The footsteps of the two people stopped at the downstairs of Jindan Yulu, which looked indeed a little elegant.

Walk into the attic, ring around, the tables and chairs carved with good sandalwood are delicately carved with different patterns, walk into the room, ring around, the bright sunlight spills down from the bamboo window, the table is also sprinkled with sunshine, there is a yellowish plain silk on the table, next to a inkstone, a few brushes are inserted in the pen holder. In the porcelain pot by the window, there is a delicate pearl plum, which is elegant and chic.

Li Hanning watched Xiao Anze take out a piece of jade order from his arms and handed it to Xiao Er, who was standing at the door of Jindan Yulu, who took the jade order, carefully looked at the inscription on it, and then looked up at Xiao Anze, and instantly understood something:

"Two distinguished guests, the upper room has been prepared, two upstairs, please."

Li Hanning looked at everything around him, like this elegant and chic place that coincided with the Yueqi Festival, according to common sense, they should have no place to enter the city now, but Xiao An still had a jade order on his body that he didn't know where to come, and the little second person obviously changed his expression when he saw the token.

Xiao Anze, who lives on the snow mountain, still has a connection with the people of Yueqi City? But he had just returned to the barracks.

Xiao Er took the two of them upstairs, the upstairs is different from the lobby, it is extraordinarily quiet and quiet, and the two rooms are also adjacent to each other at the end of the corridor.

Xiao Er glanced at Xiao An and said very politely: "This is the residence of the two of them, the two of them who came from afar can rest early today, the food and wine have been put in the room, if there is any dissatisfaction, just greet me, I won't bother." ”

Xiao Er said that he retreated, and only Xiao Anze and Li Hanning were left in the corridor, but Li Hanning stood there as he was, without the slightest intention of entering the room, and Xiao An understood what she meant when he looked at her.

"General Li, rest assured, it's very safe here, not to mention that our rooms were originally next to each other, if there is really a case, with General Li's skills, you will have time to save you."

It's too late to return, but Xiao An seems to have a lot of secrets to hide from them, but since he has already said this, no matter how dull Li Hanning is in this regard, he can understand it, Li Hanning said to him:

"In this case, my subordinates will retire first, and I will be there if His Highness has any orders here."

In the middle of the night, Li Hanning pushed open the paper window of his room to get an unobstructed view of the scenery of the coastal street, on the other side of the street were ordinary people's houses, and the red lanterns hanging at the door flickered and became darker and darker.

However, she is not in the mood to do this yet, and it is only because Xiao An lives close to here, and it is really convenient for her to save people if she comes.

Not far from the second floor, there was a sudden sound of footsteps at this time, Li Hanning subconsciously clenched the sword in his hand, blew out the light in the room, and leaned his body tightly against the door, listening to the sound outside.

Xiao Er's voice came from the corridor: "My lord, further forward is Xiao Gongzi's room." ”

Xiao Er was still carrying a person behind him, and that person followed behind unhurriedly, with a calm breath and a certain amount of martial arts, but he must be still young, not much older than Xiao An.

They stopped at the door of Xiao Anze's room, Li Hanning frowned, and subconsciously clenched the sword in his hand.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Er just stretched out his hand and knocked on the door: "Young Master Xiao, the guest you were waiting for during the day is here." ”

The person who came was a guest of Xiao Anze and others? Do they know?

Li Hanning secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and relaxed the sword in his hand.

Li Hanning heard Xiao Anze's voice coming from the next room: "Come in." ”

Behind him, the son in brocade clothes pushed the door in, and Xiao Er closed the door for them.

Xiao An was playing chess, the black and white were half of each, and the white one in his hand was the white one, and when he saw the man coming in, he temporarily put down the chess pieces in his hand, looked at him from a distance and said:

"Brother Ying Xing, I haven't seen you for a long time."

Song Yingxing, the city lord of Yueqi City, took the paper fan in his hand and pinned it to his waist, walked over, and naturally sat opposite him, on the side of the sunspot:

"It's true that I haven't seen you for a long time, these days have come and gone, government affairs are busy, I heard this family's junior second come to my house during the day and say that someone came with a jade order in hand, I didn't believe it at first, I didn't expect that Brother Xiao really came to my Yueqi City today, so it seems that Brother Xiao is also going to enter the game, I thought, it's just. Don't talk about that, I'm always happy to see you today. ”

Xiao An smiled quietly and said:

"My surname is Xiao, even if I hid far away in the past, where can I hide?"

He seemed to sigh at this sentence, but it made Song Yingxing think of another person in vain:

"Your words remind me of a person, a few days ago, Master Mo also came here, sat in the seat where you sit, and said something similar to you."

Xiao An was stunned when he heard this, and he no longer beat around the bush:

"In that case, let me ask, which side did Brother Song choose?"

