If Guan Yue wants to report something, it's not like Lu Anran can't listen.
First, let’s talk about the reason for the conflict between the three students of Jixia Palace before. “Wuka of Lanzhou County and Yin Pleiades of Anxia County had a dispute in Jixia Palace over the allocation of school buildings in Luyuan. This time they met in the city. Yin Pleiades. Subaru was deliberately looking for trouble, and that's why the dispute broke out."
Lu Anran was quite surprised. The man named Wuka didn't look like he could quarrel with others. He was too soft-tempered and couldn't hold back his anger.
Yun Qi asked: "Another one?"
Guanyue seemed to have conducted a comprehensive investigation and immediately said: "His name is Xu Shaokai. He is from Beiyan. His family does some fur business. He is one of the seven students from poor families who were admitted to Jixia Palace."
Yun Qi turned the jade cup and raised his eyes slightly, "Tong Wu?"
Guanyue nodded: "Yes, your skills are good."
Yun became a little more interested: "How many tricks can I do with your hands?"
Guanyue thought for a moment: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I heard that he destroyed nine stone beasts during the assessment."
Yun Qi's eyes brightened a little, and he curled his lips and smiled: "It's not bad."
Lu Anran didn't know martial arts, but he had heard that in the Jixia Palace martial arts assessment, candidates would encounter a maze of ten stone beasts with different images. They would not only move their positions, but also emit different mechanisms.
"How much does it count as passing the assessment?"
Guanyue pointed out a few fingers: "Five."
Lu Anran said oh, this Xu Shaokai is indeed excellent.
Yun Qi: "Why did he get involved?"
Guan Yue replied: "Both Yin Subaru and Wuka belong to the civil service, and the school building is arranged in the same courtyard. Originally, Wuka chose a room first, but Yin Subaru insisted on changing with him, saying that he would not sleep in that room. , it’s easy to get headaches. When the two sides quarreled, Xu Shaokai, who was separated by a wall, heard it and jumped over the wall to help Wuka out, thus forming a grudge with Yin Subaru."
Yun Qi sighed softly: "The Yin family has become so arrogant in Mengzhou these years that the capital cannot even hold a Yin Pleiades."
Lu Anran's focus was different. She admired the fact that she spent so little time watching the moon and collected all the information. It seemed that she either paid attention to it normally or had an extraordinary intelligence network.
Guanyue noticed Lu Anran's eyes that glanced at her from time to time, and took the initiative: "Miss Lu, just ask whatever you want to ask."
Lu Anran asked sincerely: "Do you even know about people climbing over the wall?"
It is rare that he plans to give back to the diligent Guan Yue: "..."
Yun Qi chuckled, and after laughing he asked, "Tell me about the other one."
Guanyue stopped the twitching corners of her mouth and tried her best to keep herself steady, "The female family members of Zhongwu General Gu's house were admiring the lanterns. One of Mrs. Gu's maids bumped into a lame vendor carrying a load on the street and cursed him loudly. After a while, I finally lost my money and left.”
Since entering the royal capital, Lu Anran didn't know how many times he had heard about General Zhongwu's mansion. All the honor and disgrace of this family were tied to the people who were sleeping underground, but because of this, they were stronger than ordinary favors.
After death, the credit remains, who can endure the cold in the hero's bones?
While Lu Anran was thinking about it, Guan Yue pointed downstairs: "That's her."
Lu Anran looked over the railing and blurted out: "It's her."
Yun Qi looked at her: "Do you know her?"
Lu Anran shook his head: "I met him the day I entered the city."
Yun Qi smiled silently, which can make a person deeply impressed by another stranger. I'm afraid it's not as simple as meeting him once. Thinking about the maid's behavior today, it was probably clear. However, seeing that Lu Anran had no intention of saying more, he did not continue the topic.
"Today is the Lantern Festival. I count you lucky to meet me. I will treat you to Hualou's specialty ice skin milk cake."
Lu Anran didn't want this blessing. He just thought that she owed Yunqi a favor last night. He seemed to have no intention of saying no. He thought about it and said, "I'll invite the crown prince."
Yun Qi's peach blossom eyes were half-squinted, with a trace of drunkenness appearing, "Let women spend money, ha~" Who are you looking down on?
The ice cream cake was served on an oversized square white porcelain plate. There was a blank space next to it, with a small rockery and a wooden windmill for decoration, but the food was specially covered with a silver lid.
When it was placed on the table, mist emitted from the small wooden bucket placed horizontally under the rockery, steaming the entire plate into steaming mist, which was really beautiful.
The taste is unknown, but the scene is definitely there.
Yun Qi raised his chin and signaled Lu Anran to open the lid, "Mengdu can't eat such delicate things."
Lu Anran was quite looking forward to it after seeing all kinds of desserts and delicacies in the royal capital. He raised his hand to lift the lid and looked intently. His body froze, his eyes trembled, and the color on his face instantly faded.
Yun Qi stood up suddenly, the drunkenness in his eyes disappeared immediately, and his voice suddenly became cold: "Watch the moon."
Guanyue ran over and took a look. What kind of snow-skinned milk cake was on the white porcelain plate on the table? What was this red, sticky, unknown object?
Lu Anran curled her fingers and slowly put down the lid, her mind slowly calmed down. She looked up at Yun Qi and said in a cold voice, "Stillborn."
Outside the door, Chunmiao heard the unusual movement and leaned in, "Miss, what happened?"
Lu Anran said without looking back: "Get out."
