Concubine like a house

Chapter 123: Picking the Stars Night Banquet at the Cheng Palace (2)
Thinking of this, Chuxiu blurted out: "This is a bad idea." "Oh? Why did Madam say that?" Emperor Tianshou finally became interested and asked with raised eyebrows.Out of Xiuxiu pondering for a moment, I had to find an excuse: "The sword has no eyes, and climbing high is dangerous. If you continue to fight for the attack, if you miss it..." Before she could finish speaking, the Emperor Tianshou laughed and said: "The dignified King Cheng and Weiyuan The general is not someone who is waiting for nothing, Madam, don't underestimate them." Nie Peixiao was also full of confidence: "We are empty-handed, and we will stop as soon as we reach it. Madam, don't worry." He thought for a while, then frowned and said to himself, "What object should be placed on the roof of the Zhaixing Building so that it is obvious and easy to fight for?" "Mrs. Chuxiu carried a dagger with her today. It was very small and exquisite. It was detained by Mr. Cen when she entered the garden. My minister I think that dagger is good as a lottery, and people on the battlefield should fight with sharp weapons." Shen Yu answered the words calmly, seemingly calmly.

While talking, he looked towards Chuxiu, and suddenly there was a scorching heat in his eyes, as if he had a thousand words and thought-provoking.

An indescribable feeling surged from the bottom of Chuxiu's heart, guilt, anxiety, embarrassment, helplessness... She wanted to avoid Shen Yu's gaze, but the other's gaze was directed at her, making it impossible for her to avoid it.

Just at this time, Emperor Tianshou also took a look at Chuxiu, meaning: "So Madam still has the habit of carrying a dagger?"

When he came out of Xiu, he saw that Shen Yu was pressing on him step by step, and Emperor Tianshou also looked like he was watching the show, so he had to forcefully smile back: "The female guard of my concubine is pregnant recently, and it is inconvenient to move, so I will wear a dagger for self-defense." This reason is reasonable and true.

The Emperor Tianshou seemed to believe it, and turned to Nie Peixiao and said, "In this case, let Cen Jiang send the dagger over." Nie Peixiao immediately ordered someone to pass the message, and after a while, Cen Jiang came with the dagger and sent it straight to In front of the God-given Emperor.The latter stroked the dagger with his hand, and praised: "It really is a good dagger, why does it look familiar?" He vaguely remembered which family heirloom it was, but where exactly did he see it? Can't remember.

When Chuxiu heard the word "familiar", he couldn't help but "thump" in his heart, and hurriedly said: "This dagger was bought by a friend and given to my husband after going through several rounds. Maybe you have seen it elsewhere before. I don't know. .”

As she said this, she didn't dare to look at Shen Yu's expression.The Emperor Tianshou didn't bother about this matter too much, and handed the dagger to Nie Peixiao: "You and Shen Yu have a good look, don't admit your mistake."

Nie Peixiao took the object and praised it again before passing it to Shen Yu.The latter seemed very calm, took the dagger and said expressionlessly: "This minister is ready and can start at any time."

When Emperor Tianshou heard the words, he asked Cen Jiang to climb up the stairs, took the dagger to the roof and put it away.Then, he got up from his seat and walked downstairs first, saying as he walked, "Qing Yuanzi, tonight's performance must be extremely exciting."

Nie Peixiao and Shen Yu followed closely, the two deliberately slowed down, the former whispered to the latter: "I won't do my best in this competition, you have to seize the opportunity and ask Brother Huang not to pursue your departure from Beijing. "

Shen Yu frowned slightly, and said: "Your Highness has worked so hard, I will be very grateful in the end." When he came out of Xiu, he saw that several people were walking in front, and then he went downstairs with the help of indifference.When she walked into the garden, the servants had re-arranged a table for the Eight Immortals and several chairs, and the Emperor Tianshou went straight to the main seat, and sat down firmly.At this time, Cen Jiang also went back and forth, put an incense burner in the center of the table, and replied to Emperor Tianshou: "It's all ready." And Shen Yudao: "Just in case, please Your Highness and General Shen tie the rope around your waist, and the other end will be tied to the railing on the roof to prevent your two feet from slipping." Cen Jiang said, Nie Pei Xiao and Shen Yu didn't appreciate it, and they both refused in unison: "No need." Seeing that both of them were full of confidence, Emperor Tianshou nodded and smiled, "Then let's begin." Then he stretched out his hand to ask Xiang Chuxiu: " Excuse me, Madam, give me orders." As soon as he finished speaking, Cen Jiang had already lit the incense burner, and a wisp of smoke curled up into the sky, and finally dissipated in the refreshing and cool night wind.Chuxiu's heart tightened, and she forced a smile and said, "It's time for a stick of incense, both of you be careful." As soon as the word "heart" came out, she felt the wind rustle in front of her, and even her hair fluttered.Taking a closer look, Nie Peixiao and Shen Yu had already rushed to the downstairs of Zhaixing Building, and jumped up to the second floor at the same time.

