In the capital of Wu Kingdom, the weather has been very cold these days.

The sky was gray, and there was no sun to be seen, and no clouds could be seen, and the gray was like the original color of the sky. The cold poured into the imperial city from all directions, the temperature was low and undecent, dripping into ice, and the north wind drilled into people's clothes.

Because of this weather, the capital is a lot more deserted, and every family hides in their houses, around the charcoal stove, and gossips with their hands. There were not many pedestrians on the street, in twos and threes, with their heads bowed, their necks shrunk, bent over, wrapped from their heads to their feet in cotton clothes, and they walked in a hurry, hoping to get things done as soon as possible, so that they could stay at home and rest.

The only lively thing is the teahouse and wine shop, which are hot tea and wine, and there is a storyteller who pats the board in the hall, spitting and spitting, counting the recent lively events in Wu Guo. People who are idle and bored at home are all here to find excitement.

A group of people, dressed in thick coats and wrapped in leather, surrounded a carriage and went all the way to the city along the official road. The guards guarding the city gate were also standing around the fire with their hands folded, and when they saw the men and horses coming, they came forward, asked for the papers, glanced into the carriage, and waved them away.

"Master, but you want to find the prince?" When he entered the city gate, the leader knocked softly at the window of the car and asked in a low voice.

"Let's go find an inn to stay in first," the man in the carriage couldn't help coughing, his voice full of tiredness, "I'm going to look for him now, I'm afraid I won't find anyone!" ”

"Yes!"

After getting the order, the group immediately went to the best inn in the capital, Xinjing Inn.

Xinjing Inn's little two, I saw this line of people from afar, in winter, there are not many guests who come to the capital, the inn is very free, the boss feels that there is no business, and he is not even willing to light a charcoal fire, saying that he wants to save some. Xiao Er is only looking forward to a distinguished guest and staying in this inn for a few more days, preferably until the beginning of spring next year. With guests, the boss will no longer feel sorry for the charcoal.

Yes, before this group of people arrived at the door of the inn, Xiao Er was already in good spirits and was waiting outside the door with a handkerchief.

"Is the guest officer here to stay at the hotel?" Xiao Er was very enthusiastic, "Our Xinjing Inn is the best inn in the capital, the price is fair, the room is clean and clean, the cooks in the back kitchen are all famous in the capital, you want to live in our house, it is absolutely comfortable, wishful thinking." ”

"Are there any other guests at this inn?" A man dressed in black, about 20 years old, was dressed thickly, but it still couldn't cover his burly figure. The voice is strong and powerful, the face is slightly dark, the eyebrows are resolute, and the free bearing is around.

"Returning to the guest officer, except for a few of us, there is no one else," the weather is so cold, people can stay in the house and stay in the house, and if they can not go out, they will not go out, who will come here to stay in the hotel."

"Very well, then we have this inn covered," the man nodded.

"Okay, please come in the guest officer," Xiao Er was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately shouted at Uncle Li in the backyard, "Uncle Li, come out, come here!" ”

Uncle Li, who heard the sound, hurried over, said auspicious words with a smile on his eyebrows, thinking about driving the carriage to the backyard for the guests, helping to unload the horses and send them to graze, and leaving the carriage in the warehouse. Who knows, but it was rejected.

"Just tell me where the carriage will stop, and we will arrange it ourselves," the man refused Uncle Li's kindness, "My master Xijing, you can arrange a first-class guest room, and you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

"Okay, guest officer, you are casual, casual, the little one is going to prepare," Xiao Er and Uncle Li were very eye-catching, and immediately followed their intentions and got busy.

Uncle Li led the way in front, brought a group of people and horses to the courtyard, pointed out the location of the carriage and the stable, and where the horse grass and Qing Shui were, and then retreated. The people in the carriage did not move until the courtyard was quiet, and only their own men were left, and the people in the carriage lifted the curtain and walked out of it.

