Fan Jiyou's coughing face was red, reflected on his pale and thin cheeks, which was even more sickly, he finally stopped coughing at this time, and was gasping for breath with his mouth closed.

"How is this good, this time it comes out, it's bad again, just say don't come out, don't come out, if you have a good one, how can I live." The second lady of the priest kept chattering.

Fan Jiyou waved his hand and asked the second lady to stop talking, he suppressed his breath with difficulty, and said to Xia Qian with a hoarseness, "You and I haven't seen each other for several years, and now that you have come back from a victory, I am the second brother, so why do I have to come to celebrate for you." It's a pity that I can't bear the old wine of the third brother. As he spoke, he looked at Fan Jishu deeply, laughed as if self-deprecatingly, and after drinking a glass of water instead of wine and Xia Xiang, he left the table and went back to rest.

The pan flute is graceful, the chimes are crisp and bright, the singers sing the hot songs of the moment, and the dancers in the field twist their bodies to please everyone with the music, delicacies, wine and beauty, and a smile and joy at the banquet. This banquet is considered to be a joy for the guests and hosts.

This reception banquet was not dispersed until sunset, and the wine had passed many times, and they were all drunk, staggering, and smoking.

Even if Xia Qian usually has a good amount of wine, he can't stand today's full of guests to toast one by one, his feet are like stepping on cotton, he holds the shoulders of the little guy, and is led by a housekeeper of the Fan Mansion all the way to the outside of the house.

Passing by a red plum forest, he stopped and looked at the red plum forest with some stunned eyes.

"General Xia, this is the largest plum garden in the house, there is a lot of snow this year, and this plum blossom is particularly ruddy." So said the steward.

Xia Qian looked at this brilliant plum blossom forest, and the scenes of the hurried past appeared in his heart, repeating them over and over again in his mind.

In a daze, he heard someone calling him in a trance, and when he came back to his senses, it was the steward who was talking, "General Xia? General Xia? You're okay, this Luo Niang is coming to you. ”

"Luo Niang...?" Xia Qian turned his head to look at it, and recognized it at a glance, the thin and white woman in front of him was Luo Ying.

"Lord Xia seems to be drunk, but it doesn't matter, you take this plum, and my work will be done." Luo Ying was holding a red plum in her hand, and the red plums seemed to be dyed with painstaking efforts, and they were extremely red and bright.

Xia took the plum and muttered to himself, "The rouge flowers between Yin Yin's foreheads are like red plums blooming in the snow."

"Mrs. lit a new incense yesterday, I like it very much, in order to talk about my heart, I see that the plum blossoms in the yard are blooming well, choose one to give to the deceased, forget the general and don't dislike it." Luo Ying smiled and saluted, "It's not early, I'll go back, adults, you go slowly." With that, Luo Ying turned around and left.

Xia Qian looked at the red plum in his hand, he pressed the sword on his waist with one hand, and raised the red plum branch high with the other, facing the remnant sun of winter, watching the red plum and the orange-red sunset reflect each other,

Enough, one plum is enough.

The reason why the night orchid is hard to find is because it is the incense in the tent of the king of the Rong people, the night hibiscus flower and the nine orchids are only in the oasis in the desert, the flowering period is short, the number is small, the fragrance is lingering, it is very precious, only the most noble handful of people of the Rong nationality can use it. He only got three boxes of that incense in total, which was worth more than a thousand gold, but he gave it all to her.

It's worth it in exchange for a plum.

Fan Ming was persuaded by several acquaintances to drink a few more glasses of wine during the banquet, although he was not drunk, but he was drunk and his whole body was hot, and his interest was high. After eating the banquet for such a long time, he wanted to take Mingyun to see Huo Fengzhu together, but he didn't forget it at all. After the banquet was dispersed, he ran directly to Miaoyuan.

"Yikes! Did you drink? Mingyun fanned the smell of wine coming from the person opposite him.

Fan Ming saw Mingyun's movements, raised his arm and sniffed left and right, and said, "What's the smell." ”

Mingyun looked at Fan Ming's red and bulging cheeks, felt interesting, and said with a smile: "You have been immersed in the wine and meat banquet for a long time, of course you can't smell it." ”

Fan Ming also laughed and said, "Don't care about the taste, I'm here to invite you to appreciate the treasures." Go, follow me. As he spoke, Fan Ming grabbed Mingyun's wrist and pulled Mingyun out of the room without saying anything.

"What are you doing? Where are you going? Mingyun was confused by Fan Ming.

"Just follow me, and you'll know when you go."

Fan Ming said that the mystery was mysterious, and along the way, Mingyun asked curiously several times, but Fan Ming did not understand it. The two walked for a long time, and finally arrived at the place. Mingyun took a look, isn't this his grandfather's yard?

Mingyun immediately raised his eyebrows, pinched his waist and asked Fan Ming: "Didn't you say that you would take me to see some rare treasures, what are you doing here from my grandfather?" ”

Fan Ming smiled and went to pull her: "It's inside, I'll take you there, it was dedicated to my grandfather by General Xia this morning." ”

Entering Fan Ying's courtyard, the old servant beside Fan Ying greeted him and said with a smile: "The old slave has seen gentlemen and noble girls, and the old man is discussing with his retainers at this time, and he will not be free in a short time." ”

Fan Ming said: "Don't dare to disturb my grandfather's business." I came to ask my grandfather for the fire phoenix bead, but I didn't look carefully at the table today. ”

The old slave listened and said with a smile: "This is easy to say, the old slave will let people take it out, you two can go to the side and wait for a while." ”

Fan Ming and Mingyun went to the seat in the side room and sat down against the small case. Soon, a maid carefully came in with a box and gently placed it on the small case. When the box is opened, the fiery red beads shine brightly under the candle flame, and the gold and red colors are blended, and the beauty is amazing.

