In the plum garden, Ji Xiamo was lying half-dead in the pavilion, looking at the totem in the palm of his left hand and sighing. It has been a few days since that night, and it has been determined that that night was not a dream, Ji Xiamo had a stomach question and wanted to ask Yin Li, but Yin Li never showed up again. If it weren't for the fact that Yin Li was trapped here, Ji Xiamo almost thought that Yin Li had left the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Feeling bored, Ji Xiamo withdrew his hand, turned over and jumped out of the railing in the pavilion. "Aoki!"

Aoki, who had been waiting on the side, stepped forward and bowed. "What do you command?"

"I'll go out with my master."

"Where is Childe going?"

"What do you do with so much?" Ji Xia Mo glanced sideways at Aoki. "Raiding homes and robbing houses, bullying men and women, what are you doing?"

Knowing that Ji Xiamo was in a bad mood, Aoki was very familiar and silently followed behind Ji Xiamo.

Ji Xiamo took Aoki out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, crossed two streets and came to the market, looking at the crowded street, Ji Xiamo's mood relaxed a little.

"Huh? Isn't this the eldest son of the prime minister's family? A surprised voice came from behind him, Ji Xiamo looked back, and saw Feng Shaojin standing in the crowd with his hands and looking directly at him.

Although he knew in his heart that the man in front of him was not his eldest brother, looking at that identical face, Ji Xiamo still had a touch of complexity in his heart.

Hiding the strangeness in his heart, Ji Xiamo raised a cheap smile on his face and clenched his fists with both hands. The words "grass people have seen five ......" disappeared silently.

Feng Shaojin is the prince, and now he is in the middle of this busy city, there is no sedan car, two or five guards and servants, I think I don't want people to know his identity, for this bit of eyesight, Ji Xiamo, who has been by the side of Old Man Long since he was a child, still has it.

Feng Shao's eyes flashed slightly, and the smile on his face was even worse. "You and I are really destined, I don't know what is the important matter for the eldest son Ji to leave the mansion?"

"What can Ji Xia Mo and the grass people do? It's just that I'm bored in the house, so I want to come out and have a look. ”

"That's a coincidence." Feng Shaojin said with a smile. "My son doesn't come out often, and I'm not familiar with the situation here, I don't know if the eldest son of Ji is willing to be a leader for this son."

'Don't you want to make it?' Ji Xia Mo pouted in his heart and nodded a little reluctantly. "Yes!"

Seeing Ji Xiamo's dislike, Feng Shaojin raised his eyebrows, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he secretly said interesting in his heart.

For foreign smugglers, Ji Xiamo's understanding of the situation in the capital is not as good as Feng Shaojin, but fortunately, Ji Xiamo is still with this Aoki. Aoki has never seen Feng Shaojin, so naturally he doesn't know Feng Shaojin's identity, seeing that Ji Xia Mo is respectful, he only thinks that he is the son of an official eunuch, and if he is less afraid, Aoki's words will be more, and he will introduce some interesting things about the market with the two of them with great interest.

I was listening to Aoki's chatter absentmindedly, when suddenly there was a very familiar smell in the air. Attracted by the smell, Ji Xiamo's eyes moved to a small stall on the side, moved his nose, and his eyes sparkled. "Stinky Tofu !?"

Feng Shao moved his nose, frowned slightly, covered his nose with his hand, and a trace of disgust crossed his eyes. "What does it smell like? Why does it stink so much? ”

"Stinky tofu!!" Ji Xiamo grabbed Feng Shaojin's sleeve, Feng Shaojin was slightly stunned, forgot to resist for a while, and was pulled by Ji Xiamo and squeezed to the front of the stall.

"Tsk! This taste, authentic! Ji Xia Mo was in front of the stall, looking at the golden and browned stinky tofu fried in the pot, and his saliva was about to flow out. I think that back then, he once followed Mr. Long to Changsha to visit an old friend, and he ate it once by chance, and he will never forget the taste of jì.

"Boss, I want five servings, put peppers!" Ji Xia Mo wiped his mouth, and his eyes glowed and he reached out and roared.

"Fifth Son." Seeing that the stinky tofu was in the pot, Ji Xiamo remembered Feng Shaojin and looked back. "Would you like a serving?"

Looking at Ji Xia Moba's little face, Feng Shao frowned, pointed to the tofu in the pot, and said in disgust, "This thing is so stinky, it must be rotten, how can you eat it?" ”

"Tsk, fifth son, you don't understand this." Ji Xiamo pursed his lips and hooked Feng Shaojin with one hand, looking like a good brother. "This stinky tofu is a stinky word. Although the appearance is ugly and the smell is not good, it tastes fragrant and fragrant, which makes people want to stop. ”

"How amazing is that?" Feng Shaojin was puzzled.

