Chapter 15 Swing in the Wall
The government of Yingguo.
The high-door mansion, painted red and green tiles, and the big house with fighting arches and flying eaves, has a faint hint of silence. Even on the big column in front of the door, there is some mottled paint.
Li Ke and Qin Mubai looked like two disciples, standing in front of the gate and smiling at the same time.
"Your Highness, is it appropriate for us to break into the Duke of Ying's mansion like this?" Qin Mubai asked. In fact, he wanted to ask who the Duke of Ying was, for fear of being exposed.
"What's wrong? I am a distinguished guest that they can't invite. Li Ke smiled indifferently and jumped off the horse to throw the whip to the pawn beside him. He cut his hands and looked up at the gray plaque and said, "It's really the vicissitudes of life! I remember that I had heard that when the warrior Yu Xuxian married the daughter of the Yang family in the former Sui clan, it was my royal patriarchal princess who was the main bride. What a beautiful scene. Unexpectedly, only two years after the death of the warrior, the Wu family was forced into such a situation, and even the paint on the gate was peeled off.
Many words must be lost. Qin Mubai did not answer, but thought to himself: Yu, the Duke of Ying... Samurai Yu, why do you listen to it so well, as if you have heard it many times on TV?
The door of the Ying Guogong Mansion is open, and there is no guard at the door. The two disciples walked in and saw the stale and wormwood in many places in the courtyard, and many places in the corridor were covered with thick dust. No matter how they looked like a prosperous aristocratic family.
"Is it possible that the Duke of Ying Guo's Mansion has not lived in for many years before he moved here?" Qin Mubai asked.
"Definite it." Li Ke said, "The warrior Yu was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou and died in the office. There has been no one to work in Ying Guogong's house in Chang'an for many years. After the death of the warrior Yu more than a year ago, the court issued a decree to allow the descendants of the Wu family to move back to Chang'an to live. Presumably, it was not long before they moved here. Otherwise, it is impossible for even servants to have so few servants. Mu Bai, let's not talk about this kind of thing - haven't you heard that the wife of this warrior Yu Xuxian is a big capable person?
"How can it be?" Qin Mubai asked.
"It's awesome to have a daughter!" A strange smile appeared on Li Ke's handsome face and whispered, "After she married the samurai, she gave birth to three daughters in a row. They were more beautiful than each other, all like flowers. Especially the second daughter... Although the Wu family lives far away in Jingzhou, its name has spread all over Chang'an City!"
"That's really beautiful to a certain level." Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing.
There was also a long way for the two of them to walk into the palace with five or six armored soldiers. Unexpectedly, no one in the house came out. Although "the road is not picked up and the house is not closed at night" is an exaggeration, the public security in Chang'an City has always been excellent, and the families of large rich families never close the door during the day to show their "open mind". However, a lonely and careless big house like the Wu family is really rare.
Li Ke stopped his feet and looked around left and right, waving his hand a little impatiently. Five or six armored soldiers around him shouted, "Is there anyone?"
After roaring repeatedly, two young men in their twenties hurried out with two old servants. They were obviously a little shocked to see this battle and hurried to welcome them.
"In the lower Wu Yuanqing, Wu Yuanshuang - there is a distant welcome. I don't know what to call the distinguished guest?" The two young men look very similar. It seems that they should be a pair of brothers, arching their hands with fear and uneasy faces.
"Bold! Can you ask about the name of His Royal Highness the King of Wu?!"
The two brothers Yuan Qing and Yuan Shuang's neat bodies trembled and hurriedly bowed down: "The villain is guilty. I hope your Highness will be gratitude and release it!"
Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang are the sons of Samurai Yu.
Although the samurai Yi was the Duke of Ying in front of him, he also had an infinite glory in the early Tang Dynasty. He was not only one of the eight prime ministers, but also led the imperial army to be very favored for a while, but that was more than a decade ago. He was the favorite minister of Emperor Gaozu. After the change of Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate, he was once excluded by the old ministers of the Qin Palace, and he never returned to the court as an official. Although Li Shimin also recognized him as a Sanpin Shangshu after his death, and allowed his descendants to inherit the title and return to Chang'an to live, it was just a facade. Now the Duke of Ying can be said to be worthless among the princes and nobles.
The decline of the Wu family is an unchangeable fact. Is it that the two princes of the Wu family can only be submissive and dare not even dare to show their grandeur when they come to Chang'an City, where the princes are everywhere, needless to say, to face the royal princes.
"Those who don't know are innocent, get up." Li Ke said casually, "I just come and visit at will. You don't have to be nervous - lead the way." After saying that, he picked up the Caiju and put it in his hand.
Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang got up in a hurry and understood seven or eight points when they saw the Caiju in Li Ke's hand. For a moment, the expressions of the two brothers became strange. I don't know whether it's surprise or joy, worry or fear.
A prince suddenly came to the Wu family, which was like a golden phoenix falling from a remote village - but what did this golden phoenix come for? Blessing or sin?
All the way, the Wu brothers carefully took Li Ke, Qin Mubai and others to the horse court in their backyard.
"It's nothing to do with you. Let's go." Li Ke waved his hand and drove the Wu brothers away as if he were calling his own slaves. Those armored soldiers who followed also waited far away and did not follow.
The big horse court has not been repaired for many years, and the lost grass has become a pile of withered yellow. But between this decline and desolation, there are several women in colorful clothes, like a group of fairy elves chasing and playing. The vitality of youth makes this area look like a scene full of spring in the world.
The two disciples stood far away and appreciated for a moment, and said with one voice, "It's worth the trip."
"You go over there!" Li Ke threw the ball in his hand to Qin Mubai with a strange smile, "The beauty has an appointment."
"Since you're here, why don't we play together?" Qin Mubai asked puzzledly.
"I have something else to do." Li Ke smiled more strangely and waved his hand, "Go ahead, a group of beauties are waiting for you!" After saying that, he turned around and left.
"Strange..." Qin Mubai looked at Li Ke's back and was puzzled. Suddenly, his heart lit up and he smiled.
This Li Ke is really careful. Just imagine, if he goes with me now... a prince, a seven-grade official, who will those girls look and focus on? Needless to say, I will definitely become a decoration and light bulb. So, he intended to fulfill my affair today.
Enough righteousness.
Just as Qin Mubai was thinking while walking, the group of girls also seemed to notice him and whispered around him.
"Oh, who is that person? When did he come here?
"Hee hee, you are quite handsome!"
"Look, isn't it the Caiju we just kicked away?"
"Wow, was it sent by the King of Wu to question the crime?"
......
Qin Mubai heard these words in his ears, but a smile in his heart made his face stand up. He strode closer and said loudly, "Who kicked this ball?"
A group of women suddenly looked at him in a panic, and they didn't dare to show their atmosphere.
"I'm really here to ask for guilt..."
It's anti-guest, okay. Qin Mubai smiled in his heart, held the ball in his hand, and said, "No one kicked it. Did you fly over by yourself?"
glance at this group of women, seven or eight people, three host ladies, and the other few were obviously maids dressed up as maids. As Li Ke said, these three sisters are more beautiful than each other.
Among them, there is a little girl with a peach face who is the most eye-catching and outstanding. She has apricot eyes, willow eyebrows and pink peach cheeks, her fat skin is as graceful as snow, and her pearly jade is moist and shiny, but her chest is as full as a peak at a young age. A pair of smart big eyes sparkled with curiosity, looking at Qin Mubai with flashes, but not as timid as other women.
"This little girl definitely has the potential to be a generation of evil. If it were in the 21st century, he was the embryo of a future idol star. Qin Mubai fixed his eyes on her, looked up and down, and admired in his heart.
It's amazing.
In the eyes of Qin Mubai, who is self-proclaimed to have countless women, there are not many women who can be described as "amazing".
"Did you kick it?" Qin Mubai pointed his hand at her without hesitation.
The peach-faced woman was shocked and blurted out, "Well, how do you know?"
"Hee hee..." The woman next to her suddenly burst into laughter. Obviously, Qin Mubai did not scare them. In fact, Qin Mubai did not pretend to be fierce and did not make them really feel hostile.
An older woman took half a step, saluted respectfully, and gently opened her lips and said, "I forgive you. It's none of my sister's business, but this Caiju was accidentally kicked by by a cheap concubine. The concubine Wu family, her husband's family Helan. I don't know what to call the driver. What is the position of an official in the Wu Palace?
"This woman should be the eldest sister of these three sisters, but she is a convenient and decent character. She claimed to be a 'greconcubine', and it turned out that she had married the Helan family as a wife. After thinking about it secretly, Qin Mubai smiled and said, "I'm going to Qin Mubai, the captain in the Wu Palace."
The captain of the inner account is the close military officer of the prince. Qin Mubai said this, as if he had been sent by Li Ke to plead guilty.
"It turned out to be Captain Qin, disrespectful." The woman's face changed slightly with a trace of panic, and she saluted again, "My concubine rudely offended the king of Wu, and asked Captain Qin to treat him more in front of the king of Wu..."
