(Xie: A wave of tips from the Moshaocong brothers.) ）

Bidding farewell from the Lady of Qin's mansion, the tossing and bargaining at the wine table in the morning made Wang Yuan feel very tired. When I returned to the house, I took a look at Ah Luo and fell asleep on the bed. The main purpose of coming to Beijing has been achieved, and the biggest stone in Wang Yuan's heart has fallen to the ground, so he sleeps peacefully.

Wang Yuan slept until late in the evening before waking up, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the setting sun shining through the long window under the porch, casting dappled golden light on the ground in the room. In the silence, the figure of Ah Luo sitting in front of the window fell into view.

Wang Yuan's action of getting up alarmed Ah Luo, who hurriedly stood up and turned around and said, "Erlang, you are awake." ”

Wang Yuan rubbed his somewhat sore temples and said in a dumb voice: "My mouth is a little thirsty, help me make a cup of tea to drink." ”

Ah Luo answered in a low voice, poured a cup of tea lightly and walked to the edge of the bed and handed it to Wang Yuan, Wang Yuan took the tea cup in his hand, and inadvertently saw the tears on Ah Luo's face, his heart was shocked, and he asked in surprise: "Why are you crying?" ”

Ah Luo hurriedly stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears on his face that had not yet dried, and said in a low voice: "It's nothing, it's a blur, not tears." ”

Wang Yuan frowned and put the teacup on the small table at the head of the bed, reached out and pulled Ah Luo's sleeve, let her sit beside him, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Ah Luo whispered, "It's okay. ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's me who neglected you, right?" brought you to the capital, but let you stay in the house, which is more boring than Chengdu. That one...... I'm on an errand, I can't take you with me...... Today's things are settled, I'll take you out tomorrow, don't worry. ”

Ah Luo shook his head and said lightly: "I'm not in a hurry, you don't have to worry about me." Just drink and talk with Mrs. Qin Guo, just leave me alone and sit at home. ”

Wang Yuan took her hand and said, "Are you unhappy in your heart, I admit that I went to find Mrs. Qin Guo today, but there are some things I can't do without the support of the Yang family." Many times people can't help themselves, I know that the matter between me and Mrs. Qin Guo makes Twelve Niang and you unhappy, but at present, I can't lose the support of the Yang family, otherwise I will be struggling. You have to understand me too. ”

Ah Luo sighed and said, "I understand what you said, and I'm not jealous, I just feel depressed and uncomfortable." The matter between you and the lady of Nakoku was before you knew me, and what right do I have to say such things? Twelve mothers have endured it, what can't I bear? It is common for you Tang men to have three wives and four concubines, and I have never had this idea since I followed you. I just feel a little sad that you didn't take my business to heart. ”

Wang Yuan said: "What didn't I pay attention to?" ”

A Luo said: "What about my brother? Didn't you say to bring my brother to me? Why is there no news? Do you know how much I worry about him and how much I miss him? ”

Wang Yuan suddenly realized, it turned out that Ah Luo blamed himself for this incident, and indeed he promised to reunite their brother and sister immediately after coming on the way, no wonder Ah Luo was unhappy.

Wang Yuan grabbed Ah Luo's waist and smiled: "But for this matter, you can blame me." I've already found out the news of your brother, but I just came back drowsy from drinking some wine at noon and didn't have time to tell you. ”

Aloxi said, "Really? Where's Brother? Take me to him. Or invite him to the house. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "I can't see him today, but I'll take you to Daming Palace to see him tomorrow morning." Your brother is in the palace. ”

A Luoleng said: "How does my brother live in the palace? Isn't it that I live in the palace in the capital that I specially set up for the lord of my Nanzhao country? ”

Wang Yuan sighed and said: "I also heard what Yang Guozhong said today to know that he lives in the palace, not only in the Daming Palace, but also in the West Shaoyang Courtyard, where the current prince lives in the palace. After your brother came to Beijing to thank him, it is said that he hit it off at first sight with the current prince, and was invited by the prince to his Shaoyang courtyard for a happy gathering. It's been almost a month. It seems that I am a little unhappy. ”

