Can Drink A Cup of Nothing

In December, the Lari Qing ceremonies.

This is the grandest festival at the end of the Dayuan year, and its history has been unearthed. In ancient times, it was also called Jiaping or Dala.

The Qing sacrificial ceremony lasted for two days. The people of Dayuan usually gathered in the Sifang Wu Temple to worship the gods, put melons and fruits on them, and danced Wu music and dance, praying for a good harvest and good luck in the coming year. The royal family will also hold archery activities under the Long Live Tree in the Great Witch Temple. If you can score nine in a row, it means that God blesses the Great Yuan and everything goes well.

The sky is still only bright, the night is full, the stars are lit, and it is not clear whether it is morning or evening.

As soon as Zong Luo woke up and opened the door, he found a thin layer of snow falling in the courtyard outside the corridor.

The eaves tiles are covered with pure white color, the grass and leaves are covered with a layer of crystal clear frost, and even the bamboo forest is wrapped in it.

"It snowed earlier in previous years, but it's already too late this year."

When it was early, Pei Qianxue looked out the window and said, "It will be the New Year's Day soon, if it snows a little, it will be a good year for Ruixue."

"Axue is right."

Zong Luo had almost forgotten what the snow looked like in the imperial city.

In the past life, I stayed at the border for too long, and there was never a patch of yellow sand and no grass. In summer, it is extremely hot and wearing armor is a kind of torture. In winter, it is snowy and blizzard. If you step on the snow, it will cover your knees.

It seems like a long, long time ago to sit around the table and watch the snow with a small warm yellow lamp.

Before dawn, the gate of Pei's house was lively.

Next to the Prime Minister's Mansion is the Great Witch Temple. Today, not only the emperor and courtiers will come, but even the students who participated in the Baijia Banquet have also received invitations. It is not too far from the station, and many students do not ride horses, but walk together. As for the carriages of other dignitaries, they stopped early at the alley.

Approaching here, even the sound of chasing horses became quieter, for fear of disturbing the blessings in the Wu Temple.

Zong Luo and Pei Qianxue walked out of Pei's house together.

As soon as he appeared, he attracted the attention of many people.

This year, a loose student was gifted a jade by the King of Beining at the gate of the city. He was amazed at the banquet and got Pei Xiangqing's eyes. Everyone heard that this student not only lost his memory, but also suffered from the root cause of sky blindness.

Born to be incomplete, to be able to have such an opportunity, not to mention envy, but more envy.

However, when he was on the hunting ground a few days ago, the sage went out of the palace and called him to see him, and he reached the peak.

"To be directly appreciated by the saint? This is probably the treatment of Pei Xiang back then."

"Mostly Pei Xiang said a few words in front of the saint. It is said that even his own disciples did not receive such treatment."

"It's just a pity... How did you fall off the cliff? Instead, it angered Your Majesty. That's it, and if you don't have any arms or legs, hehe."

Afterwards, I don't know which good person spread the news that Gu Gongzi is very similar to the third prince of Dayuan who died in the battle of Hangu Pass last year, almost to the point of being fake.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

I don't know how many students are filled with righteous indignation and grievances for this.

"How can you allow others to defile the appearance of the three princes and immortals?"

"Where does this come from, a humble sour chicken who wants to take advantage of opportunities and climb to the sky in one step? How can the third prince be imitated at will by ordinary people?"

Who does not know the prestige of the third prince in Dayuan? To this day, the people are still reciting, and the people who gave incense on the anniversary of the death a few days ago almost stepped on the threshold of the Wu Temple.

Even among the students of a hundred schools, there are not a few who respect and admire this one.

Many literati criticized the King of Beining, but for the third prince, almost all of them praised him.

"That's right, I thought this student was good at swordsmanship, but I didn't expect his character to be so low! Pei and the King of Beining followed his path."

When Zong Luo and Pei Qianxue walked out of Pei Mansion together, the chattering discussion stopped abruptly, and looked at the two of them.

Gongsun You, who had been standing by the side early, came over and nodded to Zong Luo without a trace.

