Huo Jingcheng took out the sachet from his sleeve and said, "I do know that this sachet is yours, but I can't return it to you after I received it from my father." Otherwise, if the things I have brought are worn on you again, there will not be ghosts. ”

Yao Duran blurted out: "Then His Royal Highness took away the things I wore in front of several princes, so there is no ghost?" ”

Huo Jingcheng was firmly blocked by her. After a while, he said: "This hall saw that your sachet was good-looking, so I took the risk to bring it, what's the matter?" Isn't it possible? ”

This time, Yao Duran was blocked by him firmly.

The two were speechless, stalemate for a moment, and suddenly, they laughed in unison.

After Yao Duran finished laughing, he collected his expression and said, "Don't say it, don't say it, Your Highness, eat your duck tongue." ”

Huo Jingcheng also smiled: "Well, these vegetarian dishes are as you like." ”

Yao Duran picked up the teapot and poured tea for the two of them, and then poured the wine. The black and red wine is fragrant and fragrant, and when poured into a transparent crystal glass, it looks particularly good.

After pouring the tea and wine, Yao Duran found two strangely shaped small jade pots on the table, and the jade pot was connected to a thin tube at one end.

Huo Jingcheng explained in a timely manner: "This is a fruity hookah, smoky like a cloud, also known as cloud smoke, is the characteristic of this cloud smoke pavilion, except for this store, there is no one in Beijing." This cigarette is beneficial and harmless to people, one puff chokes, two puffs refresh, and three puffs are comfortable. ”

Yao Duran was surprised when he heard it: "It turns out that there is still this thing in Beijing, and I have never heard of it." ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "I don't blame you, the hookah is originally produced in Dongjing, and the shop in this Yunyan Pavilion is also from Dongjing." ”

"I see."

Huo Jingcheng looked at her with a smile and said, "You try?" ”

"I ...... I don't dare. Yao Duran said truthfully.

Huo Jingcheng's smile deepened and said, "What are you afraid of?" Can I still poison you? Come, I'll teach you. ”

Yao Duran looked at the strange-looking little jade pot, still didn't have the courage, and said, "I...... I don't want to try. ”

Huo Jingcheng didn't give up: "Be obedient, only take three puffs, and I'll tell you a joke." ”

Yao Duran still shook his head: "Your Highness, don't let me suck, I'll tell you a joke?" ”

Huo Jingcheng was stunned for a moment, and then Lang Lang laughed, he laughed so comfortably that he couldn't stop, and finally held back, and said unfinished: "Yao Duran, hehe, interesting, really interesting." ”

After speaking, he pushed the small jade pot towards her again, and said, "Come on, don't tell jokes, suck." ”

Yao Duran saw that he was so stubborn, and if he shirked it again, he was afraid that the topic would be endless, so he had to compromise, pinched the thin tube on the small jade pot hard, held it in his mouth shallowly, and then did not move, only looking at him directly with a pair of beautiful eyes.

When Huo Jingcheng saw her appearance, it was as if as soon as he spoke, she was going to treat death as if she were going to fight fiercely. Huo Jingcheng didn't hold back again, and smiled without turning his face.

Yao Duran let go of the thin tube and said, "What is Your Highness laughing at?" Am I doing something wrong or is it wrong? ”

Huo Jingcheng smiled enough, turned his face back, and said, "The action is right, uh, continue." ”

Yao Duran put on the thin tube again, and looked at him again.

Huo Jingcheng held back a smile and said: "Yes, it's good to suck lightly for the first time, you will be a little choked, just get through the first sip." ”

After hearing this, Yao Duran lowered his eyes and sucked it obediently. After sucking it lightly, I choked and coughed. Huo Jingcheng hurriedly handed over her fruit tea and said, "Runrun, don't stop for too long, continue to take a second sip." ”

Yao Duran took a sip of fruit tea, soothed a little, and couldn't help but look at him with resentful eyes, and put the thin tube in his mouth again.

Huo Jingcheng continued to teach her: "The second long sip and slow inhalation. ”

Yao Duran did as she was told, sucking slowly and sucking long. The gentle smoke slowly seeps into the internal organs with a crisp fruity aroma. This time it is really not choking, Yao Duran gently spit out the residual smoke, and was about to say something, when he suddenly felt that the five were clear and comfortable, and his spirit was also lifted, and the next moment, he felt as light as a swallow, and even the breath overflowed from the inside out.

"This ......," Yao Duran thought to herself, this was amazing.

Huo Jingcheng saw that she had tasted the fun, and said, "Let's try it again." ”

At this moment, Yao Duran no longer resisted, and obediently took another sip. After this mouthful, the whole person was full of energy, fluttering, comfortable, and his troubles seemed to disappear all at once.

"How? Good stuff, right? Huo Jingcheng asked.

Yao Duran nodded, and her body and mind were completely relaxed. Suddenly, there were more things to say, and the cloud smoke was like a key, easily opening her heart, expelling the troubles inside, and at the same time releasing the depression, no longer worrying.

