Chapter 35: The Final Farewell

When Wen Xiang stretched out his hand and asked Xu Shen for silver, Xu Shen came back to his senses.

He looked down at the snow-white palm spread out in front of him, and he seemed to be familiar with the lines on it, especially the bright red cinnabar mole at the root of the palm, which he could accurately identify with his eyes closed.

It's the same person, but why does the strangeness make him feel uneasy and scared?

He raised his eyes slightly, and saw Wen Xiang looking at him with a flattering bright smile.

It's so smart and playful, you can't take your eyes off it.

But it's definitely not the shy and timid Xiangxiang he used to be.

"Don't you have any money?" Wen Xiang, who had been waiting for the silver for a long time, looked at Xu Shen, thoughtfully, and suddenly widened her eyes: "Could it be that your pocket money also needs to be asked by your mother...... Will your mother have it? ”

Before Xu Shen could answer, Wen Xiang gasped: "You are Xu Xiang!" And you're all so old that you have a salary...... Salary? No, it seems, what's going onβ€”yes, Yulu! Do you have to hand over all your own money to your mother? You don't need to socialize outside, huh? You should save some pocket money for yourself, buy snacks or something, right? ”

Don't have money to go shopping?

She also thought that she had picked up a cheap brother, this brother was still a big official, and he shouldn't worry about spending money, as long as she opened her mouth, she would buy and buy, and she would be defeated.

"What nonsense?" Xu Shen raised his hand and patted the little hand in front of him gently, there must be something wrong with this, but the master is dead. However, there are so many talented people in the world, he can not only find the old monk, but also naturally find others to solve this mystery for him.

Xu Shen, who had restrained his thoughts, smiled slightly, "You only need to report to the store about our Prime Minister's Mansion, and they will send the things you fancy to the mansion, and then they will have their own stewards to account with them, why do you need to go out with the silver?" ”

Wen Xiang suddenly realized, it turns out that there is such an operation!

"You can't go out today, though." Xu Shen grabbed Wen Xiang, who was about to run out, "You just woke up and forgot the words of the imperial doctor?" ”

"But look at me, where is the slightest weakness?" Wen Xiang pointed to her little face and leaned closer to let him see: "The face is ruddy, vibrant, and healthy." ”

"That's not going to work either." Xu Shen insisted.

Wen Xiang's face collapsed, and she looked at him pitifully with puffed out cheeks, her big moist eyes full of disappointment and pleading.

Xu Shen hardened his heart and was indifferent: "You have a good rest today, and you can go out tomorrow." Don't make trouble, or you won't go out tomorrow. ”

Wen Xiang, who was about to grind to the death, saw that he looked like he was not negotiable, so he had to stop and be defeated: "Tomorrow will be tomorrow." ”

It's better than not being able to go out.

Wen Xiang comforted herself like this.

"But I'm so bored."

Xu Shen: "......"

"You're really not tired at all?" She's been in bed for almost three months, and she's just woken up, so she shouldn't be so energetic.

Xu Shen said that she couldn't understand it, especially since her body was not very good before.

"Not tired." Wen Xiang hurriedly shook his head, afraid that he wouldn't believe it, so he lifted his skirt and jumped twice in front of him.

If there is anything that you are not used to after becoming a human being, one of them is clothes. The clothes in this realm were different from what she was wearing before, and if she didn't pay attention to it, she would trip over her skirt and fall to the ground.

Xu Shen looked at Wen Xiang, who was still waiting for his praise after the dance, he really wanted to support his forehead.

As soon as his heart moved, he naturally reached out and took Wen Xiang's hand: "I'll play chess with you." ”

Wen Xiang was held by the hand and subconsciously wanted to break free, but seeing Xu Shen's calm face and accustomed to it, thinking that this was an intimate move that both of them were used to, if she got rid of it, would it seem too trivial?

But soon she didn't have time to dwell on this issue, because Xu Shen ordered someone to take out the chessboard.

Wen Xiang stared at the precious white jade chessboard, the corners of her eyebrows twitched and twitched, and she said with a dry smile: "I don't really want to play chess now." ”

She doesn't know how to play chess at all, okay?