He was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy. Unlike the others' black leather coats, he wore a snow-white fox fur cloak, which was also white, and his black hair was wrapped in many strands with red rope, and finally tied to the back of his head. Thick eyebrows and big eyes, the bridge of the nose is high, the lips are a little thick, and the face is also chestnut skin, and the eyes are a little blue light. The body is slender, but the skeleton is very small, compared to others, slightly thin, if not dull skin, it is completely a weak and unscrupulous scholar.

"Ahem," the scholar-like master cleared his throat, "The weather in Wu is not very cold, compared to our Qi country, it is much warmer-warmer." ”

Before he finished speaking, he shivered first, and the others bowed their heads and did not answer, so they listened to him sigh here alone.

"Master, let's go into the house and rest, it's cold outside," the burly young man spoke.

"Well, Ah Lu is right," a group of people, chartered an inn, all standing outside is really not the same thing, the master trembled again, he wanted to go in because Ah Lu suggested, definitely not because it was too cold, so he wanted to go in.

Well, that's it.

Ah Lu sighed, followed him, and a group of people entered the inn.

"A few masters, please, the guest rooms are all prepared with you," Xiao Er has already asked the old mothers to tidy up the room, a group of 9 of them, except for a first-class guest room reserved for the white-clothed young man led by the leader, the others are next to the first-class room of the first-class room.

"There's little brother Lao," the young man in white sniffed, why didn't this inn even light a charcoal fire!

"The guest officer has a cold?" Xiao Er was careful, and immediately noticed it, "Don't worry, I'll let the grandmothers light the charcoal fire in the room, and then let the kitchen stew some ginger soup for you to send over, it's cold, it's excellent to go to the cold." ”

"I'm not cold," the boy stubbornly insisted, "I just have an uncomfortable nose!" ”

"The little one knows," Xiao Er nodded immediately, "It's a cold day, the son is not cold, but the other masters, followed the road over, this is the number of nine cold winters, drink some ginger soup, warm up the body is also excellent." ”

"That's right, then I'll reluctantly drink some with them," the young man nodded, these people were all following to protect him, and he really had to drink a bowl of ginger soup, so as not to get sick from the cold, and not be able to abide by his duties.

Xiao Er nodded, sent them all to their respective rooms, instructed the back kitchen, cooked ginger soup, and sent hot water to each room. By the time the guests had washed up, it was time to eat. Xiao Er diligently took the menu and sent it to the first-class guest room, the one who opened the door was still the young man, after washing, he had changed into a navy blue shirt, and the red rope in his hair was also untied and tied in the crown of his hair.

"Xiao Er, do I look good?" The boy raised his arm and spun around.

"Good-looking, Yushu is in the wind, handsome and chic, guest officer, your foundation is here, these clothes are all foils, how can you cover your own bearing," Xiao Er gave a thumbs up and praised again and again, "It's just a guest officer, the weather is cold outside, it looks like it's going to snow, if you go out, you have to add some clothes, so as not to get cold." ”

"That's natural," hearing the praise, the young man was very useful, and when he heard Xiao Er reminding him to wear more clothes when he went out, he shook his head, "We Qi people are not afraid of the cold, the weather in your Wu country is considered spring in our place, and it is warm." ”

"The guest officer's body is really good," Xiao Er shook his head and sighed, "I can't compare, this day, I just hold the charcoal fire, and I still feel cold!" ”

"That's nature," said the young man, proudly, not looking at who I was.

"Master," Ah Lu changed into a gray cotton coat, and as soon as he pushed the door, he heard that his little master was being cool here again, and remembered his wife's instructions before leaving, so he had to interrupt his beautiful imagination, "You better wear more, if Madame knows that you are playing cool again, then-"

"What-" The young man was very angry, if you don't sue, how will she know! If you dare to talk more, see that I don't strip you of your clothes and throw you into the ice cellar!

