The peach blossoms are full of branches, noisy and full of spring, but between Xiao Jiangyuan and Li Xian, it is as quiet as ice.

After a long time, Li Xiancai said angrily: "You are presumptuous! ”

Xiao Jiangyuan immediately knelt down: "The slave is guilty." ”

"What sin do you know?"

"The slave maid should not be able to get out of Chang'an until now, it is the slave and the maid who are incompetent, and I hope that the saint will be guilty."

"Are you incompetent? You even dare to bully the king, you are very capable! Li Xian paced back and forth for a few steps, as if he couldn't swallow this breath, and his hand pointing at Xiao Jiangyuan was trembling, "Where do you want to go to King Xiang, you obviously want to take refuge in King Xiang!" ”

"Sage Mingjian, it's really because the slave maid is also a mortal, if the slave maid is a flying bird, she would naturally have flown out of Chang'an from Princess Anle's heavy search, why bother with a shy face, holding on to the last love in the past, hiding here, and causing trouble to several county kings?" After a pause, Xiao Jiangyuan smiled bitterly, "If the slave really took refuge in King Xiang, how dare she take the initiative to appear in front of the saint today?" ”

Li Xian's eyes rippled, but his posture still did not change: "Then you are also a bully!" ”

Xiao Jiangyuan bowed his head and said, "The sage is right, the slave and maid accept the sin. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan recognized it so happily, Li Xian couldn't say anything. His face changed and changed, and finally collapsed. When there was little silence, he brushed his sleeves and sat down next to Xiao Jiangyuan: "It's really boring to play with you - what are you still doing on your stomach, get up." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan straightened up and smiled slightly: "Sage Shengming." ”

Li Xian stared at Xiao Jiangyuan for a while, and saw that her expression was calm and calm, without any surprise, and sighed: "You are all like this. Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan only listened to him and didn't talk, he felt a little bored, but he still continued, "The Manchu Dynasty civil and military think that I am not as good as Aya, not as good as A-Niang, and even inferior to my own queen, and I have never played with me at all, why don't you?" But when I saw you here today, I was not only surprised, but also relieved. Do you know how unsteady I am in Daming Palace these days, listening to the process of Bao'er searching outside every day? Not just because you have that fateful book with you, but also because ...... After all, you are the only real relic left to me by A-Niang, although you never really belonged to me. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan never thought that Li Xian would say such heart-wrenching words to her one day, and he was a little stunned. She hesitated for a moment before saying, "Because...... After all, slaves and maids are individuals, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are all human beings, and people have a will and cannot be forced. ”

"Yes, how can someone who has truly devoted his allegiance to A-Niang be willing to follow me? But in the future, there will never be a person like A-Niang, why can't you settle for the next best thing and choose to follow me? I'm also the son of the Tang Dynasty, isn't it justified to be better than any queen or princess? ”

Xiao Jiangyuan smiled: "A supreme minister, you need to make great contributions." ”

Li Xian, who had always been a little listless, heard this, and slowly straightened his back: "It's really a sentence that breaks everything...... That's enough, your words are worthy of A-Niang's deathbed entrustment, and you can retire successfully. You can destroy the book, you don't have to go to King Chen, and you don't have to worry about it. The Five Kings Mansion is very good, with a human touch, you have not yet grown up, and you can still keep your pure heart if you stay here. A good little lady, don't be like some ministers, the older you get, the more annoying you get. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan's smile immediately froze at the corner of his lips.

Seeing that Xiao Jiangyuan finally showed a somewhat strange look in front of him, Li Xian's mood was a lot happier, and his voice was a little lighter: "Actually, as early as when I put a hairpin peony on your head, I felt that something was wrong, but I didn't take it to heart, although you have become more and more biased in the past two years, I have not been sure, until just now." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan didn't expect that he would one day be calculated by Li Xian, so he had to smile bitterly: "No wonder the sage said that slaves and maids bully the king." ”

"You didn't end up here because you had nowhere to hide, did you? Tell me, who do you fall in love with among these five? ”

“…… What does the saint think? ”

"Since you appeared at the door of Saburo's house, it is naturally ......"

Xiao Jiangyuan decided to play with Li Xian for the first time, so he nodded.

Li Xian smiled: "Then it's just right now, I'll set you free." ”

Xiao Jiangyuan solemnly bowed: "Slave and maid thank the saint for his grace." ”

"Do you regret it now, I am so wise, you should be loyal with all your heart, but pity...... It's too late. Li Xian stood up and sighed indifferently, "I don't want you anymore." ”

With that, Li Xian slowly walked out of the Peach Blossom Courtyard, and it didn't take long for him to leave the Five Kings' Mansion.

Xiao Jiangyuan has been kneeling under the falling flowers, and he should be in a relaxed mood, but he is a little stunned at the moment. Of course, it's not because of what Li Xian said, but Li Xian has never revealed her heart to an irrelevant person, and she has never said a sincere word to Li Xian.

This should be the last time she saw Li Xian in her life.

She didn't feel a little funny, how could she be inexplicably melancholy because of a mediocre gentleman?

At the gate of the courtyard, Li Longji and Li Longye stood one after the other, the former with his hands behind his back and the latter tilting his head.

"Third brother...... You say, what did the saint say to Ah Yuan, how did she become like this? ”

"You don't know?"

