When Li Que walked out of the courtyard, it was already dawn.

Normally, he would have woken up before dawn, first practicing his sword for an hour, then riding and archery. Over the years, almost every day, he was a self-disciplined person.

But today is a little different, not only did he get up much later, but he didn't have the heart to practice swords at all. Maybe it was because he drank too much wine last night, or maybe he didn't like sword training in the first place.

When he walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw Ge Shu Yanlie, a loyal royal soldier standing solemnly by the door, carrying a red lacquered food box in his hand, he looked like he had been waiting for a long time.

Li Que looked at the food box and asked casually, "What's inside?" ”

Ge Shu Yanlie replied: "It was the meal that the princess asked the dining room to prepare, and she specially instructed the cook not to put spicy food, so as not to make Jiang Gongzi unaccustomed to eating it." ”

"He's gone." Li Que said calmly. "He" naturally refers to Jiang Shenzhou.

Geshu Yanlie stopped talking, and he looked a little disappointed.

Li Que glanced at him and said lightly, "Do you have something to say?" ”

Ge Shu Yanlie hesitated and said, "I just think it's a pity to be humble. ”

Li Que said: "It's a pity? ”

Ge Shu Yanlie said: "Jiang Gongzi is very talented and extraordinary, if he can join the palace......"

"He's not going to join." Li Que interrupted him and sighed, "This person is very strange, he doesn't seem to be interested in anything. Don't let him join the palace, even if he is made the prince, he will not be interested. ”

Ge Shu Yanlie hesitated, and then said, "But the prince is his friend." ”

Li Que said: "Just because we are friends, I shouldn't force him." ”

"Humble words." Ge Shu Yanlie lowered his head, and after a while, he couldn't help but ask, "But what is Jiang Gongzi doing in Chang'an?" ”

"Hmph......" Li Que sneered and said, "I don't know, it's just that every time he appears, something will happen, and this time I don't know what will happen." ”

He looked up at the sky, as if thinking about it.

Jiang Shenzhou was standing in front of a stall selling Hu cakes. This is one of the most lively streets in Chang'an City, with bustling people coming and going, shops and thriving businesses.

The flames in the oven were in full bloom, and the strong aroma of grease wafted through the air, and he took a deep breath of the aroma, and could not help swallowing his saliva.

Anyone who has been to Chang'an knows that this is the most authentic Hu cake stall in Chang'an City, and the stall owner is also the most authentic Persian.

This honest Persian man has exquisite craftsmanship and is very particular about the ingredients, so the Hu cakes he baked not only smelled fragrant, but also tasted juicy.

Now he is greeting his guests warmly and pasting the freshly rolled cakes on the wall of the hearth.

With a snort, the grease dripped and a puff of white smoke rose from the fire, and the Hu cake was baked.

"Come, Childe, your cake." The stall owner handed over the steaming bread.

The freshly baked Hu cake was fragrant and hot, Jiang Shenzhou took it with both hands and bit it carefully. He is in a good mood, and food can make people as happy as good wine and beautiful people.

Has he forgotten the purpose of his trip? He didn't forget, the master said that as long as he arrived in Chang'an, someone would naturally pick him up.

If you will naturally encounter it, why bother looking for it.

"Thank you all for cheering!" Just as Jiang Shenzhou was thinking, a crisp and tactful voice came.

The sound came from the front, and a large locust tree not far away was full of people, and it seemed that someone was performing a trick. Jiang Shenzhou squeezed into the crowd.

In the clearing in front of the crowd stood an old man and a young girl. The old man was pale-skinned, with a high nose and deep eyes, and his curly hair was wrapped in layers of turbans. The girl was dressed in red, her flaxen-colored hair was tied into two braids, her round face and big eyes, and she smiled very cutely. It looks like they're all from the Western Regions.

Seeing that it was already full of people, the girl in red cleared her throat and said aloud: "Ladies and gentlemen, what follows is the most wonderful trick, and it is also my father's specialty......

She deliberately lengthened her voice until all the onlookers held their breath and stared, and then she said loudly:

"Qiankun Carrying Technique!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl lifted a black cloth behind her. A tall wooden cabinet appeared in front of him, tall and narrow enough to fit a person.

The crowd suddenly burst into cheers, and it seemed that this Qiankun handling technique was indeed extraordinary.

The girl deliberately knocked on the wooden cabinet with her hand to prove that the cabinet was solid and had no mechanism.

Then, the girl's gaze swept over everyone, and Lang Lang said: "Qiankun Handling Technique, as the name suggests, is to transfer people to other places, but ......" Speaking of this, she paused, frowned slightly, and looked a little embarrassed: "But...... Where do I go to find this person? ”

Upon hearing this, many people raised their hands.

The girl smiled with satisfaction, and after walking around the crowd, she suddenly grabbed Jiang Shenzhou's hand, and Ying Ying smiled: "This son, it's you." ”

Jiang Shenzhou did not raise his hand.

Although he did not raise his hand, he did not mean to refuse. In front of everyone's eyes, the girl in front of him was so enthusiastic, how could he be embarrassed to refuse.