A Luo was surprised: "The prince of the Tang Dynasty? When you broke up with Langdongcheng, didn't you warn your brother not to have any secret relationship with anyone after he came to the capital? How did Brother get together with the Prince? ”

Wang Yuan frowned and said, "This is also my strange place. There is nothing wrong with courtesy interactions, but living in the Prince Shaoyang Courtyard for nearly a month is a bit too much. As a vassal ruler, this kind of behavior is inappropriate, isn't this to bring hatred to yourself? But don't worry, your brother may not want to offend the prince. If the prince deliberately shows favor, it will be bad if he does not respond. In short, the news of my return to Beijing should be known to the whole court after today, and I believe that tomorrow the crown prince will announce my audience. Your brother will definitely come to us when he gets the news. ”

A Luo said: "Can't you take the initiative to ask to see the prince?" ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's impossible for me to take the initiative to see the prince, my identity doesn't allow me to do that, unless the prince summons me." Don't worry, if I don't see him, he will look for me, and he will finally wait for me to return to Beijing, how can he let go of this opportunity to win me over again. ”

Wang Yuan's last sentence Ah Luo didn't understand, because she didn't know about the previous things between Wang Yuan and the crown prince. But from the words, Ah Luo also realized something. There must be some kind of relationship and story between Erlang and this prince. Ah Luo is very smart, he will never force Erlang to do what he wants him to do, because in her opinion, Wang Yuan is obviously much higher than herself in terms of strategy, and she will not be the pillow person who gets in the way and talks a lot.

"I listen to you, you just take this matter to heart, I blame you." Ah Luo leaned her head on Wang Yuan's shoulder and whispered.

Wang Yuan hugged her to comfort her, and then got dressed and got up. From the time he learned that Wang Yuan had returned to the capital, officials and some scribes who had come to visit him had come in an endless stream, but they were all blocked out because Wang Jiedu was drunk and asleep. At this moment, although it was evening, there were still people who persevered, and Wang Yuan couldn't refuse them all, so he went to the front hall to meet those visitors and have a false relationship with them.

The next morning, it was a crisp autumn weather. After breakfast, Wang Yuan took A Luo and a few entourages to travel in casual clothes, and Wang Yuan wanted to take A Luo to see the weather in the capital. Walking all the way from Dongcheng to Xicheng, Ah Luo has no interest in the tall palaces of wealthy families in Dongcheng, and like in Nanzhao, this princess who is close to the people is more interested in the ordinary courtyards and ordinary people in Xicheng. When he heard that Wang Yuan was born in Yong'an Fang in Xicheng, Ah Luo immediately asked to go to Yong'an Fang for a visit.

Wang Yuan couldn't help but reluctantly agree, and Yong'an Fang himself hadn't come back for a long time, and he really wanted to come back to take a look and recall the place where he lived. Although all the bad memories brought to me here are them, and I don't have any special feelings for this place, after all, I started from here, met the three brothers and sisters of Huang here, experienced the incident of Shangyuan Night, met Twelve Niang, and even had a bumpy road to get to today's situation.

Entering the familiar Nanfang Gate of Yong'an Fang, Wang Yuan deliberately touched the thick Fang Gate a few times, and he and Huang San used their strength to open and close these thick Fang Doors countless times. At that time, I felt that life was hopeless, but now I feel that it is a good memory.

Walking along the street, Wang Yuan whispered to Ah Luo, who was snuggling up beside him, and pointed out the surrounding shops and houses to introduce them to Ah Luo one by one. At the fork in the road leading to the small courtyard where he once lived, Wang Yuan saw a young man dressed in a fangding uniform leaning against a tree trunk by the roadside. The young man's face was yellow, his expression was lonely, and his eyes were full of unintended confusion.