"Of course I don't know."

"If you don't know, just ask."

"How can I ask such a thing! Even if I ask, this is a saint's business, a heavenly opportunity, can Ah Yuan tell me? Even if she sees my relationship with her and is willing to tell me, then I can't agree, doesn't it make her unfaithful! ”

"So what do you ask me to do? I don't know anything. ”

"......" Li Longye rolled his eyes, "I thought that even if Ah Yuan didn't tell me, he would tell the third brother, and the third brother didn't care about Ah Yuan as much as I did, so he would definitely listen." ”

"......" Li Longji glanced at the fifth brother, his eyes were slightly dull, and his voice was also sinking, "Do you have less things to hide from me when she does?" ”

After Li Xian arrived at the mansion of the five princes, he ordered the five brothers to take the official positions of assassins or other drivers in various places, so that they could continue to stay in Chang'an. A few days later, Princess Anle's search army of Hao Hao Tang Tang also disappeared in Chang'an City.

The fifth day of the fifth month of May, the Dragon Boat Festival.

In the past half a month, Li Longji often took Xiao Jiangyuan, who was finally free, out of the house, but most of the time, he went to see Ge Fushun and others, but on this day, after he returned from the banquet in the palace, he only brought her out, but no one saw her again.

On Suzaku Street, a colorful long queue is slowly advancing. Xiao Jiangyuan was not interested in other splendid boxes at all, but he paid a lot of attention to a round thing covered with red cloth, which was placed on an elevated shelf, carried by several strong men, and was also at the front of the entire procession.

"That's Jiang Xinjing." Li Longji smiled, "This should be the team of Yangzhou Thorn History." There are many skilled craftsmen in Yangzhou, it is said that there was once a person on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month of a year, in the heart of the Yangtze River cast a blue-faced bronze mirror, tribute to the palace. There is a dragon pattern behind the mirror, so it is called the real dragon mirror. Later, one year, there was a great drought in the world, and a Taoist priest used the real dragon mirror as a method, which made the coiled dragon behind the mirror soar out and leave the rain. It can be said that the coiling dragon coils the dragon, hidden in the mirror, there are images in the field, the changes are endless, the clouds spit out the fog, and the rain produces the wind. ”

Xiao Jiangyuan nodded, and seeing Li Longji's relaxed and casual face, he couldn't help but ask, "What did the saint say about today's banquet?" ”

"Didn't say anything to me anyway." Li Longji said and naturally took Xiao Jiangyuan's hand, "While it's still early, let's go for fun!" ”

Before Xiao Jiangyuan could react, he had already been trotted up by Li Longji. She glanced down at the hands held by the two, and then looked at Li Longji's brisk back in a daze, her mood couldn't help but feel much better, and her desire to have fun was also hooked. But she didn't show it, and she had to say: "Ah Lang...... The slave maid still wants to taste the string of small rice dumplings given by the sage, but she can't play for too long. ”

Li Longji paused and turned around: "Can you fight for some gas?" Those nine small zongzi clan courtiers have a bunch of hands, where can they be delicious? Haven't you eaten it when you've been with your grandmother before? ”

"Since it is only owned by the courtiers of the clan, how can the slaves and maids eat it?"

“…… I had already asked someone to take ice water to the town, and it wouldn't break for a day! ”

Xiao Jiangyuan raised his eyebrows in surprise and said with a smile: "Then the slave and maid thank Ah Lang." ”

Li Longji glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan helplessly, finally raised his lips and smiled, and continued to walk with her. They strolled all the way to the West Market, and sure enough, this was the most lively place.

As the name suggests, the West Market is naturally located in the west of Chang'an, about the size of two squares, although it is the same as the East Market, it is a mixed place for business and travel, and the place for trading and dredging, but it is far more exciting than the East Market. It is the beginning and end of the Silk Road, and it is most favored by foreigners, so as soon as you enter the West Market, you can see people with different descriptions everywhere.

This is too new for Xiao Jiangyuan. She was dizzy, only dazzled, at first she just watched, puzzled to herself, but never asked. After being seen by Li Longji and answering a few times, she was finally a little embarrassed and began to humbly ask for advice.

"Look over there, the tall-headed, dark-skinned, and strong man is Kunlun Nu. Actually, I've always wanted to buy a few, but Aya won't let me. ”

"The lady you are talking about is a Silla maid, so although she is beautiful, she is not as bright as a Tang woman, so I still prefer the hot orchid."

"That's the Turtle Guy. If I talk about what kind of music I like the most in this world, the first is the Tianzhu Brahmin music, and the second is this turtle music. Their instruments are also special, and their voices are even more special. ”

"That is a monk from Tianzhu, since Master Xuanzang returned from the scriptures, there are always monks from Tianzhu who come to my Tang Dynasty."

"That's the release pond, and someone always buys live fish to release and pray for blessings - do you want to buy two too?"

Xiao Jiangyuan glanced at the release pond fixedly, and shook his head: "If you buy it, you will release it, if you release it, you will catch it, if you catch it, you will sell it, and if you sell it, what is the point?" ”

"Actually, that's what I thought." As soon as Li Longji caught Xiao Jiangyuan's ears and laughed in a low voice, he saw a beautiful girl passing by, and immediately stretched out his arm to stop him, "Little lady walk slowly." ”