Chapter 37： Thirty-seventh

Hu Xiang slowly squeezed the handkerchief in his hand, turned his head to Chaozhou Zhou and smiled apologetically, "Hu Xiang is useless. It is Hu Xiang's fault to make Jiuhuangshu worry about me. It is Huxiang's fault that Jiuhuangshu is back in Beijing today. Gongxian meets Grandpa Emperor, another day the Nine Emperors are free, and Hu Xiang will hold a dinner to apologize to the Nine Emperors."

Fang Chao Zhou immediately refused, "No need to have a banquet, I have already bigu, eating mortal food is useless, but harmful." He looked behind him, and the group of people saw Huxiang walk out. , Now all kneel down, "Let’s stop here, let's go in quickly."

Hu Xiang nodded lightly, "Then invite Uncle Nine Emperors to the sedan chair."

When the words fell, a few people came over with a soft sedan chair. Fang Chaozhou looked at the few people who carried the sedan chair. After thinking about it, he tentatively asked: "Why don't you all sit on my flying sword? Fast."

"Okay." Hu Xiang didn't change his face when he heard Fang Chaozhou's words, and raised his hand to stop the person next to him who wanted to say something.

Seeing the agreement of the other party, Fang Chaozhou immediately made his flying sword bigger. He got on the sword first, and then reached out to help Hu Xiang in front. Hu Xiang saw the hand stretched in front of him, and his long eyelashes trembled before putting his hand on it.

As soon as Fang Chaozhou held Hu Xiang's hand, he pulled the person up, asked him to find a place to stand, and stretched out his hand to pull another person. When Hu Xiang saw Fang's Chao Zhou's movements, his eyes changed. When the next person saw Hu Xiang's eyes, he immediately took a few steps back, "The Nine Princes are polite, the Weichen and others will not sit down. Feijian, we will go back in a sedan chair later."

Fang Chaozhou persuaded a few words, saying that his flying sword is fast and will arrive soon, but those people are unwilling to come up, he feels that time is not good because time is dragging, and the people are still kneeling. I can only say: "Well, let's go ahead."

When the words fell, he set a barrier for Hu Xiang behind him to avoid being blown down by the wind when the sword flew.

As soon as Feijian went to the sky, Hu Xiang's pale face was completely white. He glanced at the scenery below his feet. Those people were all small like ants. He only glanced, and immediately raised his eyes, and when he raised his eyes, he naturally saw the young man with his back facing him.

Dressed in a single robe, standing in the wind, clearly standing high in the sky, but the other party is not afraid at all.

Is this the monk? It's different from mortals like them.

Fang "Chao" Zhou Yujian flew for a while and saw a palace in the city. He turned around and looked at Hu Xiang behind him. He saw that his face turned pale, his eyes closed, and his standing body was shaking slightly. , As if about to faint at any time, quickly stretched out his hand to clasp the other's wrist, and used aura.

However, Fang Chaozhou knew that the other party was a mortal body. He didn't dare to cross too much. He only crossed a little bit. After seeing that Hu Xiang's face was not so pale, he withdrew his hand, "Big nephew, underfoot. Is this palace a royal palace?"

Hu Xiang opened his eyes from Fang Chaozhou when he clasped his wrist. At this moment, he heard Fang Chaozhou's words. After gritting his teeth and looking down, he immediately moved his eyes away. Nodded, "Yes, but there is no more sword in the palace, so I will have to trouble the Nine Emperor Gods to sit on the sedan chair with me later.

"Then let's go down and stand firm."

When it was peaceful, Fang Chao's boat landed all at once, but now he brought a mortal, he could only slow down many times, even so, Hu Xiang still turned pale again because of the sense of weightlessness, and landed. For a long time, I didn't dare to open my eyes.

Hu Xiang opened his eyes until the guard at the palace gate ran over to salute. He looked at the guard who was kneeling on the ground, said lightly "get up", and said to Fang Chao next to the boat: "Uncle Nine Emperors, we Come into the palace."

*

I took the sedan chair for a long time and then stopped. Once it stopped, someone stepped forward to help Fang Chao and lifted the sedan curtain, "Nine Princes, already here."

"Thank you."

Fang "Chao" said his thanks. From the sedan chair, he saw two nine-story and three-stage white jade steps. In the middle of the white jade steps is a huge white stone with a five-claw white dragon relief. The left and right armrests are carved with dragon patterns.

Hu Xiang walked to Fang Chaozhou's side and said warmly: "Uncle Nine Emperors, this is the palace of Grandpa Emperor, let's go in."