"Naturally, I can't lie to you. Boss, add one more. ”

"Hey!" Feng Shaojin just wanted to refuse, but he could see Ji Xiamo's happy appearance, and he immediately swallowed back his speech. Looking at the stinky tofu cubes in the cauldron, his brows furrowed.

The tofu quickly got out of the pot, Ji Xiamo handed one to Feng Shaojin, and said with a smile, "Here, you can taste it, I'm in for a treat, don't be polite." ”

Feng Shaojin took the oiled paper bag a little stiffly, looking at Ji Xiamo's expectant appearance, Feng Shaojin didn't want to see the disappointed appearance of the young man in front of him for some reason, and his heart was horizontal, and he picked up a piece and sent it to his mouth with a breath.

As you chew, the flavor of stinky tofu spreads in your mouth, with a spicy sensation that stimulates your taste buds. Seeing the surprise in Feng Shaojin's eyes, Ji Xia Mole quickly opened one, picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, "How is it?" Isn't it delicious? ”

"I can't imagine that this stinky tofu looks ordinary, smells ugly, and is so wonderful when you eat it." Feng Shaojin put the remaining half of his hand into his mouth and exclaimed.

"Not really." Ji Xia Mo raised his head, his face full of sè.

"Fifth son, this is not a delicacies of the mountains and seas, it's not interesting for you to eat like this." Seeing that Feng Shaojin ate one bite at a time, Ji Xiamo poked him with his elbow and motioned him to learn from himself.

Seeing Ji Xia Mo pick up a large piece and open his mouth wide, Feng Shaojin was slightly stunned, and then laughed loudly, with obvious pleasure on his face. In his hand, he also learned from Ji Xiamo, picked up a piece of stinky tofu, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"That's right." Ji Xia Mo smiled cheaply.

Ji Xiamo and Feng Shaojin were already good-looking, and they were dressed extraordinary, but now the two of them were walking on the street with a bag of stinky tofu in their hands, and they ate extremely indecently, which suddenly caused passers-by to look back frequently.

Ji Xiamo, who was completely opened by a few servings of stinky tofu, swept all the way with Feng Shaojin, as long as it was edible, whether it was eaten or not, Ji Xiamo would buy two copies to taste, and all the way down, the two of them had already supported their bellies.

Feng Shaojin can also be regarded as having seen Ji Xiamo's unfathomable stomach, looking at Ji Xiamo's thin and small body, Feng Shaojin can't understand where he has pretended so many things.

"Aoki, what's that place?" Ji Xiamo held a string of sugar gourds in his mouth, handed a bag of sugar-fried chestnuts to Feng Shaojin beside him with one hand, and raised his chin to signal a small shop called 'Ruyu' in front of him.

Aoki followed Ji Xiamo's line of sight, and suddenly said, "Childe, that's a jade shop." ”

"Jade shop?" Ji Xia Mo spit out two hawthorns, as if he had thought of something, and looked back at Feng Shaojin, "Let's go inside and have a look." ”

"You want to buy something?"

"Let's see if there's anything pleasing to the eye." Ji Xiamo handed the sugar gourd in his hand to Aoki and muttered into the store.

"What do you want to see?" When he entered the store, a middle-aged man greeted him, glanced at the clothes of several people, and respectfully bowed his hand.

"Tsk, it's not very good." Ji Xia Mo glanced at the inside of the shop, shook his head incomprehensibly, and the middle-aged man was stunned.

"Small business, small business." The middle-aged man followed behind Ji Xia Mo and laughed with him.

"Childe." Aoki stepped forward and glanced at the middle-aged man, a little dissatisfied. "Isn't there a lot of jade in the house? And when I entered the palace a few days ago, there were a lot of rewards from the emperor, so why did I come out to buy them? ”

In the palace? The middle-aged man's legs trembled and he almost knelt on the ground, and he didn't dare to take a breath after Ji Xiamo.

"What do you know?" Ji Xia Mo glanced at Aoki, and the bone fan in his hand knocked on Aoki's head. "It's rewarded by the emperor, and you can't give it away or sell it."

"You just dare to sell it, I'm afraid no one will dare to accept it." Feng Shaojin said with a smile. "If you really want jade, there are a lot of good ones in my house, you go pick some to play."

"No, it's not safe to hold something too expensive in your hand." Ji Xia Mo swept around, and finally stopped in front of a sword pendant.

"Show me this." Ji Xia Mo gestured.

Look at the color is a bit like green and white jade, jade into a fan shape, six jade beads on the top, falling cyan tassels, the overall look is elegant but not losing the calm atmosphere, very similar, a person.