"So light work!" Emperor Tianshou immediately praised in a low voice, watching the two of them compete intently.Chuxiu didn't dare to be distracted, lest they slip and fall from upstairs.

Then look at Nie Peixiao and Shen Yu walking up the road, sometimes not forgetting to make a move.Both of them are climbing the railing with one hand, and they are competing with each other with the other hand.From fist to palm, from palm to wrist, Chuxiu only saw the two people's arms dancing back and forth, but couldn't understand what moves they used.

Nie Peixiao originally intended to be modest, and wanted to deliberately let Shen Yu win, but all the way to the competition and climbing the stairs, he became interested and couldn't help but get serious.

At this moment, Shen Yu kicked up with one foot, took a big step with the other leg to keep up, leaned over and turned forward, and was still a few steps ahead.He leaned over to look at Nie Peixiao at his feet, and said with a smile, "Your Highness, please don't let me, let's do it according to our ability."

Nie Peixiao looked up and smiled: "Okay, even if I win, I will intercede for you." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to grab Shen Yu's heel, and laughed and climbed up.

Shen Yu was almost toppled by him, so he calmed down and agreed: "This is interesting! Let's see who gets to the top floor first!" The two really began to compete, and Shen Xin threw away all foreign objects and focused on the fight.Sometimes he goes up, sometimes he goes down, sometimes he punches in the air, sometimes he throws a fist and makes a feint... It dazzles the people watching the battle downstairs.

Especially when Chuxiu couldn't see the way, if he saw someone "stumbled" and slipped down, he couldn't help feeling tense, and seeing that it was a trick, he couldn't help but feel relieved.She quietly looked at Tianshoudi with her eyes, and saw that he was watching with great interest, and from time to time whispered a few words to Cen Jiang beside him, making comments.

And the two people upstairs also came up with their own unique tricks and became more and more excited.Nie Peixiaosheng is strong in leg strength and waist strength. He often starts from the feet, changes from the legs, sends out from the back, and comes out from the palms. However, his moves are too strong, and Shen Yu can always dodge them with foresight.

And Shen Yu has amazing arm strength. Not only can he climb on the railing for a long time, but he can also change his posture in the air with his whole body under the weight.His punches are fierce and steady, and he always throws punches unexpectedly to attack, but he loses because his foot is too weak, and his weakness is pinched every time.

The shadowy purple gold and the deep lake blue figures intersected repeatedly in the air, and the glazed lights reflecting each floor were very dazzling.Unknowingly, the two had climbed to the ninth floor hand in hand, and went out to see the incense burner on the table, which was only half burned at this time.

On the last floor, both of them held their breath and concentrated.Nie Peixiao's palm style became more vigorous, with a smile on his face: "You really won't let me lose to you on purpose?"

Shen Yu climbed on the railing with his right hand, his slender figure leaned back to avoid the palm wind, then stretched out his left hand to pinch Nie Peixiao's wrist, and suddenly raised his leg to attack his lower body, he did not forget to smile back: "Fake win What's the point?"

This sentence seemed to have annoyed Nie Peixiao, he snorted coldly, and pulled his hands up: "You are very angry." Not to be outdone, Shen Yu moved up with his steps, smiled and said nothing.

The lights on the last floor of the Zhaixing Building were shining, and the two of them knocked down several lanterns while fighting.Those lanterns suddenly fell from a high place, and ignited quickly and spontaneously in the night wind, like falling stars.Looking at the two men on the top floor of the Star Picking Tower, they are like two gods who rule the stars, shuttling back and forth between the lanterns.

Now it was the most critical moment, Nie Peixiao took the first step to climb to the top of the building, and hurried up the steps of the glazed tiles, trying to find the cold dagger.The location where the dagger was placed was very eye-catching, it happened to be on the commanding heights of the roof, Nie Peixiao was overjoyed and hurried forward, and was about to take it, when she heard the sound of glazed tiles being stepped on behind her.

