Chapter 4 The clouds rise above the Desert Imperial City

"The young master is back!"

The miscellaneous servant opened the door, and these two shouts made the entire Xiangwang Mansion lively. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Old man Li, your son is back!

Before Li Bing walked to the hall, a middle-aged woman had already gone out to greet him. In his thirties, he has bright teeth and eyebrows, pink makeup and jade, and a light pink long gauze behind him, although his appearance is not glamorous, but his graceful and luxurious temperament is undoubtedly revealed.

"Aunt Cai, I want to kill you! Daddy, why didn't you come out!"

This woman called Aunt Cai is a concubine who was accepted after Li Yu recovered Chang'an, she was originally not tall, but she was smart and clever, not only has excellent piano skills, but also knows some arithmetic. Xiangwang's original wife and Li Bing's mother both died of illness in exile, and Li Bing was always taken care of by Aunt Cai when he was a child. In addition, she has been helping Li Hao take care of some family affairs, although she is not the main house in name at the moment, she is already the hostess of Xiangwang's Mansion in private.

"You are so bold that you dare to come back!" Aunt Cai smiled and walked to his face, stretched out her index finger and pointed at his eyebrows: "Your father is afraid that you will be in danger alone, and he went to Jiangnan to find you just a few days after you left, and came back in the middle, seeing that you were not at home, he was anxious and angry, and left again after not staying overnight." This time he was really scared, and he said that he would beat you if he couldn't come back. ”

The two walked to the inner hall while talking: "When my father comes back to beat me, Aunt Cai will help pull it." Otherwise, like last time, they whipped me in public and broke the whip. ”

Aunt Cai was overjoyed when she heard him bring up the old things, and covered her lower abdomen: "I dare to say, it's not that you are naughty, how can your father work so hard." If you want to save the face of Xiangwangfu, you have to not hurt you. I was terrified, but nothing happened to you. You're smart enough to pretend to cry. ”

The two chatted for a few words, and Aunt Cai found that Li Bing was followed by someone. Rao is Anzi's clothes are a little shabby, if he hadn't been following Li Bing, Aunt Cai would have regarded him as a subordinate.

"Patronizing and talking, who is this young man next to you?" Aunt Cai found that Anzi was a little embarrassed, and was busy playing a round.

Li Bingmeng slapped his forehead, pulled An Zi and said, "By the way, I forgot to introduce, this is my sworn brother An Qingfang." Anzi, this is my fifth aunt, it's good that you can also be called Aunt Cai. ”

After Anzi called Aunt Cai, she didn't speak timidly. The three of them entered the main hall and were slightly silent.

"What about the other aunts, why aren't they at home?"

"In the past few days, there have been a lot of new leather goods in the West Market, and it is almost the end of the year, so they go out to do some shopping, but they will come back after a while. As soon as these words fell, a hearty laugh came from outside the door: "You kid is amazing, I told your father that you must not last more than two months, but I didn't expect that this will be half a year." ”

Aunt Cai and Li Bing looked at the person who came, and immediately stood up, and Anzi saw this scene and knew that it was a noble person who came, and they also got up to greet them.

"Uncle Mi...... It's only been so long, how do you look so fat. Li Bing originally wanted to say hello, but looking at Uncle Mi's figure, it really changed too much.

This person's name is Mi Xin, and he has been a strategist by Li Xu's side since he was twenty years old, not only giving advice to Li Xu, but also saving his life. After King Xiang recovered Chang'an, he became brothers with different surnames with him.

Mi Xin has been living in Xiangwang's Mansion, and originally wanted to move out after marrying a wife. Li Hao persuaded him to stay a few times, but Mi Xin was used to living here, and he didn't bother to move, so he stayed there. Fortunately, the Xiangwang Mansion was big enough, and Li Xuan cleared the entire East Chamber for him.

Mi Xin glanced at Li Bing, pointed at him with his finger, and sighed with a smile: "You, you, you still have a mouthful of unforgiving! I can't compare to King Xiang, I'm not a person who practices martial arts, and I can't help if I'm not fat or not." ”

Li Binggang pulled An Zi to introduce him to Mi Xin, and suddenly heard a loud voice outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." ”

Everyone hurriedly went out to greet them, and Li Bing muttered in his heart: "It's a coincidence that this is coming." ”

As soon as the men stood at the door, the prince entered the courtyard. His original name was "Li Shi", he was in his early thirties, not burly but capable, full of temperament, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a hooked nose, and a short beard. There was another person behind him, this person Li Bing had seen, it was the prince Shao Zhan Shi Geliang who met in the Shufeng Chamber of Commerce.

(Ge Liang, see Chapter 24 of Volume I, Inquire about the news in Jiazhou.) In addition, the three princes mentioned in the first and second volumes are named Li Shu. )

Li Shi entered the house and talked to everyone about the past, saying that it was the city guard who reported that Li Bing had returned to Chang'an, so he came out to have a look. first asked the two elders if they were healthy, and then mentioned the matter of Jiazhou, which was nothing more than thanking Li Bing for doing him a big favor, and then talked about some old friendships.

After drinking tea for a while, he suddenly remembered what happened, turned his head to look at Ge Liang who was standing behind him, and said to Mi Xin: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! He has a lot of trivial things in the East Palace, and he finally has time to make a trip, and I almost disturbed your cousins to meet. If you want to talk about your daily life, just go, don't worry about me, I'll just talk to Li Bing here. ”

The implication of this statement is slightly obvious, if you have something to say to Li Bing, others should step down. Mi Xin and Ge Liang were originally cousins, but just took advantage of this excuse to leave, Aunt Cai instructed her subordinates to prepare to write and eat, and she left. Only Anzi was left, he didn't hear the meaning of the words, and when he saw that everyone was gone, he finally realized it, but he really couldn't find an excuse, so he had to say that he wanted to go to the toilet. This reason almost made Li Shi laugh out loud.

said that Mi Xin led Ge Liang to the east wing study, and as soon as he entered the door, he closed all the two windows in the room.