When Zongluo fell asleep yesterday, Gongsun You was the first to send someone to greet him. He was quite clever and did not reveal any trace of acquaintance with Zongluo on the surface, but sent a disciple from the Yin Yang family, saying that he had known Gu Gongzi on weekdays, and he would retreat after confirming that the lord was okay.

In addition, the fourth prince and the fifth prince also came, and the latter finally remembered to bring some medicinal materials. It's just that Pei Qianxue refused all of them because they needed to rest, and didn't let anyone see them.

As soon as Zong Luo appeared, the Confucian disciples who were waiting outside hurried forward to report the situation to the real leader.

In just two or three days of work, there are not many things piled up. The only thing that needs to be taken care of is that the leader Shishu sent a message to let Zongluo remember the letter from Guigu and choose a candidate to inherit the name of Guiguzi with Yu Beizhou as soon as possible.

Zong Luo nodded and said, "Why is it only you, Ziyuan?"

"...Senior brother Ziyuan suffered from the cold yesterday, and he was not feeling well today, so he didn't come."

The Confucian disciple hesitated for a long time, but finally did not tell the truth.

The news that Emperor Yuan set up the hunting ground is well known, and even the incident of falling off a cliff with Gu Luo also spread to the station. Gu Ziyuan was worried and anxious. After hearing that Zong Luo was brought back to Pei Mansion by Pei Xiang for treatment, he rushed over immediately and waited for a few hours at the door.

It happened that the weather has turned colder these days. Gu Ziyuan neglected to exercise on weekdays, and he caught the cold when he returned. He couldn't come today even if he wanted to. He also told his disciples not to tell Zongluo about this.

"So that's the case. The Fifth Highness sent some medicine before, and I asked them to send it to Ziyuan."

Zongluo did not suspect him, and after a few routine concerns, he and Pei Qianxue entered the Great Witch Temple together without waiting for the Confucian disciples to ask him when he was coming back from Pei Mansion.

The Great Witch Temple was as quiet as ever. The eccentric and unique buildings stand on both sides of the wooden corridor trail, built on the mountain, and are covered with elegant incense burners for two weeks. The highest ancestral hall is the main ancestral hall, and in the center is an open-air tree that covers the sky and the sun.

"Pei Xiang."

Many courtiers have come first, and they bowed their hands and saluted after seeing Pei Qianxue.

They saluted and returned, and at the same time looked at Zong Luo next to Pei Qianxue without a trace.

What happened two days ago has spread throughout the capital, even the students know it, and the well-informed officials will naturally not be clear.

In the battle of Hangu Pass last year, the three princes descended like a god of war, leading the Xuanqi limit to win more with less, desperately protecting the imperial city of Dayuan behind him.

After the battle report that the third prince died on the spot, many stubborn and pedantic old ministers in the DPRK were rather complicated.

After all, it is also to die for the country. It is difficult for ordinary generals to have this consciousness, let alone a prince?

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer honest officials, and more and more ministers are involved in winning the reserve. In the big environment, unless there is Emperor Yuan behind him like Pei Qianxue, who is not afraid at all, it is difficult to be alone.

Most of the courtiers in the court lined up for the sixth prince, after all, the mother family of the sixth prince was powerful. There are many military generals standing on the fifth prince, and most of them are for this reason.

In the past, the three princes were famous, and they were not lacking in strength and power, but in recent years, they did not show too much intention to seize the reserve. Instead, they led troops to fight outside. Only Xue Yushi and Pei Xiang were close to the center. Although it is small, it is precious, and this makes the rest of the prince's henchmen feel oppressed.

I heard that there was a student who was very similar, and everyone sneered.

Looking at them now, they were all shocked, as if they had seen a ghost.

What's even worse is the thrilling Bai Ling with the haunted eyes.

Xue Yushi slapped his thigh even more, tears streaming down his face, the third highness was stuck in his throat and choked, and he couldn't say it anyway.

Pei Qianxue whispered to Zong Luo to wait a moment.

Seeing Pei Qianxue leaving, the fourth prince immediately greeted him, raised his fan and said with a smile, "I went to visit Mr. the day before yesterday, and Pei Xiang said that he was still recuperating, so he wouldn't let me see him. See you today, Mr. looks much better."

