In the afternoon, outside the Imperial City Suzaku Gate. Two rows of soldiers lined up, clenching the spears in their hands, stood solemnly without squinting.

Li Tai walked with a steady pace, followed by Ah Sheng, from the main road in the imperial city to the city gate, and when they passed by, the eight soldiers bowed in unison and saluted, and watched Li Tai board the carriage that had been parked outside the city gate since early in the morning.

Ah Sheng didn't catch the car today, the coachman was a tall man with a public face, and after Li Tai and Ah Sheng got into the carriage one after the other, he hooked the reins lightly, and the two horses he pulled ran into the distance.

Inside the carriage, Ah Sheng looked at Li Tai who was silent, and he knew it in his heart, and said carefully: "Master, there is no special news in the palace, and he may have delayed something in the Sword Hall, so he didn't come back in time, and his hiding skills are even inferior to me, and there will definitely be no accident." ”

The night before yesterday. Li Tai sent Shen Jiantang to the palace to get things, and set a deadline for him to go back to the secret house this morning, but he didn't see anyone come back in the morning, Li Tai didn't wait for a moment, and entered the palace to face the saint according to the original arrangement, and was left by the emperor to eat at noon.

After Li Tai went out of the secret mansion, he didn't mention the matter of Shen Jiantang again, but Ah Sheng knew that he was a little concerned in his heart, and for him, who had watched Li Tai grow up almost since he was a child, he could always see a slight difference from Li Tai's almost identical face.

Most of the people who figured out Li Tai's thoughts without permission did not end well, but for Ah Sheng, Li Tai just glanced at him lightly and said, "Talkative." ”

In fact, Ah Sheng was right, if it weren't for Shen Jiantang not coming back on time, Li Tai would have been in a good mood, especially since he had just asked for the emperor's will.

Ah Sheng shut up and sat in the car honestly, until the master and servant got off the car outside the door of the secret mansion, he didn't say anything more, but he kept muttering in his heart: You'd better be waiting in the secret mansion at this time, surnamed Shen.

Xu is Ah Sheng's prayer worked, and as soon as he passed through the front yard, he heard the man he had read all the way from a distance, and the voice of some scoundrels, mixed with the occasional collision sound:

"Sister, your bun is so fragrant. It's more fragrant than you, so you can reward your little brother with a basket of steamed buns to eat, okay? ”

"Rascals! Who's your sister! Look at you, you're almost thirty, and this girl is not even seventeen this year! ”

"Thirty? Where is the little brother so old, he is only sixteen this year, just call you sister, sister, reward me with a cage, ah! Don't fight, don't fight, I don't take it, one cage can't be made, those two, two should always be fine, what! Even two meat buns, you can't bear it? ”

"Get the hell out of the kitchen! If you dare to come in again, this girl will burn your face with a hot cage! ”

"Hehe, okay, you give me two meat buns, and I will sell you this handsome face."

"Don't touch! Hmph, look for death! ”

The kitchen of the secret house is located at the junction of the front yard and the small building, and Li Tai has been standing at the door of the flower hall since he heard Shen Jiantang speak since he entered the door. No longer moving forward.

Ah Sheng, who was walking behind him, listened to the movement in the kitchen not far away, and knew that Shen Jiantang's shameless little girl was molesting others again, and when he saw that his master was not moving, he cleared his throat and said:

"Master, I'll go over and take a look."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Shen Jiantang's ghost scream again, as well as the girl's coquettish scolding and crackling and smashing things, Li Tai didn't answer, and after Ah Sheng went for a while, he also walked slowly towards the kitchen with his hands behind his back.

The kitchen of the secret house used to be very tidy, but now it is a mess, white flour can be seen everywhere on the stove and cupboards, pots and pans have fallen to the ground, and many of the fish and meat that had been hanging on the beams have been knocked to the ground by debris thrown back and forth.

A girl wearing a short garnet-colored undershirt with a printed corset was constantly holding the miscellaneous items at hand and throwing them at the figure who was constantly approaching her, Shen Jiantang moved flexibly to avoid the things she thrown, and the faceless laughter continued, which made it easy to ignore his thick right arm wrapped in white gauze.

"Sword Hall, don't make trouble!" As soon as Ah Sheng walked to the kitchen door, he took a clear look at the room, and shouted with a wry smile at the gray figure who had just jumped onto the stove.

Shen Jiantang turned his head when he heard the sound, grinned at Ah Sheng, and bent down to dodge a carrot that almost fell on his head, which flew over his head and rushed towards Ah Sheng.

"Ahh The girl in the kitchen screamed, and just as the radish was about to hit Ah Sheng's door, he grabbed it casually.

"Miss Zhou. What's going on? Ah Sheng turned to look sideways at the girl with a slightly red face and a slightly messy bun.

"Steward Li, I'm making snacks for the prince," Zhou Rui still had anger on his face, and stretched out his index finger to point at Shen Jiantang, who was still standing on the stove, "This person came out of nowhere, his mouth was not clean, and he was still doing something to me." ”

After Shen Jiantang received Ah Sheng's eyes of hatred and hatred, he laughed and explained: "I didn't eat breakfast or lunch, I'm hungry, of course I went to the kitchen to find something to eat when I came back, it just so happened that she was steaming dim sum, I ate a few meat buns, she didn't want to, and said that I would do it-"

Speaking of this, he smiled with one hand, put on an aggrieved expression, stretched out his uninjured left hand, and pointed at the tip of his nose with his backhand, "Xiao Lizi, do you think I look like the kind of hooligan she said?" ”

Ah Sheng looked at him angrily, "It's not like that." "It doesn't have to be. Because you yourself are a scoundrel who likes to flirt with women of good families.

