tight. How can such a young man enter the *** move to be happy? Why do everyone appreciate him? Why do the girls like him? He enters the *** move What do you want to do? I think the problem is that there shouldn’t be any relationship between him and the *** move, but there is a relationship."
Tieying looked at Master Fu Yin’s disapproval look, her expression became solemn, and she began to state another thing she had investigated: “Just after Yu Shi Zhang Yiqi died, Huiyuantong Money House cashed a few silver bills. There are two thousand taels of silver."
"The name signed by the person who redeemed the ticket was Sangsang, who was Ning Que’s little maid. He was not well-known at the time, and the books were sold very cheaply. How could he have so much money? Who gave him the money? What? What do those people give him so much money for him?"
Listening to this piece of information, Shangguan Yang Yu frowned tightly, and said after a long silence: "Don't move anything else. Check the bank note first. If there is a problem, you can continue to check. "
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Twilight shines into Chang'an Mansion.
Standing under the green trees in the courtyard, Lord Shangguan Yang Yu, who was supposed to be blushed by the setting sun, was full of iron cyan inconsistent with the surrounding environment. He looked like he was killing his father and his enemies. Tieying in front of her, the cold voice seeped from her teeth, and she seemed a bit sharper: "The silver ticket is deposited into Huiyuantong from the Yulong Gang. That is to say, the two thousand taels of silver are given to Xiaoshu. Ning Que, as for why, if you haven’t forgotten the corpses that fell on the street next to the Chunfeng Pavilion one night, you might be able to guess a little."
"This official will never forget that night." Shangguan Yang Yu said coldly, "Because it was because of that night that countless big men fell in the court, I was able to sit in the position of Chang'an Fu Yin. As for Chao Xiaoshu Identity, I don’t think I need to remind you again. Ning Que took two thousand taels of silver, which is equivalent to doing things for the palace, do you want to keep checking it?"
Tieying forcibly suppressed the shock in her heart, and said with a fist, "My lord, there are many doubts in this matter. There was indeed a masked man next to Xiaoshu at Chunfengting that night, but I heard it was a young man from the Moon Kingdom. Experts, as for the two thousand taels of silver bills, whether they are rewarding Chunfeng Pavilion or is there another source, it should be carefully checked."
Shangguan Yang Yu roared angrily: "How else to investigate? Do you know who Ning Que is? Even if you didn't know before, who would not know the name in Chang'an after today! Evidence! If you have evidence, the officer will share the worries for your majesty and do things for the people of the court, even if you leave the black yarn on your head, you must check it out, but if you don’t have any evidence, you only have that **** intuition and smell like a bad dog. If you want to check this person, don’t blame the officer for picking up your official uniform!"
Tieying lowered her head at the shock of the adult's disheveled reprimand, silent.
Shangguan Yang Yu calmed down a bit, watching him lightly ask: "Did you notify the military about this matter?"
Tie Ying raised her head and argued nervously: "Since the adult has ordered this matter to be investigated secretly, of course his subordinates dare not disclose it. I can guarantee that apart from the adult and his subordinates, there is absolutely no third person who knows that Chang'an Palace has ever Suspected Ning Que."
"That's fine." Shangguan Yangyu lightly grasped the thin beard under his jaw, and said: "Erase Ning Que's name and check the remaining six people first."
Tieying led the way. Shangguan Yang Yu returned to the back house. After dinner, he began to sit in a daze in front of the oil lamp. Suddenly he frowned, staring at the oil lamp in front of the bookshelf, and asked displeased: "Why ordered three more lamps! Quickly destroy it for me."
Ms. Fu Yin was sitting at the end of the study, biting the rope and shoes. Suddenly listening to her master's reprimand, she raised her head in doubt and asked: "Master, now you are also a member of the Central Korean University. Why are you still like this? What's wrong with official business today?"
Shangguan Yangyu's appearance is ugly, even a bit ugly, and his temperament is extremely slippery, sinister and despicable, except for housework. He married a similarly shameless wife at Weishi, but after he became famous, he treated his wife as loving as yesterday. He never thought of concubine, got along with each other in a harmonious and intimate relationship, and even never concealed a lot of private matters.
After talking about the things he heard during the day, after the wife knew, Shangguan Yang Yu frowned and said to himself: "I was in the Chang'an Mansion when I was in charge of the criminal name. The first action was to take Tieying from The Criminal Ministry dug up, because I know that this person has rich experience, and even as he himself said, he has a natural instinct for clues to the murder case. If... Ning Que is really related to Zhang Yiqi's death, I really don't know how to deal with this matter. "
Mrs. Shangguan frowned slightly, put down her needlework, poured a cup of hot tea for the master, and said softly: "Since the master is in charge of public security in Chang'an, he receives the royal salary, the case that should be investigated is always required Check it down."
"But there is no evidence, and..."
Shangguan Yang Yu looked at his wife, sighed and said sadly: "I really don't dare to investigate. Your Majesty likes him. I heard that he has entered the second floor of the academy and has become the descendant of the magical runemaster. The will of the palace, where would I dare to investigate such a person?"
Shangguan’s wife was startled, and said in perplexity: "If it is such a character, how could it be involved in the murder?"
Shangguan Yang Yu listened to these words, and suddenly two bright lights flashed in those ugly triangular eyes, patted the book case and said in a deep voice: "Madam is right, it seems like how can such characters do such things? ?"
