Chapter 423 – Old Stories

Stories were certainly something to be heard, and there had to be a suitable place for it.

For example, Xiahou Di’s mansion.

This is the rare few roads in the huge capital that Xue Mu recognizes, and once visited with Xue Qingqiu, it was for the purpose of negotiation, trying to get Xiahou Di to let go of Curry Night, and at the same time, it was also the first battle that Xue Mu racked his brains to gain a foothold in this world.

It wasn’t much of a problem to say that Xiahou Di was the first hurdle Xue Mu had faced in this world.

And now that it was she herself who brought him home, the ambiguity between the two was hard to understand.

“This mansion is at the end of a dead-end alley and is cramped on the left and right, but the back covers quite a large area.” Xiahou Di stood in the doorway and looked up to introduce, “His Majesty rewarded me to live in it, there is a person who knows about geomancy within Department Six, after seeing it, he said that this is a dead land that is ominous, and suggested that I leave it unused and choose another residence. Then gave me a scolding, the land is not dead or alive, a good place where there is no reason to be idle.”

Xue Mu looked at it for a while and replied, “Indeed it is not too good, if someone assassinates ……”

“Your family Xue Qingqiu in person does not dare to move me easily. If the Chief Arrestor of Department Six is really at a point where he will be assassinated, it’s not because of this place of death, it’s because the court is dying.”

“Normally this is the case, but today the situation is different, those who are unfavorable to you may come from the imperial court, so it’s better for you to keep an eye out.”

“Well ……” Xiahou Di smiled and pushed the door to enter.

The old servant is in the hall meditation, see Xiahou Di back, hurriedly greeted up: “Chief arrest back?”

Following that, his eyes lingered on Xue Mu in surprise for a while, and suddenly smiled, “So it’s Chief Constable Xue.”

Xue Mu smiled, “I’ve visited before, does old man remember?”

The old servant smiled, “The old slave served tea and water to see many guests, Chief Executive Xue is the only one who thanked me, it’s hard not to remember.”

The old slave …… Xue Mu took a serious look, and really found that this is a eunuch …… When he did not start practicing, he did not understand anything, and now he looks at it and finds that he can not see through the cultivation of this old servant at all, and to say the least, it is also the starting point of the entry path. Think this is normal, he did not think too much, casually said, “I do not believe, how the chief constable is also a high position of power, the guests of the old uncle should also be quite respectful.”

The old servant smiled slightly, “So they honor the Chief Constable, only Your Excellency thanks me.”

Xue Mu froze, Xiahou Di laughed beside him, “Alright. I have something to say to Chief Constable Xue, Uncle Wang help warm up the pot of wine.”

The old servant smiled with some ambiguity: “Yes.”

Xiahou Di didn’t care about his slightly out of character expression, leading Xue Mu towards the back hall, smiling, “My first time inviting guests here is to build momentum for your family’s Fairy Qin. Originally I thought it would be fine to ask the restaurant to send a running banquet, but then I realized that there was really no way to treat guests without anyone at home, luckily King Qi sent his family to help, otherwise this face would be a disgrace.”

Xue Mu laughed, “Thank you Chief Constable for the first time.”

Xiahou Di glared at him, and Xue Mu shyly grimaced as if nothing had happened.

Xiahou Di was too lazy to talk about him, striding into the backyard. Outside the corridor there is a pavilion, a few branches of plain plums decorated pavilion side, pavilion cover thick snow, snow plums reflect, quite interesting. Xiahou Di entered the pavilion, looking at the plums with his hands folded.

Xue Mu followed behind her, sizing her up and finding it interesting. Even Xue Qingqiu as atmospheric proud woman, in the appreciation of landscape flowers are inevitably have some small women’s flavor flow, but this way looking at Xiahou Di’s back, upright and outstanding, hunting cloak under the black and red lined with the public service power suit, competent and spontaneous, can only let a person feel very handsome.

Such a woman …… she usually really did not take herself as a woman, right. Throw yourself on the extinct color spectrum, I think it must be quite an egg pain.

Xiahou Di suddenly said: ”You wrote a plum blossom poem for Xiao Qingwu? Outside the stage by the Broken Bridge, the lonely bloom has no owner.”

“Well, that’s a lyric.” Xue Mu wondered, “How do you know that?”

“After she treated His Majesty today, I went to seek her out to ask about His Majesty’s condition and happened to see her reading.” Xiahou Di turned her head to look at him, “I also love plums, why don’t you write one for me?”

