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Chapter 420 Jingjie City

Shashasha~
In the evening of the next day, a continual spring rain fell on the outskirts of Jingjie City, and the mountains dimmed before nightfall, and everything as far as the eye could see was foggy.

Ye Jingtang sat leaning against the rudder at the stern, with a canopy covering his head to shield him from the drizzle, rubbing the bird in his hand.

Looking at the soft rain falling in the sky, Ye Jingtang raised his hand to catch a few drops, and felt a little emotional in his heart.

If we say that summer rainstorms are like water, they come with strong winds and heavy rains, making it difficult to withstand the rain. The rivers overflow at every turn, but they usually lose their momentum within two-quarters of an hour and leave in a hurry.

The continuous spring rain in front of him is like green grass. It is soft and waxy and seems weak, but it is quite long-lasting. It can last for many days. The body feels like nothing, but it is as crisp as honey. Melt away the hardest stone in the world.

As for Da Benben, it feels like the spring breeze. It feels slightly cool but contains a hint of spring warmth. It makes people feel relaxed and happy, and they can't stop...

Ye Jingtang leaned against the rudder of the ship and thought deeply, traveling thousands of miles away, not even paying attention to rubbing the bird to sleep.

After turning out of a river bay and seeing the outline of the city in the north, footsteps sounded in the small boat building, and then the real Xuanji, dressed in white as snow, came out from inside and sat down beside him:

"We're almost there. Ahead is Jingjie City, and if we go up the river, we'll reach Tianmen Gorge..."

"Really? It's my first time here."

Ye Jingtang glanced back and saw Benben drawing landscape pictures in the room, while Qinghe was tossing a small medicine bottle. He didn't pay attention to this, so he raised his arms around the moon and moved Shui'er to him.

Master Xuanji was hugged into his arms, but she didn't resist, she leaned on her body naturally, raised her eyes and said:
"Why? You didn't get cleaned up enough yesterday, so you're getting jealous again?"

Ye Jingtang looked slightly embarrassed when he heard this.

Yesterday he wiped Qinghe's body, and finally wiped it on the bed. Shui'er and Benben came out after washing, maybe because they were bored on the boat, and they didn't want to stand outside and listen to the room, so they also ran in.

Then the unmanned ship successfully landed on the beach and ran aground.

Qinghe and Benben were holding water to paint the tiger's head pattern, when there was a sudden bang outside, which frightened the three of them very much, after they figured out the situation, they caught him and cleaned him up.

Ye Jingtang made a mistake on his own, and he didn't dare to hide after being picked up by his wife. After he came out, he asked Niao Niao why he didn't warn him when the boat was about to collide. As a result, Niao Niao pointed at the big fish confidently:

"Chi Chi Chi?!"

Ye Jingtang felt guilty and had nothing to say. After pushing the stranded boat back into the river with all his strength, he just sat here and sailed the boat honestly, not daring to mention the matter of recuperation.

Seeing Shui'er bring up what happened yesterday, Ye Jingtang said helplessly:
"A sage is bound to make a mistake if he thinks about it. I really didn't pay attention yesterday, and I won't in the future."

Master Xuanji opened the wine gourd, brought it to his mouth and took a sip:
"A saint must make a mistake after all his considerations. It's obviously the word "sexuality" with a knife in his head."

Ye Jingtang smiled and said, "Okay, I'll remember the lesson and don't make an example. After I came out yesterday, I drew something for you, did you finish it in the end?"

Master Xuanji blinked his eyes: "Want to see?"

Ye Jingtang looked around: "I just want to appreciate it, there is no other meaning..."

Master Xuanji looked back, didn't say much, put the sleeping Niao Niao into the ship building, then got up and sat on Ye Jing Tang's legs facing each other in a duck sitting position, pulled up the white skirt, The white bow is revealed:

"uh-huh."

Ye Jingtang looked down, and could see the outline of a pale pink peony flower on the white skin covered by the small triangular fabric. The strokes were delicate and lifelike, but only the top end could be seen, and the rest was blocked by the fabric.

Ye Jingtang maintained his expression very well, admired it a little, then used his fingers to pull the fabric apart, and looked inside:
"The painting is so beautiful..."

Master Xuanji showed Ye Jingtang the little tiger, her face was still a little flushed, but she maintained her leisurely demeanor, picked up the wine gourd and took another sip:

"It's fine, don't touch it, and don't even kiss it. It took Li Ren a long time to finish the painting, and it got messed up. How can I explain it to my teacher?"