Nie Peixiao knew that Shen Yu was chasing him, so she didn't dare to neglect and quickly reached out to grab the dagger.However, the roof of the building is a stepped slope. When Nie Peixiao came up, there was nothing wrong with it. When Shen Yu stepped on it heavily, the glazed tiles could no longer bear the weight of the two of them, and they shattered again and again, finally shaking the dagger. Sliding straight down the slope of the glazed tiles is overwhelming.

The ruby ​​on the dagger was like a flash of red lightning, quickly drawing dazzling red marks in the night sky.Seeing that the dagger had slid to the edge of the eaves, and was about to fall from the Star Picking Tower with another inch, Shen Yu suddenly became panicked, and jumped down recklessly, wanting to pick up the dagger.

Seeing this, Nie Peixiao was very surprised, and couldn't help but exclaimed to stop: "Zi Feng!" He also bowed forward, trying to grab Shen Yu's sleeve with all his strength.However, the slope on the roof was too slippery, and Nie Peixiao couldn't help sliding down under the weight, unable to restrain her movement.

At this moment, Shen Yu could only see the dagger in his eyes, fearing that the dagger would be damaged if he fell from the ten-storey building for picking stars.Therefore, at the moment when the dagger was about to fall to the top of the building, he grasped it in time, and then realized that he was already on the verge of falling, and Nie Peixiao was also implicated, standing on the slope and dragging a piece of his sleeve in pain support.

"Let go!" Shen Yu held the dagger in one hand, and firmly grasped the eaves with the other.In fact, if it were someone else, they would definitely use their strength at this moment to turn upwards with Nie Peixiao's rescue.The consequence of doing this is - I will get out of trouble safely, but the person who helped me may be dragged down from the Star-picking Tower.

Obviously Shen Yu didn't do this, he would rather hang his whole body in the air than borrow half of Nie Peixiao's strength.Seeing that the other party's center of gravity was unstable, Shen Yu yelled again: "Your Highness, let go!"

Nie Peixiao tried his best to stop his falling tendency, and several pieces of glazed tiles on the bottom of his feet were crushed by him.The veins on his forehead were bulging, and his handsome eyes were about to burst, he scolded Shen Yu fiercely: "For this dagger, you will die!"

Shen Yu remained expressionless and didn't reply, he couldn't help looking down, his vision was limited at the moment, so he couldn't see the reactions of Chuxiu and Tianshoudi.He could only see the air under his feet, and that piece of land was far, far away from him.

At this moment, looking up from the angle of going out of Xiuxing downstairs, you can only see Shen Yu crumbling, but you can't see Nie Peixiao on the top of the building struggling to rescue him.She was so startled that her legs went limp, and she couldn't help calling for help: "My lord! It's important to save people!"

In fact, Cen Jiang had already arranged guards on every floor of the Zhaixing Building. As long as the Emperor Tianshou gave an order, they would all go out to save people, but...the emperor didn't say anything, so they had to wait for orders.

At the same time, Emperor Tianshou also discovered an abnormal situation.He got up from the seat suddenly, but he didn't give orders to save people in time, he just looked up at the roof of the building motionlessly, watching from the sidelines.

Seeing that Emperor Tianshou has been silent, Chuxiu's heart suddenly felt cold, and he urged him again: "My lord! If it's too late, it's too late!"

Only then did Emperor Tianshou slowly look towards Chuxiu, and said in a deep voice: "What I want is good talent, not mediocrity. Shen Yuruo doesn't even have the ability to save himself, why do I use him? Why do I want him to be a high official and generous salary?"

After two questions, Chuxiu was speechless.Yes, the other party is the emperor, who holds the power of life and death aloft, and human life is like a straw to him, not to mention that Shen Yu is still a guilty minister... Chuxiu's heart was firmly locked in one place, and he raised his eyes to stare at the Zhaixing Tower superior.She secretly warned herself that Emperor Tianshou hated others to disobey him and challenge Longwei.At this moment, Zhuying must not be sent to rescue people, otherwise, even if Shen Yu's life is saved, there will be no good fruit afterwards, and the Yun family will be affected.She can only pin her hope on Nie Peixiao.

Time passed slowly, and the incense burner on the table burned another piece of incense ash.The dots of color on the incense head seem not to be incense, but the bloody mouth of a fierce beast, which is devouring a person's life bit by bit.