He led Fang Chaozhou along the way, and the palace people guarding outside the temple door opened the temple door when they saw them and knelt on both sides quietly.

The hall was quiet, and when Fang Chaozhou walked inside, he heard the cough.

People who are coughing seem to be uncomfortable, and the coughing sounds are weak, as if fainting at any time.

As soon as he heard the cough, Hu Xiang, who was walking next to Fang Chaozhou, immediately quickened his pace, "Is Grandpa Emperor coughing again? Don't those doctors do anything? Let Grandpa Emperor cough like this!"

He rushed to the bed and asked the person on the bed to warm up for a while before he mentioned Fang Chaozhou, "Grandpa Emperor, the Nine Emperor Gods are back."

The person on the bed coughed abruptly, with a weak voice, "Really? My "Tide" boat is back? "Tide" boat, "Tide" boat, are you there?"

Following the sound, a hand stretched out from the bed. That hand was obviously an old man's hand, covered with wrinkles and dark brown age spots.

Upon seeing this, Hu Xiang immediately turned to look at Fang Chaozhou, "Uncle Nine Emperors."

Fang Chaozhou paused before walking over and holding the hand, "I am here, Father... Emperor."

The old man lying on the bed is wearing bright yellow "color" gowns, his hair is almost white, but his face looks like a person in his early forties, but the skin on other parts clearly reveals that he is an old man Up.

He saw the Fang's "Tide" boat holding his hand, and his tired eyes became brighter in an instant, filled with surprises, "It's really my "Tide" boat. When you were young, you were the same. Carved out of the mold."

Seeing Fang Chaozhou holding the old man's hand, Hu Xiang took the initiative to move away, and said, "Grandpa Emperor, Hu Xiang, go and see Grandpa Emperor's "medicine"."

The old man seemed to have not heard Hu Xiang's words, staring at Fang Chaozhou.

Hu Xiang lowered his eyes and exited the palace.

Without Hu Xiang, the old man spoke again.

"Tide boat, did you have a hard time coming back this way? Are you tired? I see you are too thin." As he said, tears appeared in the old man's eyes, and he struggled to use another one. He "touched" Fang Chaozhou's face with his hand, but he didn't have any strength to raise his hand for a long time without lifting it.

Fang Chaozhou looked at that hand, and took the initiative to hold the wrinkled hand and put it on his face, "It’s not hard, I’m a monk, and I’m in the capital in no time. The journey is easy. Thanks to my father, I have seen a lot of scenery along the way. I usually stay in the mountains and can't see it."

"Really? It's not hard work." The old man laughed, but as soon as he laughed, he coughed sharply. Upon seeing this, Fang Chaozhou quickly helped the old man to sit up, and saw that the other person’s sleeping pillow was actually a jade pillow. He frowned, moved the jade pillow away, and pulled out a gold thread from his storage ring. The soft pillow cushioned the old man's waist.

The old man saw Fang Chaozhou's movements, although he couldn't stop coughing, but there was a smile in his eyes. After a long time, he stopped coughing before he said weakly: "You were so big when you left. , It’s a little higher than my calf. At that time, the fairy came to choose an apprentice, and when you were chosen, you cried so much, holding my leg and saying that you don’t want to go. In the blink of an eye, more than sixty years have passed. I am true. You’re getting old, and you’ve grown up with Chaozhou."

He babbled a lot, Fang Chaozhou listened and nodded from time to time. When the old man fell asleep, he couldn't help tapping the other party's pulse with aura.

It is indeed the pulse of checkmate.

Fang Chaozhou paused, then took his hand back and covered the old man with a quilt.

Most mortals today live to be 60 or 70 years old. The original father is now more than 80 years old, and he is 90 years old. In any case, he is considered to have a long life, but the other person’s face is too young and is too inconsistent with other places. .

Fang Chaozhou sat next to the bed for a while, only to see that the old man was not coughing in his sleep before he got up and went out. As soon as he left, he saw Huxiang just now.

When Hu Xiang saw Fang Chao's boat coming out, he smiled softly, "Uncle Nine Emperors, is Grandpa Emperor asleep?"

"Ok."

"Grandpa Huang is sleepy at this hour, so Huxiang specially asked the people in the hospital to decoct the "medicine" later." He paused, "By the way, when the Ninth Emperor Uncle left the palace, he lived in the prince's residence. It was sealed, and no one lived for many years. As for the other palaces, there were women living in them, so Hu Xiang dared to ask the Nine Emperors Uncle to live in my shabby room for a while."