Ye Jingtang really wanted to touch it, but after hearing these words, he gave up the idea. After carefully observing the pink petals for a long time, he stopped when he was ready, covered his skirt, and raised his eyes to look into the distance:
"It's about to dock, get ready to disembark."

"Humph……"

……

Driven by the sails, the boat went upstream and soon arrived outside Jingjie City.

As the capital of Yazhou and the gate of the two dynasties, the commercial roads of Jingjie City are very developed, and the port is quite large. However, it is rumored that there will be a war recently, and the wealthy merchants have withdrawn first. There are not many ships parked. It looks relatively large from a distance. open.

When Ye Jingtang was still more than a mile away, he got up and picked up the anchor, and steered the boat to prepare to dock, but before he got close, he found a figure standing at the port.

San Niang, dressed in a light yellow dress, dressed as the wife of a merchant's family, stood in a gazebo near the port, looking out with a binoculars in her hand.

And Xiuhe stood behind her, standing on her tiptoes and waving her hands. There was a voice in the spring rain:

"Young master! Here..."

……

Before Ye Jingtang came, he didn't write a letter to inform him. When he met Sanniang at the port, he was quite surprised. After steering the ship into the port, he flew up and landed on the shore, and quickly came to him:

"San Niang, why are you waiting here?"

Pei Xiangjun has not seen Ye Jingtang since he left Jiangzhou. He listened to the earth-shattering rumors outside the customs all day long and was worried.

Seeing that Ye Jingtang was safe and sound at this moment, Pei Xiangjun let go of his hanging heart, walked up to him quickly with an umbrella, and touched Ye Jingtang's chest with his arms:

"Are you okay? I heard that you were seriously injured in the fight with King Zuo Xian..."

From Ye Jingtang's expression, he could see Sanniang's fear, so he immediately raised his hand, surrounded the charming Sanniang, hugged her and spun around:
"It's not like you don't know how fast I recover. After so many days, I'm fine. Look, I'm so fierce..."

Pei Xiangjun is relatively petite. Being hugged like this, her feet are directly half a foot off the ground. She held an umbrella to cover Ye Jingtang's head. Seeing Sister Shui'er coming down with the Queen and Miss Fan, she blushed:
"Shocking hall! You let me down, the public, what kind of talk is this..."

Ye Jingtang was just showing off his strength. After spinning around in a circle, he put Sanniang down and returned to the boat to start moving things.

In front of the girl, Pei Xiangjun didn't want to be too shy with her husband. He slightly adjusted his clothes to regain his housewife appearance, and came to the three people who got off the boat:
"Your Highness, are you alright?"

"What can we do?"

Shui'er and Sanniang had already crossed the Arhat together, so they naturally had a good relationship with each other. When they came up, they hooked Sanniang's arm and whispered into Sanniang's ear.

Fan Qinghe was walking behind with a small medicine box in his arms. He was too embarrassed to interrupt, but seeing this scene, he hurriedly said:
"Demon girl! Don't talk nonsense!"

"..."

In fact, Pei Xiangjun hadn't heard anything yet. Seeing Miss Fan's blushing face, he knew it in his heart, and raised his hand slightly:

"Okay, got it, let's talk about it when we go back."

"..."

Fan Qinghe opened his mouth and was speechless on the spot.

Dongfang Liren is relatively thin-skinned, and it's not easy to talk about this private matter when he comes back. At the moment, he still held his head high and held his chest high without getting angry. The big white bird that was still sleeping was squatting on his shoulders, and asked:
"The Holy Majesty has arrived at the palace?"

"I arrived a few days ago, the queen mother is also living in the palace, and Yunli and I live in the entrance of the West Market. Should your highness go to my place first, or..."

Due to Dongfang Liren's identity, if he didn't go to greet the Queen Mother, he would be scolded by the officer. At this time, he just said:

"I'll go to pay my respects to the empress dowager first, and Ye Jingtang has to go there to report. Or Sanniang, you can also live in the palace, so it's convenient for you to come and go."

Pei Xiangjun shook his head at this and said: "I'm a girl from the rivers and lakes, and I have to take care of business on weekdays. I go to the Emperor's Palace to settle down, let the shopkeeper come and go, and let the adults of the court see it. It's not good, so I just live at the entrance of the hall. Shui'er, where are you going?"

Master Xuanji followed him back to the palace, and had to be pulled down by Liren to confront Yuhu in court. How could he dare to go back now? He just said:
"Let me take you back to your residence first, Qinghe, let's go."

