Fallen Leaves Return to the Sycamore Chapter 23 Before the Banquet
An inn on the side of the street is also lively and full of laughter, and the festive atmosphere cannot be concealed.
Although the Jade Dragon Festival was a festival prepared by Su Qu for Xu Qi'an many years ago, after so many years, no one remembers the original purpose of this festival, only to celebrate the arrival of heavy snow.
"Guest, you're down!" Seeing that Xue Ye came down from upstairs, the shopkeeper hurriedly wiped a table and brought a kettle.
Xue Ye is a big customer of this inn, the selected room and the things used, all ordered the best quality of an inn, naturally the shopkeeper ran over when he saw him, for fear that something would not take care of.
Xue Ye nodded, took a sip of the teacup, and couldn't help but wonder a little when she looked at the scene in front of her: "Why is it so lively here today?" ”
"Eh, today is the Jade Dragon Festival in Luoling City!" The shopkeeper smiled and said, "What do you want to eat today?" ”
"And it will come as usual."
"Okay!" The shopkeeper ran to greet the kitchen to prepare.
"Jade Dragon Festival?" After the shopkeeper left, Xue Ye muttered, looked at the teacup in his hand, and smiled slightly.
Looks like we're going to meet again, Momo-Lee. He put the teacup back on the table and left an inn with his hands behind his back.
By the time the shopkeeper came back, the snowy night was gone.
"Huh? What about people? ”
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The evening breeze is soft, and there is always a hint of coolness in the air. If you are depressed or irritable at this time, smell the air and feel that your body has been cleansed and refreshed.
Because of the day I went to Manxianglou last time, later, Xun Liang didn't allow Bai Taoli to leave Qi'an Xuan alone, and he couldn't be with the wood ghost, only when Xun Liang agreed to go with her, he could leave this Qi'an Xuan. But Xun Liang didn't mean to take Bai Taoli out these days.
"Master?" Bai Taoli sat in the courtyard and wrote, and when he heard the footsteps, he raised his head, it was Xun Liang who came.
Xun Liang sat beside her, looking at Bai Taoli, and didn't know what to say in his heart, whether to talk about the past few days or the things before...... Xun Liang's mind was a little messy.
suddenly remembered that Bai Taoli didn't seem to make much trouble in the past few days, and he didn't even mention the previous "Baifu and Yi'an Building", as if he had forgotten everything...... If she really wanted to forget, wouldn't it be a good thing? But this matter is very strange to Bai Taoli, she is not like the kind of person who forgets these things engraved in her heart without saying a word.
"Tao Li, you've been fine lately, and Master hasn't been able to say a few words to you." Xun Liang finally spoke.
Bai Taoli smiled faintly, and the evening breeze gently blew through the ends of her hair, and then blew on Bai Taoli's face, itchy. Bai Taoli stretched out his hand and stroked his forehead: "Master, the apprentice has been doing well recently...... It's just the last time I was in my dream......"
"I'm sorry I didn't have time to explain it to you." Xun Liang didn't wait for Bai Taoli to finish saying this sentence before he interrupted, he thought that Bai Taoli was still minding what happened in the dream that day.
He didn't look at the dead "Tao Li", because he knew that "Tao Li" was dead, no matter how real the "Tao Li" there was, she was not her. He saw "Tao Li" die in her arms with his own eyes.
"Master, I didn't blame you......" Bai Taoli said hurriedly, "It's the apprentice, the apprentice's brain was hot at the time, and he didn't think about it so much......"
Xun Liang looked at Bai Taoli and slightly hooked the corners of his lips, and Bai Taoli hurriedly explained as if he was weak-hearted: "This matter is not all your fault. You and I are at fault. Xun Liang thought about it, but still found that he had nothing to say.
Bai Taoli nodded, and asked again: "Master, what was the 'Yan Shan' you said to Old Man Wen when you were in Zhiyi Pavilion before?" And aren't we here to find 'Yan Shan'? But why hasn't there been any movement until now? ”
Xun Liang just smiled and said, "You'll know when this matter is over." ”
Bai Taoli seemed to understand whether she understood or not, and secretly looked at Xun Liang, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, Master is so good-looking.
"Master, did you say that at tonight's banquet, Qi'an would be willing to show up?" Bai Taoli dotted the brush with ink and sketched it on the paper.
Xun Liang shook his head: "I don't know, if she doesn't want to show up in front of Su Qu tonight, then she will definitely be willing to show up tomorrow." ”
Xun Liang couldn't guess what the outcome of tonight's banquet would be, but the only thing he could be sure of was that Xu Qi'an would either show up tonight or tomorrow.
Knowing the truth today, it is inevitable that there will be some feelings of reluctance in my heart, but tomorrow, whether she accepts it or not, if she doesn't see him again, she may never have a chance...... Whatever she wanted to kill him.
"Master, why are you so sure?" Bai Taoli didn't understand again, the master always seemed to know everything, but every time he asked him, he always shook his head.
Xun Liang smiled shallowly: "You will understand many things later." With that, he stretched out his hand and touched Bai Taoli's head.
Bai Taoli felt a little lost in her heart, and this sentence again, when will it be in the future? She looked up at Xun Liang's eyes.
