5. Who sneaked into my bed?

Chen Ji arrived soon, and heard Zhou Xuan ask about Xiahou Liusu's whereabouts, and said with a deep brow: "I ordered the soldiers to post a list of various prefectures and counties, and searched everywhere, but there was no whereabouts of Xiahou Liusu and his daughter. But after capturing Fuzhou City, I heard that the surrendered soldiers of Wu Yue said that Xiahou Yun and his daughter went north, and their whereabouts are still unknown."

Zhou Xuan remembered the night of the mill outside Fuzhou City, Xiahou Liusu's sweet sleeping position, and his long eyelashes were like a tired black butterfly, which made him extremely pity. Now that the war is in chaos, Liusu is with her stubborn father, and she doesn't know where to wander? She couldn't help but chant:

"The ice-skinned and jade bones are cool and sweaty. The wind on the water surface is filled with fragrance. The embroidered curtain is opened, and the bright moon is peeping at people. Before the person sleeps, he puts his pillow and hairpin and his hair is messy. But when will the west wind come? I don't know, the passing years are secretly changing."

Chen Ji knew that Zhou Xuan’s words were missing Xiahou Liusu, and comforted him: “Brother Zhou, don’t worry. Miss Xiahou is skilled in martial arts and will never be a problem. Maybe she went to Jinling to find you.”

Princess Qingle knew about the love between Zhou Xuan and Xiahou Liusu, and was jealous and looked unhesitant.

Chen Ji quickly changed the topic and said, "The Xingwang Mansion Inquirer just came from a secret letter saying that the Han Emperor Liu Jixing collapsed a month ago and Liu Shousu succeeded to the throne. I wonder if the news is accurate?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "This investigation is really slow. Now the news is coming! That's right, I have participated in the ceremony of the succession of the new king of the Southern Han Dynasty on behalf of my Tang Kingdom. Liu Shousu invited the god of Baoqing Palace Wu Lu Qiongxian to divine, thinking that his marriage to Princess Qingle was not conducive to friendship between the two countries. He wanted to marry Princess Yuexiu to the Eastern Palace of Tang Kingdom as a concubine. Originally, I thought this was a good thing. Princess Qingle didn't have to marry far away, but he would earn a Princess Nanhan back-"

Princess Qingle on the side snorted and asked, "Can the Princess Nanhan also want you to send a marriage?"

Zhou Xuan said: "Originally, there was a Southern Han envoy who went to Jinling with a boat, but I sent him back halfway. The Southern Han princess was really unsuccessful!"

"Huh?" Princess Qingle was surprised: "Why don't you want it? Are you born ugly?" Princess Qingle took it for granted. Snow Pig Liu Shousu was so annoying, and her sister might be like the charming pig Xi Erniang.

Zhou Xuan then told the story of what happened on the boat that night and said, "——This Nan Han Gong mainly married the Eastern Palace as a concubine, and then there is no peace in the Daxing Palace!"

Chen Ji did not dare to comment, Princess Qingle nodded and said, "Cousin Xuan is right in handling it. Father, mother, and my brother will never blame you."

Suddenly, a military prostitute came in the rain and said loudly: "Duke Zhou County, General Chen, and His Majesty the Emperor have an order, and there is another order from the Secretariat."

Zhou Xuan and Chen Ji quickly got up and went to the front hall to receive the order. Princess Qingle sent a female official to follow him. What was the order?

Zhou Xuan and Chen Ji came to the front hall and saw that Xu Min, the son of King Xu Mian of Wei, came with the order. He was also friends with Zhou Xuan. He did not talk about his personal relationship for the first time. Emperor Xuan’s decree and the edict of the Secretariat were the heroes of the imperial court to reward the Southern Expedition. From Chen Kai, the Minister of War, there were a large list of rewards.

Chen Kai was promoted to the Minister of War, and was promoted to the Duke of Hongzhou County. Chen Ji was promoted to the third level, from the fourth-rank General Mingwei to the third-rank General Huaihua. With Zhou Xuan captured the five surrendered generals of the Qingyuan who had captured Chen Si'an, they were all awarded the rank of fifth-rank guerrilla generals. Pan Yujiao made great contributions this time. Because Zhou Xuan and Chen Kai wrote a letter to the court to reward Pan Yujiao with great rewards, Pan Yujiao was appointed as the governor of Zhangzhou, which was the only female governor of the Tang Dynasty. Lei Meng was promoted to General Mingwei. The chief of the Zhong clan was named Hui'an County Marquis, Lan Xiangyu's son was named Changtai County Marquis, and Lan Lianchang was appointed Nanjing County Marquis, so he was appointed as the Duke of Lan's clan who had the closest relationship with Chen Si'an. Chen Si'an was appointed as the Duke of Qizhou County, and his family went to Beijing and entered Jinling to settle-

Zhou Xuan knelt down and listened for a long time. This person was promoted and the other person was promoted, but he had nothing to do. Could it be that he had cancelled his credit because of his ambiguous relationship with Princess Qingle?

