Chapter 19: A Man Gets Drunk
"Huh?" Si Koulin was very puzzled, he had been here for so long, he was all alone, except for eating together in the evening, everyone in the mansion seemed to be very busy, and Xu Sheng was even more so, it always seemed like he couldn't finish it. Why all of a sudden, the thought of taking yourself out for a walk?
"Aren't you bored?" Xu Sheng sandwiched some more food for him, and he didn't know when he had gotten used to adding some food to him occasionally, "Stay in this small room all day." ”
"But I don't know what to do, where to go?" Si Koulin lowered his head and said silently.
Xu Sheng looked at the young man who bowed his head, no wonder he was attacked by evil, there was no pillar in his heart, no happiness, he never rode a horse and galloped, never conceived the world, but like a beautiful living puppet.
Xu Sheng doesn't look down on this state very much, if it were someone else, he would definitely want him to roll away, put him in the barracks, and go through a hard experience, naturally he will no longer look like this.
However, this person who has the identity of the fourth prince of Sikou Kingdom still has to be kept.
The next morning, after getting up and getting dressed, Xu Sheng took Si Koulin out of the house.
At first, the housekeeper prepared a carriage, but Xu Sheng refused. A half-grown horse was prepared for the teenager and he was allowed to ride it on his own.
After all, Si Koulin is a country on horseback, and the four princes of Si Koulin are a little good at riding horses, but they are really rusty. The movements are awkward and jerky. I'm afraid I'll accidentally fall off the horse.
Xu Sheng really couldn't look past it and got off the horse. Grabbing his hand, holding the reins, "Hold it tight, if you want to control it, you have to hold it hard." He patted him on the thigh, "Clamp the horse's back." "Stroke the young man's slightly curled up, stiff back waist, "straighten your waist and look ahead." Rest assured and move forward boldly. ”
Si Koulin sat on horseback, stiff, and didn't dare to come out, he was made by this, where did he dare to go forward boldly and boldly?
Xu Sheng saw that the young man still didn't move, so he slapped the horse's buttocks hard, and the horse galloped forward in an instant.
Si Koulin didn't react, and instantly fell to the side, and at the last moment, he was about to fall under the horse's hooves. Fortunately, Xu Sheng reacted very quickly, took a leap, got up, and conveniently picked up the young man who was about to fall, and the two of them landed steadily on the horse's back.
Si Koulin was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold, and his heart was beating extremely fast. In just a few seconds, it was a round trip.
"The four princes of Sikou have never ridden a horse?" Xu Sheng's magnetic voice sounded in Si Koulin's ears. The heartbeat beat like a drum was fluttering and beating fast and powerfully. Behind him is the broad shoulders that surround him.
Xu Sheng grabbed the reins with both hands and encircled the young man in his arms. The boy was thin, like a small animal, and the two of them were not crowded on a horse. I didn't think it was strange there, just in this posture, two people and a horse, Xu Sheng and the boy rode a horse on the outskirts of Beijing.
The cold wind in the winter is still very strong, snoring, but it is extraordinarily a strong spirit, Xu Sheng feels as if he has returned to the frontier, his own world, galloping horses, and soldiers working together. It's not like in this capital, where you are careful everywhere and patient.
Si Koulin felt that his face was a little uncomfortable by the cold wind, but his back was as warm as spring. I never dared to ride a horse, because there was no one to teach me, and no one gave me the opportunity to ride a horse, for fear of falling, for fear of making a fool of myself, for fear of appearing in the crowd. And now, the cold wind is howling, and the scenery on both sides is retreating rapidly, feeling the speed like never before, and there is a kind of exhilaration, overflowing from the heart.
The ink-like hair fluttered and floated over Xu Sheng's cheeks, feeling a little itchy. Xu Sheng took out one hand and smoothed the young man's hair to the side, so as not to obstruct his vision.
Si Koulin hurriedly stretched out his hand and held down the long hair that had been pulled aside, not wanting to be disturbed by anything at this moment.
Xu Sheng deliberately made an extra big detour in the suburbs of Beijing before taking Si Koulin into the capital.
When they got off the streets of the capital, the two got off the horse, the bustling crowd, and the bustling streets of the capital, seemed to be very familiar, but they seemed to be unfamiliar.
Si Koulin stood on the street, watching the lively scene.
More than three months ago, on the way back to Haoyuanguo, he was also walking on the street with him.
For as long as I can remember, I walked on this bustling street twice because of him.
"What to eat, what to play, although let go of eating, let go of playing." Xu Sheng led the horse and said.
"I'm not a child." Si Koulin rarely said a little more and protested slightly.
"When I was your age, I had already run all over the capital, all over the frontier, and thousands of miles from the capital to the border." Xu Sheng said indifferently, "If you live for a lifetime, if you don't live happily, you will always be just a pawn to be manipulated." ”
Si Koulin looked up at the person with a resolute face and eyes shining in the sun, and it was like this, and he could always see this kind of strength in him. I had just tried to choose to believe him. However, in the end, it was not arranged without saying a word.
Although he later learned about his situation in the capital, for the crown prince and Prince Rui, he was just a prince who was not favored. But seeing from his body that he will definitely not stop there.