Xue Mu blinked his eyes, “Is this jealousy?”

“No.” Xiahou Di’s face was expressionless: “This is asking for a bribe.”

Xue Mu was dumbfounded. Looking around, the pavilion pillars were blank, there really wasn’t much of a poetry writing trend in this world. After thinking about it, he took out his folding fan and carved a sentence on the left and right pillars respectively:

“Don’t want people to praise the good color.”

“Only leave the clear air full of Qiankun.”

Xiahou Di fixedly looked at, eyes once again become misty. I do not know how long, finally sighed: “Xiahou not dare to accept this sentence.”

“I think you deserve it.”

The old servant served hot wine up, Xiahou Di also stopped his mouth, turned and smiled, “Uncle Wang go to rest, here I come by myself.”

The old servant smiled and answered, and as he turned to leave, he stopped to look at Xue Mu’s inscribed poem and sighed thoughtfully.

“Sit down.” Xiahou Di threw off his cloak and sat down first, pouring wine with his own hands and faintly said, “Do you know why my surname is always Xiahou and not Ji?”

Once to talk about the atmosphere, this immediately open to the point without half a sentence of nonsense, Xue Mu really appreciate her this kind of dry appearance: “I would like to hear more.”

“Xiahou is my mother’s surname. She was a fisherwoman by the river, when His Majesty was still the Crown Prince, and often went out hunting. A certain outing bumped into my mother has a few beauty, directly in the dixie bush raped her, after October, the world has Xiahou Di.” Xiahou Di spoke lightly, as if she was talking about a completely unrelated case, “His Majesty was satisfied and returned, never considering what to do with that fisherwoman. My mother gave birth to me and raised me alone for more than three years before she died of poverty and illness.”

Xue Mu was silent.

“His Majesty had been on the throne for a year by then. Perhaps on a whim that day, he remembered the wild game from that year and ran out to take a look, but he happened to see his mother for the last time.” Xiahou Di sneered and laughed: “His Majesty checked the blood relatives, and from then on there was a little palace maid named Xiahou Di in the palace.”

“Palace maid ……”

“Of course it can only be a palace maid, this is a royal scandal, there is no such wild princess, not only can not give the name, but must be strictly forbidden to spread the word. You see more than twenty years, I have become a heavy minister, and brothers and sisters relationship also get along casually, but the so-called princess identity can still only be outsiders without evidence of conjecture.”

“…… “Xue Mu didn’t say anything, basically the beginning of this story didn’t exceed his expectations.

Xiahou Di sip wine, and said: “His Majesty is quite good to me, perhaps because he gave birth to nine sons, no daughters …… for many years to care for, named the palace girl, in fact, live in the inner palace courtyard, so that the Church of Providence to teach me to read and write and practice martial arts, but also sent the Eunuch Wang to take care of my living, I don’t know the rules of the palace running around also No one to teach me …… actually is also considered a princess treatment it.”

“This is called princess treatment? Which princess on an old eunuch care of …… and teach you or offerings Hall, the Royal own martial arts? Besides, I’m afraid you haven’t even touched the Qiankun tripod.”

Xiahou Di surprised: “How do you know I have not touched the Qiankun tripod?”

If you have touched, can still be kissed and touched by me after getting a breakthrough? Obviously, you’ve never touched the tripod.

Xue Mu didn’t say it outright, but just said, “Anyway, you’re too easy to satisfy, obviously there’s a big difference in treatment.”

“Satisfied.” Xiahou Di also did not pursue the root of the matter, smiled and said: “Someone to take care of someone to teach, is already how many people can not be satisfied, not satisfied?”

Xue Mu could only nod, “Uh-huh.”

Xiahou Di said: “At that time still in the palace of several princes such as Qi Wang Tang Wang are not much older than me, wild girl running around the palace, but with them all mixed quite familiar. They were still young, did not understand why the palace will have such a small little courtesan, but also can run around blindly, but rather novelty, one or two snot wearing crotch pants is very remarkable said to grow up to Na my consort, think about the appearance of that time is quite fun.”

“Hey, sounds like you’re very proud of yourself?”

“Childish talk, you this also jealous?” Xiahou Di laughed, “How boring.”

Xue Mu hummed, pouring his own wine and drinking it, suddenly thought of something and laughed, “So I’m jealous, you think it’s quite normal?”