Xu Min finally recited: "The Grand Secretary of Jixian Palace, Zhou Xuan, Duke of Xinzhou County, has made great contributions to the country, and will be rewarded separately when he returns to Beijing."

After the announcement of the order, Xu Min exchanged greetings with Zhou Xuan and Chen Ji. While sending people Xuan Pan Yujiao and others to come quickly to receive the order to thank him. As for Chen Kai, because he was still in the military affairs of Fuzhou, he could not leave without permission. Xu Min prepared to go to Fuzhou the day after tomorrow to announce the order.

Xu Min said: "At the beginning of last month, I received the commendation documents from Duke Zhou and Shangshu Chen. The emperor ordered the minister to draft an edict to commend the imperial edict. Because Duke Zhou said that Duke Qingle of Duke Qing was mainly returning to Jinling to recuperate, this matter was urgent. Therefore, he ordered the princess to return to Jinling to quickly go first. Min then went south under the order. After twenty-three days, he finally arrived in Quanzhou. He met Duke Zhou here. It was so lucky. Also, when your deportation was given, he did not know that Fuzhou had conquered it. This was another great achievement."

The angel came far away and had not had dinner yet. Zhou Xuan, Chen Ji and other civil and military generals accompanied Xu Min to drink and have a meal. During the meal, Xu Min would go to Fuzhou by sea with Zhou Xuan's fleet. After the imperial edict, he would go to Jinling with the ship. Chen Si'an and his family took it away. As for the generals surrendered in Qingyuan and the clan leader of the four surnames of Shanha, they would first appease the clan members and go to Beijing to meet the Emperor Tang in the spring of next year.

General Qi came in and reported, "Duke Zhou County, General Lin Duo said that he would send Lao Dong back to Jiangzhou on the same day. I wonder what the county minister had to give?"

Zhou Xuan asked General Qi to invite Lin Duo and Lao Dong to the small courtyard where he lived. The three crazy couples, the four crazy people, Yang Zongbao, Li Hu, and the imperial physician Fang all lived here.

Zhou Xuan said to Lin Duo: "Brother Lin, Your Majesty has an order. Xuan I will return to Beijing immediately. I will not be able to go to Jiangzhou during the Chinese New Year this year. I will set off on the second day of the first lunar month next year to marry Hanyun. I will definitely arrive before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

Lin Duo said: "Okay, Hanyun is looking forward to it every day."

Zhou Xuan asked Lin Duo and Lao Dong to sit in the study, grind the ink with cumin. He wrote a letter to Lin, Qin's two father-in-law, and Lin Hanyun. He prepared gifts for Lin and Qin's two mansions on the boat. He was going to send them to him by someone, but now he is the old Dong, so he is just taking them.

After Zhou Xuan finished writing a letter to Lin Hanyun, he remembered Fairy Jingyi. In front of Lin Duo, he naturally seemed too concerned about Sister Daoyun. He pretended to ask casually: "Do sister Daoyun still live in Baiyun Temple?"

Lin Duo said: "Yes, my sister just refuses to move back. Hanyun is running towards Baiyun Temple every few days."

Zhou Xuan said: "Sister Daoyun loves music. I have a new song and lyrics here, which I copied and gave to Sister Daoyun."

Zhou Xuan took a good piece of Jingxian paper, picked up a pen and wrote the three words "Wang Ning Mei" and first recorded the music score. Zhou Xuan was more interested in learning. In Jinling for half a year, in addition to learning painting from Gu Hongzhong, he also learned the music from Yang Xiaopin. Now he has mastered the notation of ancient music like heavenly books, which is strange, with Chinese characters with few strokes, and half a piece of paper with tadpole-shaped symbols, and then started the lyrics:

"One is a fairy flower in the garden, and the other is a beautiful jade without flaws. If there is no strange fate, I will meet him again in this life; if there is a strange fate, how will my thoughts eventually fade? One is a vain and one is a careless concern. One is the moon in the water, and the other is a flower in the mirror. I think how many tears can be in my eyes, how can I withstand autumn flow to winter and spring flow to summer—"

After writing, Zhou Xuan recited it again. This lyrics and songs were too sad, as if Zhou Xuan was crying all day long, missing Daoyun's sister to death. This is really exaggerated, but this is just a means to earn Daoyun's tears. Although the lyrics and music are sad, the future is bright and the end of the song is elegant, everyone will be happy.

