After leaving the imperial city and getting into the carriage, Xiao Yuanying and Long Shaoyang drove straight back to the Zhu House.

From an alley just turned to the street in front of Xiao's house, through the car window, Long Shaoyang saw a figure standing in front of the mansion and looking at the dismount stone, and when he saw the carriage coming, the man trotted over and shouted: "Lord Teng, Master Long, you are back." "It's that old servant Cheng Bo.

Before the car stopped, Cheng Bo had already grasped the car, panting and asking, "Why have you been there for so long?" According to the custom, the birthday banquet is just a gift of wine and a dance to show the grace of the saint and go through the motions. ”

"Today, it is rare for the ministers and envoys to gather together, Your Majesty's dragon heart is happy, singing and dancing, and the time has been long. It made Cheng Bo worried. Wen Yan said, Long Shaoyang smiled apologetically, and followed Xiao Yuanying out of the car.

Xiao Yuanying glanced back at Long Shaoyang, and said in a strange manner: "Shaoyang, it's not all your fault, you and the son of the Zhu family are in the palace, flirting and scolding, coming and going, and the hours are delayed." ”

"Congratulations...... Which one is the son of the Zhu family?" asked Cheng Bo with some astonishment.

"In addition to your wife's Zhu family, which other Zhu family is there in this Los Angeles?"

"My wife?...... My wife has only one sister, and I've never heard of her having a younger brother!"

"Oh! It's the son of your wife Zhu family! This matter is a long story, this king is too lazy to elaborate, so let Shaoyang tell you later." Xiao Yuanying flicked his robe as he said and stepped into the courtyard. Long Shaoyang smiled at the moment and walked in.

Cheng Bo was stunned motionless, touched his head, looked confused, and said to himself: "Zhu Jiagongzi? Could it be that the old slave is really confused? Young lady, she obviously only has one sister?!"

Back at the Zhu House, the three of them sat down, and Long Shaoyang told him in detail about today's birthday banquet, but he deliberately erased the part of Peiyu from Zhu Xibing's waist. Xiao Yuanying was in a normal mood at the moment, gagging on the side, talking about the highlights, dancing and spitting from time to time, as if he was the winner of the martial arts test at the birthday banquet.

Cheng Bo kept squinting his old eyes and listened carefully, without interjecting, and the expression on his face was also very calm. After Long Shaoyang finished speaking, Cheng Bo said with a gloomy face: "Long Gongzi won a good birthday banquet today, which is gratifying; It's just that at today's banquet, I'm afraid that the son has stolen the limelight from others, so you have to be careful in the future!"

Long Shaoyang smiled faintly and asked knowingly, "Oh, I don't know who stole the limelight?"

Xiao Yuanying got up, paced leisurely, and said, "Naturally, I stole the limelight of quiet thinking." He is the godchild of Prime Minister Zhu, and Xiangye originally hoped that he would dominate the crowd at the birthday banquet and come out on top. As he spoke, he suddenly stopped, patted his head and said: "Oh, this king is also to blame for today's incident, a few glasses of imperial wine in the stomach, and he was fluttering, and he forgot to remind Shaoyang that he shouldn't compete with that quiet thought." ”

Cheng Bo smiled and said: "From the old slave's point of view, it doesn't matter, after all, Shaoyang didn't fight Jing Si head-on, but he killed a 'Zhu Zhishan' Zhu Gongzi in the field, which is a bit unexpected!"

Long Shaoyang couldn't help but think of this Miss Zhu family who was dressed as a man.

Xiao Yuanying spread her hands, sat back in her chair, and said, "Yes, who would have thought that this eccentric Miss Zhu would disguise herself as a man and kill her halfway, which will suddenly mess up the situation." ”

The three of them were chatting, and the sound of crutches on the ground was getting closer and closer, Cheng Bo hurriedly got up to pick the door curtain, and one person appeared in the hall with a smile on his face, it was the prince Zhan Shi and Xiao Di, the owner of Xiao Mansion. I saw that the two eyes under his sword eyebrows still seemed to be awake, looking at everyone with a smile, but he was wearing an official robe, thinking that he had just returned from duty and had not had time to change it.

"Didn't Cheng bite Jin who came out halfway, how did he become Miss Zhu's family?" Xiao Di said with a smile as Cheng Bo helped him sit down. He glanced at Xiao Yuanying and said slowly: "Your Highness, I heard that the few black golden-eyed pigeons I gave you last time were eaten by a few hunting dogs in your mansion within a few days, is this true?"

Xiao Yuanying looked embarrassed when she heard this, and said curtly: "Brother Xiao, those 'black haha' are indeed the younger brother who did not take good care of them, and he was careless for a while, so that those hunting dogs took advantage, and afterwards I let the servants starve these 'murderers' for three days, which can be regarded as angry for the 'black haha'." However, it is also to blame them for being too ostentatious, and they keep 'cooing' all day long. ”

Xiao Di laughed and said, "Your Highness, don't be surprised! How dare I blame Your Highness? There is a way of life and death, and it has its own destiny, and this is true of all things." That's right, heels, purple rings, black rings, blue pigeons...... I still have a lot of them in this house, if you like them, pick a few more, and ask Cheng Bo to order the servants to send them to you tomorrow. ”

Xiao Yuanying hurriedly waved his hand and stuck out his tongue.