Ge Liang handed over a secret letter of vermilion lacquer to Mi Xin: "This is given to you by that person, you can open it and take a look." ”

The letter was not long, just more than 30 words, but Mi Xin was a little angry after reading it: "His Royal Highness King Xiang has handed over the military power for more than ten years, isn't that person still at ease?"

Ge Liang leaned closer to him: "That person's health has been getting worse and worse recently, and I am worried that once he is immortal, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not be able to sit on the throne." His Royal Highness King Xiang once held a heavy army, and after handing over the military power, it is also a fact that the generals of the various armies will still come to pay New Year's greetings at the end of each year. What's more, that person's seat was originally given to him by His Royal Highness King Xiang, and he couldn't sit down steadily, let alone His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Mi Xin burned the letter and stared at the candlelight, and said: "Your Highness has lived in a simple house in the past few years, and all the congratulatory gifts you receive every year are donated to the imperial court. ”

"Cousin, you are a strategist, don't you understand the truth of overreach? The more humble King Xiang is, the more uneasy that person is. ”

Mi Xin's face was flushed, his fists were clenched, and he gritted his teeth: "No matter what, I will never do this." Since I followed His Highness, I have been secretly reporting all his news, and the love that our Mi family owes to that person has already been paid off. My father and mother are dead, and I am the only one left, and he wants to kill me. His Royal Highness King Xiang will never rebel, and I will never do this. ”

Ge Liang seemed to be a little anxious, and his voice unconsciously raised slightly: "You think you know King Xiang, but in fact, you don't know him at all, just like he thinks he understands you, but you have been helping that person for more than ten years." He saw that Mi Xin was already a little angry, and originally wanted to stop, but after a pause, he continued: "What's more, that person didn't let you kill King Xiang, but just let you ......."

Before he finished speaking, Mi Xin slapped the desk violently: "Shut up! Shut up! Don't let you say it again! Don't let you say it again! I will never do it." ”

Ge Liang closed his eyes slightly, let out a long sigh, took out a packet of medicinal powder from his waist, and gently put it on the table: "I brought the words, the errand is over, whether you do it or not is up to you." ”

After finishing speaking, he was about to walk out of the room, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he turned around and came back: "Cousin, it doesn't matter if you die, but what about your family's 'Mi Tang', do you have to make the Mi family extinct? Think about it for the Mi family. ”

Ge Liang finished speaking and went out of the room, leaving Mi Xin alone to sit at the table, looking at the bag of medicinal powder in a daze.

On the other side, Anzi walked out of the main hall and walked around, but he actually got lost. This four-in, four-out mansion is full of flowers, and the layout of each compartment is similar, and it is indeed difficult to distinguish the direction.

I can't find the way, not to mention, I am dressed in ragged clothes, and in this palace, even the people under him look sideways, which is really unpleasant.

Anzi simply didn't look for it, and sat directly on the steps of the garden. He had just spent a day in the capital with Li Bing, and he was at a loss for what to do with this huge change in his living environment. Close friends are all powerful, there is no white ding, Anzi also wants to integrate into this group of people, but he always has enough spare energy, somehow, he has always been optimistic, and he actually wants to cry at this moment.

He touched the corner of his eye, but finally held back, reached into his arms and took out the priceless jade pendant that Wei Ze gave him, just glanced at it, and felt upset, so he simply received it in his arms and didn't care about it anymore.

"I don't know what happened to Rourou and them, with the help of Brother Li Bing, things should go very smoothly. Hey, if only I could help her. Anzi thought of the Song family brothers and sisters at this moment, thinking about each other in the past two days, and actually burst into laughter and laughed.

"I know you kid Sichun. I've got it!"

An Zi followed the prestige, and the person who came was Li Bing.

"Why did Brother Bing'er come out, are they leaving, prince?" An Zi was about to stand up, Li Bing gently pressed his shoulder, and also sat on the steps with him.

"Not long after leaving, the prince said that you must have diarrhea, so you don't need to send it. Hahahaha" After Li Bing finished speaking, he leaned against Anzi: "You kid was thinking about being soft and soft just now." ”

After he finished speaking, he only heard Anzi hum, and continued: "In this case, if you like him, I will go to help you propose marriage tomorrow and marry him back!"

Anzi was still smiling, and stood up violently when he heard the words: "Don't! Brother Bing'er......! Don't rush this. ”

Seeing Anzi's panicked appearance, Li Bing laughed out loud: "Teasing you." After that, he also stood up, and was about to speak, but he seemed to smell the smell of Anzi's body, and sniffed on his arm again: "If you don't want to propose, you have to go and see." Look at the two of us stinky things, how rude we were just now. I'll come with me and take a shower, and then I'll give you a change of outfit. Brother Anzi is so jade tree in the wind, if you clean up a little, you will definitely be able to catch it. ”

After Li Bing finished speaking, he laughed twice, and the old years came to mind, and those experiences were useful at this moment.

He didn't wait for Anzi to speak, so he grabbed him by the neck and forcibly dragged him to the backyard: "By the way, where did they say they have been living these days?"

"Her uncle's place, the blacksmith shop in the West City!"

"I remember ...... clearly"