Zhou Xuan sealed the four letters and handed them to Lao Dong. Suddenly he remembered something and asked, "General Dong, when did you leave Jiangzhou and come here?"

Old Dong said: "September 27."

Zhou Xuan asked, "Do you know that there are two husbands and wives from my father-in-law, Dr. Qin, Zhuquefang. The man's surname is Xu, he is a bamboo craftsman, and the woman's name is Meizhi?"

Old Dong nodded and said, "Here's here, the second lady sent Dong to Quanzhou for inquiries after hearing the couple say that Mr. Zhou was in danger in Fujian." He said that.

Lin Duo said in surprise: "Whose letter is this?"

Old Dong said: "Miss Second Miss."

Lin Duo said: "Then you didn't mention it when you arrived here a few days ago."

Old Dong said: "Miss Second Miss has given instructions. If you can see Master Zhou, you will submit the letter with your own hands. If you don't see Master Zhou, then bring the letter back to Miss Second. "

Lin Duo shook his head and smiled.

Zhou Xuan was very moved when he read the letter. Lin Hanyun didn't like reading, and his words were rough and he didn't want to write, but this letter wrote thousands of words. The hairpin and flower body, taught by Fairy Jingyi, was neither similar to the shape nor the shape. It was indeed the original work of Miss Lin Er. The letter was full of attachment to Zhou Xuan, and he wrote the sweet feeling of kissing Zhou Xuan, saying that he wanted Brother Zhou Xuan to hold her and kiss her. Many times she dreamed of playing on Xuanzhou Road, kissing her on the carriage. The carriage kept driving, so happy. It was a pity that he woke up later...

Lin Hanyun was tricked into kissing by Zhou Xuan in the carriage driving on Xuanzhou Road!

Zhou Xuan smiled while reading the letter. What a cute little servant, little aunt, said, "I bother General Dong to go back and tell Miss Second, Zhou Xuan is very good and misses her very much, so I asked her to wait for me to marry her - by the way, I have another good thing to give to Miss Second, so that she can be happy." Then he went out to Sizi's room.

Four Idiots and Three Idiots, Yang Zongbao discussed the level issue of the five-nation insect war champion "Xifu Zhao King Li Yuanba". "Li Yuanba" is so powerful that "Insect King Lu Bu" was bitten to death by it using a trick, and he can be called the Insect Emperor.

Zhou Xuan said: "The fourth brother, I want to give 'Li Yuanba' to Miss Lin Er, and I will let Lao Dong take it back tomorrow."

But Sichi refused: "No." He grabbed the insect jar, afraid that Zhou Xuan would snatch it with her.

Zhou Xuan knew that Siya loves insects as if she was life, so she didn't blame her, saying, "The fourth brother, it's winter now, and the weather is colder every day. I remember that last year's 'untouchable' was the 24th October. We buried it near Bailu Academy in Lushan. Do you still remember?"

The Siqi said sadly: "Yes, so I can't bear to leave 'Li Yuanba'."

Zhou Xuan said: "The lifespan of the insect king is longer than that of ordinary crickets, but it is only ten days and half a month longer. When we return to Jinling, it will take at least half a month and we will have to delay in Fuzhou. It is very likely that before we arrive in Jinling, "Li Yuanba" will have already died. Let it go to Jiangzhou, and it doesn't take half a month to arrive. Lin Hanyun can fight two more insect battles, and then wait for "Li Yuanba" to return to the queen of heaven and be buried with "I can't touch" and it will be considered as a place to die."

The Sichi said decisively: "Okay, I will go back to Jiangzhou with Lao Dong tomorrow."

Zhou Xuan nodded with a smile: "The fourth brother is really a worm-in-law, so let's do it like this. You clean up and you will set off tomorrow."

There is one thing that is so ignorant that he asked me to make a bet with me that he would ask me to promise you something after winning the Five Kingdoms War Championship. What is the matter? Please make it clear so that I won’t worry about it all day long.”

Zhou Xuan laughed: "I'll talk about it when I come to Jiangzhou in the first month of next year, you must not regret it."

The four cynic said: "That depends on what's going on!"

Zhou Xuan said: "Of course it is something that is beneficial to you. Our master and servant are like brothers, right?"

Princess Qingle had already ordered the female official to come and invite Zhou Xuan several times. Zhou Xuan was busy. After taking a bath, he went to the Koi Courtyard. It was already the first time he had already arrived at the Koi Courtyard.

The female officials and palace maids in the yard, even if the cousins ​​are so arrogant, they will not be able to snuggle up to a couch to make out. They will only hold hands and kiss them for a short time to avoid everyone's eyes and ears, and they will be full of fun.

