On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.

It's already early spring in February, and it's animal season again.

The lingering spring rain will be endless, and I am afraid that after a rain, Chang'an City will be full of greenery inside and outside.

After entering the palace late at night last time, Xu Buling rested at home for a few days, first, he and the Queen Mother were not related after all, if the frequency of entering the palace was too frequent, it would inevitably attract the attention of people with a heart.

Second, the possessiveness is too obvious and will inevitably backfire, it is better to wait for the Queen Mother to take the initiative to send the invitation for a few days, and the "Lotus Tibetan Carp" is still in her hand, and the Queen Mother will definitely not be able to endure it for long.

Sure enough, the queen mother in the palace waited for a few days, and when she saw that he didn't react at all, she obviously couldn't hold it back, and invited him to go to Changle Palace tomorrow on the grounds of entering the palace to sit.

This time, you have to prepare in advance to enter the palace, first make enough sincerity, and as for the effect, we can only talk about it then.

At noon, Xu Buling walked out of the palace with an oil-paper umbrella, did not ride a horse because of the rain, walked on foot in the market of Chang'an City, and watched all kinds of things that had never been seen in detail for a year.

Because of the beginning of spring, Chang'an City is obviously much more prosperous, the number of foreigners on the streets has surged, and a dazzling array of goods have gradually arrived in Chang'an, and the trade has begun year after year.

Although the Northern Qi and Da Yue are hostile, but Da Yue lacks horses, the Northern Qi lacks iron, the two sides have been in a stable confrontation for more than 60 years without a major war, and the bilateral trade has been opened up.

As for the last time Hu Yanjie, the envoy of the 'Baisha Kingdom', although the things were not cheated away, they made the Ministry of Rites lose an adult, and the Ministry of Rites Shangshu was pointed at by Qi Xinghan and scolded for 'dereliction of duty', so he almost scolded the Ministry of Rites to death at the court meeting, and it is estimated that it will be impossible to think about it in the future.

A light rain was dripping, hitting the eaves and green tiles on the side of the street.

Xu Buling came to the back street of Daye Square with an umbrella and stopped outside a small tea stall.

The pedestrians on the street are sparse, and because the time is not up, the people in the surrounding Goolan gambling houses are gathered on the tea stalls on the street, listening to the storyteller spit lotus flowers:

"It is said that the big man with the iron spear fought with the prince of Su Wang three hundred times, only to fight the sky and the earth and the sun and the moon without light. On the occasion of the first line of life and death, the prince of Su Wang waved his sleeves, and with a 'knife coming', the surrounding hundreds of wolf guards and Yanling knives were unsheathed together, and the iron spear man was cut down from the knife......"

"Okay—"

Bang Bang Bang –

The tea shop was full of cheers, and the storyteller's "Mistakenly Entering the Hall of Benevolence" was full of emotion, and countless listeners were enthusiastic.

Under the eaves next to the tea stall, a little girl dressed in black looked at it with relish on her tiptoes, looking like she was honored.

Xu Buling is full of black lines, but the people in the market like this, not to mention exaggeration, no one listens to it at all. didn't care about it at the moment, walked behind the girl in black and covered the top of her head with an oil-paper umbrella.

Zhu Manzhi was engrossed in going to work and fishing, and suddenly felt that there was another person behind him, thinking that he was in the way, he moved two steps to the side, and continued to listen to the book on his tiptoes.

"Ahem—"

The familiar coughing sound came from his ears, Zhu Manzhi stiffened, and then a smile stained his cheeks, and he hurriedly turned around, looked up at Xu Buling, who was close at hand, and said crisply:

"Xu Gongzi, why are you here?"

Xu Buling hooked the corners of his mouth, turned around and walked down the street:

"Go to Xianzhi Zhai and buy something, together?"

Zhu Manzhi was happy, and rushed to the front to take the oil-paper umbrella, and held it high to cover the top of Xu Buling's head:

"Okay, it just so happened that I earned a lot of silver with Xiao Ning a few days ago, what kind of rouge does Xu Gongzi like, I'll treat you!"

Xu Buling took a sip of the flask from his waist, and looked at the excited little manzhi:

"I don't use rouge."

"Oh......"

Zhu Manzhi walked in the rain with an umbrella, thought about it, and suddenly came back to his senses.

Buy Rouge ......

Zhu Manzhi's expression changed a little, he blinked his eyes wide, and asked casually:

"Xu Gongzi...... Who to buy rouge? ”

"Naturally, it's to buy rouge for women."