The figure on the eaves of the Zhaixing Tower still did not move, just hanging in the air like this, it also lifted Chuxiu's heart high.She could hardly bear it anymore, and was about to take the risk to ask Zhu Ying to save someone, but at this moment, a gust of night wind blew from behind, vaguely mixed with the faint fragrance of lotus.

It can blow the lotus fragrance from the pond separated by the two gardens to the Zhaixing Tower, which shows that the wind is not small.Chuxiu lifted the hair that blocked her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, she saw the lake-blue figure hanging high in the air suddenly let go of her hand, and was about to fall down.

Chuxiu couldn't help exclaiming any longer, and let out an "ah" in Danxin.Just when everyone thought that Shen Yu was about to fall to pieces, he leaned forward in mid-air, bent his body into a bow shape with the strength of his waist, gathered momentum while falling, and crashed into the railing on the fifth floor , rolled into the open-air porch.

This set of movements is done in one go, like flowing clouds and flowing water, the posture changes rapidly, there is no stagnation in the middle, and the details are extremely precise - first of all, with the help of the night wind, Shen Yu is blown closer to the building.Secondly, the movements should be designed to be coherent, and the body skills should not be half-sluggish.Again, to calculate which floor to crash into, one step earlier or one step later would hit the rock wall of the building, and blood would splatter on the spot.

Moreover, the strength must be grasped just right, if the force is too light, it will be difficult to save yourself, and if the force is too heavy, it will inevitably aggravate the downward trend.

In particular, there is no point of focus in the process of falling, and the whole set of movements cannot use the strength of the legs, and can only rely on the strength from the waist above.

Chuxiu couldn't imagine how long Shen Yu would have to think about it, and it was still in the air.At this moment, at this moment, she spontaneously felt a kind of admiration, for Shen Yu's skill, and even more for his calmness.

Zhuying and Danxin were also dumbfounded, and broke into a cold sweat for Shen Yu.Rao is the emperor who has fought countless battles, and there are many masters around him. Seeing this kind of kung fu, he also admired it in awe: "Good skill!" After speaking, he looked at Cen Jiang, who was standing beside him, and asked, "Can you compare this kung fu?" Cen Jiang was already stunned, shook his head and said, "I'm ashamed of myself."

Downstairs of Zhaixing, several spectators were immersed in amazement, and Nie Peixiao had also jumped onto the open-air corridor on the tenth floor and walked down the spiral staircase.

Looking at the fifth floor, Shen Yu got up from the ground, patted the dust on his clothes, and bent down to pick up another thing.Then, he jumped from the five-storey building by leaning on the railing, landed lightly like a cloud chasing the moon, walked steadily in front of the Emperor Tianshou, knelt down and saluted and said: "The sin of this humble official deserves death, the Holy One was shocked. "

Emperor Tianshou didn't reply immediately, but slowly looked at the dagger in his hand, and said with a smile: "In order to win a promise from me, you are risking your life."

Hearing this, Shen Yu buried his head even lower: "It was His Royal Highness Cheng Wang who was a gentleman and righteous, and didn't take the dagger when I fell from the building, otherwise it would have been out of my hand..." He paused, and said in a deep voice. Then said, "This time, I admit defeat."

Chuxiu couldn't see Shen Yu's expression at this time, and could only judge his mood by his figure and tone of voice.Although he was kneeling, his figure was still tall and handsome, and his backbone was hard to hide.His tone was calm and sonorous, without any panic or complaint, not even a trace of fear.

But Chuxiu himself felt scared, the more he thought about it, the more he was in a cold sweat, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat.

At this time, Nie Peixiao also came out of the Zhaixing Tower, and went straight to the Emperor Tianshou and Chuxiu, and also knelt down to plead guilty: "I frightened the emperor, and I accept the crime."

Emperor Tianshou smiled slightly, and said: "You came just in time, Shen Yu is praising you for not taking advantage of others' danger to grab the dagger."

Nie Peixiao laughed dryly, and replied solemnly: "Actually, Zifeng is also a gentleman. Just now, when I saw him fall from the building, I wanted to give him a hand. He can actually use his strength to climb up, but he would rather hang himself in the air than use his strength to help him." .”

It turns out there is this one out!Going out of Xiu felt even more false alarm, but Emperor Tianshou snorted coldly: "If Shen Yu dares to use your strength to climb back to the top of the building and cause you to fall...even if he survives, I will definitely make him pay for it."

This is too serious, and Nie Peixiao immediately smoothed things over: "Isn't this a false alarm? Besides, Zifeng has known his younger brother for many years, and he is definitely not that kind of person."

(End of this chapter)