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People, as long as they are still alive, will encounter all kinds of unpleasant things one after another, no matter what status, no matter what status, the ancients did not deceive me!

Take today's Xie An, not only did he serve in the court, but he was awarded the title of King Anle, but there was still a thorn in his heart that had not been removed.

This thorn has been left in his heart for several years, and it is nothing because he deliberately ignores it, but he is just above the torture hall of the Great Prison Temple, because he saw the former Xixiang Marquis Han Yi again, which made the thorn in Xie An's heart faintly ache for some reason.

The name of this thorn is Su Wan.

used to be the daughter of the Su family in Guangling, and later the daughter-in-law of the Lu family in Nangong Mansion, this virtuous woman with deep feelings for Xie An, it is undeniable that she was the first confidant Xie An met after coming to this era.

However, it was just an encounter, and the two failed to go further after all, which can't help but make people sigh in their hearts, in this world, sometimes even if they are happy, they may not necessarily be able to come together.

"Shop, wine!"

Shaking the already empty wine jug, Xie An called the shopkeeper of the restaurant.

It stands to reason that according to Xie An's previous temper, when he was in a bad mood, he would most likely go to those places of wind and snow, because of his hobby, Liang Qiuwu often carried the wolf slashing sword to find him all over Jijing. But today, Xie An seemed to simply want to get drunk, so after changing into civilian clothes in the Great Prison Temple, he randomly chose a restaurant in the city, and chose a corner position in the hall on the first floor of the restaurant to sit down.

"Great!" The shopkeeper, who has always been only responsible for collecting accounts and keeping accounts, waved his hand to rebuke the restaurant guys, and personally brought a few jugs of wine to Xie An's table.

It's not that this shopkeeper recognized Xie An, the most powerful minister in Chaoge City, after all, although Xie An held the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department, he was also famous in Jijing in the past. But most of the soldiers and civilians in the former Jijing have not seen this big man with their own eyes.

The reason why the shopkeeper is so respectful is mainly because of the casual clothes on Xie An's body, the robe worth at least hundreds of taels of silver.

Although it is only civilian clothes, Xie An is the secretary of the criminal department. How can their civilian clothes be bad? On the other hand, if Xie An dresses casually, it is tantamount to beating the faces of Liangqiu Dance, Eldest Sun Xiangyu and other women.

"Childe, you use it slowly."

Taking advantage of the opportunity to deliver wine, the shopkeeper looked Xie An up and down again, and became more and more convinced that Xie An was the son of a wealthy family in the city.

To tell the truth, the shopkeeper of the restaurant originally planned to invite Xie An to the private room on the second floor, after all, it was really inappropriate to ask this brightly dressed son to sit in the corner of the first floor, but Xie An refused.

Perhaps, when people are upset. I want to be alone, but I'm afraid of being too lonely.

Therefore, the hall on the first floor of this small restaurant is quite in line with Xie An's place to relax and relieve his worries.

Waving his hand absentmindedly to dismiss the shopkeeper, Xie An drank and looked at the streets coming and going. Turning a deaf ear to the noisy conversations and noises in the restaurant.

After a while, a man and a woman walked in at the door of the restaurant, and at a cursory glance it was clear that the two were still half-grown children, the girl was slightly older, about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the boy was only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Xie An glanced at the leather drum in the girl's arms and the huqin and the copper basket in the boy's hand. I already understood a little bit in my heart.

To be honest, it is not uncommon for artists like this sister and brother to sing in a restaurant to earn the money needed for life, no matter where they are, if there is anything special, it is that the age of the sister and brother is too young, generally speaking. There must always be an old man next to them to help them perform like this, after all, children don't know much, and they are not as sleek as the old man.

[Sister and brother...... Is it? ]

After taking a closer look, Xie Anxin couldn't help but feel a little inexplicably irritable.

The shopkeeper looked at Xie An's face from a distance, and secretly screamed in his heart, because Xie An's luxurious clothes were due to it. Although the shopkeeper returned to the counter, he paid attention to Xie An all the time, and now when he saw the pair of singing sisters and brothers coming in, the boy and brother frowned, and looked at the former with a look of some unkindness, and immediately walked a few steps to rush over.

"If Childe thinks those two children are singing noisily, we will tell them to leave immediately......"

