Luo Junxi hurriedly straightened his face and said: "Erchen also heard about this at home some time ago, it was Qingming that day, and the people went up the mountain to worship their ancestors, and suddenly there was a storm and then such rumors came out, which is not true. ”

The emperor's eyes sparkled, and he said, "Then the horse said to listen, why shouldn't it be true?" ”

Luo Junxi said: "On the day of Qingming, there was a storm, but the so-called big snake, based on the one-sided words of the three parties alone, is not enough to believe, on the night of the incident, nearly 1,000 people in Luocheng searched in the mountains, and found nothing, after the son returned home, he also led his family up the mountain several times, searched the entire green mountain, and did not find a snake cave. ”

Prince Jiyuan, who had been silent, said: "There should be more than one green mountain outside Los Angeles, maybe that demon snake has fled to another mountain." ”

Luo Junxi raised his eyes and glanced at the prince, the prince's face was calm, happy and angry, he thought about it and said: "Such a conspicuous giant snake, if there is really zài, someone will definitely see it, but in the past few months, no one has seen this giant snake, so it can be seen that it is true that Qingming is raining, and when the snake is said, it may be that he was blinded by the rainstorm, and he was wrong for a while." ”

"Which of the parties witnessed this on the day of Qingming?"

"This"

"Where are the three parties?"

"In"

Prince Yuyuan raised his eyebrows, turned his head to the emperor and said: "Father, a few months ago, the people inside and outside the capital were talking about it, and this matter seems to be not groundless. ”

Luo Junxi's face changed slightly, and before he could speak, the emperor had already bowed his head and said: "This is reasonable, don Ma, you take Mingzhu back to Los Angeles this time to praise your marriage, and by the way, pass on my message, so that the Los Angeles garrison will send the three parties into the capital, and I will ask about this matter in person." ”

Luo Junxi left his seat and knelt down and kowtowed, but did not speak.

Prince Jiyuan smiled lightly: "Why is the horse like this? ”

Luo Junxi raised his head, hesitated for a moment, and said: "The three parties are not outsiders, one is Erchen's second brother Luo Junxuan, one is Erchen's younger sister, and the other is a domestic servant. ”

The emperor glanced at him with an unpredictable expression and said, "The horse seems to have something unspeakable. ”

Luo Junxi's heart thumped, and Princess Mingzhu had already called out in a coquettish voice: "Father, don't scare the horse." ”

Luo Junxi took a deep breath, settled down, and said: "The events of the day, I also heard my father mention it after I went home, that day Qingming, my second brother and little sister took three family members up the mountain to worship their dead mother, and were trapped on the mountain in the rain on the way, my father sent several people to respond, but the mountain was closed due to heavy rain, there was no way into the mountain, and when the rain weakened, I could go into the mountain to search, and found that the second brother fell down from the dirt slope, knocked his head, and passed out, and the little sister was too frightened, and it was lingering on the sickbed for several months, When they woke up, they all said in unison that they had encountered a big python, but we searched for months and found nothing, so the sons thought that maybe they were blindfolded by the heavy rain that day, and they were dazzled by the mistake, and there were no giant snakes on Los Angeles Mountain. ”

The emperor sighed, turned his head and asked an old eunuch behind him: "How did you see the last time you went to Los Angeles?" ”

The old eunuch took a step forward, bowed down and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, as the slave saw last time, the people of Los Angeles live a prosperous life and all industries are prosperous, and it is indeed a rare feng shui treasure land. ”

The emperor raised his hand to let the horse stand up, and he asked the old eunuch with a smile: "You are in the Luo Mansion, have you ever seen the second son and the young lady of the Luo family?" ”

The old eunuch replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the slave is the second son of Luofu, he is indeed an outstanding figure, and the master of the horse is not far behind, but the young lady of Luofu, the slave was not able to see, the old man Luo said that the young lady Qingming went up the mountain to worship the deceased mother and was frightened in the rain, and she couldn't afford to be sick, and the haggard face of the slave could not see the first beauty praised by the people of Luocheng, and it was a great regret. ”

The emperor nodded when he heard this, and said to the horse gently: "Sister Ling's body has not healed so far?" ”

Luo Junxi broke out in a cold sweat behind his back, and lowered his head and said, "Yes, yes." ”

The emperor groaned and instructed the old eunuch: "Tomorrow I will go to the pharmacy and take ten pearls from the South China Sea and send them to the horse mansion, this pearl has the miraculous effect of calming the nerves, take the horse home, and give it to your sister." ”

Luo Junxi knelt down and kowtowed in thanks.

Prince Yuyuan suddenly laughed and said: "Father, the sons and daughters have nothing to do during this time, since the ninth sister is going to return to Los Angeles with the horse to boast about the marriage in three days, the sons and daughters might as well go together, and by the way, it is better to inspect the local people's conditions and go to the snake-making green mountain to see what is going on, what does the father think?" ”

"This is a very good move, you can also take the opportunity to experience the experience, taste the suffering of the people, donkey, in three days, the prince will walk with you."

Luo Junxi had no choice but to kowtow again.

Heavy snow fell overnight, and the streets in front of the gate of Nafu were covered with thick snow.

