Chapter 15: Strange Brothers
"Thank you for saving Ko-san!" Shangguan Zixuan looked at the girl under the begonia tree and said sincerely. After he detoxified the young man who was brought back by Murong Xun, he cleaned his hands and went out of the side room. The sky was already dark, dusk, the crescent moon loomed in the sky, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers in the air.
"Nothing!" Murong Xun said lightly, she raised her eyes, her eyes were strange and crystalline, she stretched out her hand, and there was something wrapped in red silk lying in her palm, "I found it on that young man!" ”
Shangguan Zixuan took it suspiciously, opened it and glanced at it, and couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise. What he is holding in his hand is the Snow Lotus of the Tianshan Mountains, judging by its size and color, it has been at least a hundred years. Such rare medicinal materials, as far as he knows, Da Xiang is only three plants, the current prince was born weak and sickly, one is used to be used to continue life at the time of birth, one is in the current queen mother's bedroom, and one is given to the king of Qi, when today's son of the siblings.
So this one was either stolen from the Queen Mother or stolen from the King of Qi, no matter where it came from, if it was known, it would not be able to escape a dead word.
For this reason, Shangguan Zixuan took a deep look at Murong Xun again, nodded at her, and everything was silent.
"Brother......
I saw Shangguan Zixuan's figure frozen in place, Murong Xun followed the voice and looked, only to see that the young man had woken up, wearing a white profane robe, half-leaning on the door frame, his eyes were tightly locked on Shangguan Zixuan's back, his eyes were a little hopeful, a little apologetic, a little overwhelmed, and finally turned into red lips and opened slightly, and he stopped talking.
Looking at it this time, although the young man's figure is tall and thin, it is not thin, and the three thousand green silks hang down on both sides softly, clearly revealing the delicate facial features, and a little more feminine beauty. From a distance, she looks like a graceful woman.
"Now that you're awake, go back!" Shangguan Zixuan didn't look back, and said lightly, Snow Lotus was gradually tightened in his palm.
"But, I've been kicked out a long time ago, I'm homeless, brother!" Shangguan Zisang blinked his peach blossom eyes that were as bright as water, and said pitifully.
Seeing that Shangguan Zixuan did not react, Zisang said even more sadly: "My brother also knows that Xiao Sanghua looks like the moon, and if she wanders outside, she will inevitably be coveted by gangsters, and then imprisoned, humiliated, and live a life that is worse than death...... But brother don't worry, Xiao Sang will be careful, Xiao Sang will not let his brother worry about Xiao Sang......"
"Enough!" Shangguan Zixuan's face was cold and indifferent, this was the second time Murong Xun had seen him with such a look since he had seen him, the first time was when he treated the middle-aged man that morning, but at this moment, Shangguan Zixuan's eyes were obviously a little more unbearable, he suddenly turned around and threw the Tianshan Snow Lotus in his hand to Shangguan Zisang, "Anu, clean up the house!" ”
Zisang looked at Shangguan Zixuan's somewhat hurried pace, and a smug and sad smile appeared on his lips. He looked at Murong Xun, winked at her mischievously, and took a few steps in front of her, "Thank you so much today!" Hey, today's situation is really dangerous, if it falls into the hands of ill-intentioned villains, I will be miserable, and I will definitely not be able to keep my innocence. Although you are not moved by my beauty, it makes me a little sad, but I still want to thank you! By the way, what's your name? ”
"Murong Xun!" Murong Xun said lightly, turned around and went back to the house, Anu had already prepared all the meals, so he didn't notice the emotions flashing on Shangguan Zisang's face, it was an indescribable confusion mixed with guilt and sadness.
Shangguan Zixuan had already sat down at the table, waiting for Murong Xun to eat together. And Shangguan Zisang also sat down, and Anu added another pair of chopsticks.
Lanterns were lit in all corners of the room. The lantern flickered, and the dim glow filled the room.
The three of them ate very quietly, only the chopsticks made a crisp sound when chewing and picking up vegetables.
"Brother, is she the ...... when she was a child" Gu Zisang kept looking at Murong Xun opposite and Shangguan Zixuan beside him with his watery eyes, and asked tentatively.
"Eat!" Interrupted by Shangguan Zixuan, he put down the bowl and looked at Shangguan Zisang with clear eyes, "Don't steal anymore, you just stole the most precious medicinal materials and the most magical prescriptions, so what, do you think I will be happy?" ”
"That's what I thought......" Shangguan Zisang said in a low voice.
"You!" Shangguan Zixuan glared at Shangguan Zisang.
Shangguan Zisang also put down the dishes and chopsticks, and looked at Shangguan Zixuan aggrievedly, "All I did was ...... Just trying to make up for some ...... As long as my brother can be happy, I am willing to do anything! I was supposed to bear all this! ”
"Say no more!" Shangguan Zixuan's amber eyes were filled with a little anger, and he said loudly and got up to leave.
Murong Xun sandwiched a crystal shrimp dumpling, tasted it carefully, raised his eyelids slightly, and looked at the direction in which Shangguan Zixuan left, in his memory, he has always been gentle as jade, and he is kind to everyone, and he can't wait to show 120,000 points of sincerity, and it is rare to be so angry.
"Let's go out for a walk, girl!"
