The county lord of Xiwen took Ji Xingxuan out of the flower hall and walked on the way to the East Pavilion, when Xiwen suddenly turned her head and asked:

"Lianfang girl, is that the female Yike that my cousin brought with me Cousin Rui when he gambled in the Dingbo Pavilion last month?"

Ji Xingxuan nodded and said, "It's also the one who won me by gambling on wine."

Xi Wen chuckled, "That's a bit capable."

Ji Xingxuan didn't say anything more, the two arrived at the East Pavilion, and because they were accompanied by Xiwen, they lost a layer of Tongbing and went directly into the building.

King Xiang just woke up, lying on his side behind the bamboo curtain, he didn't see his dignity, Xi Wen sat on the chair with Ji Xingxuan, and said a few words to her father through the curtain, and then turned to business, she had brought Ji Xingxuan here once, no need to make an introduction, Ji Xingxuan asked her about what she wanted to know, and then she said goodbye, but Xi Wen suddenly stood up and ran behind the bamboo curtain, Ji Xingxuan stood there, listening to the conversation between their father and daughter.

"Father, I beg of you."

King Xiang yawned and said, "Say, what do you want?"

"Brother Rui and others will bring someone over, also for this year's big Yan exam, don't answer him seriously and fool him." Xi Wen knelt in front of the couch, thumped his legs for King Xiang, and came up with crooked ideas.

King Xiang smiled: "How did Xue Rui provoke you, I heard you say that he was so good and that he was good all day long, and now he came behind his back to make him stumble?"

"I didn't stumble on him, and it wasn't that he wanted to take the exam, father, do you promise, promise." Xi Wen shook King Xiang's legs, and her little daughter was revealed.

King Xiang couldn't help but be entangled in her, and waved his hand: "I know the way, let's go play."

"Hehe, my father is the best, then Xiwen is gone, and I will come to see you tomorrow."

After a while, Xi Wen walked out from behind the curtain with a smile and beckoned to Ji Xingxuan, the two of them went out and walked not far, Ji Xingxuan asked:

"County Lord, aren't you like that—"

"Isn't it?" Xi Wen interrupted her, turned her head and winked at her, and said mischievously: "Didn't she win you by gambling on alcohol last time, and this time I let her not even have a chance to win, isn't it?"

Ji Xingxuan looked at Xi Wen's reddened face, smiled quietly, and didn't say much.

The county lord of Xiwen sent his subordinates to the incense hall to report, but without showing up in front of Xue Rui, he took Ji Xingxuan and left.

On the way to the East Pavilion to meet the King of Xiang, Xue Rui said to Yu Shu: "The prince is kind, you don't have to be too restrained in your words, with me here, you can ask what you want to ask generously, don't worry about offense, if you really say the wrong thing, I will help you play a round."

is about to meet such a noble person as the prince of a dynasty, Yu Shu is not very nervous, having Xue Rui present is part of the reason, and part of the reason is that she has worried about everything she should worry about on the road, and now she is holding the idea that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, there is nothing to be afraid of.

The east pavilion is in front of you, there are three floors, there is no plaque outside, there is a quiet appearance of the maid in front of the door first, waiting for the waiter to answer, before inviting them in.

As soon as Yu Shu entered the attic, he was warm, first smelled the faint sandalwood, and then his eyes were fascinated, but he saw that there were exquisite shadow screens set up on three sides of the building, a heavy moon flying fairy, a heavy crane worshipping his birthday, a heavy eight immortals crossing the sea, a three-legged incense burner squatting in the center, curling mist, and the heavy silk curtain was separated by a second door, only to see a pair of boys, combing their hair, red lips and white teeth, holding the dust, standing under a horizontal cyan bamboo curtain, which made her have an illusion, this is not the prince, but which cyclamen.

"Xue Rui and friends, meet the prince." Xue Rui bowed and saluted, Yu Shu followed him and bent his waist ninety degrees, secretly raising his eyes to glance at the figure behind the curtain, but the cover was too tight, and he couldn't see anything.

"Xiaomin Yu Shu visited the prince of Xiang, and the prince was blessed with Jin'an."

King Xiang lay horizontally behind the curtain, looked at the people outside the curtain with his arms on his pillow, and called out after a while: "Sit down."

Listening to the voice, he didn't feel stern, Yu Shu saw Xue Rui sitting, so he didn't thank him, and sat down.

Xue Rui said: "Yesterday, I invited a book to come to the prince, and recommended a friend who can help the prince solve problems and find lost property, which is the one next to him."

Yu Shu heard the mention of her, and quickly stood up again and waved his hand at the curtain.

King Xiang snorted lightly behind the curtain and said: "It's clear that your kid has something to beg me, and you come to me to sell your befriended, I lost that painting, Si Tianjian is not easy to find, otherwise I won't work hard to make the exam questions difficult for this year's Dayan candidates, you bring this posterity, it must also be easy to take the exam this year, and you want to trick me."

Yu Shu was displeased when he heard King Xiang's words, and his heart beat a drum, worried that Xue Rui would make this master unhappy by being self-defeating, but Xue Rui's face did not change, and said:

"The prince is well aware, since he knows everything, then please make it convenient."

Hearing this, King Xiang blew his beard behind the curtain, he heard it, this kid deliberately set his words, saved the explanation, and suddenly became angry and happy, pinched the incense string in his hand, turned the beads on his head, squinted and said:

"If you have something to say, let it go, let it go, and get out when it's over."

