The beauty is endless

Chapter 3 Spring Banquet
Murong Qi's third day in Liaoyang capital.

With Ji Che's help, she finally made a general record of the personnel affairs in the imperial capital.It coincided with the birthday of Prince Tanhua, the envoy of Shiya Kingdom, and there was a grand banquet. Murong Qi, who had wanted to see Shiya singing and dancing for a long time, couldn't hold back any longer.

Even though Murong Jiu, King of Xin County, has been sick for two days, if he still doesn't show up at such a lively banquet, it really doesn't match his usual style.Ji Che didn't stop him from this, he wanted to go with her, but unfortunately he had to leave Beijing temporarily, so when it was time for dinner, Murong Qi had to go to the banquet with Gongzi Zhao and a group of friends.

Prince Tanhua's full name is Beigong Tanhua. He is the eldest grandson of the Beigong family, one of the four major families in Shiya. The noble children are also familiar with each other, so the birthday banquet was very lively.

Murong Qi entered the palace, walked all the way to enjoy the flowers, very comfortable at first, but when she arrived in the backyard, the situation was a bit bad - seven girls had already come to talk to her!What's worse is that most of these girls are delicate family members. Some people just took off the jade sachet and stuffed it into her arms, and there were also those who gave poems and songs, those who gave snacks, and those who asked her to meet... There are so many names, Almost no duplication.

Although I remembered a lot of people in the past two days, there are very few materials about Miss Boudoir, and most of them look shy and timid. Murong can't tell who is who, and Xiao Jiu He had an old relationship with a girl before, and while dealing with it in fear, he scolded Murong Jiu a hundred times in his heart who was thousands of miles away.

After finally escaping the confession of a certain official daughter, Murong Qi turned around, only to find that the surrounding trees were surrounded by sparsely populated people, and Gong Zizhao and the others had disappeared.

In other words, it was her—lost, lost, gone!

After turning around twice, Murong Qi finally gave up looking for a way out, and found a small pavilion to enjoy the shade and rest.

When I went out with Ji Che before, I obviously didn't encounter so many troubles. It seems that Ji Shao's facial paralysis expression and the "I'm not a good kind" gangster temperament exuded from his whole body are indeed necessary weapons to avoid peach blossoms when traveling at home.

While imagining Ji Che's usual appearance, she took out a small mirror from her arms, frowned at the mirror and pursed her lips, taking the opportunity to learn the cold expression that scares away the girl.

At this moment, light footsteps suddenly sounded in my ears.

Murong Qi's martial strength has always been her most proud advantage. The martial arts talent inherited from her mother allows her to learn any martial arts with ease. In her hands, swords, swords and sticks are like poems and songs in the mouth of a talented scholar. Fu, come at your fingertips.Therefore, in the rumored words of Princess Yan Rong's "extraordinary talent", she always believed that what she said was true and extremely appropriate.

At this moment, the person who came was still a hundred paces away, she could already tell that the person was a man and a woman, both young and not good at martial arts.

She hastily put away the mirror, stood up and straightened her clothes, opened the lacquered gold bamboo bone fan, and leaned suavely on the wooden pillar, waiting for passerby A and passerby B to come over.

But the two of them stopped suddenly, and there was no movement.

Murong Qi waved his fan and waited for a while, and had to listen carefully again, the sound of breathing was still there, but the sound of footsteps and voices could not be heard.She suddenly became curious, put away her fan and flicked the corner of her robe, and flew up to the nearby big tree like light smoke. After a few ups and downs, she guessed that the place was almost there, then gently pushed aside the branches and leaves, and looked down. .

Under the cherry blossom tree not far away, two figures are embracing each other. The man is slender and the woman has hair like a waterfall. When the evening wind blows, the petals of the tree are dancing and whirling like snow falling. Yong's silhouette was covered with a hazy halo.

Is this the legendary flower before the moon?

She squatted on the tree to peek with interest, but the man under the cherry blossom tree slowly pushed away the woman in his arms, with a voice as calm as water: "Zi Lan, you shouldn't come, we can't see each other again."

"Snapped."

Without saying a word, the woman slapped him across the face.

This sound was clear and loud, and Murong Qi was stunned immediately, he didn't understand how the two people who were still tender and affectionate just now turned their faces.

