17. Chapter XVII
Prince Jinyang came with very few people this time, four royal family guards, plus him, there were only five people in total. It's just that Luo Yi knows that what he sees in front of him may not be real, and the real masters in the royal family may have long been hidden in the shadows, and among them, there must be shadows.
The crown prince is a noble person, and the safety of one person is related to the entire Daye court, so he must be careful. However, in Luo Yi's opinion, the prince's action this time is still inconsiderate.
There are many kinds of folk sayings about this prince of Jinyang, but no matter what kind of book it is, the description of this prince is always inseparable from a few words, amazing and gorgeous. These words seem exaggerated when used on others, but they are just right for Li Jinyang. He was very young, and the battle of his youth made him seem to have a sharp edge like a blade, but his eyes were as calm as deep water, and there was a little more depression in this edge. Luo Yi knows this person's methods, and he also knows how terrible this person is, this is a person who has almost saved the fortunes of the entire Daye country.
Loe didn't like to have too much contact with this person, because it would make her more scruples, and she had always been a person who didn't like to be restrained.
"His Royal Highness the Prince. ”
Li Jinyang didn't say anything since he walked into the Luo family, only glanced at everyone in the Luo family, and finally looked at Luo Yi's body, and he said lightly: "No need to be polite." His voice was deep, but clear and clean.
Li Jinyang's purpose for coming here was to ask about the matter, and he asked it out as soon as he opened his mouth, Luo Yi told the previous incident again, but he did not mention the matter between Xie Rong and Luo Wen, Li Jinyang listened, pondered for a moment but did not make a decision immediately, only nodded and said: "I know." ”
"Your Highness. Luo Yi pondered for a moment, but still said the doubts in his heart, "These words were all said by Luo Wen. ”
Li Jinyang said: "I know. He looked at Luo Yi with a smile, and immediately said, "I have also had the concerns of the Luo family master." ”
Loe took the smile back. Her meaning is very clear, everything about the shadow is said by Luo Wen, and the Jun'an Inn is also said by Luo Wen, Luo Yi did not hide it at all, but because of this, this is not to be believed.
Since Luo Wen dared to come and tell Luo Yi these words, he should also be prepared for the situation he will face next, and Luo Yi will inform Prince Jinyang of this matter, perhaps he is also in preparation.
And Li Jinyang came this time, but he didn't know whose road was higher.
Looking at his appearance, Luo Yi knew that he had made a decision, and immediately said no more, only said: "If there is a place for the Luo family, His Royal Highness will command." ”
"Naturally. Li Jinyang replied casually, then called one of the guards, whispered something to him, and finally asked Luo Yi to send someone to take the guard to the Jun'an Inn to explore. Luo Yi naturally agreed, but she inevitably had some worries in her heart, she took Xie Rong there the day before, and she has not returned until now, and I don't know what the two of them talked about, and whether they are still in the inn.
Luo Yi instructed someone to lead the way, and then said: "Thank you Your Highness for the matter of the goose returning to the building." ”
At the mention of this, Li Jinyang's expression softened slightly, and his voice became softer, "You don't have to thank me." He looked at Luo Yi with his eyes, but after a while, he asked in a low voice, "I just don't know who the young man who went with you to Yanhui Building that day was?"
Luo Yi's eyes were slightly gloomy, and he faintly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this. The person who went to Yanhui Building with her was naturally Ye Xiangshen, but Ye Xiangshen was at best just following her all the way, and he didn't do anything special, why did Prince Jinyang investigate something about him?
Luo Yi hesitated and didn't respond, so Li Jinyang asked again, and Luo Yi had no choice but to say, "That's a teacher from Luojia Academy." ”
"Mr. Teaching?" Li Jinyang said, "What's his name?"
Even if Luo Yi didn't say anything about it, Li Jinyang could find out, and Luo Yi said reluctantly: "Ye Xiangshen." ”
"Oh. Li Jinyang didn't say much, but said, "Over there at the Jun'an Inn, I still need you to make a trip." ”
How could Luo Yi not know that this was deliberately trying to separate her, she immediately said: "Your Highness......"