"One." Yu Shu knew that his face must be very strange now, so he hurriedly lowered his head.

Xue Rui smiled, turned his head to Yu Shu and said, "The prince is here, if you have anything you want to ask, just ask." Shu swallowed his saliva, cleared his throat slightly, took out the pen and paper he carried with him, and first opened his mouth to Cao Cao's birthday, King Xiang was quite cooperative, and said it truthfully, Yu Shu quickly wrote it down, confirmed it twice, and then continued to put on a respectful attitude and asked:

"Dare to ask the prince, when did you find out that you lost the painting."

"On the way back."

"Do you remember what days exactly?"

"I can't tell, after the painting was obtained, this king has been under the carriage seat, except for lodging, there are a few times on the way to take it out to watch, and when I arrived at Anling, I found that it was gone." When King Xiang said this, his voice was a little annoyed, obviously because he had lost the painting, which made him very unhappy.

Yu Shu asked again: "Has anyone else seen that painting?"

The king of Xiang replied with certainty: "No, it passed through the hands of this king alone," and after another pause, he said: "This king also suspected that he was secretly touched by someone, but after interrogating the entourage, he still found nothing after searching his entourage, so I think this king let go of his hands."

Yu Shu nodded secretly, it's not better to be stolen.

"Lord Wang, where did you get that painting from?" This sentence was asked by Xue Rui.

There was a quiet moment behind the curtain, King Xiang didn't answer so readily this time, Yu Shuxin praised Xue Rui for asking well, she also wanted to ask this sentence, she was afraid of attracting the taboo of King Xiang, think about it, a painting is neither expensive nor valuable, and it is so carry-on, if there is no hidden feeling, who will believe it.

̈ This king is tired, and if you have nothing to do, go down."

Who knew that the king of Xiang kept his mouth shut and didn't answer, but he picked up people.

Yu Shu was disappointed, seeing Xue Rui shaking his head lightly at her, and asking her if she had anything else to ask with her eyes, she nodded her head and secretly compared a finger to him.

"There is one more thing, please hold off for a while.

"What."

Yu Shu said: "I want to ask the prince to write a word."

I didn't hear anyone speak for a long time behind the curtain, but there was the sound of clothing, and before long, a little boy was invited in, took a piece of paper out, and held it to Yu Shu.

After asking everything that should be asked, Xue Rui took her to get up and say goodbye to King Xiang:

"Don't dare to disturb the prince's rest, let's leave."

"Well, let's go, if I have time, I will go to the Xiangwang Mansion to visit your aunt, and I won't waste my saliva with you today."

Xue Rui responded, said goodbye to Yu Shu, and went out of the East Pavilion with the maid outside the door.

As soon as they left, the king of Xiang sat up from the couch, twisted the beads in his hand, sighed, and said to himself:

"You can find what I lost, why fool anyone?"

After a while, there was a report outside the door: "Lord, there is a message from the palace, and the emperor has sent a message, please enter the imperial study to face the saint."

King Xiang frowned, lay back, crooked his neck and said: "Go and say, this king is sick, I'm afraid that he will collide with the dragon body, and it will be inconvenient to enter the palace for the time being."

Let's say that Yu Shu Xue Rui didn't say anything all the way, and when he arrived outside the Dingbo Pavilion and got into the carriage, Yu Shu opened his mouth and thanked Xue Rui first:

"You're going to accompany me on this trip."

Xue Rui didn't answer her words, and said, "How about it, I just saw the prince, do you have an idea?"

Yu Shu sighed and said, "I moved a few times, but I didn't get on the point."

Xue Rui said: "Don't worry, it's only noon, it's better to find a place to eat first, and then you think about how to solve it."

"No-" Yu Shu's refusal came to his lips, but he didn't say it, are you so heartless when she is her, not to mention whether Xue Rui still has that mind about her now, just running around for her like this should give him face, besides, there is still something to trouble him about finding Jingchen, this is the point.

Thinking of Jingchen, Yu Shu was slightly distracted, reached out and touched the talisman hanging on his chest, he didn't know that Xue Rui saw her look in his eyes, so he guessed what she was thinking, he felt a little unhappy in his heart, drank a sip of cold tea and pressed it down, and said:

"If you don't want to go anywhere else, I'll send you home."

Yu Shu came back to his senses, thought for a moment, and said: "I still have a place to go, but that place is mixed and not quiet, you are willing to accompany me there, it just so happens that we are eating, I invite you."

Xue Ruiyue said: "Where are you going?"

"Peiren Hall." She's going to find someone.

Xue Rui didn't ask much, and said directly to the coachman: "Go to the Peiren Hall."

The carriage walked up, Yu Shu kept thinking about it, slapped his thigh halfway, and shouted:

"I remember"

Xue Rui looked at her and wondered, "What do you remember?"

"Today's Xiwen County Lord, I remember where I saw it." She said, "Such a pretty little girl, she always seems to have seen it somewhere."

Xue Rui was about to ask her where she had seen it, when she suddenly remembered that the tavern where Yu Shu had set up a stall outside was frequented by Xi Wen, so he said:

"I see, you've seen her at the Sun Kee Tavern."

"Mmmm, it's the time I hit you on the head with a money bag, so you remember it."

Now he remembered. Clear