"Your Highness, stay in the carriage, and your subordinates will go down and investigate!"

When the words fell, Dark San probed his brain out of the carriage, Ming Xiu frowned, lifted the curtain of the carriage and glanced at it slightly, but a strange feeling suddenly rose in his heart. There was still no response from the dark three under the carriage, and Ming Xiu sat in place for a long time, when he suddenly heard a "bang" from the carriage.

Ming Xiu raised his eyes and looked at the roof of the carriage, and there seemed to be a slight sound of footsteps, and then, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a figure quickly got into the carriage.

Ming Xiu, who was originally preparing to defend, suddenly smelled a familiar fragrance of orchids, his heart fluttered slightly, and his originally clenched fists turned to open his arms, and a delicate body fell into his arms.

Chu Nian raised his head in some surprise and looked at the unscrupulous man who had done something to him, but when he saw the indulgent narrow eyes, a smile appeared on his face, and he nestled in Ming Xiu's arms.

"Why are you here?" Ming Xiu's deep voice came from overhead, and this voice penetrated into his ears, like a magic sound, with a faint joy, but it was covered by a layer of annoyance wrapped outside.

Chu Nian shrank his body into Ming Xiu's arms, pretending not to understand his anger, half-hanging his eyes, and a smile on the corner of his mouth, "I missed you, so I came." ”

The corners of the thin lips were hooked indiscerningly, and the deep eyes looked intently at the treasure in his arms, but he couldn't help it, "What did you do outside?" ”

Chu Nian glanced at the gap in the curtain of the car, and saw the sleeping entourage and groom outside, and raised his cuffs a little proudly, "Well, Your Highness doesn't have to worry, ask the medicine king for sleepiness, they just fell asleep, but they will wake up with half a stick of incense." ”

Through the gap in the curtain of the car, he saw a few secret guards who fell to the ground, Ming Xiu had mixed tastes, and he rubbed the fluffy little head in his arms helplessly, "Capricious." ”

Chu Nian flattened his mouth slightly, simply buried his head in his arms, and let his big palm caress her back, but after a while, he actually felt a little tired, and his eyelids were fighting, and he was drowsy.

When she awoke again, the carriage had already started again, and she lay down on a soft and comfortable thing, and when she opened her eyes slightly, she saw the stern handsome face of the above, with one arm still covering her head, as if she were afraid that she would slip off him.

Chu Nian moved his body, adjusted a comfortable posture and lay back in Ming Xiu's arms, and the person who was motionless above finally lowered his head slightly to look at her, seeing the messy broken hair on her forehead, and his palms couldn't help but step forward and gently flick it, revealing those eyes full of cunning.

He hooked the corners of his lips, didn't say anything, turned his eyes and lifted the carriage curtain on the side, and looked out the window absentmindedly, "Do you want to settle in Xicheng?" ”

Chu Nian moved his restless little head, "If Your Highness is tired, I will replace you to lie down for a while, Xicheng is a place where people in the martial arts gather, and now that Tao Jinyan is not here, it may not be good for us to settle down here." ”

This Xicheng has long been a gathering place for people in the martial arts, and Mo said that the Tao family, the first family in the martial arts, has a stronghold in Xicheng, which is the deep mountain where the martial arts conference is held, and it is not far from here. People in the martial arts have always hated the imperial court, and these days Tao Jinyan has been sending people in the martial arts to help Ming Xiu do things, although Tao Jinyan said that there is no trouble, but I can imagine that there will be some complaints in the martial arts.

This trip has already set a date with Xi Chu, so it is better to go early and return early to avoid trouble.

After listening to Chu Nian's words, Ming Xiu nodded thoughtfully, immediately lowered the curtain, protected the person in his arms with both hands, and simply sat down by the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate.

In a corner of Xicheng, a courtyard that looks extremely luxurious, there is a white-bearded old man and a beautiful girl at the door of the courtyard, the girl is wearing a goose yellow long dress, bangs, hanging clouds, a pair of smart big eyes flashing with playful light, small face, fair skin, looking particularly gratifying.

They were looking up at the mouth of the alley, as if waiting for someone.

After a short time, the carriage came in a hurry, and stopped at the door with a puff of dust, and the old man and the girl immediately greeted him.

The curtain was lifted by the groom, and inside was a young man in a plain white robe, who was extremely beautiful, with thin lips as red as blood, but his face was pale and a little sickly.

When he got off the car, the young man seemed to be a little struggling, and he got out of the carriage with a jade hand handed by the girl, and his body was dizzy, and the girl hurriedly hugged the young man so that he would not fall to the ground.

"Brother." The girl looked worriedly at the young man who was half-leaning on her, "Are you really okay?" ”

"I'm fine." The young man raised his head slightly, and a pair of peach blossom eyes flashed with a smile that was forcibly propped up, "But I can't bear a little hardship, what kind of peach family master is it?" ”

The girl bit her lower lip tightly and didn't speak, and the old man on the side stepped forward, sighed and said, "Come with me, I've prepared a medicinal bath, you can soak for a while, maybe it will be more comfortable." ”

The servants lifted the young man up and walked towards the house, and by the time the young man had soaked himself in the hot green soup with a bitter stench, it was already dark.

