Xie Zheng leaned sideways on the stone fence by the pond, grabbed a handful of fish food in his hand, threw it into the distance, and then opened his hand and let the fish food in his hand fall into the water, and so on, looking at the fish swimming around in the water to compete for food, as if he was happy.

Huan Ling stood beside her, holding a folding fan, standing with his hands in his hands, seeing a smile on her lips, he also laughed lightly, and said, "Look at you laughing, is it fun?" ”

"Zi Fei Fish, the joy of Anzhi Fish?" Xie Zheng looked at the sunset reflected in the pond and said. Huan Ling smiled lightly again, without words.

Yuzhi walked through the arch in front of the courtyard, looked for it without hurry, walked up to the two, and said: "County marquis, Xie Niangzi, the slave just heard from the informant that in the past two months, there have been many beggars in Jiankang City. ”

"Beggars?" Huan Ling was a little surprised, Xie Zheng was calm, and Yuzhi replied: "In addition, outside the city, it is estimated that there will be hundreds of people, all of them are in groups, and these beggars, although they are dressed in tatters, are all in good shape, and they don't seem to have suffered from hunger and cold at all." ”

Xie Zheng asked lightly: "Is there only a beggar?" ”

"Recently, there seem to be more than ten businessmen from the outdoors to Jiankang to settle down, all of them are families migrating here, in short, these days Jiankang has a lot of people, slaves think, the world is relatively peaceful recently, and there are no natural disasters in other places, so there will be no refugees pouring into Jiankang," Yuzhi said this, Huan Ling only understood, and said: "In the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the Central Plains scholars moved south one after another to avoid chaos. ”

Xie Zheng sneered, "The world is not chaotic, but Jiankang is about to be chaotic, the identities of those people are not just as simple as they seem." ”

Yuzhi asked tentatively: "What does the lady mean......"

Xie Zheng didn't say anything, just smiled, it turned out that Xiao Zhen returned to Beijing this time, and it seemed that he didn't bring a single soldier, but in fact, he was repairing the plank road and secretly crossing Chen Cang, and he had already arranged everything more than a month ago.

Huan Ling also grabbed a handful of fish food, threw it into the pond casually, and said to himself: "I threw the bait in the Confucian teahouse yesterday, I don't know when the fish will be hooked." ”

"Don't worry," a cool smile appeared on Xie Zheng's lips, looking like he was sure of victory.

As he was talking, he saw Zeng Qionglin hurriedly looking for him, and said to Huan Ling: "County marquis, the prince is visiting." ”

Huan Ling was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Xie Zheng, Xie Zheng bent the corners of his lips, and said confidently: "Isn't this coming!" ”

At that time, Xiao Zhen was waiting for the passage in the guest hall in the front yard, Huan Ling heard that he was visiting, and he did not hurry to meet the guests, and when he arrived at the guest hall, he really saw Xiao Zhen sitting on the guest seat drinking tea, he walked to Xiao Zhen, saluted calmly, and said: "Huan did not know that His Royal Highness had arrived, and he missed the welcome, and he hoped that His Royal Highness would forgive his sins." ”

Xiao Zhen has always been kind and humble, he saw Huan Ling saluting, and immediately got up to help Huan Ling up, and said with a smile: "The county marquis doesn't have to be polite, it's just a lonely chatter." ”

"Your Highness is serious, Your Highness's visit today is a blessing for Huan."

Xiao Zhen smiled politely at him, then sat down, Huan Ling picked up the teapot, and added tea to the teacup in front of him according to the courtesy, before retreating to the guest seat on the other side and sat down.

"I have heard the name of the county marquis of Yongxiu for a long time, and I have long wanted to visit, but I have been suffering from no chance, and I have not been empty until today.

Huan Ling only smiled, but did not speak, Xiao Zhen continued: "It is rumored that the county marquis is like a crown of jade, and his appearance is better than Pan An. ”

"Your Highness, don't make fun of Huan, Huan is mediocre, how dare you compare yourself with your ancestors."

The two of them were polite like this, Xiao Zhen no longer beat around the bush, and directly tested Huan Ling, he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said: "Yesterday at noon, I was alone in the Confucian teahouse to eat tea, and suddenly heard the beautiful sound of the flute, which was Mr. Huanyi's 'Jade Concubine Introduction', and the lonely person inquired about the person who played the flute. It's just that I don't understand, the county marquis is not only the grandson of Mr. Huanyi, but also proficient in music and rhythm, and has a long reputation, why did he play the wrong tune? ”

Xiao Zhen knew that Huan Ling deliberately blew the wrong tune to attract his attention, but he still wanted to ask, Huan Ling also knew that he had seen the clue, but he pretended to be indifferent and laughed: "Huan also knew that he blew the wrong tune yesterday, and he felt deeply embarrassed, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Kong Yuanjun, but he didn't know that His Royal Highness was also there yesterday." ”

Huan Ling sent him away in a few words, and Xiao Zhen didn't want to ask too many questions, so he changed the topic and said, "It's the first time the county marquis has come to Jiankang, right?" ”

"It's the first time, but it's been half a year," Huan Ling said this, and suddenly laughed, "It's a shame to say, when His Majesty ascended the throne a few years ago, Huan was supposed to go to Beijing to worship, but due to family matters, he couldn't come, otherwise, he must have already gotten acquainted with His Royal Highness." ”

Huan Ling deliberately mentioned that he had not come to Jiankang five years ago, all to protect himself and Xie Zheng, if he had come to Jiankang five years ago, he would have recognized the world-famous Sima Xie Yu at that time, and now he took in a Xie Zheng who looked exactly the same as Xie Yu, it was really ulterior motives, if he had not come to Jiankang five years ago, he naturally did not recognize Xie Yu, then taking Xie Zheng, even if he was suspected, no one could find the slightest evidence.

Xiao Zhen didn't think much about it, but asked: "It seems that the county marquis is going to settle in Jiankang?" ”

"Maybe."

Xiao Zhen took another sip of tea, and suddenly joked about Huan Ling, and joked: "The county marquis is not young, I heard that the county marquis has not yet been married." ”

Hearing this, Huan Ling immediately laughed, "In the past, in Yongxiu, my mother often worried about this matter, and Huan was unbearable, so I asked His Majesty for advice and left the fiefdom, I thought that I could avoid the urging of my mother, but I didn't expect that now His Royal Highness also cares about such trivial matters." ”

"A lifelong event, how to get into the mouth of the county marquis, it will become a trivial matter, the county marquis may not know, many people outside say that you have a habit of breaking sleeves."

Huan Ling didn't feel embarrassed, but smiled lightly, he only said: "Huan has two little wives in the family, where does the habit of broken sleeves start?" Rumors don't have to be believed. ”

Xiao Zhen glanced at him, "Looking at the orphan, isn't the county marquis already a favorite woman?" ”

As he was talking, Zeng Qionglin, who was guarding the door, strode in, he came to Huanling, bent down, at first raised his eyes and made a look at Huanling, and then reported: "County Marquis, Xie Niangzi is back." ”

Before the words fell, behind Zeng Qionglin, a girl in a water-green robe raised her feet and stepped over the slightly higher threshold and walked into the guest hall.

When Xiao Zhen saw the jade man, he was taken aback at the moment, stood up and looked at her intently, and called stupidly: "Yanghou ......"