Gu Yun slowly took out a glass mirror from his bosom and placed it on the bridge of his nose. He strolled to Changgeng's side, pushed open the window, and squinted his eyes to look at Daybreak Terrace.
The glass mirror was inlaid with a platinum chain. It slanted across his ear and covered one of his peach blossom eyes, but the bridge of his nose became straighter. His entire temperament suddenly became cold, faintly emitting the aura of a beast dressed in human clothing.
Changgeng stared blankly at him for a while, then asked, "Godfather, what are you wearing?"
Gu Yun tilted his head and teased him, "It's a westerner's small object. It looks good, right? It's popular to wear this over there. Wait until we go out for a walk. I'll help you cheat a western stepmother back, okay? "
Changgeng, "…"
A young soldier from the Black Eagle Battalion wanted to ease the tense atmosphere just now. He said wittily, "Marshal, you're not his biological father!"
Gu Yun laughed heartlessly.
The young soldier shook his head and said, "The world has changed in the past few years. People's hearts are no longer the same. In the past, women valued our virtue, ability, and temperament, so we didn't have to worry. Now, they only care about whether men are handsome or not. Marshal, us brothers are single, not because we're ugly, but because we were born at the wrong time."
The Black Iron Battalion's specialty was being single. When they heard this, they all joined in the commotion.
Gu Yun laughed and said, "Get lost, don't drag me into this. Who's ugly? This marquis is the flower of the Xuan Tie Battalion. My reputation has spread far and wide. "
The group of rough men in the army were intimidated by their marshal's shamelessness and could only roar with laughter. Shen Yi said coldly, "Marshal, you're as beautiful as a flower. Why can't you get a wife?"
This sentence poked at Gu Yun's sore spot. Marshal Gu could only cover his chest and said, "I'm waiting for a good price. The good things are the finale. What do you know?"
Speaking of which, Gu Yun could not be blamed for this.
Back then, the previous emperor was extremely conflicted with him. He doted on him but was also on guard against him. It was fine when he was young, but as he grew up, the Marquis of Stability's marriage became a fishbone stuck in the previous emperor's throat.
If he chose someone with a lowly status, he was afraid that people would say that he had mistreated his loyal subjects, and the previous emperor would not be able to explain it to anyone. However, if he chose someone from a high and powerful family, the previous emperor's heart would be drumming.
Both sides were in a dilemma. Presumably, the former Emperor must have wished that Gu Yun was a little eunuch in his heart.
The marriage of the Marquis of Stability had been delayed for a long time. In the end, the previous Emperor chose the daughter of Grand Scholar Guo.
The Guo family had been a scholarly family for generations and had a noble family background. It was said that Miss Guo was as beautiful as an orchid and was famous throughout the imperial capital. She was known as one of the two beauties of the capital along with the former Crown Princess and the current Empress. It did not implicate anything and it was not a disgrace to Gu Yun.
However, it was really strange. Ever since this famous flower was engaged, it was as if she had been hit by frost and became worse by the day. Before Gu Yun could return to the capital after the war, Miss Guo had already passed away.
Speaking of which, there were many people who had lost their wives. It was nothing strange, not to mention that she was just an unmarried fiancee. However, when this matter was spread to the Marquis of Stability, it was hard not to associate it with his widowed and lonely maternal grandfather and his parents who had passed away early.
As a result, the reputation of the Marquis of Stability's wife spread like wildfire.
Being able to marry the Marquis of Stability granted her face and she did not need to serve her parents-in-law. However, she still needed to be alive to enjoy such a great blessing.
Later, Gu Yun moved between the Western Regions and the Northern Borders and did not return to the capital for four to five years. Thus, he did not have the opportunity to take care of it. Now that the previous emperor had passed away, although the current emperor was a few years older than Gu Yun, he had called him Imperial Uncle since he was young. With a difference of one generation, even though there was a difference between the monarch and his minister, it was still somewhat inconvenient for him to manage his marriage.
Gu Yun himself did not have the energy to care about it. One delay, two delays, and it had dragged on until now.
Shen Yi was unwilling to let him off, "Waiting for a good price to sell? Who do you want to sell yourself to, Marshal? "
Gu Yun raised his head and saw Changgeng staring at him through the glass mirror. His face could not help but be a little tense. He thought that the youth was worried that he would not dote on him after he married.
Gu Yun raised his hand and patted the back of Changgeng's head in a soothing manner, "I like smart, gentle, and good-natured women. Don't worry, in the future, I will definitely not bring back a hedonistic woman to disturb you."
These words seemed to open a hole in Changgeng's chest. It was as if the delusional thoughts that he had already subdued had found an opportunity to come out and cause mischief again. He had no way of dispelling the sadness and ecstasy.
