In a blink of an eye, Zhang Shenling has been gone for almost a year, and I don't know if he can come back to see this winter banquet.

Nan Luyuan still accompanies Nan Ziyu every day, assisting him in reviewing the folds, as before. It's just different from the past, every time it comes, he no longer helps Nanzi to tuck the corners, but summons the queen for him.

The queen looked like she was a little pregnant, and it had been nearly a year since she got married, and the queen was pregnant, which was naturally normal.

When there were still two months left before the winter banquet, Nan Zixiao suddenly felt dazed, sweating profusely at night, and did not get better for a week in a row. Seeing him like this, Nan Luyuan had to stop the affairs at hand first and accompany him to the villa below that was chartered by the imperial court to relax.

However, on the second day of resting in the villa, Nan Zixiao picked up an unconscious girl at the foot of the mountain on a rainy and snowy afternoon.

Even though Nan Luyuan didn't approve of him taking such an unknown woman back to the villa, Nan Zixiao felt that it was really inappropriate to throw a young woman in the medical hall, and she saw that she was really powerless, so she insisted on keeping her by her side and making plans after she woke up.

Unexpectedly, the woman fell asleep for two days in a row, and Nan Zixiao was not at ease to leave her alone in the villa, so the day of returning to the palace had to be postponed. By the evening of the fifth day, the warm yellow sunset fell on the bed like gold dust through the window lattice, and the girl woke up faintly in this layer of yellow gauze.

Nan Zixiao pushed open the door, and what caught his eye was such a scene.

The girl looked no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, and her face was childish, but there was something delicate and touching like a willow, which could arouse the man's pity.

She looks delicate and bright, Xu is still young, and she doesn't have the temperament of Su Duxue and Lu Liuhui, but she has a sense of small jasper.

She knelt on the bed, looked at Nan Zixiao, and suddenly the tip of her nose turned red, and she covered her cheeks with her sleeves softly and weakly and cried.

Nan Zixiao has never seen such a thing, he was in a hurry for a while, and was shocked by the girl's crying pear blossom with rain, and when he lowered his head, the girl's red eyes were so helpless and helpless.

Nan Zixiao was born as a small one, and he has always been well cared for by others, even his queen Li Jinzhen is a year or two older. Xuesheng is Su Duxue's, and naturally Li Yangguan has brought a lot, so he is relied on by one person, not to mention how novel it is.

When Nan Luyuan came back after handling affairs, Nan Ziyu was already very familiar with the girl. According to Nan Zixiao, the girl Benshi Xiao, originally a villager in the lower village and town, was later abducted by her younger brothers and sisters to Shangyuan Street, when Shangyuan Street was investigated, her gang fled in a hurry, and as soon as they arrived in the suburbs, they should be killed and humiliated, thanks to the alarm of the army guarding the suburbs of Beijing, they were able to survive.

Nan Luyuan interrupted Nan Zixiao's words, grabbed the flaws in her words, his eyes turned cold, turned the girl's face towards him, and said word by word: "Since the army has saved you, it will inevitably contain you according to the law." Take 10,000 steps back, if you want to be saved, you must run to the capital, how can you run to this wilderness alone? ”

The girl didn't dare to look at Nan Luyuan's eyes, and while crying miserably, she tried her best not to look at Nan Luyuan, but looked at Nan Ziyan, bit her lip and said pitifully: "Childe, Childe save me...... The slave family doesn't dare to lie! The slave family is true! Childe ......"

Seeing her crying so miserably, Nan Ziyan couldn't bear to pat the back of Nan Luyuan's hand and soothe: "Brother Yan, you let go of your hand first, Miss Xiao's injury has not healed, and she can't bear this fright." Besides, she has no power to restrain the chicken, and even I can't beat it. Don't be so vigilant when you see anyone. ”

Nan Luyuan turned his head and glanced at Nan Ziyan quite worriedly, and understood that Nan Zixiao's house heart was kind, although he didn't want to let go of the woman in front of him so easily, it was because of Nan Zixiao's words, so he had to let go first, but he still stared at her intently, taking in her every move.

