snowstorm

It is the beginning of winter again.

Winter evenings always come very early, Xie Qiao left Xu Lai at home and left the house.Today is Lu Jue's rest day, so he will naturally go to Lu's residence.

The lights on the roadside of Jinling City lit up little by little. As soon as they walked to the Qinhuai River, the smell of hot wine mixed with the smell of glutinous rice wafted over. The stall has a few more seats than last year, and someone is eating there.

"Young master, are you here to buy wine again?" The stall owner is still the old man with gray beard but full of energy. When he saw Xie Qiao, he showed a kind smile on his face. He opened the lid, and the strong aroma of wine and glutinous rice The fragrance rushed to the face, and under the warm yellow light, the sparkling white wine was steaming, which made people move their index fingers when they saw it.

Xie Qiao smiled and said, "I want four." At this time, not only Lu Jue was at home, but Madam Lu and Master Lu were also there.

"Okay!" The boss smiled and took out the bamboo tube, poured the wine, and handed it to Xie Qiao. The bamboo tube said with a smile: "This is the sweet-scented osmanthus that my family just harvested in autumn. It is very fragrant! You can put it in the wine and eat it! You buy more, and you will get an extra tube of sweet-scented osmanthus!"

Xie Qiao took it over with a smile, and was about to pay, the old man waved to him and said: "No money! Today my daughter-in-law has a new girl, and my grandson has a younger sister. The old man is happy. Today's sweet-scented osmanthus, every diner Both!"

The smile on Xie Qiao's face was even bigger. He sneaked out a silver coin, put it on the stall while the stall owner was not paying attention, and said: "Congratulations to the old man, may the child have a safe life." Gift money for children.

"Good! Good! Mr. Cheng's auspicious words!" The smile in the old man's eyes was about to overflow when he heard the auspicious words, which perfectly complemented the warm yellow candlelight.

After entering Lu's mansion, the steward hurriedly greeted him, and said with a smile, "Your Highness is coming, our young master is waiting for His Highness in the yard."

Xie Qiao nodded, and handed two servings of fermented rice and one serving of sweet-scented osmanthus to the housekeeper: "I guess my uncle and aunt have already eaten, so it's good to eat after this meal."

The housekeeper took it over, with an even bigger smile on his face, and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will send it to the courtyard of the old lady."

Xie Qiao nodded and walked towards Lu Jue's yard.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, the sound of the clank piano and the clear fragrance of plum blossoms blow your face.Xie Qiao smiled and followed the sound of the piano.As soon as I entered Lu Jue's room, I saw him sitting in the middle of the room, plucking the strings casually, the sound of the piano matched the way he played the piano with his sleeves on, clear and melodious, without any powdery smell.

He played the piano seriously, but he didn't notice that Xie Qiao came in. Xie Qiao smiled, and leaned against the door with the bamboo tube, carefully watching him play the piano.

After playing a song, Xie Qiao narrowed his eyes and said meaningfully: "The sound of the general's piano is so clear that even an ordinary person like me, who doesn't know the rhythm, thinks it sounds good - but when the general ended the song, he was a little suspicious. If you dare to ask the general, Which girl does this remind of?"

Lu Jue paused, then raised his eyes to look at him, there was a soft smile in his picturesque eyebrows, and there was a hint of joking, he said: "His Royal Highness, come closer, and I will tell His Highness the answer?"

Xie Qiao raised his eyebrows, and walked to Lu Jue with a bamboo tube. Lu Jue stood up, took Xie Qiao's other hand, and placed it on his chest.

"bang, bang"

The heart was beating vigorously, making people feel warm and at ease.Lu Jue stretched out his hand to caress Xie Qiao's face, leaned closer, the tip of his nose touched his, looked straight into his eyes, and said, "Qiao Er, tell me, who am I thinking about?"

Xie Qiao's eyes vortexed, and just as he was about to say something, he saw Lu Jue take a step back, raised his chin towards his hand, and said with a smile, "What is this?" The tip of his nose moved as he spoke, "Jiu Niang?"

Xie Qiao paused, but still nodded, he handed the bamboo tube in his hand to Lu Jue, and said, "Niang, and sweet-scented osmanthus."

Lu Jue took the bamboo tube, pulled Xie Qiao to the table in the hall outside, and ordered someone to bring a small bowl.

The old man made the fermented wine with full sincerity, even after eating, the room still smelled of mellow wine and sweet-scented osmanthus.

Wash up after eating, and go to bed after digesting food.Xie Qiao is actually not bad at drinking, but it is too easy to get drunk when eating wine. Just after eating some fermented rice, some rouge-like red appeared on his face.