"Master Luo, you should know how strict this matter is. Li Jinyang interrupted Luo Yi's words and said, "Otherwise, how could I come in person?"
When Li Jinyang said this, he blocked everything Luo Yi wanted to say, she fell silent, and a low breath appeared all over her body, and in the end she still said in a low voice: "I know." ”
Li Jinyang asked Luo Yi to retreat again, and Luo Yi walked out of the room with extremely heavy steps, but turned back at the door: "Your Highness, Ye Xiangshen is very important to me. ”
When she said this, she finally turned around and left, Li Jinyang looked at Luo Yi's back coldly, and left the room after a while......
It was in the afternoon, and the warm wind flowed in from the open door, swaying the willow branches in front of the academy. The catkins were sprinkled all over the courtyard, and the scholar in the courtyard held a broom higher than himself, and swept the catkins in the courtyard inattentively. Afternoon is the best time to sleep, Xiaojiu sleepy-eyed, can't help but yawn.
The sound of footsteps came from far and near, and when Xiaojiu reacted, he saw an extra pair of feet in front of his broom. He wore elaborate boots, with precious gold trim, intricate patterns, and exquisite workmanship, and I don't know how much it would cost to make a pair of such shoes. Xiaojiu was stunned, looked up along the shoes, and saw a handsome figure.
"This son, you are so good-looking. Xiaojiu is a little scholar who doesn't think much, and he can't help but say it directly when he thinks of something.
Li Jinyang also laughed when he heard Xiaojiu's words, and he gently rubbed the head of the little boy in front of him, "Thank you." ”
Xiaojiu has a good impression of good-looking people, he tilted his head and asked, "Is Childe here to find someone?"
"Not bad. Li Jinyang thought for a moment, and then said, "I'm looking for Ye Xiangshen." ”
Xiao Jiu pointed to the back of the academy and said, "Mr. Ye is inside, Luo Ling and Ning Zhao have made mistakes, and he is punishing them for copying books." ”
Li Jinyang nodded after hearing this, thanked him again, and then went to the backyard, through a corridor, he quickly found Ye Xiangshen in the courtyard.
There is a small pavilion in the courtyard, next to the rockery, the gurgling water surrounds the small pavilion, adding aura to this quiet courtyard. There was a stone table in the pavilion, and two and a half children were lying on the table transcribing something, scratching their ears and cheeks from time to time, looking like they couldn't calm down, and Ye Xiangshen stood beside them, whispering to them with a half-helpless smile on his lips.
Li Jinyang didn't make any sound when he walked in, but Ye Xiangshen seemed to be aware of it, and immediately looked over to this side. The moment he saw Li Jinyang, the faint smile on the corner of Ye Xiangshen's lips also fell silent.
Seeing that Ye Xiangshen saw him, Li Jinyang simply walked to the front of the pavilion, raised his eyebrows at Ye Xiangshen in the pavilion and said, "Zishuo?" He hesitated, as if he was a little uncertain.
Ye Xiangshen knew that he would come, so he was not surprised, and only bowed his head and said, "Your Highness." ”
The two children of the Luo family also noticed this sudden arrival, they didn't like to copy books, so they simply listened to the conversation between the two of them at this time, who knew that as soon as Ye Xiangshen opened his mouth, he said such a title, Luo Ling couldn't help but look at Li Jinyang with wide eyes, and was a little speechless for a while. Ning Zhao didn't quite understand, so he lightly touched Luo Ling and said, "What Your Highness?"
Luo Ling couldn't stand this guy who didn't understand anything, and muttered in a low voice: "What do you care about so much, anyway, you are a very powerful person." He hurriedly pulled Ning Zhao together and said respectfully, "Your Highness!"
"No need to be polite. Li Jinyang came to them and glanced down at the two little ghosts in front of him, Ye Xiangshen was also looking at them, but said softly: "We still have something to discuss, you guys go back first." ”
It was the first time for the two children to see this meeting, and they were called away by Ye Xiangshen, full of reluctance, but they looked at Li Jinyang's face, and finally didn't dare to say more, so they left after rubbing. After walking two noisy children, the courtyard was quiet, and there was a murmuring sound behind him, Ye Xiangshen looked at the stone table in front of him, and there were two ancient books on the table that the children had not finished, the words on it were crooked, and the ink was spilled on the table. Li Jinyang didn't have the heart to look at this, he looked at Ye Xiangshen for a long time, and finally said, "Sit down." ”
"Your Highness. Ye Xiangshen called again, without the slightest intention of sitting down.