*

Hu Xiang's residence was outside the palace, but not far from the imperial palace. Soldiers guarded the palace, but the word "Yefu" on the plaque above the mansion made Fang's Chaozhou stunned.

After entering the mansion, Fang Chaozhou was led to the main courtyard, and Hu Xiang said next to him: "Hu Xiang's residence is not big, only this main courtyard can be seen. I hope that the Nine Emperors will not dislike it."

Fang Chaozhou has even lived in Xue Danrong’s four-walled cave house. Now he feels that everything is good, so he nodded happily, "I don’t dislike it, I can do it."

When Hu Xiang saw this, he wanted to say something more, but before he spoke, he turned his head, covered his lips with a handkerchief and coughed softly, feeling as weak as a xizi.

The person next to the attendant immediately said: "Master, you are not in good health. In order to take care of the Ninth Prince's return to Beijing, you have not taken the "medicine" this day. During this period, Master, you are still waiting for the imperial court day and night. Now, I’m exhausted, and if this continues, you will all fall ill."

"I... it's okay, cough cough." Hu Xiang said weakly, "It's just that my throat is a little uncomfortable. The Nine Emperor Gods just came back. I can't be polite."

"It's okay, you can go back and rest quickly." Fang'Chao' Zhou saw that Huxiang was like this, so he was ashamed to let people stand in front of him again, he was a little afraid that the other party coughed and coughed up the blood.

In any case, I finally persuaded Hu Xiang to go back to rest, but he still left a bunch of people to serve Fang Chao Zhou, but Fang Chao Zhou is used to being free and loose, and he is not used to such people serving him, but those people are all Unwilling to leave, they knelt down as soon as Fang Chao drove away. In the end Fang Chao had no choice but to leave those people behind.

*

late at night.

The house was very hot by the ground dragon. The person who was kneeling on the ground only entered the house for a short while, and the neck was covered with sweat. The young man sitting on the couch was still clean, even he was extremely chilled. The fox fur wrapped tightly.

"Uncle Nine Emperor Gods, what is he doing now?" He asked softly.

The kneeling person hurriedly replied, "Go back to the master, the Ninth Prince is doing massage."

The young man was stunned, "Tuina?"

"Yes, the Ninth Prince wanted to expel all the minions before, but somehow they all stayed. Now the minions are scrambling to give the Nine Princes a massage, because the Nine Princes say that they will be rewarded for doing well." The man paused, and his tone became envious, "All the rewards are elixir."

"The pill? It's really a good thing." The young man said softly, "Do you want to wait on the side of Uncle Nine Emperors?"

Hearing this, the man kowtowed his head immediately, "The slave dare not, the slave dare not."

I knocked more than a dozen in a row, and my head broke. I didn't dare to stop.

The young man pulled the corner of his lips and said in a soft voice, "Okay, I know you are loyal, but that's a monk, don't say you want to serve in the past, even me, if you serve well, you can get the elixir. ."

As he said, he picked up the scissors on the little boy next to him, and cut the fox fur on his body.

*

Early the next morning.

Fang Chaozhou got up as usual, but as soon as he opened the curtain, he saw the drowsy people in the house, and instantly froze. When those people saw Fang Chao's waking up, they smiled and approached Fang Chao's boat, taking a mouthful of the nine princes, saying they would wait for him to get up.

Last night Fang Chaozhou was massaged for nearly an hour. For the first time, he understood the pain of the cat. Although the massage was comfortable, he could press it for so long. There were still people rushing to press him. It really made him panic. Now he saw a group of people. When he surrounded him, he immediately shrank back and raised his hand to block those people.

"Don't, I'll do it myself! Get back!"

He forcibly drove those people out of the room, and after washing a lot, he turned out directly from the window, and even out of the yard, he jumped out directly from the wall.

Not long after he left the main courtyard, Fang'Chao' boat ran into the servants in the mansion, and when those people saw Fang'Chao' boat, they immediately knelt down with luggage. Fang'Chao' boat stopped him first, "You Do you know where my elder nephew lives?"

He can't stand it anymore. He has to tell his elder nephew that he really doesn't need so many people to serve.

Hearing this, the servant hurriedly said: "Is the Nine Princes going to find the master? The slave leads the Nine Princes over."

Hu Xiang’s residence was a little far away from Fang Chao's boat. It took him a cup of tea to arrive. The servants led him into the yard, and the people in the yard panicked when they saw Fang Chao's boat. On the spot, Fang'Chao' couldn't stop the boat, so he could only call them up quickly, and then asked.