Xie An glanced at the pair of sisters and brothers when he heard this, and saw that the other party was still thinly dressed in the current October weather, and his face was hungry, so he sighed slightly in his heart and waved his hand gently.

Xie An knew that as long as he nodded, the shopkeeper would inevitably drive the pair of siblings out of the restaurant, and this was not what he wanted to see.

After only a few glances, Xie An looked at the crowd on the street again.

It's no wonder, after all, with the eldest Sun Xiangyu in the family, who is proficient in music and rhythm, Xie An is quite picky about music and rhythm, and it is no exaggeration to say that since he played a few songs to him with the eldest Sun Xiangyu, Xie An subconsciously felt bored when he went to those places to listen to the songs played by those warblers and Yanyan. Even the little songs played and sung by the carefully taught Hongchen women in the Qinglou felt boring, how could Xie An deliberately pay attention to this pair of sisters and brothers?

But to Xie An's surprise, the little girl's voice was quite mellow, and a song of lyrics and cards was sung, which made Xie An also wake up from his distraction, and began to look at the pair of sisters and brothers with a little surprise.

My sister just finished a song, and there was no shortage of cheers from the drinkers in the tavern, but when the younger brother stepped forward with a copper basket, few people rewarded money, and asked three or five in a row, but only got a dozen copper plates to reward, which made the younger brother, who seemed to be obviously more introverted and shy, blushed slightly.

A few copper coins, what can be bought in the Great Zhou at this time, especially Chaoge, when the national strength is exhausted? Not to mention that you can't buy a bun, even if you can buy it, I'm afraid it won't be stuffed with meat.

However, the older sister was more generous, and said in a crisp voice, "Brothers, uncles, our sisters and brothers have just arrived in the court...... In this song, there are no relatives and no reason...... It's hard to make a living, so make it convenient for you big brothers and uncles, reward a few coppers, and let my sister and brother have something to eat......"

After her words, the guests in the restaurant finally began to reward one by one, but the copper coins were still not much, just a few pennies and a few pennies. It is no wonder that, after all, the Great Zhou Dynasty has been fighting for many years, not only the imperial court has exhausted its financial resources, but also affected the people.

Finally. The boy came to Xie An with a copper basket.

It may be that Xie An's bright and luxurious clothes have put so much pressure on the boy that when he came to Xie An, he couldn't even say anything to ask for a reward.

Seeing this, the sister also came over, and was about to ask for it on behalf of her younger brother, when the shopkeeper saw it, walked over in a few steps, and looked at the sister and brother again and again, and said that this master just saw that you were upset, and you two didn't come forward to ask for a reward?

And just as the shopkeeper was trying to get rid of the siblings. Xie An looked deeply at the boy's hand holding the edge of the copper basket, and said softly and indifferently, "Take it upside down, you know?" ”

There was a sudden silence in the restaurant, after all, this was the first sentence of the gorgeously dressed prince besides begging for drinks.

Under the surprised gaze of everyone. Xie An raised his hands, and taught the younger brother who made the begging posture to change the posture and pinch the copper basket, Zhengse said, "The palm of your hand rushes up, that is the posture of a beggar begging, since you two are performing arts, you should rush down with your palm to pinch the copper basket...... Remember. Don't make jokes! ”

The younger brother looked at Xie An in surprise, his face flushed, and he nodded vigorously.

Seeing that the other party was so introverted, and it was not at all like the calmness in his memory when he and Su Wan went all the way to Jijing and begged, Xie Anxin shook his head slightly, and then looked at the elder sister.

"Good singing!"

There was a soft thump. Xie An placed an ingot of five taels of silver in the copper basket in the younger brother's hand, not to mention the happy faces of the two siblings, even the shopkeeper and the guests in the restaurant also showed surprised looks.

[Sure enough, it is the son of a rich family......]

The shopkeeper was secretly glad that his eyes were bright enough, so he had been entertaining. Don't annoy the rich boy in front of you.

But Xie An didn't pay attention to the surprised looks of the shopkeeper and the guests in the restaurant, looked at the sister and said lightly, "Will there be anything else?" ”

The sister nodded again and again, and looked at the five taels of silver so joyful that she couldn't speak.

Seeing this, Xie An took a sip of wine from the wine cup, and said lightly, "Sing it, if you sing it well, a song is five taels!" ”

[One song, five taels?] ]

Seeing Xie An's indifferent expression, everyone in the restaurant was shocked, you must know that whoever comes out to sing, which one will not know more than ten or even dozens of songs, in other words......