The woman didn't talk much, she brushed her hair and sneered: "Don't forget what you promised."

When you're done, turn around and leave.

The direction she left was facing Murong Qi, she saw long curly hair and picturesque eyes, she was a rare beauty, that kind of glamorous appearance made Murong Qi vaguely familiar, but she couldn't remember where she saw it.

After such a hesitation, the woman had disappeared behind the cherry blossom forest, Murong Qi remembered his business, and was about to follow the woman to leave this place, but a low sigh came from his ear.

Although it was light but heavy, it seemed shallow but deep, so she couldn't help but turn her head to look.

The man who was still standing under the cherry blossom tree had a fair and handsome appearance, and the elegant green shirt was slightly thin, but it made him look like a gentle jade.Murong Qi recognized this face at a glance - Ji Che asked her to memorize this person in the Who's Who of the Imperial Capital, this person was ranked first, and she had seen his green wool sedan chair from the praises of the people cross the street.

Wei Nange!
The chief assistant of Wenyuan Pavilion, Mr. Wei!
The man in Tsing Yi stood alone under the moon, and the moonlight and flowers flying all over the place seemed to become the background, as if he had just walked out of a dream and had not yet taken off the phantom clear light around his body.

She blinked and decided not to leave in an instant.

Just as he was hesitating whether to pretend to be Xiao Jiu and go down to say hello to make him familiar, Gong Zizhao's familiar voice sounded outside the cherry blossom forest: "Are you sure Prince Xin is going in this direction?"

A little girl replied coquettishly: "Brother, why don't you believe me? Before he turned in here, I gave him a sweat towel embroidered by myself. It can't be wrong."

Afterwards, Gong Zizhao immediately said sadly: "Sister, forget about him, brother will definitely find you a good wife!"

Murong Qi: "..."

Seeing that the two brothers and sisters were about to walk into the forest, she took another look at Wei Nange under the moon, thought for a moment, and then quietly sneaked towards the place where the son Zhao brother and sister appeared.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Murong Qi pretended to meet his brother and sister by chance, and planned to go back to the courtyard together.After walking a few steps, Gongzi Zhao, who was trying to pull his direct sister away from Murong Qi, suddenly looked serious, and called behind her: "Master Wei."

"Second Young Master Song." The quiet and mellow voice came slowly, then turned around and asked, "Isn't this Prince Xinjun? The prince has returned to Beijing?"

After being called, Murong Qi took the opportunity to turn around, raised his airs and said with a smile, "What a coincidence, Mr. Wei."

Wei Nange was just coming out of the forest, with an elegant smile, as light as moonlight, Murong Qi couldn't help but stare in a daze, just heard him chuckle lightly and said in a daze: "It's not a coincidence, the prince has also been to the cherry blossom forest just now? Why? You and I didn't meet?"

"I haven't been there." Murong Qi hurriedly shook his head.

"That's it..." He smiled slightly, and reached out to brush off a few pink petals on her shoulders, "Maybe I was wrong."

Seeing the petals that revealed the secret fell to the ground tremblingly, Murong Qi opened his mouth and then opened his mouth again, he had a battle between heaven and man in his heart, and finally said without changing his face: "Master Wei, you must have read it wrong. .”

It turned out that it was not difficult to open your eyes and tell nonsense, and you got used to it as you talked.

When a group of people came to the VIP seats in the middle hall, the banquet was half over. The hall was burning with arm-thick beeswax, and the rich and fragrant aroma permeated every corner. Looking at the beauties under the lights, listening to the zither while drunk, it was luxurious and hearty. The host and guest enjoyed themselves.

Wei Nange greeted a few people he knew well, and left in a hurry.Murong Qi couldn't help but think of the woman who embraced him affectionately under the cherry blossom tree but slapped him again, and wondered if he was in a hurry to continue the tryst, so she couldn't help but take another look at him, who knew that he saw it, Walking halfway, he turned back and said with a smile that the two of them hadn't seen each other for several months, so why not find a time to get together in two days and finish the last mess.

Murong Qi's chess skills were extremely bad, and he was afraid of showing his feet, and wanted to refuse, but he was reluctant in his heart, and he was pulled over to punch him while hesitating, and when he turned around, Wei Nange had long since disappeared.