I can't see through it, it's too deep.
Suddenly, I heard the voice of the wood ghost: "Someone from the City Lord's Mansion is here!" ”
There was a carriage parked outside Qi'an Xuan, which looked a little better than the ordinary carriage decoration, and when I saw the battle here, I felt that it was not simple.
"Mr. Xun and Mr. Wen," Nanfeng got off his horse and said with a smile, "The city lord ordered a few people to come and pick up a few people to go to the city lord's mansion to attend the banquet, and everyone please get into the carriage." ”
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Seeing that he was about to arrive at the City Lord's Mansion, Xun Liang asked, "Nan Guard, Xun has a question I want to ask you, I don't know if I can or not." ”
"Mr. Xun, but it doesn't matter, Nanfeng must tell Mr. Xun everything he knows." Nanfeng said.
Xun Liang nodded: "Thank you to the South Guards, Xun may ask some questions to the Su City Lord at the dinner later, if the Su City Lord can't answer, he will need the help of the South Guards." ”
Nanfeng's face changed slightly when he heard this, and then he smiled: "Mr. Xun is really interesting, how can I know something that my master doesn't know?" ”
Xun Liang didn't speak, Nanfeng smiled awkwardly, and didn't say anything.
The few people in the car were silent, and when they walked to the center of the street, they could hear the loud shouting and the smell of wine coming from the wine shop.
Bai Taoli gently lifted the curtain and looked outside, and saw a person sitting on the window of an inn opposite, the person was also looking at her, and after looking at each other, Bai Taoli was so frightened that she quickly put down the curtain.
It was a snowy night, and he seemed to see her too, and smiled at her.
Bai Taoli has a weak heart, and the master said that she is not allowed to talk to strangers casually in the future, let alone agree with strangers to send her back.
Now she was a little scared when she saw Xue Ye, and she didn't know why.
Sitting on the snowy night in the window, looking at the carriage in the distance, he smiled evilly, and took out a bead made of jade from his sleeve. The bead was slightly pale white in the night, and Xue Ye held the bead tightly in his hand, jumped down, and walked in the direction of the City Lord's Mansion.
"Where are you going?" The woman in black came again, following him.
"Mind your own business." Xue Ye said this lightly and quickened his pace.
"You care so much about her?" Her voice came from behind her, "Does she know who you are?" ”
Xue Ye frowned in disgust, and used her spiritual power to gradually disappear into the street, leaving the crazy woman cursing behind her.
"Annoying, if it weren't for that person who kept you, he would have killed you a long time ago......" Xue Ye meditated in her heart.
The woman didn't have to think much to know that she was in love with Snowy Night, and Snowy Night didn't seem to be interested in her at all, but hated her a little.
Also, Tao Li doesn't need to know my identity. Snowy Night thought to herself.
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Castle Lord's Mansion.
Several people got out of the carriage and followed Nanfeng into the city lord's mansion.
"I didn't expect that after so many years, this city lord's mansion still hasn't changed." Xu Qi'an floated beside Bai Taoli and muttered.
"Yes, that Su Qu is actually quite good to you, and I have been thinking about you in my heart......" Bai Taoli looked up at Xu Qi'an and said in a low voice, Xun Liang on the side looked back at Bai Taoli, and Bai Taoli lowered his head as if he had made a mistake.
"Be careful." Xun Liang said.
Bai Taoli nodded, thinking that she had made a mistake again, only a few of them could see Xu Qi'an in the entire City Lord's Mansion, if someone saw her like this, talking to herself, what she said was not beginning or end, it would be strange not to treat her as a madman.
"Poof, Taoli, are you so afraid of Xun Liang?" Xu Qi'an asked.
"It's not...... Bai Taoli didn't know, but she felt that the master was the kind of person who could be seen from a distance but could not be close, and she respected him very much.
"Then you ......" Xu Qi'an looked at Bai Taoli and looked down to think about things, so he didn't ask again.
Why are you asking so much, now take care of yourself, Xu Qi'an...... You're going to see that man in a moment, and then the truth is coming out.
Bai Taoli saw that Xu Qi'an was very quiet all of a sudden, and asked again: "Qi'an, are you nervous now?" ”
"Of course I'm nervous, I'll know the truth in a while......"
"Then why didn't you ask him before?"
"Because I always thought that everything was what I saw, I didn't want to see him, and I didn't want to face the one in my heart......" Xu Qi'an said melancholy.
"And now it's because you've met us that you're starting to shake this idea?"
"Of course...... I also hope to ...... Forget it, I still don't want to. Xu Qi'an looked at the scene in the City Lord's Mansion.
There is no change, but there is also a change, the old people are gone, and there are more new people......
Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered the big butler in the City Lord's Mansion back then, Old Man Zhou.
If Old Man Zhou was still there, he must still have an impression of what happened back then, thinking of this, Xu Qi'an attached to Bai Taoli's ear and said: "Taoli, after a while, you pretend to be me attached to your body at the banquet, see the opportunity, and ask the head of the city lord's mansion to come to the banquet and listen to what he saw back then......"
After saying this, Xu Qi was relieved that when she was abused, Manager Zhou stood up to help her, but Su Qu didn't care about it back then.
"How many are here? Come in! ”