Chunmiao pursed her lips. Seeing the strange atmosphere in the room, she didn't dare to ask any more questions, so she had to withdraw again.
Yun Qi squinted his eyes, with a coquettish sneer at the end of his eyes: "Is this prince usually too low-key?"
After Guanyue poked it with chopsticks, he affirmed: "It's fake. It's made with flour mixed with brown sugar water."
Lu Anran's whole body suddenly relaxed, and his fingers were still tightly clenched together. She was not afraid of corpses no matter how tragic their appearance, but her face turned pale when she first looked at this pile of things. This was also because her mother died of dystocia.
It was precisely because of this that we didn't immediately recognize that this pile of fetuses looked very much like the fetuses that a woman had taken out after childbirth, but they were just kneaded with flour to look like the real ones.
Yunqi winked, Guanyue nodded slightly, and quietly left to investigate.
"First the poisonous insects, and then this." Yun Qi flicked his right hand, unfolding the jade bone fan, revealing the flower-covered image of a prosperous human being, and said with a smile: "You have offended someone, or there are people who don't like me."
This question was quickly answered when Guan Yue came back, "She is a little girl. Her kung fu is not very good, but her lightness kung fu is top-notch. She escaped with injuries."
The girl with the evil smile flashed through Lu Anran's mind, and he sighed: "Mine." After a pause, he added: "I will bring trouble to the prince."
Yun Qi leaned his forehead against the railing, scanning his eyes from top to bottom, with a noble and lazy smile, "I have only been in the capital for a few days, and I have offended a lot of people."
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If Lu Anran hadn't met Yun Qi by chance, he would have put off the lanterns and returned to Luyuan. At this moment, he could hold the "Qianjin Pharmacopoeia" in his hand and twist it carefully.
"What a disgusting look you have. How many women have paid thousands of dollars to beg me to spend the night with you. I am willing to spend time with you, but you are still ungrateful." Yun Qi knocked on the table in dissatisfaction.
Lu Anran was silent for a moment, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, please do so." He really stood up and said, "Hai Shi is coming soon, take my leave."
Yun Qi sat still and said two words: "Human~love~"
Lu Anran closed her eyes and took a breath: "Your Majesty, just tell me."
"No rush." Yun Qi bent one leg and covered half of his face with the jade bone fan in his hand, revealing a pair of peach blossom eyes with a touch of slyness, "Tsk, tsk, how good is this? I haven't repaid the favor yesterday, and I owe you again today. The next one might as well be..."
Lu Anran looked at him, and Yun Qi winked at her: "I will... pay off my debt with my body."
When the atmosphere was inexplicably ambiguous, Guan Yue barged in. Looking left and right, he felt something strange but couldn't place it.
Yun Qi flipped the jade cup, restrained his teasing, he was a dissolute and frivolous but noble and indifferent young master, and his tone was also his usual lazy tone: "What happened?"
Guanyue's whole body trembled, she didn't dare to look around anymore, and her tone was extremely serious: "There is a dead person in Heming Lane."
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After leaving the flower building, the sound of iron hoofbeats was suddenly heard. Lu Anran raised his eyes and saw a group of people in silver armor coming from the north of Suzaku Street and heading east.
The lanterns are bright, and the bright armor is like an unsheathed sword. It is intimidating and imposing, calling people to pay attention and respect.
It came and went like a gust of wind. After the group left, the crowd relaxed again and gathered together to guess whether something had happened.
"The attire of the Langshan camp." Yun Qi's voice rang in Lu Anran's ears, "Tonight on the Lantern Festival, there are not enough guards in the city, so the emperor has sent a team of troops to maintain the stability of the capital."
A few people walked in the direction of Heming Lane. People passing by were still enjoying the various lanterns and stalls, presumably unaware of the murder that had occurred.
Lu Anran felt a chill on her wrist and turned her eyes to the side. She saw Yun Qi grabbing the jade bone fan. The handle of the fan was right on her wrist bone. Half of her body was slightly tilted, as if she was whispering close, and she couldn't help but frown. .
This man talks...
Do you have to be so close?
Yun Qi: "Do you know who the leader was just now?"
Lu Anran only remembered that the man was tall and had a stronger aura than the others. She didn't have time to pay attention to his appearance in the future, but his eyes were impressive, like a soaring nighthawk in the dark night, as sharp as penetrating the night. Awesome.
Yun Qi said in a nonchalant tone: "His name is Qi Shang. He is currently the fifth-grade captain of Langshan Camp. He was also the number one scholar in the martial arts examination three years ago. He has 5,000 people in Langshan Camp." He smiled, but the meaning was unclear, "To many people Humanly speaking, it is already beyond his reach, but his background is relatively low, his father only served as a lecturer at the fourth-grade Hanlin Academy."
Lu Anran understood the connotation of these words. Perhaps for a talented person like Qi Shang, his family background would be the biggest obstacle for him to climb up.
Just like a tree, it is easy to establish a foothold, but it is not easy to take root. If you want to spread its branches and vines, in addition to your own ability, you also need external nutrition supply and a broader world.
A single tree cannot support itself, but together they form a forest.
However, she asked another question, "When did this dynasty establish Wu Zhuangyuan?"
"Three years ago," Yun Qi said, "Qi Shang won the first prize in one fell swoop and became the number one martial artist in the Ning Dynasty."
Guan Yue put his head in and added: "The Jixia Palace has not yet been opened, and the imperial court has held the number one position in martial arts for three consecutive years, and Qi Shang is the most outstanding one among them."