Xu Shen looked at her quietly: "Don't you like to play chess the most?" Every time I am free, you will pester me to play chess with you. ”

Wen Xiang lowered her head, but she could only sacrifice the magic weapon of amnesia: "However, I don't remember." ”

Because what she said was very unconfident, even she herself heard that her heart was empty, she hurriedly raised her head and stared at Xu Shen's eyes: "I don't even remember you, how can I remember such a trivial matter as playing chess?" ”

This time the momentum is very good, and it is very reasonable.

Wen Xiang said she was satisfied.

Xu Shen was stunned for a moment, and slowly let go of her hand: "That Fuqin ......"

She wouldn't be able to do such an elegant thing!

"I forgot about it."

"Painting ......"

She has a soft spot for comics, and she draws them well. But Xu Xiang's little brother may appreciate it?

"Forget it, you'd better get busy."

Seeing Wen Xiang's face of loss, Xu Shen couldn't bear it, raised his hand and rubbed the heart of her head, turned his head and instructed Xinghua: "Put out the girl's usual piano." ”

"I said I wouldn't ......"

"I'll play it to you." Xu Shen looked indulgent and doting, and rubbed the top of her head again.

Wen Xiang: "......"

Touch your head and kill something, don't be too warm and romantic!

It's a pity that Xu Xiang's little brother is her brother, no matter how warm and romantic it is, it's useless.

Xinghua quickly took out a piano and placed it by the window. At this time, the sunlight outside the window is just shining in, and the golden color reflects the bright and warm light in the room.

Xu Shen sat down, his slender fingers pressed the strings, and there was a clear sound of "ding".

He looked up and smiled at Wen Xiang in that piece of sunshine: "What does Xiangxiang want to hear?" ”

Wen Xiang replied stunned: "It's okay." ”

Xu Shen smiled again, then retracted his gaze, and raised his hand, and the smooth and pleasant sound of the piano flowed from his fingertips.

This is obviously a cheerful tune, but Wen Xiang listened to it, but she was sad for no reason.

She looked at Xu Shen in a daze, and tears flowed down unconsciously.

As if enchanted, she walked over step by step.

When Xu Shen sensed that something was wrong with her, she had already stepped closer, sat down beside him, and raised her hand.

Xu Shen was slightly stunned, and the sound of the piano stopped for a while.

Then it rang again.

But it was Wen Xiang beside him, who was closing her eyes at this time, and her fingers skillfully fluttering and jumping on the strings.

She raised her little face slightly, and her soft pink lips had a well-behaved and soft smile. She was obviously full of joy, but she unconsciously burst into tears.

Tears poured out of the corners of her closed eyes like beads of broken thread.

Xu Shen looked at her in a daze, such a beautiful and poignant picture made him feel very distressed. He wanted to interrupt her, to hold her hands and tell her to stop playing.

But he couldn't move, the one in front of him was the fragrance he was familiar with, and it was his fragrance!

However, Wen Xiang wanted to scold her mother at this time.

She had come to her senses when she pressed her hands on the strings, and then she could clearly feel herself being restrained by a force. It was as if another person had manipulated her body, and she was familiar with playing the guqin, which Wen Xiang didn't know at all, and then moved herself to tears.

Is it Xu Wenxiang?

She didn't disappear, she was still in this body?

Wen Xiang was shocked, so she wanted to grab her body with Xu Wenxiang?

What is this called? She is a good young man who has grown up under the guidance of five stresses, four beauties and three loves, and has three normal views, stressing civility, politeness, hygiene, order, and morality...... She's very moral!

Wen Xiang sighed, this body was not hers in the first place, she shouldn't have robbed Xu Wenxiang.

Forget it, let's get her wrench back. At least that way you won't feel guilty and unhappy about stealing someone else's stuff.

When Wen Xiang, who had already made up her mind, woke up, the sound of the piano had stopped, and she felt her body suddenly lighten, and the power that restrained her disappeared out of thin air.

She was able to move again, and the sadness in her heart that was so sad that she couldn't contain it was gone.

She looked at her fingers in a daze.

Xu Shen's eyes were slightly red, and he held her fingertips: "Look, you still remember." ”

Wen Xiang muttered, "I, I don't know why ......"

"Xiangxiang doesn't cry, she will remember." He laughed slowly: "I'll remember it." ”

……

Wen Xiang spent the night in a distraught, and even when she went to bed at night, she tried to communicate with Xu Wenxiang in her body.

I don't know if it's a bad signal, anyway, she called Xu Wenxiang a thousand times in her heart, but she couldn't call her out.

Is this here or not?

