Emperor Yong'an drove Long Xiao, the newly crowned prince, out of the capital, claiming that he would not return to the capital unless he found a wife.

Long Xiao, who left the capital, was at a loss, and there was a vast sea of people, so where did he go to find a woman he could accept and like?

After thinking about it, Long Xiao finally decided to find a few famous mountains and rivers to play, and when he had enough, he would return to Beijing, and then he would choose what kind of princess his father and queen mother would choose for him.

After playing around for nearly half a month, Long Xiao decided to go to Daming Mountain to play and then return to Beijing. Came to a small county town called Yunji near Daming Mountain, this small county town just held a festival to the gods today, the people of the nearby ten miles and eight townships came to see the excitement, the whole small county town is bustling, lively and extraordinary.

Even in such a lively environment, Long Xiao was still as cold and lonely as a crowd, and the cold temperament around him made everyone who passed by him automatically get out of the way. But there were so many people on the street that I couldn't leave more space for him. I haven't been able to find an inn to stay in, and although Long Xiao hates to squeeze around with people here, there is nothing he can do.

When the procession of worshippers who were blowing, stilting, rowing boats, and dressed up as bull-headed horses, nine heavenly immortals, and underworld Yama came over, those who watched the excitement were even more crazy, and no one paid attention to the fear of this cold, scar-faced nobleman.

Long Xiao was trying to squeeze into a storefront, and wait for these people to pass before looking for the inn. Suddenly, I felt that someone was pulling on my waist, and when I turned my head, I found that a man with a thin figure who looked like a poor boy was squeezing into the crowd in a panic. Looking at his waist again, the jade pendant hanging from his waist was gone.

Which little hairy thief who doesn't have long eyes actually stole something and stole it on his Long Xiao's head! Long Xiao pulled away the crowd with his hand and chased after the thief. When the thief saw that he had found out, he hurried to the place where there were more people. He was small and thin, squeezing around the crowd like a loach, and in a few clicks he was nowhere to be seen.

Long Xiao looked at the crowded crowd and turned blue with anger.

Until the god worship team left, the crowd on the street was sparse, and Long Xiao couldn't find the thief again. Long Xiao, who was depressed, found an inn to live in, and the next day he wandered around the street to see if he could find the thief. The hard work paid off, and he actually found the skinny poor boy who was similar to the stealer yesterday. The poor boy had a dirty face, and he was buying steamed buns with money and a smile on his face.

Flying and jumping, Long Xiao grabbed it with his big hand, and caught the kid, "Immediately hand over the jade pendant you stole yesterday!" ”

When the poor boy saw that Long Xiao had caught her, he immediately shouted: "You are talking nonsense, I don't know you at all, catch thieves and stolen goods, what about stolen goods?" ”

Long Xiao is not such a reasonable person, mentioning her, dragged him to a secluded alley, "Boy, do you hand it over yourself, or will I pinch you to death?" ”

"I really didn't take your jade pendant, you recognized the wrong person."

Long Xiao didn't bother to talk to him, and reached out to touch him in his arms, but the thief immediately covered his chest with his hands in horror and shouted: "Don't! You, you scoundrel! Long Xiao clasped her hands against the wall with one hand, and touched him with the other hand.

"Stinky rascal, stop! Someone, it's rude! The thief screamed.

Long Xiao's hand that reached into his arms touched the soft place on his chest, and his heart was shocked, and he immediately withdrew his hand back. Looking at the thief again, tears have flowed out, and after a closer look, I found that although the thief in front of him had a dirty face, it was clearly a girl.

wiped her face a few times with the tears in her hand, and a bright and delicate girl's face was revealed, with big smart eyes and a small nose, she looked like a clever and intelligent girl.

"You're a woman?" Long Xiao asked nonsense in one fell swoop.

The girl glared at him with an angry face, and scolded angrily: "Don't you have long eyes? framed me, and wanted to insult me, I will go to the official and send you playboy to the government. ”

Long Xiao sneered, even if this thief was a girl, he would not let her go with pity, "Take out the jade pendant you stole yesterday, otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind!" ”

"I didn't steal, I didn't steal." The girl still refused to admit it.

"You don't cry when you don't see the coffin!" Long Xiao approached her with a cold face.

The girl's complexion changed for a moment, and she suddenly smiled again, "This son, I have something to say, so let's let go of me, and I will take you to get the jade pendant." ”

"Humph!" Long Xiao let go of the hands that held her, today is not as good as yesterday, and he is not afraid that she will run away again.

The girl bared her teeth and stroked his painful wrists, and led him down the street with her head down. After walking a short distance, he was greeted by three officials talking and laughing. The girl suddenly tore off her cloth hat, revealing her head full of green silk, and then ran quickly to the servant, shouting in a sharp voice as she ran: "Help! What a disrespect! There are hooligans! ”

Long Xiao didn't expect this girl to be so cunning, and immediately flew up and jumped up to catch her. The official looked at it, this is okay, bullying a woman in the blue sky and daylight is simply bold. The three officials immediately rushed over with a shout, "Stop, it's just lawless, you dare to flirt with a woman from a good family on the street!" ”

These three officials were naturally not Long Xiao's opponents, and they kicked these officials to the ground with three punches and two kicks. But when he got rid of the entanglement of the servants, the girl was gone.