Lu Jue propped his forehead with his hands, looked at him with a half-smile, and deliberately said: "Qiao Er, I saw you drunk, it's time to go back to the room next to you to rest."

Xie Qiao raised his eyebrows, then went forward and pecked the other party's lips, and said, "But I can't sleep if I don't sleep with you after drinking."

Lu Jue said, "Then how did you sleep after drinking?"

Xie Qiao chuckled, and kissed his lips, and the murmured words melted on the tips of their entwined tongues: "Brother Huaiyu, why is your memory so bad? Even before, I only Eat wine in front of you..." In that way, there is a reason to share the bed with him.

……

The moonlight enters the house, and the house is full of plum fragrance.

After the cloud and rain passed, Lu Jue leaned against the bed wall, took Xie Qiao's hand, and pressed his lips to that wrist.Xie Qiao's hand has distinct bones, which are actually very beautiful, but there is a small scar on the wrist.This is the scar left by Lu Jue when he was injured and fell into a coma.Every time after the cloud and rain, Lu Jue would put his lips on the scar, as if the scar would disappear.

Xie Qiao reached out to touch Lu Jue's red eyes, which were full of passion and desire, and said, "Actually, it makes me very happy."

Lu Jue put down Xie Qiao's hand, looked at him, and said, "Actually, it also makes me very happy."

Because your sweetheart has your own imprint on it, no one will be unhappy.

"It's just," Lu Jue said with a smile on his face, "If it hurts you, I won't be happy."

Xie Qiao stretched out her hand, hugged Lu Jue tightly, and murmured: "But you should know that when you are in pain, I will be happy when I am in pain with you." Otherwise, life would be worse than death.

Lu Jue was hugged by Xie Qiao, he stroked Xie Qiao's hair, looked up at Mei Yingchuochuo's tent, sighed softly, and finally said: "Stupid."

……

Day two.

Lu Jue came back last night, so today is naturally also a holiday.In the study, Xie Qiao held the book and read it for a while, then said: "Today I'm going to Li's Mansion."

Lu Jue put down the book of war in his hand and smiled: "Strange, did the sun come out from the west today?"

Xie Qiao said: "He has been recuperating at home due to illness these two days, I have something to ask him."

Lu Jue nodded: "Then I will go with you."

Although I have something to ask, since I know that the other party is ill, I should drop by to see him.That man seldom got sick, and Xie Qiao couldn't imagine what it would be like for that man to be sick, but he had always had a bad reputation in Jinling City, and he was even less likable.He was not at court these few days, Xie Qiao saw the joy on the faces of many ministers as if he was hugging his grandson.

The Li Mansion has always been indifferent, and the two young men guarding the door were yawning again and again. Seeing Xie Qiao and Lu Jue, they quickly suppressed their yawns and welcomed them in.

After entering the yard, there was a housekeeper to guide the way. The Pixia Garden was still as gloomy as before, and the locust tree now only had intertwined and twisted branches, like a twisted ghost.Xie Qiao couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth when he saw it.

Li Mingbei leaned against the bed, because of the heat, his peach blossom eyes were rarely sharpened, his face was a little red, and his whole person looked a little fragile.Xie Qiao gave the medicine brought from the south of the city to the housekeeper, looked at him and smiled, and said jokingly, "How did you end up like this? Where is your caring book boy?"

Li Mingbei looked at him and narrowed his eyes, his voice became a little hoarse because of his illness: "The little prince in winter came to my house on purpose to quarrel with me?" It meant to tell him what he had to say quickly, and get out of here quickly.

Xie Qiao laughed, "You're really asking for trouble." Last year, Li Mingbei sent Yan Ying to his teacher, Mr. Ming Shiming, in Yangzhou, and asked Yan Ying to learn from his teacher, but obviously he could teach himself. Yan Ying.

Naturally, he didn't want to care too much about other people's affairs, so Xie Qiao didn't say anything more, and finally got down to business, he cut to the chase and said, "How did you find out about Xie Fu's matter?"

Li Mingbei glanced at him, and said: "His matter - although I have no conclusive evidence, does the little prince want to listen to my speculation?"

Xie Qiao nodded: "You say."

Li Mingbei said: "We interrogated Su Que before, and he got the jade plaque from a man named Danqi. General Lu had seen Danqi on the street in Tai County, and General Lu almost recognized him as a You. Coincidentally, Juqu Jinque, king of Beiliang, has a male favorite named Dan Qi. When the prince of Beiliang, Juquhun, saw you for the first time, he probably recognized you as him."