Between the flickering candles all around, Tao Jinyan opened his originally closed eyes, "Elder Grandpa, come in, come here, and stand at the door to do something, aren't you shy?" ”

"You kid is not in shape, you are sad to be like this, and you dare to ridicule the old man." During the day, the old man walked in slowly from outside the door, his gaze swept over the young man's bare chest, which was blue and white, "Better?" Didn't the old man tell you, don't help too much, we owe the favor of the unequaled county lord, and it will be paid off a long time ago. ”

Tao Jinyan pursed his thin lips, his hands were casually placed on both sides of the barrel, between the steam, the corners of his lips hooked slightly, and he chuckled: "This is what I owe her, and it has nothing to do with the Tao family." ”

The old man's face changed, and after a while, he sighed helplessly, he paced and sat down on the chair next to him, "Don't blame the old man for talking too much, you are the old man who grew up, does the unequaled county lord know that you personally carried this poison for her?" Right now, I'm afraid I think it's because the god of medicine is soft-hearted. ”

Tao Jinyan didn't speak, his eyes looked at the beam above his head blankly, and for a long time, he half-teased: "Elder Grandpa also said that I, didn't you almost become crippled for Granny Liu's sake back then?" Compared to you, my suffering is nothing. ”

"You kid, you are still compared to me, but your Granny Liu has someone else in her heart? Back then, your mother-in-law Liu was also ...... for me" The old man's voice paused, and at the end, he coughed lightly to hide his embarrassment, "Don't mention this, it's all in the past, are you still used to soaking in this medicinal bath?" ”

Tao Jinyan wrinkled his nose: "It's more comfortable, but the smell is really unpleasant." ”

"That's natural," the old man nodded as a matter of course, "It's not like I didn't fight with the Medicine King back then, how much better can the poison of this medicine god be than the Medicine King?" ”

When the words fell, Momo Jinyan did not answer, and there was nothing in the room except the flickering candlelight and the bitter steam rising.

The atmosphere was silent for a while, and the old man said with some hesitation, "You...... When will you still go? ”

The sound of water sounded, Tao Jinyan stood up from the bucket, took advantage of the stall where the old man hid his face to put on his clothes, he landed from the barrel, and looked around with blank eyes, "In about a few days, now the prince Mingxiu is going to Xichu, I think...... It is impossible for Chu Nian not to follow, and there can't be no one in the capital. ”

The old man sighed, "Do they really think of you as a strong laborer?" ”

Tao lowered his eyes, tied the clothes on his body tightly with one hand, and pursed his lips on the other, "No, it's just that after all, it's a great cause that everyone has done together for the people, so it's better to be cautious, if the previous efforts are lost, everything we did before will be done in vain." ”

Hearing this, the old man frowned, got up and stepped forward, helped Tao Jinyan tidy up the clothes behind him, and then raised his head to look at the young man who was half a head taller than himself and said with a serious face: "Then this time, you bring your sister with you, she is not young, and it is time to go on a rampage." ”

Tao Jinyan frowned, turned to look at the old man, "Elder grandpa, I ...... such things"

"Don't you want to say what you have, didn't you say it yourself? In the future, she will hand over the Tao family to your sister to be in charge of herself, so if she doesn't experience something now, how can she take charge of the entire Tao family alone in the future? ”

The elder's words made Tao Jinyan unable to refuse, he frowned slightly, did not agree, did not refuse, this stall, the wooden door was pushed open, "Brother......"

The girl in the goose yellow dress appeared at the door holding a brand-new plain white gown, and when she saw Tao Jinyan and the elders who were helping in the house, she was stunned, and her face was like a flower.

"Grandpa Elder is also there."

The elder nodded slowly, and said with a kind smile, "Why hasn't the little peach slept yet?" ”

The girl smiled shyly, holding the clothes in her arms and standing in place, as if she was at a loss, "My brother hasn't been home for a long time, this time he went home, he wants to accompany me more, I'm afraid that he will run away again at night, so he simply didn't sleep." ”

The elder couldn't help laughing, he glanced at the young man beside him with some reproach, and the young man returned to his appearance at this moment, and said with an indifferent face: "You girl, when did I run away at night, don't talk nonsense." ”

The girl stuck out her tongue, stepped forward with the clothes in her arms, and a pair of beautiful big eyes lit up slightly, "Brother, you try this, you don't like the red made for you last time, you have to wear this white dress after all, right?" ”

Tao Jinyan pushed the little head that came close in disgust, took the clothes that the girl was holding, picked it up and looked at it carefully for a while, and nodded thoughtfully, "Well, yes, your skills have improved, and you won't be disliked if you marry in the future." ”

When these words fell, the girl seemed to be a little lost, and the elder couldn't stand it, so he shook his head helplessly and said, "Then the old man won't bother your brothers and sisters to talk, Ah Yan, come over later, I'll wait for you in the study." ”

The young man casually glanced up at the elder, which was regarded as an answer, and the elder had no choice but to turn around and leave, and in the mist, only Tao Jinyan and Xiao Taozi were left.

seemed to feel the little peach's blazing gaze, Tao Jinyan couldn't help but tug the corners of her mouth and said, "You girl, but you don't see me enough?" ”

The girl's face turned red, but she stared at a pair of innocent big eyes, "Who made my brother the best-looking person in the world!" ”