In early spring and February, just after the sting, the peach blossoms begin, and the spring cold is deep.

Outside Jinguan City, on the road in the field village, a group of people did not gallop past, but let the horses move slowly in the morning light.

The first three horses were parallel, all the way, seeing Chunhua in the wild, ten miles of fertile fields, the man on the horse in the middle sincerely admired: "Thousands of miles of fertile fields, the land of heaven." ”

The person who spoke, named Mu Qing, wore a dark blue four-slit robe, covered with a pure white fox fur coat, tight, deep boots, braided and drooped back, although the outfit was ordinary, but the figure was straight, and the nobility between the eyebrows was faint.

"Master, just for the sake of your fertile field, I arrested Xiao Yan early in the morning, but he has a grudge against me?" On the right-hand side, a burly man is his friend and personal guard, the name of the Kyoshi Ishikawa, who is smiling honestly.

"No, no, Brother Shi's grasp, grasp it well, except for the smell of old cotton wool in the bed, there is no fragrance of spring mud and spring flowers!"

On the white horse on the left, Bei Xiaoyan was dressed in a stone blue robe, casually draped in a black cloak, and his handsome and agile eyes were full of smiles, like a naughty and cute little boy next door.

Mu Qing looked at him, and was stunned for a while, this pure, smiling young man in front of him, if he didn't say it, who would have thought that he was one of the best people in the pear orchard today!

The three of them enjoyed the spring all the way, chatting all the way, and behind them, several black-clothed entourages followed from afar.

"Drive, drive......"

There was a hurried sound of horses' hooves ahead, and in the blink of an eye, a white horse galloped in front of the three men.

The country road is already narrow, and the horses are fast, and they are about to collide.

Fortunately, the man on the horse was very good at riding, tightened the reins in time, and lightly clamped the horse's belly with his feet, and the horse neighed and stopped three feet away.

A young girl on the horse, dressed in a lotus purple riding costume, looked pretty, and because she was in a hurry to rein in her horse, her eyebrows were high, and she glanced at the three people who were blocking the road in front of her.

"Brothers, if you didn't open this road, and you didn't plant this tree, please give way."

The voice is crisp and pleasant, but the mouth is sarcastic: Hey, if you are not a thief or something, please don't stand in the way!

"Hahahaha, let, must let!" Ishikawa was the most bold, listening to the little girl's words so refreshingly, he urged the horse to the side of the road while laughing, and took several steps back.

After retreating, I saw that the girl was beautiful and hurried, but she was alone, and kindly reminded, "Little girl, in this wilderness, you are alone, for safety, why don't you dress up as a man to make it easier to walk?" ”

"Thank you! But why bother? Men have always dressed as women, and before the hat is lifted, they have already been recognized, and they are extremely boring. Besides, in these years, will it be absolutely safe for a teenager to be alone? ”

"This ......," Ishikawa was speechless.

At this time, Mu Qing lightly glanced at the imposing and sharp-toothed person in front of him, and turned his head sideways to see Xiao Yan was already smiling and stopping in front of Ishikawa, looking at the girl with interest, which only slightly drove the horse's head, pulled aside, and stopped in front of the two of them.

The girl saw that the three of them were standing in a straight line, and the horses were majestic, and the people on the horses were all leading the way, and their looks were extraordinary, so they were not in a hurry to beat the horses forward, and let the horses pass slowly by the sides of the three.

Bi suddenly let out an exclamation, "Huh——! Mo is blooming, and the son has a pair in the world! Hey! With two coquettish laughs, he waved the horsewhip vigorously and disappeared.

Leaving the three behind, dumbfounded.

"Master, are you two being molested?" After staying for a while, Ishikawa said.

"I misunderstood, the little girl said praise!" Xiao Yan said with a smile.

"This little girl, a little arrogant, is still too young, I guess she hasn't suffered a loss......" Ishikawa shook his head and sighed.

"Not necessarily!" Mu Qing, who had been silent, listened attentively, but interjected a sentence idly.

"It's because I'm young, I think that relying on a little cleverness, I dare to venture into the depths of the rivers and lakes and be insidious......" Ishikawa was still insisting on his opinion, but before he finished speaking, his brows furrowed tightly.

Because, the sound of horses' hooves in front was thundering, and dozens of people were riding lightly in simple clothes, seemingly well-trained, and galloped in a queue.

"Lord Wang, be careful!" Seeing so many people and horses, Ishikawa was shocked, and in a hurry, he forgot Mu Qing's instructions, and blurted out a "prince", wanting to step forward to protect Mu Qing.

Mu Qing shook his head slightly, stopped Ishikawa's behavior, and gestured to the entourage behind him.

Although Ishikawa was on the horse, he straightened up and was on guard at all times.

After dozens of black horses passed by the three in an orderly manner, Ishikawa breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Shi, do you see, the little girl is not too young, what people rely on is that there are many powerful people, and many people are bold." The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth rose next to him, and he raised his eyebrows in the direction of the man in black with a smile.

"You're saying that these people are with the little girl, her bodyguards?" Ishikawa scratched his head, and then he understood the deep meaning of what the prince said just now, "not necessarily".

Mu Qing and Xiao Yan had already heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and they also heard that although the sound was noisy, it was by no means chaotic, and it was uniform and orderly.