Murong Xun stretched out his hand to pick up the vegetables, and looked at Shangguan Zisang incredulously, "What do you call me?" ”
"Girl, isn't that what my brother calls you?" Shangguan Zisang's eyebrows were slightly raised, and his eyes were full of banter, looking as he should be.
"It's not!"
Since returning to Chang'an, Murong Xun has hardly shopped the street market at night. Different from the noise of the day, Chang'an in the twilight has a charming temperament.
Luoshi is the most famous night market in Chang'an. The lights are brilliant, the sound of silk and bamboo, and the hu dance. Many of the shows only appear in the evening, so they still attract countless people to stop and make noise.
Shangguan Zisang seemed to have something on his mind along the way, and he didn't speak much. Murong Xun was originally a man of few words, so the two of them had been very quiet, as if they were out of step with the prosperity of this red dust.
"Brother, how is he doing?" After a long time, Shangguan Zisang asked in a dumb voice.
"I don't know what your concept of goodness is, but in my opinion, Shangguan has what he likes to do, and he has ideals that he wants to adhere to, and he can be regarded as having a good life!" Murong Xun pondered for a moment before replying.
"Do you like him, then?" Shangguan Zisang's peach blossom eyes looked at Murong Xun's expression fixedly, full of expectation or sourness.
Murong Xun was stunned for a moment, looked at Shangguan Zisang's eyes, and sneered: "What does it have to do with you?" ”
Shangguan Zisang's eyes showed a faint disappointment, and he muttered and said, "I just care about my brother, brother, he ...... is the best person in this world. So if, I say, if you're going to hurt my brother, make sure you minimize the damage! He spoke with a reverent and earnest expression, as if he was pleading and expecting.
Murong Xun suddenly felt his heart pause, sank his gaze, and looked at the handsome young man in front of him, the lights were dim, and the young man's face flickered in the light and shadow, and he couldn't say that he was bewitching. It's just that the sadness and confusion in his eyes are beyond his age, how deep is the story and the sorrow hidden in his heart on this young man's body?
It's a pity that Murong Xun is not a person who likes to probe into other people's privacy.
"Girl!"
Murong Xun came back to his senses, turned around, and saw a Kunlun slave mask appear in his eyes, and he frowned slightly, and took half a step back.
Kunlun Nu Mask ...... Once the man held the mask in his hand, smiled softly, and showed his white teeth, "The girl likes this mask too?" If the girl likes it too, give it to the girl! The dim light hit his young and handsome face, and the years seemed to stand still, and it was not only time that was amazing. When she first arrived in Chang'an, she was full of novelty and enthusiasm for all the new things in the world with the most innocent and beautiful feelings of a girl.
She believed that this was like the arrangement of fate in the dark, and she fell into that delicious trap full of desire and ambition but packaged, and she did not hesitate.
Until he was bruised all over his body, recalling the merciless favor of fate, should he be sarcastic or cursed?
"Girl, do you like this mask? I'll give it to you! ”
Murong Xun raised his eyes to look at the young man's innocent full smile, and his heart was inexplicably thorny.
She turned abruptly and walked hurriedly.
Why can he laugh unbridledly? Why can he hide it all?
It all belonged to her, too! But who, who stripped them all out of her body?
"Alas, girl, what's wrong with you? If you don't like it, you don't like it, why are you walking so fast! Shangguan Zisang followed from behind, his face still wearing the mask of Kunlun Nu, but there was a hint of reproach in his tone.
Murong Xun paused, Shangguan Zixuan bumped into her back, and couldn't help complaining: "Why do you say stop it!" ”
Murong Xun didn't look back, just said lightly: "Wait for me here!" With that, he left in a hurry.
"Hey! Feed! Shangguan Zisang took off his mask, exchanged two sounds at Murong Xun's back, put the mask on again, and said angrily: "Just go, what's the big deal!" I'll play it myself! ”
Murong Xun's body was hidden in the shadows, and just now she found the middle-aged man she saw in the daytime, and after following the man a few steps, she found that he had entered Xinghuaju.
After eating for a while, the middle-aged man drove the warblers and Yanyan around him out, and only he and another middle-aged man with a mustache were left in the room, and a young man with a gloomy complexion.
I saw the mustache and said, "Brother Shangguan, you brought us here just to drink flower wine?" ”
The middle-aged man said: "Don't hide it from the two of you, after waiting for so many years, my opportunity has finally come!" I believe that the two of them also know that the drought in the northwest is serious, and there is almost no harvest, and the imperial court sent grain for disaster relief, and it was Murong Hua, the prime minister of the left, who has always been honest, but he did not starve to death a few people. It's just that after the catastrophe, there will be a great epidemic, and the imperial court will fund the collection of medicinal materials from major pharmacies and send them to the disaster area, these medicinal materials are all handled by Shangguan He, and there are many fake medicines mixed in them! ”
The middle-aged man took a sip of wine and continued: "Originally, things were done without leakage, but Shangguan He had a habit of keeping accounts, but unfortunately, the account book was lost a few days ago. And somehow this matter reached the ears of the victims, and those who were harmed by the fake medicinal materials wanted to go to Beijing to sue the emperor. If things get bigger, I don't think Shangguan He will have the face to be the head of the Shangguan family! ”