"..."

Fan Qinghe is Ye Jingtang's personal doctor, so he can't go to live in the palace. Although he is a bit conflicted, he doesn't say much, and follows the demon girl to the city.

Seeing Ye Jingtang loading the goods into the carriage, Pei Xiangjun came to him again and said in a low voice:

"Ning'er is also here, I want you to go see the Pingtian leader as soon as possible after you come back, and come back as soon as possible after you return to the palace."

Ye Jingtang naturally understood what Ning'er meant, nodded and said:
"Okay, you guys go back first, I'll come over after I finish my job."

……
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Not long after, on the central street of Jingjie City.

Knowing the return of Ye Jingtang and King Jing, the accompanying black Yamen chief arresters will naturally not wait at the Yamen. She Long, Shang Jianli and others hurried to the city gate with a chariot and dozens of arresters. pick up.

Dongfang Liren returned to the luxurious chariot that looked like a small house. It really felt like he was in another world. Standing behind the screen, he asked the maid to change into the silver fat-headed dragon robe, and asked Meng Jiao about the current situation:
"King Zuo Xian is dead, how will Emperor Liang react?"

"I heard that he was furious, but I am pressing against the army. The situation is rather difficult. No definite news has come back from Yanjing..."

"How is Eunuch Cao?"

"Cao Gong led a team to recover the remaining troops and snatched back two boxes of Snow Lake Flowers. He just returned two days ago. The Holy One wanted to reinstate Cao Gong to his post, but Cao Gong did not agree. He returned the official uniform order and asked the Holy One to allow him to retire. Township, the Holy Father agreed..."

"Resigning from old age and returning to his hometown? Eunuch Cao has lived in Yun'an Imperial City for as long as he can remember. Where can he go when he retires and returns to his hometown?"

"Your Majesty asked. Cao Gong said that he had heard the name of Fengguan City all his life, but had never seen a real person. He wanted to go to the official city and try how hard Fengguancheng's fists are."

"..."

Dongfang Liren was also very curious about this, but Eunuch Cao still went too far when facing Fengguan City. She thought for a while and said:

"Eunuch Cao has no martial arts in his heart, he only has responsibilities, and he is not considered a warrior at all. Fengguancheng should not fight Eunuch Cao."

"The Holy Majesty also thinks so, but he didn't stop Eunuch Cao..."...

And outside the carriage.

Ye Jingtang served as the guard with a sword in front of the imperial court, and rode a charcoal red horse to escort the carriage, looking at the street scene of Jingjie City along the way.

Shang Jianli and She Long walked in front, looking like stunned young people who had just entered the rivers and lakes, their eyes were full of admiration and awe, and they were talking:

"It's really not a joke that Shibie will treat each other with admiration for three days. I think back in April last year, Jianli and I blocked Mr. Ye in the alley. At that time, we were still full of surprises. This young man has good sword skills. How vulgar, he was able to cut my arm to pieces. Now that I think about it, I really don't know what to do.

"It's said that there are not many people in this world who can still fight against the martial arts. I have to write this on the genealogy when I go back..."

Shang Jianli commented: "Master Ye is kind-hearted and doesn't like killing. There are many people in this world who have fought against each other and survived.

"Yang Guan, a member of the Qinglian Gang outside the city, was stabbed in the left hand and stabbed in the right. He is still alive and well, and his title has changed from Gang Leader Yang to 'Er Dao Yang'.

"There are also the Wang brothers who are locked up in the dungeon. When we entered, Master Ye was not a military commander. He has not seen the light of day for more than half a year. Now he probably doesn't know how many appalling feats he has done..."

Ye Jingtang walked in front, and was a little embarrassed to hear the flattery of the two colleagues, and said with a smile:
"If it wasn't for Hei Ya's constant help after entering Beijing, how could I climb so fast."

"Oh, this is flattering us too much..."

……

While they were chatting all the way, the carriage arrived at the palace in the city.

Because of the special geographical location of Jingjie City, emperors have often visited here for inspections throughout the ages. The palace is not newly built, but has been passed down for more than a thousand years. From the outside, it looks like a small palace, and there is even a main hall for going to court inside. It was used for the emperor and courtiers to handle government affairs here during wartime.

After Ye Jingtang entered the imperial city, he first sent the Snow Lake Flower to the internal warehouse and asked She Long and others to keep a close watch on it before heading to the central area with Benben to recover.