Soon the maiden led him to the tall wooden cabinet, and all he had to do was to go inside.

The door of the wooden cabinet slowly closed, and at the beginning, Jiang Shenzhou could still hear the girl's voice, but gradually he couldn't hear any sound, and only darkness was left in front of him.

There was a faint aroma in the dark cabinet, like the aroma of wood, and like the mellow smell unique to the spices of the Western Regions, gradually, Jiang Shenzhou's breathing slowed down, even his eyelids became heavy, and he slowly closed his eyes.

As soon as he closed his eyes, the plank under his feet opened, and it was empty, and he suddenly fell into a hole in the ground below, which was covered with thick hay.

Jiang Shenzhou sat on the haystack like this, his eyes closed, and he looked like he had slept very dead.

In the darkness, a pale hand silently reached out.

The pale hand was getting closer and closer to his face, and it looked like it was about to grab his throat. At this moment, Jiang Shenzhou suddenly opened his eyes, and when he opened his eyes, he had already grabbed his hand in the dark. It turned out that he had already noticed that the aroma was strange, so he decided to do it.

"Oops—" A crisp voice sounded in front of him.

The voice...... Isn't it the girl in red who is juggling?

"Who are you and what do you want to do?" Jiang Shenzhou grabbed her hand tightly, and he suddenly found himself falling into a trap, and this trap was undoubtedly related to the girl.

Who knew that the girl struggled and shouted: "Jiang Shenzhou, let go of me." ”

Jiang Shenzhou said curiously: "Do you know my name?" ”

The girl said: "I not only know your name, but also know that you are here to find someone in Chang'an!" ”

Jiang Shenzhou became vigilant, lowered his voice and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The girl's voice seemed anxious: "I'm the one who is leading you, you...... You still don't let go! The girl knew both his name and the purpose of his coming to Chang'an, it didn't look like she was lying, Jiang Shenzhou let go of her hand.

"It's too late to say more, come with me." As soon as the girl grabbed Jiang Shenzhou and left, after walking about five or six feet, she could see a piece of light, and the two of them walked out of the tunnel along the light.

Outside the tunnel is a dyeing shop covered with colored cloth.

Walking out of the dyeing workshop, Jiang Shenzhou found himself standing behind the crowd of onlookers. It turns out that this is the secret of the so-called Qiankun transportation technique.

At that moment, the girl struck a gong. The onlookers turned their heads when they heard the sound, and when they saw Jiang Shenzhou, they couldn't help but marvel, and the applause was thunderous for a while.

In the admiration of the crowd, the girl walked back to the old man and said loudly: "The above is today's performance, thank you for your support, welcome everyone to come back tomorrow." ”

The crowd of onlookers gradually dispersed, and the old man and the girl also began to pack their things, and when they finished cleaning up, the old man turned around and left silently, leaving only Jiang Shenzhou and the girl in red standing under the tree.

The girl blinked and shouted, "Hey, how long are you going to stand here stupidly?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "What do you say? How long do I have to stand? ”

The girl said, "If you want me to say, you can stand here for a day and a night, or you can come with me." ”

Jiang Shenzhou asked, "Where to go?" ”

The girl smiled mischievously and said, "Go to a place where you can drink." ”

The place where you drink is in a sake brewery, and the name of the liquor shop is Senju Pavilion. It is a small old sake brewery, and there are only three tables in the whole sake brewery, and in addition to the tables, the corners of the walls are piled with large and small wine jars. The seal of the jar was covered with dust and looked like it had been sitting for many years.

Jiang Shenzhou and the girl sat at the innermost table, on which there was a bottle of wine and a few side dishes.

The two sat for a while before Jiang Shenzhou asked, "You said that you were the one who took the lead, but what evidence do you have?" As he spoke, he glanced at the counter and saw the owner of the brewery sleeping on the counter, but even then his voice was soft.

The girl blinked and asked, "What evidence do you want?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "Any evidence is fine, as long as it can prove that you are the inductor." ”

The girl said, "Okay, then listen well, I not only know your name, but also know that you were born an orphan, and you were raised by the master." ”

Jiang Shenzhou smiled: "You're right, but you still can't prove your identity." ”

The girl continued: "You have not been able to speak since you were a child, so others think you are dumb. It wasn't until you were nine years old that you spoke your first words. But a year later, you were bitten by a poisonous snake, although it was a great disaster. But because of the violent, you fell asleep for two whole years. ”

Jiang Shenzhou was still indifferent and said, "This is also true...... However, it is still impossible to prove anything......"

"Don't worry, listen to me......" The girl took a sip of water, and continued: "When you were thirteen years old, you went up the mountain to collect medicine, and accidentally fell off the cliff of Baizhang, but you were unscathed, but you were hit on the head and dented. ”

Jiang Shenzhou subconsciously touched his head, although after many years, he could still feel the gravure on the back of his head.

"I also know that you can hear the slightest sound, smell the slightest smell, and see farther than others, even at night, and that you suddenly discovered it when you woke up at the age of twelve, and your master said that it was the snake venom that stimulated your potential."