[No matter how you say it, there must be nearly a hundred taels...... Obediently, these two sisters and brothers have really met a nobleman! Even though he was accustomed to seeing the treasurer of gold and silver in the accounts, his eyebrows couldn't help but tremble slightly.

I have to say that this shopkeeper has a good idea in his heart, and Xie An can be said to be indeed a noble person for this pair of sisters and brothers. However, Xie An will not give the two sisters and brothers a lot of silver for no reason, firstly, such a charity is an insult to the other party, which Xie An'an, who has experienced this kind of thing, knows it, and secondly, if it is too easy to get money, it will harm them.

As for the amount of money rewarded in the end, it depends on how many tunes the sister can sing, and this is Xie An's way of volunteering.

Of course, if you talk about the most fundamental reason, I am afraid that the figure of this sister and brother once again evokes some memories of Xie Anxin.

I have to say that the little girl's sister does sing well, and she knows a lot of lyrics and repertoire, although her singing skills are not solid, but her voice is mellow and crisp, and the words are clear.

And the guests in the restaurant also stopped the previous conversation and listened quietly, after all, who doesn't listen to the song that is given away for nothing? Anyway, in the end, the rich boy who sat in the corner gave a reward.

This singing has been sung for nearly an hour, and the little girl's voice has obviously begun to be a little hoarse, and this is still when the shopkeeper sees Xie An's face and kindly gives throat tea.

But despite this, no one took pity on this girl. Pity what? What is there to be sorry for? People have sung at least more than 20 songs in this hour, as long as that son keeps his word, it is at least a hundred taels of silver! That's enough to cover a family's income for a year.

I believe that even if her voice is hoarse for ten days and a half after today, the little girl who sings will never get tired of it.

As for Xie An, he was still drinking and looking at the crowd on the street, not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, Xie An seemed to wake up, and looked at the little girl who was singing with a strange expression, because the latter was singing a song that made him quite confused.

“…… The sprinkling of the window lattice knocked on people's hearts a little bit, and the sound of falling wood made it difficult for me to dream. The bell and the sound of the bell were from the front of the eaves, and the cold was cold and cold from the bottom. The lonely lamp shines on my lonely shadow. Who do you talk to on a rainy night? From ancient times, Wushan once entered the dream of King Xiang, but I am, when I want to dream of Qing, it is difficult to dream of it......"

"......" Xie An opened his mouth. I couldn't say a word.

Probably frightened by Xie An's expression, the little girl looked at Xie An with some panic after singing, Nuo Nuo asked, "This son, isn't it a slave who doesn't sing well?" ”

Looking deeply at the little girl for a while, Xie An shook his head slightly, and when the latter became a little depressed because of the misunderstanding, he took out three silver tickets of one hundred taels from his arms and put them on the table.

"Although the security of Chaoge is good, the so-called wealth is not exposed. Keeping these silver taels by your side is a scourge after all, since there is no place to stay, use the money to buy a house to live in. ”

Dropping these words, Xie An got up and walked towards the outside of the restaurant. After all, the girl's last song made him not even in the mood to get drunk.

[Three hundred taels?] ]

Everyone in the restaurant looked shocked, and the pair of sisters and brothers were also dumbfounded, and when Xie An had already walked to the door of the restaurant, the sister shouted, "Son, please stay, say a good song and five taels." You've given too much silver taels......"

Xie An glanced back at the girl when he heard this, and said lightly, "The last song is worth two hundred taels!" With that, he left without looking back, leaving only everyone in the restaurant to look at each other.

Yes. That girl's last song is really worth that number to Xie An. Although it was unintentional, what the girl sang was exactly in line with Xie An's feelings for Su Wan.

Word by word, it is very worrying!

Standing on the streets of Asakajo, he sighed a few times. Xie An walked towards his new mansion in Chaoge City.

When he came to the gate of the mansion, he took a look at the original Shangshu Xie Mansion of the Criminal Department and turned into the Xie Mansion of King Anle, and Xie An's mood did not improve at all.

"Ann, where have you been? According to the people from the Criminal Department and the Great Prison Temple, An You left at noon after listening to the case of Han Hong and Han Yi's father and son......"

Seeing Xie An coming back, Liang Qiuwu immediately asked where Xie An was in the afternoon.