Because of this trouble, Wen Xiang didn't sleep well all night.

When she got up the next day, she saw her dark circles under her eyes and her listless appearance, and she was not in the mood to go shopping without being persuaded by the apricot blossom light rain.

Xu Shen came back from the court, and came directly to Jingyi Courtyard without even changing his official robe.

At first, he was excited to play chess with Wen Xiang.

Wen Xiang said she wouldn't.

Xu Shen said, "It's okay, let's give it a try." Yesterday you also said that you couldn't play the piano, but didn't you remember it later? ”

Wen Xiang had no choice but to retort: "I only remember that one, and I still don't remember anything else." ”

Xu Shen smiled, and the smile in his eyes was shining: "You remember that it was the first song that my brother taught you to play, right?" ”

Only then did Wen Xiang know that yesterday's song was actually taught to Xu Wenxiang by Xu Xiang's little brother.

Seeing Xu Shen so excited, Wen Xiang couldn't refuse, so he had to sit opposite him.

But Xu Shen was soon disappointed, because this time, Wen Xiang didn't have any mood fluctuations, and she didn't think of the rules of playing chess.

"Let's try painting again." Xu Shen still didn't give up, and pulled Wen Xiang to paint again.

Wen Xiang could only sacrifice her life to accompany the gentleman, but the result was naturally unsatisfactory.

Xu Shen's smile was a little reluctant, but he still comforted Wen Xiang in a warm voice: "Don't worry, let's take our time." ”

Wen Xiang wanted to tell him that she was really not in a hurry at all.

But looking at Xu Shen's look of disappointment, Wen Xiang felt quite unhappy, and at this moment even hoped that Xu Wenxiang would be like yesterday, whether it was a game with Xu Shen or a painting, Xu Shen would be very happy.

But she called Xu Wenxiang a thousand times in her heart, but she didn't react or fluctuate.

Wen Xiang suddenly had a bold guess, could it be yesterday, was it Xu Wenxiang's last remaining soul?

In what way, is she saying goodbye to Xu Shen finally, completely?

Thinking of this, Wen Xiang looked at Xu Shen's eyes, and brought pity and emotion.

However, she could not say it explicitly.

This kind of feeling that knows the truth but can't say it is so entangled, so sad.

It would be nice if the little brother of the prince was here, there was no such scruple in front of him, and he would say it if he wanted to.

Alas!

……

Song Nanzhou, who was silently nagged by Wen Xiang, was waiting for Emperor Jing to be summoned outside Emperor Jing's Heart Cultivation Hall at this time.

In early summer, the weather is fine, and the pomegranate blossoms are blooming brightly, vigorous like a scorching fire.

Song Nanzhou stood under the pomegranate tree, indifferently looking at the fiery red pomegranate flowers of a tree, and sneezed unexpectedly.

Seeing this, the little eunuch who was waiting outside with him smiled and flattered: "One thought, two scolding, three thoughts." Lord Shizi, this is someone thinking about you. ”

Where would Song Nanzhou believe this, and smiled noncommittally.

Someone will miss him?

It can't be a leprechaun, right? After she became sick with Old Madam Xu, could it be that she caused some trouble? Thinking he's cleaning up the mess for her?

It's really beautiful, he has a lot of things to do, how can he have time to pay attention to her?

At this moment, the door of the Heart Cultivation Hall opened, and Gonggong Zhang personally walked to Song Nanzhou, and saluted with a smile: "Lord Shizi, Your Majesty invites you to come in and speak." ”

Song Nanzhou tore off the purse hanging from his waist and threw it to Zhang's father-in-law: "Father-in-law drinks with wine." ”

Father-in-law Zhang's eyebrows and eyes were invisible, and without looking at it, he put his purse in his sleeve and said, "Let the prince break the bill again." You just gave it last time. This will be known to His Majesty, and he will have to scold me for being greedy for money. ”

"Then I'll tell Uncle Huang in a while, please don't scold you." Song Nanzhou also smiled, and entered the Heart Cultivation Hall with Gonggong Zhang one after the other.

Emperor Jing was sitting behind the imperial case, holding a red pen in his hand, annotating up and down the folds, and looked up and glared at them when he heard the words.

scolded Song Nanzhou first: "You scattered wealth boy, and you have scattered to the palace again." ”

"Gonggong Zhang is the first person to be used by the emperor's uncle, I come to the palace, I can't stammer him? In this way, as long as Uncle Huang gets something good, Grandpa Zhang can think of me like last time. Song Nanzhou said with a smile, and stepped forward to ask for peace: "Uncle Huang, do you think I'm very smart?" ”

Emperor Jing glared at him with tears and laughter, and then looked at Gonggong Zhang.

