On the street in Wulou City, the tavern named Xiao Xiang has an open wooden door, and the eaves are hung with all the same pale bells, which are exactly the same as the green bells in the Yixi house.

The sound of bells colliding scattered in the empty street is crisp and ethereal.

Originally, the neighbors outside this Xiaoxiang tavern were all people who opened shops, but now that the first king is gone, he will also choose a day to ascend the throne, and all the people dare not walk around on this street at will, and the few pedestrians are also hurrying around.

The tavern was filled with smoke from burning incense and was fully heated.

After a while, slow footsteps sounded on the wooden staircase.

"Xiao Si?" It was a passable-looking man, dressed in a pale robe, and he looked at the woman in brown at the door.

The woman in brown clothes smiled and quipped, "Boss Qi woke up early today." ”

"Isn't the hostess also early?" Boss Qi also smiled.

Boss Qi is Qi Guiyuan, and the proprietress is Song Ruosi, who is the person in the story told by Zuoqiu Chuanbai.

The two of them have lived here for a long time, or years, decades, centuries...... There is no way to know. The boss and the proprietress have a kind personality, and they are polite and understanding to others, so when they are not the king of Lingyi Kingdom, they get along very well with this neighbor.

"Poof...... Okay, you go and pack it up again, and there will be guests here in a while. Song Ruosi walked over and gently pushed Qi Guiyuan with his hand.

Qi Guiyuan is very strange, obviously there are basically no people to see these days, how can he say that there will be guests coming later? And even if you have guests, you don't have to clean the place every day, right?

Song Ruosi's personality is very eccentric, he has been busy every day these days, and there are no guests, and now he suddenly says this, I'm afraid that there will be some nobleman in a while?

Thinking of this, Qi Guiyuan asked her with a smile: "What kind of amazing guest is it, using you to sort out this place over and over again every day?" ”

Song Ruosi didn't say anything, and walked straight past him to a table: "You'll know in a while, let's do it...... It's been a long time since anyone came, and it's rare for a guest to come, but you have to be well entertained. ”

Qi Guiyuan walked over and picked up the wine jug on the table, poured a glass of wine, and took a sip: "Since that's the case, then listen to the boss." ”

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In the mansion of the national teacher in Lingyi, Jiang Tiandong was standing in his own pavilion, staring at a trembling little flower.

How to say it, Jiang Guoshi felt that this little flower was very strange, Lingyi was freezing in the sky, and the flowers and trees had already stopped growing, and when he came back from going out early this morning, he suddenly saw a small pink flower growing in his yard, and there was some frost on it.

In this way, could it be that the winter of Lingyi is about to pass, but why don't you see the snow and birds?

It stands to reason that these flowers and plants will bloom after the snow leaves the birds, how can they be before this?

And today...... When he went to stop the carriage of Zuoqiu Chuanbai, the second prince of Wuyuan Kingdom, he saw a woman with a high fever in the carriage, it seemed that it should be the little maid brought by Shangguan Jiaoruo, but why, Jiang Tiandong always felt that something was wrong.

I can't say something is wrong.

Jiang Guoshi sighed, maybe he should go back there and ask the person, but his self-esteem didn't allow him to do so, and he preferred to improvise as events unfolded.

"National teacher, the people from Wulou City came to report that the carriage of the second prince of Wuyuan Kingdom is almost here, what should I do next?" I don't know when, Shi Zhenjiao was already standing behind him.

Jiang Tiandong nodded: "You should immediately set off and place them in the Xiaoxiang Tavern." ”

"Xiaoxiang Tavern?" Shi Zhenzhu was very puzzled, even if Jiang Tiandong didn't wait to see Wuyuanguo again, but the person who came was a guest, and he always had to settle down well, and Xiaoxiang Tavern was too perfunctory.

So, when?

"How?" Jiang Tiandong turned his head to look at Shi Zhenji, as if he already knew the question in his heart, and said, "I naturally have a reason to be placed in Xiaoxiang Tavern, you have followed me for so many years, don't you know what I am thinking in my heart?" ”

Shi Zhenji opened his mouth to speak and stopped, in fact, he wanted to say that he couldn't guess the thoughts of the national teacher, but there was a reason for what Jiang Guoshi did.

"Okay, you go down and do it, tell me when it's done." Jiang Guoshi turned around.

"Yes." Shi Zhenzhu didn't say anything more, and immediately retreated.

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Wulou City.

The soldiers stopped Zuoqiu Chuanbai's carriage, and it happened that Shi Zhenjiao also arrived.

"Second prince, in Xia Shi Zhenji, the national teacher sent a small one to pick you up to the Xiaoxiang Tavern, please follow your carriage." Shi Zhen inlaid the statue of Zuoqiu Chuan Bai in the car, and after finishing the road, he led the carriage into Wulou City.

Zuo Qiu Chuanbai poked his head out: "It turned out to be Shi Guard, I'm tired." ”

As early as a few years ago, when the ancestor of the Lingyi Kingdom was still alive, the imperial brother and envoy who followed him were invited to participate in the banquet of the Lingyi Kingdom, and he had a relationship with Shi Zhen at the banquet.

At that time, he was still young, and his impression of Shi Zhenjian was not very deep, but he remembered the long sword in his hand.