"It's nothing, it's just a walk in the city, and I found a restaurant and ate a few pots of wine......"

"Didn't go to that kind of place, did you?" Liang Qiu Wu asked with some suspicion.

"It's weird!" Liu Qing, who came to fight the autumn wind, reciprocated with a look of contempt.

"This time it's really not ......" Xie An looked at Liang Qiuwu and Jin Ling'er who were sniffing at him helplessly, and immediately glared at Liu Qing.

"Ann, take off your robe first......" Unlike the three girls, Yi Yi was still so gentle, taking off her robe for Xie An and hanging it on the hanger.

"This time, it seems that there is really no smell of those indiscriminate women......" After sniffing on Xie An's clothes for a long time, Jin Ling'er and Liang Qiuwu glanced at each other, which can be regarded as letting go of their husband.

Only the eldest grandson Xiangyu giggled from beginning to end, and from time to time, he looked at Xie An with a strange gaze that made people tremble, and a pair of beautiful eyes rolled slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

After that, the family sat down around the dinner table, and aside from some individual cases of hostility between the women, it was still a good time.

Liang Qiuwu, eldest grandson Xiangyu, Yiyi, Jin Ling'er, Qin Ke'er, Liu Qing, Wang Xin, as well as Nini in Jin Ling'er's arms and Mo Mo in the arms of eldest grandson Xiangyu, looking at the people at this table, Xie Anxin couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Among the people present, some are his wives and concubines, some are her godsisters, and his sons and daughters, these families make Xie An, who has been an orphan since childhood, can't help but be a little excited.

"Where's the old lady?" Xie An suddenly asked in surprise.

"Grandfather went to Lu Gong and Yin Gong to eat, today's family banquet is not coming......" Liang Qiu Wu said a little angrily, obviously because his grandfather Liang Qiu Gong was a little dissatisfied with his old friends to eat wine under various pretexts and did not care about his physical condition at all.

"Oh...... What about the withered sheep? Xie An turned to look at Yi Yi again.

"It's still in the Jizhou army...... Yi Yi covered his mouth and smiled, "The withered sheep admires General Liao Li quite a lot, where is General Liao Li, where is he too...... No, the concubine sent someone to call him, and he said he couldn't come......"

"This kid ......" Xie An muttered, and then his eyes fell on the extra pair of chopsticks again, and asked suspiciously, "If the old lady doesn't come, the withered sheep won't come, this pair of chopsticks is ......."

It's no wonder that Xie An'an wondered, after all, today is a family banquet, in addition to Liang Qiugong and the withered sheep, the only person who can be called Xie An's relatives is the deceased brother-in-law Liang Qiuhao, in this case, who is this bowl and chopsticks left to?

"The slave family has invited a distinguished guest...... "The eldest grandson Xiangyu chuckled and answered the doubts in his husband's heart.

"Speaking of which, this distinguished guest is really uninvited, three times and twice...... It's time to count the hour, so why don't you go and greet it yourself? ”

Xie An was stunned, stood up with the sly smile of the eldest grandson Xiangyu, and walked towards the door of the mansion with a muttering voice.

"I'm going to greet you personally? Could it be Li Shou's kid? ”

When he came to the gate of the mansion to take a look, Xie An found that there were no distinguished guests in the mouth of the eldest grandson Xiangyu outside the mansion, but snowflakes were gradually falling from the sky. Because the snowflakes were scattered, Xie An didn't bother to find a place to hide.

"This year's snow came very early......

Rubbing his hands, Xie An saw that there was no one around, so he leaned on the back of the stone lion outside the mansion gate, after all, the wind in the alley was a little stronger, and Xie An felt quite cold.

I don't know if it's because of the alcohol, Xie An felt a little sleepy, and couldn't help squinting his eyes and taking a nap.

I don't know how long it took, Xie An was a little surprised to find that the snowflakes that fell from the sky no longer seemed to fall on him.

"The snow has stopped?"

Muttering, Xie An raised his head meaningfully, and his pupils shrank.

Because he found that it was not that the snow had stopped, but that it was falling heavier and heavier, and the reason why he did not feel it was because he had a familiar floral paper umbrella on his head, which shielded him from the snowflakes from the sky.

"Sleep here, you'll catch a cold......"

A familiar and gentle voice came softly.