"I checked this Danqi again, but like General Lu, I only found out in Beiliang that he is the male favorite of the King of Beiliang, and he is at odds with Juquhun."

He looked straight into Xie Qiao's eyes, as if he wanted to look into his heart through his eyes; "Little prince, you don't need to ask me at all, you already have a guess in your heart, am I right?"

Xie Qiao looked at him expressionlessly, was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Not bad."

It's actually a good guess.Xie Qiao lowered his eyes.Seventy-eight out of ten of Dan Qi is Xie Fu and his brothers. It is easy to speculate.It is also easy to speculate that his brother, as Beiliang Neiying, lurks beside King An and helps King An rob the tomb to support his family, so as to provoke civil strife in Dasheng and give Beiliang an opportunity.

However, it is a bit cruel to face this matter directly, that's why he came to Li's residence, hoping that Li Mingbei could use what he found to tell him that it was wrong.

Seeing his appearance, Lu Jue secretly pulled his wrist. Xie Qiao turned around and smiled at him, saying, "I'm fine. But, no matter what kind of person he is, I just want to see him, and I believe my brother does too. "After seeing him, if he is really guilty, Xie Qiao gritted his teeth, and naturally he should be liquidated.

There was a moment of silence.

Xie Qiao was about to get up to say goodbye when the door curtain of the room was suddenly thrown open.

Xie Qiao looked over and saw that Yan Ying, who was supposed to be in Yangzhou, was standing outside the door. He was probably in a hurry, and at this moment he was panting heavily, his fair face was flushed, and the cloak on his shoulders was crooked. With that, the whole person felt a little flustered by the world.

As if she didn't expect that there were still people in the room, Yan Ying was stunned for a moment, and then saluted: "Your Highness, General."

Xie Qiao smiled: "Yanying?" He turned to look at Li Mingbei, it was rare to see the stunned expression on Li Mingbei's face, he looked at Yanying again, and asked with a smile, "Aren't you in Yangzhou?"

Yan Ying pursed her lips and said, "I heard from the teacher that today is the birthday of the adults, so I want to come to Jinling today and spend the day with the adults." Said: "It's just that I didn't expect that my lord is still sick today."

He knew it too late, he set off from Yangzhou and rode a horse day and night, and finally came back today, but he didn't expect that the man would be sick...

Xie Qiao chuckled, looked at Li Mingbei, and said: "It seems that the person who took care of you has returned, so we should go too." After a pause, he joked, "Master Li, you are in Jinling But no one wants to see you, it's rare to have someone who wants to see you, you should treat them well."

After saying that, he pulled Lu Jue away.

After Xie Qiao and Lu Jue left, only Yan Ying and Li Mingbei were left.Li Mingbei had recovered his usual expression at this time, he looked at Yan Ying, and said, "Yan Ying, now is not the time for you to come back." If you come back one day, you shouldn't go back to him either.

Yan Ying frowned, then walked a few steps closer, sat on the edge of the bed and stretched out his hand to touch Li Mingbei's forehead, it was really hot, his brows frowned even more, and said: "I'm already back. Get out of the house?"

Li Mingbei frowned slightly, he looked away, and said, "Yan Ying, you are getting more and more outrageous."

Yan Ying smiled, lowered her eyebrows and said, "It's whatever your lord says."

Now that I have returned this time, I have to wait until this person recovers from his illness.

……

North cool.royal palace.

The bedroom is surrounded by heavy curtains.

King Juqu Jinque of Beiliang lightly touched the young man's white body on the bed, obviously the movement was very light, but the young man clenched his teeth tightly, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and even the blue veins protruded.

The young man's thin and bony hands clenched tightly into fists, and his nails pierced through the palms.

"Does it hurt?" Juqu Jinque narrowed his beast-like eyes, leaned down, and leaned into the young man's ear. He reached out and touched the tattoo at the end of the young man's eyes, and murmured: "The pain in your body Something, does it hurt you so much? But why don't you bark?"

"Danqi." Juqu Jinque softly called the young man's name, paused, and said again: "Thank you for helping."

The youth's pupils shrank slightly, and his teeth clenched even tighter: This bastard really knows...

"Do you know?" Juqu Jinque said: "The last time I retreated, I was forced by those stubborn old men. They saw that Dasheng had no internal worries, and thought that I had no chance of winning in Beiliang, so they forced me to retreat. But I Even in my dreams, I want to conquer Dasheng." Like the most considerate lover, he touched the young man's slightly damp hair, and said, "Xie Fu, go to Dasheng for me, and get a reason to send troops for me. To those old stubborn mouths."

He chuckled lightly: "If you come back successfully, I will fulfill your wish, okay?"