Volume III, Real Ancient Capital, Chapter 53: The warmth of a fox

by Xiao Xiang Dong’Er | Translated and Arranged by Angel Chua

On the second day of the spring hunt, Muhe’s younger generation, Muhe  Xi Feng, died in the West Bailin. The body was eaten by the tiger, his stomach was broken and the chest was broken. When he was found, the body had been largely incomplete. If not for the mother presence of Muhe Xi Feng, no one may be able to identify the pile of fuzzy flesh and blood on the ground, a daily expensive publicity Mu’s son.

The field hunting atmosphere all of a sudden, fall into freezing point, Mu Xi Feng cooperation year-round led his troops out of superior martial arts, unusual thirty or fifty people can get too close, a tiger is impossible to his death. And the scene without any trace of fight, Mu and the Western style of the sword did not even took out the scabbard, under suspicious circumstances, Mu’s family and the westerners uncles, cousins ​​met on the long table suddenly the Emperor asked the Court to still accept the case because one insisted Muhe Xi Feng are killed.

From the beginning, the situation is already uncontrollable. Muhe’s hand now has a clear view of the sky and the suspect are the masters most of the forces in the North. The Elders of the Shrine, Lingnan Mu has never been involved in the struggle of the imperial capital, Zhuge’s one pulse has been kept low-key, Shen Shi family began to decline from the previous generation, already a foil from the Elders Shrine, Dongyue Shangshi sects started, the impact on the government was not large, while the northern Batuha family entrenched in the northwest and the thin power in Beijing has always been attached to Muhe’s survival. Right now, only Wei valve that can fight Muhe’s faction has made another big mistake. Wei Shu You was deprived of his office in the capital, and the remaining Muhe who had come out of the throne of the Queen took for granted today’s world’s most popular family.

Nine towns of Jing (family) are stationed in hunting grounds, investigation and sampling, inventory all. West White Forest was blocked, outsiders are strictly prohibited. Even access to the letters should be closely monitored, so as to avoid inmates lurking and perching people. The great summer royal family expressed great sympathy and protection to the mourning pain of Muhe’s family and supported them in their efforts to find out the murderers and to seize the guilty of criminals. As a result, hunting was cut off.

Located in the camp is the swan in the southwest of the hunting ground, it has now plunged into the quiet night. A thick beige curtain lifts off and a cold wind blows in through the doorway. The book case of the flashing lights, a man in white robes looked up, his eyes so dark and eyes so deep.

“Son, isn’t it that the girl was here?”

A’Jing eyes turn in the camp in a circle, and then turned around to quit. Yan Xun always beautiful brilliant man said: “What’s the matter?”

“The girl sent to this place by His Highness the Thirteenth.”

Yan Xun brow suddenly gently raised, put down the scroll in his hand and said: “Oh, that is the first place on it.”

“Yes.”

A’Jing answered soon as, they retreat. The wind whistling outside the tent on the roof, encouraged a sound of whinning. Yan Xun looked fretting to the curtain, a long time no action, his brow was locked, eyes glanced to the baggage like a burden being quiet and without words.

Bulongdi (or Burundi is a country in East Africa, these Royal Drummers use drums made from hollowed tree trunks covered with animal skins) is playing drum of the Northern Zha Gu orchid. Its brocade embroidery at the end, the Moon as the white lotus, knotted both ends of the knot and one cannot see what’s inside.

Yan Xun glanced only as if nothing had happened turn to read, the house is very quiet, even the footsteps of soldiers outside can be hears clearly, but he does not know why in such a quiet environment, but suddenly some men with irritability cannot stand it anymore.

He stood up and walked to the side pouring a cup of tea. The fragrance of tea, Lingnan Mu gave the tribute tea to  Zhao Zhengde who does not like tea. The Emperor scattered it to the palace of the crowd. Lingnan’s rich silk tea is called the Red Girl, according to legend its dignified virginity appearance was picked with the tongue and it became very precious. Although the taste will not be better than normal tea but it will bring good feelings when you drink the tea.

The identity swallows the unprofitable nature to enjoy the tribute but no one knows that Lingnan Tea Zhuang behind its control is coming from the deep Yanbian world palace. Even the emperor and Mu Lingnan do not know.

Yan Xun carrying tea, back to the book before the fragrance of tea seems to make his emotions return to peace. Yan Xun eyes slightly squinting, looking pale, walking calm, but at the moment he sat down, suddenly dumping of the palm a cup of water poured down.