Li Jinyang let out a long sigh, and finally gave up the greetings, he raised his eyebrows and looked at the person opposite: "I almost didn't recognize you." ”
He looked up and down at Ye Xiangshen, who was wearing a white Confucian shirt, and then said, "This academy is the place where you want to come back with whatever you want?"
Ye Xiangshen didn't hide it at all, but said, "Yes." ”
"So is this time enough for you?" asked Li Jinyang again.
Ye Xiangshen's eyes slowly closed, and he said for a moment: "Enough." ”
"That's good. Li Jinyang looked at Ye Xiangshen's expression, took out a small snow-white porcelain bottle from his sleeve, and gently placed it on the table. The vial pressed down on the wind-swept pages, which were turned in vain until they finally stopped moving. Li Jinyang stared at the crooked lines on the book, and after enduring it for a long time, he still spoke, "I am very grateful to you all these years, and this is why I connived at you to leave." ”
"But the secret on your body is related to the fate of the entire Daye Dynasty, even if I want to save you, they will not let you live. ”
Ye Xiangshen had already opened his eyes at this time, he was calmer than Li Jinyang thought, he should have already accepted this fact, he smiled lightly: "Your Highness, please rest assured." He picked up the vial on the table, but instead of opening it, he held it gently in his hand, "Can you give me another night?"
Seeing Li Jinyang's embarrassed face, Ye Xiangshen said again: "Before dawn, I will take this poison." ”
Li Jinyang didn't say anything more, he nodded and agreed, and then turned around and left. After just taking two steps, he looked back at Ye Xiangshen one last time, and said lightly, "I'm sorry." ”
"Your Highness doesn't have to blame yourself. Ye Xiangshen shook his head and said, "One qiē is just a choice I made back then." ”
At this point, both of them knew that there was no need to continue, Li Jinyang turned around and left here, the sound of water in the courtyard was still murmuring, Ye Xiangshen only sat down again at this time, dipped the pen in ink, and then copied the book that the two children had not finished copying. Those books were the brainchild of the old master, and he had to copy them before dawn......
Because he had ordered Xiaojiu before, no one came to interfere for the whole afternoon, and just when the glow in the sky was gone, Ye Xiangshen put down his pen, put the book he had just copied aside, and stood up by himself. The courtyard was a little dark, Ye Xiangshen took the fire fold again, lit the lights around him, he had no intention of sleeping, he just went back to the house and began to tidy up some things. He had only come back and lived for a few days, but there were many things in the house, all of which were left by him when he was a child, and everyone thought he was dead, but the old master kept all his things, and was reluctant to throw away any of them.
There were bits and pieces on the cabinets in the room, knick-knacks made of straw rope, wooden swords sharpened from a knife, and a half-string of glass beads. Ye Xiangshen sorted out everything else in a small box, but picked up the chain. The chain is Luo Yi's, when he was a child, he took Luo Yi to Qiancheng to see the lights, he was too anxious but accidentally hung up Luo Yi's chain, Luo Yi cried sadly, Ye Xiangshen said that he would return it to her when he went back to wear it. However, when he was a child, he couldn't calm down and wear beads, and as a result, he couldn't put them on and return them to her after so many years.
Ye Xiangshen dragged the bead in his hand, sat down in front of the lamp in the house, and put it on one by one.
The night was getting darker, but the outside of the house was still transparent, all the lights were on, and the whole courtyard was immersed in a lively color.
Ye Xiangshen put on the beads and put them into the box, and the gray squirrel jumped in from the outside, lying on the outside of the box, and looked at Ye Xiangshen with wide round eyes. Ye Xiangshen smiled and said, "This is not food, come here." ”
Tuan Tuan climbed up Ye Xiangshen's arm, Ye Xiangshen handed it the pear on the table, it came to the front and sniffed it, and began to gnaw on it. Ye Xiangshen stared at its eating appearance, the smile on his lips did not decrease, and said to it: "Do you like Xiaoyi?"