"Is the big nephew still sleeping?"

One of them said, "The master has already woke up, but this hour is when the master drinks the "medicine"."

"Oh, then I'll wait for him."

As soon as Fang Chao's words fell, the door of the room opened from the inside, and a beautiful maid walked out of it. The maid blessed Fang's Chao Zhou, "Nine Princes, our master invites you to come in."

Fang Chaozhou froze for a moment, without thinking about that much, and went straight into the house. When he entered the house, he smelled a strong "medicine" smell, and then he found that the room was extremely hot.

When he walked inside, he saw Huxiang sitting on the beauty couch, sickly.

Hu Xiang was incompetent. Although he was covered with a brocade quilt on his legs, his face was still pale, and his right hand was holding a bowl of "medicine", "showing" his wrist. That wrist was not much thicker than the woman's.

As if he didn't hear the footsteps, he frowned and took a sip of the "medicine" in the bowl.

It seemed that the "medicine" was too bitter, and Hu Xiang took a sip, and couldn't help but spit out his tongue. After a while, he picked up the "medicine" bowl again and took a sip.

Fang Chaozhou, who had witnessed all this, thought about it, found a chair and sat down, then looked at Hu Xiang and drank the medicine.

At this time, Hu Xiang finally noticed Fang Chaozhou, and a shy smile appeared on his face, "It is really Huxiang's fault to let the Jiuhuangshu uncle see Huxiang like this."

"It's okay." Fang Chaozhou said.

But Hu Xiang put down the "medicine" bowl, "Uncle Nine Emperors came to me early in the morning, is there something to do? Is it because Hu Xiang hasn't served well?" Then he lowered his eyes, his brows were filled with depression. color".

Fang "Chao" Zhou shook his head, "No, it's not that you didn't serve well, it's that you served too well. I used to practice on the mountain and I was used to living alone. Now there are more than a dozen people serving me. So, my nephew, can you let those people go? Of course, they are all very well served."

After hearing the words, Hu Xiang was silent for a moment before he nodded slightly, "Since it was the meaning of Uncle Nine Emperors, Hu Xiang naturally listened. Uncle Nine Emperors came, and I must still want to ask when I will enter the palace today? None of the civil and military officials are in court. Grandpa Emperor has to take a "medicine" bath today, and he will be free in the afternoon."

"Then go in the afternoon." Fang "Chao" Zhou stood up after speaking. His two purposes for coming here have been solved, and he should leave. "I haven't been down the mountain for a long time, and nothing happened this morning. I'm just going to the market to stroll around, so I can do it alone, and I don't need to send someone to follow.

After speaking, he left, walking extremely fast, for fear of being followed up, until he left Yefu a few blocks before he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fang Chaozhou asked someone to ask about the most prosperous market in Beijing, and set out to go shopping for something, but he didn't expect that almost none of the shops in the market opened.

Shops in the realm of comprehension are not closed at 12 o'clock.

He lost interest in an instant and was about to walk casually. After walking for a while, he accidentally saw a shop with the door open. Seeing that the shop was open, Fang Chaozhou walked inside, but just walked in, he was ready to come out.

It turned out to be a rouge shop.

"The guest officer, wait!"

Before he went out, someone called him.

The one who called Fang Chao Zhou was a woman with a charming face. When the woman saw Fang Chao Zhou, she turned her head back and shook the fan in her hand. It can be used, and so can men."

With that said, she dabbed a little bit of rouge on the surface with her little finger, and gently wiped her forehead.

Fang Chaozhou was stunned when he saw the woman's movements, and in the next instant, someone walked out of the back hall, "Young Master, the account book is clear."

The person who spoke did not expect that there were other people. After saying that, his eyes looked at Fang Chaozhou cautiously.

Little Lord?

Fang's Chao's feet moved back. This name is a bit familiar. Isn't this the name of Fengyue'an who called that abnormal Song Lianyi?

He looked at the woman who still laughed at Yan Yan.

It shouldn't be so unlucky, right? Can you encounter that big pervert when you come to the capital?

But it's better to go first!

Fang Chaozhou turned around and wanted to run, but he found that the shop had been enchanted.

The people behind him let out a chuckle, "I didn't expect you to recognize me so soon, this time I'm smarter."

The voice got closer and closer to him, and when the last word came, it was already in his ear.

A white and boneless hand was placed on Fang Chaozhou's shoulder.

"Fang Chaozhou, I haven't finished dripping my candle last time."

There was a trace of nostalgia in the tone.