The little girl has such a group of masters with her, of course, she is fearless and arrogant, and there is nothing?

What's more, she is not called arrogant, but has a flying personality.

After Ishikawa figured it out, he shouted, "Good guy, such a big pie, no wonder you dare to tease our master?" ”

"Hahaha, Brother Shi, Brother Shi, you are presumptuous, is your grandfather a person who is molested?" Xiao Yan was amused by Ishikawa again.

"Wrong, wrong, my stupid mouth is a compliment, a compliment to the master." Ishikawa glanced at Mu Qing with an indifferent face, quickly changed his words, and asked again: "By the way, is there any grand event going to be held in the city?" Recently, I have always seen dignitaries and dignitaries, and rich squires rushing to the city. ”

"I have to ask your grandfather, didn't he just come to Jinguan City to accompany you to investigate the case?" Xiao Yan threw Ishikawa's question to Mu Qing in a good time.

"Liyuan Spring Festival." Mu Qing said four words briefly, but in Ishikawa's ears, it was equivalent to not saying it.

Because he doesn't understand at all.

"Liyuan Spring Festival." Xiao Yan added two more words, but Ishikawa still didn't understand.

"At this time, the temples and halls in all counties and villages will set up a stage and sing a few big plays to celebrate, and there is also a sense of praying for good weather and rain."

After listening to Xiao Yan's explanation, Ishikawa finally understood, but he still asked puzzled: "But this village temple is going to sing a big opera, why are they rushing to the city?" ”

Patting his head, Xiao Yan shook his head and said, "Blame me, I didn't explain it clearly." This used to be celebrated by singing opera in the temple, but now, the spring festival has become a big event for the major opera troupes in the city, and your grandfather is here for this. ”

Speaking of the master who came to watch the play, Ishikawa is naturally convinced.

Mu Qing is a good show, this is well known!

He doesn't like to talk, let alone socialize, and his only hobby is listening to opera.

Moreover, I only listen to the drama of the Sanqing class in Beijing.

Moreover, after listening to the play, other dignitaries frantically threw rewards on the stage, but Prince Mu never gave rewards, but only listened to the play wholeheartedly.

After several years, he became close friends with the famous opera singer Bei Xiaoyan.

Moreover, this time, I also invited Xiao Yan to accompany him and came to Jinguancheng together.

I always thought that the lord came to Jinguancheng to investigate the unbelievable mystery case with himself, but it turned out that he came for the annual Liyuan Spring Festival, but Ishikawa heard of it for the first time.

Forget it, I don't want to, the master does things, he has his own rules, let's just cooperate with him.

At this time, Mu Qing looked at the direction where the girl had beaten the horse, thoughtfully, his face suddenly became indifferent, and he said lightly: "Go back!" Then he turned his horse's head and galloped toward the city.

Ishikawa looked at Xiao Yan aggrievedly, "I didn't say the wrong thing, right?" Ye is in a bad mood again. ”

"You're not wrong, I'm afraid that your prince remembered that his daughter-in-law who hadn't passed through the door again." Xiao Yan, who pouted, seemed to be very familiar with Mu Qing, so he dared to ridicule him like this.

"Alas, I hope that Miss Wen's illness will get better soon, and she will marry my prince soon, so that my prince's mood will improve, otherwise, he has been like this, he has been preoccupied, and he doesn't laugh in the first place, but now it will be even more serious, I'm really afraid that he will get sick." Ishikawa muttered to himself.

"Besides, what kind of disease do you think Miss Wen has? It's been a few years, can it still get better? Because he cared too much about the prince, Ishikawa kept chatting with Xiao Yan.

"Alas, silly boy, do you really think that he came to Jinguan City for the investigation of the case and the Liyuan Spring Festival?" Xiao Yan patted Ishikawa's arm as he walked.

"Isn't it? Ishikawa had already thought it through, but when Xiao Yan asked him, he was confused again.

"Well, how can I tell you well? What a rock. Xiao Yan smiled and quipped Ishikawa, "The prince came to see his daughter-in-law who had not passed through the door secretly, and he was embarrassed to say that he had found two good reasons for himself?" ”

"Which two?" Ishikawa's eyes widened.

"The first one, the grandiose one came to investigate the case; The second one, fake public and private, everyone knows that he is a good show, no, just come to see the Liyuan Spring Festival. With the cover of these two reasons, one bright and one dark, people can't think of it, and they can't think of it, that Miss Wen, her maternal grandfather's mansion is also in this Jinguan City! ”

"Ah, I just remembered that Miss Wen has been recuperating at her grandfather's house since she became ill?" Ishikawa slapped his thigh, his eyes widening.

"Your lord, if you want to do something, you have to go around in such a big circle, admire!" Xiao Yan sighed and gave a thumbs up.

"You are not bad, you can guess the mind of our prince thoroughly, admire!" Ishikawa also gave a thumbs up.

"Alas, where can I guess, it was your prince who told me."

"Really, did the prince even tell you this?" Ishikawa will be skeptical.

"You don't need to tell him, you look at him carefully, it's written on his face every day!" After speaking, he waved a whip, and with a "driving" sound, he chased the prince.

"Alas, where do you see it, the prince has this expression every day, and he is always expressionless, what do you think?" Ishikawa shouted at Xiao Yan's back.