The wind in the middle of the night in midsummer still has the scorching breath of the day. When I open the carved window, the long wind brings half a wisp of lotus fragrance. Under the window are several wide-mouthed copper vats with purple and gold cloud patterns, and half-opened bowls with lotus flowers.

In the clear waves, a gentle breeze ripples, and half of the pool is red and pink, and half is green.

Opening the mother-of-pearl black wooden cage at the end of the bed, Du Gui carefully took out a dark oil lamp. Through the dim moonlight, he could vaguely see a strange blue bird carved on it, with its head raised and its wings fluttering.

There was an inconspicuous small white porcelain jar on the dressing table, only the size of a palm. Du Gui dipped some clear oil from the jar and smeared it on the inner wall of the oil lamp.

, a vine grew out of the depths, and as the flames kept swaying, he breathed a sigh of relief and said softly: "Master, it's done."

Luokui nodded gently, took a written letter, lit it on the lamp, and watched the letter burn out in the cold plum glazed incense burner, turning into a handful of ashes. She rubbed her fingers on the wick.

Pinch off a bright yellow flame, and a faint green leaf floats up and down in the flame.

The flame fell into the incense burner, and as soon as it touched the ashes in the incense burner, it turned from bright yellow to blue, like a pool of blue water wrapping the ashes and refining them into the flame. After a while, the flame changed from blue to blue again.

It turns green and finally condenses into a yellow-orange ginkgo leaf.

Luokui followed the same method and made five letters into leaves of different shapes one after another, and handed them to Du Gui one by one: "This ginkgo leaf is sent to Nanqi Kingdom, this sycamore leaf is sent to Fuling Mountain, and the maple leaf is sent to Changhe Kingdom.

The bowl of lotus leaves is sent to Beigu Kingdom, and the begonia leaves are sent to Tianmu Kingdom. Be careful and careful."

Du Gui raised his hand to punch a small hole under the leaf, put on strips of plain-colored ribbons, which looked like just bookmarks made of ordinary leaves, and then sandwiched them in a book called Yuanmen Bi Tan, and whispered

He said: "Well, various forces are now intertwined in various countries. There are many forces that have been hidden from the world for many years. They are also ready to move recently. I wonder if it is because Beigu State intends to marry our Yunchu State."

Luokui made a secret to extinguish the bluebird oil lamp, carefully put it away, and said in a deep voice: "Beigu Kingdom has decided to marry the princess of our Yunchu Kingdom. As a result, the balance of the past ten years will be broken, and the relationship between the two countries will be broken.

How can the country not panic? I'm afraid everyone is secretly plotting how to ruin this marriage. Even if the two countries agree on the marriage smoothly, the princess's journey to a distant marriage will not be peaceful."

"Then according to what the master sees, which princess will your Majesty choose to marry?" Du Gui raised his hand and touched the book, and the Yuanmen Bi Tan turned into a ray of light and disappeared into his palm in an instant.

The night breeze was gentle, and the eaves bells were tinkling. The soft sound one after another sounded pleasant and quiet during the day, but in the silent dark night, it was especially deafening.

Who would marry far away, princess? There is only one princess who is the direct daughter of His Majesty, but the princess is also named by His Majesty. There is a precedent for naming a daughter of a clan as a princess to marry far away and make a marriage alliance. The thought at this moment is like a tiny insect eating a fallen sunflower.

Her heart felt empty in an instant, and the deep and distant voice when she spoke startled her: "How are you doing in Jingmo these days?"

Du Gui refilled a cup of hot water and handed it over: "Everything is fine with Mr. Mo, but he is very close to the eldest girl of the Qu family."

Luo Kui gently fiddled with the pastel bowl with lotus pattern and the cup. The thin and crisp lid of the cup gently knocked on the rim of the cup, and the bell rang softly: "Qu Lian is there diligently."

Du Gui thought for a moment and said, "I go there every day. The eldest girl from the Qu family is trying to find a job for Mr. Mo."

Luokui raised her eyes: "Where do the two of them go every day."

Du Gui thought about it: "Every day at the same time, the eldest girl from the Qu family will go to Leping Inn to have lunch with Mr. Mo. Later, they will go to Shengze Street together, all the way to Guanqiankou, and around the same time, they will have dinner at Jushanfang.

, Mr. Mo’s favorite is the lotus-fed fish buns made there.”

Luokui felt a chill in her heart. In just three to five days, the two of them had become so close. She had never expected this. She tapped the table with two fingers. Although the folk customs are now civilized, the boudoir is letting the virgins go out to hang out.

It is common to go on outings, go to temples to visit incense temples, and have sex with foreign men, but it is still rare for girls to interact with foreign men. After all, if this kind of thing spreads, it will damage the reputation and delay the girl's marriage proposal, not to mention Qu Tianxiong's only wish.

Let Qu Lian marry into a high-ranking family, how could she be allowed to get along with a foreign man of unknown origin? If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Her eyes flashed, and her voice became colder: "Where is Qu Tianxiong."

There was a blue and white medicine bowl with a white background placed on the rosewood plate with lotus pattern. The dark rose medicine was no longer steaming. Du Gui took the medicine bowl and handed it to Luokui. Seeing her obediently drink it all, she nodded.

Hui didn't make any excuses to drink half and leave half. Then he smiled and said softly: "Since he came back from Yongzhou, everything has been as usual, nothing unusual."

Luokui rinsed her mouth to dilute the bitter medicinal taste in her mouth, and thought: "Prince Lin will not give up if Yongzhou fails. You must take good care of the Huang family and be sure not to be careless."