Gonggong Zhang hurriedly took out the purse in his sleeve pocket and respectfully handed it to Emperor Jing's case, "The slave is really scared, every time the prince enters the palace, no matter who he meets along the way, he has to give one or two." No matter how thick the family foundation of Prince Cheng's mansion is, I am afraid that it will not be able to withstand such a squandering of the prince. Your Majesty has to talk about the prince of the world, otherwise he will annoy the prince of Cheng, and the prince of the world will suffer again. ”

Gonggong Zhang's meaning was naturally intended to remind Emperor Jing that Song Nanzhou was not just a reward for him, but also a share of the audience.

Emperor Jing opened his purse, poured out two yellow gold bars, took them in his hand, and pointed at Song Nanzhou with a smile and anger: "I know that you have always been scattered, but I didn't know that you were so generous!" As Gonggong Zhang said, no matter how much the Prince Cheng's Mansion has, you can't help but squander it so much! Don't wait until you attack the lord, Prince Cheng's Mansion will defeat you, and then see what you want to pass on to your descendants! ”

Song Nanzhou said nonchalantly: "Who knows who will be the last to attack the lord." Didn't the imperial uncle hear the rumors outside, my father planned to abolish my son and let my second brother inherit Prince Cheng's mansion. As for me, I can only get by now, while I am still a son, I can squander it, otherwise when my second brother attacks the knight, I can only tighten my belt and live. ”

said and looked at Gonggong Zhang with a smile: "I am now scattering wealth everywhere, also to make a good fate." In the future, when I am poor, Grandpa Zhang, you can take care of me more. ”

Emperor Jing laughed angrily at him: "I want to listen, how do you plan to let this old thing take care of you?" ”

"Father-in-law Zhang is a very good-hearted and good person, when I am poor in the future, Father-in-law Zhang will inevitably pity me, and when there is nothing to do, I will say a few words in front of the emperor's uncle, so that the emperor's uncle will not completely forget me, and will always help me, right?"

"You rabbit cub, you really have no taboos, you dare to say anything." Emperor Jing scolded: "You're not afraid to talk too much, is there really such a day?" There really will be a day when I will see if you cry or not. ”

"If you cry, you have to come to the imperial uncle to cry, let you call the shots for me." Song Nanzhou sat at Emperor Jing's feet, "Uncle Huang, your old man won't really look towards my father and second brother, right?" ”

Emperor Jing glared at him: "Your father is not old and confused, how could he do such a foolish thing?" With this worrying effort, it is better to do more serious things. Let those people take a good look, you are not just eating, drinking, and having fun, fighting chickens and dogs, isn't it better than you are now? ”

Song Nanzhou pouted: "What am I like, do you still know?" Why don't you tell me Uncle Huang, what serious things can I do? ”

Emperor Jing laughed angrily at his scoundrel appearance, grabbed the fold in his hand and threw it at him: "There is a sitting phase, there is a standing phase, what do you look like like you are staggering?" ”

Song Nanzhou grabbed the fold and got up, didn't look at it, and returned the fold to Emperor Jing respectfully: "I'm also so comfortable in front of you, do you think I've ever been like this with the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother?" ”

Emperor Jing smashed the piece to him again: "Look at it." ”

Song Nanzhou was reluctant: "Can you not watch it?" ”

"Can't!" Emperor Jing blew his beard and glared at him, "If you want to look at it, you can watch it, and if you rub it again, beware of beating you!" ”

Song Nanzhou had no choice but to "reluctantly" open the fold, and after reading it, he looked at Emperor Jing suspiciously: "Uncle Huang, Mu Shizhong's military camp recruitment and prostitution, what are you doing for me?" ”

As he spoke, he asked with an interesting face: "Uncle Huang, is Mu Shizhong really recruiting prostitutes in the camp?" Looking at him on weekdays, he clearly looks serious, but he didn't expect to dare to play like this behind his back? Uncle Huang, he did this kind of thing, didn't you beat him? ”

"What kind of person Mu Shizhong is, I know it very well in my heart." Emperor Jing snorted coldly, "This matter, it wasn't your group of fox friends who did it, you don't know anything about it?" ”