Yao Duran was very comfortable, and said, "Your Highness is naturally willing to touch good things. By the way, Your Highness, you have left the Lantern Festival today, why did you go back again? ”

Huo Jingcheng gently spit out the residual smoke in his mouth, and said: "I saw that you were going to go to the Lantern Festival, so I turned around and went back, wanting to use my lantern riddles that no one could solve for seven years to make it difficult for you, but as a result, you are really Bing Xue smart and incomparably intelligent." It can be said that she is the best among women. Honestly, you're the smartest woman I've ever met. ”

Yao Duran smiled: "Your Highness has praised it falsely, and my mind is just bright for a while." ”

Huo Jingcheng said with a smile: "Your aura can cause me to lose four hundred and ninety-five gold leaves, which is equivalent to the loss of a gold shop." ”

Yao Duran was amused: "Your Highness wants to play it yourself, can't you afford to lose if you can afford it?" ”

Huo Jingcheng said: "How come? King Zhou You smiled at the princes of the Beacon Fire for the Pomeranians, and Emperor Wu cast a gold house to hide Gillian, I am willing to play with you, what is the price. ”

Yao Duran praised: "Your Highness is atmospheric, he is a real man." ”

"Huh?" Huo Jingcheng was surprised: "Man? The word man is so vulgar, you will say it? It's not like you can say it. True heroes are stronger than the word. ”

Yao Duran laughed "poof", and said in his heart, why did he suddenly speak freely and without scruples? It seems that it is really the effect of that cloud of smoke.

"That's it, it's true that I don't speak very well, Your Highness is a real hero."

Huo Jingcheng hooked the corners of his lips and smiled charmingly. Yao Duran looked at him and smiled, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "By the way, Your Highness, what about your jokes?" ”

Huo Jingcheng also remembered and said, "Yes, you have already taken three sips, and I should also fulfill my promise." Ahem, so are you listening? ”

Yao Duran nodded.

"My heart is with you."

"Huh?" Yao Duran was startled by his sudden words.

"My heart is with you."

"......" Yao Duran's mind was confused, and he didn't know what was going on all of a sudden, so he told a joke and provoked this sentence.

Wait a minute! Jokes, jokes?

Yao Duran suddenly understood, laughed a few times, and said, "Your Highness, this is indeed a joke. It's also the shortest joke I've ever heard. ”

Huo Jingcheng saw her react, and laughed along: "It's just the shortest joke?" Isn't it, the truest joke? ”

Yao Duan's heart was raised again, and he said with a slight annoyance: "Your Highness, don't joke. ”

"Haha-okay, no more laughing. Let's have a few drinks. Huo Jingcheng Road.

Yao Duan's heart fell again, and he drank a cup with him.

"Your Highness, this wine is so sweet, so delicious, and very fragrant." Yao Duran put down the crystal cup and praised a series of praises. I poured myself another glass and drank it greedily. And then there was a flurry of praises.

Huo Jingcheng was very satisfied when he saw her completely let go, and said with a smile: "Don't look at this wine as delicious, it can be intoxicating unconsciously, it's better for you to guard against it." ”

Yao Duran said: "Is that so? No, that's not going to work, then I've got to get home......"

The moonlight outside the window is just right, and the candlelight in the private room is just right, in this fifteenth Shangyuan Festival, this atmosphere is really beautiful. Huo Jingcheng coldly heard that she was going home, and his heart naturally tightened, but who knew that the second half of her words came out late: "I have to hurry home and tell Fuquan to let him take me home." ”

With a "poof", Huo Jingcheng smiled gracelessly.

Yao Duran looked at him in surprise, and didn't understand that he had been smiling and smiling tonight, what were you laughing at?!

Huo Jingcheng saw that her beautiful eyes were blank and there was a hint of resentment, so he stopped smiling, and said seriously: "Let me ask you, what do you mean, you go home now, tell Fuquan, and then come here to continue drinking, and Fuquan will come to pick you up when it's almost over?" ”

Yao Duran said: "Otherwise? ”

"Yes, yes, that's the right idea." Huo Jingcheng poured wine for her again and said, "But don't worry about anything, even if you are drunk, there is still me, and I will send you home safely." Drink it, drink it, just drink stupidly, the idea is simpler and more direct, and I don't have to bother guessing. ”

Yao Duran looked at him innocently: "Drink stupid? That's right, what should I do if I'm really stupid. After speaking, she quickly picked up the fruit tea and poured a few sips.

When Huo Jingcheng saw what she meant, he put some tea in his stomach, let the tea and wine fight in his stomach, and see if the wine can win the tea, or if the tea can melt the wine.

Huo Jingcheng still wanted to laugh, but held back.

Yao Duran remembered something again, and wondered: "By the way, His Royal Highness is the prince of a country, and it is a virtue and good fortune to reward the people at the lantern festival every year, why do you have to wear a mask and refuse to show your true face?" ”

Huo Jingcheng smiled deeply, and said slowly: "Yao Duran, have you deeply explored people's hearts and human nature?" Just like tonight, you lived up to expectations and solved the mystery of the seven years, which is naturally a great joy for everyone and became their nobleman. But what if you're wrong? At that time, no one will be surprised by the two gold leaves they get, they will only regret why you didn't get it right, why didn't they get five? Although in previous years, they only got a piece. This is just an ordinary human heart, if there are people with extreme and unrighteous hearts, they may still blame you, even if you have done nothing, even if they have nothing to lose, but you will get some people's blame for no reason, instead of gratitude. ”

Yao Duran lowered his eyes and thought about it, it was really like this. She said, "Your Highness wants to tell me the truth that people's hearts are insufficient?" ”

Huo Jingcheng bowed slightly: "People's hearts are insufficient, and human nature is greedy." I sincerely reward the people, and give rewards every year as an ordinary merchant, and they regard me as a god. But if I were to give such a reward as a prince, what would they say? Stingy! Shabby! The dignified prince, one person under more than 10,000 people, sitting on half the country's wealth, but the reward is so meager! ”