But he is not him, he does not have the millions of soldiers who swear to follow him on the frontier, without his courage and perseverance, he is not even a righteous prince, but just a pawn who was sent to the enemy country as a proton.
How could Xu Sheng not see the light flashing in the young man's eyes, and then he was filled with inferiority and self-pity in his eyes. "Let's go." As he spoke, he walked to the candy man's shop and stopped, bought a golden candy man, and handed it directly to Si Kolin.
This time, Si Koulin did not refuse, and decided those things with the same toughness. Eating the sugar man with his head down, the taste is sweet and greasy, and the crystal clear and beautiful sugar man is this sweet taste.
Xu Sheng took Si Koulin to buy a lot of things on the street, and at noon, the two of them went to the tallest restaurant in the capital.
This is the first restaurant in the capital, which is ten floors high, and the top floor is a good place for the dignitaries and important ministers in the capital to come here to enjoy sightseeing.
Xu Sheng asked for a private room near the river.
Si Koulin followed Xu Sheng, ascending countless stairs on top of each other, and finally arrived.
Entering the private room, the junior official pushed open the two screens and came to the railing, below which is the entire capital, and there is a Changyuan River, like a beautiful ribbon, outlining the entire capital.
Si Koulin was led by Xu Sheng to stand in front of this railing, looking at the beautiful scenery of the entire capital. It's really towering into the clouds, and you can hold a white cloud with your hand. When you step on your foot, you will fall back to pieces.
At high places, it seems that the wind is very strong and there is nowhere to focus, as if the wind will be carried away by itself.
Xu Sheng looked at the appearance of the young man holding the railing tightly with his hand, as if he was facing a great enemy, and he wanted to laugh. Turning around, he picked up the wine glass on the table and poured twice as much wine, "Drink by the railing, and enjoy the world." ”
"I don't drink." Si Koulin wanted to refuse, for fear that as soon as he let go of his hand holding the railing, he would fall.
"Afraid of what?" Xu Sheng grabbed the young man's hand away from the railing, put the wine glass in his hand in the young man's hand and chuckled, "Drink it, and the wind won't blow you away." ”
Knowing that he was telling a lie, he was like coaxing a child, but he still held the wine glass and tried to put it in his mouth. This wine is the best dense flower sweet wine in the capital, and Xu Sheng specially asked for him. Si Koulin drank it and felt very good, just like a delicious sweet soup, sweet, and with a taste of wine.
Xu Sheng watched him drink the entire glass of wine in one gulp. I just wanted to stop it, but I forgot it. Instead, he turned around and took the wine jug on the table and poured it for Si Koulin. Drink alcohol with a heartfelt drench.
Si Koulin drank three glasses in a row, and Xu Sheng asked him to slow down and taste this good wine in Beijing, like a cow drinking water, but it is a waste.
Si Koulin, who drank the wine, was fine at first, but there was a little bit of a head, and his cheeks, which were originally as white as ice and snow, were slowly dyed with a pink flush. The expression and posture are no longer so restrained, and he even secretly lies on the railing without an image, looking at the beautiful scenery of the entire capital below.
But he still drank the sweet wine as sweet water in his hand. Xu Sheng saw that he was almost drunk. When he was drunk, he stopped pouring wine for him. Unexpectedly, Si Koulin actually reached out and snatched the wine jug from Xu Sheng's hand, and after a glass, he put the wine jug back into Xu Sheng's hand.
This action made Xu Sheng smile interestingly, the previous child was lifeless, but after getting drunk, it was much more alive. It is said that he shows his true feelings after drinking, or maybe this is what he really looks like?
"I still want to drink." Si Koulin turned his head to look at Xu Sheng directly, his big eyes were black and white, clear and clean.
Xu Sheng shook the flask in front of him, "You're drunk." ”
"I'm not drunk." Si Koulin tilted his head and blinked, "I'll tell you a secret. Then he withdrew his hand that was holding the railing and put it in front of his mouth, mysteriously, "Tell you only one person." ”
Xu Sheng looked at his abnormal appearance, but wanted to know what he could say, "Okay." ”
"I'm telling you, I'm in another world." Si Koulin shook his head, trying to sort out his confused head, but there was no way, "I'm so scared, two days ago, I thought I had become a cat." ”
Xu Sheng squinted his eyes, it seemed that he would not live up to his trip today, and he was tempted and coaxed, "Become a cat?" ”
"Hmm." Si Koulin pursed his small mouth, "There is another cat, who always grabs food with me." ”
The other cat, presumably the white kitten, Xu Sheng continued to ask, "And then?" ”
"Then, I bask in the sun, bask in the sun." Si Koulin's eyes narrowed, as if it were a cat basking in the sun. "I forgot."
"Oh, that's so interesting." Xu Sheng's voice was friendly and slow, echoing Si Koulin.
"Well, sometimes it's funny, sometimes I'm scared." Si Koulin's hand gripped the railing tightly, "In the past, when I was alone in the palace, I secretly raised a bird, and later, I felt that I was flying, I was in a high place, and I was eating insects, but I didn't have wings. As he spoke, his voice choked.