As soon as the girl was at ease, she fell into the arms of Nan Zixiao, who came up and held her, buried her head in his chest and cried, crying and choking: "This son, the slave family knows that you don't believe in the slave family, but the slave family has just lost its younger brothers and sisters, and A-Niang still doesn't know if the key is not healthy, but you say this, does it mean that the slave family abandons the younger brothers and sisters?" Don't...... Could it be that the relatives of the slave family died, and they were all made up by the slave family? Could it be that you or the king can't do it, and you can curse your family to die with such a scheming effort like the slave family? It's just that the slave family is penniless, and the life is unfamiliar, and when he came here by chance, he fainted with hunger just after he arrived, but fortunately, this son saved the slave family. The slave family had nothing to give, so they had to repay this son by making cattle and horses. ”

When Nan Luyuan heard this, not only was he unmoved, but he even became more and more aware that this person was most likely cheating, although he was talking to the girl, he was clearly saying it to Nan Ziyuan: "This mountain villa will be sealed by soldiers half a month before we come, so you must have arrived here half a month ago, if you faint as soon as you arrive here, how can you survive until now?" Besides, even if I can't find evidence to refute that you really have no malicious intent, you are not qualified to stay by his side, and I will hand you over to General Li Yangguan after you go out, and find a good place to let you go. ”

When the girl heard this, her face turned pale, and she couldn't help but look up at Nan Ziyan with tears in her eyes.

"It's useless to look at him, the Southern Merchants are no better than the Western Tang and Northern Qin, the lower they are, the more conservative the atmosphere is. Since you said that you were born in a peasant family, how could you hug him when you saw a man, you knew that this was going to be soaked in the pig cage. Nan Luyuan's face was very cold, and his eyes became more and more shallow, as if the cold light of the sword was about to shine through. The girl was so frightened by this look that she immediately let go of her hand and shrank in the corner of the bed, trembling for a while and forgetting to cry, "It seems that this villa is not clean anymore." Zixiao, pack your bags now and hand over this woman to the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain. ”

Nanzi wanted to speak and stopped: "But, Brother ......"

Nan Luyuan began to tidy up his clothes and the weapons he carried with him, his face was cold and hard, and he could not be replaced: "You have been postponed, obedient." ”

Nan Zixiao looked at the girl, although she was still a little reluctant, but she also understood that Nan Luyuan's guess was reasonable, no matter how weak this girl was, after all, her words were full of loopholes, and it was better to hand them over to the government as soon as possible.

The girl hid behind the quilt and glared at Nan Luyuan hatefully.

Nan Luyuan seemed to be aware of it, turned his head, and looked at the girl expressionlessly.

The girl hurriedly looked away.

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On the way down the mountain, the girl tried to get close to Nan Zixiao several times, but was stopped by Nan Luyuan intentionally or unintentionally, until she reached the foot of the mountain, she was thrown to the soldiers, and asked them to take it to Zhang Xiang or Li Yangguan, and let them arrange a place to go.

When she returned to the palace, the queen was already waiting in the palace to wash the dust for Nanzi. The queen is pregnant, which is related to the future national fortune of Nanshang, Nanzi Xiao did not dare to slack off, and the girl's matter was quickly put aside by him. Seeing this, Nan Luyuan breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly ordered someone to keep an eye on the girl.

When the next person came back at night, he said that the girl had been adopted by a big family in the capital, and Nan Luyuan took off a little bit of guard, and there was no shortage of nobles in Nanshang who did this good thing, but he still had some scruples, it stands to reason that it would take three or five days for ordinary people to be adopted, why did this girl be so fast?

It wasn't until the subordinates monitored for three or five days that there was no abnormality, and the winter banquet was getting closer and closer, that Nan Luyuan put down the matter and turned to busy affairs.