Xiao Di turned to Long Shaoyang again, and then said, "Let's get down to business. Shaoyang, you have to steal or rob today's things, come out on top, and win is above board. There is no need to worry about the rest, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I are in charge of you. Although my old Taishan is hot now, after all, the surname is still Xiao in this world, and you will be careful in the future, and you will follow the law and do errands. Long Shaoyang let out a "hmm" and nodded.

Xiao Yuanying saw that this was a crack, stretched his waist, and interjected: "The envoy of the Northern Wei Dynasty sent me a few pairs of bear paws a few days ago, and before I went out in the morning, I instructed my subordinates to stew the good pair tonight, and it will not be too early, so I will leave first." Hey...... I'll try it out tonight. As for the other couples, I instructed my subordinates to send it first, come to my house another day, let's have a few drinks and congratulate Shaoyang!"

There were only three people left in the room, and for a while, no one spoke.

After a long time, Xiao Di picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip of tea, and said with a smile: "King Teng, this fat fox, as soon as he heard that we talked about my old Taishan, he immediately slipped away." ”

Long Shaoyang said with a smile: "Under the frank and straightforward skin, I can't hide my exquisite scheming. ”

"Shaoyang. Xiao Di's tone suddenly became as cold as ice, "Big brother still has a few words to tell you, Los Angeles is the biggest place of right and wrong in the world, and the future is even more unpredictable." When I come today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asks you to ask you, if you are not here, or do a lonely hung in the middle of the night, or indulge in the landscape, and it is still too late to decide to leave, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will send a thousand taels of gold to ensure that you are rich and worry-free for the rest of your life, so as to live up to the fate of acquaintance, the grace of rescue, and the righteousness of marriage. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also specially instructed that you must not force Shaoyang, advance and retreat, and stay, as soon as you decide from your heart!"

Long Shaoyang listened intently on the side, the leisurely light reflected on his face, and his eyes became more and more resolute and persistent, and he said word for word: "Brother Xiao, the prince and you treat me so affectionately, I dare not follow the work of dogs and horses?" From now on, what my heart desires, I must practice;

"Shaoyang can really be described as a big man. Rare! Rare!" Xiao Didao said, looking out the window faintly, and said, "Now Daqi has long since ceased to be prosperous. Although His Majesty at home is just and obedient, the holy bow is sometimes contrary to harmony, and the government and the opposition are all in the following - hehe, my old Taishan is the head of the horse, except for the old Qin general who guards the northwest, Luocheng can only be a little straight to the front of the Marquis of Zhongxin...... Those clan relatives and nobles, some are in the same stream, some are wise to protect themselves, and some are indulged in pleasure. As for me, hey, sick body, unbearable to drive......" After speaking, he let out a long sigh.

At this moment, Cheng Bo, who had been silent, suddenly said, "Someone is coming." ”

And the three of them were silent. After a while, I saw a person dressed as a domestic servant hurriedly come in, saluted Xiao Di, and said, "Master, Mrs. Fang Cai instructed the little one to hand over this letter to you, saying that after you see the letter, you will deal with it." ”

Xiao Di took the letter and looked at it, but what was written on the envelope was "Long Gongzi personally opened", smiled silently, and handed it to Long Shaoyang.

Long Shaoyang was stunned, took the letter, glanced at the cover, opened it with some confusion, and saw a few lines of Zhong Wang Xiaokai on a common plain note, which read:

"When you see it in the pavilion, you will miss a move, and if you see you in the palace, you will be evenly divided. There is no oral administration yet, let alone convincing? Tomorrow will be upright, calm the door. Each has a good horse, and the three are high and low. Pray for your permission. ”

But there was no payment in the back.

Long Shaoyang read it again, and read it again, only to feel that there was a faint fragrance between the lines, and his heart fluttered, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, a little happy, and a trace of indescribable hesitation and worry, and the expression on his face was cloudy for a while.

Seeing this, Cheng Bo paced to his side, looked sideways, and asked in a daze: "Young Master Long, I don't know who wrote this letter? ”

Long Shaoyang came back to his senses and said with a somewhat embarrassed smile: "It's none other than the 'son' of the Zhu family in the mouth of His Royal Highness King Teng." ”

"Is it her?" Cheng Bo was taken aback and said, "Young Master Long, do you mean that this letter was written by Miss Zhujia?"

"Not bad. She invited me to ride a horse in the pasture outside Pingding Gate tomorrow. ”

"Oh, it's her. I wonder what Childe is going to do?"

Long Shaoyang groaned slightly, and was about to say, "I haven't thought it through for a while, and I don't know how to reply." Unexpectedly, Xiao Di suddenly opened his mouth and said: "Shaoyang, the beauty has an appointment, how can you refuse?" I have a few BMWs in the backyard stable, and the distance is passable, let Cheng Bo take you to pick one tomorrow." ”

Saying that, Xiao Di stood up and said with a faint smile: "It's just...... It's just that my sister from the Zhu family is very different from her sister, eccentric and full of wisdom. Shaoyang, you have to be very careful tomorrow! Also, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that you don't have to go to the East Palace every day to be on duty. A five-grade prince is just a name, which is convenient for passage. With that, he put up his crutches and walked away.