"Oh......" Zhu Manzhi pursed his lips, hesitated a little, and then made a nonchalant appearance: "Hey~ Xu Gongzi is so handsome, whose girl is so ignorant of lifting, she actually asked you to run errands in person......" seems to be giving Xu Buling a grievance.

Xu Buling was amused and pondered slightly......

Smack-

A slight crisp sound sounded in the rain curtain of the small alley on the side of the street.

I wish Manzhi a spirit, his face is red, and his buttocks are hot.

Xu Buling's face did not change, and he walked slowly with his hands in his hands, looking like he had nothing to do with himself.

Zhu Manzhi's small eyebrows frowned, stared at the big eyes and slowly followed, endured for a moment, and still muttered dissatisfiedly:

"Xu Gongzi...... What do you do? ”

Xu Buling's expression was flat: "There are mosquitoes." ”

"Mosquitoes?"

Zhu Manzhi raised his eyes and looked around at the cold and rainy February day, full of suspicion:

"Is there one?"

"I have ears and eyes, and I only have one, and I have already been killed."

Born with a cold face, he said the same as the truth.

Zhu Manzhi was suspicious, quietly rubbed his aching buttocks, and said stupidly:

"Childe said there is...... That's it......"

Xu Buling let out a very serious 'um' and continued to walk under the oil-paper umbrella.

The two of them walked in the rain, Zhu Manzhi had a strange expression, and when he saw that he was about to walk out of the alley, he suddenly hit Xu Buling's arm lightly with his shoulder.

Xu Buling raised his eyebrows and tilted his head: "What's wrong?" ”

Zhu Manzhi bit his lower lip and showed a little shyness, lowered his head and hesitated for a while, before he said in a voice like a mosquito:

"Xu Gongzi, I'm not stupid."

Xu Buling looked puzzled and looked at her suspiciously.

Zhu Manzhi pursed his lips, thought about it, and bumped Xu Buling on the shoulder again.

Xu Buling's face sank: "You try to bump it again?" ”

"Try it......"

Zhu Manzhi grabbed the corner of his skirt, looking unconvinced, and he was about to bump into Xu Buling again.

Unexpectedly, this time he crashed into the air and directly crashed into Xu Buling's arms.

"Ahh

Zhu Manzhi was hugged and stuck to Xu Buling's chest, his smile suddenly turned into nervousness, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he didn't dare to raise his head with an oil-paper umbrella.

Xu Buling smiled at the corner of his mouth, hugged the little girl with a tense body, raised his hand and patted it again:

"Manzhi, I treat you as a brother, what do you want to do?"

Zhu Manzhi was tightly strangled by the arm around his waist, his eyes were embarrassed, and he shook his head:

"I'm a ...... woman"

"Opposite-sex brothers."

“……”

Zhu Manzhi blushed like an apple, and he didn't struggle, just shook his head like a gourd.

Xu Buling raised his hand to pick her chin and made a puzzled look:

"If you don't want to be a brother, what do you want to do with me?"

Zhu Manzhi's eyes dodged, and he held the oil-paper umbrella and twisted it for a long time before he forced himself to smile calmly:

"As a doorman, Xu Gongzi said that I should be a doorman, we are all people with the status of the rivers and lakes, and we will do what we say......"

Xu Buling held the little girl who was not very heavy with one hand, his chest was warm, and he shook his head quite seriously:

"As the saying goes, 'There is no free lunch in the world,' I promised, maybe my father didn't. The doorman of King Su's Mansion, if you don't talk about it, you have to be like Ning Qingye, your martial arts are not high, and you can't give advice, how can you be? ”

Zhu Manzhi's little face was a little aggrieved, his eyes rolled, and he said softly: "Actually...... In fact, Xiao Ning is also pretty, martial arts, and famous, I ...... I ...... "'I' for a long time, and I didn't think of anything stronger than Ning Qingye, my face was hot, and I could only say vaguely:

"Anyway...... Oh, Xu Gongzi, don't you want to buy rouge, it'll get dark later......"

"Anyway, there is no one in the palace, so it's okay not to go back at night, let's talk slowly."

“……”

Zhu Manzhi blushed and held back for a long time, but he still didn't dare to say anything, twisted around to break free of Xu Buling's arm, and then ran behind Xu Buling, pushing Xu Buling out of the alley:

"Let's go, let's go, I have to go back to the yamen at night, and if I go back, I will deduct the moon and pay the moon late, and I can't delay ......"

Xu Buling was a little amused, shook his head, and was forced out of the alley by Xiao Manzhi......