The VIP seats in the atrium are only for male guests, and the ladies and wives are all watching the show in another garden.But this does not mean that there are no women here. The girls from various brothels and music workshops are all dressed up and shuttle back and forth like flowers and butterflies. Looking around, there are not many people left at the table.

Seeing that Young Master Zhao was walking crookedly towards the back of the screen with a woman in his arms, Murong Qi always felt that something was wrong, just about to stand up, his arms tightened, and he looked down, there was a woman wearing a peach red dress with her breasts half exposed beautiful girl.

"You... who are you?" She realized that she couldn't even pronounce her words clearly as soon as she opened her mouth. It seemed that she had drunk too much secret palace wine from Shiya Kingdom.

"I'm Hongjiao, don't you remember, my lord?" The girl blinked her watery eyes, "Last time, my lord praised my slaves for their beautiful hands. This time, let my slaves serve you well."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and gently pinched Murong Qi's back.

Murong Qi jumped up as if stung by a bee, and said vaguely: "No need to wait, I, I'm not drunk, I can walk by myself."

"What did you say, son?" Hong Jiao covered her lips and laughed, "Who among the distinguished guests who come to the Tanhua Palace doesn't know this rule? The rooms at the back are all empty, when did the prince become shy? Come with the servant, Don't miss the beautiful scenery on a good day..."

Although Murong Qi is a widow for no reason, she has never even had a bridal chamber. At this moment, she just feels that there is a fierceness in this girl's eyes that wants to swallow life alive. Presumably the so-called rules are not a good thing.

She wanted to push her away, but she couldn't use her hands, and suddenly she came to her senses - as a martial arts practitioner, there must be something strange about being tossed into such a dying appearance by just a few glasses of fine wine !
The music around me also changed its tune at some point, the sobbing and sobbing were full of melodious sounds, hearing it in my ears, even my heart beat faster.

Even if Murong Qi doesn't know Fengyue anymore, he also knows that he went to the wrong place today.

When she came back to her senses, she had been dragged by Hong Jiao to the door of an exquisite wing room, and the hands that Xiao Jiu had praised were unscrupulously unscrupulously undoing her belt, and said softly and with a smile: "The prince is famous all over the capital!" , I have admired her for a long time, so please show pity tonight."

Pity your size!Murong Qi pushed away the woman in his arms, didn't even bother to pull up the skirts, so he climbed up to the eaves and fled.

Although Murong Qi's experience in wandering the rivers and lakes is basically based on hearsay, but fortunately he is not stupid. After thinking about it for a while, he knows that there must be some unsightly drugs in the fragrant beeswax and mellow wine, because it is not poisonous and the dosage is low. No big deal, she was negligent.

Judging by the faces of those boys and girls who are familiar with the way, this sideshow is probably a convention, but because of her impostor, now she is hot and dry, and she just wants to find a pond to plunge into.

Ji Che never said that there is such a risk in going to a banquet!

Wait, so Ji Che and Xiao Jiu also often participate in this kind of "sideshow"?
It's disgusting, hey, no wonder my lord said that men are not good things...

While thinking wildly, she had turned over several eaves and was about to find the door of the mansion, but suddenly there was a string in her ear, followed by an unfamiliar tune, which was peaceful at first, then gradually became urgent, like bursts of music. The tide is like a tactful warbler's cry.She couldn't help feeling hot all over her body, and her mind was also confused for a while, until the high-pitched voice exploded like a crack, and she suddenly woke up.

Thinking back to the situation just now as if she had been bewitched by a demon, she suddenly felt a chill down her spine. After thinking about it, she jumped off the eaves and followed the sound of the piano to find it.

With a conscience in heaven and earth, she just went to ask someone for directions.It's really not being curious and meddling in other people's business, let alone being a bold person...

Really found that courtyard, listening to the sound of the piano inside, Murong Qi hesitated again.

She and Xiao Jiu had made an agreement that when they pretended to be each other, they would never do things that would tarnish each other's image, but she was not sure that at such a banquet, such a thing as the suave King Xinjun asking for directions in disheveled clothes Is it a shame.