Mingyun was accustomed to seeing rare treasures since he was a child, and he couldn't help but be attracted by this bead and took a closer look.

Fan Ming saw Mingyun's appearance and said, "I don't dare to lie to you, it's really a good baby." As he spoke, he leaned over.

The two men were facing each other, their faces close together. At this moment, Mingyun's face seems to be covered with a layer of ruddy pearls, and the people who reflect it are more and more picturesque. Fan Ming's gaze inadvertently swept over Mingyun's face, and he was stunned, he felt that today's cousin was exceptionally good-looking compared to the past.

It used to look good, but today it looks even better.

At this moment, Mingyun was looking at the beads in a daze, and Fan Ming was also looking at Mingyun in a daze.

"Sister Yun, you are so beautiful, you are more beautiful than this bead." Fan Ming thought so in his heart, and couldn't help but say it.

Mingyun was stunned, his body moved, he only raised his eyes to look at Fan Ming, his eyes blinked quickly several times, then straightened up, laughed out loud, and said: "You are telling the truth, I love to listen, in fact, to be honest, I also think I want to be more beautiful." Come, give me a few more kind words. ”

Fan Ming didn't know what was wrong with him just now, he actually praised the person in front of him, thinking back to how he got along in the past few years, he always quarreled and quarreled. At this moment, Mingyun smiled, and a feeling of shame rose in his heart, so he hurriedly denied his words just now. He crossed his arms, turned his head, and said, "What did I just say, but I didn't say anything, who praised you, and made yourself amorous." ”

Mingyun saw Fan Ming's rapid posture of turning his face, snorted, turned his head away, and didn't say a word.

The central city of the Jin Kingdom, Puyi

After Ledu left, Xue Xian and a few people set off from Shiyi, bought a carriage, and went straight to Puyi City.

Puyi is located in the middle of the Jin Kingdom, between three large cities, and is a rich place. Unlike the border towns that were in ruins after the war, the people here live happily and the atmosphere is thriving. The streets are lined with shops, pedestrians, hawkers shouting and shouting business, and carts and horses full of goods come and go.

On the street, Xue Xian and his party were buying. Zizhang was young and loved to be lively, and pulled Zigu to walk far ahead. Ziji and Uncle Xue Xian were left behind, picking up some useful ones in the stall while talking about things.

"Uncle Shi, it's been a few days since we arrived in Puyi, why can't we hear any news of Dr. Yin Yi everywhere, shouldn't we have arrived yet?" Ziji asked.

Xue Xian shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be." I got a letter a while ago, and according to the route they took on the letter, Dr. Yin and they should have arrived at this time. I don't know if anything happened on the way. ”

Ziji frowned and said, "If you don't come for a long time, it always makes people feel uneasy, uncle, why don't I send some people out to see if I can connect with Dr. Yin." If something happens over there, we can adapt to it. ”

Xue Xian nodded and said: "Yes, but the people sent over must choose people who are cautious and changeable, and Doctor Yin must have a lot of eyes staring at him, don't let people see the flaws." ”

Ziji bowed his head and said, "I understand." He looked at Zizhang's excited back not far ahead, shook his head, and said, "Doctor Yin has worked hard to plan only for him, but he has an easy time." ”

"This is also Dr. Yin's hard work." Xue Xian sighed.

"Look at his happy appearance, it makes people angry when they see the light." Ziji said, ran a few steps forward, grabbed Zizhang's back collar, and slammed the knuckles on Zizhang's head.

Zizhang hugged his head and complained loudly: "Senior Brother Ziji, why are you beating me for no reason." ”

Ziji knocked him again and said, "Who said that for no reason, you bought so many useless things, spent money indiscriminately, and hit you twice is light." ”

"The money is not from me, it is from Senior Brother Zigu, why don't you beat him, just beat me?" Zizhang retorted.

When Ziji heard that he was going to knock him again, at this time, Zigu stretched out his hand to block it.

Zigu smiled at Ziji and didn't speak, but the meaning in his eyes was obvious.

Ziji was helpless, let go of the hand that grabbed Zizhang's back collar, shook his head at Zigu and said, "You are just too good to him." ”

Zigu smiled: "Where the responsibility lies." ”

"But now that you are his senior brother, you can also discipline and discipline him appropriately." Ziji said seriously.

Zigu touched Zizhang's sore head, and said softly: "It's still young, and I have suffered a lot." Now is a rare good time, it doesn't hurt to let him indulge a little, but it can't be like this when he returns home. ”

When Ziji heard this, he was speechless for a while.

At this time, there was a commotion in the street, and a group of people and horses came at a rapid speed from a distance. Fast horses gallop, pedestrians have avoided it, but there are always people who can't dodge. Seeing that he was about to collide with someone, the man who rode the horse had to urgently rein in his horse, which should be a military horse, and behaved very obediently.

Immediately sitting was a middle-aged man, with a burly figure, his face was anxious, and he loudly drove away the pedestrians: "Hurry up, give way quickly, people's lives are urgent." ”

Pedestrians saw that he was talking fiercely, and they didn't dare to provoke, so they gave way to the side as he said.

The person on the horse inadvertently saw a white-haired man in the crowd of pedestrians, only to feel a little weird, a little indescribable, a little familiar and very unfamiliar at the same time. But at this time, he was so anxious that he couldn't take care of it, and as soon as the pedestrians got out of the way, he quickly slapped his horse away.