"Master decided the case, but you can't listen to the nonsense of us women."
Ms. Shangguan was bluffed by his reaction, and quickly dissuaded her: "What if it is really him?"
Shangguan Yangyu looked at the hot tea in front of him, gritted his teeth firmly and said: "It is not true, it must not be, even if it is... it is not."
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Golden thread mixed with seaweed, Sixi small box, marinated fragrant ru, Huadiao drunk shrimp, medicated broth chicken...Listening to the name of the dish reported by the eunuch, I looked at the dish that caused the exquisite display to the extreme Cai Se, Ning Que couldn't help but look up at the carved beams of the temple, his eyes swayed by the bright palace lanterns raised by the copper pillars in front, only to realize where he was and what he was doing.
In the imperial study room, His Majesty the Emperor asked him to appreciate the calligraphy, but he was blocked by saying that he wanted to sell it. Ning Que thought that this would inevitably make the emperor angry and unlucky. However, he did not expect that although the emperor was angry, he did not drive him out of the palace. Instead, he took him away from the imperial study room, made a few bends in the garden, and came to a quiet temple somewhere, facing the richness. dishes.
What kind of treatment is it to stay in the palace and have dinner with the Emperor of Tang Dynasty? The previous gentle and peaceful empress even served herself a bowl of soup. What kind of treatment was this? Even Ning Que, who is accustomed to life and death, and who may not blink before the Min landslide, finally couldn't help getting excited and nervous.
The queen mother put a cold bamboo shoot into her majesty’s lips. She smiled and said, “Since it’s for a meal, I’ll say that I’ve watched the flower blooming on the other side of the sky many times. Ashamed, where is there time to eat a few bites of food?"
His Majesty the emperor is in a good mood, so he chewed the bamboo shoots with the tip of the queen's chopsticks and smiled vaguely: "Then eat."
As soon as Jinkou came out, it was the imperial decree, and Ning Que held the golden red lacquer bowl in his hand and began to eat. It's just that at this moment, he has no time to taste the taste of food, thinking about everything he sees in his mind, and today he finally knows that the relationship between the emperor and the empress is as glued as the rumors, but the opposite is empty. Who owns that position?
There was a soft ringing sound, and a light fragrance came from far away, and Li Yu, the fourth princess of the Tang Dynasty, dressed in a superb dress, came here in the company of the maid. Ning Que was stunned, his gaze fell subconsciously on her face, and he noticed that the brows and eyes that used to be only delicate. Today, with the gorgeous palace makeup and gorgeous skirts, they looked very beautiful, and he couldn't help showing a surprised look.
Li Yu, who saw him appear in the temple, was even more surprised. He couldn't help covering his lips with his hands, and asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"
After returning to the palace from the academy, she slept for a whole day to make up for the spirits. At this time, she was still a little tired. For the time being, she didn't know what was going on outside the palace, nor did she know that Ning Que entered the palace.
His Majesty the Emperor looked at the two of them, and asked in doubt: "Do you recognize Xiao Yuer?"
Li Yu quickly recovered his calm, and explained with a smile: "Father, when Ning Que came back from the grassland last year, he was escorted all the way. I met at that time. I went to the academy to watch the opening ceremony of the second floor last night and it was him. ."
The journey back from the grassland came from the Jinzhang tribe, passing through Weicheng, killing the Beishan Pass, and arrived at Chang'an with difficulty. Regarding the difficulties that his daughter has suffered, His Majesty is very clear about the difficulties that his daughter has suffered, but he does not know that he is here. During the journey, there was a soldier from the border city named Ning Que who had saved his daughter's life until today.
Listening to Li Yu's narration of last year's journey in the shortest language, the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor looked at Ning Que differently from the previous ones. It is no longer pure appreciation, but more sincere affection.
Li Yu asked with a smile: "Why is my father interested in seeing Ning Que today? I guess it wasn't because the second floor was opened."
"I once mentioned to you that there is a wonderful character in the Imperial Study Room." His Majesty the Emperor looked at his daughter and said with a joyful smile: "Do you know that the five characters "Hua Kai Bi An Tian" are Ning Quesuo. Book. Both the ruling and the opposition admire your skill in observing people, but since you know him, you don’t even know that he has such skills. It seems that those words are not true."
"My daughter just doesn't want to be wild, so she is looking for materials for the father and the court. There is no real vision."
Li Yu gently lifted his skirt under the service of the maid, and slowly sat down beside the case. She looked at Ning Que with a smile, and said: "As for Ning Que's writing well, I know it, but I don't know it is so good. But the thing this guy is good at is not hiding deeply. Lu, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, I don’t know where I learned this boring style."
There is a deep meaning between the words, Ning Que didn't know how to answer, so naturally he immersed himself in the food and pretended not to hear. Since you want to play as a pig, you have to play as a competent pig. Just listening to the emperor's empress' laughter, Yan Yan, and watching Li Yu's gaze from time to time, I always feel that this royal banquet does not have the solemn appearance of a royal banquet, more like it. Ordinary people’s dinner? More importantly, it is impossible for the scallions and pancakes to actually appear on this royal banquet, but these seemingly delicate dishes are not very delicious even for pigs.
The tip of his chopsticks was plucked with the light marinade and Xiangru. After Ning Que wondered whether the imperial chef had obtained the New Oriental fake certificate, he began to miss the leftovers in the old pen house in Lane 47. The leftovers even began to miss the sour chicken soup in the pot.
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