"But you wronged me! I'm only now learning about it from you, my fox friends...... Are you talking about Tang Shaozong or Lin San? Tang Shaozong definitely didn't dare, Gui Ninghou would kill him, and he didn't have that condition if he wanted to do this-that was Lin San and them? ”

Emperor Jing became more and more angry and annoyed: "Isn't it that group of rabbit cubs!" It's been locked up there for five years, and one by one, they haven't even been shut down. ”

When he received the news that Mu Shizhong was recruiting prostitutes in the Wuxiang camp, Emperor Jing couldn't believe it for a long time - although Mu Shizhong was ostensibly a faction of the Queen Mother, few people knew that he was personally raised!

He immediately asked people to investigate, and it didn't take much effort to find out the group of gentlemen led by Lin San. Later, Mu Shizhong was in a hurry to enter the palace to defend himself, but because he was flustered, he fell off the horse halfway, and he was also unlucky, encountered a landslide, and was injured by the falling stones.

Of course, Emperor Jing thought that things could not be so coincidental, and also checked whether the landslide was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, but no matter how he investigated, it was undoubtedly a natural disaster.

This made Emperor Jing even more annoyed, if it weren't for Lin San and the others, how could his courtiers be injured and bedridden?

If Lin San did this alone, he would have been able to recruit King Dongjun to the palace to play a board like he did five years ago, but this matter was done by the group of gentlemen in the Wuxiang camp. As soon as the matter came out, King Dongjun and those gentlemen had already handed over the folds to ask for guilt, he couldn't recruit everyone to the palace to beat him, after all, these gentlemen were either from important ministers or noble families, many of them were loyal to the emperor, even if he was the emperor, he had to save face for these people.

Song Nanzhou was also indignant: "Last time I went to the Wuxiang camp, I persuaded Lin San with kind words, saying that he is not too young, and he should earn a military merit and go out from here, marry a daughter-in-law well, give birth to a few big fat boys, don't go against General Mu all day long, who knows that he still refuses to listen to me." ”

Emperor Jing obviously didn't believe him: "You really persuaded him like that?" ”

"If Uncle Huang doesn't believe me, he can send Lin San to come over and confront me!" Song Nanzhou shouted as if he had been wronged.

Emperor Jing glared, and he was immediately honest.

"Now that the Wuxiang camp is in a mess, what do you say should I do about this?"

Song Nanzhou blinked: "You can send someone to suppress them." ”

"In your opinion, who is the most suitable?"

"How do I know that?" Song Nanzhou looked at Emperor Jing in surprise: "Such a big matter, Uncle Huang, don't come to ask me, I don't know anything except eating, drinking, and having fun." ”

After speaking, his eyes rolled, and he wanted to slip away: "Since Uncle Huang has nothing else to do, then I will retire first and not disturb you to do business." ”

"Stop!" Emperor Jing shouted: "What are you running? Are you done talking? ”

Song Nanzhou reluctantly turned around: "What else do you have to order?" ”

"From tomorrow onwards, you will honestly stay in the Wuxiang camp, when will you clean up those bastards in it for me, and when will you come out again."

"What?" Song Nanzhou's eyes widened, and then his face was bitter: "Uncle Huang, why do you want to lock me in?" It's not my fault, what does it have to do with me, why do you care about me? ”

"It's not you who caused it, it's your group of fox friends who are to blame!" Emperor Jing saw that he looked like he had eaten Coptis chinensis, but he felt a little happier in his heart: "What Xu Xiang said makes a lot of sense, rather than sending someone else to be calculated by that group of rabbit cubs, and then being counted by that group of rabbit cubs, it is better for you to try." ”

"Xu Xiang harms me!" Song Nanzhou immediately gritted his teeth, looking like he didn't share the sky with Xu Shen.

Emperor Jing saw that he was really angry, and he was afraid that his brain would be hot, so he ran to Xu Shen to settle the score, so he hurriedly said with a straight face: "I can warn you, Xu Xiang is the pillar of the country, and he is my confidant and favorite general, if you dare to do anything to Xu Xiang, I can't tolerate you." ”

Song Nanzhou snorted twice, still angry.

"Did you hear me?" Emperor Jing became more and more severe, and Long Wei was impressive.

Song Nanzhou had to hang his head and said unwillingly: "Got it." ”