Long Xiao jumped onto the roof, stood on a high place and looked around, and sure enough, he found that the girl was running in a small alley. He simply leaped directly on the roof, chasing her from above.

The girl obviously didn't notice the dragon roar on the roof, but she just turned around while running, and when she saw that there was no one behind, she ran towards a ruined temple with confidence. Long Xiao jumped down and quietly approached the ruined temple.

In the ruined temple, the girl had pulled up her hair and put on the cloth hat again. A teenager, two girls of seven or eight years old, a little boy of about four or five years old with a disabled leg, and four children were surrounding her.

The girl took out two pennies, "Xiaoju, you go buy four steamed buns and come back." The eldest little girl, named Xiaoju, took the money and turned to go out. When he came to the door, he immediately screamed. When the girl came over, she immediately saw Long Xiao, who was covered in cold air, standing at the door.

The girl's face suddenly changed color, and she hurriedly protected several children behind her like old hens, "What do you want to do?" ”

"Take out the jade pendant!" Long Xiao took out a silver ticket and threw it to her. Now he is the crown prince and the future emperor, these people will be his people in the future, and this girl is obviously forced by life to become a thief. can't let everyone have food and clothing, this is also a king's regret and helplessness. Today's Long Xiao has gradually been able to look at the world from a higher perspective.

The girl looked at the amount on the silver ticket, a bright smile appeared on her face, and then she frowned sadly, "Yu Pei, it's really not in my hand." ”

Long Xiao said coldly: "Don't get an inch!" ”

The girl said to the girl named Xiaoju, "You take them out to buy steamed buns to eat first." ”

Xiao Ju looked at Long Xiao with some fear, and hurriedly led the three children out.

"This son, I'm really sorry, that jade pendant has been sold by me to a jade seller yesterday, and I don't know him, son, you take the silver ticket back, since you have money, just do something good, don't you pursue it?"

If the jade pendant was not worn by Emperor Yong'an himself after Long Xiao was born, he has always carried the things around him since he was a child, maybe he really forgot it, but that jade pendant is his rare beloved thing, and he really doesn't want to lose it.

"What's your name, are your parents gone?"

"My name is Zhen Lianlian, ripple ripple, my parents passed away in a plague a few years ago."

"Are those your siblings?"

Zhen Lianlian shook her head, "They are all poor orphans like me, who make a living by begging. I had to do my best to take care of them. Some time ago, the owner of the grocery store I helped to work ended his business and moved to another place, I couldn't find something to do, and I had no money to buy food, and I saw that Gongzi was dressed in fine clothes, and he didn't lack money when he wanted to come, so he was greedy and stole your jade pendant, I'm sorry! ”

Although Long Xiao has always been ruthless and never pity anyone, now, he really can't punish this girl ruthlessly.

"Follow me!" Long Xiao turned around and walked out.

Zhen Lianlian was a little panicked, "Childe, you're not going to send me to the government, are you?" ”

"It's not!" Long Xiao didn't explain, just walked forward.

Zhen Lianlian followed behind him nervously, "Well, this son, at first glance, you are a great good person, full of luxury, you must be a rich and noble person, adults don't care about villains, you better forget it." ”

Is he a great good man? This girl can really talk nonsense, if he is a good person, there will be no bad people in this world. However, he seems to be really a good man now. Because he took Zhen Lianlian to a steamed bun shop, took out a silver ingot and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Send steamed buns to the broken temple behind three times a day." "This ingot of silver is enough for ten taels, which is enough for a poor family of four for a year. The four children in this broken temple eat steamed buns every day, and I am afraid that they will not be able to eat them all in a year.

Zhen Lianlian smiled and said, "I knew you were a good person, hehe." ”

Long Xiao turned around and said to her coldly, "Take me to the jade vendor." ”

Zhen Lianlian was dumbfounded, he dared to love him and hadn't given up pursuing Yu Pei!

Zhen Lianlian took him and began to shuttle through the streets and alleys, muttering as he walked: "Big brother, son, it's not that I don't want to help you find it, the peddler has no fixed place, who knows where he will go again, forget it." ”

Long Xiao asked coldly, "How much did you sell it to him?" ”

Zhen Lianlian touched his nose embarrassedly, "Hehe, because it's stolen goods, the vendor is also very dark-hearted, and only gave me one or two silver." ”

Long Xiao's face darkened, his jade pendant was a rare blood jade, worth a thousand gold, she was good, and she sold it for one or two silver.

"Even if you look for it for a lifetime, you have to find it for me!"