"It's easy to say." Qin Mubai smiled and was about to continue talking when the peach-faced little girl suddenly jumped out and hummed, " Wait a minute, Captain Qin. I don't care about my sister. I did kick this Caiju. If you want to take someone, take me!"
"Second sister must not be rude!" The eldest sister of the Wu family pulled her in a panic and came to apologize to Qin Mubai again, "My sister is rude, don't blame the captain."
"Sister, what are you doing? This ball is obviously kicked by my sister!" The peach-faced girl broke free from her eldest sister's hand, took a step forward without timidity, stretched out her hand to Qin Mubai, revealing her cold and red hands and half of her pink wrists, and her apricot lips pouted, "Come on, lock me!"
The corners of Qin Mubai's mouth raised slightly. Looking at this beautiful and evil little hand, he actually had an appetite for a moment.
It's really delicious.
"Say, what's your name?"
"Wu Zhao!" The peach-faced little girl said loudly without thinking.
"What's your name?" Qin Mubai frowned and was surprised.
"Wu Zhao!" The peach-faced little girl suddenly giggled, and a pair of beautiful eyes like black and bright gems smiled like the moon. Looking at Qin Mubai, she smiled and said, "You are young, are you still deaf?"
"Oh, the second sister can't be rude. How did she talk?"
......
Wu Zhao! The second daughter of the martial arts family!
Samurai! Duke Ying!
The eldest daughter marries He Lan! ......
Isn't this peach-faced little girl in front of her a later generation in history... Empress Wu Zetian?! - She is still so young that she has not been transferred to the palace!
Although I don't know much about the history of the Tang Dynasty, there are many TV dramas about Wu Zetian. Qin Mubai didn't know this, but I'm afraid it's difficult.
At first glance, when he heard that Samurai Yi was waiting for this, Qin Mubai just felt familiar. But the word "Wu Zhao" is not like thunder? Later, before and after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, he created a word with the same sound as the light, and the name of Wu Zetian has been shocking from ancient and modern times.
The cold wind swept away the withered grass, and Qin Mubai felt a trace of coolness for some reason. But I felt a little excited in my heart.
"I actually... flirted with the only queen in history. Moreover, it's really a sin to fantasize about having an affair with her!" Qin Mubai shook his head inadvertently, with a strange smile on his face, "But if you can really have something to do with the only queen in history, it's really exciting! Well, she hasn't even entered the palace yet, let alone the queen..."
"Hee hee, sister, look! This handsome brother is stunned!" Wu Zhao patted his cold red hands and giggled, "This man is quite interesting. He doesn't seem to be here to ask for guilt, but he is like a disciple who is fascinated by his sister's beauty."
"Second sister, your mouth is really... Captain Qin must forgive me!" The eldest sister of the Wu family hurriedly apologized.
"It doesn't matter." Qin Mubai smiled slightly, looked up and down at the martial arts again, and said, "In fact, His Royal Highness the King of Wu is destined to return the ball. However, there is a condition."
"Captain, please speak."
"If you can beat me by playing football, you will get this ball, and you will be rewarded with a piece of silk." Qin Mubai opened his mouth and took the silk he had just won by archery as a bargaining chip. He held the color ball and said, "If you lose, you Wu sisters, you might as well have a glass of wine with us."
Qin Mubai said 'we wait' ambiguously, and it seemed that there was nothing to expose Li Ke's visit to the Duke of Ying, which led them to guess. Think about it, even if they want to refuse, it should be difficult.
"In this way, it's better to obey than to be respectful." The eldest sister of the Wu family smiled and now understood that Qin Mubai did not come to ask for guilt, but just an excuse to have fun.
In addition, Qin Mubai is approachable and easy to attract women, and the atmosphere becomes relaxed for a while.
Wu Zhao smiled and said, "Junge, come on, throw the ball over. I'll kick first! Let's see if you can play higher than me. Even my sister can't beat me, hee hee!"
"It's too boring to play like this, and there is no technical content." Qin Mubai smiled and pointed his finger to the two small trees next to the horse court and said, "Pick up the net in the middle of the two trees. Who can kick the ball in twenty steps away is a win."
"Hee hee, this gameplay is fresh, good!" Although Wu Zhao is a little too mature, he is actually only thirteen or fourteen years old, but he is more lively and active than any of the women, and he is not timid at all. She jumped one step and grabbed the ball from Qin Mubai's hand, and then pulled the net from the maids of the brave envoy.
"Well, it should be quite interesting to compare the pilot ball with the future queen." Qin Mubai couldn't help laughing.
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