Luoyang and the imperial court are fighting each other, and Mo Yunxi has already chosen Chang'an.

Song Yingxing couldn't help but sigh, and said to the person in front of him: "You also know, my city is small, I just want to protect the people in the city, I don't want to mix between you, and I can't afford it." ”

Xiao An shook his head and said: "Brother Song is polite when he says these words, Yueqi City is the desire of the people of the world, and there are even more smelting techniques in the city that soldiers are afraid of, and it is a place where soldiers throughout the ages must fight." ”

Song Yingxing hurriedly waved his hand, and with a wave of his sleeves, his eyes fell on the chessboard in front of him.

Xiao An followed his gaze and also saw the chessboard in front of him.

"Brother Song wants to start another game or do you want to continue?"

Song Yingxing glanced at the candle flame burning on the side, I am afraid that the hour outside is not early, and it is too late to re-do it now, but he looked down:

"I think the son in Brother Xiao's hand is a dead end now, do you want to continue?"

Xiao An also glanced down and said without a trace:

"What about the dead game, in this round of chess with Brother Song, isn't it the process that is originally interesting in playing chess? The result is always a matter of winning or losing. ”

Since he felt that it didn't matter, it was rare for them to play a game like when Nian first met on the snow mountain, Song Yingxing also quickly twisted a son, and after years passed, remembering the scene when they first met in the snow mountain, it seemed that it was a long time ago.

Song Yingxing unconsciously spoke: "Just now you asked me about my choice, in fact, it has never changed from beginning to end. ”

Xiao Anze's eyes seemed to only fall on the chess game in front of him, and he seemed to have no other meaning:

"I know, if I can see you safe and sound in this golden pill and jade dew tonight, I already know what Brother Song means."

If he really favored Mo Yunxi completely, Xiao An would not still be able to sit here and play chess with him safely, if he really favored the side of the court as before, he would have known that he had entered the city, and Xiao Ce had hundreds of thousands of elites outside the city, and he would have been detained in the prison a long time ago.

What Song Yingxing is asking for is not the glory and wealth rewarded by the imperial court, and the false name of the famous ministers of the Great Liang, what he is asking for now is the peace of the people in the city behind him.

Song Yingxing said in a deep voice: "How can everything be as expected, Brother Mo is also a good friend I have had since childhood, and now the situation of the Mo family in the court is becoming more and more difficult, if you hadn't come, I might not have made this choice, tomorrow night is the poetry meeting, I still hope that Brother Xiao can come out on top." ”

Xiao An seemed to understand the meaning of his words: "So, Mo Yunxi is still in the city? ”

Song Yingxing did not answer his question clearly: "Yes and no, Brother Xiao will know when the time comes." ”

Xiao An nodded lightly, as Song Yingxing's city lord, it is enough to be able to say this, with him, even if Song Yingxing chooses Luoyang's side at the end of the poetry meeting, he will definitely not let Mo Yunxi encounter danger at this time. In fact, he can come tonight, Xiao An knows that the old man's mind has not changed, and he is already content, and he will do other things.

Xiao An didn't fall for a long time, hesitated for a moment and put it aside: "I lost." ”

Song Yingxing nodded, if you think about it empathically, the chess pieces in Xiao Anze's hand are indeed nowhere to go, it was originally a dead end, but it is not easy for him to persist in playing for so long.

Xiao An looked up at Song Yingxing and said in a deep voice: "It's over outside, I won't leave Brother Song tonight." ”

Song Yingxing nodded: "You are not in good health, rest early, and I will come to see you again if I have time recently." ”

Xiao An sent people to the door, and Song Yingxing glanced at the room next to Xiao Anze without a trace before turning downstairs, but in front of Xiao Anze, he didn't say anything and went downstairs.

Xiao An saw that the people had gone away, but he still didn't return to his room, but stuck in the corridor, and the wooden door not far behind him creaked open, and Li Hanning, who was holding the hilt of the sword, walked out.

"Third Highness, rest assured, the sound insulation of this attic is not bad, but I didn't hear a word of the two of you in the room."

She was just a little worried about Xiao Anze's An Wei, after all, that Song Yingxing was not an idle person, and Li Hanning didn't know the origin of these two people.

"It doesn't matter."

For him, it doesn't matter if Li Hanning listens from the side.

"But, ahem—"

Xiao An suddenly felt a fishy sweetness in his throat in the middle of his words, coughed, he hurriedly covered his mouth with the Yunpa he put in his sleeve, Li Hanning noticed that he was wrong, and quickly took a step forward, but Xiao An stretched out his hand and didn't let her go any further.

Xiao An glanced down at the handkerchief in his hand, and when he coughed just now, it was already stained with a large area of blood, and now even between his lips and teeth was the smell of blood.

Li Hanning, who was standing not far away, naturally saw this scene.