Du Gui handed over the handkerchief and said softly: "This morning, Indigo took people to Mr. Rui's house in the east of the city, but Mr. Rui's house was empty overnight."

Luokui's hand paused slightly, her cold eyes darkening: "It was Qu Tianxiong who did it."

"Yes, King Lin fell in love with Mr. Rui's three girls. Indigo first tried to coerce and lure them, but then he decided to rob them. Qu Tianxiong had ordered people to send them out of the city last night." Du Gui said angrily:

"Prince Lin has harmed countless girls. He is really hateful."

A trace of doubt passed through Luokui's heart, like a moment of uneasiness, but she couldn't grasp it or figure it out: "I remember that King Lin was not such a lustful person before, why has he become more and more crazy in the past two years?"

By the way, you have been with your father for a long time, but do you still remember Yue Gu?"

Du Gui nodded: "Remember, when she was asked by King Lin to be a companion, Master, you were still young. What's wrong, why did Master suddenly mention Yue Gu?"

Luokui shook her head slightly: "It's nothing. She disappeared after going to Prince Lin's Mansion and can't be found anywhere."

Du Guining said: "Yes, we Shui family members, whether dead or alive, must be innocent. After Heng'er comes back, his subordinates will explain to him and ask him to investigate."

A crescent moon hung in the sky, its brightness dim and unclear, like sleepy eyes that had to be kept open even though they were so sleepy. Luokui covered her mouth and yawned, speaking incoherently: "I'm tired, and so are you.

Just rest early, and when Du Heng comes back from Nanqi Kingdom, you can rush back to Tianmu Kingdom. I will always be worried if you are not in charge there."

Du Gui put down the curtain, hung mosquito repellent sachets on the four corners, and held a gilt lotus petal incense burner to smoke back and forth in the house. The mosquito repellent incense in the furnace was made from powdered mugwort, tobacco leaves, and rosin. After being smoked in the house

, leaving a faint scent. After everything was done, he fetched water and went into the house: "Master settled in earlier, and my subordinates will be keeping watch on the porch. If master has anything to do, just give instructions to his subordinates."

Luokui was slightly surprised: "We don't have to keep vigil on weekdays, so why do we need to keep vigil today?"

Du Gui grinned: "There is something going on in the temple today. The master brother gave the order when he returned. It is said that the world is not peaceful recently. The subordinates dare not disobey the master brother's order."

Luo Kui knew that the head brother was worried about her, so she raised the corner of her lips and laughed at herself: "The higher the head brother's cultivation level, the less courage he gets." She pointed to the carved vines standing in the corner of the room.

The Liangtan said: "Move the Liangtan to the corridor and set it up."

After saying that, she took out a sky blue square silk tent with Ruyi pattern from the large nanmu cabinet, and told Du Gui to find four yellowed bamboo poles from the courtyard, tie them to the four corners of the bed, and said with a smile: "Put up the mosquito nets."

stop."

When everything was done, Luokui clapped her hands, raised her chin, pointed to the edge of the courtyard and smiled: "I planted a lot of mosquito repellent in the spring, which came in handy. You can take out the wormwood that has been in the kitchen for many years."

Come out and smoke it well in the tent. You don't want to feed the mosquitoes." After saying that, he moved the gilt double-eared copper smoker to the corridor and added a spoonful of mosquito repellent incense.

Du Gui responded and hurriedly cleaned up, while Luo Kui washed her face, washed her hands, took off her hairpin ring, put on plain pajamas, and sipped the warm soothing soup little by little, her forehead corners twitching, she suddenly felt that life was really hard, and she

It's time to live a decadent life of putting on clothes and food, and suddenly raised his voice: "Du Gui, go find Liang Jiang tomorrow and ask him to find some reliable girls."

"Here." Du Gui said little, but he rarely asked the reason for Luo Kui's instructions and just did them neatly.

After going over the events of the past few days in his mind, he felt that nothing had been missed. Luokui lay relaxed on the bed, feeling sore all over. He looked up at the top of the tent, where the lotus-colored soft gauze tent was embroidered with pink and purple.

She counted the sparrow flowers one by one, and finally she fell asleep after counting them.

She fell asleep in a daze, only to feel that she was on the top of thousands of snow-like waves, each wave roaring higher than the other. She struggled for a long time, and was about to drown when she heard Du Gui knocking on the door gently: "Master

, Master, have you rested? Mr. Yun is here and says there is something urgent."

Luokui was so frightened that she sat up and hugged the quilt, her eyes blurred, and she said numbly: "Who, Yun Liangjiang, brought me a girl."

Du Gui said softly: "Master is thinking too much. Mr. Yun said that he has caused a fatal incident and begs Master to meet him."

Luokui was still dumb, thinking that Yun Liangjiang had become bolder. She broke out in the middle of the night and was not afraid of Liehou's actions. She covered her mouth and yawned widely, and the autumn-colored thin brocade quilt fell from her shoulders.

Sliding down, some chills came over me. After a shiver, I suddenly woke up and thought for a moment: "Tell him to wait for a while and let me change my clothes."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yun Liangjiang started shouting outside. Although he lowered his voice, he could still hear that the tone of his voice had changed due to fright: "What time has it been? I'm so anxious. Why should I change my clothes? Get the quilt."

Wrap yourself up, I'm coming in."

Before Luokui could respond, Du Gui grabbed him from outside and yelled with a pale face: "No, Mr. Yun, no, for the sake of my master's reputation, no."

However, Yun Liangjiang opened the door regardless and rushed into the house. He found a fire stick and lit the lamp. He leaned back in his chair and shouted outside: "Du Gui, boil some water. I'll
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