According to common sense, it should be Yejingtang and Benben who went to face the saint together, and reported the results of the trip.

But the empress is obviously addicted to role-playing, and the two went in together, and Ye Jingtang was greeted by a courtier, and it was inconvenient to talk; it was not appropriate to meet Ye Jingtang alone and let Liren wait outside.

For this reason, Ye Jingtang and Benben came outside the palace. As soon as they let people in to report, a palace maid in colorful clothes came out and said respectfully:
"His Royal Highness Xuan entered the palace. The Empress Dowager is also worried about the danger of His Royal Highness and the Ye Kingdom Public Security recently, and does not think about tea and food all day long. The Holy Majesty asked Ye Guogong to pay the Queen Mother first, and come back later to report."

Ye Jingtang was quite surprised to hear this, and turned to look at Benben:

"Then I go first?"

Dongfang Liren also wanted to have a private chat with his sister, but he didn't think too much about it, so he waved his hand and said:
"You go to pay your respects to the queen mother first, and the king will come back later."

Seeing this, Ye Jingtang didn't say much anymore, turned around and followed the maid, and went to the empress dowager's bedroom.

After Dongfang Liren watched Ye Jingtang's figure go away, his calm expression gradually cooled down, and he strode into the emperor's bedroom with his head held high and his chest held high. :
"Dongfang Yuhu!"

Several palace maids originally followed respectfully, but when they heard Prince Jing directly calling the emperor's name, they shrank slightly in shock, and the leading lady quickly stepped forward to stop them:

"Your Highness, don't make any noise, Your Majesty has been unwell recently..."

"Ok?"

When Dongfang Liren heard this, the courage he had finally brewed disappeared. He lowered his voice, frowned and walked quickly into the hall.

In the gorgeous dormitory covered with red carpet, there is a beauty screen, and behind it is the imperial concubine couch and the painting table piano platform.

The empress, who was wearing a bright red dress, was leaning on the imperial concubine's couch at this moment, her plump figure could be described as ups and downs under the support of the red dress, but Mingyan's face was slightly tired, and she slowly got up when she saw Liren coming in:

"It's okay to be wronged outside? Why are you so rude to me when you come back?"

Dongfang Liren saw that her elder sister's complexion was really not very good, so she didn't dare to lose her temper, so she hurriedly sat down in front of her, held her wrist to feel her pulse, and touched her forehead:
"Sister, what's the matter with you? Do you want to call Doctor Wang over?"

The empress sat up and straightened her clothes:
"It should be because I have been busy with government affairs recently, and I have not slept well, and I have lost my mind and lack of energy. It will be fine after a few days, and it will be fine."

Dongfang Liren knew that his sister had her own sense of propriety, so she didn't want to say too much, so she said:
"Then sister, rest well. Ye Jingtang and I are fine, and we even brought back more than a dozen catties of snow lake flowers. You don't have to worry about that."

The empress picked up the teacup and took a sip:
"Talking about family affairs in private is also a rest, so don't rush to leave. Tell me, why were you angry just now?"

Dongfang Liren felt that compared with his sister's body, Master's recklessness is not a big deal at all, so he calmly said:
"It's nothing, it's just Master. Why did my sister give Master to Ye Jingtang as a side room? Although I have no intention of objecting, at least I discussed it with me beforehand..."

Seeing that Li Ren knew about it, the Empress did not hide it:
"Master is already in love. If I don't have the beauty of a human being, can I beat the mandarin duck with a stick and make both Ye Jingtang and Master hate me?

"Ye Jingtang has been in the capital for so long, and the courtiers have seen the merits they have made. They just saved you and me more than once, and they did this for you without asking for anything in return.

"But I don't want rewards, because I am an honest and upright minister. If I really don't give rewards, it means that I don't know the rewards and punishments, which will mess up the government. He doesn't care about fame, wealth, and wealth. Apart from beauty, what else can I reward him?"

Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes and felt that this was the truth. He thought for a while and said:
"Oh~ I didn't say this was wrong, I just thought it was weird. Sister, think about it, as a disciple, I have to uphold my filial piety and cannot disobey my master, but now she has become the side room of the Night Terror Hall. From now on, at home, Do I care about her, or does she care about me?”

The empress said to this: "Don't worry, the master doesn't dare to control you. If you don't care about this matter, the master will be satisfied, and there will be no competition with you."

"What about the others?"

Dongfang Li came here because he learned from his master that his elder sister seemed to be interested in Ye Jingtang, so he came to find out if his elder sister was going to be the boss or the second son if she really planned to come in.