"Miss Zhou," Ah Sheng turned his head to Zhou Rui and said, "This Shen Gongzi is not an outsider, he is a little fun-loving, but he has no malicious intentions, I apologize to you on his behalf, don't be angry, I'll call someone to clean the kitchen, you go back to the room to rest first." ”

Of course, Zhou Rui knew that Shen Jiantang was not an outsider, otherwise she would not have been able to touch this secret mansion smoothly, but she was in anger at the moment. I didn't control my mouth for a while:

"Steward Li, if he wants to apologize to me, he slapped his mouth three times, then I won't pursue it."

Ah Sheng listened to her words, his brows suddenly wrinkled, this Zhou Rui is the son of King Wei in Luoyang Courtyard, his father Zhou Rui is a small steward, but he died of illness three years ago, the little girl is single, knows some martial arts, and makes good noodles.

So, last year, when Li Tai asked Ah Sheng to choose some to be placed on the streets of Chang'an City, he chose them and opened a bun shop near Guozijian to inquire about some news, which can be regarded as half of the people inside the Wei Palace.

However, this week, the girl was sent to the secret house by the people of the Chang'an Courtyard last night, and Li Tai didn't tell Ah Sheng the reason, so he naturally didn't ask much.

Ah Sheng has no contact with her, these third-rate spies placed in the streets and alleys of the palace are just slaves and maids of the palace in his eyes, and with his status in front of Li Tai, it is rare to see her once a year, so he doesn't know much about her character.

Shen Jiantang himself and Li Tai are also friends and not friends, and Ah Sheng has "tribulated" with him, everyone has a distant and close relative, Shen Jiantang He knows this person very well, and when he saw the little girl, he began to talk about it, but no matter how he said it, it would not be so bad that he needed to palm his mouth.

Therefore, Ah Sheng was somewhat unhappy with Zhou Rui's unforgiving attitude. He himself is not a good talker, he looks harmless to people and animals on his face, but he can't get close to the side of good people at all, he can just be a peacemaker, but he just gives both sides a step, but he doesn't want her to see his identity so clearly.

Thinking of this, Ah Sheng's frowning brows spread. There was no smile on his face, and he said to Zhou Rui in a cold voice: "Miss Zhou, if you are tired, go back to your room to rest first." ”

Zhou Rui somewhat knew some of Ah Sheng's status in front of King Wei, and now that he saw his face change, most of the anger just now disappeared, and he said to Ah Sheng with a somewhat gloomy expression: "I know, I made the kitchen like this, I'll clean it up myself." ”

"No, you don't." Seeing that she softened, Ah Sheng's face turned slightly pale, and he turned his head to glare at Shen Jiantang, who was squatting on the stove and snickering.

Shen Jiantang shrugged his shoulders at him, jumped back to the ground gently, walked to Zhou Rui's side in two steps, and in the vigilance on her face, reached out and grabbed a steaming bun from the open drawer cage on the stove, patted the little flour stained on it, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Ah Sheng was about to say more about him, when he suddenly felt someone approaching behind him, so he moved to the door so as not to block Li Tai's view.

"Your Highness." Zhou Rui saw Ah Sheng's wrong body, revealing Li Tai standing at the door, and hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Shen Jiantang saw that Zhou Rui no longer stopped him from eating steamed buns, so he simply hugged the two cages in his arms, turned his head to face Li Tai's ice cube face standing outside the door, quickly chewed the buns a few times and swallowed them, and laughed at him dryly.

Li Tai's gaze shifted from his somewhat embarrassed head and face to his arm dragging the cage, and stayed for a moment, the gauze wrapped on it was very thick, and there was no blood seeping out, Shen Jiantang was a life-sparing person, sometimes his fingers could be wrapped in two taels of gauze, and now he didn't look like a big problem.

"Where's the stuff?"

"Put it under your bed," Shen Jiantang asked himself for something when he saw him open his mouth, and said with an aggrieved face, "I said, I have worked hard for most of my life to do things for you, and you didn't even have a greeting when you came back, it's too chilling......"

Li Tai ignored his complaint and stretched out a hand towards Ah Sheng, who knowingly took out a piece of paper from the placket of his shirt and placed it in the palm of his hand.

With a flick of Li Tai's wrist, the thin envelope swept towards Shen Jiantang like a piece of iron, and he hurriedly threw away the bun in his hand and took it.

Shen Jiantang put the drawer cage aside, and wiped his clothes casually with oily hands, causing Zhou Rui to look disgusted.

He opened the letterhead, carefully read the few lines of words and the red seal on it, and immediately smiled and squinted, carefully putting the warrant that allowed him to take down the drunken Jiangnan into his arms.

"Drunk Jiangnan will be yours from now on," Li Tai glanced at Zhou Rui beside him, "You can take this person with you too." ”

(One more arrived, the weather suddenly turned cold, accidentally won the bid, and went to the water in the afternoon, so it was late, today is still two watches, tomorrow's three watches, thank you for your tips and tickets!) ）(！ )