Wang Yuan stopped, he seemed to see his own shadow from the young man in front of him. I used to feel that my future was bleak like this young man, and my life was boring.

"Ah Luo, I was like that man, wearing that kind of uniform, and patrolling the workshop every day. Can you believe it? Wang Yuan said softly.

Ah Luo smiled: "It's really hard to imagine, it's really hard for me to imagine you wearing such a uniform standing in this neighborhood as a pawn." Erlang, you are really not a thing in the pool, you are from such a poor background, but you can achieve today's achievements, I am proud of you. ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "Won't you look down on me because of this?" ”

Ah Luo opened her eyes wide and said strangely, "Why do you look down on you?" Don't you Datang have a saying called 'Heroes don't ask where they come from'? We also have a saying in Nanzhao that 'golden peacocks can fly out of the chicken nest', which is what it means. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said: "But many people in my Tang Dynasty look at people by their background, and those who are born poor are despised. It's rare for someone like me to have a coincidence, but even though I'm a temperance envoy now, there are still people who look down on my origins. ”

Ah Luo smiled: "Let them look down on them, who cares?" ”

Wang Yuan nodded and said, "That's right." I'll go and have a few words with the young man. ”

Ah Luo smiled: "What do you say? ”

Wang Yuan didn't answer, and slowly walked up to the confused young man and coughed. The young man was in a daze, and suddenly found a man and a woman standing in front of him, the man's face was handsome and his temperament was majestic, and the woman's appearance was as beautiful as a flower, delicate and lovely, like a pair of beautiful people. For a while, I felt ashamed of myself, and I hurriedly stood up straight and stammered.

"The two...... Is there anything you can help with? Whether...... Need to ask for directions? ”

Wang Yuan smiled and shook his head: "Are you the owner of this workshop?" ”

The young man hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

Wang Yuan said: "I haven't been doing it for long. ”

The young man nodded, "I've just been doing it for three months." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "How is Fang Ding's errand?" ”

The young man was stunned and hesitated, "It's ...... Pretty good. This is an errand that only those who ask for it. It's a good errand. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't lie to me, what's so good about Fang Ding's errand?" Get up early and be greedy late, reprimanded, have little income, and have no future. ”

The young man frowned and said, "Does this son need the villain's help, if not, don't delay the villain's errand." ”

Wang Yuan smiled: "I said it to your heart, right?" You also think that this errand has no future, and it is extremely boring. You're confused about your future, aren't you? ”

The young man exclaimed, "What's the matter with your son?" Will it cause me to lose my errands? It's a good errand. Don't come and talk to me, the church is seeing, and I'm done. ”

Wang Yuan said: "It's over, it's over, what's the good of being a fangding?" Do you want to have a great future? I can help you. ”

The young man walked away with his feet up, muttering, "What is this?" I didn't provoke you, why should I lose my errand? If you don't go, I'll go, right? ”

As he spoke, the young man quickly walked away and disappeared into the crowd. Wang Yuan stood there and sighed.

Ah Luo smiled: "You're disappointed, aren't you?" ”

Wang Yuan said: "How do you know that I am disappointed? ”

A Luo said: "You want to help him because you see the shadow of yourself before." But this man is not you. You scared him away. ”

Wang Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "How can this be? ”

Ah Luo said softly: "It's not surprising, the reason why you were able to go from Fang Ding to Jiedu is that you are not only unwilling to accept the status quo but also dare to seize the opportunity. And although this person is not willing to accept the status quo, he lacks the courage to struggle. Many people are so muddled and self-pitying to die of old age, and what they lack is this desperate courage. This is the reason why Erlang has become today's Erlang, and they are still them. ”

Wang Yuan looked at Ah Luo in a daze, Ah Luo's bright eyes were extremely clear, and he smiled and said, "What are you doing looking at me?" Am I wrong? Take me to see the yard where you lived. ”

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "You are right, you are a wise woman." You know me. ”

Ah Luo chuckled, shook off Wang Yuan's hand and walked up the fork in the road.