"Then it's hard for the subordinates to explain," Ah Lu reminded her, "Madame wants to know the master's situation, and we don't need to tell us, but more people will tell her." ”

As far as their master swaggered through the market, he longed for the temper and temperament known to the whole world, and without them flying pigeons to pass on the book, the rumors among the people would be able to reach back to the ears of his wife in less than 3 days.

Therefore, Ah Lu reminded very intimately, "The master should wear a cotton coat!" ”

"What do the guest officers want to eat at noon, I will let them sit in the kitchen first," Xiao Er was very clever, and when he saw that the atmosphere was wrong, he immediately changed the topic, "In winter, the fish head soup is very delicious, the bacon fried bamboo shoots are also very good, and the bird's nest shark fin is also available, it depends on what you want to eat, is it home cooking, or delicacies from the mountains and seas?" ”

The young man held his hands and stood aside, pouting, and didn't answer for a long time, Xiao Er didn't go, he didn't go, he couldn't go, he could only look at Ah Lu. Ah Lu opened his mouth and ordered, "Let's make some home-cooked food,"

Xiao Er got the order, and immediately went downstairs to prepare, leaving only the master and servant to stare at each other.

In the end, when eating, the young man added cotton clothes, sat on the main seat of the table, while picking up vegetables, while staring at Ah Lu viciously, Ah Lu was very calm, holding the bowl and chopsticks, what to eat, what to eat, appetite was still very good, after eating 5 bowls of rice, no one else dared to sit next to the two of them, far away, on the dish in front of them, silently eating.

Commander Lu is so pitiful, but the prince of the small country still doesn't appreciate it, alas, why did His Majesty send the commander to follow the prince of the small country to negotiate here in the state of Wu, and I don't know what happened to the prince. Anyway, His Majesty was very angry, and directly deprived him of the position of the prince and demoted him to the prince, at this time, it is estimated that the prince still doesn't know that he is no longer the prince!

"After eating, let's go find the prince!" Ah Lu put down the dishes and chopsticks and burped, this meal, he ate very well.

"Go ahead, I'm going to drink and listen to books in the restaurant," the person who lost his temper was not someone else, it was the son of Zhao Ying, the princess of Qi, the newly sealed prince Yannan.

"Okay," Zhao Rui has liked to mix in the fireworks and willow alleys since he became an adult, last time Yan Nan went to look for him, and found the largest flower building in Qi State, he was drunk by Zhao Rui, stuffed a *, blew two words of wind in his ears, and threw it into a girl's house, Xiao Guogong almost lost his innocence in the Qinglou that night. After the princess knew, she trembled with anger, and went to the palace every day to find the emperor, the queen mother cried, and the whole palace was full of chickens and dogs.

Two years ago, Zhao Rui was not like this, but he went out on a long trip, and the whole person gave up on himself, and many people in Qi complained that he was not worthy of being the prince and the next monarch.

After throwing Yan Nan in the Qinglou, he disappeared for 2 months, the emperor sent someone to secretly look for a long time, but as a result, he did not find it in his country, but Wu Guo sent a letter, saying that he was in Qingzhou City, not only did not inform his whereabouts, but also killed a team of merchants, the emperor's mood after knowing can be imagined, and he stripped him of the title of prince on the spot, and was demoted to a prince.

No one in the court was willing to stand up and envoy Wu for him, only the small prince of Yannan, despite the princess's dissuasion, had to come to find this cousin. When the emperor found out, he couldn't ask for it, so he immediately issued a document and asked Yan Nan to set off immediately.

Yan Nan really set off immediately, and took 9 of them with him and rushed here from the capital of Qi Kingdom.

Thinking of the last meeting, Ah Lu didn't have confidence in his heart, Zhao Rui still asked him to find it, after finding someone, make an appointment with a normal place, a serious time, and then let Yan Nan meet him. As for the mansion where Zhao Rui stays here, forget it, if there are a bunch of singers and dancers in it, let the princess know, and cry in front of the emperor again.