"Also, you like to talk to yourself alone, you don't like to eat coriander, you grind your teeth a lot when you sleep, and you get lost easily. In addition to that, you have a total of thirteen moles all over your body, and three on your butt alone......"

"Enough!" Jiang Shenzhou covered the girl's mouth and said in a low voice, "I believe you can't do it yet?" ”

The girl rolled her round eyes, as if to say: Huh! I know more.

Jiang Shenzhou withdrew his hand, coughed dryly, and said, "These are all what my master told you, I just didn't expect that the person who received me was actually a little girl, and how did you know that I came to Chang'an?" ”

The girl shook her braids and said with a smile: "I'm not afraid to tell you, I knew when you just entered the city yesterday, you entered the city at three o'clock in the evening, and you entered the city with Captain Qin Sheng of Tiance Mansion and Li Que, the king of Yongliang County, and then you followed to the palace." ”

This is not difficult to do, since the master has put her in charge of leading, she must also know her appearance, as long as she sends someone to keep an eye on the city gate at all times.

Jiang Shenzhou then asked, "But, how do you know that I will definitely watch the trick?" ”

The girl said, "This is going to ask you, why don't you want to think about how you came here?" ”

Jiang Shenzhou pondered: "I first left the palace, and when I was walking west, I passed by a wine shop, and a orchid suddenly pulled me in......"

The girl said quietly: "And then? ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "When I was drinking, I heard the people at the next table mention that there is a Hu cake in Xishi that is extremely delicious, and I must eat it once when I come to Chang'an, so I went to Xishi ......."

Hearing this, the girl finally couldn't help laughing: "The wine shop you passed by is called Loulan drunk, and the most famous in Loulan drunk is orchid." I heard that they are not only good at singing and dancing, but also have a variety of charms, and all of them are beautiful and fragrant, no wonder you are fascinated......" The girl paused deliberately and secretly glanced at Jiang Shenzhou.

Jiang Shenzhou suddenly realized that from the moment he left the palace, he had fallen into the trap set by the girl.

She first instructed Orchid to pester him into a wine shop, and then arranged for someone to lead him to a cake stall. After eating the Hu cake, Jiang Shenzhou can choose two roads, one to the south and the other to the north. The trick was spread in the north, but he knew that he really only had one way to go, because the girl would only let him go north.

Now that she has arranged everything, she can't go wrong with the last step.

The girl stared at him and said, "Do you fully understand now?" ”

"I only know that I have been tricked by you for a long time......," Jiang Shenzhou muttered, "Actually, you don't need to be so troublesome at all, this is a matter of one sentence." ”

"You're right, but ......," the girl thought for a moment, and replied with a smile: It's too boring!

I saw her eyes roll, and she said, "You should thank me for speaking of which." ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "Oh? ”

The girl said, "Do you think, why do hunters use traps to catch their prey?" Because prey is valuable. I have carefully set a trap for you, and it is not just a proof that you are worthy. So you should thank me. ”

What she said was reasonable, but Jiang Shenzhou couldn't cry or laugh.

He could only admit: "I have to say that this matter is indeed very clever, but you are just a little girl, why are you so scheming?" ”

The girl smiled proudly: "If you want to praise me, you can praise me well, why bother to beat around the bush like this." Also, I'm not called Little Girl, I'm called Parisia. ”

Jiang Shenzhou replied helplessly: "Okay, okay, little girl Parisia." Now that you've found me, what's next? ”

Paris said, "Next, I'll find you a place to stay." ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: You are very thoughtful? So...... Where is it?

"Here it is!" ”

Jiang Shenzhou was puzzled: "Here? ”

He looked around, only to see that there were wine jars all around, and there were no doors between the four walls, and he really couldn't figure out how to "settle" here. But to his surprise, the wooden planks that filled the wine jar could be removed.

Behind the planks is a clean room, with a small courtyard dotted with a few flowers and trees, and a clear ditch trickling under the trees.

Looking at Jiang Shenzhou in the courtyard, Palisa asked, "How?" Still satisfied? ”

Jiang Shenzhou said: "It's not bad, I can't imagine that there is such a chic place after the winery." ”

"Not only is it chic, but it's also very hidden. From today onwards, you will live here, and if you have anything, you will find Uncle Shen. ”

Uncle Shen is the one who has been sleeping on the counter, and he is also the owner of the Qianzhen Pavilion Wine Workshop. This middle-aged man with sideburns and beard is standing silently behind the two of them at the moment, I don't know if it's because he is the owner of the winery, he always looks drunk and confused, and even walks staggeringly, as if he has just woken up.

Jiang Shenzhou asked, "Can't I go out?" ”

"Yes, yes, but I want to remind you of a ......" Paris said, "Chang'an City is an important place in Gyeonggi at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and you must not act recklessly. In particular, your identity must not be revealed, otherwise not only will you be unable to protect yourself, but you will also implicate me and even the entire sect. ”

"Okay, okay, I'm not going out."

After an explanation, Paris left.

Before leaving, she told Jiang Shenzhou that after nightfall, she was going to meet someone.

Master said that the vitality is in Chang'an, and the one who can find the vitality is the person Jiang Shenzhou is about to meet.

Now he wondered what the "man" was sacred.