Puff sound, tea sprinkled on the cup like a burden, a rapid infiltration. The man looked calm, quietly watching the spread of tea a little by little, no panic, no color. For a long time, suddenly said to himself: “I am wet, it should be open to deal with.”

At midnight, when Chu Qiao came back and listened to A’Jing’s words, he came to the tent of Yan Xun and said, “Yan Xun, are you looking for me?”

“Oh,” Yan Xun put aside the scroll and got up. A moonlit white robe shone softly under the light: “You’re back, its cold outside.”

“Okay,” Chu Qiao walked to the edge of the brazier, took the fox warm skin, grilled in front of the charcoal fire and looked up: “What are you doing?

“Nothing, He Tian just came, testing some words to what I did yesterday.”

Chu Qiao cold smile: “They are now ants on the hot pan, He Tian for many years was ssent to North, from a little ginseng will start dry, Zhao Che to be sent to the border city and he also considered some years of friendship .If it is not Zhao Che, how could he follow the beast who ascended the throne? Now Zhao Che have a hard time, and he naturally wants to help set it apart, but I do not think Zhao Che directed him to come. “

Yan Xun nodded: “When he was in northern Xinjiang, my dad and his elder brother also counted some contacts.”

“He Tian is a villain, then to Beijing to provide topographic maps and so have betrayed Yanbian, and now come to see the wind to steal an angle, if you do not want to bother him, give it to me.”

“Well, I do not want to see him again.”

Chu Qiao moved her feet, near the brazier and said: “That is so easy to handle, as long as we find a suitable way to let Zhao know He Tian came to our camp tonight. To his suspicious personality, one must have an alert heart, will not go to ignore that He Tian came in. Such a thing, or do not want us to shoot.

“Well,” Yan Xun nodded: “You present the layout.”

“Yes Yan Xun,  do you find me attracting in this matter?”

“No,” Yan Xun stood up, went to the back account, remove a white jade box, said: “Wen Ting yesterday sent a piece of clothes, presumably anxious to take the wrong, was actually a female models like you. “

Chu Qiao took over, frowning and said: “Ji Wen Ting gave a gift to you all day long, how come this time you are so careless?

Chu QIao opened it and looked at it, could not help but shine, she saw the end is placed in the box, impressively is a white fox fur, not the whole piece of leather, but all continued on its mink tail, coats color is very smooth, no trace of variegated, whole body silky, made of a good silk. Snow cuffs decorated with snow-capped soaring chest wig, lapel skirt of light flower eye-catching, all bright Black East Pearl, the best of all fur she had seen in her life.

Chu Qiao could not help but surprised a moment, said: “Ji Wen Ting spent generous under it ah.”

Yan Xun swallows and did not respond, turned his back to the book case.

“I’ll go first then.”

“Oh, wait a minute.” As if suddenly thinking of something, Yan Xun handed over the heavy thing and said: “I almost forgot, Zhao Song just sent this to you.”

Chu Qiao took over the top of the a grain by his hand, suddenly know what it was then Chu Qiao did not bother to open it and just wanted to leave and did not even listening to Yan Xun, asked: “Will you not open to see it?

“It was a Shepherd’s snow coat, and Zhao Song told me the day before yesterday but she did not expect it to be delivered.”

“Oh,” Yan Xun  nodded and said: “Xise Lu You and my father had good relations early in that year, they had five or six counties in turmoil, although we are different in the style of dress we wear but our position is special, either you will like it or to avoid it. “

“I understand,” Chuchuo nodded: “I had already thought of it. I just feel sorry for the enthusiastic face of thirteenth Prince. You know it.”

“Your work has always been safe, I am assured. Its late, go to rest.”

“Well, you sleep early too.”

Chu Qiao promised soon, turned around and went out, not a while, A’Jing on the run like in flames, facing Yan Xun said: “Son, that girl took away what Mr. Wu deliberately from the north was not able to find such as rare things, the world (Yan Shi Zi) is not going to give the wife of Dongyue as a birthday gift?

Yan Xun bowed reading, not even the eyes lift, light tone, he said: “no longer find one, if I cannot find one, I will not send it.”

A’Jing suddenly stunned, waiting for him to react, Yan Xun has left the book case, go back to sleep inside.

There are snow outside the house, this night, in addition to Yan Zhang camp, the spring hunt, no one can sleep.

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