At the end of the eleventh year, a blizzard struck.

In the Li Mansion of Hedong County, Wan Shi was wrapped in a coat, sitting in the verandah, looking at the goose feather snow flying in the sky, and said with emotion: "This snow will not stop for a while, if you come back a day late, I am afraid that you will suffer." ”

Li Xuanba stood beside Wan and replied with a smile: "God favors the filial piety of children, how can you bear to stop it." ”

Wan Shi smiled, looked at the white color of the courtyard, and asked casually: "Li Xing, they all came back with you, why didn't Li Zhu come back?" ”

"Li Zhu is smart and erudite, what future can he have with his children?" Li Xuanba said disapprerovingly: "A month ago, he left. As he spoke, Li Xuanba observed Wan's reaction, but saw that Wan's only nodded slightly, and asked a little unwillingly: "When Li Zhu left, he didn't leave any information, mother, do you know who he is?" ”

Wan turned his head and looked at Li Xuanba seriously, Li Xuanba was inexplicably weak under Wan's gaze, and barely squeezed out a smile.

"My mother is just a woman's family, how can I care about his identity." Wan Shi sighed, put his eyes back on the courtyard, and said calmly: "You went to Luoyang, but you learned a lot of things. ”

When Li Xuanba heard this, he realized why he was weak before: Wan looked at him with a hint of strangeness.

"The two people around the child, overnight, one became His Majesty's person, and the other became the second brother's person." Li Xuanba smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "When this kind of thing happens, the child must grow up." ”

"Someone cares, why do you still feel wronged?" Wan Shi shook his head and said, "Since Li Gou has come back with you, you must have cleared up the misunderstanding, as for Li Zhu, if you miss him, ask Shimin, maybe he will know Li Zhu's whereabouts." ”

Li Xuanba replied lightly and said, "Is the second brother coming back for the New Year?" ”

"Who can say for sure?" Wan said faintly: "This year, it has been really lonely. ”

Li Xuanba heard the taste of loss from Wan's tone, and wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only rub his shoulders for Wan's obediently.

Wan Shi felt a burst of warmth flowing through, and the feeling of loss disappeared a lot, and he turned around and said with a smile: "After tomorrow, you will be a year older, and you should have started a family earlier." ”

"The child is recovering from a serious illness, and his body is weak, who is willing to marry his daughter to me?" Li Xuanba laughed and said: "My mother is a compassionate person, this kind of hurtful thing must not be done." ”

"Finding you a daughter-in-law, why has it become a hurtful thing, just talk nonsense." Wan Shi scolded with a smile: "Shizuka is not too young, when do you want her to wait?" ”

"What does it have to do with Shizuka when the child gets married?" Li Xuanba was puzzled: "Mother, should you not be planning"

"Shizuka is smart and well-behaved, long and delicate, and my mother is very satisfied with her." Wan nodded and said, "When your father calms down the thieves, my mother will discuss with him and send someone to propose marriage." ”

Li Xuanba thought of Shizuka's appearance, which is indeed considered delicate and delicate, but how many fourteen or fifteen-year-old girls are not spiritual? Thinking that Shizuka fell to the ground at the beginning, he couldn't even help him, so he and Shizuka got married, and he couldn't believe it.

"Mother, the child already has a sweetheart, don't worry about the child." Li Xuanba said with a wry smile: "Besides, after the New Year, I have to go back to Luoyang, how can I have the heart to think about this?" ”

Seeing that Li Xuanba had the intention of prevaricating, Wan Shi said unhappily: "As a man of the Li Mansion, your mother will never allow you to do anything that starts and ends abandoning, if you have a sweetheart, you can also marry into the door." As for Shizuka, you're married. ”

Arranged marriages in feudal society really kill people.

"Wait, the child and Shizuka are innocent, where did the chaos come from?" Li Xuanba said speechlessly: "If my mother doesn't believe it, you can ask Shizuka." ”

"What's the use of believing it?" Wan Shi glanced at Li Xuanba and said, "Who told you not to understand the rules and live in the same room with Shizuka?" Now the whole Li Mansion regards Shizuka as the third young lady. ”

"But that's Shizuka teaching children to read, so they can't be in the same room, right?" Li Xuanba was very depressed and said: "Besides, the child's sweetheart, but Princess Xiuling, how can you say that you can marry it?" ”

"You like princesses?" Wan Shi was surprised: "Could it be that you have forgotten that you refused His Majesty's marriage at the beginning." ”

"One time, another time." Li Xuanba sneered and said: "Maybe the child was struck by thunder and lightning like this, and he opened his mind!" ”

Wan Shi frowned, she didn't expect that Li Xuanba still knew the truth about amnesia, and Li Xuanba also knew that he was speechless, and his hands stopped unconsciously.

Li Xuanba was silent for a moment and said, "Mother, don't worry, Your Majesty has already found out that matter, it was not the eldest brother's doing, and the child has no resentment against the eldest brother." ”

"In that case, you better think about how to deal with Shizuka's affairs." Wan nodded and said, "It's a little cold, my mother will go back to the house first." ”

Li Xuanba stood in place, looking at the getting heavier and heavier snow, and sighed: "This year, it's really cold. ”

It snowed heavily in Hedong County, and Jinyang was not spared, and the heavy snow made the entire Jinyang County covered with a layer of clean white.

One by one, he rode through the blizzard, leaving behind the horse's hoof prints all the way, until he reached a very inconspicuous mansion, and the man took the reins. With a long neigh, the green horse stopped in front of the mansion.

After the man dismounted, he went to the door and knocked a few times, and the door was soon opened, and the man whispered a few words, and the man who opened the door nodded, and the man led the horse into the mansion.

The door was immediately shut, and the horseshoe prints on the road were slowly hidden by snowflakes.

Li Shimin was chatting with several powerful Confucians in Jinyang, and laughter came from the room from time to time, and it seemed that they were having a good conversation. However, a man who looked like a follower knocked on the door, interrupting their pleasant atmosphere. Li Shimin knew that if there was nothing important, no one would dare to disturb, so he apologized and walked out of the room.

The entourage whispered a few words in Li Shimin's ear, Li Shimin's face changed slightly, and he asked the entourage to deal with it here, and hurriedly went to another room.

As soon as Li Shimin entered the room, the person in the room immediately put down the hot tea, it was the person on horseback, knelt down and said, "Childe." ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and said, "Li Zhu really didn't come back?" ”

"Back to Gongzi's words, it's true." The man said: "Even Li Xing and Li Can have returned, but Li Zhu is the only one missing. ”

"When was the last time he was seen?" Li Shimin pondered for a moment and asked.

"This" the man replied in embarrassment: "Li Zhu usually goes to the Guozijian with the third prince, they all take a carriage, and our people dare not get too close to the Guozijian, nor dare to get too close to the house, and generally Li Zhu takes the initiative to contact him." The last contact was a month and a half ago. ”

Li Shimin frowned deeply and said, "I know, you take a rest here, and go back tomorrow, it's hard work." ”

The man was so moved that he bowed and retreated.

"Big brother, what are you doing?" Li Shimin sat at the table, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and when he was thinking about it, he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. Suddenly I thought that the tea in the cup had just been drunk, and threw it out.

Then, Li Shimin tidied up his clothes, returned to another room, and when he entered the door, he was already smiling.