He could only force himself to squeeze out a stiff smile.
It was as forceful as forcing himself to close his eyes and sleep every night.
At this time, there was a sudden commotion on the Ting Yuan Stage. A few westerners took away the monkeys and parrots that were jumping around on the stage and carried a large iron cage covered with a flannel cloth onto the stage. A western clown with a pale face wriggled and set up a big fire circle. He stroked his hair coquettishly for a long time to whet the appetite of the audience. Only then did he take off the flannel cloth on the cage.
They saw that there was a big tiger in the cage.
Ge Pangxiao leaned his whole body out of the window and kept asking, "Is it real? Is that a real tiger? "
The clown stepped forward and opened the iron cage. He held the collar and led the big tiger out.
He did not know if it was because there were too many onlookers, but the tiger seemed to be a little restless and kept struggling.
Gu Yun frowned and said coldly, "This group of westerners really know the rules. It's the New Year, and they brought such a beast — — Xiao Jia."
The Black Eagle, who was the most talkative just now, had a solemn expression. "Yes."
Gu Yun said, "Find someone to watch. There are many people down there. Don't make any more trouble."
Xiao Jia accepted the order and left. He directly flipped down from the red-headed kite terrace. His black shadow flashed and left a thin wisp of white steam in the air. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
In the midst of the hubbub of voices, the restless tiger began to unwillingly jump into the fire circle. Its expression was so ferocious that it looked as if it was being forced into prostitution.
The cheers from the observation tower of the Yunmeng Grand Temple were louder and louder. Some people were excited and began to throw money from the top.
The song and dance troupe were happy to see this. Throwing some copper coins on the Ting Yuan Stage was harmless. Many people did this. But on this day, an idiot came out of nowhere and threw money down as soon as he threw money.
The crowd that was watching the excitement below the stage burst into an uproar. The shouts of "gold, gold!" were endless.
Before they could snatch the gold, the tiger that was jumping into the fire circle was completely enraged. It roared and turned around to bite the clown who was caught off guard.
The clown's arm and a small part of his shoulder were bitten off on the spot. He let out a shrill scream.
The tiger roared and broke free from the crowd's control. It rushed towards the crowd below the Ting Yuan Stage.
The people inside the circle were frightened by the beast and wanted to rush out like headless flies. The people outside did not know the inside story. They did not know why, but they heard that there was a fight for the gold, so they all squeezed in.
When the two sides collided, no one could move.
Some shouted "gold", some cried "tiger", and some fell and could not get up. It was a complete mess.
The Jinwu Guards who were on night duty were thrown into a mess by the crowd. There was no lack of high officials and nobles near the Ting Yuan Stage. Some of them did not care about the lives of ordinary people. They only cared about themselves in a hurry. Even when they were running for their lives, they did not forget to put on airs and ordered their servants to push a path for them.
Gu Yun grabbed Changgeng's shoulder and pushed him back. She took the arrow basket and longbow that Shen Yi hung behind the door and ordered, "Don't come out."
The Black Iron Battalion soldiers at the table all stood up.
Shen Yi grabbed Gu Yun's elbow and blurted out, "Your eyes …"
Changgeng raised his head and thought, "Eyes? What happened to my eyes? "
Gu Yun ignored him and waved away Shen Yi's hand. She kicked open the door of the private room on the Red Headed Kite without any explanation.
A few Black Eagles on the Red Headed Kite leaped down from the sky and flew low. A few small fireworks exploded with cold light. Another Xuan Tie soldier stood high up and climbed up the mast of the Red Headed Kite. He held a copper roar in his hand and shouted at the chaotic crowd, "The Marquis of Stability is here. Do not act rashly!"
These words were even more effective than the imperial edict. Many people instinctively stopped their footsteps when they heard the words "Marquis of Stability".
A tiger's roar came from afar. An enraged tiger pounced out like lightning and pressed a young manservant under its claws. Gu Yun stood on the bow of the Red Headed Kite's koi boat and leaned against the door frame of the private room. She turned sideways and pulled her longbow.
Her glazed mirror was still hanging on the bridge of her nose. No one would wear a glazed mirror to shoot arrows. That thing would distort her vision. Her thin clothes fluttered in the hot wind of her fiery wings. She looked indescribably casual and casual. It was as if she was shooting arrows with her eyes closed.
However, Shen Yi knew that as long as Gu Yun took off the glazed mirror, no one would be able to distinguish between a human and a beast. It was as if she had her eyes closed.
Why did it happen at this critical juncture?
Shen Yi's palms involuntarily broke out in a thin layer of sweat. Her entire back tensed up.
At this moment, Gu Yun suddenly let go of her hand.
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