Ji Xia Mo held the sword pendant and thought in his heart, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

Looking at Ji Xiamo's breath that seemed to warm up in an instant, Feng Shao raised his eyebrows, and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

"That's it, how much." The decision was made, and Ji Xiamo looked up at the owner of the shop.

"Uh......" The owner of the shop was stunned for a while, and stretched out three fingers. Three...... Three hundred taels. ”

"Three hundred taels?" Ji Xia Mo narrowed his eyes, and his tone was different, as if he was dissatisfied.

"Childe." The owner of the shop pù grimaced. "Look at the color and touch of this jade, this is a rare top grade in a small shop, and three hundred taels is already the lowest price."

"One hundred taels, by the way, help me carve a few words on the jade." Ji Xia Mo hooked his lips and smiled, his eyes flashed with cunning, and he threw the sword pendant to the owner of the shop.

"One...... A hundred taels? "The owner of the shop is a little stupid.

"One hundred taels, no two prices." Ji Xiamo shook his fingers with a resolute attitude.

The owner of the shop choked with a mouthful of blood in his throat, although he was very distressed, but he was afraid of Ji Xiamo's identity, he was afraid of trouble and causing trouble, so he had to swallow this dumb loss.

"Yes, I don't know what Childe wants to engrave?"

Ji Xia Mo touched his chin and thought about it, leaned over, and whispered in the ear of the owner of the shop, who understood and turned back to the inner room.

"Your dignified prime minister's mansion is not short of this bit of silver, why do you bully people for a few taels of silver?" Feng Shaojin sat on the chair next to him and looked at Ji Xia Mo and said.

"You are the prince, I don't know the hardships of our 'grass people', I am poor and about to mess with the handsome. Besides, don't they all say that I, Ji Xiamo, am a straw bastard, a gentleman? Of course I have to be worthy of that title. ”

"Handsome?" Feng Shaojin was puzzled.

"It's the big black dog that we keep in the back kitchen of the Prime Minister's Mansion." Aoki explained

"......" is less windy

Ji Xia Mo wandered boredly in the shop, and suddenly, his gaze paused, and his gaze stayed on a gray wooden box in the corner.

The palm was slightly hot, Ji Xiamo was puzzled, raised his foot and stepped forward, and pulled the wooden box out of the corner. It seems that no one has cleaned it for a long time, the wooden box is full of thick dust, and there is a string of jade bells in the box, woven with red silk threads, three bells, white as human bones, implied blood, and the top of the three bells is cracked with a shallow slit for some reason, as if it was broken.

Looking at the bell, Ji Xiamo's palm became hotter and hotter, with a scorching heat, and at the same time, his heart was also restless.

As if bewitched by something in his heart, Ji Xiamo slowly stretched out, his fingertips touched the bell, and a piercing chill instantly spread all over his body along his fingertips, making Ji Xiamo couldn't help but shiver, and the cold eroded into his bones.

Suddenly, Ji Xiamo only felt a pain in his fingertips, and suddenly took a light breath and withdrew his hand suddenly. A drop of scarlet blood was low on the bell, and it was particularly dazzling on the jade bell as white as human bones.

'Why is it bleeding again?' Ji Xia Mo muttered quietly and put his finger in his mouth.

"Childe." The shopkeeper walked out of the inner room and put his sword pendant in both hands. "The words have been engraved, I don't know if the son is still satisfied."

"If I say I'm not satisfied, boss, will you give me another one?" Ji Xia Mo came back to his senses and didn't bother with the bell anymore, turned around and took the sword pendant and said with a smile.

"Huh?" The shopkeeper was stunned, and laughed a little sneeringly.

"Funny to you, why are you so humorless." Ji Xiamo patted the shoulder of the shopkeeper and smiled shyly. "Aoki, pay the bill!"

"Yes!"

"Boss, thank you for today." Ji Xia Mo raised his lips and smiled, took the sword pendant into his arms, and turned to leave.

"Childe walks slowly." As a result, the silver ticket, the heart of the owner of the store was dripping blood, but he had to accompany Xiao to give it away.

"What are you carving on the pendant?"

"Huh? Secrecy. ”

"It can't be a girl from a certain family, right?"

"Lord Wang, this is going to be heard by your sister, are you sure she won't divide my five horses?"

"......" is less windy

No one saw it, just after Ji Xiamo left, the bell that was originally covered with thick dust suddenly emitted a faint red light, and the drop of blood on the bell disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The bell is still the same string of bells, and the box is still the same box, but the few thin cracks have disappeared without a trace, and the three bells are intact.

White as human bones, red as blood, with a faint charm.