A week before the winter banquet, Nan Luyuan received news and rushed to the outside of the city with Lu Liuhui in advance, and met with the two envoys of the Western Tang Dynasty in a snowy blanket.

The envoy pulled open the thick black veil on the hat, revealing a face like a god and a Buddha.

He met Nan Luyuan's eyes, pursed his lips and smiled lightly, and performed Nanshang's etiquette.

Nan Luyuan hurriedly returned the salute, and Lu Liuyu said on the side: "The prince doesn't have to be like this. ”

Nan Luyuan's pupils shook violently, and he turned his head to look at Lu Liuyuan in disbelief.

Lu Liuhuan nodded at him, and stepped forward to introduce: "This is the prince of the Western Tang Dynasty who sneaked out, Lu Shuangming." ”

Lu Yu's character is frosty, the prince of the Western Tang Dynasty, and he was born with a benevolent appearance. Lu Liuhui once said that the royal family of the Western Tang Dynasty all looked like they were carved out of a mold, but King Qi was different, and he was more like the mother family.

Lu Shuangming smiled with crooked eyebrows, more and more moving like a god, and had a kind of sacrosanct beauty, which was indeed different from the face of the southern merchant: "Situ, follow the customs." ”

Lu Liuhui pursed his lips, bypassed Lu Shuangming, and sighed to the people behind him: "Prince, you are too bold, just forget it yourself, bring the soldiers and horses of the Western Tang Dynasty with you, where is the safety of the Western Tang Dynasty?" ”

Lu Shuangming put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly, and said slowly: "You have wronged so-and-so." This time he went to Nanshang, Qin Jiaowei was the envoy, and he sneaked out of his light. ”

Lu Liuyu shook his tongue again and again.

When Nan Luyuan heard this, he probably understood that Lu Shuangming was an easy person, and he must not like any big show, otherwise the two of them would not have secretly come to Nanshang, so he saluted Lu Shuangming and Qin Jiaowei, and took them to avoid the guards' interrogation, sent someone to inform Nan Zixiao, and entered the palace.

Except for Lu Liulian, Nan Zixiao saw the Western Tang Dynasty for the first time, and he didn't expect that this meeting would be the prince of the Western Tang Dynasty. Therefore, in addition to being shocked, he couldn't help but say a lot: "You people are here, aren't you afraid that this king is a sinister and vicious person who will take the opportunity to take your life?" ”

Lu Shuangming smiled, although he didn't look back, he was quick and skillfully pressed the hand that Qin Jiaowei pulled out the knife on his side, and forcefully pressed back the knife that had not yet been unsheathed, and whispered helplessly: "Obedient." ”

Hearing this, Qin Jiaowei stared at Nan Ziyu silently, and still pressed the knife back as he said.

Lu Shuangming smiled at Nanzi, who was shocked: "When Jiao Wei was rescued by a certain person, he was a murderous weapon trained by the disdecent Jianghu sect, although it has changed a lot now, it is still a little uncomfortable with jokes, His Majesty King Nanshang should not worry about him." ”

Nan Zi Xiao then played a round and said, "Naturally." His Highness can have the help of such people, which is not only his blessing, but also your chance. But now you have come suddenly, and you have no time to prepare a residence, if you don't dislike it, this king will clean up a side hall and live with you two temporarily. ”

Lu Shuangming saluted and said, "Then there is His Majesty the King of Laonanshang." ”

After a few people dispersed, Lu Liuhui returned to the house with Nan Luyuan, and suddenly a cat ran by, which really startled the two of them.

Lu Liuhuan looked up at the moon and muttered, "I just hope that there won't be anything else this year." ”

After speaking, she felt her palm being slowly clenched, and when she turned her head, she saw Nan Luyuan's eyes were shallow, and she heard him say, "I'm here." ”

So Lu Liulian also smiled, shook the man's hand back, and responded: "I am the same." ”