After deliberating for a while, she untied her bun, took off her boots, took out a human skin mask from her bosom and pressed it on her face, and finally wrapped her head in a coat, and then knocked on the courtyard The door, who knew that the door was not locked at all, opened silently with a light push.

She squeezed her throat and said, "I lost my way late at night, may I ask..."

Before he could finish speaking, a black shadow flew out of the door, Murong Qi instinctively turned sideways to avoid it, kicked the stones on the ground with his toes, and knocked the black shadow to the ground. branch.

She couldn't help but stare, this hidden weapon is simple, but powerful, an ordinary person would have already vomited three liters of blood.Just asking for directions, as for being so ruthless?
"It's actually found here. The people Wei Nange sent this time are finally interesting."

As the strange male voice came from the yard, the bewitching sound of the piano also stopped.

Murong Qi tightened his outer shirt and walked inside.I saw a gravel path leading directly to a stone platform behind the door. The stone platform was half on the water, and there were two people sitting in the wooden pavilion on the platform.

The person who spoke just now was a noble young man in brocade clothes, he looked familiar, holding a white porcelain teacup, looking at her sharply; the other was a qin player, his long black hair was tied with a white ribbon , hanging down on the plain white clothes, pressing the strings with both hands, actually wearing a half silver mask on the face, the two thin lips exposed under the mask have sharp edges and corners, and the color is extremely light.

On such a dark and moonlit night, these two young masters were sitting in the barren courtyard in gorgeous clothes, playing the qin and drinking tea, which can't help but make people think about it.

Young Master Jin Yi obviously didn't expect the person to have such a dignified appearance - bare feet, the robe completely covered the head and face, only revealing a pair of eyes and a few strands of long hair in front of the forehead, as a killer, it is a bit different .

"Woman?" Your young master frowned, and the word rolled gently from his throat.

The man in white playing the piano raised his head and glanced at her, then lowered his head and continued to study the strings under his fingers.

She regained her composure, and continued to act weak with a hoarse voice: "My family followed a few older sisters to serve at Prince Tanhua's mansion, but I accidentally lost my way, can I ask the two young masters to point me in the right direction?"

The noble young master was stunned for a moment, and then showed a smile that was not very sincere. He twirled the teacup with his fingers, and said flatly: "This king didn't know that Hualou girl with such strong martial arts was invited to my family."

"..."

My king?at home?
Murong Qi finally realized, no wonder he felt familiar, it turned out to be the host of today's birthday banquet, Prince Tanhua of Shiya.

When she was in the atrium, he came to toast, but it was only a glimpse, and no one introduced him, so naturally he couldn't remember clearly.

Now that the matter has come to this, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to pretend to be stupid: "My family is really just asking for directions. Since the two young masters don't know, then my family will leave first."

Just about to leave, Beigong Tanhua snorted coldly: "Since we are here, how can we leave so easily."

The slender body jumped up, and the teacup in his hand flew out with a snap of his fingers, hitting Murong Qi's big acupoint directly on the back.

"Hey, isn't this Shiya's 'Flower Hand'?"

Murong Qi has always been very studious in martial arts. Seeing Beigong Tanhua make this move, he couldn't help but stop, pulled off the outer robe on his head and waved the teacup away, his loose long hair flung out under the moonlight. There was a black arc, and when the outer robe wrapped in the teacup fell to the ground, the person was already ten steps away.

Beigong Tanhua missed a hit, and was about to step forward in person, when a faint and imperceptible buzzing suddenly sounded in the surrounding air, he frowned, stepped back quickly, and was already in the pavilion the next moment.

There was a constant threatening sound behind him, and when he looked back, a circle of short arrows had been inserted densely in the place where he was standing just now. The feathers of the arrows were all extremely rare red, which was the symbol of the Seventeenth Battalion of the Imperial Guards in the palace.

He couldn't help frowning—since the Seventeenth Battalion of the Imperial Guards had already found this place, the woman who broke in out of nowhere just now couldn't be Wei Nange's, otherwise, how could he deal with his own people?
Who is she?
My eyes only glanced half a circle, and a long sigh sounded from my side: "It's so dangerous, it's thanks to my cleverness."