But she couldn't directly call her sister's name, so she just insinuated:

"For example... um... For example, the queen mother, what if my sister has done too much to watch Ye Jingtang one day, and the queen mother is pitiful and keeps the queen mother alone, and I give the queen mother to him, how should I deal with myself then? Follow the etiquette and filial piety , I can’t be on the Queen Mother’s head, right?”

The Empress blinked her eyes: "Even if the Empress Dowager wants to get married, she will first abolish her position as Empress Dowager, get permission from me to leave the palace and return home, and then remarry Ye Jingtang as a concubine. This makes sense on the table, what are you worrying about? You can't think about letting the empress dowager get married as the empress dowager, right?"

"..."

Dongfang Liren thinks about it too, and is going to give another example, but there are three people on her head, the queen mother, the master, and the elder sister, who else can she ask for an example?She thought for a while and said:

"Sister, what do you mean, no matter who enters the door in the future, they have to listen to me?"

The empress shook her head resolutely: "How is this possible."

"Um?!"

Dongfang Liren sat up a little bit, the fat-headed dragon puffed up slightly, and his eyes narrowed.

Fortunately, the Empress's next sentence was: "There are not only a few people in the palace in this world. Ye Jingtang also knows Xue Baijin, Xue Baijin should be a martial saint now, and he is a remnant of the previous dynasty, so he doesn't give me any face.

"If she enters Ye's house, do you think she will honestly treat you as your sister? I'll beat you three times a day. With your three-legged cat skills, I'm afraid she won't even dare to say a word..."

?

Dongfang Liren was taken aback when he heard the words, but he hadn't thought about this before.

Xue Baijin is the overlord of the world, and her martial arts skills are unfathomable. She and her master can't fight together. And because of historical issues, even her sister is not convinced. How can she be regarded as a figure? If she comes to the house to join in the fun in the future...

Thinking of this, Dongfang Liren secretly thought something was wrong, frowned and said:
"Xue Baijin is Master Yunli, how could she..."

"Master is not your master?"

"..."

Dongfang Liren had nothing to say and thought about it for a while, feeling that the matter was serious, he got up and said:
"I'm going to warn Ye Jingtang a few words and tell him to pay attention..."

"Eh."

The empress raised her hand to hold her younger sister, and said earnestly:

"A talented person like Xue Baijin can be used by the imperial court under the help of Ye Jingtang, which is a great thing for the country and the people. Go and warn Ye Jingtang that Xue Baijin will always be the leader of the rebels, and it is impossible to submit to him?"

?

When Dongfangli heard this, he sat back again, his eyes a little annoyed:
"That's true, but I, the majestic Prince of Wei, will have to be subordinate to others for the rest of my life just to recruit Xue Baijin?"

The empress shook her head and said, "How could it be, you are my younger sister, and I said you are the boss. Even if she, Xue Baijin, has supernatural abilities, she must serve you tea honestly when she comes."

When Dongfangli heard this, he thought it was right.

Although she is not good at martial arts, her elder sister is powerful, and she is still the emperor of the dynasty. As long as her elder sister is behind her, can she persuade a remnant of the previous dynasty?
Thinking of this, Dongfang Liren felt relieved, and felt that it was great to have a powerful sister.She thought for a while and asked:

"Sister, are you sure you can deal with Xue Baijin?"

"I stand here and let Xue Baijin beat me, but she doesn't dare to do it. Do you really think that she is not afraid of anything, and can ignore me, the emperor?"

"Too……"

After the empress chatted for a while, she raised her hand slightly:
"Okay, don't think about it all day, go down and rest first, let Ye Jingtang come over, I will ask about Minglongtu."

Dongfang Liren saw that her sister was not very comfortable and didn't want to disturb her too much, so she immediately got up and prepared to go out to call Ye Jingtang to return to her life.

But after taking a few steps, Dongfang Liren suddenly felt something was wrong.

She came running in a hurry. What was she planning to do?

By the way, let my sister understand that if you want to enter the house, you have to go your own way, and you have to listen to her at home from now on...

Why did the side-talking for a long time strengthen my sister's position as the boss forever?
Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes, and wanted to turn his head around and make some indirect remarks, but in the blink of an eye, he saw his sister leaning on the imperial concubine's couch, rubbing the center of her brows, obviously not feeling well.

When Dongfang Liren saw this, all the distracting thoughts in his heart disappeared immediately, and he quickly walked out of the palace door...

(End of this chapter)