At the second quarter of Xu, the entire Bachuan Garden was quiet. Most people had gone back to their houses to rest, and the footsteps of the night watchman could only be heard occasionally.
Qu Qiuyong, the veteran, carried a lantern and came outside Zhou Jun's courtyard. He called out softly: "Young Master Zhou."
Zhou Jun, who was trapped in the hospital and had misty eyes, heard the shout, opened his eyes in an instant, climbed up and sat up, and said: "Here he comes."
Zhou Jun said to the sleepy Huayue: "Go to the room and sleep first."
Huayue rubbed her eyes and responded.
Zhou Jun straightened his clothes, walked to the entrance of the courtyard, and bowed his hands towards Qiu Yong.
Qiu Yong turned around and motioned for Zhou Jun to follow him.
The two of them were walking on the road to the Villa when they heard Qiu Yong say: "The master just entered the house and heard that Erlang came to complain about something. He didn't even have time to take a sip of water, so he sent someone to come and report."
Zhou Jun said: "Thank you for your hard work."
Qiu Yong said: "I am an old soldier, and there are mountains of corpses and seas of blood. What does it matter? Erlang, on the other hand, has to go to the city tomorrow. I'm afraid it will be difficult to travel back and forth."
The two of them talked like this and walked to the entrance of Pang Gong's residence.
Yuping was waiting inside the door. She first said "Blessings" to Qiu Yong, and then led Zhou Jun towards the wing.
After entering the nave and then the study, Zhou Jun saw Mr. Pang sitting on the folding bed, reading a letter.
When he noticed Zhou Jun walking in, Pang Gong raised his head and looked at him.
Zhou Jun said directly: "Pang Gong, Prime Minister Li invited me to see me today."
Pang Gong was stunned, frowned and asked: "Which Prime Minister Li?"
Zhou Jun: "Li Youxiang."
Pang Gong: "Li Linfu?"
Zhou Jun: "Yes."
Pang Gong's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he said to Zhou Jun, "Let me tell you what happened."
Zhou Jun started talking about Li Linfu's invitation on the way, and told Pang Gong the whole story intact.
After hearing this, Mr. Pang thought and said to himself: "It has only been a few days. Is it possible that it is more urgent than our family?"
Zhou Jun was puzzled when he heard this, but he still lowered his head and remained silent.
Pang Gong said to Zhou Jun: "Have you heard about the mourning of King Shou?"
Zhou Jun nodded: "I heard a little bit."
Pang Gong: "Although King Shou is the son of Queen Zhenshun, he was previously raised by King Ning."
"In the 29th year of Kaiyuan, King Ning passed away. King Shou was grateful for King Ning's kindness in raising him, regarded him as his foster father, and paid tribute to him by mourning him."
"Now that the period of filial piety has come, our family is going to the city to visit King Shou."
Zhou Jun asked: "Where is Prime Minister Li..."
Pang Gong added: "Li Linfu is the right prime minister, and Li Shizhi is the left prime minister. Although the two prime ministers are in harmony on the surface, they secretly compete for power, and everyone in the court knows it."
"In the Tianbao year, Xuanzong summoned Li Shizhi to inquire about the Khitan military affairs. The latter once said that in the 20th year of Kaiyuan, Prince Li Hengyao led his generals to defeat the Xi, Khitan and other tribes. After many years of fighting, the Khitan was weak and had nothing to fear."
"Xuanzong thought of the prince and recruited him into the palace. He was richly rewarded."
"Since then, although Li Shizhi has not stated it explicitly, word has spread that he loves the prince."
When Zhou Jun heard this, he vaguely understood.
Li Shizhi sided with the Crown Prince Li Heng, while Li Linfu sided with the Longevity King Li Hao.
Pang Gong added: "Recently, the power of Prime Minister Li Zuo has shown signs of rising in the court. Li Linfu is afraid of this and has mentioned this matter to our family more than once."
"Our family guesses that Li Linfu couldn't help it and would take action against Li Shizhi's people, so he only met you today. In fact, it was to remind our family."
Zhou Jun thought for a while and asked Pang Gong: "If Li Linfu wants to touch Li Shizhi's people, how should we deal with it?"
Pang Gong: "The period of filial piety for King Shou has just passed. It is not a wise move to get involved in the court situation at this time."
"Since Li Linfu is eager to attack the enemy, let him do it."
"It's just that there must be rules for doing things. If Li Linfu acts in a twists and turns, using the banner of King Shou and pointing his sword at the prince, then he has crossed the line."
"Looking for an opportunity, Erlang and our family will go to Li's house together to talk to Li Linfu so that we can know what he thinks."
Zhou Jun listened and said yes.
Pang Gong looked out the window, then turned back to Zhou Jun and said, "It's getting late today, Erlang, go back to sleep first."
"Tomorrow you go to Shangshu and Dianmao first, ask for three days' leave, make some preparations, and then go with our family to meet Li Linfu."
Zhou Jun agreed again.
Coming out of Pang Gong's courtyard, Zhou Jun looked up at the cold moonlight and sighed in his heart.
The days of leisure are probably coming to an end.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Jun washed up early, took the breakfast food bag from Hua Yue, and rushed all the way to Chang'an.
When the lawsuit entered the capital, Zhou Jun first called Mao to answer the question, and then went to Chief Cheng and told him about asking for leave for three days.
There has been nothing going on recently, so Chief Cheng checked in the train station without asking any questions, reported it to the superior officer, and then signed the leave quite readily.
After asking for leave, Zhou Jun went back home first and explained the situation to his parents.
Then, Zhou Jun packed his bags and hurried back to Bachuan Villa.
When I returned to the Villa, it was only the end of the year.
After going to Pang Gong's courtyard, he learned from Yuping that Pang Gong was talking to Yin Darong in the study. Zhou Jun guessed that the two of them might be talking about King Shou, so he left first.
Returning to the wing in the outer garden, Zhou Jun happened to see Hua Yue who had just finished practicing.
I could see beads of sweat on Huayue's forehead, and Zhou Jun, who was standing downwind, could actually smell some fragrance.
Zhou Jun told Hua Yue his doubts.
Huayue's face turned red and she explained: "Dashi advocates spices and believes that spices are holy words given by God."
"Aristocratic women who eat a lot will take small doses of Tian Chun and Ru Li since they were young."
"In daily life, if you sweat or suffer from heat, the fragrance in your body will dissipate."
"When I was still feasting, I could still smell some of the aroma in my body; during the period when I was caught and sold to the Turks, I smeared my body with mud and filth, and found some medicine to swallow, to control
The fragrance inside the body spreads.”
"For a long time after that, my body lost its fragrance. I thought it would be the same in the future, but I didn't expect that recently, the fragrance has vaguely appeared again."
Zhou Jun was very interested when he heard this and asked: "How did you know the formulas of those skin waxes on your body and the medicines you mentioned earlier? How did you prepare them?"
Hua Yue: "Have you forgotten? There are no less than twenty of my private teachers alone, and naturally there are scholars of pharmacology and alchemy among them."
"When I usually travel, I always keep a medicine bag in my pocket." Speaking of this, Hua Yue was a little annoyed: "I collected those medicines and materials for a long time, but unfortunately they were all lost later.
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After saying that, Huayue lowered her head and smelled her body, and said to Zhou Jun: "I haven't smelled this smell for a long time, and now it suddenly rushes into my nose, and I feel a little uncomfortable. I won't tell you, I'm going to take a shower first.