His movements couldn't help but falter, and he turned around slowly, only to see a woman in a white linen gown holding a wooden post standing on the railing behind her, her long black hair hanging down her shoulders, and her body leaning forward slightly Light and graceful, especially the pair of jade feet exposed outside the robe, the round and small fingertips are stained with a little dirt, making them even more white and lovely.

He couldn't help squinting his eyes, looked up, but saw a dull and dull face that was completely opposite to the lively voice.

Such a brilliant lightness skill, such a perfunctory disguise.Beigong Tanhua smiled knowingly, and said inexplicably to the man playing the piano who hadn't responded from the beginning to the end: "Feng Yuan, I will leave this girl to you. Since Wei Nange even invited people from the [-]th Battalion of the Imperial Guards Come on, I have to meet for a while anyway."

After finishing speaking, he took off his gorgeous coat and threw it in the direction of Murong Qi, and then went over the wall in his best clothes.

After Murong Qi stripped off his clothes, he only had time to hear the footsteps of no less than dozens of people disappearing outside the small courtyard, and besides a man wearing a mask, there was only a piano left in front of him.

If you don't leave now, when will you stay?She casually cupped her hands: "My lord, please do what you want."

Unexpectedly, as soon as she jumped off the fence, someone grabbed her wrist. She looked at the five knuckle fingers protruding from the plain white sleeve, and she was a little stunned: "Young master, it turns out that I am not your enemy. You still grabbed me!" doing what?"

"Tanhua is not here, can you protect me?"

The gentle and affectionate voice sounds very seductive.

Just now when the palms met, Murong Qi had detected that the other party was weak and had no martial arts at all, if the person standing in the yard just now was him, he must have been tied into a hedgehog long ago.If someone came to seek revenge again, with his own strength, he would definitely be unable to resist.

It turned out that Beigong Tanhua's phrase "this girl is for you" before leaving meant to use her as a temporary bodyguard.

It's a pity that she is not a fool, so she won't use it as a shield for people she doesn't know.

But if he was willing to pay—she glanced at the valuable guqin in the man's hand—she would accept paid labor.Before coming to Liaoyangjing, Murong Jiu's goddamned bastard took all her silver and jewelry away, so now she has to send it to Ji Che to live on borrowed money, which is extremely embarrassing.

But before she had time to propose an exchange, an extra person suddenly appeared in the originally empty courtyard.

A masked woman in red was standing pretty under the moon, holding a scimitar in each hand, looking around at the two people in the pavilion with cold eyes, and finally locked the masked man in white firmly, Obviously he was her target.

Murong Qi looked at her with great interest, and muttered, "Hands sharpened, this is the style of a Northern Yi assassin." After finishing speaking, he squatted down, poked the man in white on the back, and said in a low voice, "Hey Young master, your plan of diverting the tiger away from the mountain is not working, do you want me to help you?"

The man in white turned his head, the eyes behind the silver mask were sparkling with inquiry, but the corners of his mouth were slightly curved: "How can I help?"

Murong Qi stretched out his hand and counted them one by one: "I will save you 50 taels once, and help you beat her away..."

Halfway through the speech, the female assassin in red had already twisted her swords and rushed forward, slashing towards the chest of the man in white.Murong Qi hastily grabbed his vest and pulled back his clothes, forcefully ripping him off the stool, the blade of the knife slashed across his tall nose, only a hair's breadth away.

"...200 taels!"

Only then did she have a chance to finish the rest.

The man in white was half lying on the ground, but he didn't look embarrassed. He just sighed and seemed very sad: "Is my life only worth 200 taels? It's too cheap..."

"Yes, is it?" Murong Qi was stunned, he would have asked for more...

Before the man in white could answer, the female assassin slashed at him again, the attack was so fierce that Murong Qi had no choice but to grab his collar and hide around the wooden pavilion. The next time, I felt that I was at a disadvantage, and said dissatisfiedly: "Young master, the enemy you have provoked is so difficult, I want to increase the price!"

"Okay." A laugh as soft as a feather, mixed with the wind of the knife, could hardly be heard clearly.The next moment, Murong Qi felt that her feet were empty, and someone hugged her waist forcefully. Just as she was about to elbow her, she saw the wet eyes of the man in white. She hesitated in her hands, and was dragged away by him. down.

(End of this chapter)