Zong Luo smiled and said: "Where, thanks to the elixir of the Fourth Highness, Caomin only feels refreshed and refreshed after taking it, and the old and old diseases are also tending to recover."

Zong Yongliu, who was leaning over to the side, listened and glanced at Zong Chengsi meaningfully.

"What kind of elixir? Brother Fourth Emperor has such a good thing, but he didn't keep his father's birthday as a gift to his father, but used it to please the beauties?"

Zong Chengsi's expression stiffened.

He is worthy of being a wily man, he quickly adjusted his facial expression, and continued to pretend to be suave: "How dare I forget the birthday of the emperor? But everyone has a love for beauty, not to mention Mr. Gu is shocked. It's so beautiful, so I gave it to Dan."

As he said that, he reluctantly added: "What's more, if you want to present the elixir to the father and emperor, it is naturally the only one in the world, and the quality and rank are of the highest level, so you dare to take it out. Sixth brother is in front of Mr. If this is the case, wouldn't it break me?"

Zong Chengsi scolded Lao Liu angrily in his heart.

He wanted to win over the three emperors who had amnesia, but he didn't expect the latter to be so reckless after amnesia, and to tell the story of the elixir in public.

The elixir was originally a gift he prepared for Emperor Yuan's birthday. If he denied it today, he would not be able to give it to him tomorrow.

But if you want to say that the elixir for Zongluo came out of Emperor Yuan's furnace together, Zong Yongliu will definitely give him a high hat. Saying this now, although I avoided it...but it would make Brother Three Emperors uneasy. It's really not pleasing to both sides.

Zong Chengsi felt a little annoyed in his heart.

In the matter of the Baijia Banquet last time, in order to win over the King of Beining, he was still reckless after all. Otherwise, Zong Yongliu would not have noticed.

He hasn't been able to connect with Yu Beizhou yet, and he can't be exposed anyway.

In order to seize the reserve, he planned for many years, but he must not make any mistakes at this juncture, so Zong Chengsi quickly changed the subject.

He habitually showed his interest in Yu Beizhou: "By the way, Brother Sixth Emperor has been getting close to the King of Beining these days. Do you know where the prince is now?"

How does Zong Yongliu know where Yu Beizhou is, but this does not prevent him from showing a familiar appearance with the King of Beining: "We just met, and now we should go to bathe and change."

"If that's the case, then I'll excuse me first." Zong Chengsi put away his fan.

Hearing that Yu Beizhou was not dead, Zong Luo thought so.

When he jumped off the cliff, he didn't have the strength to restrain himself. At least one of Yu Beizhou's ribs was broken by him, not to mention the internal injury caused by falling off the cliff.

It was only a few days ago that he was able to jump up and down, and even Ye Linghan, who was also seriously injured, even attended as scheduled. It seemed that he didn't fight hard enough.

At this moment, Pei Qianxue came out of the ancestral hall, accompanied by Yuan Jia, the chief servant.

Seeing him, Yuan Jia was silent for a long time, and then said tremblingly for a long time, "...Please come with me, Young Master."

"Jin Yu, let's go with him."

Zong Luo nodded.

The swordsman in white raised his hand, pretended to comb his forehead hair, and tapped his fingers under his sleeve robe.

This is the secret acupuncture technique of Guigu, which can make some meridians return blood in a short time, resulting in a short-term blinding effect. Guiguzi had used this method to train Zongluo to listen to sound and identify positions before, so he followed suit.

The downside is that in these few hours, his eyes are really invisible.

The good thing is that even if the imperial doctor stood in front of him, he was determined not to be able to dismantle it.

He followed the old servant who followed Emperor Yuan, through the long and winding corridor, and finally stopped in front of a heavy door.

"Three... Young Master Gu, please."

Zong Luo nodded lightly, and gropingly stepped forward to push the door.

At this moment, he lost his previous tension and calmed down in his heart.

The man behind the door was his father, an uncompromising tyrant.

It is also the biggest challenge he will face before and after his rebirth.