Step on a branch

Chapter 68 Disappointment
Before you know it, it's sunset time.

Glazed tiles glisten in the afterglow.

Lin Fan blinked subconsciously.

He didn't avoid Deng Guoshi's gaze, nor did he show any dissatisfaction, anger, or disgust. Lin Fan even raised his lips and smiled relaxedly.

Then, Lin Fan and Deng Guoshi nodded slightly, as a very polite greeting.

Deng Guoshi returned a salute, and when he turned around, his smile disappeared, and only sarcasm remained in his eyes.

As expected of Lin Fan.

Everyday actions, impeccable.

Not to mention it was a big mistake, no one has succeeded in trying to catch him with a little braid in the past two years.

Otherwise, the few in Jingli thought he was annoying and dragged him down from the tree long ago.

Down the corridor, Lin Fan looked away when he saw Deng Guoshi turn around.

After tidying up his clothes and cuffs, Lin Fan was about to leave when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind him.

When he saw it, it was Eunuch Xu.

"The miscellaneous family is looking for the old master." Eunuch Xu said anxiously.

Lin Fan pointed and said, "Old Lord Hou is going to take a step first. Eunuch Xu will catch up if he can catch up."

Eunuch Xu thanked him and hurried forward.

From a distance, he saw the figure of Yongninghou, and gasped, he shouted, "Old Hou, wait a minute."

Qin Yin heard it, and set his pace.

When Eunuch Xu arrived, Qin Yin asked, "Could it be that the emperor has something to say?"

Eunuch Xu calmed down: "The emperor wants to ask the old Hou Ye, is there really a decoction that is not affected by the talisman?"

When Marquis Yongning heard this, his face darkened: "What does the emperor mean? Do you not trust the old man's grandson and granddaughter? Do you think they have played some tricks?"

"No, no, the emperor naturally knows that the young master has been framed," Eunuch Xu waved his hands, "the emperor asked this question, just curious about the soup."

"The old man doesn't understand those things, it looks like that." Qin Yin laughed.

Eunuch Xu rolled his eyes: "Why don't you ask the eldest girl to write a prescription?"

"There are rules for cultivating the Tao," Qin Yin said in a deep voice, "How can you easily tell outsiders the secret recipe of the teacher? Even the emperor can't speak!"

Eunuch Xu looked bitter.

Qin Yin pondered, and said: "Why don't the emperor ask Deng Guoshi, maybe Deng Guoshi's lineage has similar prescriptions? Maybe he can tell the emperor."

Eunuch Xu: ...

To put it bluntly, this is called offering advice; to put it bluntly, this is called digging a hole.

"Then," Eunuch Xu said helplessly, "Old Hou, go slowly."

Marquis Yongning made great strides.

Disappointment and anger flooded into his mind at this moment.

Qin Feng was calculated by others, Qin Yin was angry and afraid, but those emotions were not as strong as they are now.

It was the emperor who made him so disappointed and angry.

In order to "explain" today's events, Lin Fan even put forward the theory of spies.

Qin Yin knew Lin Fan's thoughts, there were traitors in the court, but the border of Dazhou was also full of crises.

Lin Fan was reminding the emperor that there are many problems that the emperor needs to face up to.

But what about the emperor?

In the end, what the emperor was thinking about was still the talisman decoction.

On weekdays, he favors and trusts Deng Guoshi, and there is no certain day when the emperor will "go crazy" and spend a lot of manpower and money to refine the so-called elixir of life.

In all dynasties, there have been such kings.

It is clearly written in the history books!
And the fate of those kings, even if they did not perish, were not far from perishing.

With the current situation and national strength of their Great Zhou, how can they withstand the emperor's nonsense?

The more Qin Yin thought about it, the angrier he became.

When a person is in a bad mood, his footsteps are fast.

He walked out of the Nangong Gate with a tense face, and walked through the Thousand Steps Corridor nervously. When officials saluted him, he hurriedly bowed his hands without stopping.

So when he got outside the front door, he got on the horse and ran with the horse's belly in his arms.

If it wasn't for his outstanding riding skills, the guards around the front gate would be afraid that he would bump into someone.

When Lin Fan returned to Qianbulang, what he heard was the rumor that "Old Hou Ye is very angry".

"Commander," Feng Jing leaned forward, "You can't follow the vine to arrest the perpetrator, the old Hou Ye is really very angry."

Lin Fan pursed his lips.

He walked behind, met Xu Gonggong who had returned without success, and asked a few questions.

He could guess what the old marquis was angry about.

As a veteran who fought with the late emperor for many years, seeing the emperor like this, the old Hou is the most heartbroken.

Feng Jing sighed: "We also want to settle the case, but..."

Lin Fan patted Feng Jing on the shoulder.

Feng Jing didn't continue to say dejected words, but pulled himself together: "Lao Houye didn't fight with the emperor, did he?"

If there is too much competition between the ruler and his ministers, the ministers must suffer.

"No." Lin Fan said.

"That's good," Feng Jing heaved a sigh of relief, "otherwise you will be the one who suffers, and the emperor will punish you..."

"Punishment."

"Huh?" Feng Jing was surprised, "What's the punishment?"

Lin Fan's eyebrows frowned, then relaxed, and said in a flat tone, "Miss Qin is punished."

Feng Jing was even more puzzled.

"When you fight in the street, you don't look like a girl." Lin Fan explained.

Feng Jing was speechless.

After a while, he choked out a sentence.

"I've already practiced Taoism, what kind of girls do you want?"

Lin Fan couldn't help laughing.

"I haven't seen Miss Qin fighting with the Taoist priest, but I heard from the common people that she looks like a Taoist master," Feng Jing said, "She is not very old, and she must have suffered a lot to be able to cultivate so well. .

The emperor said that he would be punished, and this punishment was inevitable.

Miss Qin's situation in the Hou Mansion is not very good. Mrs. Hou is serious and doesn't love her, alas! "

Lin Fanhe laughed.

He just said that he is not familiar with Mrs. Hou, so let's stop talking about it.

On the other side, Marquis Yongning dismounted outside the mansion.

Stepping into the gate and bypassing the screen wall, Qin Yin raised his hand and rubbed his face.

He has to put his stinky face away.

No matter how bad things are in the court, they are still outside, and when they return home, they can't use this to put face on their own family.

In particular, he is a kind and loving grandfather who cannot frighten his two granddaughters.

Even if A Luan and A Yuan are more courageous than the other, it won't work.

In the main courtyard, Mrs. Yongning Hou was lying on the couch with her eyes closed.

Qin Yin stepped in, didn't see anyone else, so he asked, "Where are Aluan and the others?"

"I let them go back," Madam Hou said.

None of the sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and grandchildren were kept, and they were all sent away.

It's clear and obvious, what should everyone do, it's useless to stand in front of her.

Instead, it will make her angry.

A demon, relying on the emperor's favor, stirs up trouble.

For a while, she can understand and do it.

But don't let her take the chance, or she'll have skinned that old monster!
"What did the emperor say?" Mrs. Hou sat up.

Qin Yin watched his old wife's expression and said it carefully.

Sure enough, Mrs. Hou's face was full of contempt.

"I'm going to put my words here today. If I choose a good family for A Luan, the first one to jump out will be his old Zhao's house!" Madam Hou patted a few times.

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