Tuan Tuan seemed to hear Luo Yi's name, his movements froze, and his face fell directly into the pear flesh, and only after a moment did he hold his paws and look up at Ye Xiangshen.
Ye Xiangshen said softly: "Xiaoyi will definitely be able to take good care of you." ”
The little squirrel made a protesting sound, but was ignored by Ye Xiangshen, who laughed: "She seems to like you too." ”
Tuan Tuan didn't even have the interest to eat, standing on the pear and jumping to Ye Xiangshen, Ye Xiangshen was about to speak, but he heard a noise outside, he looked sideways, and saw Luo Yi holding the window sill with one hand and neatly turning into the house from the window. Luo Yi was in a hurry, and before Ye Xiangshen could speak, she picked up the teapot on the table, Ye Xiangshen took her hand and said in a low voice: "It's cold." ”
"It's fine. Luo Yi poured a cup of tea and drank it, looking at what unpleasant things had happened before the expression, Ye Xiangshen asked, but Luo Yi didn't answer, only held Ye Xiangshen's wrist with his backhand, fixed him in place, and then circled him several times before saying, "Are you okay?
Ye Xiangshen replied casually: "There is nothing important. ”
Luo Yi carefully observed his expression, but Ye Xiang was so calm that he couldn't see anything, Luo Yi didn't bother to ask again, so he said: "I'm a little busy today, I didn't have time to bring you something back, are you feeling better?"
"They are very obedient today. Ye Xiang said.
"Oh, that's good. Luo Yi smiled with satisfaction, Ye Xiangshen probably wouldn't know that she had taught these two little ghosts a lesson early this morning, and made it clear that no matter what, she was not allowed to contradict Mr. Ye, it seems that her lesson is still somewhat useful.
Luo Yi said at this point and said, "You haven't said that you are better." She didn't wait for Ye Xiangshen to speak, she raised her hand to touch Ye Xiangshen's forehead, Ye Xiangshen couldn't stop it, so she could only stand in place and touch her, Luo Yi probed for a long time, put down his hand and said, "It seems to be really better." ”
"It's all right. Ye Xiang smiled faintly and asked her to sit down, and he went to the wooden box on the cabinet. Luo Yi asked, "What's inside the box?"
Ye Xiangshen opened the box with his back to Luo Yi, looked at the beaded chain in the box, but frowned slightly, he closed the box again, shook his head and said, "Some gadgets." Before Luo Yi could ask again, Ye Xiangshen picked up Tuan Tuan on the table and put it in Luo Yi's arms: "Tuan Tuan has been a little unable to stay in the academy these days, can you help me raise it for a few days?"
"Can't wait?" Luo Yi touched Tuan Tuan's tail and couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "Maybe it wants to practice its skills, just leave this to me." ”
Tuan Tuan was afraid when he saw Luo Yi, and his whole body stiffened when he stayed in Luo Yi's arms at this time, but Ye Xiangshen didn't care about it anymore, he just got up and made a pot of hot tea for Luo Yi again, and the two sat in the room and talked, and the two just tacitly didn't tell each other what happened during the day. Until the third watch, the candle flame was about to burn out, Luo Yi glanced out, the stars were gone, but he only saw the lights of Qiancheng in the distance red for half the night. Luo Yi knew that he was preparing for the lantern festival, and now there were lanterns hanging everywhere in Qiancheng, and the whole city was as bright as day at night.
"The day after tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, I have something to do tomorrow morning, so I'll go back first. Luo Yi got up with Tuan Tuan and said, as before, "I'll come back to you tomorrow." ”
Ye Xiang sat quietly in front of the lamp and smiled quietly and warmly: "Okay." ”
Loe Yi walked out of the house, closed the door from the outside, and the night fell silent again.
Ye Xiangshen took one last look at the wooden box, took out the porcelain bottle given by Li Jinyang from his arms, opened the cork, and a fishy pill rolled down to the palm of his hand.