That night, Zhou Xuan returned to the courtyard to rest without any trouble.

The next day, Lao Dong took eight Fenghua soldiers to leave Quanzhou with gifts from Zhou Xuan to Jiangzhou, carrying Zhou Xuan's gifts sent to Jiangzhou. The four fools took "Insect Emperor Li Yuanba" with him and left Zhou Xuan at the northern gate of Quanzhou, and quickly went to Jiangzhou.

Zhou Xuan and Chen Ji returned to the Qingyuan Protectorate, but Lan Lianchang rushed back overnight and received an order to be granted the title of county marquis. In order to appease him, Zhou Xuan also said kindly to him.

Lan Lianchang hesitated for a while, finally made up his mind and said, "Mr. Zhou, since he has surrendered to the Emperor of Tang, he will naturally be loyal to the country. If you have important matters in your position, you will report to the Duke of the County and ask the Duke of the County to retreat."

Chen Ji and the other two officials quickly retreated without waiting for Zhou Xuan to speak, but San Chi remained motionless.

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Does Mr. Lan want to make extraordinary achievements? Please tell me-"

Lan Lianchang took out several letters from his arms, presented them to Zhou Xuan with both hands, and whispered: "Please read the county duke. This is a letter written by King Jing Li Kun to Chen Si'an. I dare not hide my humble position."

Zhou Xuan was so excited that he had already ordered Chen Ji to search for Chen Si'an's letters, but he did not find any letters from Li Kun. Li Kun was absolutely in contact with Chen Si'an, and it was impossible for him to return without the letters. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be in the hands of Lan Lianchang.

There are three letters in total. Zhou Xuan read it through and closed his eyes to ponder. The ancient and elegant letters are very obscure and ambiguous in many places. Li Kun is cunning. How could he write in black and white to Chen Si'an to help him get to power, and the words "Che" and "Ting" may be conveyed verbally by the sender, but the meaning of intentionally accepting Chen Si'an in the letter is very obvious.

Zhou Xuan opened his eyes and said, "Marty Lan has made great contributions. When I return to Beijing, I ask for me for the Marty Lan."

"I dare not, don't dare." Lan Lianchang said repeatedly: "Why dare to take credit for the humble position? I just want the Marquis to say a few good words to me, Lan's family, in front of the emperor. Lianchang is so grateful."

Lan Lianchang thought for a long time whether to hand over Li Kun's letter. At this time, he was also a gamble. He is now optimistic about Li Jian's battle for the throne between King Jing Li Kun and Li Jian of the East Palace, because Li Jian has Zhou Xuan's assistance. Once Li Kun fails, the letters he had to deal with Qingyuan may be found. At that time, Lan Lianchang might be implicated, so he bet on Zhou Xuan in advance.

After seeing off Lan Lianchang, Zhou Xuan ordered the three letters to be carefully packed. He went to the Koi Courtyard to chat with Princess Qingle and drew a squid dress for Princess Qingle. The collar and cuffs were all snow-white squid hair. He ordered people to find the best squid skin, and the skillful palace maid sewed it according to the styles painted by Zhou Xuan.

In the afternoon, civil and military officials who surrendered Qingyuan came to pay homage to Zhou Xuan and the angel Xu Min, which was nothing more than expressing their loyalty to Emperor Tang and the great gifts offered.

Zhou Xuan accepted it with a smile and comforted him with kind words. This gift must be accepted, and it cannot be comforted if he does not accept it.

The social event was late at night. Xiao Xuxiang came to serve him to wash up and asked, "Son-in-law, we will go back to Jinling tomorrow, right? Can we arrive in ten days?"

Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "It's almost the same. Xiaoqian travels with me thousands of miles this time, and I have made outstanding achievements. I don't know how to reward you - Xiaoqian, when will you have your birthday?"

Xiaopin suddenly became depressed and said, "Xin is an orphan, adopted by Mr. Qin. Xiaopin doesn't know which birthday he will be. Xiaopin is so pitiful. Although Xiaopin doesn't know who her parents are, she has Jinzuchuan and knows that she was born on the first day of the first lunar month. Xiaopin knows nothing!"

Zhou Xuan patted Xiaoqian's back of his hand and comforted him: "So, what about Xiaoqian's birthday when we return to Jinling?"

Xiaoqian was suddenly happy, her eyes were bright, and she went back to her room to rest. She would get up early tomorrow to rush.

Zhou Xuan closed the door and took off his clothes and went to the bed. Quanzhou in October was not cold, so he fell asleep soon. I don’t know how long he slept, but suddenly felt a cool body crawling into his quilt and pecking his face with his wet and hot lips.
Chapter completed!