As soon as dawn broke, Luofu opened the gate, and dozens of family members took brooms and dustpans in their hands, swept all the way, cleared out a two-zhang wide passage, and spread a thick red carpet, stretching for ten miles.

At noon, a winding motorcade appeared on the red carpet, it was ordered to go back to the house to boast of the marriage of the dynasty Ma Luo Junxi and his party, he had sent the guards three days ago to return to the house to report the itinerary, Luo Shanren naturally did enough kung fu, and took care of a qiē early, at this moment, together with the Los Angeles garrison Zhao Wenxiang Zhao led a group of people to stand in front of the red carpet to welcome the arrival of the prince and princess.

Ten miles of red carpet lit up the sky-shattering firecrackers, the convoy in the festive smoke slowly forward, the princess and the personal palace maid sat on the chariot, the horse and the prince rode on the tall horse and walked in the front of the convoy, a month's journey down, the prince and the horse mixed more familiar, on weekdays to talk about literature and martial arts, learn from each other, and actually gave birth to a sense of sympathy.

Luo Junxi saw his father standing in the crowd from a distance, hurriedly arched his hand to the prince, confessed his guilt, galloped over, turned over and dismounted in front of his father, first knelt down and kowtowed three times, then stood up, whispered a few words in his father's ear, Luo Shanren also replied in a low voice, Luo Junxi endured the melancholy between his eyebrows and swept away, turned around and got on the horse, and returned to the convoy.

In the evening, the convoy finally came to the mansion of Luo Shanren, the second son of the Luo family, Luo Junxuan, had already led his family to kneel in the open space outside the gate to greet him, the mansion was full of aroma, and the sumptuous dinner was being prepared in full swing.

Luo Shanren personally led the way, connected the prince and princess to the inner house, offered warm water brocade to wash the dust, and his own servants came to take care of the carriage and horse luggage, and the prince and princess and the horses and others came to sit in the newly renovated hall.

After receiving his son's letter a month ago, Luo Shanren knew that the prince was also accompanied by him, and he was really surprised and delighted, he originally just wanted to be a rich man who kept to himself, regardless of current affairs, but the eldest son wanted to join the army, thinking that he had suffered in the army for a few years, and he was tired of knowing that the bird knew how to return, who knew that the light of gold could not be hidden, he was favored by the emperor and elected as a son-in-law, since then the family has been implicated in the court, this is a curse or a blessing is unpredictable, this time the princess came to Los Angeles to boast of marriage, he was uneasy in his heart, for fear of a mistake or omission, It brought unwarranted disasters to the whole family, and I didn't expect that now not only the princess is here, but even His Royal Highness the crown prince of the current dynasty has condescended to his own mansion.

Because he told a lie in front of the old eunuch before, saying that the young daughter was frightened by the Qingming rainstorm and lingered on the sickbed, and has not recovered yet, Luo Junxi naturally could only follow his father's tone to continue, since he made it clear in front of the emperor that the little sister was sick in bed, the prince and the princess were in the house these days, Mei'er was naturally inconvenient to go out, and she was sick if she was not sick.

So half a month ago, Miss Luofu really fell ill, and all the famous doctors in Luocheng were invited to Luofu, and after looking at and hearing about it through the light veil, everyone discussed the illness for most of the hour with their own knowledge, leaving a few similar prescriptions, holding the one hundred taels of gold handed over by Luoshanren, and left satisfied.

Since that day, there has been a strong smell of medicine in the courtyard where Miss Luofu lives, and everyone in the house knows that Miss is sick, and it is very bad, and it is necessary to recuperate with peace of mind during this time, and no one, except for the master and the son, shall trespass into the Miss's embroidery building without permission and disturb the Miss's recuperation.

The princess is very smart and virtuous, after entering the fragrant tea, she ordered the palace maid to take out the gifts that have been prepared, and give them to the family and the uncle one by one according to the etiquette, Luo Shanren and Luo Junxuan were flattered, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him, the princess personally picked up Luo Shanren and returned the gift, Luo Shanren was greatly comforted in his heart, and couldn't help but smile.

After the princess sat down again, she took a jade box from the gilded tray held by the palace maid, and said: "When the palace came, my father and the emperor had instructed my sister-in-law to give ten South China Sea pearls for calming and calming the nerves. ”

Luo Shanren stepped forward, his knees were weak and he was about to kneel down again, and the princess hurriedly said: "Father, please get up, no need to be polite." ”

Luo Shanren bowed and said in a low voice: "The little girl is not in good health during this time, and her spirit has been sluggish, a few days ago when she was enjoying the flowers in the garden, she accidentally caught a cold, got a cold, and has been taking medicine to recuperate, the old man was afraid that she was sick, and collided with the peace of the princess and the prince, so he did not let her come out to meet the princess, and asked the princess to forgive her sins." ”

The princess nodded forgivingly, handed the jade box to the family, and said gently: "If you are sick, you naturally have to take care of it, and when I finish the tedious chores, I will go to visit my sister-in-law in person. ”

Luo Shanren took the box with both hands, handed it to Luo Fu, raised his sleeves to wipe his forehead, laughed a few times, and said, "The old man thanked the princess for her appreciation on behalf of the little girl." ”